Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-19

him for governor next year they should
! purchase the silence of the Inter Noun
tain. Inasmuch as the silence of the
! Miner is confessedly not worth buying
it's opposition usually being highly
esteemed as a badge of honor. the recog-
! milton accorded us by our morning con-
temporary must be accepted as OF
the delicate compliments of the season.
Without discussing the moral obloquy
implied by the suggestion of the Miner
that the influence of the Inter Mountain
is purchasable, it is something to know
that our contemporary regards the sic
provided it's influence, either in a mega
tive or affirmative sense, was for sale.
1t is a matter of regret that we cannot
reciprocate this left-handed compliment
by pointing to some instance in the po-
litical history of this state wherein the
silence of the Miner could have been
turned to profitable account by its op-
ponents. Candor, however. compels us
to admit that the more it has had to
say on any proposition under debate the
better has it been for the other side of
the controversy. This fact is so widely
known that about the first thing done by
the democratic party in Butte, when it
really wants to make a winning fight. is
to pass a lot of resolutions that will force
the Miner to oppose it's party ticket. and
then the bets are two to one in favor OF
success at the polls. Incidentally it might
be said that the election of Mr.. Mccarthy
to the mayoralty was a case in point.
The brilliant p~ost-bellum campaign
made by the Miner in favor of forcing the
mayor to repudiate the platform upon
which he was elected, marked a new era
in political ethics. 1t had the effect of
proving to that officials close political
friends that he had enough nerve to as
pire to almost anything in the gift of the
people, provided he could count on the
active opposition of the Miner.
There seems to be little doubt as to the
of the anti-Clark democrats to
induce Mr.. Mccarthy to make the race
for the ~gubernatorial nomination. APP
parently the movement is we'll under
Roadway. though the Inter Mountain is
not advised as to whether the mayor has
given his consent to the use of his name
anti-Clark democrats believe tina
the ~gubernatorial candidacy of Mayor
Mccarthy will greatly strengthen the
force and effect of the anti-Clark reso-
lutions which were in the platform of
principles upon which he stood in the late
city campaign, and thereby aid them in
the proposed fight against senator Clark
in Washington next December. They
claim that if q man who was elected on
such a platform SO popularized himself
by refusing to repudiate it after election
he was taken up by his party for the
iiS ~ oAEi-O VI ~ W lAiS q
public sentiment will have it's weight
when questions of v~eracity are in issue
in the senate.
The Inter Mountain has no opinion to
express at this time on this new phase of
a democratic row, preferring to watch the
unfolding of events and keeping it's read
ers posted as to the various movements
of public interest on the political check
erboard of he democratic party. 1t is
safe to say, however, that the Mine does
not understand the jury if it think it
can laugh Mayor Mccarthy out of court.
The chances are ten to one that it will
soon be playing for position in his hon
! Or's band wagon.