Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-02
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In refusing 10 fSNOuuce lue N
resolutions in the platform upon which
he was elected, Mayor Mccarthy has in
vited a lot of trouble between himself and
the city council. 1t is well known that
the Clark democrats would have accepted
the ticket placed in nomination by the
democratic city convention. and given IL
their earnest support. had not the pat
form of principles upon which the mayor
stood violently denounced MI. w. n.
Clark. Had Mr.. Mccarthy publicly re-
undated those resolutions during the
campaign the Clark democrats would
have swung in a body from Mr.. Kirk and
given him their united support. AS II
was. we have the authority of the Butte
Miner for the statement that enough
Clark men voted for Mccarthy to elect
him. in the belief that he did not approve
of those resolutions and would at the
proper time give public expression to his
views. But the symptoms We're mislead-
ing. Mr.. Mccarthy has not seen fit at
any time to recant.
The result is. the Clark men are now
making war on the mayor, and are seek
ing to effect a combination with the re-
publican member OF the city council that
will prevent the confirmation Of his
honor's aDpointees. From the action Of
the council last night, in refusing TO con-
firm the gentleman selected for clerk. it
is evident that unless the mayor yields
I'd the pressure, and officially regulates
the platform .apon-which he was elected,
he can expect all the opposition in the
council which the Clark men can inspire.
1t may be that the defeat of the mayors
nominee for clerk was due to other than
political causes. If SO, however, it does
not so appear on the surface. On the face
of things, the three Clark democrats in
the council have had sufficient influence
over the six republican members to lead
them to align themselves with one wing
of the democracy as against the other
wing of that party. in a personal and
political fight that has nothing to do with
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the issue. by the way, upon which the re-
publican members of that body were
elected The Inter Mountain does not
say that such is the fact-we merely say
that when the case is diagnosed from its
symp8m it has that kind of a facial ex-
preston.
Possibly. some Of the gentlemen have
learned to believe that the republican
party and the Clark democracy are
terms, and intend to govern
themselves accordingly. The Inter Noun
tain has as yet failed to discover any
points of similarity that will justify such
a belief. 1t has observed that the Clark
men support republican nominees only
when it is necessary to their comfort and
peace of mind to defeat an anti-Clark
democrat who aspires to office. TIL anti
Clark democrats occasionally support a
republican candidate for similar reasons.
When the Clark men are ION top" in the
councils of the democratic party they
yell Justify for the immortal principles of
Thomas Jefferson and the fodder that is
In sight in official positions; but when
crowded away from the trough by the
anti-Clark democrats they give their sup
port to republican candidates on the
ground that it is the lesser evil of the two
to pursue such a course. And the anti
Clark. democrats do precisely the same
thing when they are turned down in the
councils of the democratic party. Some
times, when there is big game in sight
"A senatorship, for nstance-they tenn
p~orarily drop their differences, as in the
state convention last fall when the fusion
question was in issue, and each wing Of
the party thought united action in the
construction of a platform would give it a
cinch on the prize they were to subse-
quently scramble for.
Ordinarily, however, the defeated fac.
ton in a democratic fight can be depend
ed upon TO grit its teeth over the punish
ment inflicted upon 1t when compelled in
self defense to support the republican
ticket. The Inter Mountain cannot dis
cover wherein the republican party owes