Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-02-01


sealed, aud all that remained was
the delivery of the votes. Whether
ii was for a money consideration Or
not the people can draw their W
conclusion.
No Republican among the fifteen
hal a right TO disregard the wishes
OF his party in this matter, and had
w. 4. Clark been a poor man 1t
never would have been done. What
business had Republicans in assisting
to elect a Democratic United States
senator? 1t was not their fight. In
what other states, where fierce con-
tests are being wagcd, do you find
Republicans voting for Democrats,
or vice versa?
Mr.. HobsOn makes n speciuus plea
to exsnrrate himself and his asst
GATES, but it is altogether too flinsy.
We would like to size up the mental
cnlibre Of the man with whom such
stuff would find hOspitable lodge
ment. The people Of this county and
al this state are not asking for a
"high tariff on anyuf their products.
They simply ask for "ample protcc-
ton" This a be proved by the
party platforms. Furthermore, any
one but m imbecile knows that the
tariff q estiOn il settled for years To
come. In any event il was an easy
matter for Mr.. Clark to make such "a
promise. He il largely interested in
the sugar beet industry and il anx-
ious to see il protected. There are a
great many Democrats in the United
States who now favor protection n.
They always espouse such policies
after they have been settled by the
Republican party. This amounts to
nothing, and it had no influence in
carrying eleven Republican votes ioI
w. A. Clark.
Mr.. Clark is not a man for whom q
decent Republican could vote. The
scenes in Helena during the past
month would equal the revelry
d%ebauchery and shame Of Ncro's
! reign. Clark money flowed like water
through all the channels and cess
pools Of vice. Tlunkics and toadies
who never had "A dollar In the world
! were dressed to kill and places were
graced or disgraced by their presence
which never gave them harbor be.
fore. All ranks were leveled and
party lines disappeared as dew under
the rays OF the sun. When II male
prostitute struck n hard subject
and failed In his importuning In be.
half Of the millionaire, n draft was
made upon n harlot of the opposite
sex. Yet, after all the soul-destroying
orgies and bestial proceedings, when
IL came to voting for a United States
senator, the senator from Fergus
county, S. =. Hobson, cast his vote
for W. A. Clark, regarding him as the
"noblest Roman of them ALL" We
assert that il is Il disgrace to the
state of Montana to send W. A. Clark
to the United States senate, and We
hope the state may yet be spared
such ignominy and shame. 1t is es-
tlmated that Clark has spent fully
half "A million dollars to secure his
election. Where has it all gone? Who
has received it?
The people OF Montana asked To he
freed from the collar Of the million,
l aires-not one, but botll-but, alas,
1t is only a change from the DAILY "a
} the Clark collar.
In the selection Of Mr.. Hobson as a
candidate for state senator it war
{ thought we had Il man that could
not be used by either the DAILY oI
Clark faction. j. L. Bower, in pre-
r senting his name before the cOunty
convention, said he took great pride
in naming a man for state senator
whom the millionaires couldno buy
or similar words. His wealth, ant
knowledge OF men and affairs, preclud
ed the probability that any act OF his
would bring sorrow and regret t.
his friends and business associates