Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30

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Tor these two men may be said to almost
own the state, a division of which into
Two states actually seems likely to result
from the personal quarrel between them.
But of this, more anon. Lords of Mon
tana are Clark and Daly-feudal bal ons,
70 all lntents and purposes-and the war
tTey wage against each other is incessant
ana relentless. Both men of prodigtous
wealth. bitter rivals in business and in
politics. these copper kings contend with
each other as to which of them shall run
me state. Nearly all the newspape Of
Montana are either owned or subsidized
pS the1n. In every large town each of
them has a paper, while in smaller CEN
lef5 OF population the chances are sven
Whether the local sheet is a Daily Or a
IClark organ.
~ Clark and DAILY are both democrats and
party questions cut no figure in Montana,
save in so far as they represent the is
sues IN the quarrel between these two
men. Every time a big fight comes on,
they rush out and buy or start a few
more newspapers and the clamor of print
Iis uphfted in a tumult of vociferation.
for years they have struggled for the
of the state Legislature, and the
winner has sent whomsoever he chose to
7the senate of the United States. DAILY
mas not cared to be a senator himself,
nut Clark wanted the honor, and so got
nlHlself elected a few months ago. How
ever. he is by no means sure of retain
ing his seat, for Daily charges bribery.
ara he is soing to bring before the upper
rouse a mass OF evidence purporting to
show hat his rival secured the honor by
wholesale corruption.
Clark lives in Butte-a city of 40, 900 in
habltants, and reputed to be the TOUCHES
place ON earth. 1t is a typical mining
Town. run on the "Wide-open" system.
ana sWarms with gamblers and other dis
reputable characters. Clark's residence
IS one OF the sights and visitors are al
ways taken to inspect it., the most re-.
markable thing about it being it's lawn.
rms lawn in the only patch of green grass
IN Butte or it's neighborhood, and is kept
up at great expense. For such is the
poisonous effect of the fumes of sulphur
and arsenic poured out from the coppel.-
smelling works that all vegetation there
apouts is killed and it is impossible to
grow roses even in greenhouses. On the
same account, no cat lives in Butte.
Marcus DAILY lives in Anaconda
other mining town twenty-seven miles
from Butte. Indeed. these two places
are the greatest copper camps in the
word. Daly was very anxious that Ana
conda should be the capital of the state
that was While it was as yet a territory
seeking admission to the union-and he
strove nightly to that and. But Clark.
of course, had another idea in view and
the night between them over this question
WaAed to a very acme of bitterness. Out
there all the centers Of population are
boom towns, and to be made the capital
would nave been an immense ADVANTAGE
to any of them. Meanwhile, the terri
tory could not become a state until it had
a recognized seat of government and the
dispute delayed the metamorphosis.
Clark would ave preferred to make
Butte the capital, but the character of the
was so notorious as to render this
out of the question. So he chose to ad-
vocate the claims of Helena. and then
came the tug of war. At length. a dead
lock resulting, Daily and Clark agreed
to refer the matter to a vote of the ppo-
pie. and. meanwhile, to recognize Helena.
the territorial capital. as the seat of the
government. After a tremendous str;,e q
gle, during which Montana was delused
with money, Clark triumphcd, and Bele ma
far less desirable than Anaconda for
the purpOSe-became the capital of the
state.
This was a sore blow ia DAILY, and the
wound still ankle to such an extent that
he is said to be organizing a movement
which has for its object the splitting Of
Montana into two states, With a line of
cleavage that shall place Anaconda on
one side and Helena on the other. Thus
is the personal rivalry of two men threat
enlng actually to add another star to the
nag Oh the union and place TWO more
democratic senators in the upper house.
A strange phenomenon, ruly.
w. \. Clark, as might be supposed. is
a typical W~esterner, of the rugged. rough
sort. He is well known in
Washington, having been a frequent Wis
itor to the capital during the last few
lie was Bfyan'S Drincipal hacker
the last presidential campaign,
putting up a large sum of money for the
support of the siiver-tongued Nebraskan,