The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-13
People in the East Thought That
1t Was Rather Funny.
WHERE CLARK IS AT NOW
He Seems to Be Switching Around After
Discredited Kyle's Style-Tak
About Next Years
Meeting.
Washington Bureau Of the Standard,
No. 1145 q Street n, w.

cans? He is certainly getting out of
line with his own party if his Los An
geles interview is correct. That singular
declaration has attracted passing in
terest in Washington, and the poll
ticians left here are trying to guess
what he means by it. The gst of the
interview is that Montana's Junior SEN
ator thinks there is nothing sure
about Bryan and nothing sure about
| silver" in the next democratic conven-
| ton, and that he favors expansion.
1nasmuch as nothing is more certain
| than the next democratic national con-
vention will nominate Bryan and de-
clare for silver and against expansion.
the Washington politicians regard the
| Montana senator as off his trolley
and are specializing as to just what
his recent attitude may indicate of his
| future.
Is he paying political debts, or is ne
| catering for republican votes in the
contest which it is believed will be
made against his seat? Certainly the
senator cannot claim for a moment that
his Los Angeles declaration contains
any democratic sentiments or that this
statement Of position will endear him
in any way to the democratic members
| of the senate. 1t is thought here that
he may be preparing to pay off his po-
| litical obligations by taking the course
of the discredited kyle-who has gone
| over to the republicans, body and
| breeches, and who is dscredited by the
| leaders of that party quite much as
| he is ignored by his old party asso-
| ciates.
Whatever the Los Angeles interview
| may mean, 1t is fact that there has
| been renewal of speculation about
| Clark since its appearance. The news
that the Montana supreme court pro-
poses to bring the unwecome Well
! come case to hearing has also inter
| ested the public here.
| The Clark contest will not be the
| only effort to unseat a sitting senator,
! and Mr.. Clark will have company. The
| taking of evidence in the contest of
| McGraW against Scott, for a seat in
| the United States senate from West
| Virginia, is now in progress. The de-
| positions of Senators Ashby and Os-
senton, democrats, and Hapstonstall,
| republican member of the house Of
! delegates. have been taken. The evil
| dence was all regarding alleged agree
| ments entered into between democrats
and republicans before the senatorial
| election regarding the unseat.ng of
| members. Republicans hold that the
|
! weight before a senate committee, be-
| cause it merely bears upon matters
! leading up to the election and not upon
| the fact. The ground for McGraws
| contest is that while Scott had ma
| jOrity of all members voting. he lacked
majority of members elected, and
| that two senators who voted for Scott
| were officers of the volunteer army and
| ineligible under the constitution to hold
! the office of state senator. 1t will be
seen that the West Virginia case in
wolves only technical points, and that
| it is as different from the Montana
contest as possible. The latter will be
| the first bribery contest in the senate
since that against Pomeroy in 1879
| The democratic national committee
| will meet here in February to select
the time and place for holding the next
national convention. 1t seems TO have
been accepted as certain that Chicago
would be selected, and that the party
would there reiterate the platform and
| renominate the candidate chosen in
| 1896 But there are already two other
formidable cities in the race for the
| convention, and their cases are being
well presented by advance couriers
now in the city. These cities are San
| Francisco and Kansas City. San
! Francisco has twice before undertaken
to secure the convention and made a
very good showing in 1892, but was
defeated by Chicago. Kansas City is
a new claimant. but she has inherited
the strength of St. Louis, which has
| been the seat of many conventions,
| and always formidable candidate. 1t
| is pointed out in favor of Kansas City
| that while she is centrally located, she
is also in the solid South and of the
silver West. the two great sections of
the country most devoted to the dem
ocratic party. Her claims are well
presented by Harvey Fleming, manag-
| ing editor of the Kansas City Journal,
| who is here aiding the project. His
paper is republican, but all people in
Kansas City-republicans and demo-
Gratis alike-want the convention there.
| Fleming puts it thus confidently:
| kansas City is going to entertain the
| next national democratic convention.
| We've the best convention hall in
America, if not in the world, and our
railroad and hotel facilities are am
pie. st. Louis has committed itself to
| our support. and a guaranty fund of
$4,000 has been raised. although there
| is no limit on the cash that will be
| forthcoming If needed. 1t is an abso-
| Lutte cinch that we will win
None the less breezy and assertive
| is San Franciscos representative here,
| James E. English. one of the best
known young democrats of that city.
| He says:
I'VE are going to make a hard strug-
| gle to capture the democratic national
| convention. San Francisco is going
| about the matter in the most business
| like way. and will raise a big fund for
| the purpose. Neither of the great par
| ties has ever held national conven-
ton on the Pacific slope. the usual plea
| being made that some central point
| must be chosen for the convenience of
| the greatest number of delegates. But
| in this day of fast travel, when lux
| Ht-l-r
| tinent at n speed that annihilates dis
| tanCe, there is no reason to dread a
| journey to the Western rim of the con-
! tnent. In fact, it would be looked upon
| by most men as a picnic There is an
| element, too. of justice in recognizing
| San Francisco in this way, for Western
men have been coming East all these
years to attend their party's conven-
tons without complaint. Now they say
! that turn about is fair play, and that
| it is no more sacrifice for the East
| erners to come West than it is for the
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