Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-30

went over to Clark the Anaconda people
could have elected Ex-Governor Toole or
Major Maginnis. After that their only
hope was a Butte man, but if they had an
ambition in tina direction, which is
doubtful, it was thwarted by the Conrad
men who. at that late hour, could have
elected Clark any ONE their leader
was deserted by the Anaconda men.
At an early stage in the game the anti
Clark men could have left Conrad and
taken up one of half a dozen prominent
men in this city and elected him, provided
their treaty of peace with the Kalispeli
candidate had a reciprocity clause in it.
1t was a great political mistake to tie up
with Mr.. Conrad, not because of any .un-
worthiness on the part of that gentleman,
but because he was geographically the
most illogical candidate in the field and
owes what prominence he possesses not to
party service but to his great wealth.
Additional mistakes in management
! were freely made by the anti-Clark men
as the campaign progressed, prominent
among which was the theatrical attempt
to stampede the joint assembly on the
eve of the first senatorial ballot. With
ont discussing the merits of 4he charges
made, the method of their presentation
was clearly a mistake, and one which
shrewd judges of human nature should
not have fallen into. With the history of
six years ago in the mind of every men,
Der of the legislature, and each man
keenly alive to the possibility of any
step being taken by either wing of the
party to crush the other, a stampede
would have been impossible had st. Paul
himself counters.gned the statements
made by MI. Whiteside. Men don't do
things that way. 1t is only when grave
personal danger threatens that men lose
their heads and are ~stampeded into doing
things on the spur of the moment.
awakened a curiosity to Investigate them
before final action was taken. Had these
same allegations been made privately to
different members who were suspected of
a tendency to go wrong, and the lesson
taught them in proper form that the
sword of Damocles was suspended in the
air, the mystery Of the effort would have
produced favorable results, provided
bribery was going IN. But when a dra-
matte effect was planned, it miscarried
The Clark men We're given a cue to theil
defense, and upon that they rallied theil
forces and m~arshalled public opinion
around their standard bearer,
Then came the fatal policy of assailins
lIle DuDllC, pGCd DNOlIC OIIo ' "ti' ~
awaited the action of the grand jury be
fore giving their unqualified approval tt
the charges made. The assaults upon TIL
character of the citizens of Helena con
vcrted a passive friendship for Mr.. Clarl
into an irresistible fighting force in hi
behalf. It placed the lobby in the contro
S of the Clark men, and all legislativ
l bodies are more or less influenced by tn
sentiment that constantly environs them
But while the anti Clark men mad
y many mistakes of a political character
= and seriously embarrassed themselves g
the outset by overestimating their capaC
( ity to control affairs, they had a seriou
problem to confront. Many agencies be
You'd their control contributed to tn
I creation of a public sentiment in M
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