The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-29
Clark Contingent in Livingston
in a Bad Way.
BLACK CRIME OF BRIBERY
Contracts for Sewers Along Main Street.
A New Police Magistrate - Re-
publicans Cannot Get Can
didates for Office,

palsy last week. The attack came on
when Billy McDermott of Butte wrote
to the devoted dozen in this city and
warned them to beware lest the city
convention walk all over the slim SUBJ
sidizer and adopt summary resolutions.
The communication from the Butte
boniface also stated that the currency
headquarters had been transferred to
Butte and all kinds of money would be
turned loose to aid in the election of the
gold bug ticket This last information
gave the grasping gang new lease of
life and they lined up at the city con-
vention with fighting force OF six out
or the ~ delegates present. Before the
convention was called to order the sa-
lacious six were thrown into fits by the
information that the delegates intended
denouncing the black crime of bribery.
The six delegates sat on the edge of
their chairs and the correspondent of
the Butte Miner backed into a corner
and awaited the expected explosion
They trembled like scared bovines in a
branding pen, but the explosion never
came. The convention knew that should
the wholesale bribery Of the Sixth leg
islature be denounced, the Clark gang,
true to the instinct which indorses dis
honesty, would do their best to beat any
ticket that might be nominated When
the convention adjourned the unsophis-
ticated Miner correspondent, still ner-
vous from the strain, wired the effort of
his life to the mental msfit of the
smoky city. He came as near telling
the truth as he comes to understanding
the tricky transactions which took place
in Helena when he innocently aided in
the election of the prince of political
corruptionists. The cold facts still
stand. Clark bought his seat and the
people here know it and look upon men
who condone the crime as being too dis
honest to care or too cowardly to con-
denim. Clark's heelers declare that they
will destroy the democratic party here
if it dares to denounce dishonesty.
Saturday evening the city council
held an adjourned meeting and trans
acted business of considerable import
ance. They let the contracts for build
ing the sewer along Main street. the
first sewer to be built in Livingston.
and the contract for constructing
dyke in Riverside addition to prevent
the high water from Overlooking the
residence property situated in that part
Of the city. The contract for the sewer
was let to Culley & Lewis, who offered
to do the work for $500 and have the
work completed within a time specified
the city. The work will be done under
the supervision of an engineer employ
ed by the city. Among the unsuccessful
bidders We're Samuel Brady, whose bid
was for $4,000, and T. r. Kinds of
Butte, whose bid was for $4.700 The
work of constructing the dyke will be
done by David Buchanan, whose bid
was the lowest among the four submit
ted to the council. He will receive $500
fnT II Ia 9th IiII
Amos Shaw, who offered to construct
the dyke for $l,SS5. and Lewis Miller,
whose bid was $94S, and Philip Mercer,
who would do the work for 1910. AL
derman Goughner of the First ward re-
signed from the council to make the
race for city treasurer and made an adj
dress in the nature of a farewell to his
fellow members. The council appointed
S. l. Wilson to the office of police mag
istrate after declaring that office va
cant. the incumbent of the office, D. J.
Rose, being absent from the state. Will
son, who is a candidate for the office,
will fill out the unexpired term.
The republicans in this city appear to
have some difficulty in finding candi-
dates ITO run for the office of alderman
in the different wards. DIR. r. D. Alton
was selected to make the race at the
Second ward primary and refused to be
a candidate, and John Harvey was fin
ally prevailed upon to make the race in
his place. In the Third ward Fred
Brooks was the nominee, but for some
reason he too declined to make the race
and Theodore Jackson was placed upon
the ticket in his stead. The political
situation is warming up and the cleo
ton bids fair to be a hot one all along
the line.
The afternoon passenger train Friday
brought no this city the body of Virgil
Rank, who died at Columbus while on
his way to Minneapolis for treatment at
the hospital for cancer of the stomach
Rank was rancher and lived on
Shields river, north of this city. He
started for the East on the 18th inst
and was taken sick at Columbus. where
he was detained by his illness until he
died. He was buried Sunday in Noun
tain View cemetery. He was a man
about As years of age and leaves a fam
lily.
The Rocky Mountain club will he re-
organized at an early date and tr,ans-
formed into a business mans club, hav-z
ing for its object the promotion of the
interests of the city and the develop
merit of the resources of the surround
ing country. The club has been a social
organization. but owing to the great
number of lodges in the city the club
has not enjoyed the prosperity that it's
splendid personnel deserved and it is
hoped the demand for a business mans
club can be met by merging the old or
ganization into an added membership
of business men.
A letter received by NJ. D. Daniels of
this city the first of the week states
that Miss Minnie Murray, a newspa per
woman of Stewart, Ia, will spend a
month in this city and in the National
park this summer as soon as the season
opens, writing up the country and Won
derland for n number of magazines for
which she is d contributor Miss Muir
ray Is the young woman who nearly
succeeded in stampeding the Chicago
convention for Horace Boise after he
had been placed in nomination by ex-
Congressman Fred White of that state
Ex-Chief Dispatcher c. A. McCune
departed for Denver, Col, on Friday
evenings train. Mr.. tMcCune will visit
at West Superior Wis. before going to
Denver. He is greatly improved in
health since leaving the employ of the
railroad company and will take an ex-
tended vacation before resuming the
duties of dispatcher,