The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-06
IT JUST HAPPENED 50.
Clark Opened Up Business and
Carter Left Town for Good.
SOME THINGS LOOK QUEER
But the Men Who Are Said to Be- For
Marshall Are Keeping Mighty Quiet
About it-Both Houses
at Work.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, Jan. 5.-Of course it was all
a series Of co-incidents, but some un-
thinking people refuse to look at it in
that light. 1t happened this way: w.
A. Clark arrived here from Butte at
6:15 Wednesday evening. Senator
Thomas H. Carter left here for Wash
ington at 1:20 Wednesday evening. Be-
tween 6:15 and 20 number Of things
occurred. For one thing, caucus of
the republican members of the legislat-
ure was held to nominate the republican
candidate for United States senator.
Before adjourning these republicans
pledged one another to keep the action
that they had taken absolutely secret.
Some are guarding the secret much
more zealously and successfully than
others, but all are doubtless doing the
best they can. But what some dull peo-
pie can't understand is the reason for
making mystery of it anyhow.
Another of Wednesday evenings CO.
incidences was the fact that w. A.
Clark and Tom Carter met at the Mon
tana club and that the other gentlemen
who were present in The room found it
convenient to draw aside, thereby af-
fording the two statesmen the luxury of
basking in each others society While
their private conversation is much more
of a mystery than the action of the re-
publican caucus, it is assumed of course
that Mr.. Clark took up the charge that
he is a democrat with rlgor and spirit,
and successfully proved it to be utterly
without foundation. Even if he was a
democrat years ago, it should not be
flung in his face after he tried so hard
last fall to. elect an active gold bug
republican to the office of state senator
and to send to the nowse from Silver
Bow county six or eight red hot gold re-
publican representatives. Actions speak
louder than words and promises, and if
Mr. Clark's republicanism, when pro-
perly presented to Mr. ,Carter's consid-
GRAFTON by Mr.. Clark himself at We'd
nesday evenings love feast, wasn't en-
tirely satisfactorily to Mr.. Carter, then
the senator from Montana is more ex-
acting than anybody in this vale of
Mr.. Carter spent just five days in
town industriously assuring people
that the IA republicans must not would
not, could not and should not vote for
any man for United States senator who
is not good Mckinley republican. If
they vote for Clark, therefore, it shows
that Clark has taken the 33rd degree
of republicanism, but in that case it is
not so clear where the democrats who
vote for Clark are going to get off at
1t is not known by what process they
can square themselves with their demo-
cratic constituents for voting for a
good Mckinley republican. Tndeniabl
Clark struggled hard enough for the
election of gold republican ticket in
Silver Bow county to be entitled to high
republican honors, but upon what
theory he is asking for democratic re-
cognition it is difficult to conceive.
1t should be said right here that there
are some republican members who will
never vote for w. A. Clark. Let it be
said too that there are republicans in
Helena who believe that Senator Car
ter has been honest and sincere and
trying in good faith to keep the repub-
lican members in line for Tom Marshall
warning them that they cannot vote for
a democrat without running their own
good names and putting the good name
of the republican party of Montana in
jeopardy. These friends of Carter's re-
pudiate the suggestion of a collusion
between Clark and Carter. AS to the IA
republicans, by their fruits We shall
know them. Tom Carter spent just five
days in Helena. w A. Clark is spend
ing a good deal more than that, but
that's annthar stnr,r