The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-19

toastmaster, opened the postpfSndial
exercises. Mr.. Day was present this
time. He had absented himself from
the auditorium meeting, but he was on
hand at the banquet His speech. as
reported in the Independent the next
morning, was as follows: tHrahorado-
lucia la d dad dado." Then Mr.. Clark
responded to the toast "Our Senator
elect His speech was devoted to those
who had opposed him. He said that all
OF these were now "in the SOUP" For
that reason he said, he had enjoyed his
soup very much that evening. Eieuten-
ant Governor Spriggs responded to the
state of Montana" Mr.. Spriggs had
much to say about the state that was
good, but he, out of consideration for
those present probably, refrained from
mentioning the stain that the man at
the head of the table had placed on tie
name of the state Senator Hoffman
responded to THE Senate and Ben
Fine told something about The House."
Neither of them told all he knew! SEN
ator Hannah made another of his ;ceIe-
DRAFTED patriotic speeches. but did not
explain why he deserted the field of bat
tie when the scent of Doodle reached
him. Probably the most truthful utter
ance of the evening was made by A. j.
Davidson, who said, in substance, that
"the capital city was for Clark, regard
less of what he did or how he did it"
George II. Casey tried to represent
Butte when he responded to 1.-THE
Smoky City," but no amount of elo-
quence could make even his prejudiced
audience believe that Butte Endorsed m
any degree the election of Mr.. Clark
When it came to the toast that had been
assigned to John B. Welcome, Some
"reminiscences of the Campaign, the
M INygS moi frI1 ,lxy|v
knew what Mr.. Welcome ought to say,
but everybody knew that he would not
say it. His "reminiscences of the cam
paign were chiefly of thousand dollar
bills, but he did not say anything about
this phase of the subject, so his remarks
were not appreciated.
Ill., XXI. ,-
When the toasts had all been drunk
the crowd repaired to the barroom. Mr..
Clark was borne thither on the shoul-
ders of his friends, the latter taking
turns in bearing the burden. In the
barroom there was an impromptu CON
cert, which had for its chief number the
chorus I'VE Will Hang Old DAILY to a
Sour Apple Tree" This called forth
some objection from some outsiders and
there wasa mix up in which a few blows
were exchanged. This carouse lasted
till breakfast time and then the crowd
dispersed. The banquet was over, but
there were some features of 1t that will
never be forgotten and will become his
torical in this state. 7%s@
5tBEe
XXI. 80
Among the kilograms of congratula-
ton that were received by Mr.. Clark
after he had received his 81 votes there
was no section of the state that was
more generously represented than Deer
Lodge City. Old and young, rich and
poor, democrats and republicans from
that place sent him messages by wire to
the effect that they were glad that 1t had
happened. Then most Of them took the
train for Helena to follow up their tele-
grams. When they reached Helena Mr..
Clark soon found out why they had been
so unanimous in their expressions of APP
prevail. They wanted his aid in estab-
fishing Powell county. He promised 1t.
He was promising any old thing at that
time. The Powell county bill was in
troduced and how we'll Mr.. Clark kept
his promise is shown by the fact that
the bill never got beyond the senate. 1t
was defeated by vote of 10 to IL. Those
farmers at Deer Lodge will have thing
Or two to remember themselves. 1t ls
easy enough to get a promise, but it is
a different thing to get votes. These
farmers had the Clark support, they
were assured of that, and they had
quite a pot of money. They used the
money and didn't get the support. There
was no money used against them, but
they lost their fight. The next time they
bring up the Powell county bill 1t will
probably be under different circum-
stances.
When the time came for Mr.. Clark to
leave Helena he did not say much about
it in advance, but the news got out and
then there was scramble. Cullen,
and a number of others, it is said had
a cold sweat lest the departure take
place before a settlement was effected.
There We're plenty of others in his place.
1t was close call for some of them and
the rumor was current the next morning
and was uncontradicted that several of
those who had delivered their votes had
failed to receive the compensation
therefor. 1t was tough, but they couldn't
bring suit. Then, too, there were others
who had been disappointed. There was
Swindlehurst, brother of the house
member from Park county, who had
worked upon the promise of fat bust
nses deal When the end came, he was
told that clause in the mortgage,
which had been overlooked, prevented
the foreclosure. Mr.. Swindlehurst went
home and looked wiser than when he
came ito Helena J. S. M. Neill, the man
ager of the Helena Independent found
himself with lot of untitled promises
on his hands. There were certain notes
against his paper that Mr.. Clark had
promised to settle in consideration for
the services of his sheet in the fight,
but those notes are still outstanding.
Mr. Neill made some very emphatic re-
marks concerning Mr. Clark a few
nights before the legislature adjourned
that did not correspond with the sent-
ments that he had expressed earlier in
the session. The returns of this nature
have been coming in ever since Jan.
2S, and are not all in yet. But it is diff
ferent with Hannah He has nothing to
of. When the roll Is called in
the summer, it is likely that there will
be many who will admit that this was
Il very remarkable session."
An Important Decision.