The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-09

Washington office does not comprehend
is what prompted Mr.. Mantle's paper to
raise the flag on this particular selec-
ton of music in treating of Mr.. Clarks
vocal accomplishments
AS has been said,. the Standards
readers in Butte can tell whether the
part of this story that refers to the In
ter Mountains editorial is true or not.
AS to the part of the story that re-
lates to this end of the line-for fur
ther particulars see Senator Carter or
Senator Mantle. They were both there.
There will be several contests before
the new senate. William A. Clark's
seat is not the only one that is regarded
as in danger, although it is the only
one where bribery is the charge. If
the case against the man is pressed as
vigorously as many influential sena-
tors desire, it will attract more atten-
ton than any Of the others. And Clark
will have no company in the lonesome
business of waiting to see if there is
retribution for bribers and no tack in
his senatorial seat. The Butte boodler,
repudiated by his own city at the polls,
is the only man claiming a seat in the
senate whose title is clouded by the
faint of bribery, but there are others
whose claims to seats will call for in
vestigation. The most interesting of
these, politically, is Senator elect N. B.
Scott of West Virginia. His alleged
election was by the aid of two re-
publican senators, who were disquali-
fed under the terms of the state con-
stitution by virtue of their acceptance
of commissions in the volunteer army.
And, evening the votes of these sena-
tors, Mr.. Scott did not receive a ma
jority of all the state legislature in
joint convention, and John T. McGraw,
his democratic competitor, who is now
making up his contest, will base his
claim against Scott largely upon this
circumstance
But the most important contests will
be those that raise anew the question
of the right of gubernatorial nominees
to fill senatorial vacancies occasioned
by the failure of legislatures to act
Although in the Mantle case, and again
in the Mitchell case, the senate has de-
cided that such appointees cannot sit,
there seems to be a strong disposition
to reconsider and reverse this ruling. 1t
will probably depend on the result in
Pennsylvania. If the keystone legis-
lature is deadlocked and no election re-
suits, and this now seems extremely
probable, Governor William A. Stone
will undoubtedly appoint Quay and
thus bring the question again before the
senate
Quay is known to be personally very
strong in the senate, and his appoint
ment will cause the question to be
again fought out at length. There are
many new members of the senate, and
it is not at all certain that the decision
will be the same as in 1895 and 1897.
Both parties divided on the question,
and will probably do so again. If Sem
ator Quay were to succeed in holding
his seat under his commission from
Governor Stone, the governors of Utah,
Delaware and California would prompt
ly name senators, and it is said here
that Governor Wells of Utah would add
picturesqueness to the situation by
nominating George @. Cannon, first
president of the Mormon church. This
would raise still another question, i. e.,
whether a 'polygamist' will be allowed
to hold seat in the senate. This is the
same question pending in the new
house of representatives in the case of
from Utah. The Roberts case continues
to attract a great deal of attention in
various parts of the country.
HOSFORD.