Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-05
WHERE IS He AT?
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WHERE is He AT?
One of the interesting features of the
political aftermath of the late city cam
tween the esteemed Anaconda Standard
and the esteemed Butte Miner over the
ownership of Mayor-elect Mccarthy. The
Standard insists that Mr.. Mccarthy ran
on the anti-Clark platform, refused to
climb down off it on the suggestion of the
Miner, was elected on that issue and is
therefore a dyed-in-the-wool Anaconda
Standard democrat. The Miner, however,
is equally insistent that Mr.. Mccarthy
did not approve of the platform upon
which he stood. that he was forced to
stand on it because the party that NOM
mated him wanted to defeat him, and
that he was rescued from the awful jaws
of an impending defeat by the votes Of
men who knew that he didn't have any
confidence in his W s~tanding-that is,
in the platform upon which he stood.
Like the case of the two old women who
appeared before King Solomon, when
that distinguished gentleman was serv-
ing in Jerusalem in the position that
Normoyfe wanted, each claiming possess
sorry title to a child thai was in dispute,
it may become necessary to cut Mr.. Nc
Carthy in two and make a fair ard equ-
able distribution of his honor between the
Standard and the Miner. In fact, the
mayor-elect must feel considerably cut
up already.
With the official organ of one faction
of the democratic party claiming that
Mr.. Mccarthy was elected to carry out
the platform of principles on which he
stood, ard that he is true to the political
footing of the campaign; and the official
organ of the other wing of the party de-
claring IN effect that he was the victim of
political circumstances over which he
had no control. and should repudiate the
platform upon which he ran, inasmuch as
the election IS over. that gentleman is
certainly placed in a situation where 81
lence cannot relieve the embarrassment.
The public, over whom he is shortly to
preside. would like to now just where
Mr.. Mccarthy is at. That he may not be
accused of partially in discriminating
between the Standard and the Miner, the
columns of the Inter Mountain are open
to the mayor-elect for an interview de-
platform declarations of the campaign
AS this paper did all that it honorably
could do to defeat Mr.. McCarthy-ever
going to the extreme of quoting the Ana,
conda Standards editorial opinion o
him-a statement of facts concerning hi:
views of the late platform upon which h
ran can appear in these columns will
perfect propriety.
The controversy now being waged ovel
MI. Mccarthy by the recognized oficia
organs of the two democratic factions il
. this city, has whetted the public appe
tite to a point where guess work should
cease and definite knowledge be attain
ed as to the course which his honor in
tends to pursue. The natural Inference
is that a man Endorses the platform OF
5 which he stands as a candidate for Office
| in default of amy duly authorized public
| statement to the contrary. If this be tru,
in the case of Mr.. Mccarthy hat gentle
man stands committed, rs mayor o
5 Butte. to champion the fight against MI
w. A. Clark which will be made in tn
: senate of the United States.
No other course will be left open to him
unless he publicly repudiates that portiol