The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-21

Clark's Record.
"Who is this man Clark: who is the
man who has the effrontery to come be-
fore n legislative assembly and ask for
recognition at its hands? Who is the
man who now has the hardihood to APP
pear as n democratic candidate for the
position of United States senator and ask
the support of democratic members in
his candidacy:
Il ask you these questions in all
earnestness. my fellow democrats, and
l ask that you demand satisfactory
answers to them before you proceed
further in your support of him. l ask
you to ask any man in Silver Bow coun-
ty, where we know this man, who he
is and what he is.
"And if he is honest in his answer, he
will tell you that Clark is the same man
who six years ago, in this, the capital of
our state, carried on, in order to crafty
the same ambition with which he is at
present possessed. campaign of debauch-
cry and crime that brought by the bale
full influence of the money he then spent
shame and degradation to members of
hat assembly who were unable to with
stand the temptations he then offered.
who brought upon the name of this young
state, then fresh from her maidenhood, a
blot of shnme and infarny that has never
been erased.
He is the same man who has fought,
because he could not control, the demo-
cratic party in Silver Bow county
with all the fury that tireless energy
and an abundance of wealth could COM
mand. You ask us men who, in support
of the principles of democracy, which
you, the majority of this assembly, are
supposed to represent, to vote for the
man who wages relentless warfare
against us in our home county, against
the combined efforts Of whose personal
following and hired aggregation we
have had to do battle; this man who
now presents himself as democrat for
your support.
A Party Wrecker.
II ask you, men who believe in the
principles of democracy, who here repre-
sent a democratic constituency, how can
you, in honor to yourselves, in justice to
the constituency you represent, here
unite your efforts for the man who, above
all others, has done more to wreck the
democratic prrty in this state than any
other man within Its confines,
What picture does it present: what
a mockery of the principles of demo-
cratic government is it that here in
these halls, dedicated to the honest and
conscientious performance of duty,
such a man because-and I assert it
boldly-because of the wealth that he
possesses and which for his only quail
ification, can pursue such course,
and. incredible as it may seem, find
those who support him in it?
al call upon you democratic men,
bers of this joint assembly, in the
name of the democracy that forms our
common brotherhood, in the name of
the honor and reputation which you
cherish, not to do great injustice to
yourselves. ! appeal in the name of
the state of rlontana that you here
do naught that will blacken her name
or dim the lustre of her glory.
II am not here advocating the cause
OF any man. I speak these words from
the bottom of my soul and I ask that,
ere you do that which means the dis
ruption Of great party, the overthrow
of public opinion, you stand as men
and as men put aside all that is I'M
worthy of you and fight this battle
out as your consciences and your
hearts dictate, and remember that for
that which you do here your fellow cit
liens will hold you to a strict account
ability, and your right or wrong motive
will be charged to you and your child
rem after you in an exactness that will
have to be complied with, and with
discrimination that only the rectitude
of your motive will justify
And now, Mr.. Speaker, I am con-
scious that I have spoken at much
greater length than I intended, but I
plead the circumstances and conditions
that surrounded us as my justification.
and l desire that my vote be recorded
for the Hon. w. G. Conrad Of Cascade
county"
Mr.. Kelly's was the best speech that
has been made during the session by
any representative, was delivered with
earnestness and eloquence. Even his
enemies, at the close of the session of
the joint assembly, said that it was
the best effort of the assembly up to
this time.
Walsh's Apology.
The roll call progressed quietly and
without change from the time Mr.. KEEL
iy voted till the name of Walsh of
lot