Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-16
CLARKS SPEECH
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secured for him, and he was happy in
thought, as he expressed it, that
Marcus DAILY could not boycott the man
sells postage stamps Every en-
ploye Is now obliged to buy everything
that they require at their department
store or lose his position. Single men
buy clothing that they do not need, and
sell again at a reduced price to the pawn
shops of Butte, which, in
are strong competitors witt the vendors
of cheap clothing. Everything imagin-
able is kept in that great store. from a
sucking bottle to a coffin, in order to
meet all requirements of employees from
the cradle to the grave.
During the great capital fight in 1894
the company spent, according to the best
judgment Of expert men, over 81, 900, 600
to secure the location of the state CAPT.
tol at their w town, Anaconda, off to
one side of the state. and served by only
n bobtail railway, and difficult Of ac-
cess from other parts of the state. This
place is only 80 miles from the state line,
and there is scarcely any settlement in
t~ervening. In that section money flowed
like water and was offered to any one
who wOuld take it. Thousands of young
men casting their first ballot were de-
bauched. Mr.. DAILY testified that about
100000 were spent in that contest, but
"A S"A NC pAoSCu APOAA lAC
statement of a man who had the au-
dacity to testify that he had no feeling
toward me, when in the next breath he
sWore that he had authorized the unlim-
tied use of money to crush me?
The testimony of one of the best men
In Cascade county, who disbursed the
capital funds in that county, can be
procured that he expended in that county
alone e $50, 900, and that is only one
of the "a counties in the state.
What was the object of this gigantic
eHort and great expense? They could
not hope to get in return one-tenth Of
the expenditures from the seat of gov
rnmen where their thugs could control
of the legislature and where
the slick operators in Days employ
could weave a subtle web around the
governor, the members of the supreme
court and other officials, and thu COM
plete a system Of control so infamous
and despotic that it would not be toler-
ated in Russia or anywhere else in the
civilized or uncivilized world. Thank
God, we broke down tina effort of this
great tyrant and are now hoping to COM
plete the work and remove the despot
forever from the eyes of our people,
MY distinguished colleague, Mr.. Car
ter, labored with me in that memorable
struggle. He knows the truth Of all I
say and will verify it. AS it is today he
DAILY endeavors to put his own attor-
neys in the bench of districts where his
companies have property interests and
to control the election of members to the
supreme court, so that nearly every cor
poratlon in the state has been compelled
to reorganize under the laws or begin
equity suits in the federal court, where
they have a reasonable hope of obtain
ing Justice. This is a sad commentary
on the existing state Of affairs in Mon
tana, but it is only too true.
I'm the city of Anaconda, which is de-
pendent wholly upOn the smelling works
of MI. Days company, he rules as a
Veritable car, a name, in fact, which
has been applied to him throughout the
state. He has dominated every part of
the communities life, political. social, in
dustria1 and commercial. The entire
community has been completely at his
mercy. Individuals and business firms
have been crushed under his finger,
while political opposition has been the
signal for practical Punishment. The An
aconda townsite was originally located
and plated by Mr.. Daily and a few of
his friends. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of lots were sold at high
prices. People were induced to erect
houses and to build up their city by the
generous promises n predictions as
to the plans of the company, which
emanated from him in occasional stories
published in his personal organ, the An
aconda Standard.
Most of the houses were built by men
in the employ of the corporation, credit
being given them for the material, which
was also sold by the concerns owned or
controlled by Mr.. DAILY. In many in
stances the owners of these homes, after
paying installments upon them for
two or three years, suddenly found them
selves persona nor grata to Mr.. Daily,
o.,J Loot &hot~ y1cit}0rc or1 nso oooo-
PEELED to sacrifice about all they had in
| vested in their houses and lots. 1t is
stated that about 600 homes in that towr
are now vacant.
Mr.. President, I have not r%ecounted
a tenth of the insolent domination, the
blacklisting, the b~OycOtting and political
! debauchery of this man and his asso-
ciates who have without cause or provo
cation pursued me so relentlessly and
whose perversion of wealth extracted
! from the great mines of Butte has left
in it's train the and moral ruiz
| of men, the misery of women n chill
dren, the destruction of personal liberty
and a blight and stain or the fair name
| of our state. Is there any wonder, Mr.
President, that the liberty-loving people
! of Montana should become alarmed and
seek financial help to throw off the greai
| octopus that threatened everything that
was dear to them? How was it possible
to attack this American despotism
strengthened by long years of undis.
puted success, without a great effort
! which only money could secure? I was
in a position to aid in this work, and
am proud that I undertook it. 1t was
| done legitimately and with honesty OF
| purpose, and although here the cOndi.
| tons are not fully understood, I have
! received some assurances that the honest
people of my state approve my actor