The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-07-24
TUESDAY, JULY "a. 1900.
FOR PRESIDENT
WILLIAM. J. BRYAN
OF NEBRASKA
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
ADLAI E. STEVENSON
OF ILLINOIS

WHAT The Libby News in
DEMOCRATS an ingenious editorial
SHOULD DO. invites democrats who
are opposed to w. A. Clark to cooper
ate with the republicans to secure his
defeat.
This invitation comes from an over
weening desire to see the republican leg
islative ticket elected from this county
and is exceedingly unfortunate in view
of the record made by the republicans
elected from Flathead two years ago.
Suppose the anti Clark democrats, who
are nearly all the democrats of Flathead
county, were so foolish as to adopt the
course suggested by the News, what as
surance can the News give them that
republicans elected in 1900 will be less
influenced by Clark's gold than republi
cans elected in 1898?
Isn't the News aware that Mr.. Clark
bought three fourths of the republican
members of the last legislature and that
with all his money he could not get
majority of the democrats in that body?
And isn't the News further aware that
h~Yovcl>1o Gnsrnr rov,r1 hi
can from Flathead, who holds his seat
by an outrageous fraud against the
rightfully elected senator, will set an ex-
ample to any republicans elected from
Flathead this year by voting for w. A.
Clark again and as long as Mr.. Clark's
money holds out?
In view of the fact that it was by the
wholesale purchase of a majority of the
republican members of the legislature
that w. A. Clark was declared elected
United States senator and that every
republican from Flathead was in that
purchased crowd, we cannot believe, Mr..
Editor of the News, that your advice is
good no matter how sincere. The record
shows that the percentage of purchas-
able republicans in the legislative assem-
bly, was double that of the democrats,
and that in view of the fact that repub-
lican had no manner of excuse for voting
for a democrat. Your siren voice will
not lure us on the rocks. The record of
your members of the last legislature is
too unsavory and too recent and your
Geiger too much in evidence
The democrats of Flathead county are
in the majority, and those of them who
may believe in endorsing crime and COM
mending bribery do not hold even the
balance of power between the two par
ties, SO that the democracy of the county
may be depended upon to elect three
members of the legislature who will vote
for clean men for United States senator's.
The question for every democrat to
ask himself is: DO approve of brib-
ery?" and if he does not SO approve, then
to register his emphatic protest against
w. A. Clark.
Mr.. DAILY is not candidate and his
name is being used by the Clark people
to divert attention from their crime and
to secure justification for a continuance
of their criminal methods.
Suppose you go ahead and send w. A
Clark back to the United States senate
by endorsing his purchase of the legisla
ture, will not the name of Montana be
come stencil in the nostrils of honest
men and will not her people in years t.
come feel the blighting shame of tn,
briber's gold?
1t is not a question of the likes or dis
likes of Mr.. DAILY. 1t is far above an,
beyond personal feelings or prejudices
The honor of the state is involved an,
the question is, Do we as sovereign
state approve of bribery? Do We as
free people surrender our manhood an,
all those principles we have been laugh
to cherish to the power of gold? Shal
our children in their shame say. "Ou
fathers were purchasable and felons?
Shall the citizens of other states say
"There is Montana. rotten borough in