The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-11

in Montana, whom the Republicans, by
some chance which always baffled the
Democrats, had nominated as Clark's
opponent. He privately hid Carter be-
hind screen and received the Clark
delegation. A short and satisfactory con-
versatfon was terminated with Days
promise to throw the entire vote he con-
trolled to Clark, In ORDER. said he, 'to
bury the red-headed Irish SON of-a-gun,
Tom Carter. in the middle kittle Of
h"
A few days later, when the vote was
counted, Clark was defeated and the
unknown Carter had been elected the ter
ritorial delegate. The votes that did the
trick were those of Anaconda, the dis
trict which DAILY held In the palm of his
hand
One incident of the campaign has since
proved a source of amusement Tom Nc
Tague, a Democrat, and a friend of both
DAILY and Clark at that time made ex-
tensive preparations for the celebration
booked to follow Clark's election He
bought and had shipped a car load OF
brooms to be carried in the parade to
signify the Democrats had made clean
sweep. McTague is now warden at the
state penitentfary, and one of the con-
tractors for the care of the convicts. He
Is presenting his friends, and has been
for years, with beautifully carved ash
canes made from the handles of the
brooms which were never used to ceIe-
brate the election Of Clark They have
however, served two purposes; one, to
give the convfcts something to employ
their hands and brains in idle moments,
and the other to make Warden McTague
popular with his friends.
From that time everything that Clark
sought to do politically was Intagonized
by DAILY. Not only was the unknown
Carter elevated into distinction, not
withstanding that Daily was by tradition
and principle a Democrat, and Carter a
Republican, but subsequently Lee Man
tie, also a Republican, was assisted to
the political honor of a senatorship and
afterwards of congressman; while the
first two senators from the new state Of
Montana, both Republicans, were pushed
into office through Days mediation
When the first legislature for the new
state was chosen, a. curious muddle oc-
Cured in one of the districts, and both
parties in the legislature we're enabled
Clark and Martin Maginns were
named by the Democrats, Wilbur F.
Sanders and Z. c. Power by the Re-
puhlicans. 1t is stated that Daily was re-
queSted at this time by one of his piincf-
pals, George Hearst, TO bury the Ratchet
and allow Clarks election. Outwardiy he
appears to have done so. But the disput-
ed district, through an influence which
many have attributed to Daily, was IN
able to settle it's controversy, and the Sc
lection between the Democratic and Re-
publican senators was finally left to
Republican United States senate Of
course, Clark was not seated.
Again four years later when another
election occurred to name a successor to
Senator Sanders, Daily used his influence,
this time less secretly, and prevented a
choice by the legislature. Daily himself
headed small coterie of nine Democrats
who refused to support the party caucus
for Clark. The governor made an ad in
term appointment, and thus Lee Mantle,
who subsequently became congressman,
owed his advancement to the CIark-DaIy
feud.
From this time the two men threw
their vast resources against each other
their wonderful control of the votes of Ia
boring men. their concern in the welfare
of the respective cities and towns in
which! their capital was invested, their
p personal and business friendships, their
social standing, their political prestige
They made 1t essential that friendship TO-
or support of, either DAILY or Clark should
be determined In advance of almost any
important proposition, business, political
or social. The attitude of newcomers was
canvassed and altered to one side Or the
other as assiduously as the favor of old
er residents was marshalled or their en-
nifty made uncomfortable.
When in 1893 and 1894 Montana people
were called upon, by the terms of their
new constitution, to choose a permanent
site for their capital, DAILY and Clark went
into the affair as If the state were their
own; Daily, with Irish determination, that
his own town of Anaconda should reap
the honors; Clark at first remaining In
the background, as he had done in the
famous water rights contention many
years previous, and slipping forward at
the moment when a victory over Daily
meant big turn In his future fortunes.
Anaconda and Helena were first chosen
out Of half dozen competitors. Between
general election.
If Anaconda won, Daily would be almost
irrevocably the master Of the destinies of
the state The thousands of men In his
employ at the mines of Anaconda would
constitute the balance OF power in all
matters of moment. 1t was prize upon
which Daily staked much. Rather than
lose it, he went to an extreme which, for
an unforgtving Irishman, is the last re-
sort. He approached Clark. and offered
to guarantee his support for the senatori-
al nomination If Clark would throw his
influence IN behalf of Anaconda.
CLARK seems to have wAled otherwise.
1.-The interim since the old days when DAILY