Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23

p~rerogatives in the political prize ring
at this particular time.
The Clark wing was Altered and the
Daily wing "dassent." Hence, the dispo-
sition to fly at each others throats was
temporarily restrained. in the hope that a
ten days truce might show hat the
questionable political methods of the past
We're Pigments of the imagination, rather
than stern reality. AS is usual when
an armistice is patched up between war;
ring elements, merely because the condi-
tons make it dangerous to fight, and not
because either side has surrendered it's
! desire to strangle the other on a mo-
ment's notice, the convention yesterday
was a comical conglomeration of politi-
cal situations.
The local leaders adjusted matters so
that four of the aldermanic candidates
would come from the DAILY faction and
four from the Clark faction, greater care
being taken to see that no friction was
created in app%ortioning the spoils than
to see that the best available men We're
chosen for positions of trust and respons-
Utility. Though it was apparent that in
the wards awarded to the DAILY wing
there We're Clark men better fitted by
ability and character for the city council
than the men selected, and in the Clark
wards there We're Daily democrats far
superior to the men named, the arrange
ments entered into had to be maintained,
regardless of the qualifications of the
nominees. This cut-and-dried political
job, entered into by men who were
brandishing all sorts of battle-axes over
each others heads a short time ago, re-
suited in the nomination of four men who
men who stand for the Clark interests
the public interests being left out of
the deal.
Equal care was shown by the respects
i've factions in the matter of resolutions.
AS Congressman Campbell, the accredited
political leader of the Daily wing, and
Senator Clark. the head OF the Clark
wing, do not speak as they pass by. and
stand for essentially different ends, it
was seen that an endorsement of these
two democratic representatives in con-
, gress would be an absurdity on the face
J Of things. Campbelrs followers have
: publicly subscribed to the belief that SEN
ator Clark ought to be in the penitenti-
t airy, while Senator Clark's adherents are
anl1a1ly noSitivo that Cornnho11 o,rht IN
j. be there. 1t was likewise out of ques-
ton, while harmony was on tap, to en-
dorse one Of these democratic representa-
tives without endorsing the other. Thus
was witnessed the utterly ridiculous
I and g~rotesquesly absurd situation Of q
n refusal to mention the name Of either Of
I them in the proceedings Of the city con-
v%ention. It was the first democratic
: convention held since those two men en-
=, tered upon their respective official duties
g they were entitled to recognition. Espe.
cially is this true when the convention
:. was held in the'city where they both re.
S side.
On the face of things, this would admi
II Of the public Interpretation that neithe
y enjoyed the respect and confidence of hi
:, party, hence both were denied the recog
o milton invariably accorded statesmen a
who understand the situation know tina
Z the leaders who have been accused by tn
10 Anaconda Standard of worshipping a
l. the shrine of ~bribe-givers and bribe-tah
~ ers, and by the Butte Miner of coercio
ic and fraud. were so anxious to secure
Is few aldermanic positions with which t
1t work the city, that they were willing t
lie mingle political doors in brotherly low
~ The readiness with which each tactic
D condones the sins of the other goes far t
- prove the correctness Of the statement
ne made by each. Men wrongfully accuse
10 of criminal offenses do not compromise
~ even in a political way with their accus
ers, and when the two factions of tn
=, democracy get together, after the length
I'd to which they nave gone to prove the az
ne cusations made. it merely serves motto
on the voters of this city and state thu
y, both are eligible candidates for polite;
oblivion, before the commonwealth ca
he recover from the reputation which demo
:. cracy has given it.
Had either wing of the party stood fl
political purity, as against the charg'
he laio at the uoor y In o'"ei' 'heie NIB
have been some hope of a democrat
OF phoenix arising from the ashes of Grim