Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-26
THE VERY

A complaint filed yesterday against he
Standard Oil of New York. the
Amalgamated company of Montana and
the Record Publishing company of
Helena. contains the following extra
ordinary statement:
~Eigiith-That on the said 18th day of
August, 1890, and after the time when
plaintiff had entered upon his said en-
rloyment under the terms of said con-
tract, the representatives of the defend
ant corporations informed plaintiff that
the project of establishing a newspaper
at Butte, Montana, had been abandoned
for the reason hat negotiations had been
entered into between the representatives
of the defendants, the Standard Oil and
Analgamated Copper companies and one
Lee Mantle, the proprietor of the Inter
Mountain, a daily evening newspaper,
published in the said city of Butte, Mon
tana, n that said negotiations had re
suited in an agreement on the part of
said Lee Mantle to allow the said de-
PENDANTS. the Standard Oil and Anal
gamted Copper companies. to dictate and
to fully control the policy of said Inter
Mountain and to use its influence in the
political or other interest of said de-
PENDANTS, the Standard Oil and Anal
ganlated Copper companies, and for the
purpose of aiding said corporations in
gaining control of the legislature of Mon
tana. n in securing the election of two
senators from Montana to represent said
corporations in the senate of the United
States; in consideration of which agree
ment on the part of said Lee Mantle, the
SAID standard Oil and A~malgarnated
copper companies, upon their part.
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certain financial aid and to refrain from
establishing an evening newspaper in
said city of Butte in opposition to said
Inter Mountain.
The above is a fairy story pure and
simple as far as the Inter Mountain is
concerned, though if Mr.. Dexter has
been wronged we hope hi will obtain full
justice in the courts.
We have no means of knowing what
some man claiming to represent a num-
Der of rich corporations told Mr.. Dexter.
The latter's story may be true as to the
statements made to allure him to Mon
tana. 1t is easy for any man to make
promises and draw fine pictures. The
Inter Mountain, however, has not been
taken in by the Amalgamated or
Standard Oil or any other concern. This
paper IS as free from any corporate die
tation as it ever was, and any state
ment that a share of it's stock has been
sold or transferred, or that any arrange
ment, such as Mr.. Dexter ~recites, was
made, is absolutely false and without
excuse or justification, though such a
story may AVE been told him and he
may have believed it.
1t is true that some gentlemen were
going to start a republican paper here,
having been told before coming here
+ that there was a field for such an enter
prise. But on investigation they decided
not to make the venture, as the people
and the proposed new paper would have
proved a failure beyond doubt.
The Inter ounta is supporting the
republican ticket because it is a repub-
lican paper. II it We're an Amalgamatec
paper it would be supporting the indie
pendent democratic ticket, for the Anal.
ga1nated is certainly not a republican
company any more than the Montana
Ore Purchasing company or Clark com.
panies are.
Il is conceivable that the story abou,
the Inter Mountain and the trade Will
Lee Mantle was ~irrelevantly inserted
in the complaint wholly for political eff
feet. bllt it is more amusing than vera
cious.