The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-09-25

Helena, Sept. ia new democracy
has been born in this city of Helena to-
night; one which condones no crime. 1t
is a democracy that refuses to associate
with bribe givers or bribe takers. 1t is
democracy which repudiates those acts
Of Clark and his agents which have
brought Montana into national disgrace.
It is democracy which can look hon
esty and honor in the eye without finch
ing and without shame. 1t is demo
cracy, furthermore. which can stand
alone. 1t does not need to be propped
up by fusion with Clark populist party
on one side and Clark labor party on
the other.
The Clark democratic convention here
today made it's choice and it liked the
glitter of Clark's gold, for campaign
was promised of Doodle without end.
There were many sincere and earnest
democrats in the convention who regret
ted the CHOICE but they were not in the
majority. The controlling element of
the convention was the element which
accords to any Office holder the right to
sell his vote if he gets his price. A con-
servative estimate would place the floor
of the convention today at about half
million dollars. The men who handled
the dough were in it and large proper
ton of the men who got the dough were
there as we'll.
Hannah was there; Paul and Metlen
we're in the convention; Conrow, Lose
kamp, Gillette. Truscott, Bowlen, Hoff-
man, Five Thousand Dollar Day, Steele,
Davidson, Neill, Bickford, Potting,
Phelps, Riddell-all we're there. These
men had to be indicated. For vindica-
ton and honesty to sit in the same con-
vention hall was an impossibility. No
party banner can be carried to victory
which is soiled by official dishonesty and
political disgrace.
The scene tonight which brought the
new democracy into existence was pre-
ceded by stirring events, which kept the
excitement at top notch all day. Early
in the forenoon fiends, not deserving the
characterization of human beings, indus
triously circulated the report that Mar
Gus DAILY was dead. With gloating
eagerness to which the lowest brute
could not descend, with a ghoulish per-
sistence that is utterly beyond all human
conception, the story was passed from
mouth to mouth by men who are here in
the interests of Clark. It was even told
that bulletin of the death was in the
window of one of the newspaper offices,
statement that had no foundation in
fact. Dispatches from New York soon
denied the story and showed that Mr..
DAILY is much improved and was walking
about the hotel.
The evident design in the circulation
of these stories was to awe some dele
gates who might be disposed to oppose
carrying matters as far as the Clark
leaders wished and to give them to un-
derstand that Clark would hereafter be
the whole thing in the Montana demo-
cracy and that it would be we'll not to
oppose his will. AS if the life or death
of any man can now make honest demo-
Gratis in Montana consent to the vindica-
ton of crime or tamely submit to the
party's disgrace and the states infamy!
That will never happen. There was no
need of delaying the inevitable sequel,
but it seems that all was not harmony in
the Clark ranks. There we're some who
objected to the party committing sui
cide," as they characterized the act
which the Clark leaders had decided on.
This was really the reason for the delay
in the Clark convention. The delay in
the populist and labor conventions, held
respectively in Electric hall and in the
courthouse, was occasioned by the fact
that they could not 60 ahead until they
found out what the democrats were to
do. They had to wait for the Clark
convention to give the signal.
The Silver Bow delegation made no
effort to take their seats after the GEN.
trail committe, at the morning session,
had decided that the Clark delegation
should be seated, and SO the Clark men
marched down the aisle to the seats re-
served for the Silver Bow delegation.
There were Clark's two sons and his
brother. There were four of his attor-
neys-Messrs. Corbett, Bickford, Roote
and Dixon. There were the manager OF