Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-12

ARSANCC Va IL cause Oh REFORM In MON. l
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Well" I resumed, II told the witness
who came kicking to me tina he had a
duty to perform to the state n to any
children he might have, should he ever
get married" I said to him you, may
go back IL you want ia, but, L. John Ginx.
shall remain here and see Justice meted
out to this man Clark. who insulted me in
Helena, by Offering to pay me we'll if I
would agree to oppose his election and
use my great influence against him last
winter n tell everybody he was no good.
! shall camp on his rail-. ven if l nave
to wait until his term of office expires and
send him a messenger boy every day to
inform him that I am still there. I am
bound to see him out of the senate. even
II I have to stand around the door Of the
chamber some Afternoon and see him come
out. If / don't who will ever dare to buy
the lot I have in Anaconda? Clark cannot
ignore me with impunity. / figure that il
he had paid me what I was worth to sup-
port him in Helena, he would not have
had a cent left to eat on. I know you
gentlemen of the Advisory Committee feel
the same way about yourselves. I should
like to get a little money from the treas
urer right now. The barrel is here: why
not divide it between us. SO that If we lose
our jobs in Montana we shall not have to
go to Charlie Clark to borrow money for
meal tickets. This contest is q matter of
principle with me, just as it is with you
principal and interest. We must be pa
%triotic in all things. on account Of our
children, of whom, as you know, I have
thirteen in Helena. Mn. tF@
LAS I understand the position Of this
committee and myself, we are here first
to perform a solemn duty to ourselves:
secondly, to the members Of this commit
tee and me; and thirdly, not to include
anybody but us in the work Of distribu-
ton. / am willing to give any man his
just due, # | can see it with my eyes Shut
but as Mr.. Daily says that the young
men, Of this state are conducting thfs in
vestigation, we must not let a dollar es-
cape. The reference to young men,
means US. ! am only 60, and the average
age Of all the members OF this committee
does not exceed Is years. It therefore de-
wolves upon us, If Mr.. DAILY subscribed
enough to this cause, to use the money to
the best advantage and hold a meeting Of
this committee every two hours, if neces-
sary, or whenever any money comes in
from New York. Anything to get Clark
out Of the senate, according to the oaths
signed in our own sacred blood OF which
we have none left"
Spoken like a hero" interrupted a
member of the committee. II cordially
echo the noble sentiments Of Mr.. Ginx''
he added. "The rebuttal testimony now
going in is proving us to be the grandest
aggregation Of Ananiases that Senator
Chandler ever saw, though die. has, been
facing the democratic members of the
senate for over a'quarter OF a century. II
my great n good friend from Anaconda
We're not going to o to New York to
Live, I would stick to him like a leach, but
I must have more money myself. 1 will
stick to any man as long as he can do
me any good Inc lives where I can be in
occasional touch with his leg; but gentle
men of the convention, though I am a re-
former by profession, i have too much re-
gard for my family to be making a fool
Of myself in trying to purify Montana
politics on an empty stomach. Besides, il
they are ever purified what would become
of me? If this man Lyons was to have
got S., 900 for doing a little lying about
Clark at one session of the senate commit
tee, why should / be expected to work all
the time for a few political promises and
board myself? I am willing to swear that
this man Clark, has got Swede Murphy
concealed under his bed and that he stole
a seat in the senate between two days, but
in the words of my friend Hewitt, "what
is there in it for me?' Why I haven't even
been promised a lease in one of the COM
pany's mines, though most of their pro-
duct for years has gone into the politi-
cal pot. I want dough, but 1 don't want
any more "Sourdough'' for my profess
sional labor.
"My FRIEND" said the chief joll.er, who
had taken careful notes of my speech, and
also recorded the kicks of the other men,
bers of the committee, 81 will send your
complaints to New York Immediately
and rave them submitted to the old man.
In the meantime, 1 advise you to be pa
tient. You shall have all the money you
:. want, If you can get it. We Will distri-
butte among you all the fat offices of the
state, If you car be elected. We shall
control everything. We shall win by fair
means when we can, but we shall win
We shall control politics in Montana to
the last syllable of recorded time. We
, shall control courts, legislatures, election
: judges, county commissioners and asses
sors. You shall never be arrested or con-
v.cted OF any crime. Your property will
be overlooked by the assessors. Your
: wages will be doubled n you will have
unlimited credit at every bar in the state
l You hall have all the official pie that
1 you want for you friends and all the
a mining leases you can work. All we ask