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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-05-17

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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11
WAS CLARK ELECTED?

While speculation is rife as to the
probable successor to Mr.. Clark in the
senate, it is not so sure that Governor
Smiths right to appoint will be ac-
knowledged. Had the committee re-
ported in favor of expelling Mr.. Clark
from the senate, and the report been ac-
cepted by that body, a vacancy might
I'VE been created which the governor
would a had the undoubted right to
fill. But the committee did not so re-
port. 1t was held merely that a a
existed, that is, no valid election of SEN
ator had been held by the legislative as
sembly of the state of Montana. With
this report accepted by the senate, it fol-
lows that no n IA legally elected as
the successor to Mr.. Mantle, and the fail
ure of the legislature to do it's duty a
The governor can fill an ad interim va
cancy. but when the legislature fails to
elect his authority is not recognized.
The report of the committee seems to
take the ground, in effect, that Mr..
Clark was never elected and therefore
could not be expelled. This being he
case, his retirement from that body will
leave no vacancy which did not exist
after the expiration of Nantes term.
and which the legislature did not fill. If
his point is we'll taken, the vacancy can
De filed only by a ~reconvention of the
Legislature. This precedent was estab-
lished in the Mantle case, when that gen.
tleman was given a senatorial appoint
ment after the legislature failed to elect.
Unless reversed by the Quay case. which
comes up for final action OF the oath in
slant, the rule will stand, n the only
way to name a junior senator will be by
legislative action. This may deprive
Governor Smith of the pleasure of ap-
pointing some one to fill the vacancy
caused by the report of the COMMITTEES.
Another feature of the committees re-
port, of peculiar interest at this time, Is
the fact that it places Mr.. Clark in a
position where he cannot resign his seat.
If there was no election, as the senate
will hold in case the committees action
is approved, Mr.. Clark cannot resign a
position to which he was never elected,
and from which he could not, of course
the expelled. He can only await the final
decision of the senate when the report
comes up for consideration. If the action
of the committee is affirmed, Mr.. Clark
was never elected to the senate, the con-
ditions of a legal election not having
been complied with!
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11
ON A STRIKE.

Chicago Inter Ocean: There lives a
mar in Chicago over whose head there
hangs a thing so awful that In contem-
plation the tabled trouble of kings is
deemed of. little Importance. His gas
meter is on, a strike n has absolutely
refused to record the proceedings OF his
range. CRATE and chandelier for many
months. and he stand In mortal dread
of the terrible awakening.
He is q man who has served his coun-
try in critical times on board a man OF
war, and has passed through the thous-
and and one dangers of those who sail
the seas unscathed and with a brave
heart. Yet In a great city, by
frinds, he is slowly breaking under the
great strain. His name is withheld for
reasons which the following narrative
makes plain:
This gas meter does not differ In gem
eral appearance from thousands of others
on the West Side, and 1t has for years
been supervising the evening entertain
ments and Saturday bakings of the fam
lily with evident success on the one hand
and without suspicion on the other. 1t
has been the mentor which has stood In
the way Of numerous little extravagances
in which the family would have INDUCED
but for It in times past.
Early last summer friends came from
1 the south to get q Whit of lake air and
G yellow fever and the heat. Econ
| omy was thrown to the winds. and each
| night every jet in the fiat was lighted and
the gas stove In the kitchen did more
work In the same space of time than Il
| had ever accomplished before. In thu
| consideration of the household expenses
1t was judged after careful thought thai
1t would require about - to square tn
matter with the gas company.
When the bill was presented It reae
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11

1850. n 1t was settled with unusual
promptness- Congratulations on the part
OF the other tenants in the building fol-
lowed. as they were in the habit OF COM
pairing notes on little matters OF this kind.
The next month on account Of the liber-
atty OF the meter. the extravaganza con-
ttnued on bot the same scale. The bill
formed the basis for more congratulations
and extreme Interest in the neighborhood,
and bets were freely made and taken on
the result of the reading for the next
month.
The gas bill made its appearance at the
usual time. the following month, and only
recorded so cents. There was no gas bill
at all the next month and the fiat dweller
approached the Office of the gas company
with fear and trembling. His fears, how
ever, were groundless, as IN official mott
ned MIN that there was nothing charged
against him on the books.
All this winter this flat has been one of
the contest in Chicago. The neighbors
nave been spending their evenings there
reading and doing fancy work under sew
eral gas Jets turned to the limit all win
ter. The gas crate has saved the family
several dollars in hard coal, and the gas
range In the kitchen has been working
overtime doing the cooking for the neigh
borhood. Gas bills nave ceased to make
their appearance, and the subject Is one
which the people in the secret seem never
to tire of discussing.
Faithfully every month the head of the
family goes to the gas office. asks for a
bill, and is always refused, and his neigh
bors think he should be a happy man,
but he Is not. To the contrary, his hair
Is growing whittier and the lines on his
face are deepening each month because OF
the awful dread that the meter will wake
up some day and attempt to make ur
for lost time.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11

tation of being politically rotten from the
ground up-a reputation wfiich DE.
Standard did it's utmost to create, and
which is wholly undeserved by our
people.
But the anxiety of the Standard to run
Mr.. Clark to earth was basede on The
burglar to yell "Stop. thief" to a passer-
by. in order to defect public suspicion
from himself.
The result was it tried the Clark case
in advance of the sitting of h commit
tee, pointing out the alleged rottenness
of reputable men whose names have, not
been besmirched by one scintilla of evil
dence during the entire proceedings.
1t created the impression abroad that
the illegal use of money was the only
political method which the Clark men
employed, and by it's conduct forced to
the front an exposure of it's own rotten
system of handling political affairs.
WHEN the testimony was cOnCluOeO
there was not an offense laid at the doors
of the Clark men which had not been
duplicated with emphasis by his demo-
cratic opponents.
The safety of Mr.. Clark's assailants
lay only in the fact that they had no
senatorial seat in issue, and could not
be reached by the strong arm of the COM
mittee.
In the history of criminology a thief
is sometimes employed to catch a thief,
thereby escaping the vengeance of the
law.
If the Standard can arrogate to itself
any glory in the downfall of Mr.. Clark,
it should lose no time in absorbing all
within it's grasp.
Two points are patent to every intel
ligent man in this state, who has care
fully watched the progress of the trial.
First. it has been conclusively shown
that the political methods of Mr.. Clark's
assailants were of the most disreputable
type; and, second, had Mr.. Clark re-
sorted to the perjury which character
lied the prosecution, and denied the ex-
penditure of large sums of money for
campaign purposes, the decision of tile
committee might not have been against
him. 5fr f9=
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11
SHOULD CAMPBELL Sc EXPELLEDs

If reasons existed for depriving Senator
Clark of his seat, equally strong reasons
exist why Congressman Campbell should
be expelled from the house of representa-
tives.
While his election to that Office might
not afford sufficient grounds for action
against him, though fraud n coercion
n Doodle entered into it as important
factors, his confession, under oath, of
the wanton violation Of state and fed
eral laws should lead to his a%pprehen-
sion for crime.
He not only sent an obscene letter
through the postofice, which he was
using at the time in violation of the e
eral statutes, but he was a party to the
opening of a private letter addressed to
another, and feloniously entered the pri-
vate room of Judge Bickford with a
duplicate key.
A man who has committed these Of
lenses is amenable to the criminal laws
of the land, and it would serve the true
interests of reform If Campbell was pros
ecuted to the limit.
His testimony not only disgraced him.
self-a matter of small consequence-but
he disgraced the commonwealth of Mon
tana, of which he is the sole representa-
tive in the lower house of congress. 2
1t would be a perpetual reflection upon
political decency to allow Campbell to re-
main in congress-. when guilty of crimi-
nal offenses against the law, after ON
pelling Clark to step down and out.
If the Augean stables are to be clean.
ed, the stall occupied by the political
leader of the Daily democracy should no.
be overlooked by the broom.
If MI. Campbell has not the decency tt
resign, let him be expelled. a.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11
me INTER MOUNTAINS POSITION.

This paper is proud Of the attitude
which it has consistently maintained
throughout the entire senatorial hght'
While condemning wrong doing, where
ever it may be found, we have always in
sisted upon the right Of self-defense, and
that no one should be adjudged guilty of
q violation of the law until the defend-1
ant was given an opportunity to be heard.
An earnest effort was made in these COL
umns to protect the good name Of this
state from the ~irreparable injury which
random newspaper reports inflicted upon
1t. It was held-and correctly held-that
If the crime of bribery had taken place,
and members of the legislature had been
]debauched. the proper place to expose
such offenses against the laws Of this
state was in the local courts of the COM
monwealth. Action Of this kind would
have demonstrated the ability of this
state to handle it's own criminal affairs,
without advertising it's i%ncapacity to do
so to the world.
But when the prosecution in the Clark
case betrayed it's lack of confidence in the
judiciary of the state, and appealed to a
higher FORUM, the Inter Mountain de-
manded tina the investigation be made
as thorough as the powers and limitations
of the committee permitted. We insisted
that While the shortcomings of one wing
of the democracy was exploited, those
of the other wing should likewise
receive all the probing which the circum-
stances seemed to justify. To this prop
osition the Anaconda Standard objected,
on the grounds that the DAILY men We're
not on trial, but the objection was over
ruled, and the hideous and contemplate
political methods of Mr.. Clark's demo-
cratic enemies were laid bare before the
world, to the unutterable disgrace of
some of the leading members of that wing
of the party.
In the interests of fair-play, the Inter
Mountain insisted that both Mr.. Clark
and Mr.. Daily should appear on the wit
ness stand. To this the Standard again
objected, alleging total ignorance on the
part of Mr.. Daily as to political affairs in
Montana-an allegation which vas sub
sequently proved to be false by that
gentleman's testimony before the COM
mittee, and which has appeared in full in
this paper. In according sufficient lati-
tude to the respective contestants to bring
out the truth as to the political methods
of each, and in summoning Mr.. DAILY te
his personal organ, the committee acted
strictly in line with the suggestions made
in these columns in the early stages OF
the fight.
The Inter Mountains record, therefore
ummarizes in an earnest and ~steadfas
effort to protect the reputation of thi,
state from the s%candalous and unsupport
ed %philippics which were thrown into tn,
arteries of the worlds gossip by the Ana
conda Standard; to accord accused par
ties the right of suspended Judgment un
Ill they were given an opportunity to b
heard; to preserve the good name an,
standing of Montana's incorruptibl
judiciary; and to uncover political hypoc
risy. az well as to condemn an infractio,
OF thel law. The Inter Mountains positio
y one that can BE- -~*eadfastly maintaine
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11
IT MiCHT HAVE BEEN.

It is evident that the Anaconda Stand
ard feels as important as the prophetic
old lady, who, when informed that the
COW had eaten the grindstone, immediate
ly exclaimed: Didn't I tell you SOL
It swells up like the toad which sought
to mulate the OK and finally bursted in
the attempt. when it points to the de-
cision in the Clark case.
it has accomplished a remarkable feat
in political engineering, through it's long
and persistent efforts to blacken the good
name of Montana and a large percentage
of it's most prominent men.
Like the cheap ward heller, h croaks
for a stipulated per diem on the street
corners during a campaign. and who then
claims credit for the results at the polls,
the Standard has yelled and howled it's
%potpourri of malignant scandals against
scores of the best citizens in this state
because they happened to be on friendly
relations with Mr.. Clark-and 1t now oils
it's tail feathers and crows over what it
regards as a personal victory in the SEN
atorial contest!
While the Standard was powerless
through it's editorial diatribes, and its
tireless and malignant assaults upon
dozens of the best men in the state, to in
fuence the action of the senate commit
tee, it has possessed the ability to adver-
tise to the world that Montana is a rot
J ten borough"
! Chiefly through the efforts of that de-
lectable newspaper it has been heralded
| abroad thai vice and crime are the nor
NAL political conditions in this state. un-
til from one end of the continent to the
other there is a we'll grounded belief that
Montana is a good place to stay away
from.
When a bird attempts to befoul its owr
nest the effort is usually successful.
Had the Standard permitted matters tt
take their course, without making a pub
lie sewer of it's columns. the result in thu
Clark case would have been just thu
same, and this commonwealth would havt
been spared the humiliation n disgrac,
inflicted upon it by the scandals Ina
We're sown to the winds.
Had the advice Of the Inter Mountain
been followed, the senatorial case woul'
have proceeded to a hearing on its merits
!. if Mr.. Clark was adjudged guilty of tn
charges preferred against him disgrac
would have been personal to himsel
!. alone.
Montana would have escaped the repu
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11

In case it should be determined that
Governor Smith has a right to appoint
an ad interim senator, the fight between
Editor Durston, of the Standard: White
side, the $50, 600 beauty, and Hartman, the
political chameleon, will be undertaken.
When it comes to the all important ques-
ton. 'who killed Cock Robin" each
will file an affirmative answer.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11

matter will be contested to a finish on
the floor of the senate. What If the
committees report is adversed by that
body? Who will furnish ice enough for
the Anaconda Standard?
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11

1.-THE fight has begun" declares the
Miner. It Is too bad 1t didn't make that
announcement a long time ago. instead
of insisting that harmony reigned SUI
Dreme!
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11

This morning the Butte Miner an
nounces: 1.-THE fight has begun" And
SO soon after the city election. too
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11
OFFICES.
with Carrier System.)

(With carrier SySleW.J
The following are our only authorized
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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11

The late aldermanic trade does not
seem to hold water. There are reasons
for believing that democratic harmony
has suffered a collapse.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11
TO ADVERTISERS.

We wish to announce that the Inter
Mountain is the only paper IN the north
west tina has a carrier system
but the state. We have succeeded in es-
tablishing a carrier system from Butte
to Glendive at all points on the North
ern Pacific railroad. and we are now IN.
creasing that system to all towns OF ooo
inhabitants throughout the state. Our
books are open to all advertisers for IN
v~estigation.
INTER MOUNTAIN PUB. co.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11

The Inter Mountains latest advicee
from Washington indicate that the Clark
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11

as the years come and go-one tina meets
the approval of the conscience and the
applause of the world.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11
FOR SALE.

The directors of the Comet Gold MINI
ing company, a Montana corporation,
held a meeting on March "a, 1900. and de-
cided to offer for sale $4,000 shares Of the
treasury stock Of the company at 50
cents per share. The entire capttaliza-
ton il 1O0,0 900 shares. The property now
being operated is the Comet gold mine
of Grass valley. California. A tunnel 10
being run to tap the vein, which has been
worked down to water level. Stock a
be had of Joseph Annear Of Walkerville,
Montana.
RICHARD n. DAVE.
JOSEPH ANNEAR,
WILLIAM SHOVELL,
THOMAS ANDREW,
JOSEPH BROIIGHTON.
Directors.
The Florida star., 1900-11-16

wound up. and he costs $50 The
mechanism In these and the other ami.
mails Is very elaborate and Is said 10 be
guaranteed for at least half day aftet
the happy child gets Il. There are me.
chanIcal toys OF so many descriptions
that cannot tell Of them all. but the
trains OF cars and locomotives are as
carefully made as II they were TO he
put on some trunk line. And there are
all sorts Of boilers and other steam and
electric machines for boys TO experi.
ment with. some OF them being. as en-.
gineprs say. practical The prices OF
these elaborate toys are up TO $500.
For those with military aspirations
there are soldier suits right up TO date.
and there are rough rider hats AMI
khaki uniforms. to say nothing OF those
OF the regular army. Nothing Is lack.
ing even TO the big knapsack and army
blanket, and there are suits for the
high privates and all the officers In a
company. and any dotlng father so
inclined can get a whole company's
outfit. so that his boy may learE how
to be an officer and command. I think
there is no branch OF our service un-
represented I'm these outfits.
Horses. swings. tents. games and sn
many other things that cannot tell
half their glorIes. and all so fine and
handsome and costly that IL is to me a
sign or the times. Nothing is good
enough for children now. and the best
and brightest books are written for
them.
To do my duty | must add that the
children OF the millIonaires dress very
simply. for the most part. and the lit
tie dress shown here Is a fair example
OF what they wear TO play and go out
In. But lf they dress plainly and mex.
pensively. their toys and possessions In
that line are not governed by any such
strict economy. Why. one could buy
for cash house and lot for the amount
OF money spent on one seasons toys
for one child alone. Boys are more Gu
rious than girls to see how the wheels
go round and so are more destructive
than the girls. but girls tire OF their
dolls clothes soon and want others.
and that balances business.
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The Florida star., 1900-11-16
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The Florida star., 1900-11-16
The Soft Answer.

There" said the angry man. shov.
ing n photograph. presumably II him
self. under the photographers nose.
"DO you know what that makes me
look like?"
IF yon mean what il makes you look
like at the present moment" answered
the photographer. surveying the face
Of the angry man carefully. Il should
say il makes YOU took aS if YOU were.
about 10 throw fit indianapolis
Press.
The Florida star., 1900-11-16
No Place Like Home.

An Atchison man took sick Saturday
and decided 10 stay home till he got
rested. He was hack at work at noon
Monday. His wife asked him within a
few hours 10 take care OF the baby. To
chop onions for pickles. to grind the
coffee. TO dress the children and to
milk the cow while he was resting."-
Alchison Globe.
The Florida star., 1900-11-16
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The Florida star., 1900-11-16
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The Florida star., 1900-11-16

= have been sitting on the porch
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she said sentlmentally by way OF ex
PLANTATION OF her long absence from the
house.
-Yes; I heard him sigh" promptly
put In the small boy.
"HIm7 whoY' demanded the head
or the household.
''Why. that young fellow you always
said was nothing but wind" answered
the boy. And thus was the secret be-
trayed.-Chicago Post
The Florida star., 1900-11-16
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