The sun., 1900-12-30
NONTsNiS TUO SENATE SEATS.
Some New Obstacle Said TO Have Arisen to
". 4. Clark. Return to Nashin gton.

HFLENA. Mon, Dec. 4-Despite the fact
that on the face of tho returns the Clark
Democrati"-Popust fusionjSts have sixty
two Of the nnety-!ouT members of the Mon
t1nl LEGISLATURE, there seems 70 have arisen
some obstacle in tho path of W. \. Clark
toward his long-covetrd goal. n Unitcd States
SenatOr~Ap. A. a result Clark's lieutenants
have b gun contests in three counties which.
ii successful. will give Clark enough Demo-
cratic votes to clrc; him without PopuliSt aid
one story i that thr POpusts have decided
not TO vote for CLARK, but 10 throw their
strength 10 Thomas II Carer. the retiring
RepuDli an senator. tl1rk'~ organ in this
city u apparently alarmed over the situation
and il printing daily editorials on the no.
Cc-sty oi sr,t!nI everything IN caucus. The
Carer mou are silent regarding tue populist
d.~In"'jipn. q out s.cm TO ba 90 ntdent that
MI Carter will be returned to III" senate,
Clara ana Carter VIII he elected. Naturally,
ia WOW 81 the Developments at tIe il-t ~"s-Ion
current r"gnrdlH@ ~" p"' -lh't 49, OF The
de- Ot ulou"y ~ thc approaching cS~iOn.
liUt whatever The result the session of the
Legislature. Which ni'ct, ~ th- citE on Jan.
: next, promises To Toe interesting. or course
ia" Two vacant Scuator~hlpe attract most
attention. and 1t look ~ Il Clark would he
rir,Icd To the UncXpircd term nf four yenrs
which re c.lgncd last spring to AVOID being
unScated. There are several candidates for
thr >iN-year term, among them J.. August
iic.nzc, III" young Butte copper king, who
NJ g. 'iN mouths ago wa a Republican,
State convention allied himself with the
tIdrk iorc"~ ana wa nc't To Clark the most
spectacular figure OF the campaign. Heinze
L. ynraEcu with tl'u" IN more or less lit-
raiOn AGAINST tie Anaconda copper interest
NaI.u the late Marcus baly coIt'OIed, ana
with Clark instituted the oight-hour scale
in thetr Rutt" mines and smrit"rs, with th"
promise that n their tiCkc. Wa SuCNc. s'ul
a law would ho uas ,rd providing for 60 -
puisors olsht-Eour WORK day in al mines
and shelter,
DAILY, before his death, was willing to meet
TIN, 9dNanC" VI - per cent IN wages, well
kuoWluE that II II WJ- dUnI"d II would result
IN ahd~llG" Tor the lark ticket, but the
l.aStcra riO, khUldrr~ WEI" more Interested
in dividands than ia Montana politics, and a.
"a result, for th' first time Clark carried his
home Cty, Who>c labor vo', hcrctoIor" had
been baly'. 3ulWarh ot strength IN IA" State
IhIS CIuus' IN o." scale cost lark only 81 ,WD
"a month. TIT IL udoltod by IA" NaConda
CompIT. would haN" meant twenty times
- much \ Il reward iur this NOV" HenZe
deWdnds u seat ia IN" ut"d Statrs Senate,
but the nrU"cgU'iC stat" pre- y, while giving
hin credit Tor his ~hrcwino~s. insists that two
uld-lmc Democrats shall bc chosen lark
and any one oi u dozen other candidates.
Heinz" 10 >.lid 10 have Clarb's promise, but
the geographical conditions are against him.
both men residing in Butte
Among the other candidates mentioned
for THIS seat are IA l. Frank. Butte milon-
afro; Walter Cooper. chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Central committee; W G. Com
rad. n Great Falls banker. and \ X Toole.
who wes elected Governor on the Clark ticket
last month