The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-02

ticket nominated by this convention.
Resolved, That we hereby endorse the
record made in office by the Hon. D. F.
Smith, and the delegates to the state
convention are hereby instructed to vote
as unit for his denomination.
Mr.. Whiteside, who had been repeat
eddy called for. came forward and said:
MIR. Whiteside's Address.
The conditions which confront us are
peculiar. As you know, the democratic
party is divided into two factions, and
wherever lie the merits of the contro-
versy, there are good men on both sides
and take it that it is not our purpose
to criticise or condemn those who have,
through prejudice or mistaken zeal, been
following what we believe to be the
wrong course. We all know that the
cause of division has been the peculiar
methods employed by w. A. Clark to
lift himself into the United States SEN
ate. A vast majority of the democrats
who oppose him have no objection to his
personality; they oppose only his meth
DDS. There are thousands of democrats
land am one of them) who believe that
the democratic party is greater than any
man or set of men. We hold that the
party is too great to be sacrificed to pro-
mote the selfish ambitions of any indi-
vidual. We hold that both Mr.. Clark |
and those who have led the opposition to
him should, in the interests of harmony |
i
retire from the leadership of the party; |
and for this reason I am glad this con-
vention has nominated as Legislative
candidates men who will be absolutely
independent of any fractional quarrel.
With Mr. Clark or his followers in this
county we have no personal quarrel.
They have the same right to their opin-
ions that we have to ours. I, for one,
shall not even impute to them sinister or
dishonest motives and in so far as can
influence it, this campaign shall be free
from vituperation or abuse. If they
honestly believe that w. A. Clark should
be indicated and endorsed by the cleo
ton of Clark legislative ticket in this
county, we'll and good. They have made
the issue. Let us meet it like men, and
we will abide the decision of the people
of Flathead county at the polls.
This organization should not be a con-
venient vehicle to advance the interests
of any individual or faction. It should
stand for the principles of democracy as
represented by honesty and integrity,
rather than by bribery and corruption.
This should not be a campaign of per
sonalities. l do not desire to become a
leader in the coming fight, for the prin-
! ciple involved will be lost sight of and it
D will become contest to condemn or vim
I dictate my own record. So far as my
itself. l expect to live among you, my
) neighbors, and raise my children here,
and future years will tell whether or not
y my course has been upright. For the
reasons which have stated, shall not
u take the part of leader in this fight,
g but I am willing to serve in the ranks;
/ and l will stand shoulder to shoulder
with you who say that w. A. CLAIR: shall
+ not place his brand upon the people OF
this county.
>, We are not going to fight any straw
n man in the shape of any copper trust; we
; are going after the boodlers and corrup.
+ tionists. For the purpose of binding
the people to the real issue, they have
l. raised a great cry about the copper trust
Whenever they can show me single
j corrupt official of the state who is be-
d friended by the copper companies, then
will go after that individual just as
earnestly as l went after the capitol com
t. mission or after w. A. Clark. (Applause)
u Every man who has had the courage t.
1 raise his voice against bribery has beer
$ villitied and libeled by subsidized
r press. They charge that certain officials
,. of the state are each wearing a copper
y collar. One of these is Governor Smith
+ who had the audacity to refuse chanc'
$ to make $4,000 out of the state capito
building, and all of Clarks millions coult
a not buy single hair of his head; and 81
le as a matter of course he must be wearin,
20 a copper collar. He also had the courage
re to veto the bill which was said to hav
he been put through the last Legislature b.
t. the so-called copper trust and w. A
p Clark jointly.
And Judge Hunt is another one. Nj
IN Clark couldn't do business with him, no
1e even on 100000 margin, and he mus
"a be wearing copper collar. Attorney
y. General Nolan, who wouldn't accept d.
n; Treacy's little 100000 josh, is also wea,
IL; ing copper collar. My friends, if tn
q copper collar is to be worn by men c
OF this stamp it will soon come to be
n. badge of honor. and when the histor
Is which we are making shall be written,
d. CLEAN of light upon its dark and noisom
a page will be the record of these mer