Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-11
IS WELCOMED
bYH|S FRIENDS
SENATOR CLARK'S RETURN TO
BUTTE GREETED BY A
DEMONSTRATION.
CONCOURSE OF CITIZENS
FOLLOWED HIS CARRIAGE
Home Gaily Decorated With Bunting
Spoke Of the Late Fight in
Washington-Politics.

Senator w. A. Clark arrived home
from Washington yesterday n was
given a rousing welcome by his friends.
An immense crowd cOngregated at the
depot awaiting his arrival. When Mr..
Clark appeared he vas greeted with
cheers. The Boston & Montana band
rendered several selections while Mr..
Clark was being escorted to a carriage,
in which were seated Judge A. H. Bar
ret and Hon.. John Noyes, two of Mr..
ter of some little difficulty, as the crowd
surged around the senator and almost
blocked his progress to the carriage.
The parade from the depot to Mr..
Clark's residence was one grand ova-
ton. There were at least a couple of
thousand people on foot while a long
line of carriages contained some of the
most prominent people Of the city. Sem
ator Clark's residence was gaily decor
ated with flags and bunting, the words
welcome home being prominently dis
! played on the Granite street entrance.
| After his arrival a his home Senator
Clark was formally welcomed in behalf
of the citizens of Butte by Judge Bar
ret.
The senator replied at length, recount
! ing some of the memorable incidents in
his career which occurred since he last
left Butte. He was elected. he said. by
the representatives of his state as their
free choice for the position Of United
States senator and ever since that hour
had been harassed by the most devflish
persecution that any man had ever been
subjected to. When he took his seat in
| the senate. he said, he had determined
to devote his time and labor to the work
of faithfully representing the interests
of Montana, but, said he, there came to
Washington. however, a gang Of per-
jurers who disseminated their vile false
hoods and found a committee that was
willing to listen to them Inc spread
their perjuries to the world. To think
that these people could find a committee
to entertain these charges was a shock
and surprise to the thinking and edu-
Gated people of this country"
Senator Clark said that he was not al
lowed. in many instances, to introduce
evidence to refute charges made.
He touched upon the matter of his
withdrawal from the senat and his APP
pointment by Acting Governor Spriggs.
There was no question, he said, Of the
validity of that appointment.
Referring to the primaries held in
this county last week, Mr.. Clark said
that if such disgraceful actions as ac-
companied them are to be permitted we
might as well pull down the glorious
emblem of liberty and hide 1t away and
allow the Fourth of July to be blotted
from our memory
Continuing, he said:
Lei IL Uc uIlucTSlOOu lIdI WucH d
man has earned his $3.50 a day, or what
ever the amount may be, hat he has
rendered all the service that his en-
ployer has a right to demand. Let it be
understood that when your work is done
you have a right, like free men, to pur-
chase your goods where you please. Let
it be understood that no one has a right
to demand a portion of your wages
through the profits Of a store. Whether
these conditions shall continue. it is for
you to say.
IT did not expect to speak to you on
politics; in fact this is not a matter of
politics. 1t is a matter of higher and
holier import; it is a matter that affects
your ONE and firesides. 1t is a matter
that affects your wives and children
and you posterity yet unborn. If you
are going on to make the fight for lib
erty. I am willing to take the colors in
my a mi and lead you ON to victory. If,
on the other hand, it is your desire that
I shall retire to private life, with me,
! your will shall be supreme"