Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-06

trievable disaster to Montana, and that
the worst members of the fusion party
are the men who at one time claimed to
be republicans and who last night en-
couyased a riot in which the Stars and
Stripes were trampled in the dust and
a number of men who at their country's
call volunteered for the Spanish wal and
bore themselves without a stain on their
courage and honor, We're attacked in
lied hooiiums, led by men who claim
to be respectable and law-abiding citi-
zens. God save the mark!
Let it be here recorded to the ever
lasting shame and disgrace of the men
Who last night assailed the American
flag, borne by American volunteer SOL
diers, Who were unfortunately unarlned,
let it be recorded and remembered hat
these riotous decorators of the Stars
and Stripes have confirmed all that has
been said against them, and that they
stand convicted and disgraced in this
American community as men totally
unfit to control the public affairs of this
county and state. A greater outrage has
never been committed in Butte it
needed only arson to fulfill the anarch-
list dream.
Capt. E. w. Wynne. Lieutenant Rick
ards and Hill, Archie Reynolds, William
Bray, Col. Dolman and Carol Dolman
We're all victims of the assault, n some
of them were injured, but not before
they had laid out many a hired ~rufian.
who will put in a bill for medical as well
as political services.
1t only renains to be seen now to
What extent the people of Butte feel
personally injured by the riotous DEM
onstration last night, and whether or
not they Will attempt to punish it's in
stigators at the polls or in the courts.
1t only remains to be seen whether re-
puhlicanism democracy on fusion has
the most followers in Silver Bow county.
1t only remains to be seen whether the
men illegally registered shall be allow
to vote or be first arrested and sent to
Jail. 1t only remains to be seen whether
there shall be a full vote and an honest
count or whether neither the vote nor
the count shall be in accordance with
the law.
From the moment THE polls close to-
night all eyes will be ON the judges and
clerks of election. Let good citizens,
armed with the law and the right, go
to the polling booths and witness the
count. Let every ballot be scrutinized.
Let no ballot box be for a moment put
out of sight. Let a record be kept at
every precinct in the interest of fair
play. At the last election murder was
done to defeat the count, and murder
place be protected by officers of the law
alert to their duty.
So far the election has been peaceful,
rejecting credit on all parties. For the
honor of Butte, or what there is left OF
it, let all good citizens of all parties
unite to avert further trouble.
In the state the prospects of the re-
publican t:cket are reported good, but
hundreds of thousands of dollars of dem
Ocratic money nave been scattered from
Glendive to Heron, and what the result,
will be no man can tell. Folsom, Muir.
ray and Won Tobel are almost sure win
ners.
The presidential election is a foregon,
conclusion. The patriotic and indus.
8 trious citizens Of this country want M
t change. They are prosperous and con
t tented. They are TIRED of Bryan and
his mouth. They repudiate his pes
e simtsm and his efforts to SOW the seed
of class HATRED, Of discord and of an