The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-11-02

Now, so lar as the Bee has been
able to learn. Mr.. Long did make
good county attorney But b,l,-
cry was not an issue in the count,
attorneys Office and it is an issue
in the Legislature. Mr.. ". "A. C.s..,
Is an avowed candidate tor the o.ilcs
or United States senator 1T lne co.a-
ing session OF the Montana iegis.a
Office from the last legislature, 1...le
bribed right ana lett. ne uou,n.
the Legislators iiom this county H.,
state. He made his money the ao.o
argument in favor oI his canaoA,y.
HE violated the laws OF the state anu
| Eiade vulgar me- chanulse OF the nOn-
| o! and good name of Montana. He
disS. aced this state at nome ana
| broad, was found guilty by the sen.
ate of the United States and in ef
iect, was expelled from that BODY
He endeavOred to get back there by
fraud as contemplate as his bribery
was criminal, and outside of MOI
tana, where his money buys him sun
porters, he is the most universally
despised public character in the uni(n.
Outside of Montana there is not a
newspaper or prominent man thas
dares to defend Clark. His recor.
is Montana's shame wherever it is
Enown, and yet
Mr.. Thomas D. Long regards
with pride the record of Mr..
W. A. Clark.
1t is not Mr. Thomas D. Longs rec.
cd as county attorney that is or
trial in his candidacy for the leg!s.
|; ture. 1t is his avowed support OF
ar acknowledged criminal. a convict
ed bribe-giver, and man who hats
disgraced Montana before the world,
us a candidate for association with
honorable men. who unanimously
!'icked him from their presence anG
who will again kick him from their
resence if ne succeeds in again buy.
me certifiout of respectfully fro:.l
the people of this state.
Thomas D. Long regards
with price the record of w.
A. Clark.
1t elected as representa-
tive in the legislature from
this county Mr.. Thomas D.
Long will vote to send a con-
victed briber and perjurer
and man whom the whole ma
ton regards with adherence,
as Montana's representative
in the United States senate.
That is the issue between the de-
cent people of this county and Mr..
Thomas d. Long. 1t is not Mr..
Thomas ID. Longs record as county
attorney.
AS for the hoary bearded lie that
the Bee is owned by the Amalgamated
Copper Company, or the Standard Oil
Company. what difference would it
make if the statement were true in.
stead of false? Would 1t make Clark's
crime any whittier, or Montana's dis
grace any less or Mr.. Thomas ID.
Longs pride" in the infamous rec
Ord of w. A. Clark any less humilia-
ting and insulting to the self-respect-
ing voters of this county whose sup
port he asks? Would it make the
| fact less notorious that the Herald
Journal has sold itself body and
soul to Briber Clark, just as it has
sold itself to anyone who could use
it and who was willing to pay the
paltry price, in campaigns gone by?
| CLARk'S GHOST STORY.
To read the Clark literary bureau
illusions which grace the editorial
page of the local bribery organ, one
would imagine that the Standard Oil
Company is an issue in this state.
AS matter OF fact the Standard Oil
company have absolutely no mining
interests in this state that ANYBODY
konws Of The Standard Oil Com
pany is probably the most unpopular