The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-11-29
CLARK AS
AN OCTOPUS
Wants to Be President Of the
A1nalgamated.
[ LABOR MEN PUZZLED.
Some Grave Legislative Problems In Case
the Boodler Succeeds In Securing the
Coveted Position.

Inc news Wnlcn reacned Butte yes
terGay that w. A. Clark is bending
every endeavor to gain the position
of president OF the Amalgamated
Copper company, rendered vacant by
the recent death Of Marcus DAILY, was
the occasion of great deal of com
ment in the city, and particularly in
l:hnr circles, says the Anaconda
Starda 1t was not dreamed by
t:em that so soon after election he
would seek to become an octopus
Well, well. we'll!
Of course it is well known that at
the time of the formation of the
Amalgamated Copper company Clark
used all the influence he could com.
napd to become the head of it, and
frally, when he found that Mr.. DAILY
was to have the position instead of
himself, he refused to let his proper
ties become a part of the Amalgamat-
ci properties. 1t was soon after that
that he conceived the idea of becom-
ing the antitrust champion, and
snealSing his vindication by raising
he yell of kerosene.
But election is over now, and Clark
once more yearns to be in an octo.
pus. The wires have been laid to
bring all the influence possible in New
FORK to put him at the head of the
Amalgamated, but of course whether
lie will succeed in this ambition of
Ills or whether he will wake up, it
is too early to say. But think of the
complications which are likely to re-
suit should Mr.. Clark succeed in his
epdoavor, and become the head of
his own bugaboo.
The fusion legislators were elected
on the proposition of death to kero-
seners. Their professed paramount
ISSUE was that nobody connected with
the Amalgamated copper company,
or the Standard Oil company should
be permitted to get elected to any
Office, and on the contrary that these
companies should be at once and for
ever driven from the state. This great
fight against the trust bugabOo was
led by two more or less gallant
knights, Clark and Heinze. or
course this kerosene talk didn't go
for much with the leaders of the fus.
ion movement, but it undoubtedly had
effect with many sincere labor union
men, who were readily led to believe
that they were in imminent danger
pf something or other, nobody could
iefine to them exactly what the dan
slr was, and that made it all the more
Now just supposing that Clark
'hould succeed in getting himself
:tosen to the position of president |
If the Amalgamated company, which
ie SO much covets, and puts his Unit
IL Verde properties into the concern,
low could these legislators ever bring
to vote for consistency?
Why they would be fully justified in
the price on him. Here
aey have been denouncing Carter
E>, Mantle and Sanders and Smith
l..d Hogan, because they pretended
O suspect them of being "kerosen-
u.s." and here they will find the man
hey elected to support trying his ut
nest to get to be the big kerosener
limself. OF course Clark has tried
o have the matter kept perfectly
lark until the legislature shall meet
M elect him to the senate, but it is
lot always easy to keep things of
his kind quiet they will leak out at
ines. Even Clark does not succeed
n this endeavor the very fact that
e is SO awfully anxious to become
Il octopus shows to the poor deluded
how easily he was able
o fool them again. Why, in view
t this rank deceit. the legislators
you'd be perfectly justified, not only
n doubling. but in trebling the price
t which they propose to vote for
i'm. If he thinks he can work the
. .orkingmen like that let him put
p for it.
There are some who are industri-
asly circulating the report that if /,
lark wants to be an octopus so does :
leinze, and that is the real secret (
( the recent GOODNESS between these Z
entlemen over the question of which i