The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-27
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER -, 1906
THE SENATORIAL CONTEST.

The coming senatorial contest in
this state promises to be almost as
interesting as the last one. Mr.
Clark has evidently had enough of
senatorial investigations and is now
in Washington putting in his best
ticks in trying to prevent Senator
Chambers committee from again get
ting hold of him. Mr.. Heinze evil
IDENTITY realizes that he has been side
tracked by the Clark people and is
now in New York coquetting with the
Standard Oil people with the view of
putting Mr.. Clark upon the sidetrack
instead of himself, while in Montana
the fight for speakership of the house
goes merrily on between Mr.. Heinzes
man McGinnis and Mr.. Clark's man
Corbett.
Mr.. Clark's friends claim that he
holds Heinze's demand notes to the
amount Of $1,225,OoO and that he can
pull Heinze off whenever he desires.
This would explain the necessity for
Mr.. Heinze's negotiations with the
Standard Oil forces. On the other
hand it is asserted that Mr.. Clark has
already made deal with the Stand
ard Oil whereby he sells to that com
pany all of his copper mines and
smelters for SIS 100000 and is al
lowed to become senator without op-
position from that company, and Mr..
Heinze is to be ground between the
upper and neither millstones.
Whatever the result, it is certain
that if Mr.. Clark is elected it will
cost him as much or more money than
it did two years ago. While he at
that time secured the votes of some
members for as little as $4,000 each,
there were others who got as much
as 100000 and $4,000 each. These
facts have been we'll advertised
through the subsequent investigations,
and it is said that all of the present
members-elect want the top price, for
none of them desire to be cheap. and
Mr.. Clark will have to put up the
cash.
The various contests filed by the
Clark forces for seats in the legisla.
ture would indicate that they are not
very sure of their ground; but there
is no certainty that the contestants
will be seated, for if the Heinze
forces hold the balance of power they
will hardly surrender it by voting tC
seat contestants who are for Clark as
against Heinze. That the state is t.
be again disgraced by a carnival O.
corruption at the coming sesslo,
there can be no doubt. Mr.. Clarl
has established the precedent as vel
as the price and will not be allowed
to change his method no matter how
much he may desire to do so, for i
there is no Doodle to handle, his re
tanners and henchmen will get n,
rake-off while Mr.. Heinze and othe
candidates are known to be liberia
spenders of money. The fact tina
Geiger and other members who ar
known to have accepted brides tw
years ago have gone scott free wi
embolden others to follow their exam
pie at the coming session, and wer
it not for the fear that the Unite
States senate might refuse to sea
the successful candidates. ther
would probably be but little attemr
to hide the disgraceful methods to b
employed. 1t is not likely that an
one will attempt to again expose til
bribers, for the storm of abuse an
persecution that has followed Senate
Whiteside, who exposed them tv
years ago, will deter others from fl
lowing his example.
1t is not very clear as to why Clal
is opposed to Heinze's candidacy, u
less it be because Heinze is a repu
lican and his election would not be
accord with the promises made by Il