Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-21

~Teton-Julius F. Burd.
Valley-J. L. TruscOtt.
YelloWStOne-JOhn d. OSekam
While This committee adjourned to Mr..
/ Rickford's office to select their men, calls
! were made for a speech from senator w.
| A, Clark. Mr.. Clark was escorted TO the
, platform by Messrs. Higgins, Casper ana
! Melton and his appearance was the sig
| nal for uproarious applause. Mr.. Clark
! bowed, cleared his throat and then made
an address to what was perhaps the
most enthusiastic audience of his life.
! Mr.. Clark in substance said that II was
| refreshing to appear before a convention
that was democratic in the true sense OF
| the word. After II years or more OF trials
and tribulations the democrats had sue
! ceeded in securing a convention OF the
| representatives Of the party who were
absolutely independent.
There was not a man in the convention
who felt it upon him 10 con-
suit a shift boss as to how he should vote
| or journey to Anaconda to find out what
/ he should do for democracy, or, rather,
| for DAILY democracy. AS the sun went
ed the overthrow of Dalyism in the state
and the dawn would be full Of glorious
promise for the true democracy.
It would be needless, said he, to state
to the representatives of Silver Bow and
| adjoining counties that there had been
an attempt made to build up here a
..despotism as dark and cruel as ever
!! cursed any country or any people in the
| civilized or uncivilized world 1t had not
9. counterpart even in Russia, where
despotism is fostered and sustained.
| Everybody in this section knew the bit
ter fruits of this tyranny. 1t had struck
! a blow at all that was dear and sacred
to the liberty loving people of the state.
The people had had humiliating exam
~1o, ~ tic nouyoy az tho nritSo a rios where.
through intimidation, men were compell-
. ed to vote against their honest convic-
lions in order that they might nos lose
! their jobs. It's mightwas- shown In polling
places where thousands of votes We're
| cast at the dictation of their bosses; in
other places where men were made to
perjure themselves in order to carry out
the wishes of their bosses. Their hands
were on institutions that were dear to
the American people and the effect had
been to destroy manhood and to break
down that liberty that was SO dear to
all.
The people, said Mr.. Clark, would not
tolerate 1t my longer. Hence this upris-
ing of the independent citizens of the
state. Cascade county had set the pace.
and so one county after another through
| out the state came w and asserted their
right by selecting delegations that would
represent the vast interests of the state.
In M%issoula, which the enemy supposed
impregnable, there were men like Hig-
gins and Mclaughlin who could not be
induced to wear the copper collar, men
who defended the liberties of their homes
and their country.
This convention, said the speaker, rep
resented the people of the state. He
hoped the lawn of liberty was not far
away for the men who We're under the
lash. He confidently believed that the
delegation from this convention would be
seated. The record of the damnable acts
of the DAILY democracy would precede
them. He felt some pride in the matter
himself as a sort of personal v~indication
and as a justification of the convention,
of himself and his friends who claim that
he was legally n honorably elected to
serve the people in the United States
senate. He looked upon it as a thorough
rebuke to those men who, holding high
positions in the state. went down to
Washington to carry on a petty and ma
licious fight against him.. Where were
single one allowed to take his seat in a
county convention.
"And where is that great purifier Of
politics, the Hon. Robert B. Smith
/; (hisses), who went down to Washington
| to help the p%erjurers do their damnable
work, neglecting his duties here in Mon
! tana, but who could not be induced to
go upon the witness stand?" This is the
man who a few years ago led our popu-
list friends-the man who stood with
both of his big feet o n their platform
i but I don't know what became Of the
platform. He disgraced his office and
then attempted to betray his party, end
ing by sneaking out and seeking refuge
in the DAILY camp. Where is this great
expert in mining titles, this celebrated
revoker of appointments. this expert in
newspaper interviews who, fastening
home by train from California, RECALLED
the world with such choice interviews
for the press? 1t is a pity for Montana,
said Mr.. Clark. that the train did not
keep on going and never stopped. II 50
you would now nav a man in the execu-