Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-10-17
CLARK DOODLE NOW ON TAP
Can BoodIer Clark Buy Majority of the Electorate
of Fergus County? is the Paramount Question
Before the People This Fall--The
rloney is Now Ready.

The first installment OF the Doodle
-Clark's vindication boodle-has ar
rived and II. j. Johns is the official
dispenser OF this grease"
1t has been known for months that
when the time came Clark would
pungle and Johns has so contrlved
things that he has received the Doodle
and will handle all ofitin this county.
Clark-he of Doodle fame; he who
purchased the last legislature; he who
was found guilty by the committee
of the United States senate; he whose
chief tool, John b. Welcome, was
found guilty by the supreme court OF
this state and is barred; he who
sought by trickery to hold his seat in
the senate, when he knew he was GO
ing to be kicked out; he who said he
would have yindicatlon either In
Washington or Montana, and, fail
ing in the former, has come to Mon
tana for it-has had strings on the
Fergus county Democrats for months
past.
When the delegates went from this
county to the spring convention at
Butte it was stated by one IT. Helena
In position to know that every one
of them had been given Sl50-S75 for
expenses and $40 for, for, for their
votes we suppose. And when the
delegation went to Helena in Sep
tember last there is good reason to
believe they got the same allowance
and for thes same purposes.
At these times he tied his tag on
them and now he must ret the
Doodle tag on W. E. Cort and James
Weaver, Democratic nominees for the
legislature. This last tic must be a
little stronger, for he expects more OF
them and no S75 each will dot
must be nearer $500 each.
And what does he expect OF them!
He expects them to uphold him; say
lie is honest; say he is pure; say this
arch boodler Is the greatest friend
Montana ever had; say he never
bought or sought to buy a man; say
he is worthy of the greatest honors
this state has to bestow, and finally
to vote for him to go back to Wash
ington as an insult to the senator's of
the United States and the decent peo-
pie of the entire country.
Clark knows he cannot win 10y hon
est means and he is spreading his
millions broadcast over this state.
He successfully bought a majority OF
the last legislature and now he thinks
he can buy the whole state.
A few years ago-at the time of the
capital fight-Alarcus Daily was re-
ported to have said that he could
hire a majority OF Montana's electors
to vote for Anaconda. But he failed.
And Clark will fail.
The Doodle Is here. For ten days
past new, crisp 500 bills have been
in circulation, and they are traceable
to no other source than Johns-the
chief dispenser-and those selected by
him to handle the money in behalf oi
W. Z. Cort and j. A. Weaver fol
members OF the Legislature. How
much they have none but Clark and
themselves know, but it is safe to say
that not more than thirty per cent ol
it will he distributed-the rest OF IL
will stick to their pockets.
Montana and Y ergus county have
been disgraced enough and ii is hard
to believe that a sufficient number OF
people can be debauched to voting
for men who already wear the Clark