Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-06
FRANK OR NO ONE
THAT Is THE WAY THE SENA-
TORIAL SITUATION LOOKS.
NERVE OF THE SMALL FRY.
Think Butte Mans Support Should Go
to Them-Is Much Unfinished
Business.
NERVE OF THE SMALL FRY.

Special correspondence Inter Mountain.
Helena, March 5.--In legisla tive circles
the all-important topic of the hour is
the election of United States senator for
the short term.
So far as party pledges are concerned,
the fusonists are resting in chairs
ranged along the sunny side of Easy
street, but as the hour for final adjourn
ment draws nigh they are beginning to
grow uneasy over the failure to do their
duty in respect of a senatorial election.
They begin to realize that they are dere-
Hct in their duty and the trust reposed
in them by their constituents.
1t is now generally conceded that al
election cannot take place without a eau
Gus, and yet the probability of holding
caucus general caucus of the fusion
ists seems about as faint as does the
election of a senator.
The monumental nerve of the sena-
torial small fry is seen in their demand
that Franks adherents come to their
standard They fail to realize that
Franks men form a majority and have
remained consistently at their posts ever
since the balloting began. Their assump-
tons and conclusions are ridiculea not
only by the supporters of the man from
Butte but by the general public
A slump to Carter is deemed one
of the possibilities during the last day
of the session, but there are few poll
ticians who believe that such will be the
case.
Looking at things from an unpreJu-
diced point of view, it now appears like
Frank or nobody. His supporters will
not desert him and the fusionists can
elect nobody. His supporters will not
EJECT enybody else without republican
votes. 1t is clearly evident that republic
can votes cannot be secured for other
than a republican, That would mean
that the fusionists would be the desert
ers and traitors.
= Taken all in all, if there lis deadlock
the people of Montana have for such
condition of affairs to than the small
fry, none of whom stands a chance. of
election and yet prefers to remain in the
manger and permit the whole state and
it's vast interests to suffer rather than re-
nounce a selfish and frutile ambition.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The joint steering committee today
brought in a report that it had arranged
the order of consideration of bills now on
general orders as follows:
1. H. B. No. 1926, by appropriation COM
mittee. 2. III. B. No. 1S9. by appropria-
tion committee. s. H. B. No. 100, by
Urquhart. 4. H. B. No. 15s. by Hill. s.
H. E. No. 1873, by Berkin 6. H. B. No.
1856. by Metlan. Z. H. B. No. 81, by
White. 8. H. B. No. 146 by appropria-
ton committee. 8. II. B. No. 173, by
appropriation committee. 10. H. 3. No.
1888, by ways and means committee. II.
s. B. No. 104, by judiciary committee. -.
S. B. No. AZ, by Tierney. 10. S. B. No.
1O6, by Connolly. a. S. B. No. SO, by
Anderson. Is. S. B. No. Sc, by Myers OF
Carbon. Is. S. B. No. 46, by Stanton.
II. S. B. No. II, by Kelly. IS. S. B. No.
3d. by Hoffman, 10. S. B. No. 81, by
Murray, substitute. 20. S. B. No. 81 Dy
appropriations committee. q. S. B. No.
"a, by Courtney. %. S. B. No. 25, by
Courtney. 20. S. B. No. 25. by Judiciary
committee. "a. S. B. No. 50. by Myers of
Carbon. 25. s. B. No. Is, by Worden.
26. S. B. No. IS, by judiciary committee.
q. S. B. No. "a, by public moral commit
tee. %. S. B. No. g., by Mahon. %.
S. E. No. Il, by Geiger. 80. H. B. No. IS,
by Berlxin. 81. II. B. No. s, by Sander.
80. H. B. No. 147. by Berkin. 33. II. B.
No q, by Fitzpatrick. "a. H. B. No. 81,
by Stanley. 35. H. B. No. "a, by I.ci,-
man. SO. H. B. No. 6S, by Fitzpatrick.
81. H. B. No. 70. by Don1an. 3S. H. E.
No. 70. by Gi'christ. 49, II. B. No. 90,
by Hartwig. 40. H. B. No. 80, by Dixon.
Al. H. B. No. II. by Hedges. ~. H. 3.
No. 50. by Baggs. 43. H. 3. No 49, by
Dixon. A. H. B. No. 70, by Beilenberg.
As. II. B. No. 1873, by Jensen.
'IF SHOULD DIE TONIGHT"
Just seven days prior to his decease
| Senator Courtney walked into Mr..
Franks headquarters in the Hotel Hell
ena and asked him if he had ever seen
the poem entitled, IF I Should Die To-
night" He was answered in the affirm
ative and then said: well heard the
poem some time ago, and it has risen up
in my mind and haunted me for several
days. I wish to procure it,"
Mr.. Frank found friend who had
clipped the stanzas from a newspaper