Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-05

gave my votes STANDS q SOOO chanCe
of election. and therefore I wish to ex-
plain the reason why 1 intend to change
at this time.
Into the field has come man from
Great Falls, man you all know, q
man who is we'll fitted both by nature
and education to look out for the in
tterests Of the state in the capital Of
the nation. The man to whom I refer
is the Hon. w. e. Conrad, and 1 here
by express the desire that my name
he changed in position on the tally so
that it will stand after Mr.. Conrad's
name. I regard him as winner. and
j hope that others who have the in
terests of the state at heart will do
a little thinking along these lines them
selves. 1t is the only way the present
deadlock can he shattered"
Amid an impressive silence Mr.. Baker
took sis seat. The Conrad BOOM which
it had been rumored MIR. Baker was
going to launch for the last three days.
had been cast out in all its pea"ly
purity. Reasoning strictly from Mr..
Bakers standpoint, it fell before swine.
Reasoning from the standpoint OF men
who realize that Mr.. COnrad's chance.
of going to the United States senate
are in the inverse ratio of an apple
to goose egg, the boom simply wasted
its sweetness on the legislative air.
Not sound was heard, not funeral
note. as the boom rolled over on its
back and died Of aaphyxiation in an
uncongenial atmosphere. 1t was cool,
decidedly cool, and so far as noticed,
nobody sneaked a refrigerator into the
room.
There was not even a hiss to dignity
the situation. Frequently an attempt
will be made to hiss anything formid
able, but the attempted stampede to
Conrad was not regarded as formidable.
And the requiem sung over it's grave
was first a smoker and then a large
and healthy laugh. =
The vote was announced and the as
semblage drifted toward the doorway.
But as for Mr.. Baker, he sat in a
trance and dreamed on. The burden
was gone from his brain. but had only
shifted it's seat to his spleen.
From the rear of the hall there came
an audible sob. 1t was from Chaplain
Price; his hard-earned laurels as house
humorist had been stolen from him,
and. worst of all, by the very man he
ha drobbed Of fame during the middle
of the session.
Without a single parliamentary hop.
skip or jump Representative Swindel-
hurst conducted the majority along the
road to their destination in the house
committee of the whole Saturday even
ing. and senate bill 81 was recommend
ed for passage despite filibustering tao
tics on the part of the minority. With
al, he was a perfect gentleman; so
much so, in fact, that Representative
Baker finally threw up his hands in
despair and asked the minority to
withdraw and cease their efforts at Glib
struction, saying: "This is all cut and
dried. and there is little use of our
protesting" What he should have said,
to have been more nearly accurate,
would have been: Boys, We can't
make rough house with this man in
the chair: let's so have drink
Tom Bryant is again in town, and it
| is said that the price of lemonade has
advanced % per cent. Tom is doubtless
here to elect United States senator
| an easy task for him. The only sur
prising thing is that he did not end the
suspense some time ago. But them
Tom always was practical joker. The
| theory that he Is a trifle "sow" cannot
be marked "quod erat demonstrandum"
under any condition.
The dove of peace has again returned
to its post in the hallway of the legis-
! lative chamber. It's feathers are sadly
ruffled and on its once snowy breast
are dark stains, the result of a COM
lbination of Senator Geiger, Editor
Keith and loaded cane They are
three of kind hard to heat and GER
tain chemicals always produce heat
when undergoing the combining pro-
cess. Editor Keith himself is a COM
bination hard to break. So far as
learned, Senator GeIger and the dove
form the, list of injured