Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-09
Special to the Inter Mountain.

Helena, Jan. SO fight or not to
Hght-that is the question con1foll'lhs
MI. f. Augustus Henze.
Will he fight or take his medicine with
a WY face--that is the question agitat-
ing the politicians gathered IN force az
the capital of the state.
1t is an all absorbing topic, this pf"po-
sitioE Of whether the man VINO, perhaFs'
led the fusionists to victory du'lns inc
late campaign will stomach the drastic
dose meted out to him by Allopathi't
Clark, or wipe out the stain cy SNFS
the gentleman who rresor'be1 Tor nm
more trouble than he ever had In ms
life. And this life. ~ the WAY, has not
flown half smoothly as Jord.tns
troubled stream. This is the query heard
in the hotel corridor :. in tn" saloons, IN
the restaurants and on the streets
Every other consideration see;rs to have
raed into insignificance alongside 1T.
There are talks of all kinds Of COM
binations and cliques-talks that would
do honor to the imagination of Jules
erne-and the echo of speculation re-
verbrates against the snOw-clad lnOln-
tains surrounding the capital city. If
he should do battle. would he gain or
lose, reasoning from the standpoint of
dxpediency, and if he should win all
along the line. would he better himself
financially?
Here's something in answer. Governor
TOole read his official message Tuesd ~
afternoon at the Auditorium. The build
ing was crowded with legislators and
the wealth. fashion and beauty OF the
town. Charley Clark and F. August
Heinze We're there and We're in each 9TH
el's company.
Both stood in the rear, chatting and
laughing, not paying any attention to
the message but engrossed in the thought
necessary to even a light conversation.
Charley'S face wore it's usual bOyiSh,
careless look. and Hein=e's it's regula-
tiOn non-committal appearance They
We're actually chummy.
THAT doesn't look much like discord.
does it?" whispered an observer who
stood in the vicinity.
''YOu can't tell" answered compan-
ion. Maybe HeinZe is trying to convince
the young fellow that his fears are
grCundless in order to take him by sur
pl Use when the proper time comes"
And thus it goes: everybody talks and
Eoi}ody knows.
One thing is certain, so far as verbal
expression of intention cuts any figure,
Governor Toole is no longer a senator
1Hl possibility. When he took the oath
of office Monday he made a little~speech
-Governor Toolc is a poneer in the art
of making little speeches-in which he
declared that he intended to serve his
full term as governor. Several warm
friends had persisted in giving him
prominence in the approaching sena-
torial contest, but this does not meet
with his approval.
The governor tacitly admitted that
there is going to be a contest" If he
Is on the INSIDE as the politicians
say, his remarks are significant from
two different standpoints. But Cover
nor ToOle has expressed himself Just as
positively prior to this time, and was
afterward cOaxed to set the wheels of
his intention turning in another direc-
ton; for instance. his acceptance of the
gubernatorial nomination after his en-
phatic declaration that he would not
do anything of the kind. Therefore. the
opinion of many that if w. A. Clark
wants him to be a candidate he may be
induced to change his mind, would
seem to be founded on the rock of logic
and experience.
n. L. Frank is yet actively discussed
as senatorial poss. bility. He has many