Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-10-01

as m DAILY wing or n party styled
itself, appears to be his to do with as he
dictates. The brains and wealth of
the followers of Marcus DAILY have
gone over body and soul to Clark for
the purpose, it cannot be questioned.
of defeating Heinze, and the men who
but two years ago were at each 9th
er's threats now use the same straw,
II looks odd to see Jonn II. Toole and
Con Kelly fighting under Clark's ban
ner. but they are there.
On the other hand the great mum.
Der of supporters of Faug. Heinze and
the Montana Ore & Supreme Court
Purchasing Co.," as the Heinze com
pany Is now called, which two years
ago were aligned with Clark and
against the DAILY Democracy, r this
year going to give battle royal to the
Clark people and indications are that
they will be joined by the Populists
and Laborites. This DETECTION from
the Clark crowd is not a trifing mat.
ter. When Clark and Heinze Joined
issues they succeeded in winning. not.
w~ithstanding opposition rom the DAILY
Democracy, which proved much weak
err than was supposed. Now. whether
the Clark and DAILY following can win
out when a~ntagonized by Heinze ap-
pears very doubtful.
1t appears to be a magnificent op-
portunity for the Republicans to make
"a long pull, a strong pull and pull
together" for the success of the tick.
ct named at Great Falls Saturday.
The Democratic, the Populist and the
Labor parties have a monopoly this
year of the debauchery IN Montana
politics. Forgetful of his own attempt
to buy a justice of the supreme court,
Clark is crying out against Heinze for
trying to do the same thing and each
unmindful of the disgraceful extremes
to which they have previously gone
to win over the other, the Clark and
DAILY crowds r. apparently working
hand in hand to defeat Heinze.
If Clark is as terrible as the Ana.
conda Standard and the Daily adher-
ents have stated during the past four
years; If the DAILY crowd is as vicious
and low as the Great Falls Tribune
and Clark men have been telling us
and if Heinze is so altogether abhor-
ent and bad as the Standard and Trib-
une now picture, what a fine lot 1t
would be to have in control in the next
legislature, be represented on the SUI
preme court or in the congress of the
United States.
The Republican party. on the other
hand, is absolutely free from
Clark. Heinze and Amalgamatcd die
tation or influence, and its candi-
dates are men above reproach or con.
troll by any corporation in the state.
There appears no reason why the Re
publicans should not this year redeem
the state from its bondage to the
fighting millionaires of Butte and wash
its face of the stains cast upon 1t dur.
ing the past four and six years. A
complete redemption cannot be had
because the present job lot of state
officers will hold over for two years
and Clark himself will remain In the
senate for several years, but a good
start a be made now. 1t is the duty
Of every Republican to put his shoul'
der to the wheel and by his influence
and vote in casting the entire Demo
cratic outfit. by whatever fractional
name II may be known, into the polit'
lcdl JUNK pre-
Martin Dee. nominee for congress
of the Heinze-Labor-P opuiist fusion,
said, in accepting the nomination:
There is one thing that 1 want to
promise this convention and that ia
that whatever may be the political
pa mo vorkad NV tho onnsitiop will
stand for no dickering and under nc
circumstances will | pull of the tick.
et.' Recalling the way nominee Fer
guson was tempted and fell two years
ago, 1t will be interesting to watch
and e whether Mr.. Dee can turn q
deaf ear to the song of the Clark
boodler.