The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21
BIZ S. w. WALL.
Staff Correspondent OF The Call.

HELENA. Mont, Oct. 2O.-"Tom"
Carter, as he is Familiarity and rather
affectionately known in Montana, will
very likely go back to the United States
Senate as the result of the November
election. He is the pre-eminent Re-
publican in Montana, although there
are number of Republicans here. In
any company of men. not speaking of
political parties, former Senator Car
ter could easily be found. As a lawyer
he is esteemed of the first rank. And
this is more to his credit and that of
his State for the reason that he located
among the somewhat remote mines and
mountains of Montana when a young
man.
1t will be a rather interesting cir
cumstance to find Tom Carter on one
side of the United States Senate while
w. A. Clark sits on the other, repre-
senting Montana. Carter and Clark
We're opposing candidates for the office
of Delegate to Congress while Montana,
was ii Territory. And while Montana,
as Territory, had never been any
thing but Democratic, Carter won.
That was because Marcus Daily,
Democrat, helped him TO win and there
began that mighty clash of financial
giants that has made Montana famous
1t is spectacular story that am
tempted to run through-from the be-
ginning-because there is climax to
it (there is a climax to it every once
in-so- often) that is impending in this
election in November.
HEINZE, DALY'S SUCCESSOR.
Here will be a realignment. Old Mar
Gus DAILY was the political disturber of
the peace from the birth of live poll
tics in Montana until his own death.
w. A. Clark, his antagonist, is prac-
tically off the stage since he has got
what he wanted and is now in the safe
and quiet harbor of the Senate. But
Days place is admirably filed by F.
Augustus Heinze, president of the
United Copper Company, and who
operates along much the same lines eX-
cept that Daily found delight in oppos-
ing and defeating his competitors am
bition for honor outside his business,
while Heinze seems TO pursue politics
chiefly for business.
So successful has he been in this that
his great competitor-at least it was
his competitor at the time-the Anal
gamated Copper Company, which is the
Standard Oil Company was compelled
to put forth it's strength until it COM
PEELED Governor, friendly to Heinze,
through a largely signed peutlOn Oh
miners, also friendly to HeinZe, to call
a special session of the Legislature and
that Legislature TO pass laws such as
it desired for it's relief as against the
fntrenchments of Heinze. This is not
the story. l told that story in pre-
vious dispatch merely mention the
very curious thing by way of showing
that the death of Marcus DAILY and the
temporary pocketing of w. A. Clark
has not robbed the State of Montana in
any material degree of it's resources as
a political spectacle. And, of course, it
will not be forgotten that Clark is still
in evidence in this pending campaign
to the extent of some $4,000.
BEGINNING OF THE FIGHT.
1t was in 1888 that w. A. Clark was
nominated for Delegate to Congress by
the Democrats, and there was nothing
to it, for the Republicans were so few.
Marcus DAILY, who had a great fol-
lowing congratulated his friend Clark.
The Republican convention was very
dull. Tom Carter, a young lawyer,
consented to take the nomination, for
at least it would advertise him, and
he needed to have attention called to
him Shortly before election day some