The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-07-12
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\ give tHc OeTis1Ve~ ma. ma! 10 SeHdtOl
| Clark's announcement that he will no.
be q candidate for reelection. Those
who know him best say that he Ia play.
ing a deep game. and the desire thai
Hes nearest his heart Is ia stay IN the
Senate. His announcement was intend.
ed to dtAarm his numeYOUS enemies In
the State. and turn their barbed arrow,
upon some one else. In the 'meanw hiie
| his fuglemen will be canvassing the un.
| fitness Of the other candidates and
working up general alarm that the
| only man that can properly represent
the State Is its present Senator. The
next thing Is that II - doubtful which
party will control the next Legislature
Should the Republicans have It. CLARK
will have the merit Of having gotten out
before the storm came. II the Demo
Gratis get 81. why. then, he will be pre-
pared to again turn loose enormous
amounts OF cash to secure his election
They hint that Senator Tom Carter h
| In secret alliance with Clark. because
| Carter does not want the present status
changed. and would much prefer to be
| the only Republican Senator from Mon
| tana. This Is given as q reason for the
Butte Miner. which used to be deadly
| against Carter. staying It's hand and
treating him with marked gentleness
not to say praise. Should the Demo-
Gratis carry the State. Clark will still
have trouble in his own party. since the
miners claim he played the traitor to
them in going over to thu Standard Oil
camp In 1901. and that he tried to de-
feat the eight-hour law. The most popu-
lar candidate among the Democrats is
Gov. Tooie. whose term Is not out, how
ever. until 1909. w. G. Conrad. OF Great
Falls, is another possible candidate an
2 man OF much ability. Our old friend
| Maj. Martin Magfnnfs, 18th MIMI, Is
| also Senatorial possibility. and de-
served more recognition than he has
been receiving because OF hts soldier
| record and hts lifelong unQuestioned
Democracy. He cast his Lot with the
party when he first migrated to the
State, and has been instant in season
and out Of season during all these years
but got lean pickings for hts loyalty
Everybody holds him IN high esteem
but his bank account unfortunately II
| not Of the size to put him into the run
| ming with the other possible candidates
| Another gallant soldier Of the cfvf
war has recently answered to the las,
roll call In the person Of Maj. James F
Huntington, who died May Is, In Low
ell. Mass. at the advanced age Of 80
During the first year Of the war Maj
Huntington .yprsAnized Battery B. 1st
Ohio l.. A., and remained its Captain
until Gettysbdrgj For his merftorious
| services In that battle he was promoted
to Major. and Transferred to the COM
mand Of this Invalid Corps. Later he
| Johnson's fsfand. where he remained
untti the Gloss sA the war. He lived In
Lowell for many years. occupying .
| prominent B6sitf0n on account OF his
interest In PUBLIC affairs. He served
the city as It's Mayor and the State as
LfeutenaHt-e Governor.
Jere Dunni probably the most widely
known sporting man In the country
died at Elizabeth City. N. J.. June 81
He was II years old. but had always
looked very much younger. claiming
him young No one knew who he was
or exactly where he was born, and q
man OF the same name had several
times been convicted and served terms
on BlackweH'S Island. Dunn always
claimed that It was another man OF the
same name and not he, and that his
6rst trouble occurred In the closing days
Of the war. He was among the first to
enlist, and did SO in the Fire Zouaves
commanded by Ellsworth. In 1864
while he was acting as q recruiting off,
Ger. he shot and killed negro I'm Penn
sylvania. for which he was tried and
sentenced to prison, but pardoned. Re-
| turning to New Yoyk. he killed q bank
burglar named Logan. with whom he
pdU d 4OdTTSkp anu WHO'LL DC 0uOg wild
the derrinGef that Lew Baker used to
XIII the notorious Bill Poole. Dunn
went West then. and became q noted
gambler and sporting man.. bat upon
returning to New York was arrested,
| tried and sent TO Sing Sing. where he
remained two years. and was released
under law hustled through the Legis-
| lature by hts friends He again went
West and In 1883 killed Jimmie Elliot,
a noted prize fighter. In the Tiveli Sa-
loon In Chicago. The killing grew out
OF quarrel In regard to John L. SulH-
van. who was Dunn's friend. match
had been arranged between Elliot and
John L.. but when II was to come on
Elliot got scared and refused to 20 into
| the ring. Dunn denounced him savage
ly. WhereupOU Elliot got revolver a nd
started out In search Of him. meeting
him IN the Ttvott saloon ana getting the
first shot. The desperate hattie lasted
some time. but ended IN Dunn killing
Elliot Dunn was always prominent IN
racing. owned . stable ana at one time
a training track and Q number Of good
horses.
George D. Perkins, candidate for the
Republican nomination for Governor Of
iowa. has proposed to Gov cumrnir, Is
to permit other members Of the Repub-
liean National Committee TO be named
by the Committee to- make up tho tenn
porary roll Of delegates to the State
Convention. Mr.. Perkins thinks that,
In view Of the heated campaign and the
much feeling that was aroused. that this
will be the only way to secure peace
and harmony.
The case OF Eliot r. Shepard, grind
son OF w. II. Vanderbilt 10 stfTf before
the French Courts. The last move was
to endeavor to obtain remission Of
the three months imprisonnIent i'm
posed upon him IN connection win fines
Of $12o ardb$4S0o. for running over
and killing d GIT white speeding HIS
automobile. oq1.be French Minister OF
Justice Will not remit all the imprfson-
ment. but will iecommend 70 the Presf.
dent that the nterm Of three months be
reduced to ops Of sly weeks
1.-THE Immortal'J. ~" otherwise J. N.
Free. who wsS oltHown all through the
country. died Ju9e = at the Hospital
for the Insane ~ lroIe2a. q, For many
years he traxfrad an fsranga The couu-
try, payfng Meth al frsfFs nor ratt-
rosd fares AID As ing 10 crowds 81
hearers speeches. which ware strange
mixtures OF pfthy common sense and
Wild Iunacy. HeGassamed 10 have a mis-
| sion to lift the PRESSURE" and was go