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EDITION The Kalispell Bee. TRI- WEEKLYE D I T I O N

VOL. I. NO. 83. KALISPELL, MONTANA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1901 FIVE CENTS

CLARK GAINED SOMEVOTES YESTERDAY

And His Supporters Say He Will Get

Enough Votes To-day.

TO HIDE HIS DISHONESTY

It is Charged That Morhard

Shot Himself.

C H A RG ED TO FO O TPA D S

OF IMPORTANCE TO FLATHEAD.

Att’y-Gen. Donovan Renders

an Opinion on the

BONDING Q UESTIO N.

THREE VOTES FOR RRYAN

The Montana Electors Meet

in Helena.

MR. MORRIS WILL GO

CLARK CAMEVERY CLOSE.

His Managers Failed to Grasp Then-

Opportunity.

C O R BETT A N D M ACG INNIS R O W .

Republican Caucus is Unanimous For Carter For the Long

Term —Mantle Leads For Short Term—House

and Senate Committees Are Appointed.

M A N Y CO M PLIM ENTARY VO TES.

Clark Will Probably Be Elected Tomorrow—Carter

Away Ahead With the Republicans—The

Vote In Detail.

Special to the Bee:Helena. Jan. 14.—Thirty-seven mem­

bers of the legislature stood up in caucus tonight and declared theij- in­tention to vote for Clark tomorrow, for senator. There were no independ­ent dem ocrats and no Heinze men there. The totad fusion vote on joint ballot is 55. Tonight's caucus show­ed the divison—37 controlled by Clark and 18 kickers. The 48 votes will lie obtained, however, by Clark to­morrow, for certa in Heinze men will vote for him. T hat is w hat the Clark men say.

Clark lies ill a t the Helena hotel. No serious results are anticipated.

Helena, Jan . 14.—The feature of today’s session of the house was the sharp tilt between Speaker Corbett and his defeated opponent, John Macginnis. Nothing harsh was said, but Macginnis was white with anger and did not conceal his feelings. The incident cam e up a fte r the read ­ing of Speaker C orbett’s lis t of com­m ittees. Then M acginnis arose and snappingly declined the chairm anship

The Clarks Have Trouble of Their

Own—Another “ Hold Up” Looked

for.

Helena, Jan. 12.—The senatorial situation grows more complex every hour. There seem s to be no cause for the disaffection in the C lark ranks o ther than a desire, it is alleged, on the part of some of the m embers io hold/ up W. A. Clark for all there is in it.

Senator Clark lias sent for several of his advisors from Butte and else­where in the s ta te and today a con­ference will lie held to determ ine up­on what steps to take. The failure of the dem ocrats and labor men to caucus is the source of anxiety and tnere is no telling how long it will lie until a senator from th is state is elected to fill the long term to say nothing of the short term.

A fight is in prospect th a t promises to rival the sensational contest of two years ago, when Senator C lark’s m anagers made such a bad job of it. T hat Senator C lark is going to have to spend money if he secures a seat in the senate of the United S tates is certain , and from all indications his supporters will do a no less inartictie job than they did two years ago. If the dem ocrats had shown a disposi­tion to endorse Clark in a party cau­cus it would have been a com para­tively easy m atte r for the Clark men to have lined up those who hold the balance of power and are now causing so much trouble.

A g rea t deal of suppressed excite­m ent prevails in political circles here th is afternoon. Many of C lark’s friends and advisors are here and oth­ers have been summoned from every part of the state, and the first of the week will see nearly every prom inent politician in Montana gathered in Helena.

Heinze re turned from Butte today but his appearance around the hotel did not carry much significance. He seem s to be practically out of the fight, while the friends of John Mac- Ginnis, of the M ontana Ore Purchas­ing company, are urging his candi­dacy. and are requesting Mr. Heinze’s friends to support MacGinnis in the event th a t Heinze comes out with a statem ent th a t he will not be a can­didate.

The C larks a re having troubles of the ir owm ju s t now, and have no tim e to look a fte r Heinze. Charlie Clark and Heinze are again quite friendly and are occasionally seen in each oth ­e r’s company.

The revulsion of sentim ent against Heinze is hard to explain. For a

of tlie ways and means committee. Corbett called Macginnis to the chair and took the floor and th rew some ho­quets, but Maginnis was obdurate and again declined the chairm anship. Subsequently C orbett called Speaker Pro Tern Baker to the chair and left the hall. As he passed out he stoop­ed and whispered to M acginnis and both men flushed in evident anger. Macginnis also left a little later. The bad feeling between the men ar­oused a great deal of in terest, both on the floor and in the gallaries.

Helena, Jan . 14.—The republican caucus tonight was a quiet affair. Thirty-one of the 33 republcans were represented. They voted unanim ous­ly for C arter for the long term sen­atorial nomination. For the short term they gave M antle 24 votes, four for Rickards, two for Tom Power, and one for S. G. Murray.

Helena. Jan. 14.—Both Speaker Cor­bett and i.ieut. Gov. Higgins announc­ed the appointm ent of th e ir commit­tees when the ir respective house met a t 2 p. m.

while he was regarded as a strong “candidate for the senate. He wielded his influence in behalf of MacGinnis for speaker .against C lark’s wishes, hut it is said tha t th a t did not cause an estrangem ent between them , but Heinze’s loss in s treng th an tedates that, in fact it is doubtful if the speak­ership fight had any effect on the senatorial contest. Heinze for a month or two appeared to be riding on the crest of a popular wave, but he has taken a slide and is scarcely to he regarded as a candidate.

VV. A. C lark left this afternoon for Butte, but will re tu rn tomorrow night, It is said th a t he is very much dis­gusted with the a ttitude of the Lewis and Clarke county delegates who have failed him in a critical -time, al­though they were elected on a p la t­form th a t left them no option but to support him. At the sam e tim e it is believed th a t Lewis and Clarke county men will not dare vote for anyone else, although they will not attend a caucus.

Many of the law m akers left the cap­ital today and outside of the head­quarters of the several asp iran ts for senatorial honors there appears no activity this evening.

TO LICENSE GAMBLING.

Business Men of Butte Favor a Li­

cense for Revenue.Butte, Jan . 14.—A new anti-gam­

bling bill has been drawn up in Butte a t the instance of the m inisterial as­sociation, and will he presented to th* legislature, if some member can be found to introduce it. It is very s tringen t m easure. On the o ther hand, a t a m eeting of the Business Men’s association th is evening the question of licensing gam bling for the purposes of revenue, was taken up and discussed a t length, and the members who attended the m eeting decided to employ an atto rney to draft a suitable bill, and if necessary take a trip to Helena to im press upon the legislature and upon the Silver Bow delegation in particu lar the ne­cessity of a license in Butte, th a t could not he knocked out before the suprem e court.

Land Office Receipts.Helena, Jan . 14.—The receipts of

the H elena land office for the quarte r ended Dec. 31, 1900. am ounted to $49,- 638, as compared with $44,402 for the same period in 1899.

The Official List.London. Jan. 14—The official list of

British casualties in the recen t fight­ing a t Belfast shows 28 killed, 53 wounded, and 75 missing.

Was in Danger of Arrest For Embezzling

Funds of Trades and Labor

Assembly.

Butte. Jan . 14.—Sunday n ight about 7 o’clock, George Morhard, a collector for the Trades and Labor Assembly, staggered into Mullin's saloon on Front street, near the depot and fell unconscious upon the floor, his clothes dripping with blood from an ugly wound in his left side ju s t under the heart. Upon being revived Morhard told a story of having been hedd up, shot and robbed of $300 by two masked men. As tnere has been, for a week past, an epidemic of this par­ticu lar sort of crime raging in Butte, and as M orhard’s story was circum ­stantial and corroborated by fac s o ther than his, nobody doubted th a t he was another victim of the vicious gang of footpads, whose desperate crim es are terrorizing m itte.

But today it is openly asserted th a t M orhard shot him self to hide the sham e which was his, because of his failure to tu rn into the treasu ry of the Trades and Labor Assembly some $300 he had collected. For more than a week the assem bly had insist­ed upon the paym eut of the money, and Sunday night the officers of the Assembly were around with the pa­pers necessary for M orhard’s a rre s t and the police say Morhard, knowing this, shot himself, probably more ser­iously than he had intended and told the story of the hold up to conceal his crime. M orhard's condition is very critical.

NIHILIST ARRESTED.

A Russian Prince Charged With Plot­

ting Against the Czar.Nice, Jan . 14.—The police have a r­

rested Prince Victor Nacwadchiviz, a Russian, on the charge of plotting to take the life of the czar, upon the la t­te r ’s approaching visit here. Prince Naewadchivez, who is an nihilist, was condemned to death in Russia as an accomplice in the conspiracy in 1886, on the life of Alexander, grand father of the p resen t czar. He was also convicted in Paris of being illegally in possession of explosive machines.

CAVE IN AT BELT.

A Large Number of Men Temporarily Thrown Out of Employment.

Great Falls, Jan . 14.—A serious cave in the workings of the Anacon­da Copper Mining company's coal mines a t Belt, has caused a tem porary closing down of the mines. Ju s t how badly the cave-in will cripple the mine cannot yet be determ ined, but it will be some tim e before the workings can be opened up again, and a large num­ber of men will be tem porarily thrown out of employment.

NEELY MUST GO BACK.

Supreme Court Holds That He May Be Extradited.

W ashington, Jan . 14.—The United S tates suprem e court today announc­ed its decision in the case of R. C. Neeley, charged with embezsilcment of the public funds of Cuba, while acting as financial agent of the do partm ent of posts of tha t island, hold­ing in the case th a t Neeley is su b jec t to extradition, and m ust return to Cuba for trial.

DUBOIS WILL BE ELECTED.

Senator From Idaho—First Ballot To­day.

Boise, Jan. 14.—Tomorrow a t noon the two houses will ballot in separ­a te session for United S tates senator. There does not appear any doubt th a t Fred T. Dubois, form er senator from th is s ta te will be elected.

RESERVE AGENTS.

Havre’s New Bank Prepared for Busi- Business.

W ashington, Jan . 14 —The Contin­ental National bank, of Chicago, a n ! the F irs t N ational hank of St. Paid, have been apppoited reserve agents for the F irs t N ational Bank of Havre.

A Majority of Votes Cast on the Propozi-

tion All that Is Necessary to Carry.

Spirit of the Law.

Attorney General Janies Donovan

in an opinion prepared Saturday holds

tha t the issuance of bonds for county

improvem ents may be decided by a m ajority of the votes cast, either for or against the proposition, regardless of the total num ber of electors regis­tering their votes a t the same elec­tion. The opinion was written in an ­swer to an inquiry from William D. Clark, chairm an of the board of county commissioners of Silver Bow county, and fully covers the question.

In his le tter to the attorney gen­eral Mr. Clark says the question of issuing bonds it; the sum of $100,000, redeem able in ten years, payable in tw enty years, bearing four per cent in terest, for the purpose of building a county jail, was submitted to the electors of Silver Bow county at the last general election, resulting in a m ajority of 103 in favor of the prop­osition. Out of a total vote of 17,- 243, there were only 1,919 votes cast both for and against the loan being issued, of which 961 were in favor of the bond issue, while 85s were op­posed.

There were sim ilar bond issues vot­ed upon by the electors of Cascade and Flathead counties at the| last election, and the opinion prepared by the a ttorney general will be of no less in terest to the taxpayers and hoards of commissioners of those counties than in Silver Bow. Cas­cade county proposes to build a court house, costing over $100,000, besides m aking o ther county improvements, while Flathead county has improve­m ents in sight th a t will run well up into the thousands.

While the s tatu te provides th a t county boards may authorize a loan if a m ajority of the votes eas t are in fa­vor of it, Mr. Donovan’s in terpreta ­tion is th a t in using the words “in favor of the loan,” moans votes cast in favor of the particular proposition and not votes cast on any o ther gen­eral proposition.

Quoting from the opinions of differ­ent courts upon the proposition he says th a t the purpose of the statu tes is first to give the elector the privi­lege of expressing his judgm ent on the proposed county indebtedness, if he chooses to do so. In the event c f his neglect to vote upon the propo­sition, m anifesting no in te res t and rem aining silent, such silence should not defeat the express purpose of the state constitution in furthering puo- lic in terest. The attorney general prepared an exhaustive opinion on the subject, in which he says:

“The first question for considera­tion in this m atter is, does the con­stitu tion authorize such a loan? An inspection of section 5, artic le 13, of the constitution, will show th a t the closing paragraph reads as follows: ‘No county shall incur any indebted­ness or liability for any single pur­pose to an am ount exceeding $10,000 w ithout the approval of a m ajority of the electors thereof voting a t an elec­tion provided by law.

“This is the authority by which the question was submitted to the elec­tors of Sliver Bow county. The ques­tion under consideration is what the following words mean: “The approv­al of a m ajority of the electors there ­of. voting a t an election to be provided liy law.’ The first consideration in determ ining what the above language means is, how shall constitutional provisions be interpreted? It seems to me th a t the language of the con­stitu tion means th a t a m ajority of the electors thereof, voting a t an election to be provided by law, is the judg­m ent of the electors as expressed by the ir action a t the polls. To enforce th is provision of the constitution the legislature of th is state has enacted as a p a rt of the Political Code, A rti­cle IV, entitled, “Question of raising money to be subm itted to a vote.”

“Section 4270 is very nearly in the language of the constitution, and reads as follows: “The board of coun-

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To Washington as the Official Messenger

Who Will Carry the

Vote.

Helena, Jan. 14.—W illiam M orris of Pony will carry the e lectoral vote to W ashington to he voted a t the meet­ing of the e lectoral college. The presidential electors of M ontana were all present. Dr. O liver Leiser of Anaconda, Daniel O 'Shea of Red Lodge and William M orris of Pony. The electors took one ballot for pres­ident and carried out the wishes of the people of M ontana by casting three votes for W illiam J. Bryan for president and th ree votes for Adlai E. Stevenson for vice-president. Mr. O 'Shea nominated Mr. M orris as the official m essenger to W ashington. Dr. Leiser seconded the nomination and it prevoiled.

ALL THINGS ARE READY.

For Live Stock Meeting a t Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake, Jan . 14.—Every tiling is in readiness for the fourth annual convention of the national live stock association, which opens in the a s ­sembly hall tom orrow m orning a t 10 o'clock.

TRAINS DELAYED.

Two Snow Slides Near Java On the Great Northern.

Train No. 4. which left here last night, is delayed a t Java, about sixty miles eas t from Kalispell near the Summit. The delay is caused by two snow slides, one about th ree hundred feet in length, the o ther abou’t five hundred feet long. T rain No. 16, a freight, is also held there by reason of the slides.

It will take considerable tim e to clear the tracks, and Superintendent Kennedy is making up a tra in to bo manned by all the help he can obtain to leave a t once for the scene of the troulile. The problem of handling snow on the m ountains is a serious one, hut all the roads in the w est are having plenty of it since the late thaw.

Rocks in the Box.Libby M ontanian: W hile eas t some

tim e ago J . 'A . Clark purchased a musical slot machine, paying $100 therefor. The machine was sup- supposed to lie shipped about a month ago ami the box supposed to contain the m achine arrived th is week. The shipping receipts and all were regu­lar and Mr. Clark paid the freight. C R. Downing helped to pack the box from the depot. When opened the box contained a lot of rocks, old books, a l­manacs, etc. At first Mr. C lark thought he had been jobbed here a t home and cam e near mixing up with some of the boys before he could pac­ify himself. Then the tru th dawned upon him. The box was fu rther in ­vestigated and revealed the fact th a t the rocks and contents of the box had been put in before the box had left the east as all of them were for- eigli to this state. It is very likely th a t the box was packed by a crooked shipping clerk in the employ of the company from whom lie purchased the instrum ent. He holds receipts for the money and it is likely th a t he will not he the loser.

TO PROTECT RAILROADERS.

Clark’s Bill Contains Many Provisions

—Seven Amendments to the Con­stitution.

Helena, Jan. 11.—In the senate this m orning two im portant bills were in­troduced, the first by S tanton and the second by Clark. The second bill contains m any provisions th a t it may appropriately he called an omnibus hull.

S tan ton’s bill is described as an act to define the term s “fellow servan t,” and “vice-principal,” in relation to railway employment in th is s ta te , to determ ine the liability of railw ay cor­porations for damages to employes in consequence of the negligence of its agents and to declare void contracts affecting such liability. It provides

Special Dispatch to the Bee—4 p. m.Helena. Jan. 15.—Clark barely failed

of election today through the failure of his own people to grasp the situa­

tion. Had he pressed for a second

ballot in the house he would have had

his election, hut instead of th a t they

voted to adjourn until tomorrow. The

senate, and tlie house voted separate­

ly, and each for the short term sena­

tor first. The results were as fol­lows:

Senate—Short te rm : Mantle, 8;Conrad, 3; Frank, 3; Cooper 4: Hoff­

man, 1 ; Rickards, 1 ; Higgins, I ;

Spriggs, 1. Holison, republican, ab­sent.

House—Short te rm : M antle, 22;

th a t every man employed by a rail­way company having supervision, au­thority or directing power in any ca­pacity shall be deemed a vice-princi­pal and o ther employes fellow-ser­vants. All railway com panies are made liable for dam ages to fellow servants if they are injured through carelessness or wilful m ism anag >- ment on the part of vice-principals, with the saving clause th a t no cause for damages shall lie if teh injury is due to negligence on the part of an­other fellow servant.

C lark’s hill provides for seven am endm ents to Article 18 of the state constitution, as follows:

1. For the protection of the rights of labor.

2. For the establishm ent of a board of labor, conciliation and arbitration.

3. Prohibiting the 'employment of women and children under a certain age in underground mines, the con­tracting of convict labor, and the po­litical and commercial control of em­ployes.

4. Prohibiting the exchange of black lists by persons or c orporations.

5. Relative to the abrogation of the right lei recover dam ages for death by reason of wrongful act.

6. Making eight hours a day’s labor on public works and in factories, smctlters and underground mines.

7. Providing for legislation to en­force articles foregoing.

Notice of hilts to be introduced at Monday's session were introduced as follows:

Tierney—To license gam blers and gambling houses.

Phillips—To create the county of Powell.

Courtney—To provide for the issu­ance of licenses to honorably dis­charged soldiers to carry on the busi­ness of peddling or auctioneering.

Courtney.—To create the county of Daly.

W arner—To prohibit railway cor­porations from making tunnel charges on account of tunnels in Montana.

A notification was received from Governor Toole th a t he had appoint­ed Randolph Thompson as his pri­vate secretary. The appointm ent was confirmed.

All hills introduced in the lower house yesterday were received and filed for reading.

A resolution of condolence and sympathy was adopted relative to the decease of Frank Hobson, bro ther if Senator S. S. Hdlison.

Adjournment was taken to Monday a t 2 p. m.

BLAME THE INDEPENDENTS.

Helena Newspaper Hurts Clark’s

Chances.Helena, Jan. 12.—It has been said

by a great m ilitary tactitian th a t five m inutes’ thought has resulted in the victory or defeat of an army. Certain it is th a t five m inutes’ lack of thought

Frank, 12; Ferguson, 7; Joseph K.

Toole, 9; Macginnis, 2; Hinds, 3;

Tierny, I; Gibson, 1; Kilgallon, l ;

Spriggs, 2; Fine, 1; Cooper, 4; Cahl-

erhead, 1; Conley, 1; Conrad, 1; Greg­

ory, republican, absent.

Senate—Long term : Clark, 13; Car­

ter. 8; M artin Maginnis, 1; Robert B. Smith, 1.

House—Long te rm : Clark, 34; Car­

ter, 22; Spriggs, 10; M. Maginnis, 1.

Totals—Short te rm : Mantle, 30;

Conrad, 4; Frank, 15; Cooper, 8; Hoff­

man, 1; Rickards, 1; Higgins, 1; Spriggs, 3.

Totals—Long term ; Clark, 47; Car­

ter, 30; M artin Maginnis, 4; Spriggs, 12; Smith, 1.

has placed the H elena Independent in a predicam ent it would give a good deal to be extricated from.

The Lewis and Clarke delegation re­fused to go into the jo in t caucus of the fusionists, because the m embers believed th a t no m an should ac t as dictator to the ir policy—and while refusing to en ter a caucus, they fully intended to vote for W. A. C lark for senator, in accordance with the ir pledges.

instead of showing tna t a caucus a t this tim e was prem ature and excusing the delegation for th e ir attitude the Independent lias m ade an unexpected and unw arranted a ttack upon them personally, arousing the ir pride and indignation to such an extent th a t in all probability they will refuse to cau­cus on any proposition. Even if they should refuse to vote for Clark a t all now, there are few who do not stand ready to break a lance in their defense.

The Independent is being criticised in the strongest term s, not only by the personal friends of the Lewis and Clarke delegation, hut by Clarkites who hail from all oevr th is state. It is em phatically asserted th a t by im­pugning the ir motives and insinuating th a t they had “bolted,’ and gone into the camp of the enemy, this journalis­tic example of locomotor ataxia has made it morally impossible for the legislators from Lewis and C larke to caucus on any proposition, as to do so would lie tacitly to adm it th a t they had intended to "turn C lark down,” despite their anti-election pledges, and had been whipped into line by the use of the knout.

This seeming dissatisfaction on the part of the men who were regarded as Mr. C lark’s staunchest advocates lias throw n the local political situa­tion into a chaotic s ta te and every­body is wondering w hat will happen next. Some th ink Heinze responsi­ble for the condition of affairs, and others declare th a t prior to the pub­lication of the Helena Independent d iatribe the motive of the Lewis and C larke men were of the purest—now they simply shrug th e ir shoulders and say th a t tim e alone can tell.

Mr. Clark him self is visibly perturb­ed over the outlook. He wanders up and down the corridors of the Helena hotel, shaking hands w ith this one and conversing w ith th a t one, his face, a t all tim es w earing the look of anxiety na tu ra l to a m an with an am­bition who hardly knows where he “is a t.’

A few copies of the Christmas Bee

wrapped ready for mailing, can be obtained at this office.

The hackney coach proprietors and

cab drivers, of Naples, have formed

them selves Into a company for the

purpose of transform ing the hackney coaches and carryalls into auto­mobiles.

HEINZE SHUT OUT.

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