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Narrator: AS THE DAWN OF
ELECTRICITY ILLUMINATES AMERICA,
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MINING GIANTS WILLIAM CLARK
AND MARCUS DALY BATTLE IT OUT
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TO RULE THE COPPER INDUSTRY,
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THE VERY FOUNDATION
OF THIS BRILLIANT NEW WORLD.
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THE INDUSTRIAL MIGHT OF AMERICA
DEPENDED ON COPPER.
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THIS COULD MAKE US
A FORTUNE.
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NOW MAKE THE TRANSACTION.
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
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Narrator: WITH THEIR LICENSE
TO MINT MONEY,
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ANYTHING GOES
AND EVERYONE IS FOR SALE.
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I SHALL PRESENT A CAREER
ENTRENCHED IN CORRUPTION.
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YOU'RE THE RAT!
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HERE WERE THESE TWO,
IN TODAY'S TERMS,
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BILLIONAIRES GOING AT
EACH OTHER, HAMMER AND TONGS.
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AAH!
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Narrator: THEIR DECADES-LONG
FEUD WILL ROCK THE NATION
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AND REWRITE
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
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AND AT THIS POINT, WESTERN
HISTORY'S GOING TO CHANGE.
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I NEVER BOUGHT A MAN
WHO WASN'T FOR SALE.
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Narrator:
THESE ARE THE EPIC STORIES
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OF MEN STRUGGLING FOR SUPREMACY,
BUILDING EMPIRES,
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AND CHANGING THE COURSE
OF AMERICAN HISTORY FOREVER.
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AMERICA'S GILDED AGE
OF THE LATE 19th CENTURY
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IS RAPIDLY TRANSFORMING
THE WAY THE WORLD LIVES.
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[ ALL GASPING ]
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THE INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB
AND WIRE COMMUNICATIONS
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CREATE ENORMOUS DEMAND
FOR COPPER,
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THE BEST KNOWN CONDUIT
OF ELECTRICITY.
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ONE TOWN IN THE FAR WEST
PRODUCES NEARLY HALF
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OF AMERICA'S TOTAL COPPER
OUTPUT -- BUTTE, MONTANA.
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BY THE 1890s, SWEAT, INNOVATION,
AND GREED HAVE MADE IT
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THE RICHEST HILL ON EARTH...
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Whiteside: LET US CLINK GLASSES
AND DRINK TO CRIME...
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...AND THE MOST CORRUPT.
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...IN ALL ITS NAKED
HIDEOUSNESS.
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20 YEARS EARLIER,
IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY.
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THE GOLD AND SILVER RUSH
OF BUTTE, MONTANA WAS OVER.
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Gibson: BUTTE WAS BECOMING
A GHOST TOWN IN THE EARLY 1870s.
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IT WAS DESPERATE MINERS
WHO OWNED CLAIMS
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AND WANTED TO GET RID OF THEM
BECAUSE NOTHING WAS HAPPENING.
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IT WASN'T
THE HUGE SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
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THAT THE GOLD RUSH
IN CALIFORNIA WAS.
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Narrator:
UNLIKE MOST,
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PENNSYLVANIA-BORN WILLIAM CLARK
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BELIEVES THE RICHES OF BUTTE
HAVE YET TO BE FOUND.
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Gibson: CLARK FIRST CAME TO
BUTTE IN THE SUMMER OF 1872.
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AND HE SAW BARGAINS.
BARGAINS EVERYWHERE.
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Narrator: CLARK HAS ALREADY MADE
A SMALL FORTUNE
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EXPLOITING VULNERABLE
MINING TOWNS ACROSS THE REGION.
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Martin: HE REALIZES THAT THE MEN
WORKING IN THE MINES
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ARE GOING TO NEED GOODS.
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HE WOULD SELL EGGS AT $3 A DOZEN
TO A WORKER
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WHEN THEIR AVERAGE SALARY WAS
$4, MAYBE $5 A WEEK AT THE MOST.
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HE MAKES A KILLING OFF THE BACKS
OF THE MINERS.
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GREAT DAY FOR A DIG.
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IT HASN'T BEEN
A GOOD DAY FOR DIGGING
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IN QUITE A WHILE, SIR.
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Gibson:
WILLIAM CLARK BEGAN AS A MINER,
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BUT MINING DIDN'T EXACTLY
SUIT HIM TOO WELL.
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HE HAD OTHER SKILLS -- BANKING
AND INVESTMENT SKILLS
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AND TRADING SKILLS,
MARKETING SKILLS.
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DO YOU FAULT THE MAN
OR THE MINES?
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HE JUST HAD AN INCREDIBLE KNACK
FOR MAKING MONEY.
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EVERYTHING HE TOUCHED SEEMED TO,
ESSENTIALLY, LIKE MIDAS,
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TURN TO GOLD.
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I'VE SEEN YOUR TYPE BEFORE,
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PLANNING TO GET RICH
ON OUR HARD WORK.
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AND YOU'LL GET RICH QUICK
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WHILE THE FOOLS GET SENT
DOWN TO THEIR GRAVES.
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HOW ABOUT YOU, FOOL?
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YOU WANT TO MAKE
SOME MONEY?
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Man: YES, SIR.
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THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
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CLARK WAS NOT A PARTICULARLY
AFFABLE MAN.
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HE WASN'T SOMEBODY THAT WORKERS
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
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WOULD NATURALLY WARM TO.
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WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
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DOES IT MATTER?
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IT DOES.
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WHEN I BUY THIS CLAIM,
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YOU WILL BE THE FIRST PERSON
TO KNOW.
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MY NAME IS WILLIAM CLARK,
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A NAME YOU ALL
BETTER GET USED TO.
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Narrator: CLARK GAMBLES,
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BUYING FOUR SILVER CLAIMS
AT A FRACTION OF THE COST.
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Gibson:
HE BOUGHT FOUR MINES
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THAT ULTIMATELY BECAME
HUGE, HUGE PRODUCERS,
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AND HE BOUGHT THEM
FOR TREMENDOUS BARGAINS.
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Narrator: NOT YET A STATE,
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THE TERRITORY OF MONTANA
REMAINS CUT OFF
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FROM THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
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WILLIAM CLARK KNOWS
ITS NATURAL RESOURCES
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ARE RIPE FOR THE PICKING.
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BUT HE'S NOT ALONE.
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BY AGE 40,
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MARCUS DALY IS CONSIDERED
ONE OF THE GREATEST MINERS
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THAT EVER LIVED.
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Martin: HE IS THE COMPLETE
OPPOSITE OF WILLIAM CLARK.
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HE'S CHARMING, HE'S WITTY, HE'S
AFFABLE, BUT HE WORKS INTENSELY.
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HE WAS BORN IN IRELAND
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AND CAME TO THE U.S.
WHEN HE WAS 15 YEARS OLD
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WITH NOTHING IN HIS POCKET.
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Narrator: WITH FEW PROSPECTS
FOR THE YOUNG IMMIGRANT,
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DALY FINDS WORK IN THE MINES
AND DISCOVERS A UNIQUE CALLING.
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Edgerton:
HE SIMPLY HAD A NOSE FOR ORE.
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AND HE WILL QUICKLY
RISE THROUGH THE RANKS
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AND BECOME A MINING ENGINEER.
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Narrator: AFTER 20 YEARS
OF BACKBREAKING WORK,
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DALY SAVES ENOUGH MONEY
TO INVEST IN THE ANACONDA,
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A COLLECTION OF MINES
ON THE EDGE OF BUTTE.
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A SUIT.
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YOU WORE A SUIT?
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REMIND ME AGAIN WHY I CAME
ALL THE WAY OUT HERE.
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EVERYONE HAS THEIR EYES
ON THE SILVER, CORRECT?
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THAT'S WHERE
ALL THE MONEY IS.
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WELL, THEY'RE LOOKING AT
THE WRONG THING.
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AT 300 FEET,
THAT SILVER SEAM STARTS TO WAIN.
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YES, I KNOW IT DOESN'T
GO ANY DEEPER.
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WELL, THIS IS WHAT
LIES BENEATH THAT SILVER SEAM.
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Pepperell: DALY BOUGHT THE
ANACONDA MINE FOR ITS SILVER,
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BUT VERY, VERY SOON,
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HE DISCOVERED THAT THERE
WERE VAST COPPER RESOURCES
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THAT WERE AVAILABLE
RIGHT UNDER HIS FEET.
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THIS COULD MAKE US
A FORTUNE.
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COPPER.
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AND IT'S BETTER
THAN SILVER?
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WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT.
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Edgerton:
THIS COPPER STRIKE IN BUTTE
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COMES ALONG AT PRECISELY
THE MOMENT
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WHEN AMERICA
AND THE REST OF THE WORLD
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IS BEGINNING TO ELECTRIFY.
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AND IT'S A PERFECT CONDUIT
FOR ELECTRICITY.
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Narrator:
IT'S A DIRECT PATH TO MILLIONS.
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HE DISCOVERED
THE LARGEST DEPOSITS OF COPPER
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IN THE UNITED STATES,
PERHAPS IN THE WORLD.
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Narrator: MEANWHILE,
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WILLIAM CLARK'S INVESTMENT
IN HIS FOUR CLAIMS
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PAYS OFF BIG TIME.
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BUTTE WAS PRODUCING
MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN ORE
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EVERY SINGLE MONTH,
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SO A FAIR AMOUNT OF THAT
WAS GOING TO WILLIAM CLARK.
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Narrator: SHREWD DIVERSIFICATION
ALLOWS HIM TO BECOME
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ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MEN
IN THE COUNTRY.
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Pepperell: CLARK'S MANY
BUSINESS INTERESTS --
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MINING, LOGGING, RAILROADS --
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VERY QUICKLY MADE HIM
A MULTI-MULTI-MILLIONAIRE,
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INDEED, A MULTI-BILLIONAIRE
BY TODAY'S STANDARDS.
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Narrator:
THIS INCREDIBLE WEALTH
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GIVES CLARK
A GRAND OPPORTUNITY --
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TO OWN A NEWSPAPER.
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DID YOU LOOK INTO THE MATTER
WE DISCUSSED?
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YES, SIR.
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ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME
HOW MUCH IT WILL COST?
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IT IS CLEARLY WITHIN
YOUR RANGE.
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BUT I'M NOT SURE
THIS IS A WISE MOVE.
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AS I'VE TOLD YOU REPEATEDLY,
MAKE THE TRANSACTION.
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Gibson:
CLARK WANTED TO CONTROL PEOPLE,
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WHETHER FINANCIALLY
OR IN TERMS OF THE GOVERNMENT,
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AND REALIZED EARLY ON
THAT THE PRESS
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IS AN IMPORTANT WAY
OF DOING THAT.
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AND SO HE ACQUIRED HIS OWN
NEWSPAPER, THE BUTTE MINER.
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Narrator: WILLIAM CLARK
NOW WIELDS A POWERFUL TOOL
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TO DIRECTLY INFLUENCE
INDUSTRY POLICY AND MUCH MORE.
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THIS WAS NOT A TIME PERIOD
OF ACCURACY IN JOURNALISM.
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THE PAPERS ARE THE WEAPON.
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WILLIAM CLARK WANTED PEOPLE
TO LIKE HIM,
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AND THE BEST WAY IS TO
CRAFT YOUR OWN PUBLIC IMAGE
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AND CONTROL THE MESSAGE.
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Narrator: CLARK'S EXPANDING
EMPIRE WILL SOON BE CHALLENGED
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BY MONTANA'S OTHER MINING
MAGNATE, MARCUS DALY.
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Edgerton: DALY REALIZED THEY'VE
GOT AN ENORMOUS COPPER VEIN
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THAT THEY'RE HITTING
IN THIS ANACONDA HILL.
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AND THE DEEPER THEY'RE GOING,
THE RICHER IT'S BECOMING.
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Daly: LOOK AT THIS.
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THE WAY IT IS NOW, WORTHLESS.
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BUT YOU BLAST THIS ORE WITH HEAT
AND YOU GET RID OF THAT SLAG,
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WHAT YOU'RE LEFT WITH
IS METAL BASE.
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Narrator: WHAT SETS DALY'S
OPERATION APART FROM THE REST
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IS HIS ABILITY TO PROCESS
THE COPPER ONSITE.
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Martin: DALY'S GOING TO BEGIN
EXTRACTING ON A MAJOR SCALE,
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BUT HE TAKES IT
ONE STEP FURTHER,
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BECAUSE HE ALSO BRINGS IN
THE SMELTING PROCESS.
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SO, HE IS ABLE TO MINE
AND EXTRACT
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AND SMELT THE ORES RIGHT THERE,
ALL IN ONE LOCATION.
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AND AT THIS POINT, WESTERN
HISTORY'S GOING TO CHANGE.
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Narrator: MARCUS DALY CAN NOW
SELL FINISHED COPPER
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TO A WORLD HUNGRY
FOR ELECTRICITY.
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HIS PERSONAL WEALTH
WILL SKYROCKET.
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Martin: HE IS GOING TO EMPLOY
TEN MINERS TO EVERY ONE
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THAT HIS RIVAL, CLARK, WILL.
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Edgerton: EVEN THOUGH IT TAKES
A LOT OF COPPER TO MAKE MONEY,
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THERE'S A LOT OF COPPER DOWN
THERE -- A WHOLE LOT OF COPPER.
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AND IT WILL BECOME,
THE ANACONDA HILL,
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THE RICHEST HILL ON EARTH.
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WE ARE LITERALLY BUILDING
THIS COUNTRY FROM THE GROUND UP.
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AM I RIGHT?
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
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Narrator: AS THE WORLD'S HUNGER
FOR COPPER GROWS,
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WILLIAM CLARK AND MARCUS DALY
WILL FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE.
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I THINK IT'S TIME FOR
MR. CLARK TO GO AWAY.
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IT'S A BATTLE THAT WILL ROCK
THE FOUNDATION
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OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
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AAH!
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Narrator: BY THE LATE 1800s,
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AMERICA'S INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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CREATES EXPLOSIVE GROWTH
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
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Martin:
IN THIS POST-WAR PERIOD,
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OUR ENERGY AND POWER THAT WE'VE
USED TOWARD KILLING ONE ANOTHER
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HAS NOW BEEN RESHAPED
AND FOCUSED
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TOWARD DISCOVERY AND PROGRESS.
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WE SEE MAN'S INQUISITIVE NATURE,
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HIS SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY,
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HIS TECHNOLOGICAL SKILL
BEING HARNESSED
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FOR THE SECOND
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
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Narrator: ELECTRICITY IS
SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE,
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MAKING HIGHLY CONDUCTIVE COPPER
A SCORCHING-HOT COMMODITY.
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Gibson: AFTER THE TELEPHONE
WAS INVENTED IN 1876
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AND THE ELECTRIC LIGHT
WAS INVENTED IN 1879,
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COPPER FROM MONTANA
CONTROLLED EVERYTHING
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IN THE U.S. AND IN THE WORLD.
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Narrator: MONTANA'S GREATEST
NATURAL RESOURCE
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IS NOW LARGELY CONTROLLED
BY TWO MEN --
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WILLIAM CLARK AND MARCUS DALY.
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IN ESSENCE, DALY AND CLARK
BECOME THE PUPPET MASTERS.
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Narrator:
THEIR EVER-EXPANDING EMPIRES
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WILL SOON COLLIDE HEAD ON.
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AS CLARK AND DALY'S COPPER MONEY
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POURS INTO THE LARGELY
UNREGULATED TERRITORY
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OF MONTANA,
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BUTTE IS A FREE-FOR-ALL
IN BUSINESS AND PLEASURE.
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Martin: YOU'VE GOT DRUGS,
YOU HAVE GAMBLING,
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YOU HAVE LIQUOR, PROSTITUTION.
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ALL OF THE DARKEST VICES
OF A BOOM TOWN
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COME TO FULL EFFECT IN BUTTE.
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Gibson:
BUTTE WAS A MINING TOWN --
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A LOT OF SINGLE MEN,
A LOT OF YOUNG MEN.
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Edgerton:
THE DRINKING NEVER STOPPED.
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24/7, THE BARS WENT.
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IN FACT, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT THE BAR OWNERS WOULD DO
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WHEN THEY OPENED THE BAR
FOR THE FIRST TIME,
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THEY WOULD CEREMONIOUSLY
FLUSH THE KEY DOWN THE TOILET,
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BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER,
EVER CLOSED.
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IT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE PLACE.
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[ LAUGHTER ]
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Man: OH, MY GOD.
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DID WE HAVE TO PICK
A PLACE SO...CLOSE, MARCUS?
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YES.
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Gibson: MARCUS DALY
WAS A MAN OF THE PEOPLE.
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LOOK AT THESE GUYS --
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SHIFT ENDS AND THEY DON'T
EVEN BREAK A SWEAT.
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YES,
IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.
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HE LIKED HANGING OUT WITH
HIS EMPLOYEES, HIS MINERS.
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WORK ALL DAY. DRINK ALL NIGHT.
GET UP AND DO IT AGAIN.
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IT'S NOT QUITE TRUE TO SAY
THAT HE WAS THEIR FRIEND,
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BECAUSE HE WAS AS MUCH OF A
CAPITALIST AS WILLIAM CLARK WAS.
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00:13:08,965 --> 00:13:12,533
REGARDLESS OF YOUR
INFATUATION WITH THESE LOCALS,
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WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS
TO DISCUSS.
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INDEED.
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BOTH MARCUS DALY
AND WILLIAM CLARK
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DID WHATEVER THEY WANTED.
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Narrator: FOR DALY,
THIS LAWLESS ENVIRONMENT
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ALLOWS HIM TO ILLEGALLY ACQUIRE
TIMBER FROM FEDERAL LANDS.
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Gibson: DALY NEED THE TIMBER
TO FUEL THE SMELTER
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THAT HE HAD BUILT IN ANACONDA
IN 1883.
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Narrator: WHEN THE GOVERNMENT
GETS WIND OF IT,
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GROVER CLEVELAND'S
DEMOCRATIC WHITE HOUSE
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ISSUES FORMAL COMPLAINTS AGAINST
THOSE OPERATING OUTSIDE THE LAW.
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THIS THREATENS TO PULL APART
HIS ENTIRE EMPIRE
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THAT HE'S WORKED AND SWEATED
AND LABORED ON TO BUILD.
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THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
IS MOVING IN.
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THEY'RE BRINGING FEDERAL CHARGES
TO ALL THE MILLS IN THIS AREA.
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IT'S MAKING ME NERVOUS,
TO SAY THE LEAST.
278
00:14:00,049 --> 00:14:02,149
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM.
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00:14:02,252 --> 00:14:05,519
ARE YOU SUGGESTING WE SUPPORT
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?
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I'M SAYING TO HELL
WITH BOTH OF THEM.
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00:14:07,657 --> 00:14:10,258
WHAT MATTERS MOST
IS MY COMPANY.
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WHAT MATTERS MOST
IS GETTING THAT TIMBER
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AND GETTING THAT COPPER.
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FINE.
BUT AT THE VERY LEAST,
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00:14:17,033 --> 00:14:19,233
WE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE
ON THE ELECTION PROCEEDINGS,
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SEE WHO'S PICKING UP STEAM.
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REPUBLICANS
ARE BACKING CARTER.
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THOMAS CARTER?
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YES.
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00:14:24,908 --> 00:14:26,207
HE DOESN'T STAND A PRAYER.
291
00:14:26,309 --> 00:14:27,875
I DON'T KNOW WHAT MAKES YOU
SO CONFIDENT.
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LISTEN, PUBLICLY, WE'RE GONNA
SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATS.
293
00:14:32,382 --> 00:14:34,382
LEAVE THE REST TO ME.
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Pepperell: BECAUSE DALY WAS
MORE INTERESTED IN THE EXPANSION
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OF HIS VAST EMPIRE,
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IT REALLY DIDN'T MATTER TO HIM
WHETHER IT WAS DEMOCRAT,
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WHETHER IT WAS REPUBLICAN.
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HE WAS QUITE HAPPY
TO STEP OVER THE LINE.
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Clark: WE STAND AT THE PRECIPICE
OF THE MOST HISTORIC TIME
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IN THE HISTORY OF MONTANA.
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE
A TERRITORY ANYMORE.
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WE ARE GOING TO BE A STATE.
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Narrator:
WHILE DALY KEEPS A CLOSE EYE
ON THE UPCOMING ELECTION...
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Clark: DO YOU BELIEVE ME?
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
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Narrator: ...WILLIAM CLARK SETS
HIS SIGHTS ON POLITICAL OFFICE.
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Clark:
OUR STATEHOOD IS PENDING.
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Martin:
WILLIAM CLARK WAS SHREWD,
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AND THE ONE THING HE UNDERSTOOD
WAS POWER.
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IT WASN'T ENOUGH
THAT HE OWNED MINES,
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THAT HE HAD
OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS,
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THAT HE OWNED
A DAILY-CIRCULATION PAPER --
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HE UNDERSTOOD THAT POLITICS
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00:15:26,169 --> 00:15:29,904
GAVE A MAN UNLIMITED POWER
AND ACCESS.
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00:15:30,006 --> 00:15:33,040
THIS IS THE LAND
WHERE WE FOUND SILVER.
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IT'S THE LAND
WHERE WE FOUND COPPER.
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WE ARE LITERALLY BUILDING
THIS COUNTRY FROM THE GROUND UP.
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AM I RIGHT?
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
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Gibson: WILLIAM CLARK BEGAN
ON THE TERRITORIAL BALLOT,
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00:15:46,356 --> 00:15:48,556
'CAUSE MONTANA WAS NOT YET
A STATE IN 1888.
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THIS IS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST
STATE IN THE NATION.
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AM I TELLING THE TRUTH HERE?
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Narrator: CLARK KNOWS A TERM
AS DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
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COULD LEAD TO A FEDERAL SEAT.
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PEOPLE BACK THEN WOULD USE THAT
POSITION AS THE LAUNCHING PAD
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00:16:03,039 --> 00:16:05,373
TO BECOME ONE OF
THE TWO UNITED STATES SENATORS
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THAT EVERY STATE RECEIVES
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00:16:07,110 --> 00:16:09,477
ONCE THEY BECOME
A PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE UNION.
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00:16:09,579 --> 00:16:12,079
AND WHEN IT FINALLY
COMES UPON US,
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00:16:12,181 --> 00:16:14,715
WELL, THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF ISSUES WE'RE GOING TO NEED
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00:16:14,817 --> 00:16:16,050
TO DISCUSS WITH THE SENATE.
332
00:16:16,152 --> 00:16:17,918
THAT'S WHY WE NEED
TO STAY DEMOCRATIC.
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00:16:18,021 --> 00:16:19,387
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
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00:16:19,489 --> 00:16:22,056
Narrator: WITH HIS NAME ATTACHED
TO THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET,
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CLARK PREDICTS
A RUNAWAY VICTORY.
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Pepperell:
SINCE THE ELECTORATE IN MONTANA
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WAS VERY DOMINANTLY DEMOCRATIC,
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THE MERE OBTAINING A NOMINATION
WAS PRETTY MUCH A GUARANTEE
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00:16:35,471 --> 00:16:36,504
IN THE ELECTION.
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00:16:36,606 --> 00:16:38,272
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE
A DEAL?
341
00:16:38,374 --> 00:16:39,774
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
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00:16:39,876 --> 00:16:41,375
¶¶
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Narrator:
BUT CLARK'S REAL OPPONENT
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WON'T BE LISTED ON THE BALLOT.
345
00:16:46,616 --> 00:16:47,415
CLARK.
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00:16:47,517 --> 00:16:50,217
MARCUS DALY.
THE MAN FROM ANACONDA.
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00:16:50,319 --> 00:16:51,552
HELL OF A SPEECH
UP THERE TODAY.
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00:16:51,654 --> 00:16:52,620
WELL, THANK YOU.
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00:16:52,722 --> 00:16:54,355
I TRY NOT TO THINK
TOO MUCH ABOUT IT.
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00:16:54,457 --> 00:16:55,389
I KNOW THE MEN DON'T.
351
00:16:55,491 --> 00:16:56,991
THEY SEE THE "D"
ON THE TICKET,
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00:16:57,093 --> 00:16:58,692
THAT'S AS FAR AS THEY GO.
353
00:16:58,795 --> 00:17:01,462
Pepperell:
FROM THEIR INITIAL MEETINGS,
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00:17:01,564 --> 00:17:05,166
CLARK AND DALY DIDN'T
PARTICULARLY LIKE EACH OTHER.
355
00:17:05,268 --> 00:17:08,636
YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HELP TO HAVE
YOUR BACKING ON THIS ONE.
356
00:17:08,738 --> 00:17:11,472
WELL,
THE STAGE IS YOURS.
357
00:17:11,574 --> 00:17:13,140
I'LL JUST STAY
BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
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00:17:13,242 --> 00:17:16,077
DALY,
FROM POOR, CATHOLIC STOCK,
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00:17:16,179 --> 00:17:20,414
CALLOUS, GRUBBY HANDS FROM
WORKING ALL DAY DOWN THE MINE.
360
00:17:20,516 --> 00:17:23,818
CLARK, SECOND-GENERATION,
PROTESTANT,
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00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:25,986
A GENTLEMAN IN HIS FINERY.
362
00:17:26,089 --> 00:17:28,122
WELL, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,
I HAVE AN ELECTION TO WIN.
363
00:17:28,224 --> 00:17:30,858
WELL, DON'T LET ME
STAND IN YOUR WAY.
364
00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,527
THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THEM
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00:17:33,629 --> 00:17:36,964
WAS THAT CLARK WANTED TO BE
A POLITICIAN,
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DALY WANTED TO CONTROL
POLITICIANS.
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00:17:46,542 --> 00:17:47,975
LINE THEM UP!
368
00:17:48,077 --> 00:17:51,278
Gibson: VOTING IN MONTANA
WAS PAPER BALLOTS.
369
00:17:51,380 --> 00:17:53,981
STUFF IT, LITERALLY,
INTO A BALLOT BOX.
370
00:17:54,083 --> 00:17:59,019
SO, IF THE BALLOTING HAD
HAPPENED, SAY, AT A MINE,
371
00:17:59,122 --> 00:18:01,255
WHICH WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE
FOR IT TO HAPPEN,
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00:18:01,357 --> 00:18:04,925
THE MINE BOSS COULD
REALLY LITERALLY OPEN THE BOX UP
373
00:18:05,027 --> 00:18:06,894
AND CHANGE THE VOTE.
374
00:18:06,996 --> 00:18:09,763
SO, THE BALLOTS
THAT SHOWED UP IN THE BOX
375
00:18:09,866 --> 00:18:13,200
MIGHT NOT HAVE ACTUALLY
BEEN CAST BY ANYBODY.
376
00:18:13,302 --> 00:18:17,304
MARCUS DALY MOVES TO STOP
THE DEMOCRATIC-LED LAWSUITS
377
00:18:17,406 --> 00:18:19,807
AGAINST HIS TIMBERING PRACTICES
378
00:18:19,876 --> 00:18:23,077
BY TAKING THE ELECTION
INTO HIS OWN HANDS.
379
00:18:23,179 --> 00:18:24,378
HAVE YOU SPOKEN
TO THE MEN?
380
00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,680
I HAVE. THEY'VE BEEN
VERY SUPPORTIVE.
381
00:18:26,782 --> 00:18:28,749
WE ALL WANT A STRONG TURNOUT,
DON'T YOU THINK?
382
00:18:28,851 --> 00:18:31,118
WHATEVER YOU SAY, SIR.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A SHOT AT IT.
383
00:18:31,220 --> 00:18:32,653
Pepperell: VERY PUBLICLY,
384
00:18:32,755 --> 00:18:35,589
DALY CLAIMED THAT HE WAS
SUPPORTING CLARK.
385
00:18:35,691 --> 00:18:39,560
BUT CLANDESTINELY,
HE WANTED, IN OFFICE,
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00:18:39,662 --> 00:18:44,932
SOMEBODY WHO WOULD BEST BENEFIT
HIM AND HIS BUSINESS INTEREST.
387
00:18:45,034 --> 00:18:47,902
GOD, I LOVE THIS TOWN.
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00:18:48,004 --> 00:18:50,104
Narrator:
AS THE BALLOTS ARE CAST,
389
00:18:50,206 --> 00:18:52,706
CLARK REMAINS
SUPREMELY CONFIDENT.
390
00:18:52,808 --> 00:18:56,210
Pepperell:
EVERYBODY IN THAT REGION TENDED,
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00:18:56,312 --> 00:18:59,113
DOMINANTLY, TO VOTE DEMOCRAT.
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00:18:59,215 --> 00:19:01,282
¶¶
393
00:19:05,087 --> 00:19:06,987
WE LOST!
394
00:19:07,089 --> 00:19:08,122
WHAT?
395
00:19:10,026 --> 00:19:11,825
WH-- BY HOW MUCH?
396
00:19:11,928 --> 00:19:13,594
IT WAS SUBSTANTIAL.
397
00:19:13,696 --> 00:19:19,500
DALY MADE SURE WILLIAM CLARK
LOST THE ELECTION
398
00:19:19,602 --> 00:19:21,202
BY A VERITABLE LANDSLIDE.
399
00:19:21,304 --> 00:19:23,470
AAH!
400
00:19:24,740 --> 00:19:26,607
Narrator:
THE DEFEATED WILLIAM CLARK
401
00:19:26,709 --> 00:19:29,410
VOWS TO LAUNCH
A CRUSHING RETALIATION
402
00:19:29,512 --> 00:19:31,845
AGAINST THE ALL-POWERFUL
MARCUS DALY.
403
00:19:31,948 --> 00:19:34,582
AND THIS BATTLE BETWEEN TITANS
404
00:19:34,684 --> 00:19:36,984
WILL HAVE FAR-REACHING
CONSEQUENCES.
405
00:19:37,086 --> 00:19:38,352
HELENA!
[ APPLAUSE ]
406
00:19:46,429 --> 00:19:48,362
Narrator: IN THE 1880s,
407
00:19:48,464 --> 00:19:51,699
THE HIGH DEMAND FOR COPPER
PROVIDES WILLIAM CLARK
408
00:19:51,801 --> 00:19:56,237
AND MARCUS DALY
IMMEASURABLE WEALTH AND POWER.
409
00:19:56,339 --> 00:19:59,039
BECAUSE OF THE POWER
OF THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS,
410
00:19:59,141 --> 00:20:02,476
AMERICA IS ELECTRIFYING ITSELF
IN THE 1880s.
411
00:20:02,578 --> 00:20:06,547
AND COPPER WIRE IS BEING STRUNG
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
412
00:20:06,616 --> 00:20:09,683
Pepperell:
LIKE THE STEEL INDUSTRY,
413
00:20:09,785 --> 00:20:13,153
THE COPPER INDUSTRY ENABLED
THE UNITED STATES
414
00:20:13,256 --> 00:20:17,625
TO TAKE A FOREMOST POSITION
IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD
415
00:20:17,727 --> 00:20:21,795
AT THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY.
416
00:20:21,897 --> 00:20:24,098
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST
STATE IN THE NATION.
417
00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:25,332
AM I TELLING THE TRUTH HERE?
418
00:20:25,434 --> 00:20:26,533
All: YEAH.
419
00:20:26,636 --> 00:20:28,602
Narrator: WILLIAM CLARK
THINKS HE HAS IT ALL
420
00:20:28,704 --> 00:20:33,907
UNTIL HIS RUN FOR DELEGATE TO
CONGRESS ENDS IN HUMILIATION.
421
00:20:34,010 --> 00:20:35,776
Pepperell:
QUITE REASONABLY, CLARK THOUGHT,
422
00:20:35,878 --> 00:20:37,711
"IF YOU'RE NOMINATED,
YOU GET IN."
423
00:20:37,813 --> 00:20:40,748
THAT TURNED OUT
NOT TO BE THE CASE.
424
00:20:40,850 --> 00:20:41,949
AAH!
425
00:20:43,219 --> 00:20:45,719
Narrator: THE RIGGED CAMPAIGN
TRAIL LEADS DIRECTLY BACK
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00:20:45,821 --> 00:20:48,622
TO CLARK'S MINING RIVAL,
MARCUS DALY...
427
00:20:48,724 --> 00:20:50,891
GOD, I LOVE THIS TOWN.
428
00:20:50,993 --> 00:20:55,062
...AND THE WAR OF THE COPPER
KINGS SHIFTS INTO HIGH GEAR.
429
00:20:55,164 --> 00:20:57,298
¶¶
430
00:20:59,535 --> 00:21:04,371
TELL ME HOW I COULD POSSIBLY
LOSE BY 5,000 VOTES.
431
00:21:04,473 --> 00:21:06,440
IT MUST HAVE BEEN DALY.
432
00:21:06,542 --> 00:21:08,275
DALY?
433
00:21:08,344 --> 00:21:09,310
[ SIGHS ]
434
00:21:09,412 --> 00:21:11,478
HE'S THE ONLY ONE
WITH ENOUGH RESOURCES
435
00:21:11,580 --> 00:21:13,847
TO PULL OFF SOMETHING
OF THIS SCALE.
436
00:21:13,949 --> 00:21:16,350
I THINK HE PRESSURED
THE WORKERS TO GO REPUBLICAN
437
00:21:16,452 --> 00:21:18,786
AND TAMPERED WITH BALLOTS.
438
00:21:18,888 --> 00:21:20,554
WHY?
439
00:21:20,656 --> 00:21:22,856
DALY DUMPED HIS DEMOCRAT FRIENDS
440
00:21:22,958 --> 00:21:26,393
BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT
LETTING HIM TEAR DOWN THE FOREST
441
00:21:26,495 --> 00:21:29,196
TO FUEL HIS SMELTER IN ANACONDA.
442
00:21:29,298 --> 00:21:33,267
MARCUS DALY WAS ABSOLUTELY
OUT FOR NUMBER ONE,
443
00:21:33,369 --> 00:21:34,335
WHICH WAS MARCUS DALY.
444
00:21:34,437 --> 00:21:36,804
TO BE HONEST, SIR,
445
00:21:36,906 --> 00:21:41,675
WHAT HE PULLED OFF
WAS, UH, IMPRESSIVE.
446
00:21:41,744 --> 00:21:45,446
[ SCOFFS ]
NOW YOU ADMIRE THE MAN.
447
00:21:45,548 --> 00:21:47,614
TAKE THIS DOWN.
448
00:21:47,717 --> 00:21:49,683
Narrator:
CLARK USES HIS NEWSPAPER,
449
00:21:49,785 --> 00:21:53,087
THE BUTTE MINER,
TO CUT DALY DOWN TO SIZE.
450
00:21:53,189 --> 00:21:57,024
THE DEEPEST KIND OF TREACHERY
451
00:21:57,159 --> 00:21:59,660
AMONG SUPPOSED FRIENDS,
452
00:21:59,762 --> 00:22:03,964
THE CONSPIRACY WAS GIGANTIC,
453
00:22:04,066 --> 00:22:06,500
WELL-PLANNED,
454
00:22:06,602 --> 00:22:09,069
AND WELL-CARRIED-OUT.
455
00:22:10,806 --> 00:22:14,375
Pepperell:
HE ATTACKED DALY VEHEMENTLY
456
00:22:14,477 --> 00:22:16,844
IN HIS NEWSPAPER,
THE BUTTE MINER.
457
00:22:16,946 --> 00:22:19,446
Man: EXTRA, EXTRA!
READ ALL ABOUT IT!
458
00:22:19,548 --> 00:22:21,949
TO HIM, THIS WAS
AN ENGINEERED POLITICAL HIT,
459
00:22:22,051 --> 00:22:25,419
AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE MAN
THAT HAD THE MONEY,
460
00:22:25,521 --> 00:22:28,389
THE RESOURCES THAT COULD
MAKE THIS HAPPEN,
461
00:22:28,491 --> 00:22:29,556
AND THAT WAS MARCUS DALY.
462
00:22:29,658 --> 00:22:31,692
¶¶
463
00:22:31,794 --> 00:22:35,129
Narrator: DALY PUBLICLY DENIES
CLARK'S ALLEGATIONS,
464
00:22:35,231 --> 00:22:37,598
BUT THE DAMAGE IS DONE.
465
00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:40,801
MR. DURSTON.
LISTEN TO THIS.
466
00:22:40,903 --> 00:22:45,672
"THE DEEPEST KIND OF TREACHERY
AMONG SUPPOSED FRIENDS."
467
00:22:45,775 --> 00:22:49,510
THE PAPERS IN THIS TOWN
ARE CLEARLY ONE-SIDED.
468
00:22:49,612 --> 00:22:52,646
WHAT DID YOU HAVE
IN MIND?
469
00:22:52,748 --> 00:22:57,618
THE ANACONDA STANDARD --
A FULL-SERVICE NEWSPAPER.
470
00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:59,520
WHAT'S THE SOONEST
YOU THINK YOU CAN HAVE
471
00:22:59,622 --> 00:23:00,687
A PRINT OUT TO THE PUBLIC?
472
00:23:00,790 --> 00:23:03,957
WELL, IF I BRING ON
EGLESTON AND STONE,
473
00:23:04,059 --> 00:23:06,226
I CAN HAVE SOMETHING
UP AND RUNNING BY AUGUST,
474
00:23:06,328 --> 00:23:07,327
MAYBE SEPTEMBER.
475
00:23:07,430 --> 00:23:10,464
EXCELLENT. AND I HAVE
YOUR FIRST HEADLINE.
476
00:23:10,566 --> 00:23:15,135
"POOR, IRISH PEASANT
STARTS PROPER NEWSPAPER
477
00:23:15,237 --> 00:23:19,440
TO QUASH PROFESSIONAL
TALLY-WAGGER WILLIAM CLARK."
478
00:23:19,542 --> 00:23:20,474
PRINT THAT.
479
00:23:20,576 --> 00:23:22,476
[ CHUCKLES ]
I'D BUY AN ISSUE.
480
00:23:22,578 --> 00:23:26,246
Narrator: DALY DECIDES TO PLAY
CLARK AT HIS OWN GAME.
481
00:23:26,348 --> 00:23:30,651
HE INVESTS $100,000
TO CREATE A COMPETING NEWSPAPER.
482
00:23:32,788 --> 00:23:36,256
Pepperell: HE HIRED
PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS.
483
00:23:36,358 --> 00:23:41,628
HE PAID FOR MACHINERY THAT
COULD MASS PRODUCE HIS NEWSPAPER
484
00:23:41,730 --> 00:23:45,232
TO REACH A MUCH WIDER AUDIENCE.
485
00:23:45,334 --> 00:23:49,069
DALY USED THE ANACONDA STANDARD
AS A MOUTHPIECE
486
00:23:49,171 --> 00:23:50,671
TO SPEAK AGAINST CLARK.
487
00:23:50,773 --> 00:23:53,874
Narrator: DALY'S STANDARD
HITS NEWSSTANDS SOON AFTER
488
00:23:53,976 --> 00:23:58,479
MONTANA'S BIGGEST HEADLINE
DROPS -- STATEHOOD.
489
00:23:58,581 --> 00:24:03,116
THIS PROVIDES WILLIAM CLARK
THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
490
00:24:03,219 --> 00:24:06,753
TO PLOT HIS REVENGE
AGAINST MARCUS DALY.
491
00:24:06,856 --> 00:24:10,691
THE CONSTITUTION AND LEGISLATURE
HAVE BEEN RATIFIED.
492
00:24:10,793 --> 00:24:13,360
THAT MEANS THERE
IS ONE THING LEFT.
493
00:24:13,462 --> 00:24:15,195
Martin: EVERY TERRITORY
THAT BECAME A STATE
494
00:24:15,297 --> 00:24:17,431
WENT THROUGH A PERIOD IN WHICH
YOU HAD TO WRESTLE WITH
495
00:24:17,533 --> 00:24:19,733
WHERE WILL THE STATE CAPITAL BE.
496
00:24:19,835 --> 00:24:22,936
HOSTING THE CAPITAL MEANT MONEY,
MEANT POWER AND INFLUENCE.
497
00:24:23,038 --> 00:24:25,072
AND IF YOU'RE CLARK, OF COURSE,
498
00:24:25,174 --> 00:24:27,908
YOU WANT ALL OF THOSE INTERESTS
CENTERED TOWARD YOU.
499
00:24:28,010 --> 00:24:30,777
I HAVE TO GET THIS RIGHT.
500
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,147
WE ARE ABOUT TWO YEARS OUT
BEFORE THE POPULAR VOTE.
501
00:24:34,250 --> 00:24:37,784
THEN WE ARE ALREADY
BEHIND SCHEDULE.
502
00:24:37,887 --> 00:24:40,220
¶¶
503
00:24:42,024 --> 00:24:45,425
WIN THE CAPITAL,
WIN THE SENATE,
504
00:24:45,528 --> 00:24:48,829
AND OFF TO WASHINGTON I GO.
505
00:24:48,931 --> 00:24:50,664
Narrator: CLARK CHOOSES HELENA,
506
00:24:50,766 --> 00:24:52,833
A WEALTHY ENCLAVE
NORTH OF BUTTE,
507
00:24:52,935 --> 00:24:55,068
AS HIS CAPITAL CONTENDER.
508
00:24:55,170 --> 00:24:58,038
CLARK SUPPORTED HELENA
FOR TWO REASONS --
509
00:24:58,140 --> 00:25:00,841
ONE, IT WASN'T DALY
AND WASN'T ANACONDA,
510
00:25:00,943 --> 00:25:03,510
AND TWO, BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY WAS,
511
00:25:03,612 --> 00:25:04,912
AND THAT'S WHAT CLARK COULD GET.
512
00:25:05,014 --> 00:25:07,281
Daly: ON THE HOUSE. GUYS,
COME ON UP AND GET THAT BEER.
513
00:25:07,383 --> 00:25:08,615
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
514
00:25:08,717 --> 00:25:10,918
Narrator:
NOT TO BE OUTDONE BY CLARK,
515
00:25:11,020 --> 00:25:14,254
MARCUS DALY ENTERS THE NEWLY
FORMED TOWN OF ANACONDA
516
00:25:14,356 --> 00:25:15,522
INTO THE RACE.
517
00:25:15,624 --> 00:25:18,659
I WANT YOU GUYS TO REMEMBER
EVERYTHING I'VE DONE
518
00:25:18,761 --> 00:25:20,227
FOR THE MEN DOWN IN THE MINES.
519
00:25:20,329 --> 00:25:21,828
[ ALL CHEERING ]
520
00:25:21,931 --> 00:25:24,464
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT ANACONDA
521
00:25:24,567 --> 00:25:27,301
BECOMES THE CAPITAL
OF THIS STATE!
522
00:25:27,403 --> 00:25:28,969
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
523
00:25:29,071 --> 00:25:30,971
Gibson: DALY'S ENGAGEMENT
IN POLITICS WAS TWOFOLD.
524
00:25:31,073 --> 00:25:33,140
NUMBER ONE,
IT WAS TO INFLUENCE THINGS
525
00:25:33,242 --> 00:25:35,075
TO MAKE HIS BUSINESS BETTER.
526
00:25:35,177 --> 00:25:37,611
STEP TWO,
MAKE CLARK NOT SUCCEED.
527
00:25:37,713 --> 00:25:40,647
Narrator: CLARK AND DALY
WIELD THEIR POWER AND INFLUENCE
528
00:25:40,749 --> 00:25:42,449
TO GAIN THE MOST SUPPORT.
529
00:25:42,518 --> 00:25:48,155
THEY BROUGHT OUT WHISKEY ON
ELECTION DAY AND $5 GOLD PIECES.
530
00:25:48,257 --> 00:25:51,992
Martin: MONEY TALKS.
531
00:25:52,094 --> 00:25:55,495
AND THEY WILL STOP
NOTHING SHORT OF BUYING VOTES
532
00:25:55,598 --> 00:26:00,667
ON THE ISSUE OF THE PLACEMENT
OF THE STATE CAPITAL.
533
00:26:00,769 --> 00:26:02,970
Narrator: AND THE WORKERS
FIND THEMSELVES CAUGHT
534
00:26:03,072 --> 00:26:05,505
IN THE COPPER KINGS' CROSSFIRE.
535
00:26:05,608 --> 00:26:08,208
Martin: FOR THE MINERS,
THEY KNEW ONE THING --
536
00:26:08,310 --> 00:26:12,012
FOOD IN BELLIES, ROOFS OVER
HEADS, CLOTHING ON BACKS.
537
00:26:12,114 --> 00:26:16,049
THE WORKERS WHO ARE EXERCISING
THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE
538
00:26:16,151 --> 00:26:18,719
BECOME THE PUPPETS,
AND THESE MEN PULL THE STRINGS.
539
00:26:18,821 --> 00:26:22,155
AND THE MOST POWERFUL STRING
IS YOUR JOB.
540
00:26:22,257 --> 00:26:24,024
"YOU VOTE THE WAY
I TELL YOU TO VOTE
541
00:26:24,126 --> 00:26:26,026
OR YOU WILL LOSE YOUR JOB."
542
00:26:26,128 --> 00:26:28,095
¶¶
543
00:26:28,197 --> 00:26:30,998
Narrator: IN A FINAL PUSH
TO SWAY VOTERS,
544
00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:36,169
CLARK'S BUTTE MINER
AND DALY'S ANACONDA STANDARD
545
00:26:36,271 --> 00:26:39,172
RESORT TO PERSONAL
SMEAR CAMPAIGNS.
546
00:26:39,274 --> 00:26:42,509
Pepperell: SO, NOW THESE TWO
EXTRAORDINARILY WEALTHY MEN
547
00:26:42,611 --> 00:26:45,879
COULD ATTACK EACH OTHER
THROUGH THEIR RIVAL NEWSPAPERS.
548
00:26:45,981 --> 00:26:48,782
HELENA IS A TOWN
549
00:26:48,884 --> 00:26:52,085
FILLED WITH
OSTENTATIOUS MILLIONAIRES
550
00:26:52,154 --> 00:26:54,421
AND THEIR IMPOSING
VICTORIAN MANSIONS.
551
00:26:54,523 --> 00:26:57,057
IT IS HEAVILY ANTI-LABOR
552
00:26:57,159 --> 00:27:00,761
AND MARRED BY THE LAWLESS
AND CRIMINAL CLASSES.
553
00:27:00,863 --> 00:27:04,531
IT BECAME BITTER.
IT BECAME FIERCE.
554
00:27:04,633 --> 00:27:05,966
Clark: MARCUS DALY'S
555
00:27:06,068 --> 00:27:09,369
"ANACONDA FOR THE CAPITAL"
CIGARS WERE, IN FACT,
556
00:27:09,471 --> 00:27:14,341
ROLLED BY THE HANDS OF SCABS,
NON-UNION STRIKEBREAKERS,
557
00:27:14,443 --> 00:27:19,513
PROVING HIS COMPANY IS AN ALIEN
AND SOULLESS CORPORATION.
558
00:27:19,615 --> 00:27:23,583
SHOULD THE CAPITAL BE LOCATED
IN A TOWN OWNED AND CONTROLLED
559
00:27:23,686 --> 00:27:25,485
BY ONE CORPORATION?
560
00:27:25,587 --> 00:27:26,687
¶¶
561
00:27:26,789 --> 00:27:27,888
Man:
ANACONDA FOR THE CAPITAL!
562
00:27:27,990 --> 00:27:29,956
Edgerton: IN MONTANA
IN THE LATE 19th CENTURY,
563
00:27:30,059 --> 00:27:32,726
THERE WERE A WHOLE RANGE
OF NEWSPAPERS,
564
00:27:32,828 --> 00:27:34,528
LIKE A LOT
OF AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.
565
00:27:34,630 --> 00:27:37,330
EACH ETHNIC GROUP
HAD A SMALL NEWSPAPER
566
00:27:37,433 --> 00:27:40,434
THAT CATERED PRIMARILY
TO THEIR CULTURE.
567
00:27:40,536 --> 00:27:43,603
AND BOTH OF THESE COPPER KINGS
WILL END UP CONTROLLING
568
00:27:43,706 --> 00:27:48,008
A GREATER AND GREATER RANGE
OF THESE DAILY NEWSPAPERS.
569
00:27:48,110 --> 00:27:49,976
THEY WILL SIMPLY BUY
THE NEWSPAPERS
570
00:27:50,079 --> 00:27:51,645
AND OWN AND CONTROL THE EDITORS.
571
00:27:51,747 --> 00:27:57,517
AND SO, IT DOES WARP THE WHOLE
NOTION OF A FREE PRESS.
572
00:27:57,653 --> 00:27:59,786
Martin: AND SO OUT-SPENDING,
573
00:27:59,888 --> 00:28:02,589
OUT-POLITICALLY-SLUGGING
ONE ANOTHER WAS THE WAY
574
00:28:02,691 --> 00:28:05,926
TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT OUT
THIS PERSONAL BATTLE,
575
00:28:06,028 --> 00:28:07,627
THIS BUSINESS RIVALRY.
576
00:28:07,730 --> 00:28:11,031
THIS WAS GOING TO KIND OF BE
THE ULTIMATE TOP PRIZE FOR THEM.
577
00:28:11,133 --> 00:28:13,600
¶¶
578
00:28:13,702 --> 00:28:16,670
Man: WE HAVE THE FINAL COUNT
FOR THE CAPITAL
579
00:28:16,772 --> 00:28:18,371
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA.
580
00:28:18,474 --> 00:28:19,940
[ APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS ]
581
00:28:20,042 --> 00:28:22,309
¶¶
582
00:28:23,545 --> 00:28:25,912
Edgerton: THE TWO MEN POUR
583
00:28:26,014 --> 00:28:29,416
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS,
584
00:28:29,518 --> 00:28:31,718
WHAT WOULD EQUATE TODAY
TO MILLIONS,
585
00:28:31,820 --> 00:28:33,353
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
586
00:28:33,455 --> 00:28:36,923
TRYING TO SWAY
THE MONTANA VOTING PUBLIC
587
00:28:37,025 --> 00:28:40,327
TO VOTE FOR EITHER HELENA
OR ANACONDA.
588
00:28:40,429 --> 00:28:45,065
THE TOWNSHIP OF ANACONDA
RECEIVED
589
00:28:45,167 --> 00:28:50,771
25,118 VOTES.
590
00:28:50,873 --> 00:28:56,443
THE TOWNSHIP OF HELENA RECEIVED
591
00:28:56,545 --> 00:28:59,679
27,024.
592
00:28:59,782 --> 00:29:04,818
I HEREBY ANNOUNCE HELENA
AS THE RECOGNIZED CAPITAL
593
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,287
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA.
594
00:29:07,389 --> 00:29:10,357
[ APPLAUSE ]
595
00:29:10,459 --> 00:29:12,492
Edgerton:
SOMEWHERE AROUND 52,000 PEOPLE
596
00:29:12,594 --> 00:29:14,594
VOTED IN THAT ELECTION.
597
00:29:14,696 --> 00:29:15,962
IT'S INTERESTING,
598
00:29:16,064 --> 00:29:18,465
BECAUSE THERE WERE ONLY
ABOUT 50,000 REGISTERED VOTERS
599
00:29:18,567 --> 00:29:19,733
IN MONTANA AT THE TIME,
600
00:29:19,835 --> 00:29:24,504
SO THE TURNOUT WAS IN EXCESS
OF 100%.
601
00:29:24,606 --> 00:29:26,306
THE PEOPLE ARE SUPREME,
602
00:29:26,408 --> 00:29:29,709
AND THE CITIZENSHIP OF MONTANA
HAS BEEN VINDICATED!
603
00:29:29,812 --> 00:29:30,977
[ APPLAUSE ]
604
00:29:31,079 --> 00:29:32,746
Edgerton:
IT REALLY WAS A PERVERSION
605
00:29:32,848 --> 00:29:34,214
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
606
00:29:34,316 --> 00:29:36,216
THIS ELECTION HAS PREVAILED
607
00:29:36,318 --> 00:29:39,319
AGAINST
THE MOST TYRANNICAL CORPORATION
608
00:29:39,421 --> 00:29:44,224
THAT EVER ATTEMPTED TO CRUSH OUT
THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE PEOPLE!
609
00:29:44,326 --> 00:29:45,759
HELENA!
[ APPLAUSE ]
610
00:29:45,861 --> 00:29:48,195
Gibson: MARCUS DALY
WAS CLEARLY DEMORALIZED,
611
00:29:48,263 --> 00:29:52,465
AND IT PUMPED WILLIAM CLARK
UP FOR THE FIRST TIME, REALLY,
612
00:29:52,568 --> 00:29:53,733
IN THE BATTLE.
613
00:29:53,836 --> 00:29:56,136
SO, THE TIDES HAD CHANGED.
614
00:29:56,238 --> 00:29:59,439
Narrator:
WITH THE KEYS TO THE CAPITAL,
615
00:29:59,541 --> 00:30:02,676
WILLIAM CLARK
APPEARS UNSTOPPABLE.
616
00:30:02,778 --> 00:30:06,646
$30,000 FOR MY VOTE ALONE.
617
00:30:06,748 --> 00:30:09,983
MONEY AND INFLUENCE
AND BIG BUSINESS AND BRIBERY
618
00:30:10,085 --> 00:30:12,652
HAD ENTRENCHED POLITICAL POWER.
619
00:30:12,754 --> 00:30:15,722
Narrator: BUT CLARK'S POLITICAL
RISE WILL ONLY EMBOLDEN
620
00:30:15,824 --> 00:30:19,559
MARCUS DALY'S DETERMINATION
TO DESTROY HIM.
621
00:30:19,661 --> 00:30:21,695
I THINK IT'S TIME FOR
MR. CLARK TO GO AWAY.
622
00:30:29,905 --> 00:30:32,606
Narrator: BY THE LATE 1800s,
623
00:30:32,708 --> 00:30:35,108
COPPER HAS BECOME
THE VITAL COMPONENT
624
00:30:35,210 --> 00:30:36,910
IN ELECTRIFYING THE WORLD,
625
00:30:37,012 --> 00:30:41,448
GIVING MINING MOGULS
WILLIAM CLARK AND MARCUS DALY
626
00:30:41,550 --> 00:30:43,350
BOUNDLESS POWER.
627
00:30:43,452 --> 00:30:44,517
Man:
ANACONDA FOR THE CAPITAL!
628
00:30:44,620 --> 00:30:48,355
THEY WANT TO SEE
WHO CAN OUTSPEND, OUTDO,
629
00:30:48,457 --> 00:30:49,656
AND OUT-VOTE ONE ANOTHER,
630
00:30:49,758 --> 00:30:51,591
BECAUSE THEY BOTH WANT
ONE THING --
631
00:30:51,693 --> 00:30:54,194
THEY WANT CONTROL.
THEY WANT POWER.
632
00:30:54,296 --> 00:30:56,730
Narrator: THE ELECTION TO DECIDE
MONTANA'S STATE CAPITAL
633
00:30:56,832 --> 00:30:59,933
WILL GO TO THE TITAN
WHO CAN BUY THE MOST VOTES.
634
00:31:00,035 --> 00:31:03,270
Gibson: THE FIGHT BETWEEN
HELENA AND ANACONDA
635
00:31:03,372 --> 00:31:09,109
FOR THE STATE CAPITAL IN 1894
WAS A FARCE, FRANKLY.
636
00:31:09,211 --> 00:31:12,646
IT WAS A BATTLE ROYAL
BETWEEN CLARK'S FORCES
637
00:31:12,748 --> 00:31:14,014
AND DALY'S FORCES.
638
00:31:14,116 --> 00:31:17,751
DALY WAS SHOT DOWN,
AND CLARK WAS BUILT UP.
639
00:31:17,853 --> 00:31:18,785
HELENA!
640
00:31:18,887 --> 00:31:20,620
Narrator: WILLIAM CLARK'S
DECISIVE VICTORY
641
00:31:20,722 --> 00:31:24,791
LEAVES HIS RIVAL AND
THE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM BROKEN.
642
00:31:24,893 --> 00:31:27,560
¶¶
643
00:31:27,663 --> 00:31:30,997
WHILE THE MINING INDUSTRY
POLLUTES MONTANA POLITICS,
644
00:31:31,099 --> 00:31:33,600
IT'S ALSO POLLUTING ITS PEOPLE.
645
00:31:33,702 --> 00:31:37,537
WHEN THE SMELTERS WERE ROARING
DAY AND NIGHT, 24/7,
646
00:31:37,639 --> 00:31:41,074
THERE'S TOXIC SMOKE BELCHING OUT
OF THESE SMELTERS.
647
00:31:41,176 --> 00:31:43,510
Narrator: THE COPPER USED
TO LIGHT THE WORLD
648
00:31:43,612 --> 00:31:47,047
IS NOW DARKENING
THE MONTANA SKIES.
649
00:31:47,149 --> 00:31:50,684
Gibson: CATTLE WERE DYING.
PLANTS WERE DYING.
650
00:31:50,786 --> 00:31:53,453
AND IT WAS A HUGE, BIG PROBLEM.
IT REMAINS A PROBLEM.
651
00:31:53,555 --> 00:31:55,221
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE
652
00:31:55,324 --> 00:31:57,357
IS BEING CLEANED UP RIGHT NOW,
TODAY.
653
00:31:57,459 --> 00:32:02,262
Narrator: THE HIGHEST COST
COMES TO THOSE BELOW THE LINE.
654
00:32:02,364 --> 00:32:04,564
Edgerton: THE MINERS
WHO WENT DOWN
655
00:32:04,666 --> 00:32:06,967
SUFFERED FROM
MINER'S CONSUMPTION.
656
00:32:07,069 --> 00:32:10,470
SILICOSIS,
TUBERCULOSIS WERE COMMON.
657
00:32:10,572 --> 00:32:12,305
Man:
WE NEED A FOREMAN IN HERE!
658
00:32:12,407 --> 00:32:14,341
LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS NOT LONG.
659
00:32:14,443 --> 00:32:18,511
Narrator: FOR THE COPPER KINGS,
THIS IS A PRICE WORTH PAYING.
660
00:32:18,613 --> 00:32:20,981
Gibson: MONTANA'S CALLED
THE TREASURE STATE
661
00:32:21,083 --> 00:32:23,483
BECAUSE OF THESE
MINERAL TREASURES.
662
00:32:23,585 --> 00:32:25,151
IT SYMBOLIZES RICHES.
663
00:32:25,253 --> 00:32:28,321
Narrator:
WILLIAM CLARK AND MARCUS DALY
664
00:32:28,423 --> 00:32:31,391
REAP STAGGERING PROFITS.
665
00:32:31,493 --> 00:32:34,327
BUTTE PRODUCED AT LEAST
A QUARTER OF ALL THE COPPER
666
00:32:34,429 --> 00:32:37,097
IN THE WORLD -- NOT MONTANA,
BUT BUTTE.
667
00:32:37,199 --> 00:32:39,599
Narrator: WITH CASH TO BURN,
668
00:32:39,701 --> 00:32:43,503
CLARK STANDS DETERMINED TO TRADE
THE BROWN COPPER OF MONTANA
669
00:32:43,605 --> 00:32:45,672
FOR THE WHITE MARBLE
OF WASHINGTON.
670
00:32:45,774 --> 00:32:47,774
CLOCK IS TICKING,
GENTLEMEN.
671
00:32:47,876 --> 00:32:50,243
Narrator: THE UNITED STATES
SENATE ELECTION
672
00:32:50,345 --> 00:32:52,312
IS JUST SIX MONTHS AWAY.
673
00:32:52,414 --> 00:32:55,482
WE NEED TO SECURE
AS MANY VOTES AS POSSIBLE.
674
00:32:55,584 --> 00:32:57,817
Gibson: BEFORE THE PEOPLE
675
00:32:57,919 --> 00:33:00,086
DIRECTLY ELECTED U.S. SENATORS,
676
00:33:00,188 --> 00:33:02,922
THE STATE LEGISLATORS
ELECTED SENATORS.
677
00:33:03,025 --> 00:33:06,026
SO, THOSE WERE THE PEOPLE
THAT CLARK, OR ANYBODY ELSE,
678
00:33:06,128 --> 00:33:08,461
HAD TO INFLUENCE
TO GET THEIR VOTE.
679
00:33:08,563 --> 00:33:10,663
Man: WE'LL FIND THOSE
WHO ARE VOTING
680
00:33:10,766 --> 00:33:12,565
AND FIND THE WEAKNESS
IN CIRCUMSTANCE.
681
00:33:12,667 --> 00:33:14,634
IF HE HAS DEBTS,
682
00:33:14,736 --> 00:33:16,536
WE'LL PROMISE TO MAKE THEM
GO AWAY.
683
00:33:16,638 --> 00:33:18,671
I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND --
684
00:33:18,807 --> 00:33:21,441
IF WE DON'T, THEY WILL.
685
00:33:21,543 --> 00:33:23,910
Edgerton:
CLARK'S FORCES IDENTIFY PEOPLE
686
00:33:24,012 --> 00:33:27,747
WHO MIGHT BE WILLING TO, UH,
HAVE THEIR VOTES PURCHASED.
687
00:33:27,849 --> 00:33:31,084
I NEVER BOUGHT A MAN
WHO WASN'T FOR SALE.
688
00:33:31,186 --> 00:33:33,286
HERE'S A GUY
WHO'S GOT EVERYTHING
689
00:33:33,388 --> 00:33:35,422
EXCEPT POLITICAL POWER.
690
00:33:35,524 --> 00:33:38,391
AND HE PARTICULARLY
WANTED THE TITLE
691
00:33:38,493 --> 00:33:40,660
OF BEING UNITED STATES SENATOR.
692
00:33:40,762 --> 00:33:44,230
Gibson: CLARK WAS INTERESTED
IN POLITICS BECAUSE
693
00:33:44,332 --> 00:33:46,533
IT WAS THE ELITE OF THE ELITE,
694
00:33:46,635 --> 00:33:51,271
THE PINNACLE OF WHAT
A RICH AMERICAN OUGHT TO DO.
695
00:33:51,373 --> 00:33:56,376
Pepperell: BY THE END OF HIS BID
TO BECOME A U.S. SENATOR,
696
00:33:56,478 --> 00:33:58,812
HE SPENT A LITTLE OVER $300,000,
697
00:33:58,914 --> 00:34:03,416
WHICH IN TODAY'S MONEY --
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
698
00:34:03,518 --> 00:34:07,921
Narrator: WILLIAM CLARK
WILL SOON DISCOVER
699
00:34:08,023 --> 00:34:10,690
NOT EVERYONE IS FOR SALE.
700
00:34:10,792 --> 00:34:14,794
$30,000 FOR MY VOTE ALONE,
701
00:34:14,896 --> 00:34:16,863
AND I THINK I AM EVEN
ON THE CHEAP SIDE
702
00:34:16,965 --> 00:34:20,266
OF THIS CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
THANK YOU, MR. CLARK.
703
00:34:20,368 --> 00:34:22,802
Edgerton: FRED WHITESIDE
DID NOT LIKE CLARK,
704
00:34:22,904 --> 00:34:25,472
AND HE DECIDED TO INITIATE
SOMETHING OF A STING OPERATION
705
00:34:25,574 --> 00:34:26,606
AGAINST CLARK.
706
00:34:26,708 --> 00:34:30,176
SO, HE WILL ENLIST
TWO OTHER STATE SENATORS,
707
00:34:30,278 --> 00:34:33,780
AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY OPEN
THEMSELVES UP TO BEING BRIBED.
708
00:34:33,882 --> 00:34:35,682
...FAVORS THE ELECTION
OF WILLIAM CLARK
709
00:34:35,784 --> 00:34:39,919
TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE
BY FAIR MEANS OR FOUL.
710
00:34:40,021 --> 00:34:41,588
Edgerton:
AND HE'LL ANNOUNCE,
711
00:34:41,690 --> 00:34:44,791
"WILLIAM A. CLARK
HAS TRIED TO BUY OUR VOTES,
712
00:34:44,893 --> 00:34:46,793
AND WE'RE SIMPLY NOT FOR SALE."
713
00:34:46,895 --> 00:34:49,929
THESE ARE DAMNING ACCUSATIONS
YOU'RE MAKING ABOUT
714
00:34:50,031 --> 00:34:51,831
A WELL-RESPECTED MAN,
SENATOR.
715
00:34:51,933 --> 00:34:55,969
I ASSUME YOU HAVE BACKING
TO SUCH CLAIM?
716
00:34:56,071 --> 00:34:56,970
INDEED, I DO.
717
00:34:57,105 --> 00:34:59,072
Edgerton:
THIS IS A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN
718
00:34:59,174 --> 00:35:00,573
OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS.
719
00:35:00,675 --> 00:35:03,543
WELL, ALL THIS WILL BE
TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION,
720
00:35:03,645 --> 00:35:05,378
BUT A VOTE HAS BEEN MADE.
721
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:08,515
CONGRATULATIONS,
MR. CLARK,
722
00:35:08,617 --> 00:35:10,717
AND WELCOME TO
THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
723
00:35:10,819 --> 00:35:12,719
[ APPLAUSE ]
724
00:35:12,821 --> 00:35:14,754
GOOD PEOPLE OF MONTANA,
725
00:35:14,856 --> 00:35:17,724
LET US CLINK GLASSES
AND DRINK TO CRIME
726
00:35:17,826 --> 00:35:20,460
IN ALL ITS NAKED HIDEOUSNESS.
727
00:35:20,562 --> 00:35:25,398
YOU ALL REMIND ME OF A HOARD
OF LONG-TAILED RATS...
728
00:35:25,500 --> 00:35:26,399
YOU'RE THE RAT!
729
00:35:26,501 --> 00:35:29,502
...GATHERED AROUND
A BIG CHEESE.
730
00:35:29,604 --> 00:35:31,437
GET OUT OF HERE!
BOO!
731
00:35:31,540 --> 00:35:32,705
HE'S A LIAR!
732
00:35:32,807 --> 00:35:33,673
GENTLEMEN, YOU NOW HAVE...
733
00:35:33,775 --> 00:35:34,807
HE IS A LIAR!
734
00:35:34,910 --> 00:35:37,343
...EXACTLY WHAT YOU DESERVE.
735
00:35:37,445 --> 00:35:40,213
Martin: EVEN WITH ALLEGATIONS
SWIRLING ABOUT,
736
00:35:40,315 --> 00:35:42,415
THAT ULTIMATE PRIZE HE WANTED --
737
00:35:42,517 --> 00:35:44,417
POLITICAL POWER
AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL --
738
00:35:44,519 --> 00:35:46,119
IS NOW WITHIN HIS GRASP.
739
00:35:46,221 --> 00:35:49,455
Narrator: THE NOW SENATOR-ELECT
WILLIAM CLARK
740
00:35:49,558 --> 00:35:51,658
APPEARS VIRTUALLY UNTOUCHABLE.
741
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,660
BUT BEFORE HE'S SEATED,
742
00:35:53,762 --> 00:35:57,030
HE'LL ONCE AGAIN HAVE TO FACE
HIS MOST POWERFUL ENEMY.
743
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:02,001
Pepperell: THAT ANIMOSITY
THAT HAD BEEN RUNNING
744
00:36:02,103 --> 00:36:03,503
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM...
745
00:36:03,605 --> 00:36:04,804
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
746
00:36:04,906 --> 00:36:10,043
...FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS
WAS NOW SO BITTER, SO DEEP.
747
00:36:10,145 --> 00:36:12,979
I THINK IT'S TIME FOR
MR. CLARK TO GO AWAY.
748
00:36:13,081 --> 00:36:15,381
AND HOW DO WE DO THAT?
749
00:36:17,252 --> 00:36:20,320
WE OPEN UP.
750
00:36:20,422 --> 00:36:22,589
WE COME CLEAN.
751
00:36:22,691 --> 00:36:27,393
DALY WAS ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE
IN THE UNITED STATES
752
00:36:27,495 --> 00:36:29,596
WHO WAS BOTH WILLING AND ABLE
753
00:36:29,698 --> 00:36:34,200
TO SPEARHEAD THIS ATTACK
AGAINST CLARK.
754
00:36:34,302 --> 00:36:35,702
HE'LL NEVER
SEE IT COMING.
755
00:36:35,804 --> 00:36:37,870
¶¶
756
00:36:37,973 --> 00:36:40,773
Narrator: THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
WILL WATCH WILLIAM CLARK
757
00:36:40,875 --> 00:36:43,876
AND MARCUS DALY'S
FIERCEST SHOWDOWN YET
758
00:36:43,979 --> 00:36:49,315
THAT WILL CHANGE
AMERICAN POLITICS FOREVER.
759
00:36:56,191 --> 00:36:59,158
Narrator:
COPPER KING WILLIAM CLARK
760
00:36:59,261 --> 00:37:03,196
HAS WON A SEAT IN
THE U.S. SENATE PAYING BRIBES.
761
00:37:03,298 --> 00:37:06,866
NOW HIS REPUTATION
IS IN TATTERS.
762
00:37:06,968 --> 00:37:09,202
Edgerton:
THE NEWSPAPER IN ST. PAUL
763
00:37:09,304 --> 00:37:11,471
WILL COME UP WITH
A POLITICAL CARTOON
764
00:37:11,573 --> 00:37:15,208
WITH A PICTURE OF A $1,000 BILL,
AND THE CAPTION WILL SAY,
765
00:37:15,310 --> 00:37:18,711
"THE BILL MOST OFTEN INTRODUCED
IN THE MONTANA LEGISLATURE."
766
00:37:18,813 --> 00:37:21,581
Narrator:
THE CONSEQUENCES OF CORRUPTION
767
00:37:21,683 --> 00:37:23,916
WILL SOON REACH BEYOND
WILLIAM CLARK
768
00:37:24,019 --> 00:37:26,419
AND HIS BITTER RIVAL,
MARCUS DALY.
769
00:37:27,856 --> 00:37:29,422
¶¶
770
00:37:29,524 --> 00:37:31,391
Carter:
GOOD TO SEE YOU, MARCUS.
771
00:37:31,493 --> 00:37:32,792
MR. CARTER.
772
00:37:32,894 --> 00:37:35,328
Edgerton: DALY WILL URGE MEMBERS
OF THE MONTANA SUPREME COURT
773
00:37:35,430 --> 00:37:38,197
TO INVESTIGATE ALL OF
THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES DRAMA
774
00:37:38,300 --> 00:37:39,365
THAT OCCURRED.
775
00:37:39,467 --> 00:37:41,367
TURN OVER ANY STONE
IN THIS TOWN, GENTLEMEN,
776
00:37:41,469 --> 00:37:43,736
AND YOU WILL FIND
CLARK'S MONEY THERE,
777
00:37:43,838 --> 00:37:45,772
WAITING TO CHANGE YOUR MIND.
778
00:37:45,874 --> 00:37:47,807
BUT CAN WE PROVE IT?
779
00:37:47,909 --> 00:37:50,176
WE HAVE A STRONG HANDLE
ON WHO WAS APPROACHED
780
00:37:50,278 --> 00:37:52,078
AND WHO ACCEPTED.
781
00:37:52,180 --> 00:37:55,548
YOU DO REALIZE THIS COULD GO
ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP?
782
00:37:55,650 --> 00:37:58,785
I'M PREPARED FOR THIS.
783
00:37:58,887 --> 00:38:00,420
LET'S DO IT.
784
00:38:01,623 --> 00:38:06,159
THIS WAS A FINAL OPPORTUNITY
FOR DALY TO GRAB FROM CLARK
785
00:38:06,261 --> 00:38:09,696
THE ONE THING THAT CLARK
REALLY, REALLY WANTED --
786
00:38:09,798 --> 00:38:13,099
THAT IS TO BE
A UNITED STATES SENATOR.
787
00:38:13,201 --> 00:38:18,638
Narrator:
DALY'S MEN FOLLOW THE MONEY.
788
00:38:18,740 --> 00:38:22,842
MR. HUNT. ALL OF THIS
IS ABOUT TO COME OUT,
789
00:38:22,944 --> 00:38:25,044
AND I SUGGEST YOU
STAY AHEAD
OF IT.
790
00:38:25,146 --> 00:38:28,414
OTHERWISE, IT MIGHT COME OUT
IN A WAY THAT YOU DON'T LIKE.
791
00:38:28,516 --> 00:38:29,782
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
792
00:38:29,884 --> 00:38:32,085
SILENCE CAN BE JUST
AS INCRIMINATING.
793
00:38:32,187 --> 00:38:35,988
$100,000.
THAT WAS THE OFFER.
794
00:38:36,091 --> 00:38:37,990
YOU'LL TESTIFY TO THIS?
795
00:38:38,093 --> 00:38:40,760
SEEMS TO BE THE LOGICAL
NEXT STEP.
796
00:38:40,862 --> 00:38:43,996
Pepperell: DALY COULD PUMP
ENORMOUS RESOURCES
797
00:38:44,099 --> 00:38:45,598
INTO AN INVESTIGATION.
798
00:38:45,700 --> 00:38:49,702
HE COULD GET ANY WITNESS
TO COME AND GIVE EVIDENCE
799
00:38:49,804 --> 00:38:52,038
AGAINST HIS BITTER RIVAL.
800
00:38:52,140 --> 00:38:54,374
¶¶
801
00:38:54,476 --> 00:38:55,508
Narrator: LESS THAN A MONTH
802
00:38:55,610 --> 00:38:57,877
BEFORE WILLIAM CLARK
TAKES OFFICE,
803
00:38:57,979 --> 00:39:00,413
EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION
IS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
804
00:39:00,515 --> 00:39:03,649
OF PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS.
805
00:39:03,752 --> 00:39:06,185
Man: IF IT PLEASES THE COURT,
806
00:39:06,287 --> 00:39:10,757
I SHALL PRESENT A CAREER
ENTRENCHED IN CORRUPTION
807
00:39:10,859 --> 00:39:13,860
AND UNDENIABLE PROOF
THAT WILLIAM CLARK IS UNSUITABLE
808
00:39:13,962 --> 00:39:16,662
FOR A RESPECTED SEAT
IN THE U.S. SENATE.
809
00:39:16,765 --> 00:39:18,698
PROCEED.
810
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:23,803
H.W. McLAUGHLIN,
A MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE,
811
00:39:23,905 --> 00:39:27,440
RECEIVED $24,000
FOR LUMBER PROPERTY,
812
00:39:27,542 --> 00:39:28,908
VOTED FOR CLARK.
813
00:39:29,010 --> 00:39:32,345
Edgerton: THIS LEGISLATURE
HAD BEEN COMPLETELY CORRUPTED.
814
00:39:32,447 --> 00:39:36,349
REPUBLICAN S.S. HOBSON
VOTED FOR CLARK,
815
00:39:36,451 --> 00:39:40,052
THEN TURNED UP IN CHICAGO
WITH A $25,000 CHECK
816
00:39:40,155 --> 00:39:43,556
FOR..."SERVICES RENDERED."
817
00:39:43,658 --> 00:39:46,893
Edgerton:
A NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS
818
00:39:46,995 --> 00:39:49,495
HAD COME TO HELENA
VIRTUALLY PENNILESS,
819
00:39:49,597 --> 00:39:53,232
AND MANY OF THEM LEFT WITH
LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
820
00:39:53,301 --> 00:39:55,001
IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS.
821
00:39:55,103 --> 00:39:58,638
Man: HE DEPOSITED $15,000.
822
00:39:58,740 --> 00:40:00,640
AND, OF COURSE,
823
00:40:00,742 --> 00:40:03,409
JUDGE WILLIAM HUNT WILL TESTIFY
824
00:40:03,511 --> 00:40:07,580
THAT HE WAS OFFERED $100,000.
825
00:40:07,682 --> 00:40:09,582
Narrator:
THE TEAM RESTS THEIR CASE
826
00:40:09,684 --> 00:40:13,719
WITH MARCUS DALY'S
OWN POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
827
00:40:13,855 --> 00:40:16,756
Edgerton: DALY WAS MORE THAN
WILLING TO OPEN UP
828
00:40:16,858 --> 00:40:19,358
ALL OF HIS FINANCIAL RECORDS
TO THE COMMITTEE.
829
00:40:19,461 --> 00:40:21,894
¶¶
830
00:40:21,963 --> 00:40:24,931
AND THEY THEN QUERIED CLARK.
831
00:40:25,033 --> 00:40:28,835
MR. CLARK, CAN YOU
PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION
832
00:40:28,937 --> 00:40:30,903
TO ENSURE SOUND
ACCOUNTING?
833
00:40:31,005 --> 00:40:32,905
I'M AFRAID
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
834
00:40:33,007 --> 00:40:35,775
THOSE RECORDS
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
835
00:40:35,877 --> 00:40:40,379
Edgerton:
CLARK CLAIMS HE DESTROYED
ALL OF HIS CANCELED CHECKS.
836
00:40:40,482 --> 00:40:43,950
THIS IS TANTAMOUNT TO SAYING,
"I'M GUILTY."
837
00:40:44,052 --> 00:40:46,018
THE COMMITTEE
HAS COME TO A DECISION.
838
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:49,155
Edgerton: THE COMMITTEE DECIDED
TO RECOMMEND TO THE FULL SENATE
839
00:40:49,257 --> 00:40:51,691
THAT IT NOT SEAT
WILLIAM A. CLARK.
840
00:40:51,793 --> 00:40:55,161
...DUE TO BRIBERIES,
ATTEMPTED BRIBERIES,
841
00:40:55,263 --> 00:40:57,864
AND CORRUPT PRACTICES.
842
00:40:57,966 --> 00:40:59,465
¶¶
843
00:40:59,567 --> 00:41:02,602
[ BOOK COVER SLAMS ]
844
00:41:02,704 --> 00:41:07,907
Martin: CLARK IS GOING TO
IMMEDIATELY CRY "FOUL"
845
00:41:08,009 --> 00:41:10,877
AND SAY THAT THIS IS
A MASSIVE CONSPIRACY
846
00:41:10,979 --> 00:41:15,314
THAT'S HEADED BY DALY
AND HIS SUPPORTERS, NOT HE.
847
00:41:15,383 --> 00:41:19,018
¶¶
848
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:22,054
Narrator:
SIX MONTHS LATER, MARCUS DALY,
849
00:41:22,156 --> 00:41:24,490
THE MAN WHO
SINGLE-HANDEDLY OBLITERATED
850
00:41:24,592 --> 00:41:26,592
CLARK'S POLITICAL CAREER,
851
00:41:26,694 --> 00:41:30,596
LIES DYING IN
A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL ROOM.
852
00:41:30,698 --> 00:41:33,399
Martin: DALY SUFFERED
FROM BRIGHT'S DISEASE,
853
00:41:33,501 --> 00:41:36,235
WHICH WAS A CONDITION
OF THE KIDNEYS.
854
00:41:36,337 --> 00:41:39,939
THIS CONDITION WAS NOT TREATABLE
IN THE 19th CENTURY.
855
00:41:40,041 --> 00:41:44,443
Narrator: WITH DALY DOWN,
WILLIAM CLARK BOLDLY RETURNS
856
00:41:44,546 --> 00:41:47,313
TO THE POLITICAL ARENA
TO RECLAIM THE SEAT
857
00:41:47,415 --> 00:41:49,715
HE WAS FORCED TO ABANDON.
858
00:41:49,817 --> 00:41:53,085
Gibson: HE HAD RESIGNED FROM
THE SEAT THAT HE WAS ELECTED TO,
859
00:41:53,187 --> 00:41:56,022
SO NOW IT WASN'T THAT
HE HAD BEEN KICKED OUT.
860
00:41:56,124 --> 00:41:58,024
IT WAS A VACANT SEAT.
861
00:41:58,126 --> 00:42:00,927
AND HE GOT HIS FRIEND,
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
862
00:42:01,029 --> 00:42:03,095
TO GET THE GOVERNOR OUT OF TOWN
863
00:42:03,197 --> 00:42:05,798
ON SOME KIND OF
A TRUMPED UP EXCURSION,
864
00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:09,502
AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
THEN APPOINTED WILLIAM CLARK
865
00:42:09,604 --> 00:42:11,571
TO THE SEAT THAT HE HAD
JUST RESIGNED FROM.
866
00:42:11,673 --> 00:42:15,541
Edgerton: AND BY BUILDING
AN AMUSEMENT PARK IN BUTTE
867
00:42:15,610 --> 00:42:18,477
CALLED COLUMBIA GARDENS
TO TRY TO WIN OVER
868
00:42:18,580 --> 00:42:21,948
AND CURRY THE FAVOR
OF THE WORKING CLASS IN BUTTE,
869
00:42:22,050 --> 00:42:24,517
CLARK WILL RECEIVE
ENOUGH SUPPORT -- IN FACT,
870
00:42:24,619 --> 00:42:28,387
THE DEMOCRATS WILL SWEEP
INTO OFFICE IN NOVEMBER OF 1900.
871
00:42:28,489 --> 00:42:32,258
Narrator: THIS TIME,
CLARK IS THERE TO STAY.
872
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:34,694
AND LESS THAN A WEEK
AFTER THE APPOINTMENT,
873
00:42:34,796 --> 00:42:37,897
MARCUS DALY IS DEAD AT 58.
874
00:42:37,999 --> 00:42:42,001
Pepperell: IT'S NOT ENTIRELY
CLEAR WHETHER MARCUS DALY KNEW
875
00:42:42,103 --> 00:42:45,638
THAT CLARK HAD BEEN
APPOINTED SENATOR,
876
00:42:45,740 --> 00:42:49,675
BUT I'M PRETTY CERTAIN HE WOULD
HAVE TURNED IN HIS GRAVE
877
00:42:49,777 --> 00:42:51,177
IF HE HAD KNOWN.
878
00:42:51,279 --> 00:42:54,280
Narrator:
THE MONTANA WAY OF POLITICS,
879
00:42:54,382 --> 00:42:56,082
LED BY CLARK AND DALY,
880
00:42:56,184 --> 00:42:58,484
WILL ULTIMATELY RESULT
IN THE REWRITING
881
00:42:58,586 --> 00:43:00,987
OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
882
00:43:01,089 --> 00:43:04,223
Martin: THEY ARE GONNA HELP
BRING ABOUT THE PASSAGE
883
00:43:04,325 --> 00:43:05,725
OF THE 17th AMENDMENT
884
00:43:05,827 --> 00:43:08,527
THAT CALLS FOR
THE DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS
885
00:43:08,630 --> 00:43:11,430
INSTEAD OF THE ABILITY
OF STATE LEGISLATORS
886
00:43:11,532 --> 00:43:15,267
TO BE BOUGHT AND BRIBED
TO SEND THEIR CANDIDATES
887
00:43:15,370 --> 00:43:16,836
TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
888
00:43:16,938 --> 00:43:20,373
Narrator:
THOUGH SHROUDED BY CORRUPTION,
889
00:43:20,475 --> 00:43:23,175
WILLIAM CLARK AND MARCUS DALY'S
CONTRIBUTIONS
890
00:43:23,277 --> 00:43:27,313
TO THE RISE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY
REMAIN UNDENIABLE.
891
00:43:27,415 --> 00:43:28,914
Martin: THEY REALLY
LOOK AT THEMSELVES
892
00:43:29,017 --> 00:43:32,151
AS FULFILLING THAT LAST STEP
IN THE JOURNEY OF AMERICA
893
00:43:32,253 --> 00:43:35,287
BY CREATING
AN ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
894
00:43:35,390 --> 00:43:37,390
THAT MAKES AMERICA STRONG.
895
00:43:37,492 --> 00:43:42,428
Edgerton: THEY WILL EMPLOY
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS
896
00:43:42,530 --> 00:43:44,563
SEEKING THEIR OWN FORTUNES
IN AN INDUSTRY
897
00:43:44,666 --> 00:43:48,634
THAT WAS FANTASTICALLY IMPORTANT
FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
898
00:43:48,736 --> 00:43:50,469
OF THE UNITED STATES.
899
00:43:50,571 --> 00:43:52,471
Narrator: DURING THE REIGN
OF THE COPPER KINGS,
900
00:43:52,573 --> 00:43:54,440
WILLIAM CLARK AND MARCUS DALY,
901
00:43:54,542 --> 00:43:57,977
MONTANA SUPPLIES NEARLY
200 MILLION POUNDS OF COPPER,
902
00:43:58,079 --> 00:44:01,180
PROVIDING ELECTRICITY
TO THE WORLD.
903
00:44:01,282 --> 00:44:04,316
POLITICAL SKULLDUGGERY ASIDE,
904
00:44:04,419 --> 00:44:07,086
CLARK AND DALY WERE ABLE
TO EXPLOIT
905
00:44:07,188 --> 00:44:11,057
THIS VAST NATURAL RESOURCE
IN MONTANA
906
00:44:11,159 --> 00:44:15,561
AND, TOGETHER WITH
THE AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY,
907
00:44:15,663 --> 00:44:19,832
MADE THE UNITED STATES,
AT THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY,
908
00:44:19,934 --> 00:44:23,035
THE GREATEST INDUSTRIAL NATION
ON EARTH.
909
00:44:23,137 --> 00:44:27,139
Narrator:
WILLIAM CLARK AND MARCUS DALY --
910
00:44:27,241 --> 00:44:30,409
GIANTS OF THE GILDED AGE.