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THEANACONDA STANDARD: THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER xo, xi
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THl'RSDAY,(K'TOBER 1^. t^*^.
APOLITICAL BALANCt^There is h ItaMag |MM repuhlieans^that Montana is a republican state in^spite of all that happened at the recent^Ireneral election. The returns do not^warrant any claims of this kind,^chiefly for the reason that the ^more^numerous house^ of the legislature, as^the statue books put it, is democratic^by a clear majority, and. as the mem^^bership of this lower house is chosen^by counties, its political majority may^be assumed to represent the j^^liti^-al^temper of the state at any given time.
Itwill be admitted that a vote on^governor is not always an accurate^gauge of political sentiment in any^state. In New York. tSovenior Hill^had an enormous majority, yet the leg^^islature of that state remains firmly^republican, as it has been ever since^Mr. Hill's advent into state otlice. in^1888. The counties of New York are^largely republican. In Montana the^increase of the democratic vote in^strong republican counties is the lead^^ing cause for disappointment and^chagrin with the party which Mr. far-^tor led.
Thevictory scored by the republican^ticket of the territory in Ihhh misleads^our republican friends. The figures^that mark.the surprising majority then^scored for Mr. farter are constantly be^^fore their eyes. They know |ierfectly^well how it all came about, but they^like to blind themselves to the facts,^because those facts take off the merit^there is in the figures, viewing the situ^^ation purely from a political stand^^point. The naked fact is that, last^year, the democrats allowed Mr. farter^to walk off unchallenged with the vote^of the territory. There was prestige in^the big majority, of course, and it was^of account to Mr. farter this year, sav^^ing the day for him, just as Cleve^^land's fabulous majority in 1KK2 was a^tradition that saved him by the skin of^his teeth in New York two years later.^The fact is to be kept in mind that,^prior to last year, the democrats had^been the ascendant party in Montana^for years uncounted. We are to re^^member also that the party carried^the state when delegates were chosen^for the constitutional convention, less^than six months ago.
Nevertheless,it is true that the^political future of Montana is not^easy to forecast. In the canvass just^closed every democrat was in line. The^party leaders ^pulled together^ as party^leaders rarely do. The strong desire to^win was shared by the humb'est fol^^lower in the party's ranks. The propo^^sition was first of all to redeem democ^^racy and to that work every man lient^himself with unsellish energy. There^was little negligence, there were no mis^^takes, and. with the exception of Mis^^soula county, there were no rebels in^the ranks. So far as the future is con^eenied. democracy enjoys the immense^advantage of controlling the legislative^branch of Montana's new government,^an advantage of great account in its^political as|tects just at this period in^the history of the state.
Thefuture of politics in Montana^will be influenced largely by three con^^siderations: first, the relative degree of^fidelity with which the incoming legis^^lature reflects the popular will in all its^decrees; secondly, the manner in which^the large body of Montana's new citi^^zens relate themselves to current poli^tics; and third, the spirit in which men^now prominent in party councils ac^^cept the triumphs or defeats that are^sure to fall to the lot of individuals in^the distribution of political honors.
Iteturns from yesterday's charter elec^^tion in Indianapolis are not flattering^to the sojourners in the white house.^That city elected a democratic mayor^yesterday for the first time in fifteen^years. Three or four days ago Chair^^man Seligman told the Helena J^^urmtl^that he was too busy with the state to^look after I^ewis and Clark county. We^shall hear now that Mr. Itussell It. Ilar^risou was too busy with Lewis and^Clark to look after Indianapolis. And^so it goes, right under the very drip^^pings of the Harrison homestead, from^poor to bad and from bad to worse.
SOMEWEAK POINTS.^There are tricks even in the Austral^^ian system. One of these is explained^in the October number of the F^mm.^It works this way.
Anagent arranices Willi a niunlier of m^-n that^tin y an- to receive so much for their votes, lie^tlien brings them to tin-vittiiiK tsstfli in a Imm|^,^and sends the first in with itiKtr't'ietious to put a^piece i,t blank iittper iu tile ballot box instead of^his ballot |^i|mt, and to brum I lie ballot | taper^out to him, the aa-cut. Tin* involves the sacri-^See of one tote, but it inxure* all the others.^The second man lailsthe first man - ballot r,^which has previously lieea examined by the^agent to make sure that It lo correct, into the bal^^lot Imx and brhucs out his own. The third man^puts that in ami brings out anot her. and so on^unfit the late is exhausted.
Thisplan has been operated with^great success in Australia. Another
planfor getting the beat of the secret^system is unfolded by the liutte Inter^Mountain. It works this way;
Itesaocraticboosters find a registered tough^with a vote to sell to the highest bidder. The^booster takes him aside. Instructs him to call for^the democratic Judge and confess himself unable^to read or write. The democratic Judge then^flUs out the full democratic ticket ami gives the^tough a check certifying that he has voted^all right. The tough returns the check to the^booster and gels his ten dollars.
Itdoes not appear from the Inter^Mountain'* description that there are^any republican ^boosters^ who work^this racket: and, indeed, according to^all that republican newspapers in Mon^^tana are saying, it was exclusively the^republican vote of the territory that of^^fered itself for sale last election day.^However that may lie, these extracts^are given to show that the Australian^system is not altogether the thing that^it is cracked up to be in fact, the^writer iu the Fnrnm, while regarding it^as in some sense a defense against in^^timidation, declares that it is not an ef^^fective defense against bribery, and he^speaks as one who has lieen both de^^feated ami elected many times under^the system.
Withalthe Australian system has^made friends in Montana, yet we cannot^resist the conviction that it is a sort of^^man milliner^ affair and we l^elieve it^far less satisfactory to the average citi^^zen than the ^vest jMK-ket vote^ which^was getting itself established iu the^Hast just as the craze for the imported^plan came up. In recent years the^eastern voter has lieen iu the habit of^receiving at his home, by mail or by^messenger, a copy of every vote in the^Held on election day. The registry lists^were ojien to all campaign committees^and to candidates, and the distribution^of tickets at the homes of voters was^thorough. The voter fixed his ticket to^his taste, put it in his pocket and went^to the polls without hindrance or inter^^ruption.
Insome cities of Montana with a rel^^atively unsettled population this plan^might not work. At any rate, we have^the Australian plan and it appears to^suit. Itepublicans introduced it and^democrats are entirely satisfied with its^practical operation.
Thelaw providing for capital pun^^ishment by electrical appliance has^finally lieen approved by the courts of^New York state, anil Kemmler, the^murderer, first of the race to lie pun^^ished by that process, will be shocked^into eternity without long delay.
INSTRUCTIONSTO VOTERS
TheAustralian plan will lie operated^at to-day's special election, but the^voter will not make the sign of the^cross. If you are iu favor of the bonds,^draw a pencil mark through the words^^against the bonds.^ Hut let this thing^be done decently and in order. 1'lease^to clean your feet before you enter the^precinct, and do not under any circum^^stances ask the officers to shake dice^with you, because some deputy mar^^shal might hear it and tell it to the^members of your family, thus robbing^the occasion of its sacred secrecy.
Knterthe little confessional box with^dignified gait and stay there two min^^utes by the watch, so that your pencil^will seem to move with the deliberation^of a prominent citizen and not after^the manner of a coerced yearling. Let^all your action be wrapfied in as^much mystery as possible. I^o not^whistle within seventeen feet of the^ballot box and if you have bar checks^in your pocket do not display them.^The judges will know whether you {Mis^^ses* property without these outward^and visible signs.
Ifany precinct officer addresses^you, tell him promptly that^you can neither read nor write the^Warm Spring dialect but that you want^to vote the straight sewer ticket, and^hand him your visiting card. If any^man whis|ieis iu your ear ^tutst tin^ge**hrH,^ rush out ami telegraph to^Seligman. Kschew gloves wheu you^go to the polls ami do not pass your^vote to the judges 011 a spoon: a fork is^much better form.
Putyour ballot reverently into the box^and as you slowly leave the place let^your prayer ascend to the throne of re^^publican grace for having favored you^with Australian secrecy, with I'nited^States Marshal OL Washington Irvin^Second degree. Kstj., and with all other^political mercies.
TheOhio republican papers find^themselves in pretty close quarters this^year with Foraker for their candidate,^and they pause in the canvass to re^^mark that the state must have a ballot^reform law liefore the election of 1st*).^The republican legislature of that^state, however, recently refused to pass^the secret ballot law, although the^measure was introduced and strongly^urged by a republican.
Thereporter for the New York^Tribune who sjieaks of the clergymen^attending the episcopal general eonven^tion as ^a well-groouied^ lot of men evi^^dently did not spend the racing season^in a school of theology. We shall ex^^pect this worldly-minded reporter to^refer to aspirants for the office of bishop^as candidates for the futurity stakes.
'THEBONDING BILL.^The city of Anaconda has no bonded^debt. All told, its liabilities are hardly^three thousand dollars, aside from the^city's share in SIS/MO worth of school^bonds, which cover the entire school^district.
Theproposition up for popular vote^to-day is that the city issue ImuuIs to^the amount of .-*^_:.^^. ^ k m, having ten years^to run. the amount realized from their^sale to 1m- spent on the proposed sewer^system. It is learned that opposition^to the bonds has been develo|ied ill a
quietway. While it la believed that^this opposition will not be effective^against the measure, the friends of the^plan are urging citizens to go to the^polls and favor the bill on the ground^that the proposed improvement is one^that must certainly commend itself to^every property owner in town. The^progressive element in Anaconda^ought certainly to carry the day.
Morethan once during his career,^Henry Yillard has been a reigning sen^^sation. The latest story is that he is^again to be president of the Northern^Pacific which is more than probable^and that a consolidation is to bring^that line into combination with the^Wisconsin Central, the Baltimore A^Ohio, and other roads which will give^Mr. Yillard the control of a string of^rails from a Jersey City pier to some^point not yet definitely fixed in distant^Sitka. The reiwirt is denied by the Hal^timore ^ Ohio people, but the story is^running its course just the same; for^everything g^^es since the democrats^carried the Montana legislature. Two^days ago the community saw all the^light ami airy plans of the Manitoba^managers unfolded, yesterday brought^the Yillard sensation, to-morrow will^be the I'nion Pacific's day. Meanwhile^we always have with us the story of the^Homestake tunnel precinct; although^the republican newspapers are claim^^ing copyright on that.
OUTAT THfTuTTLE END.^When Mr. Carter was telling Mon^^tana voters how rapidly lead advanced^after his conference with the depart^^ment at Washington, the figures^quoted lielow were not at command.^The Salt Lake Tribune, republican,^says:
ThePark llrront figures that the price of lead^has ^advanced Sift !^^^ ton since Secretary Wiu-^dom's circular instruct ions wen* Issued,^ and^mills that ^this represents the difference l^c-^tween profit and loss.^ The latter statement^would lie correct If the premises were estab^^lished. Unfortunately, however, the price of^lead has not advanced, therefore the conclusion^fails. A prominent gentleman who is vitally in^^terested in this ipicHtiou furnishes us the follow^^ing, as showing the trui* state of the case:^May Ift to May SI, average price for lead,
|ierhundred*3 79
JuneI to June .m, average price for lead,
|ierhundred 3 iSi
July1 to July 17, average price for lead,
perhundred3 nr
Fromthe time of hearing on lead ^|iiestion un^^til Windoin's regulations, making an average^price of |aja
July17 to July 31, average price for lead,
|sthum I redS3 HI
AugustI to August 31, average price for
lead,is-r hundred3 Hi1,
SeptemberI to September 3ii, average
pricefor lead, per hundred3 Uft
Anaverage ^^f S3.H7. To have increased the^price of lead *\r. |ier ton it would have had to ad^^vance to St.lift per hundred.
Thesefigures interfere with all that^Mr. Carter proclaimed during his^starring tour.
CURRENTCOMMENT.
WaitingMow for Wart Virginia.^From the Washington Post.
Nowthat we have beard from Montana,^it is to be hoped that the West Virginians^will make an effort to hurry up their elec^^tion returns.
riskUs* Dsmscrsh.
Fromthe Laramie Boomerang.
Afterreading our Montana exchanges^^and they are a bright lot^we are confident^that both parties carried the election in^the new state.
Homebody'sUmk I
Fromthe New York Hun.
Whoare the ^poi polloi^ of whom our^always lively contemporary, the Chicago^Hrrnld, speaks. Foreigners are the curse^^^f Cook county.
STANDARLVTOPICS.
Ido detest a man that's close.
Amifurthermore, a day;^Hut if a pretty girl Is close
1feel the other way.
Torontotlrtp.
Tisplain you'll not inspire her
Willivery much affection.^If by ^the other way^ you mean^The opposite direction.
ifnuthaBm.
RutIf he feels as he ought to feel.
Andpresses her to suit.^Pray heaven that he will not have
Tofeel her father's Imot.
Chicagoboasts of 6,000 hotel rooms.^Her rooms aeems to be better than her^company.
Gen.IJoulniigcr ia contemplating a trip^to Africa. He evidently wants to see if^tlu-re is anything under the huh blacker^tbun the recent election returns.
SirEdward Watklna, tin. English en-^irineer, dclurcH that he can tunnel the En^^glish channel anil run through trains to^Calcutta. If lie keeps on Sir Ktlwurd will^get himself into a hole.
Thewrecking of Scullion's butcher shop^in New York by dynamite is still slirowded^in mystery. All there is about it the sausage^manufacturers have got to l^o more rare-^fill atKiut compounding their ingredient*,^or the law will have to draw the lino at^dynamite.
Itim not often that one will exert one^^self ho hard to please a child an Mrs. Kate^M. Nye, of Louisville, dill one iluy last^week.' A little lM^y who was calling on her^in her apartments three stories up ex-^prcKHcd a desire to see her jump out of t^ie^window. Mrs. Nye at oneo complied and^wus instantly killed.
TheChicago theimopliists have expelled^Mine. Hlavutski, alleging that she is a^fakir. If this sort of thing is kept up,^eventually the last member of the society^will he forced to superintend his own ex^^pulsion. The scriptural injunction, ^Fa^^kir fake thyself,^ cannot he successfully^carried out in the long run.
Thereare some breaches of confidence^which cannot lie too strongly denounced.^The editor of the Sutton Advertiaer, who ia^also the Sutton postmaster, takes pains to^inform his readers ^that, in our humble^opinion. Colonel Wannautaker is a gen^^tleman and a scholar, and we utiheasitat-^ingly pronounce his celebrated $a pants to^lie the iM-st ill the market.
Thestudents of Knox coll^^gc, Gnhrs-^burg. 111., hung the college dignitaries in^effigy last Friday night, anil a large crowd^of colored |^coplo going home from an en^^tertainment were mo badly scared at what^they supposed was a negro hanging hec,^that they scattered in all directions and^aroused the whole town. For ways that^are dark and tricks that at the same^time exceed the highest ex|tecfations,^the Knox college students seem to have^won the pennant.
YoungMan llrown.
Fromthe Jacksonv ille Critique.^There was a* young man and his name was^Hi own ,
Andhe wore a short frock ^^oat;^His hair on Ids temples it was plastered down.
Andhis isillars hunt; aside of his throat.^His hands were white and his pants were tight.
Andhis hair was the color of tan.^The ladies all said, whether widow, wife or^maid,
lorme! what a nice yotinir man.
Thereare said to In- forty-two men and^officers at Fort Assiimilioiiic sick with ty^^phoid fever. It ia supixm.il they con^^tracted thi^ disease while out iu summer^camp uu the prairies.- -Hirrr I'mrn.
TheyAre Few and Far Hetweea.
Fromthe I tenver ICepiiblican.
Thelatest French goaaip is tliat Boulan-^gcr's friends have denounced him. If^they all spoke in chorus the noise wouldn't^Imi hcurd half a block.
MoreMoney In It.
Fromthe Ijiulsvillc Courier-Journal.
Thedesertion of mo many Vermont^farms has l^ocn explained. Tbo former^occupants have gone to the towns to run^bogus medical colleges.
ThatWas Kegular Hlossljr Shirt.
Fromthe Cleveland Plain I tcalcr.
Therepublican candidate for governor^of Mississippi was once denounced by the^Cleveland Ijrailer as ^tlie unhung fiend^who massacred union prisoners.
LetYoar Light Mo Shine.
Promthe Chicago Times.
Everycorres|m^ntlent, telegraph editor,^coui|htsitor anil proof reader in the coun^^try having attended different Chinese^schools, the name of the new Chinese^minister to this country appears in a new^light every time we sec it.
VeryLike It.
Fromthe New York Tribune.
Theadmission of lead ore from Mexico,^in which there is a sprinkling of silver of^more value than the lead, free of duty,^when the law imposes a tariff of one and^a half cents per pound on lead im|K^rta^would be like dousingan oyster iu pepper-^snucc and culling it all peppersntice.
I'neleHannibal's Yvaag Old Age.
Fromthe New York Sun.
TheHon. Hannibal Hamlin lias been^working destruction among tin* Maine^partridges, and occasionally dancing the^fandango at a corn roast, the latest fash^^ionable amusement in the Pine Tree^state. If there has been a sprucer and^chipiierer young man in New England^since HKJO than Uncle Hannittal, we will^pay a reward for his name.
Notto He Hneesed At
Fromthe Fillmore County Kcpublican.
Aswe went swinging our cane along,^walking to the depot ut Lincoln last Sat^^urday, a man came up about Ave paces in^the rear and sueesed his upper set of teeth^out ti|^ou the walk, and as they went to^roll past us they came in contact with the^iron ferule of our cane and a tooth was^broken off. We felt badly, but nothing to^compare with the other feller.
ItShook 'Km l p Pretty Wall.
Fromthe Minneapolis Journal.
Electionsin the new state* resulted^much as was anticipated. Republican ex^^pectation of party success in Montana^was rudely shaken by the result of the con^^vention for delegates to the constitutional^convention, and though the later cam^^paign waa made with great aarneatne^and with all the assistance that the Hs^risou administration could render the re^^publicans were prepared for defeat.
Whatthe tioveraors Said.
Fromthe Boston Traveller.
Thegovernor of North Carolina is, of^course, talking in ^a sarkaatik manner^^when he suggests to Secretary Proctor^that Vermont would be a particularly fine^state for the new home of the Chiricahue^and Warm Spring Apaches. This .is not^precisely in the urbane tone in which the^governor of North Carolina made bis his^^toric remark to the governor of South^Carolina.
TheHumor of It,
Fromthe Kiver Press.
Upto the moment the |k^1Ih closed every^republican anil every republican news-^l^a|m-r in Montana said we were going to^have un absolutely fair election^no^chance for fraud. Registration and the^Australia system insured this. The mo^^ment they discovered they were beaten^they changed their tune and yelled:^^Fraud! fraud!^ ^What strange things^we do seo when we haven't a gun 1^ Fun^^ny, isn't it V
Missouriand Montana.
Fromthe Kansas Citv Tunes.
Someof our facetious exchanges are in^dined to attribute the democratic victory^in Montana to a large number of Missou-^riuns who settled in that state. It is true^that Missourians have tlone much to de^velop Montana and to give her the excel^lent reputation which she now bears, and^we ho|te and lielieve that it is true that^they had much to do with bringing about^her crowing glory, the election of a demo^^cratic governor and a democratic legisla^^ture.
everythingdoes With I'oor La.
Fromthe Washington Post.
Theesteemed Atlanta Constitution de^^nies the statement made by some other^esteemed i-oiiteiiiporary, that ^the wild^plum always goes when the Indian docs.^Perhaps the l'on*t it ut ion is right, but from^the limited opportunity we have had of^judging the noble rail man's character,^we should say that the wild plum which^docs not go when he goes must he the^one that grows close to the top of the^tree. Pretty nearly the same tiling may^also Im^ said of the turkey or pullet that^doesn't go when the Indian goes.
ASmile of Horror.
Mhaniokin.Pa., s|s^cial to Philadelphia Record.
MissAda Koch, the daughter of ex^Mayor Koch, of this city, felt a twitching^of her right Jawbone recently while visit^^ing an aunt in Heading. She entered a^bedroom, followed by her cousin, Katie^Shultc and while standing Is-fore a mir^^ror smiled at u humorous remark. When^she caught the reflect'run of the smile she^almost sank to the floor. She beheld a^grinning image, with the right side of its^face twisted out of shape. The grotesque^and weird expression caused Miss ShulU^to shriek with alarm. Miss Koch called^on Or. KecKC. an eminent physician, who^said that the trssihle was proltahly paral^^ysis of the facial nerve, but was not sure^Miss Kim'Ii'm f e e iii rc|hm*c is beautiful,^but now when she smiles its expression is^hideous.
E8TE8* CONNELL,
M6RCHNTIL6COMPANY.
ThisWeek.
DryGoods Department.
WeMust Have Room I Therefore^All Summer Goods Must Go.
THISIS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO^BUY GOODS AT YOUR^OWN PRICE.
TWOGREAT BARGAINS
IN
DRESSGOODS!
THISWEEK.^No. x^40 Inch all wool Tricot at 48c per yard.
No.2. 26-inch Cotton and Wool Mixed Novelties^Think of it 1 13 yards for $1.
ClothingDepartment.
Greatreductions in all Summer weight goods. New^Goods are beginning to arrive ana we must have^space. So if you would look to your own interest^see our great drives this week and take advantage of^them, for the time is limited.
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GroceryDepartment.
Wemake a special point to keep everything that is^only first class in this department, as our past reputation^will show. Our stock 01 Staple and Fancy Groceries,^Queensware and Glassware is without an equal in^Montana.
LatestDesigns in Wall Paper. See Them.
Respectfully,
Estes^ Connell Mercantile Company.
