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THEANACONDA STANDARD: THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, i8pg
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THESTANDARD.
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THTRSDAYSEPTEMBER 18, IH90.
vonOOXOMMB,^WILLIAM WIRT DIXON.
rOKJOINT OH^ KNTATIVK,
A.L KEMPl.AND.
Ifl Khali In so unfortunate a* not to^meet with tin t wlorm mi nt ^f the peo-^fie ^fK^n (i fair presentation of tl^^ i*^^ue^ and an honest e.rjiression of the^people, I shall how to the derision^without any faultfinding or n remje^ful fteling. Hut if on a J air test I am^fleeted, no usurping rtturuimj bounl^nhall rovnt me out. (IV. IV. Dijon's^^p*teh of ar^xj)tanr*.
ISIT AN ISSUE7^Weeks ago, at the suggestion of the^Butte Inter Mountain, the question of^the permanent capital of Montana was^made one of the issues of the campaign^which is about to take its serious start.^The issue was proposed ahout the^time our Huttecontemporary was put^^ting into type some pretty suggestive^titles in description of Helena's selfish^^ethods.
Agreat many things have happened^since the time when the Helena issue^was announced in Itutte. Two events^^ient particular mention in this con^nection. They are these: Last week^the republican managers in Itutte per^^latently refused to name a townsman^for the congressional candidacy, and^they thrust the honor on llt leiia, Ite-^Miise the sentiment of jealousy in Sil^^ver How circles was stronger than the^rivalry of the temporary capital. This^week, a democratic state convention^assumed that it was wise policy to pre^fer Hutte, and this idea had much to do^in turning the nomination to Judge^Dixon, many of tlx* delegates insisting^that the west side must he preferred
Underthese circumstances, what^would the republican press of the^state be pleased to have done with the^capital question^ If it is to be an^issue, the west-side democratic news^^papers are ready to meet it, and the^frrAKDAitn would like to know whether^west side aspirations get a lift when^Silver How county insists on loading^Helena w ith political distinction.
ASTO POLITICAL FIGURE.
ftandersdoesn't think well of it. He^admits that .lodge Dixon is a good^lawyer, but he cannot ^seriously con-^aider him as a political figure^ so he^^aid to the Standard's correspondent^hi Washington.
Werejoice at this testimony from^Colonel Sanders. In view of his rela^^tions to fraud in this state, his estimate^^f present candidates is interesting, and^the fact that he tinds Judge Dixon an^indifferent political figure is the ttest^evidence thus far produced that the^democrats made a nomination which^will please the people.
JudgeDixon is in the field to day as^a formal protest against the methods^which, under the manipulation of men^like Colonel Sanders, have brought^Montana to humiliation. When they^met in Helena, the mcmlters of the^democratic state convention realized^the gravity of the task before them;^they resolved to make sure of their^cause, and the criticisms of Colonel^Kaaders are a compliment to the choice^^f leadership they made.
Wesay this with deliberation he^eause we believe that to day a liberal^majority of the jieople of Montana^would gladly undo the wrong which^has Colonel Sanders for its seltish and^unsatisfying product. That Colonel^Sanders has given his best judgment on^the democratic candidate, we have no^doubt. He does not see in the man^any suggestion for usefulness as an ac^^tive member in the Sanders school in^politics. It is gratifying to know that^when it comes to comparison of ^polit-^ieal figures,^ there is nothing in com^mnn between Colonel Sanders and the^standard bearer of democracy. William^W. Dixon will never be tempted to Hteal^a voting precinct for the sake of the^politcal fruits to be garnered.
Thepeople are tired of these men^who pose as ^political figures.^ They^demand a new style of mental, moral^and political equipment in candidates^for office. They have been looking for^a candidate so unlike the ordinary run^that conniving men could not discover^in him the traces of availability for the^sort of polities that has prevailed in^Montana. Un the testimony of ( 'nlniiel^Hamlets that man has been found. It
isthe most satisfactory recommenda^^tion Judge Dixon could ask.
Menwill not figure conspicuously in^the canvass now begun. Judge Dixon^stands for an impressive issue, Mr. Car^^ter has his record, uninteresting as it is.^Colonel Sanders is not a candidate, yet^he comes^onstantly to mind as a sort^of a central figure around which are^grouiied the phases of a conspiracy^that lias attracted attention through^^out the I'nited States. Thus he be^^comes, in a sense, the impersonation of^one of the campaign's chief factors. He^has his friends what man has not^^He has not a political following, be^^cause he is not a man so constituted As^to attach a following to himself. He^has the endorsement of a political^party, yet we firmly believe that among^the republicans of Montana the convic^^tion is strengthening that, after all, the^best and wisest course was not pursued^in the exciting movement that wrought^out nothing except to send him to^Washington. He has a seat in the^senate, but his title is worse than^clouded. Were the public conscience^satisfied that his presence in the senate^is the result of popular will honestly^recorded, republicans and democrats,^recognizing the rule that governs in^American politics, would cheerfully^greet him senator and cordially wish^him well but the public conscience is^not satisfied on that score. In the^judgment of thousands of honorable^men in Montana. Wilber F. Sanders is^the modern Cataline; he is not the^(^ambetta of our time.
Webelieve that the democrats of^this state are about to triumph. If^they do this. Colonel Sanders must sur^^render his seat in the senate if lie^hopes to save his name and his mem^^ory from the withering contempt of^the people.
ASPEECH DISPOSED OF.
Mr.(Jnay got even with Kennedy he^has got even with a good many of his^critics in his time. Hoth men are re^^publicans, but Kennedy's case proves^the rule that, from first to last. (Quay's^harshest critics have been republicans.
Afortnight ago, Representative Ken^^nedy, of Ohio, tilled the political air^with talk about the assault he had^made on Senator Quay in a formal^speech on the floor of the house. It^was a singularly brutal speech, and the^republicans didn't know at first what^to do with it. Meanw hile Kennedy put^his speech through a course of general^repairs, hoping to fit it for appearance^in the Id mid. It was pretty well^patched up before he got through, but^his work was all in vain the house ju^^diciary committee censured Kennedy^and ortleretl the printer to omit his^speech. The Stani^ai;i^ does not re^^call another instance of the kind.
Menwho in partisanship are bitterly^hostile to the republican party will say^that the republicans in congress were^cow ardly in seeking to hide from for^^mal record the remarks made by a man^who had undisputed right to the Moor^of the house and who spoke in criti^^cism of a republican senator. Demo^^crats of morn moderate temper w ill say^that, on all accounts, decency supports^the action of the house in this matter.^These more temperate judges will^doubtless have the right of it; at the^same time they will very naturally^wonder why the presiding officer of the^house should have [HMiiiitted a tirade^which the cool judgment of a commit^^tee cantinot tolerate. The excuse that^Mr. Kennedy's remarks were not heard^by the chair at the time the speech was^delivered, will hardly In* accepted as^altogether satisfactory.
Inany case, the course of the judici^^ary committee, so far as it concerns^any publicity the speech may have, ^ is^of small account. Mr. Kennedy's^speech went to the country and that's^the end of it. Any action thereafter^taken about it will neither greatly help^nor specially hurt Mr. Quay.
THEPLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
Theaverage voter in Montana will^lie satislied with Judge Dixon's an^^nouncement as to the manner of cam^paign he proposes to make. He w ill^give a full share of attention to the^questions that concern party policy in^national affairs, because those are is^^sues that interest the voter, but it is^evident that Judge Dixon intends to^keep before the people the cardinal^question of this year that which in^^volves the theft of the state by the^fraud in the tunnel precinct count.
JudgeDixon knows the true inward^^ness of that business. He sought to^bring all parties in interest to a calm^discussion of the case on its merits. He^never surrendered his convictions as to^w hat law decreed in the matter or as to^what was the duty both of republicans^and democrats in presence of the^trouble which distracted the state last^November; but he quietly separated^himself from active participation in the^case when he became satislied that law-^was to be trampled and that Colonel^Sanders and his associates in conspiracy^were resolved to steal the state no^matter how unlawful or how dishonest^MM means toward that end.
JudgeDixon had his own experience^in mind when he said, Tuesday night:^^I want to go into this business of last^October's vote very thoroughly. I^knviw something about it. I went^through the farce of appearing before^the county commissioners, and 1 be^^lieve now that the majority of republi^cans in the state would be satisfied to^have two democrats in the senate if^the disgrace to the state were wiped^out.
Anotherparagraph in Judge Dixon's^s|ieech makes clever reference to an in^ten sting little matter, lie said: ^I^don't intend to make an\ promises as^to what 1 will do if I am elected. It is
dangerous,and we have an example of^that kind in congress now. If I serve^a term there, 1 would rather come back^and tell you what I have done than to^explain what 1 have not done.
TheJudge's ideas are a strong con^^trast to the notions by which Mr. Car^^ter has been in the habit of guiding his^campaigns, it is well remembered that,^last year, the most offensive utterances^of Mr. Carter were those in which with^egregious self-conceit he sought to^belittle the service rendered the^state by (iovernor Toole while in^congress. To hear him tell it, one would^have fancied 'hat, after spending a few^weeks in Washington and without a^seat in congress at that, he had brought^the government with all its depart^ments at his feet. The man actually^tried to make the people of Montana^wave the flag over his unbounded self-^esteem. Kverybody remembers how.^as he told it, he ^just talked with the^secretary^ and the thing was done and^how all he had to do was to go back^and talk with the secretary and it^would be done again. The chief fea^^ture in Mr. Carter's canvass was the^noisy proclamation of the littleness of^other men who had ever repre^^sented Montana in Washington and^the loud predictions of the wonderful^things to he wrought out by his pres^^ence there.
Ifthere are new-comers in Montana^who are ignorant on this score, the^Standard will be pleased to favor^them with a review of Mr. Carter's^comments along the route between liil-^lings and Missoula. They are s|^eci-^mens of the style of a man who, at a^later day, had the presumption to send^a ^wire Carter^ dispatch to the repre^^sentative republicans of this slate in^convention assembled. It is pleasant^to know that at the start Judge Dixon^has made the distinction sharp be^^tween his own purpose and the cam^^paign plan of Mr. Carter.
RussellSuite ban loaned Brother Tul-^inage jllU.UUO wherewith to finiith the^Brooklyn Taliernurle. Mr. Sage believes^in ^lending to the Lord^ but he also be^^lieves that the Loid ought to pay at least^ti per cent interest, that being the condi^^tion on which the loan was negotiated.
(iovernorToole's speech at the Helena^ratification meeting was all wool and a^yard wide uml just long enough.
Blaine'sepistle to the Bostonians was a^burning presentation of reciprocity.^Blaine generally likes to have bis letters^burning.
Ininteresting himself in the timlter of^Montana Sanders is anticipating the time^when he bus got to take to the woods in^1HU3.
Collegehazing bus received a setback^this autumn in the death of a sophomore^at Lafayette college, who, having broken^in the door to a freshman's room, was^struck on the head by a base ball fiat in^the bunds of the room's occupant. That^sophomore will never make uny more^bad breaks.
MilesCity dispatches indicate that^young Young Mule, the Cheyenne mur^^derer, died lighting vigorously. Young^Mule kicked to the last and finally got in^a good square crack at the bucket.
Curtcris Anally pushing the hill to open^up a portion of the ( row reservation. He^forsees the diet lie is coming to.
Cannongiving nilviseou the best means^of aiMilogizing to the senate for Kennedy's^speech, ia a spirited illustration of the^pot's famous colloquy with the kettle.
Mr.Flanagan, the republican candidate^for governor of Texas, is telling the peo^^ple of that state that Benjamin Harrison^lias iK'en the best president since George^Washington. However, high an opinion^Flanagan entertains of Washington, be^doesn't try to emulate the example of the^father of his country in res|h-cl to verac^^ity.
Ittook Mr. Jimmy Curroll one hourand^twenty-four minutes to act us an opiate^on Mr. Andy Bowman ut New Orleans^Tuesday night.
Reed'ssusb is the present emblem of^the republican |Mirty. The plume of^Blaine has been thrown in the ash barrel.
JUDGtDIXON'S SPEECH.
HeIn iii Ilie Fight iiikI Will Remain There^to i lie I ii-i
Atthe ratification meeting in Helena^Tuesday evening, Hon. W. W. Dixon^spoke in a very pleasing and entertaining^manner deprecating the eulogistic re^^marks to which he had been forced to^listen, and said be feared he would fall^far short of the ^-X|^eetations of his friends.^However, he was in the tight and would^remain there to the end. He fnrtheraaid :
1apprcrtutc fully tin- honor dSM uiehythe^deiiiiH-rstlv convention, ami the kind expressions^SSMSniiiig ^ijself. It is enough to make a man^uiueh more mud' it Ihan myself Mush mi sit here^and listen to these many compliment*. I am^now in for lliiii light and Intend to stay. Al I^am the Mil) candidate on I lie iIiiihm latio ticket^fur whom the whole people have an opportunity^to vote, I may lirletly slate the ismh-k on which^I should like to sec the campaign conducted.^The national issues are very full) set forth III the^deiiKS'ialic platform. It is my wish to discuss
these,nut with wtidlcllvtss. Inn to fan ly ami
honestlydiscuss the facts hearing mi the wataSI I^of the i cople.
JudgeDixon, after referring to the^tun!!, said he thought be could demon^^strate that a high taritr was the grcatcal^steal ever devised, as well as the fallacy^that the laboring man's welfare do-^IH'tidcd on the high taritr. It was tliw^principle of taking from the many to give^to the Tew. This matter will he tliaeussed^more fully later. In referring to the sil^^ver issue be said:
Itlimit difficult to demonstrate hy history^and figures that the deimsTulie Iivitlators of^congress were fin mis .if mKci . Wi,aie\er has^heen oliluined has heeu the result of their ef^^forts. 1 lie, aic other l^suei. The t'cneral char^^acter and acts of the icpulihcuii party , th- reck^^lessness with winch It has d|s|tnHeil of puldlc^funds, its a lcinpl to u.f, at free elec-^linns hy the so-called force lull. Then^^gain, we want to gjajajaj tic matter of
Ihe. Ii. if l.isl 11. IhIici h Ii.is ticcomc a
ualmi il issue. Kten some of the slate* have
modemention ,.| a m then ,i, ,,Hui- plat
forms.I waul to go Into It lluuuughly, for I^know something shout It. wall Judge Klrkpat
rk-kand Judge M'-t onndl, who went through^the farce of appealing before the county con.^inissioiiers of Silver Bow county. I believe the^majority of the Republican party would rather^have two democratic senators n the senate and^have the disgrace wiped out. It Is a matter of^national iin|sirtance. It Is a matter of how our^elections shall Is' conducted ami whether honest^votes shall lie honestly ciHiulcd. it Is a question^a^ to which Is the pro|ier trlhtina to determine^these matters. It Is indeed a bail slate of^.ill..us wheu you only look at the political^complexion of men to know wliut their^cci isiiuis will lie. This ii gohi/tn l^- a cle,^n^campaign. We are going to talk of questions^of interest to the people. Ho far as 1 am^aide to control matters, this campaign will be^free from |H'rsonaiit!cs. I don't intend to make^any promises as to what I will do if I am elected.^It is a dangerous thing to do, and we have an^example of that kind in congress now. I prom^^ise lodo what I can if I am elected, if I serve a^term in congress I would rather come back and^tell you what 1 have done than explain what 1^have not dime, but I do not want our republican^friends to understand that this ti goiug to be a^weak-kneed cam|iaign. It will lie a vigorous^discussion of public affairs from Is-glnning to^end.
CURRENTCOMMENT
a^l.oeal Issue.
Fromthe Philadelphia Keeoril.
Senatorl'liimh fitly terms the tariff a^^scuttle lietween localities,^ and aa usual,^the innocent spectator gets hit pretty
hard.
NhtiiildWire Prince Itusaell.^From the Helena ImlenenUeul.
Therepublican bosses should lose no^time in wiring K. B. H. that hia lured men^are imiscrilling Carter's prospects by^eneering at voters of foreign birth. Mr.^Harrison'a newspaper made the same bad^break last year with most disastrous con^^sequences.
Whata Vole far DUon Means.
Fromthe Helena Independent.
Avote for Judge Dixon, besides being^a vote for the ablest and Ircet fitted can^^didate for congress, is a vote for an hon^^est Itallot and an honest count; a vote for^wise constitutional limitations on the^powers of returning hoards which shall^require them to udd the returns laid lie-^fore them and certify the result.
NoExtra Session Wanted.
Fromthe Italtimore Sun.
Thepeople have shown very plainly^that they do not want the force bill on^any terms, and recent |m^rformaucea in^the house prove the urgent need of con^^gress for a long and cooling rest, so that^an extra session for the object indicated^would be .ih. mi the most useless und un-^|k^pular exercise, of the executive preroga^^tive that the president could attempt.
TwoHeiiioeratie .Styles.
Fromthe New York Tribune.
Wedesire to say,^ remarks the editor^of the Nacogdoches Chronicle, in his salu^^tatory, ^that we are a democrat from the^headwaters of Bitter creek, where the old^giascutus sharpens bis fangs on the bones^of the de:.d.^ Mr. Hill's confession of^faith is couched iu simpler language. ^I^am a democrat,^ suys the governor, and^then stops. The Texas style bcuts his for^picturcsqiicness, but is less direct and dig^^nified.
AMischievous Law.^From Hie Aliiuuy i X. Y. i Argus.
TheMcKinley customs administrative^law has heen in operation for a month,^and has amply justified the ominous pre^^dictions made about its mischievous ef^^fects U|k^ii trade. Importers of all shades^of politic- at the leading ports already de^^nounce this unwarranted interference^with their business, which was falsely^claimed to be a mere simplification of the^administration of the customs service.
APicture of lllscock.
Fromthe Itnsiklvn Kaele.
Franklliscock undoubtedly believes^that s|^eechos which will inflame the re^^publican gizzard will also tire the na^^tional heart. He therefore makes^speeches of that kind. They are vitu^^perative, pompous, flatulent und sincere.^Just so is Mr. Hiscock. He does not^know that his style of advocacy and de^^nunciation is becoming obsolete in ex^^actly the same pro|)ortion which civiliza^^tion is becoming fine and tolerant.
Quay'sSpiral Course.
Fromthe Detroit Free Press.
Thestatement that ^Senator Quay has^not yet decided what course to pursue^^with reference to bis arraignment before^the house as a felon by a republican con^^gressman will surprise no one. The sen-^ator bus lieen for month undecided ^what^course to pursue^ in rcs|^ect to this very^grave charge and In consequence has^pursued no course all. It ia highly prob^^able that when fie docs decide what course^to pursue the course will be the same al^^ready pursued.
POLITICALGOSSIP.
Cheek,unadulterated gall and boodle^will lie relied upon by the republican^I Hisses to curry the ensuing election.^^Henton Pre**.
IfSeligman represented all the honor^of Montana it would Ih^ a good state to^leave, hut he doesn't do anything of the^kind. He falls far short of being a repre^^sentative republican. - Missoula (lazette.
TheStatesman suys everylMxIy should^vote the republican ticket, because the^^grand old party^ saved Idaho. Had it^not liecn for (iovernor Stevenson and^President Cleveland that paper und its^party would have liecn paying taxes iu^the state of Nevada, wilh the capital city^still at Carson. If pa-ly success is to^binge on tin1 preservation of Idaho, the^democrats will easily trot in two lengths^a In nl Idaho Democrat.
Billingsdemocrats received witli great^pleasure the news of the nomination of^Judge W. W. Dixon, of Butte, ua their^standard l^carcr this fall, ami it was par^^ticularly nnted that in tliia community^the selection of Judge Dixon as a candi^^date for ci ingress made a greater stir than^the cut-and-dried chestnut of ^Wire me^Tom,^ which was drop|^cd ti|k^n the re^^publican factiona last Friday. Judge^Dixon may get a majority in Yellowstone^this fall. He will certainly retlsce
Carter'smajority of last year n- than
half,-liilli'iti* ditfiatch to Indeftenilen',
Thedemocratic party has made a noble^start to carry the eleetu.n this fall. They^have nominated peerless men in the sev^^eral counties, and with united action they^will bo elected. Charles K. Duer of Cho-^ti-au, P. W. McAdow of Fergus, Kd Card-^well of Jefferson, S. K. Buford of Madi^^son, K. D. Malts of Missoula, D. i. Holi^^ness)-of Silver Bow and Paris (iibaon of^,.|e, who have lieen named are nil^winners. The needs of the country de-^Snunil that they should bo elected, and if^the democrats iret out and ^..rk .-very one^of them will be elected. -oVeaf fall*^Tnbunt.
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