Daily inter mountain. [volume], February 04, 1899, Page 2, Image 2

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1S99.
Democracy and Silver.
The Standard Is cne of the
newspapers that have felt that
an exact statement of the ratio
Is not a vital factor in silver's
restoration. T he ra'lo is a mat-i
I
ter of law; i' lias varied slightly
In our own currency; our ratio
has also varied slightly from teh
one that has ruled in some other
countries. The world's ex
changes practically f.x the ra
tio—Anaconda Standard, Janu
ary 9, IS99.
SIXTEEN PAGES.
TUE ARMY BEEF QUESTION.
General Miles' declaration that the beef
furnished the American army in Cuba |
vas tile and unlit for consumption, has
caused no end of trouble outside as well
as inside of army circles. General Eagan 1
put his foot in it by characterizing Miles' '
statement as false, and by using some '
Very vigorous, pointed language touching !
the charge which a court-martial de- |
dared was unbecoming an officer and a !
gentleman. Eagan is now repenting his
indiscreet words in sackcloth and ashes.
In the meantime, however, the beef ques
tion is not resting, it is being kept before
the world and will be kept there until,
liko the silver question, it be settled and
"settled right."
It has been determined that Miles must
prove his charges. There are many who
"'ant to know whether that beef was em- i
balmed, or whether it gained its unsavnrv •
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flavor from contact with Cuban air or
some other unclean surroundings. There
is a good deal depending upon the proper
solution of that problem. The govern- |
ment is interested in it to the extent, if '
not farther, of learning whether it was |
swindled by conscienceless beef contrac
tors and, incidentally, ascertaining
whether our soldiers w r ere forced to eat
unwholesome meat. The beef contractors
take a lively interest in the solution of
the beef question. If they palmed nasty,
unhealthy beef upon the government they
want to know, and that mighty quick,
whether they have been found out in
their swindle, and where to find the most
secluded spot in which to hide. The peo
ple, at large, are much concerned about
the matter, as much of their peace of
mind depends upon learning whether
their dead soldier friends or loved brother,
son, husband or father were killed by
rotten beef or malaria.
In order to set at rest ail these charges
and counter charges which have grown
out of this army beef question, the presi
dent will take a hand in determining their
truth or falsity, and if true of fixing the
responsibility where ti belongs. To this
end General Miles will be called upon to
make his allegations good, but noL till
after the report of the war investigation
commission, now in session, shall be re
ceived. In the meantime the general will
occupy the anxious seat recently vacated
by General Eagan.
THE INCORRIGIBLES.
Butte has its good people, its bad peo
ple, its negative or indifferent people,
•nd its incorrigibles. The three former
•re grown, can take cars of themselves,
or suffer the consequorees for abusing
themselves or violating the law, the lat
ter must be cared for by their parents,
or by the county, or by the state. That
is a self-evident fact. Butte will size
up with western cities In the percentage
of its intelligent, progressive, law-abid
ing citizens to good advantage, and may,
possibly, stand off any of them when U
comes to enumerating the incorrigibles
in the state, but it seems that its num
bers of the latter offensively project
themselves before the readers of the ter
ritorial press about this time of the
year. This fact may be due to certain
conditions arising out of the struggle for
an existence by the many, the efforts of
as many for the comforts of life, and the
race of others for wealth. But be the
cause what it may, the fact remains that
Butte has too many boys and girls who
may be properly classed as "incorrigi
bles."
In too many instances the youths them
selves are not to blame. If surrounded
by proper influences they would, doubt
less, select honorable pathways in life,
but when tempted by prospects of tem
porary gain, or when forced to yield obe
dience to conscienceless guardians or
parents, their sensibilities become dulled,
their innocence is destroyed by intimacy
with crime and they easily graduate
from their unclean teachings to the inner
walls of the prison or the reform school.
The latter catch them in the long run.
Who is at fault—the child or the parent?
The answer Is learned at the hearth
stones of the Indifferent, or the careless
or the ignorant or the vicious parents,
where the command is given, "Rustle
boys! Rustle girls! Coal or wood must
be obtained for the fire, oil for the lamp,
clothes for the body and bread for the
mouth!" And they "rustle" until some
watchful patrolman hustles them to the
city bastile, from which a sobbing parent
rescues them, or a lenient judge releases
them with an admonition to go and sin
no more.
This is not an overdrawn or fairy tale.
The unwritten experiences of our city
peace officers will verify the statement
that many a child in Butte is being
trained for the prison or the reform
school. It is to be regretted that the
parent should escape the penalty which
the child, through its home teachings,
or lack of proper teaching, has incurred,
If the punishment were to fall where
the blame lies. Butte would have fewer
.
incorrigibles and a less number of incipi
ent candidates for the penitentiary.
THE STOCK OUTLOOK.
Recent reports from the ranges in the
eastern portion of the state indicate that
stockmen will suffer heavy losses from
the effects of the blizzard, snow storm
and biting cold weather which have pre
, . . ,,
vailed throughout Montana during the
past few days. If the weather does not
soon change for. ttye better, the unpre
cedented losses of 1S&5-S7 will be repeated
| to a large extent! The losses of that
' winter taught stockmen a lesson by
| which they have profited, as is evidenced
by their method of handling and caring
for their herds and flocks.
As equally discouraging reports come
from Wyoming ranges. Heavy losses are
predicted by well-informed cattlemen as
the outcome of the recent storms, deep
snow and low temperature. Idaho also
reports anticipated losses from the same
cause. Still the worst is not known, nor
hae the mercury halted in its downward
course.
SOMEWHAT CHILLY.
Old timers are having their innings
now, and enjoying a sweet revenge. Dur
ing the past decade or so many of them
have been left talking to empty chairs
and bare walls, by their listeners, when
in the midst of some truthful story in
which they related their experiences with
storms and snows and Klondike weather
in portions of the Rooky mountains.
There has been some pretty cold weather
in Montana—real cold weather—it is only
somewhat chilly just now. If old Borias
would give the mercury or spirits in our
theremometers a solar plexus uppercut,
and drop either down into the forty's or
sixties and keep it there for a week or
two, our erstwhile incredulous pilgrims
will have the opportunity to enjoy some
nince, cool, bracing weather. If only to
verify the weather record of the past old
times will be justified in wishing tjie blow
will be struck. It is only a little chilly
now«
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THE LEAVENIS WORKING.
Coupled with the news that the rail
road system in Cuba has been purchased
by a syndicate composed of American
and Canadian capitalists comes the sur
prising announcement that the Spaniards
of that island, numbering 600,000 strong,
desire the annexation of Cuba to the
United States. They hold that they are
not alone in the desire; that many of the
wealthier Cubans, who do not favor the
ascending to power of the revolutionary
party, join them in the wish to become
a part of this great country, and that if
a vote were taken on the annexation
proposition the result would be largely
in favor of a union with America.
The wish may bo father to the thought
as far as the Spaniards are concerned,
but be it as it may, there is no question
that the leaven of liberty is working in
the hearts of the people of the Great
Antilles. They have felt the prowess of
Americans on the land and on the sea.
They have witnessed the superiority of
these children of free Institutions in
scores of directions new to them, and
have become impressed with the advan
tages with which a liberty of conscience
and of action clothe them. They want
some of that pie themselves, and do not
hesitate to declare their readiness to
come into the American household and
partake thereof.
There may be quite a large number of
Cubans who would oppose the annexation
scheme, not because It is not feasible
and is impracticable, but because they
have, from the beginning of their war
with their erstwhile mother country,
cherished the hope that they could or
would succeed to desirable positions in
the new order of tilings which their suc
cess would create. It is but natural that
these men would oppose any departure
from plans which promised the fruition
of their hopes.
But the leaven is working 3nd is be
ing aided by the somewhat—to them—
humiliating knowledge that their pov
erty would, eventually, render them pow
erless to act for good or for evil, if the
United States did not come forward to
help them bridge over difficulties which
they could not, unaided, overcome. As
they march along upon the lines marked
out by this government they will, soonèr
or later, become convinced that a much
stronger hand than their own must lead
them to a destiny which they cannot at
tain single-handed and alone. When
they learn this much they will seek what
they now spurn—annexation to the most
wealthy, most powerful, most progressive
and most enlightened nation on earth.
WHAT A WOMAN SAYS
A woman, writing for the "special wo
man's edition" of the Coming Nation,
says very many good and pertinent
tilings about her sex, many of which will
bear reproduction, and, in view of the
interest takc.n in the woman suffrage
question, are worth remembering.
"The highest ambition held out to wo
man," says the writer, "used to be to
renounce the world, today it is to capture
it." Once she was expected to yield or
give up everything. Today she is urged
to take. She was taught to want little
and be satisfied. Today she wants every
thing she can think of, and to get more,
if possible. This has a libelous flavor,
but remember a woman wrote it, prob
ably to institute a comparison between
the woman of her youth and the woman
of today.
The maxim that "necessity Is the
mother of invention" holds just as good
today as it did a century ago, but that
"desire is the mother of possesssion" is
oftener repeated. If a woman has no
longing to learn she will never accomplish
anything. If ambition is simply a word
she learned to spell when a child, she
will sit idly by all her life and never
know the meaning. If she considers
"love" a well regulated emotion, strictly
confined to the family circle, she is living
in a cold cellar when she might be out
under the broad expanse of heaven's own
blue. In a word, a woman should do
all she can. be all she can, desire all she
can, and attain all she can. Read the
highest, deepest, broadest meanings in
life and reach out for the perfect fulfill
ment of all she can think of.
The unthinking world says many un
kind things about woman's work and
wages—woman in the industrial world.
Some say she should stay at home, never
have a care, worry about nothing, and
never vote. Let the men attend to all
that, they are the bread-wlaner Cor th^
family, and women should not enter into
competition with men and thus lower the
wage scale. This may be answered by
asking another question or two. How
can a woman stay in a home if she has
no home? Who will win her bread if
she has neither husband nor father? If
we institute and maintain a competitive
system, why should one-half the popula
tion bo withheld from participating in
that "incentive to action" which is the
prime recommendation? There is no nat
ural law that says a woman shall not
work. If she wants work why not give
her the opportunity? If she can work
and accumulate property, who will say
she shall not? If none, then why should
she not have a word to say about its
management and its rate of taxation?
Why should she not have a voice in the
government of her own affairs? If these
questions be answered in the affirmative,
why should she not be heard at the bal
lot box? Why should she not vote? Is
a woman who has tact and ability to
acquire property quite as fully equipped
to cast an intelligent ballot as the man
who has shuffled along in life without
his name appearing upon the assessment
roll? Of course she is. Does a woman
unsex herself if she is endowed by her
Creator with the strength and brains
to possess herself of property? No one
will question her right to do so. Why
should a woman be asked to take $40 a
month for work a man cannot do better
or faster and gets $75 a month? Is there
any justice in this? No one will contend
there is, yet this discrimination is being
made every day right under our noses.
This brings us again to the female suf
frage and the asking of another ques
tion or two which may thus be stated:
If a woman's labor is as valuable in
certain industrial lines as a man's in the
same vocation, why is not her vote as
valuable to the community at large as
is her workmate's It is true a woman
is held as a voteless creature, and as
such is generally held as occupying an
inferior position, but, measuring the vote
of a woman and that of a man by the
influence either may have for good or
evil upon the community, they equally
balance in the scales of justice; but,
• measuring them by the assurance, noise
and hurrah of man, the man's vote is esti
mated at higher figures. And thatisabout
the difference between the worth of the
respective votes. But when it comes to
the price of each, the man's may be pur
chased for bills of three figures—the wo
man's is not for sale. Who ever heard of
a woman voter being bribed? Now and
then a man may be. Let the woman
vote.
the gallant to its erstwhile dis
There was a time in the memory of the
youngest of Butte's citizens when fusion
among political parties for the remoneti
zation of silver at r ratio of lfi to 1, was a
most beautiful creation, crowned with a
tiara of gold and silver bedecked with rib
bons, silken attire and flowers and eham/
pioned—by what it pleased to term itself—
the democratic party. That beautiful
creation lias been placed in cold storage
by its escort, while the latter is now
playin
carded disavowed gold bug. Time works
surprising changes.
It now transpires that General Gomez
was not authorized to accept Mr. Portor's
$3,000,000 to dis'band the Cuban army and
send the soldiers to their homes. Many of
the generals, acting under the order of
Commander-in-Chief Gomez, mount their
high horses and declare that the $3,000,000
is a gift from the United States which it
would be humiliating to accept. It is
JULIUS ELLINfiER & CO'S
Madge Lessing
High-Grade Cigars
H. L. FRANK
DISTRIBUTOR BUTTE, MONT.
quite likely, however, that if $60,000,000
were offered them the sum would be ac
cepted "with thanks." That would not be ■
"humiliating." They also declare that the
army cannot be disbanded without an or- !
der from the Cuban assembly, and that
Gomez has no authority over the matter,
oil of which may be true. But the aver- j
age Cuban, who is holding no soft thing
in the army and who wants to see the sol
diers at home, and working to put the is
land on its feet, will believe that Gomez
did right in accepting Portor's money. It I
seems, however, that the end is not yet.
THE GRAKD OPERA HOUSE
G, O. McFarland, Resident Mgr.
Two Nights Only. Commencing Sunday,
February 5,
The Great Cuban War Drama,
PRISONER OF SPAIN
A vivid and realistic presentation of
American patriotism, including comedy,
pathos and heroism. Thrilling, exciting,
stirring episodes during the campaign of
our army under General Shafter at San
tiago. A thoroughly American drama,
full of comedy and excitement.
PRICES—25c., 50c., 75e and $1.00.
UNION THEATER
DICK P. SUTTON. Mgr. - - - Phone, 13
Weefc Commencing Monday, January 30
Andrew McPhee's
Big Dramatic and Vaudeville Co
Military Band and Orchestra.
25-- PEOPLE--25
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday—"A
Husband's Mistake."
Thursday and Friday—"The Two Or
phans."
Saturday and Sunday "East Lynne."
Matinees Saturday and Sunday.
Week Feb. Gth. HOYT'S "BUNCH OF
KEYS."
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
3 Nights nml Saturday Matinee, Commenc
ing Thursday. February 2d.
MESSRS. SMITH AND RICE
Present the Quaint Comedian
WILLIE COLLIER
In the Famous Farce
THE MAN FROM MEXICO
By H. A. Du Souchet. Author of "My
Friend From India."
Night prices—25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50.
Matinee—25c, 50c ,75c and $1.00. Sale of
seats Wednesday Feb. 1st, 10 a. m.
THE UNION FAMILY THEATER
DICK P. SUTTON, Manager. Phone 13
Every Evening at 8:30; Saturday and
•Sunday at 2:30 p. m., during the
Week of Monday, Feh 6th
A FESTIVAL OF LAUGHTER!
THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY!
HCTSTT'S
A Bunch of Keys
Or The Hotel
ADA BOTHNER, AS "TEDDY,"
And a Splendid Company of Farce Com
edy Favorites,
In the Latest Hits, Fads, Songs and
Da.nees of the Day.
Superb Specialty Features and the
Funniest Melange of Muscial Merriment
ever before Produced. A new departure
j in Fascinating Effects.
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J.E.TUITE
Dealer la
Monuments, Tablets
Copings, Ett
In Ttallr a and American
Mar bio, Scotch nad
American Grulte,
Wire and Iron Rail*
tars.
304 S. Montana Street
PROFIT
To the one who does your painting
will depend largely on the quality
of material he uses. The most
Profitable
Painting
You caffftdve done Is the kind where
good material is used and good
workmen are employed. That'S
what makes
Durable
Painting
Which in the end you will find is
cheapest. To be frank with you its
the only kind we care to do and we
do it at prices that will pay you to
have it done.
TBE SCHATZLEIN PAINT CO
14 West Broadway
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Under State Supervision. Interest Paid
on Denosit3.
Loans Made to Stockholders on Real
Estate Security. Guaranteed
First Mortgages for Sale.
Trustees—Lee Mantle, president; Chas.
Schatzlein, vice president; Fayette Har
rington. treasurer; Charles R. Leonard,
attorney; A. B. Clements, secretary;
F. Aug. Hcinze. Henry Mueller. Frank
Harkins.
JOHN A. CREIGHTON........President
G. W. STAPLETON......Vice President
T. M. IIODGENS..................Cashier
Stat9 Savings Bank
Paid in Capital ...................$100.00®
Surplus and Undivided Profits.... 50,00®
Corner Main and Park Streets, Butte.
Under State Supervision and Jurisdiction
Interest Paid on Deposits.
Sells exchange available in all the
principal cities of the United States and
Europe. Collections promptly attended
to.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING
BUSINESS.
DIRECTORS—J. A. Creighton. Omaha;
G. W. Stapleton, A. H. Barret, E. D.
Leavitt, S. V. Kemper. T. M. Iiodgens.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF BUTTE.
Andrew J. Davis................President
James A. Talbot..........Vice President
E. B. Weirlck......................Cashier
George Stevenson......Assistant Cashier
A General BauKim Ensinass Traasailil
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
We draw direct on all the principal
cities of Europe and issue our own let
ters of credit, available in all parts of th,
world.
Special attention given to collections.
27 N. MAIN STREET
W. A. Clark. J. Ross Clark.
W. A. Clark & Bro
(Successors to Clark & Larabie.)
ean:eceir-3
Tiansacts a General Banking Business.
Buy Gold Dust. Gold Bars, Silver Bul
lion and Local Securities.
Boxes for rent in the only Safety De
posit Vault in the city.
Sell exchange available in all of the
principal cities of the United States and
Europe.
Special attention g! 'en to collections.
ALEX J. JOHNSTON, Cashier.
Win. L. Ilogo. R. C. Chambers. Marcus
Daly, M. B. Brownlee, F. E. Sai géant.
Hoge, Brownlee & Co
BANKERS
Eutte City, Montam.
Transact a General Faiitrir r mvA
Collections promptly attended to. Ex
change drawn on all the leading cities of
Europe.
HOGE, DALY & CO.. ANA ON JA
CORRESPONDENTS:
Wells. Fargo & Co.. Now York.
Wells. Fargo & Co.. Fait Lake.
Wells. Fargo & Co., San Francisco.
Omaha National Bank, Omaha.