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DAILY INTER MOUNTAIN
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Official Paper of Silver Bow County.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1S99.
LESSONS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Having secured seven out of the eleven
official positions in issue before the voters
of Butte last Monday, despite the meth
ods employed by the local managers of
the democratic party, the republicans of
this city feel that the future is radiant
■with political hope. A majority of from
1,500 to 2,000 was confidently anticipated
•by the best posted men in the democratic
party, and the average republican- con
ceded the overwhelming defeat of his
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party twenty-four hours before the polls
opened. ]
Nearly every republican in the city j
went to the polls feeling within his heart
that the fight was a hopeless one, in view
of all the circumstances, while the demo
cratic leaders were jubilant over the fore- j
cast of an easy victory. But the results !
show that the republicans largely over
estimated the fighting qualities of their
opponents, while the democrats thor
oughly misunderstood the temper of the
people.
In electing but three aldermen out of
eight, by narrow margins, and their can
di late for mayo: by a majority of only
221 v.'tes out of a total poll of 7,712. the
d- mocrats. to ail intents and purposes,
suffered a complete collapse. If the com
bina: ans :1. the coercion practiced,
the- mon y ex: nil and the bulldozing
i sort i : . added to ÏÎLe WÎKslèsale at
tempt a: 'Legal registration, can land
tin- démocratie r. ...in-'-e for mayor by so
small a margin, what might have been
expected on a fair and square contest
over the issues?
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Moreover, the one man landed in a city
office by the democrats had the benefit
of the political terror and inactivity of
weak-kneed republicans, as well as the
silent vote of many of those who oppos d
the platform lie stood on, but who ac
cepted his quiet, sub rosa repudiation of
it in good faith and voted for him. Had
any one of the elements referred to been
lacking from their campaign, the defeat
of the democracy would have been total
and complete. As it is, there is nothing
in it that savors of a victory for that
party, or that can inspire it with auy
hope for the future.
Over sanguine democrats may hope for
a final welding of the two factions of the
party, that might to some extent increase
Its voting strength, but they will hope in
vain. Each faction lias crossed the Rubi
con and burned the bridges behind it.
After making its city campaign on an
anti-Clark platform, the democracy of
this city cannot recall its words of cen
sure while that gentleman sits in the sen
ate of the United States, without making
itself the laughing stock of the state and
advertising its own insincerity of pur
pose. On the other hand, the Clark men
cannot take their enemies to their arms
in sweet political communion until an
tumble apology has been engrossed and
placed on file in the archives of the party.
And there you are.
Tin- fact is, the democracy of this city
played all its trumps in the late campaign
and took in only one small jack-pot on
a fluke. The lesson that has been admin
istered to that political organization is
one that must hereafter be respected in
the politics of Butte, or it will be repeated
with additional emphasis in the next cam
paign that rolls around. Jt must be re
membered that a .majority of the voters
of Butte are respectable, law-abiding cit
izens-, who intend to eliminate from the
politics of this city the briber, the bull
dozer and the thug.
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The man who registers illegally for the
purpose of casting an illegal vote, the
man why plys the art of the bribe-giver
on election day, the man who prostitutes
the badge of a peace officer, abetting
crime and bulldozing those who protest
against it. must go—and stand not upon
the order of his going. 'Men of this type
cut a wide swath last Monday, and to the
commendable patience of leading repub
licans and other law-abiding citizens is
due the fact that some of them escaped
the immediate punishment invited by
their crimes. '
But they have had their day, and here
after let it be said that respectability and
manliness and honesty are the most po
tential factors in the political life of this
progressive city. Ix>cal democratic man
agers have been taught a lesson that
ought to clear the political atmosphere
of the future and place the affairs of this
city on a higher and cleaner basis. If
that end shall have been attained the
victory of Monday was indeed a. sweep
ing one.
WHERE IS HE AT?
One of the interesting features of the
political aftermath of the late city cam
paign:, is the struggle now going on be
tween the esteemed Anaconda Standard
and tlm esteemed Butte Miner over the
ownership of Mayor-elect McCarthy. The
Standard insists that Mr. McCarthy ran
or. the anti-Clark platform, refused to
climb down off it on the suggestion of the
Miner, was elected on that issue and is
therefore a dyed-in-the-wool Anaconda
Is
is
therefore a dyed-in-the-wool Anaconda
standard democrat. The Miner, however,
j s equally insistent that Mr. McCarthy
which he stood, that he was forced to
stand on it because the party that n.om
mated him wanted to defeat him, and
lid not approve of the platform upon
that he was rescued from the awful jaws
p f an impending defeat by the votes of
men who knew that he didn't have any
confidence in his own standing—that is,
in the platform upon which he stood.
Like the case of the two old women who
appeared before King Solomon, when
that distinguished gentleman was serv
ing in Jerusalem in the position that
Normoyle'"wanted, each claiming posses
sory title to a child that was in dispute,
it may be-com- necessary to cut Mr. Mc
Carthy in two and make a Eaiii 1 and equ
able distribution oFKfs honor between the
Standard and the Miner. In fact, the
mayor-elect must feel considerably cut
up already.
With the official organ of one faction
of the democratic party claiming that
Mr. McCarthy was elected to carry out
the platform of principles on which he
stood, and that he is true to the political
footing of tin 5 campaign; and the official
I organ of the other wing of the party de
claring ir effect that he was the victim of
political oh'.•umslances over which he
had no control, and should repudiate the
platform upon which he ran, inasmuch as
the election is over, that gentleman is
certainly placed in a situation where si
lence cannot relieve the embarrassment.
The public, over whom he is shortly to
preside, would like to know just where
Mr. McCarthy is at. That he may not be
accused of partiality in discriminating
between the Standard and the Miner, the
columns of the Inter Mountain are open
to the mayor-elect for an interview de
fining his post-bellum position on the
platform declarations of the campaign.
As this |>aper did all t'hat it honorably
could do to defeat Mr. McCarthy—even
going to the extreme of quoting the Ana
conda Standard's editorial opinion of
him—a statement of facts concerning his
views of the late platform upon which he
ran can appear in theta- columns with
perfect propriety.
The controversy now being waged over
Mr. McCarthy by the recognized official
j organs of the two democratic factions in
this city, has whetted the public appe
tite to a point where guess work should
cease and definite knowledge be attain
ed as to the course which bis honor in
tends to pursue. The natural inference
, . , ,, . .,
is that a man indorses (he platform on
which he stands as a candidate for office,
in default of any duly authorized public
statement to the contrary. If this be true
in the case of Mr. McCarthy that gentle
man stands committed, as mayor of
Butte, to champion the tight against Mr.
W. A. Clark which will be made in the
senate of the United States.
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•
No other course will be left open to him,
unless he publicly repudiates that portion
of the platform upon which he was elect
ed which assailed the honor and Integrity
of the senator-elect. With his status on
this question in dispute the public Is en
titled to an expression from Mr. Mc
Carthy that wiii set the matter at rest. It
Is a question in which the public feels a
vital interest, and having been made a
campaign issue by the democracy behind
the candidacy of Mr. McCarthy that gen
tleman's attitude is one of great public
concern.
As mayor of Butte,the home of Senator
elect Clark. Mr. McCarthy will unques
tionably exercise a great influence, either
of an affirmative or negative character,
on the pending contest in the senate tff
the United States The public, therefore,
is entitled to an expression from the
mayor-elect as to his attitude on this
question. Silence or. his part admits of
no other construction than that he is in
full sympathy with the anti-C!a,rk plat
form upon which he stood as a candidate,
and that he will carry out its declara
tions of censure to the extent of his influ
ence as mayor of the city of Butte.
ANOTHER BLOW AT SILVER.
In the election of Harrison to the may
oralty of Chicago the democrats of that
city have administered a terrible blow to
the free coinage issue, for to accomplish
that feat it was necessary to retire ex
Governor Altgeld to the rear. Next to
Mr. Bryan himself, Altgeld stood as the
most conspicuous advocate and champion
tional platform of 1S9G. He is the ac
knowledged free silver leader among the
of the re-adoption of tlie democratic na
democrats of Illinois, and his defeat by
Harrison places that wing of the Party
the background in the future politics
of the Sucker state.
Had the democracy of Chicago stood
by A It geld instead of Harrison, the west
ern wing of that party might have enter
tained some hope of dominating its coun
cils in 1900, even if the Anaconda Stand
ard has repudiated the free coinage ratio.
But in knifing the ex-governor for a man
whose sympathy with the eastern wing
of the democratic party is pronounced,
the democracy of Chicago has given the
firee coinage wing of its party a stunning
blow. ____
The democrats of Denver elected- a
lawyer to the office of mayor. Unlike
Butte, the truly faithful of Colorado's
capital believe that a. man at the head
of municipal government ought to un
derstand law.
derstand law.
The Talk oi the Day.
There is a bank in Tokio, Japan, with a
capital of $5,000,000 and a reserve fund of
$3,230,000, which advertises the following
board of directors: Baron H. Mitsui, Gen
noosuke Mitsui, Genyemon Mitsui, Taka
yasu Mitsui, Hachiro-jiro Mitsui, Sabur
o Silke Mitsui, Fakutaro Mitsui, Morino
suke Mitsui, Takenosuke Mitsui, Yono
suke Mitsui, and Tokuyemon Mitsui. The
first named is the father, and the others
are his s-ons. Every share of stock be
longs to the family, and) it is announced j
that they assume an unlimited responsi
bility for all the liabilities of the bank.
In Cu.bt—The Paymaster—This is, you
say, the Cuban Army of the West?
The Interpreter—Yes, senor.
The Paymaster—That is «he general on
the right, r suppose?
The Interpreter—It is. senor.
"And all those officers about him are
his staff?"
"His staff, and his sub-staff, senor."
"And that large group over there?"
"The line officers, senor."
"And those men. to the left.''
"Captains and sub-captains, senor."
"And that very large body at the ex
treme right?"
"Uleute.nan.ts, sub-lieutenants and bre
veted lieutenants, senor."
"That seems to be all. Hold on ! T "y*ho is
that soldier with the gun in the left back
ground?"
"'That's the army, senor."—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"The Hull (England) Mall," tells this
story: "A short time since the daughter
of a millionaire drove up to the door of a
jeweller's shop, went in and secured a
turquoise and diamond ring valued at 250
She made out her check for that sum and
passed it to the assistant. The alert
young man glanced at it. and then look
ed inquiringly up at the young woman
and «aid: 'There is some mistake here, I
think.' The young woman flushed, and
asked if the check was not for the right
amount. She was told that it was, but—
'but what?' she exclaimed frigidly. 'Do
you mean that my c.h"ck is not accept
able?' The assistant acknowledged that
he knew who the young woman was. but
explained that the check was not made
out just as it should be. And he handed
Ht back. The girl ran her eye ever it and
thef) turmH i a crimson. Oh'- she
exclaimed, '1 sei !' And then she proceed
ed to make out another cln r-k. Sic had
signed the first one, 'Your own sweet
heart, Jessie.' "
Dut ing Mr Cleveland's tour - f the south
shortly after has marriage. Mrs. Cleve
land and he were driving mi. day through
the streets- of one of the larger town«, es
corted by two of its citizens. Some one
threw a buncli of violets to Mrs. Cleve
land, and Mr. Cleveland bent forward to
catch it, remarking as he presented it, 'I
wonder why no one gives me flowers?"
One of the gentlemen present gallantly
replied: "We thiinik you have won the
fairest flower in all Ibe land!"
"Ah, yes," returned the president, "but
you see, I ean't keep her in water."
"It. Is not necessary, since you keep her
in such excellent spirits," was the reply.
Here Mrs. Cleveland interposed, saying,
"I am afraid you are guilty of flattery,"
whereupon came the reply:
"No. madam; flattery is fulsom compli
ment, and in this instance no compliment
could be either too frank or too fulsom!"
The charm of this response lies in the last
and fourth? from the last words, Mrs.
Cleveland's maiden name being Frances
Folsom.—I.adies Home Journal.
Boulet de Monvel, the French artist,
says: "Why have American painters
never made use of their twenty-two-story
buildings in their pictures? Something
fantastic and imaginative could be done
with them."
The Case Not Fully Covered.—"Weil,
diil that fortune teller who advertised
tiyiit she could reveal your pa.st, present
art! future carry out her agreement?"
' ,v V es, I suppose she did. She said I had
been in love with a beautiful, dark-eyed
girl: that I am now in love with another,
and that I will marry somebody else. All
this seems to apply to my case. I have
been in love with a beautiful, dark-eyed
girl, and the one I love now is unfortu
nately the child of honest, but poor, pa
rents. I don't see why the fortune-teller
fpEgot to mention tha.t tall blonde and
the little Hoosier girl I used to be engag
ed. to, though."—Chicago News.
Prince Hilkoff, the Russian Minister of
Railways and Telegraphs, says that when
the Trans-Sibeerian railway is finished it
will be possible to travel around the world
in thiirty-three days, as follows:
"Bremen to St. Petersburg, one and
one-balf days.
"St. Petersburg to Vladivostoek, travel
ling by rail at the rate of thirty-two miles
an hour, ten days.
"Vladivostock to San Francisco by
j steamer, ten days
"San Francisco to New York by rail,
four and one-half days.
"New York to Bremen by steamer, in
seven days."
A Kansas boy in Manila thus writes
home: "My, you ought to see the gor
geousness of the insurgent officers. The
j little brown rascals strut around tn gold
j lace. They wear red trousers with dou
ble white stripes like our musicians, white
coats, green epaulets with gold stars on
them, and white caps with gold eagles,
and white shoes, and how they do strut!
'We are aching to get to shoot at them,
j^guinaldrfs 0 bos^o7^nc < l e Se Sam h ^The
| other day the sly brown rascals built a
huge bamboo house up near our outposts,
and then, working at night, made
blockhouse inside the bamboo and garri
soned it with 100 men. Funston ordered
them to take it down, and when they re
fused he called out the First and Second
battalions, but General MacArthur heard
of the trouble and stopped him. Otis is
j trying to use moral suasion, but I doubt
if he ever makes it go."
A natural soap mine and a paint mine
are two of the latest mineral discoveries
in the northwest. Several soda lakes have
been found in the foothills near Ashcroft,
B. C. Their bottoms and shores are en
crusted with a. natural washing com
pound. containing borax and soda. No
tfvo analyses agree exactly as to the com
position of the material. A New York
analysis gives-26 per cent borax, while a
Montreal chemist, from the same- sample,
gives 16 per cent borax. An Ottawa an
alysis showed only a trace of borax?
Tests p-rove t'he substance to be equal to
the washing powders in common use for
cleansing purposes. Trials by black
smiths and farm Workmen show that It
Will remove the greas-e an-d dirt quicker
than- soap.. After many such tests a syn
dicate of British Columbia men has been
formed to put the product on the market.
One of the members is- now in New York,
fbr that purpose. About two hundred and
seventy-five tons- of the compound have
been cut and taken out of one lake. It is
handled precisely as ice is handled. The
blocks are more than: nine inches in
thickness, are sawed in blocks fifteen by
eighteen inches, and weigh fifty pounds
each, it is estimated tha.t this lake alone
contains twenty thousand toms, proving
that the industry, if successful, will reach
large proportions.—Chicago Record.
j tor other girls in a speech given by Bessie
HINT FOR OTHER GIRLS
New York Times: There may be a hint
is
a
Tyree in "Americans at Home," at the
Lyceum theater. Her part requires her
to teach a young lover how to win an
other girl whom he fancies himself des
perately in love with. "You must begin
by making her jealous," she says, from
her store of worldly wisdom, "and the
best way to do it is to begin by sending
me some presents."
A FABLE FOR TEETOTALERS?.
Pick-Me-Up: An advocate of total ab
stinence was once lecturing to a large
and appreciative audience of his admir
ers, who knew not the taste of spirituous
liquors.
"Oh, my friends," he concluded, "let
me persuade you to shun the demon of
alcohol as- you would the plague. Avoid
ginger- beer, which contains an appre
ciable amount of pois-on. This is the only
pure and safe drink."
With these words he pointed to a tumbler
of water which stood on a table at h;s
side.
Two malevolent microbes of the ty
phoid group, who were disporting tin m
sylves in the water,burst into tits of dia
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bolfcal laughter on hearing this perora
tion, and loudly derided thtr fot'y of the
speaker.
The lecturer, having finished his dis
course, retired to his private room, tak
ing- the water with him, as he was un
commonly dry after his exertions.
"Poor fool!" soliloquized one of the
bacilli, "Learn not to be deceived by spe ■
cious appearances. In a few days your
blind trust will have brought you to a
bed of sickness."
At this moment the lecturer poured
away half of the water, and filled up the
tumbler with whisky from a tlask which
he produced from his. pocket a proceeding
which instantly proved fatal to the bold,
bad bacilli.
Moral—-Don't count your microbes be
fore they are Incubated.
A HUMAN TORCH.
Physicians at the Cooper hospital,
Camden, N. J., were amazed the other
day when a well-built man walked into
the receiving ward with volumes of
smoke pouring off both his face and
hands. This apparently human torch
was Frank Goff, an engineer on the Am
boy division of the Pennsylvania rail
road, who resides at No. 461) Trenton
avenue, a couple of blocks from the hos
pital. The doctors had - to exercise con
siderable ingenuity and pare to prevent
the smoking man from.burning the hos
pital, for he was literally burning up
under a coat of phosphorus.
For some time Goff has been experi
menting with chemicals, with a view to
treating wood for its preservation. Be
lieving that he had about accomplished
the desire of months of study he devoted
the last three days in preparing his prod
uct so that another man could do the
mixing. One of the chemicals used in
the preparation was morphous phosphor
us. In some manner unknown to Goff
this came in contact with another chem
ical, which caused a sudden explosion.
The burning mixture splashed up in
Goff's face and over his hands and arms,
and, suffering intensely, he hurried over
to the hospital.
The doctors applied permanganate of
potash, and that had the effect of coun
teracting the phosphorus, which was
rapidly bumig the skin off Goff's face
and hands and causing- smoke to roll
from his flesh as from an ordinary bon
fire,. While badly burned, Goff is not
considered in a, dangerous condition.
DR. MED; G. LEO HAGENBJRGER
Deutscher Arzt, 48 W. Park, Eutte. Tel. *uo.
Abdominal Diseases and Surgery, Dis
eases of Women and Children. Microscop
ical and Chemical Urinary Analysis Mada
THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE
Geo. O. McFarland, Mgr. Tel. 547.
Three Nights and Wednesday Matinee,
commencing
MONDAY, APRIL 10,
Engagement of the Young American
Tragedienne,
NANCE O'NEIL
In the following Repertoire:
Monday ........................."Magda"
Tuesday ..................."The Jewess"
Wednesday Matinee .........."Ingomar"
Wednesday Night .............."Camille"
Pl-lces—a&c., 59c., 75c. and $1.00.
THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE
FOUR NIGHTS
Commencing Thursday, April 6, with a
Matinee Saturday.
Important Engagement oi the Romantic Actor
MR. JOHN GRIFFITH
Of Faust Fame, Presenting H.s 3 Great Plays
THE AVENGER
THE BELLS
FOOL'S REVENGE
Supported by Kathryn Purnel! and a
Carefully Selected Company.
Prices $1.00. 75c, 50c, 25c.
Duo Family Heater
-BUTTE
DICK P. SUTTON...........MANAGER
Grand Opening
Easter Sunday, April 2nd
'Hie Beautiful Comedy Drama
"NANETTE "
Headed by
LITTLE ESTHER WALLACE
With a Strong S| ecially Company, pre
senting in tlie olio the following
Ea-t.-rn Artists,
The Great Vifanti; The Marvelous Sey
mours; 'The Great and Only Daly;
Hossley and Bestelle, and
Sommers and Neville
SPRING
8TEEN9T9
Wall Papers
J 11 till good grades. The •
climax of pretty patterns. I
It will make a différence |
whether your room is pa- \
pered with some severe,
ugly pattern, or a design
picked from the hundreds !
in our store, where you
will find the patterns are |
artistic, the coloring de
lightfully harmonious and
the prices the extreme of -
moderation.
TEE SCHATZLEIN PAINT CO
14 West Broadway
Jg!)
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Under State Supervision.
5 Per Cent Interest Payable
Quarterly Paid on Deposits.
. • • Money to Loan on
• ■ • Real Estate...
Trustees—Lee Mantle, president; Cha«.
Schatzlein, vice president; Fayette Har
rington, treasurer; Chartes R. Leonard,
attorney; A. FI. Clements, secretary;
F. Aug. Heinze. Henry Mueller, Frank
Haskins.
JOHN A. CREIGHTON........President
G W. STAPLETON......Vice President
T. M. HODGENS..................Cashier
Stato Savings Bank
Paid In Capital ...................$100.000
Surplus and Undivided 11-01113.... 50.001
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. Hodgens.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF BUTTE.
Andrew J. Davis................President
James A. Talbot..........Vice President
E. B. Weirick......................Cashier
George Stevenson......Assistant Cashier
A General Banking Bnsiuess Transast-ji
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 tha
world.
Special attention given to collections.
27 N. MAIN STREET
W. A. Clark.
J. Rosa Clark.
W. A. Clark & Bra
(Successors to Clark & Larable.)
b-A-Hstkiec hb
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Buy Gold Dust, Gold Bars, Silver Bul
lion and Local Securities.
Box-s for rent in the only Safety De
posit Vault in the city.
Se'l exchange available in all of the
principal cities of the United States and
Kurop?.
Special attention given to collections
ALEX J. JOHNSTON. Cashier.
Three Grand Promenade
Concerts and Balls.
Civen under the Auspices of the Musi
cians' Mutual Protective Union of
j Butte in
Renshaw Hall, Miner's Union
Hall and Auditorium.
FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 7th
! For the benefit of Butte Companies, B,
! p alK i g, First Regiment, Montana Vol-
unteers, now serving in the Philippines.
- expense attendant on this occasion,
! amounting to not less than $600, will be
borne by the Musicians' Union, and the
: hearty support of all organizations and
citizens is earnestly solicited to render
tivs the greatest occasion for the grand*
! t --t cause in the history of Butte,
i Tickets will be one silver dollar, admit-
I ting gentleman and lady, or one gentle-
I man. and tlie one-half of a silver dollar
j for each extra or unattended lady, good
for all halls, and interchangeable, and
can be obtained at Montana Music Co.
and Orton Bros.