Daily inter mountain. [volume], December 19, 1899, Page 2, Image 2

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Publishing Company.
M. A. BERGER. Manager.
86 West Granite street, Butte City. Mont.
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this office.
Official Paper of Silver Bow County.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1899.
THE RATIO LEFI OUT.
Following the adoption of the republi
can currency bill by the house of tepie
sentatives yesterday, a proclamation was
issued by Chairman Towne, and others,
purporting to be a silver republican ad
dress. It covered in large part the fi
nancial contention of that organization
in 1896. calling attention to the new meas
ure as a confirmation of the prophecies
then made as to the course that would be
pursued by the republican party. The
document closes with the statement that
"the undersigned took the steps leading
to the organization of the silver republi
can party" in 1S96, and makes a tearful
appeal to the public to again accept their
leadership.
There is nothing new or of special note
lri" the address to attract the attention of
the reader, as in its entirety it is merely
a reiteration of the political arguments of
the last presidential campaign, no new
points being brought out, further than the
allegation that the predictions then made
have been verified by the action of the
house yesterday in passing the bill re
ferred to. The chief interest in the ad
dress centers in the fact that no reference
rtvhatever is made to the ratio of 16 to 1—
an omission that would have been looked
upon as heresy in 1896.
It is clearly an indication that the sign
ers of the document are trying to shape
the policy of the organization which they
assume to represent so as to meet the
modified attitude of the democracy on the
Silver question. Mr. Towne, provisional
chairman of the silver republican party,
■who accepted a democratic salary to
sliape the course of the organization to
suit the political ends of one wing of the
[Montana democracy; and Mr. Hartman,
who is likewise a full-fledged bourbon,
thinly disguised for a political purpose,
are the prime movers in the issuance of ]
proclamations, addresses, bulls, and
other miscellaneous documents purport
ing to be the expressions of the party
Which they do not represent.
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It Is quite natural that these 1 men,
as well as some others who were more
lor less .prominent in the organization of
ithe silver republican ■party, should try
tto carry the membership with them into
'the ranks of the democracy. Were they
to stand out boldly and unequivocally for
free coinage at a ratio of 16 to 1, in season
and out of season, they would have con
siderable trouble in making spring de
liveries to a democracy that had placed
that fundamental feature of bimetallism
under its feet. To avoid distressing ac
cidents in transferring silver republicans
to the democratic party, as per the agree
ment entered into bv some of these al
leged leaders, it is necessary for them to
drop all references to the scientific ratio,
and confine themselves exclusively to
attacks upon the republican party. They
are perfectly safe in assuming that how
ever much the democracy may repudiate
'the fundamental features of bimetallism,
and emasculate the issue, it will be fer
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'nins.t any financial measure which the
republican party could devise, |
By easy stages, the men who assume to J
represent silver republican sentiment are j
following up the democratic system of
dropping the ratio from their bimetallic
arguments, in order that the two parties
imay keep within speaking distance of
each other, and thus facilitate the pro
cess of amalgamation. Very few silver
republicans, however, can be successfully
■wheedled into the democratic party by so
called leaders, who are figuring for per
sonal political recognition from the dem
ocracy instead of the welfare of the sil
ver cause.
With silver as a paramount issue in na
tional politics, as in 1896, the silver repub
licans would undoubtedly favor free coin
age at a ratio of 16 to 1, by the independ
ent action of this nation, but with that
issue retired, to make room for "anti
diwperialism" and other vagaries of that
type, the first duty of every silver re
publican is to stand loyally by the other
planks which formed a part of his plat-.
form in 1896, and to recognize the duty of
every patriotic American citizen when
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the integrity of the government is assail- :
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ed. No .silver republican, worthy the.
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courage that made him battle for the
right in 1896, will surrender his views as
to the fundamental principles of free coin
age, in order to kiss the unwashed feet
of democracy gone astray; nor will he
forget the obligations that rest upon him
as a citizen and a man, when questions
vital to the welfare and prosperity of the
nation have blossomed into life over the
grave which fickle toourbonism has dug
for the free coinage of silver.
THE ELECTION OF MR. MANTLE.
The following excerpt is from the
Flathead Herald-Journal, published at
Kalispell ;
Personally we don't know whether
money was used to elect W. A. Clark to
the United States senate or that money
was used to defeat him. Our belief on
that score cuts no figure. Like all good
citizens we would be glad if politics could
be purified, would rejoice if our officers
from top to bottom could be elected on
account of fitness, ability and integrity. *
«. * * * bave no t ^e slightest
doubt but that W. A. Clark was as fairly,
honestly elected to the United States
senate as was Thomas Carter, Lee Mantle
or their predecessors.
The Inter Mountain has no objection to
the Journal having any opinion it may
choose respecting the subject of the elec
tion of W. A. Clark as United States sen
ator, and whether his election was
brought about by bribery or not. Upon
that subject there is a wide divergence
of opinion in the state and the Inter
Mountain, in common with the disinter
ested people of Montana who belong to
neither faction of the democratic party,
will await with keen interest the outcome
of the full and complete investigation
promised by the senate committee, at
which it to be hoped all the facts will
come out. In the meantime it cannot be
denied that a very serious doubt has been
cast upon Mr. Clark's right to the seat by
the serious charges which have been
preferred against him and which are be
ing aggressively followed up.
The Inter Mountain, however, enters a
most vigorous protest against the whole
sale grouping of names in the foregoing
excerpt.
The Journal admits that it "does not
know whether money was used to elect
Mr. Clark to the senate," but it has not
"the slightest doubt but that he was as
fairly and honestly elected as was Thom
as Carter or Lee Mantle or their prede
cessors." In other words, if it should de
velop that Mr. Clark's election was secur
ed through bribery, then, according to the
Journal's logic, every one of Mr. Clark's j
predecessors was elected, by the same
means
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So far as Senator Mantle is concerned, ■
we venture the assertion that it has nev- !
er been so much as whispered that he se
cured his election by the corrupt use of !
money. On the contrary, the universal !
comment at the time of his election was !
that one United States senator, at least,
had been honestly elected to represent
Montana, against whom no charge of bri
bery or corruption could lie. Mr. Mantle,
himself, took great pride in the generally
acknowledged fact, and when the gov
ernor presented him with the certificate
of election before the assembled thou
sands, he replied that "it had come to him
unstained by a single act which need
bring the blush of shame to the cheek of
any friend or supporter of his."
It is not the purpose of the Inter Moun
tain to reflect upon any gentleman who
!
has filled the high office of United States !
senator from this state, but so far as Mr.
Mantle is concerned we do not propose to
permit any reflection upon his election,
either by inference, innuendo or deduc
tion.
Goebel'® contest for the gubernatorial
seat of Kentucky will be based on the
alleged presence of troops at the polls in
violation of law, and the intimidation of
voters! An address will be issued to the .
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Goebel,
democrats of that state to assist
in taking his seat. A few
neck-tie parties are needed in that baili
wick.
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first-class
^ Theatre goers will sincerely regret
the breaking down of the famous come- j
| dian, Sol. Sniith Russell, in Chicago last 1
J night. It <is to be hoped that his collapse ;
j is of a temporary character only. He
bas amused, entertained and edified
thousands, and has a warm spot in the
hearts of the American public.
General Lawton, the famous fighter,
was killed at the head of his troops at
San Mateo, near Manila yesterday. His
death will be deeply regretted by all who
appreciated the splendid qualities of the
men, both in military and civil life.
Yesterday a man turned up alive and
well in Chicago, who was supposed to
have been shot and killed in St. Louis,
and whose body bad been fully identi
fied. St. Louis is about discouraged try
ing to kill off live Chicago men.
Eleven democrats in the house voted
for the republican currency bill, and a
■number—including Campbell of Montana
—dodged the roll call by being absent
from the house.
WHERE WAS CAMPBELL?
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The Hon. Adonis Jehosophat Caimpbell
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of Montana, did not vote against the re
publican currency bill in the house y
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terday.
He was absent from his post of duty,
■and was paired on that measure.
Some years ago when Senator Carter
was in the house he was paired on a flnan
j™ 1 Proposition, and the democratic press
of this state finished the job of pairing
*
by skinning him in their editorial col
umns.
Noiw comes the accredited congrjfssion^,
al representative of the Anaconda .^tandr
ard with the record of an absentee'whenr>
the vote was taken on a bill to legalize
the single gold standard! pi
Why was not Mr. Campbell on the floor-.
of congress trying to prevent that 1 measej
ure from becoming a law?
Why did not his silver tongue pour,
forth a little melted lava for the adorn
ment of the situation?
Why did he leave the field of battlV
when the crisis was on?
Was he absent to assist in the work of
preparing a silver republican kick against
the passage of a bill which he refused to
stand up and fight to its face?
Or, was he too busy signing affidavits,
showing the corruption of the democratic
party in Montana, to remain at his post
of duty when the climax came?
Is it possible that he recalled the bibli
cal injunction to "Remember thy Cre
ator in the days of thy youth," and had
enough respect for the Amalgamated
Copper trust to abstain from casting his
vote against, the gold bill?
Montana silver men would like to find
out why Congressman Campbell did not
remain at his post o-f duty when the gold
standard was being fastened upon the
country.
THE CURRENCY BILL.
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The currency bill which passed the
house yesterday introduces nothing new
into the financial affairs of the nation,
insofar as the question of the double
standard of monetary values is con
cerned. When silver was demonetized,
and deprived of its place as money of
ultimate redemption, gold became the
standard of values, and the financial
transactions of the government, milder
both democratic and republican admin
istrations, have been conducted along
that line. The new republican measure
merely confirms to gold the position it
acquired through the demonetization of
silver.
Were business conditions adversely
affected through the pending law* and
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public sentiment reversed to such an
(extent as to demand its repeal as the
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price of national prosperity, men favor*
! through the operations of the national
.
, I ready to avail itself of the right! to ret
treasury in the redemption of outstand
ing obligations by the payment of silver.
The new currency bill shuts off this
safety valve, and puts the single stand
ard system on trial on its merits without
any opportunity for retreat should a na
tional emergency arise.
Heretofore, the single standard policy
has been in a position to justify itself
through fortuitous circumstances, while
able to free coinage would doubtless be
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placed in control of national affaira. The
same force that would register the will
of the people in favor of free coinage!
would carry with it the repeal of any
law calculated to confirm the gold stand
ard. It therefore follows that the enact
ing of the pending bill into a law im
poses no burden upon the free coinage
movement which it did not originally
sustain.
It does not materially alter the relative
positions taken by the advocates and op
ponents of the bimetallic policy, further
I than to place the burden of proof upon
the single standard men. In default of
the pending law, it lay it all times within
the power of the gold men to retrieve to
some extent any national misfortune
growing out of their financial system
deem governmental obligations in^sltvfr
should that necessity arise. Hereafter,
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it must meet all such obligations ' vl, O l
gold, as in the past, with the knowledge
tbat no set of conditions can anise under!
j which silver can be used for that purpose.
1 If unable to sustain its claims, under aft
; circumstances, it must ultimately give
a
way to the other financial extreme—frep
coinage.
Through their own efforts, and their im
plicit faith in 'its workings under all condi
tions that may arise in the future, the
gold men have imposed upon themselves
the burden of proof in trying to dem
onstrate tbe efficacy of their financial sys
tem. If they have miscalculated the
effects of the new currency bill, and it
prov
es inimical to the interests of the
country, they have done more to make
free coinage a possibility than all the
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theoretical arguments which silver men
can pile up on the threshold of a new
century. As a bad law, it will cultivate
a free coinage sentiment—as a law with
out any visible effect upon existing con-!
dût ions, it will merely resolve itself into
a congressional approval of a financial
policy which has been recognized in the
affairs of the nation since the demoneti
zation of the white metal.
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STARTLING
PRICE REDUCTIONS
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nows how cheap we
the four remaining
Sterling Silver Toilet Articles reduced 20 to 40 per cent. Everybody la
have been selling Sterling Silver Toilet Articles and Novelties, and yet for
sales days till Christinas
iE EÛT THE PRICE ONE-FIFTH ANO TWO-FIFTHS
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Sterling Com]) suit! Brush in substantial
$1.50
Sterling Brush, Comb and Mirror, in a. or
ease, were $2.00, now.............
good case, were $5.00, now......... q)4.Zii
Sterling Comb and Brush for baby, in
nice ease, were $1.75, now.........
1,25
Sterling A\ hisk Brushes that astonished
the town at $1.00, now............ ,00
Sterling Bonnet Brushes that we broke
the market on at $1.25, now........
.70
Sterling Bonnet Brushes, the smaller
size, $1.50 kind we cut to 75c,
now............................. 00
Sterling Thimble, Scissors, Bodkin,
Glove Darner and emery in tine case . „ „
that were snapped up at $2.00, now.. 1 ■ 0Ü
Sterling Clothes Brushes, were never
Sterling Nail Polisher, full size, every
where $2, our cut piice was $1.25,
now.................
.75
Sterling Velvet Brushes, $1.25 else
where, were 75e here, now..........
.50
Sterling Clothes Brush, $3.00 world
over, we cut to $2.25, now.........
1.60
sold under $2.00 until we cut them
to $1.50, now.................... l,öö
SOUVENIRS EVERY DAY TILL CHRISTMAS.
Each and every purchaser from now until Christ»
mas will be presented with a pretty souvenir.
While this applies to all, to those who will favor us
by buying in the morning we shall give presents of
three times the value of those given in the after
noon and evening. We do this because morning
customers and their purchases make the best ad
vertising to bring afternoon and evening buyers.
J. H. LEYSON,
MODERN JEWELER,
MODERN JEWELRY,
MODERN PRICES.
22i North flain Street, Butte, Montana.
Mail Orders Promptly billed. Postage Extra on Sterling Novelties.
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THE TALK OF THE DAY.
The Kanqqq citv Tournai ca ,. 0 . "Wnr,i
e Kansas City Journal sajs. Word
has been received from Seneca, N. Y., of
the death there a few days ago, at the
age of 73. of Daniel Yost, who was a
! twin brother of John Yost the we n
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J Known citizen of Jasper county, in this
always the republican ticket since the or
ganization of that party."
,
] sta ^ e ' " "° died a few months ago, death
in each case having been the result of
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to
heart disease. The venerable Yost twins
were the youngest among seven brothers,
three of whom are still living. Their
father voted for George Washington for
president, and father or sons have voted
at every presidential election since, and
Professor—Mr. Drone, 1 .■ m astonished
that you cannot remember any of the
quotations called for in today's lesson,
Can you recollect any quotation of any
kind?
Student—Yes, sir. "Any fool can ask
questions."—Boston Transcript.
A man wrote to Forest and Stream the
other day to inquire if the Theodore
Roosevelt who wrote the books on hunt
ing was "the same man of whom he heard
so much during the war with Spain as
the colonel of the Rough Riders, and who
is now, I believe, the governor of the
state of New York? Some of us were
talking about this the other night, and
some thought that the writer was a man
who had a cattle ranch in the west, and
that the colonel of the Rough Riders was
a New York City man." To this question
the editor of Forest and Stream replies:
"There is but one adult Theodore Roose
velt—so far as we know, and he is gov
ernor, colonel, author and ranchman.
Mr. Roosevelt's activities have extended
in many directions."
Teacher—What happens when a man's
temperature goes down as far as it can
go?
Smart Scholar — He has cold feet,
ma'am.—Christian Register.
The Philadelphia Inquirer recently re
j ceived the following unique letter of in
I quiry: "Dear Sir: Will you please tell
line the name of the most celebrated of
l jthe world-famous artists living, name of
j the most celebrated of world-famed ani
mal painters living, name of the most
' le'brated immature painter living, name
| of the~most celebrated cat painter living,
j name of the most celebrated miniature
it
portrait painter living, name of the most
celebrated painter of flowers living, name
of the most celebrated painter of wedding
scenes living, name of the most celebrated
painter of Bible scenes living, name of
the most celebrated painter of battle
scenes living, name of the most celebrated
portrait painter living, name of the most
celebrated landscape artist living; is
there any special dog painter; if so, who
is the most celebrated one living?"
Miss -- (of Boston)—So much de
pends on environment!
Miss - (of Chicago)—Just so!
Now, out in Chicago we are continually
! annexing our environments. Puck.
J The London Globe, which always
j adopts a supercilious and sneering tone
in it. references to the United States,
j ^ 0 ^ 3 e(J r the other day how little it really
! knows about this country. "On a certain
! occasion during the American war/' it
I said "a confederate cavalry regiment
I waa beaten back and utterly demoralized,
The chaplain of the regiment, who was
moiiiitpd and in the field, saw his oppor*
j Z\Tt y He got one of the regimental
j buglers to play 'John Brown's Body,'
. £en a t onœ^ii 'was
U„ ed a vast wave of melody; the
I rush was checked and order restored."
The seven thousand Doukhobars who
recently left Russia and settled in the
1 Northw est Territories of Canada are said
. to be in straitened circumstances and
j will need assistance to carry them
I through the winter.
j . ----
bought it would be funny to masquerade
j as Aguinaldo and his lieutenant at a local
j
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I------- But as soon as they appeared they
i were stripped of most of their garments
! and turned out of the hall.
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GENUINE
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if: Now on Exhibition in £
I SCHATZLEIN'S i
West Show Window, |
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$ 14 W. BROADWAY *
SUTTON'S NEW THEATER
Week Commencing Sunday, Dec. 17 th
with Flatinee and Saturday Flatinee
A tirand Double Bill
''A Game of Cards"
AND
i4 Pink Dominoes"
Two New Faces:
Prices, 25-35-5Gc.
THE GRAND OPERA ROUSE
G. O. McFarland, Mgr. 'Phone 647.
3 nights, commencing Sunday, Dec. 17,
Opening with a matinee Sunday.
Beach & Bowers' Famous
MINSTRELS
Gold and Silver Band
40- -DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS-40
A vast organization. Beyond question
greater, better and superior to all min
strels of the past and present, making it
an ideal and real mobilization of all
monarchs of the minstrel world.
All white eastern people. Watch for
our Grand Uniformed Band. Street pa
rade at 11 a. m.
Admission $1.00, 75c, 50c, and 25o
P ONNELL
'S
BEST VALUES OF THE
SEASON
A Manufacturer's entire
Stock bous; lit at
5oc du He Dollar
And placed on sale at the
same ratio.
Ladies' Heavy Fleece-Lined
Venetian Cloth Wrappers—dark
colored ground, with blue, car
dinal, heliotrope and green ef
fects in relief; also a beautiful
assortment of figured and
striped effects. Each wrapper
has large ruffle over shoulder
and deep flounce around bottom
of skirt; trimmed with fancy
braid or velvet ribbon; all sizes
and worth $1.75 of anybody's
money.
Bargain,
89c, 89c, 89c
Connell's
OPEN EVENINGS
ALL THIS WEEK