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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1S99.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
The season of gift giving promises to be
a lively one this year, returning prosper
ity to the country bringing with it the
good cheer of an ideal Christmas time
and the happy awakening, of the new
year. During the next few days the buy- j
ing of presents will be undertaken with|
great zeal by those who have loved ones -
-to remember an'd fond hearts to please, j
The happiness of giving in the annual
Christmas time is a contribution to the j
-unselfish side of life, and does more to '
touild up character than many other ap
-proved processes of human evolution. It j
ïs a habit that should be cultivated, for -
it brings a-wealth of joy to the hearts of
tthe young and stimulates anew the slower
flowing blood of age.
It is ihe spirit of friendship and love be
hind the gift, rather than the gift itself,
-that works a miracle of pleasure in the
(heart of the recipient.
! An intelligent direction given the work
©f selecting presents is a ho-peful and
helpful sign of the times, for it takes into
consideration the environments of the one
it'o -whom the gift is tendered, and is made
useful as a contribution to his taste, his
comfort or his necessity as the circum
stances may -warrant.
The opportunity to select presents cov
ering any range of human desire Is not
granting. One has only to carefully
iperuse the advertising columns of the In
•ter Mountain to make a selection in any
field best calculated to show the respect
and affections of the giver of good gifts.
The merchants whose advertisements ap
pear in this paper have ample facilities
for me<eting the popular demand in any
direction which the good taste of the pur
chaser may suggest, and the public is
fiot slow to recognize this fact. Their
(trade, already large, promises to con
tinue without diminution till the holiday
season has passed into the unnumbered
centuries of the long ago. This is a sea
son of unequalled purchases, justified by
the prosperity and happiness of the peo
ple, and the holidays of the expiring cen
tury will be made memorable through
out the nation by the sweet spirit of uni
versal contentment -that pervades the
land.
DID CAMPBELL NEGLECT HIS DUTY?
Congressman Campbell was elected on
the plea that he was a steadfast silver
man. and would fight like a bulldog in a
2x4 ring for the interests of free coin
age. The Anaconda Standard vouched
for him, and Charles S. Hartman tried to
force the silver republicans and populists ■
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-to support the great cham-pion of the I
white metal! He was elected through the
■coercion of voters and the liberal use of
a corrupt campaign fund.
He took the oath of office, and com
menced the arduous work of drawing his
salary as a congressman. He voted for
every democratic measure that came up,
until the time came to place his party op
record in favor of a free coinage bill as
a substitute for the -republican currency
bill. Coming from a free silver state,
and being the protege of the Amalgamat
ed Copper company's silver democracy,
Mr. Campbell was looked upon as the man
who should present a free coinage bill and
make a fight for its adoption.
I t was his place to bave gone into the
di mocratic caucus and presented such a
bill, and pledged the members of that
party to its support when the currency
bill came up.
hoped to secure the passage of a fr
age measure through the present con
gress, he might have determined the
financial policy of the democratic party
for next year.
Why has he compelled the democratic
newspapers of Montana, which gave him !
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such a loyal support, to go on day after j
day trying t'o prove that their party is if
«till in favor of silver, when it lay within
his power to have introduced a free coin
■ugc bill and forever set the matter at : ed
r ' ' ,t ■ How has he dared to face tha go
Amalgamated Copper company and its!
•fllcia! newspaper organ, without having!
done his plain duty as a double-geared
16-to-l apostle of free silver?
Why, Oh why, did he quietly slip out
of Washington between the two ends of
x railway car. just in time to escape
oinage -bill and hav
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Introducing a fr
ing his vote recorded in its favor?
national demociatic convention next year
refuses to endorse the free and unlim
ited coinage of silver and gold at a ratio
of 16 to 1. by the independent action of
this nation, how is Mr. Camp-ben and ids
constituents going to explain his neglect
of duty when the first opportunity to do
something for silver presented itself?
THE QUESTION OF SELF-RESPECT.
Yesterday the Anaconda Standard took
occasion to question the self-respect of
the Inter Mountain in its defense of the
general policies of the national adminis
tration. while favorable to the recogni
tion of silver.
It must be conceded that the Standard
is in an elegant position to raise the
question of self-respect, having been on
all sides of all questions, and true to
none.
As a democratic organ, it has done
more to disrupt and disorganize the de
mocracy than any other influence, when
it was not permitted to control the coun
cils of that party.
It was true to the democratic organiza
tion only when it was recognized as that
organization, and allowed to name its
nominees and di rect its policies,
has * ,een for and against free trade,
ap d has blown hot and cold on protec
tien.
It has been on both sides of the silver
question, yelling lustily for free coinage,
and then declaring that the ratio was im
material and that the relative values of
silver and gold are fixed by the world's
exchanges.
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covery has been made that the democracy
It has praised Aguinaldo to the skies
as the same kind of a patriot as our
revolutionary fathers, and lauded the
cause for which he fought, only to poke
fun at the poor devil when his hopes were
blasted, and criticise the administration
for not having suppressed him at an
earlier date.
It has posed as the champion of Mon
tana's good name, and blasted by whole
sale the reputation of its accredited law
makers.
It has declared against the aggressive
ness of trusts, only to become the official
organ of the biggest trust that ever at
tempted to control the politics of a state,
by muzzling the right of free speech and
making political subserviency the price
of bread.
It has done all within its power to
make the politics of this state a brace
game of faro with itself as dealer.
It has hoodwinked the public and de
ceived the people.
Tt has been true to nothing and nobody
but its fixed habit of changing its views
whenever a political advantage or an ex-
tra dollar was in sight.
-It has attempted through a mushroom
growth, dependent upon the dollars of the
trust behind it, to make size atone for
conscience and a gaudy display take the
place of brains.
It has labelled its swagger as dignity,
and tried to hypnotize the public with
froth.
It has been faithful t-o nothing but a
policy of political hypocrisy that has been
as conspicuous as the weather cock on a
red barn.
And yet, the Standard accuses the Inter
(Mountain of a lack of self-respect be
cause it accord.-* to th-e national adminis
tration a credit that is justly its due in
the management of public affairs.
It accuses this paper of crawling back
into the republican party, after the dis
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cestry and no hope of posterity."
With the one bubble of democratic vir
tue which struggled'to the surface in 1896, |
pricked by the selfish
hungry office-seekers, there is no honest
reason why any believer in the rights of
silver should look for hope in that muddy
pool of political intrigue.
If the Standard wants to write an essay
on the lack of self-respect, let it buy a
mirror and for once in its lifetime look
itself squarely in the face.
WHO DIED FIRST?
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An interesting legal complication has
grown out of the disposition of the prop
erty left by Patrick J. Corbett, of San
Francisco, who shot his wife and then
committed suicide. The tragedy which
removed the parents of the late pugilis
champion, Jim Corbett, from the face
the earth, took place more than a year
ago, but litigation over the property left
lias jttst been gotten under full headway
tlie courts of California.
It appears that considerable property
was held in the name of Mrs. Corbett, and
she died first (Mr. Corbett fell heir to it.
and it can be used in the payment of his
debts. If, on the contrary, Corbett expir
before his victim her property would
to her heirs. The issue, then, between
the children of the unfortunate couple
and the creditors of the murderer and sul
to
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head and then shot himself in the mouth.
Corbett shot his victim through the
i Probably not more than a minute inter
! vened between their deaths. Expert med
; ical testimony will doubtless exhibit
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great ability in confusing the court, and
mitted showing that each died first; but
public sympathy will go with the child
leu.
THE GAMBLING QUESTION.
In its semi-annual exhibit of journal
istic virtue, the Butte Miner -explains
that it does not endorse gambling, but
leaves the Inter Mountain to Apeak Tor
itself! This is, of course, intended , to
show tlie superior morals of the Miner
in attacking the gambling vice,
to the more wicked and sin-bespattered
journals of this community the poor
choice of manipulating the second fiddle,
or taking issue with its virtuous atti
tudenizing.
With its usual astuteness iti'defining
the duty of others, it again informs the
clergy that they should speak out on
this question, the inference being that
they have not done so, thus practically
leaving to the Miner the burden of throt
tling the vicious games of chance. Under
the circumstances, the Inter Mountain—
which has often gone on record against
the sin of gambling, whether in cards or
senatorial options—would again suggest
to the Miner a course of procedure in its
work for the uplifting of humanity.
Our contemporary doubtless tells the
truth when it says "it cannot give up
all ils time telling the people of Butte
what they ought to know by this time
for themselves." The people of Butte re
gret this, but it can't be helped. It is
kind of the Miner to even give up most of
its time telling the people what they
ought to know already, without working
a double shift at the business. But it
could save a great deal of time if it would
follow the plans adopted by other mil
lionaire organs in the east, and institute
criminal suits against the men who are
violating the anti-gambling laws of this
state.
If the Miner is convinced that the of
ficials are not doing their duty, and it
apparently speaks with a sense,of abso
lute knowledge on this point, it can
serve the public to no better advantage
leaving
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to every citizen—provided he has suffi- I
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institute suits against law breakers of!
cither high or low degree. A little work
along this line would be more effective |
than columns of editorial criticisms of
existing conditions.
Why does not the Miner, as a million
aire organ, squander a few dollars in be
half of public morals, instead of wasting
its valuable time upbraiding city officials
and inducing the well meaning but poorly
paid preachers to expand their hard
earned salaries in the promotion of anti
gambling movements in this city? To
constantly remind the public th_t this
or that vice is rampant in the city
serves no purpose but to advertise the
undesirability of this locality abroad;
but an actual, well organized move
ment against gambling, sustained by the
Miner's pocketbook instead of its brains,
might prove of benefit to the city of
Butte.
THEY OPPOSE FREE COINAGE.
The New York Journal, which support
ed Bryan in 1S96, now declares that the
free coinage issue is dead. It is au
thority for the statement that the de
bate on the currency bill showed a great
falling off in the 16-to-l democrats, and
that the money question can cut no
figure in the next campaign. In its issue
of December 13, this great democratic
organ shows how the leaders of that
part y have gone back on silver, jit is
very discouraging to those botlrbons who
would like to again bunco the voters of
Montana with a cheap play; but here 13
the record, under date of December 14:
Sixteen to one will not be the chief
democratic issue next fall, if the senti
ment of the party continues to change
in the way it lias since congress con
vened. I
Today, during the debate on the cur
rency bill, Thayer of Massachusetts, a
democrat, spoke in favor of the gold
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New Jersey, in opposing the bill, said;
"I do not want my opposition to this
bill construed as favoring the reaffirma
tion of 16 to 1. But I stand foV bimetal
lism, and I think that the democrats of
New Jersey believe in and want the same
thing."
Representative Berry of Kentucky, in
his speech today, said he was not
"wedded to 16 to I."
The most significant happening within
Ihe past 24 hours was the result of a
dinner given by Representative Sibley of
Pennsylvania last night. About 60 rep
resentative democrats sat down with
him. and the tone of the speeches was in
many instances, if not directly hostile
to the 16-to-l plan, lukewarm.
Mr. Allen of Mississippi, for Instance,
admitted that free silver need not be the
dominant issue.
Mr. Livingston of Georgia held the
same view, and came out for expansion
in the most uncompromising terras.
Messrs. Driggs and Seudder were out
spoken in their belief in the republican
bill.
Amos Cummings of New York made au
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warmly applauded.
1 bound'to Usf ^ rePUbUcan bU1 Was
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1 aie sure of at least four years of
! {he nnanHiTStlSn' ^caT/'ou? nolens"
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figure in the coming election. The
very passage of this republican measure
I takes the question out of the campaign,
for it is useless to make a fight on some
thing that everybody knows can't be se
cured even in the event of suoeess."
Mr. Sibley in the house today was ex
pected to furnish a sensation by boldly
declaring the sentiments he has often
enunciated. Mr. Sibley disappointed the
republicans and made some humorous
remarks. In the course of his speech he
sa id :
"1 am going to vote against this bill.
"Why. over here on this side of the
chamber the great majority of us believe
that you on the republican side are en
gaged in the task of driving nails in your
ow n coffin, and my friends over here are
so desirous that you shall be successful
i in Gte accomplishment of that task that
I think they fear now—that is the char
itable reason which I am giving to myself
—that if I gave expression to my opin
ions the hammer. Mr, Chairman, would
fall from your nerveless grasp.
"Therefore, I shall avail myself of the
privilege under the rule of letting my
remarks go thundering down the ages
in the precincts of the congressional
records." (Applause and laughter.)
DEMOCRATS AGAINST SILVER.
The New York World, one of the na
tional organs of the democracy and a
power in t.he politics of the empire state,
lias come out strong against free
coinage, calling upon democrats to
drop the issue entirely. In its issue of
December 16th. under the caption "Fact
vs. Fiction," it says:
Mr. Bailey's speech in the house yes
terday was a timely illustration of how
impossible it is to make a campaign upon
the money question. In 1S96 the web and I
the woof of the free-silver argument were j
that silver and all other commodities no- j
ta'oly farm products, rise or fall in val- j
ue together. While the campaign was on,
j wheat, which was supposed by the silver
ites to be silver's friend and companion,
began to cut wicked capers and insisted
on traitorously rising in price while sil
ver went on falling. This tore' a huge
hole in the argumentative fabric of the
silverites. Since 1S96 there has been a
general rise in prices, without the slight
est regard to tile market quotations of
silver.
Yet Mr. Bailey, formulating the argu
ment against the gold standard in its
latest form, can find nothing to say ece-pt
a repetition of fallacies at which every
one in the country who buys or sells any- 1
thing would burst out laughing.
Mr. Seudder, a democrat from Long Is
land. followed Mr. Bailey with the an- j
nouncoment that he proposed to obey his -
constituents, stop quarrelling with a fact -
as well established as the multiplication J
table and cast his vote for the gold stand- j -
ard. Every democrat from New York
every democrat from Massachusetts,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Wost Virginia, and also every d
from the gold-standard districts
democrat
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way. There should be not less than 43
democratic votes for the gold standard. I
Gold standard and free silver are no 1
longer political questions. Any dis- j
cession of their relative merits is now
necessarily mere expression of private
opinion, mere idle-hour argumentation.
To talk of free silver as an issue is like
talking of the prospects of Blaine or Til
den or Buchanan or Jackson for a presi
dential nomination in 1900.
Gold standard is not political, not par
tisan, but fact. Free silver is not politi
cal, not partisan, but factional. The
larger the democratic vote for the gold
standard, the fewer the democratic votes
aganst it, the clearer it will become that
free silverism is mere factionalism, mere
vanity of opinion, without standing in
any convention of intelligent politicians,
without a chance for a hearing in any
national campaign.
THE GOVERNOR 'ËT RECORD.
East Helena Republican: There is no
occasion for surprise in the fact that
the governor of the state of Montana,
signed the credentials of W. A. Clark
as senator from Montana and subse
quently signed a memorial which ac
companied the Daiy protest against the
seating of Senator Clark. That self
same individual, the Honorable Robert
B. Smith, governor of Montana, took
an oath that he would support the con-i,
stitution of the state. ;
Governor Smith violated the constitu-!
turn of the state when he refused to
award the state printing contract to the
lowest bidder, as the law provides. He
violated the constitution in awarding
the contract as he did. and it has been
averred that he did so for "vile, partisan
THE QRAM OPERA HOUSE
G. O. McFarland. Mgr. 'iPhone 547.
Three Nights, Commencing Sunday,
December 24 th
SPECIAL MATINEE CHRISTMAS DAY
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Two Special Introductory Performances.
WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY
Den 20-21
Manager G. O. McFarland lias the hon
or to announce the initiul appearance in
Butte of the incomparable
NEILL COMPANY
Wedresday evening,
"A BACHELOR'S ROMANE."
Thuisday evening, ''Amy Robsart,"
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Governor Smith violated an express
provision of the constitution when he
approved a bill increasing the salaries
of the supreme judges of the state. The
salaries of officers, says the constitu
tion, shall not be increased or diminish
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ed during the term for which they were
elected Yet a bill increasing the salarie!
et the judges was approved by the gover
nor.
siffla 11 a V ° ndcr ' tllen ' that the s».«..«*
s gned Senator Clark's credentials, and
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n " ie ™ orlal directly aimed at the undo
hi? !.. an a £ tion he approved by signing
• name thereto as an endorsement of
Its correctness. -
noIm™ a V vh ° occu,pies the high officia!
position of governor of this state, who
faii/r? t0 su,pport its constitution, but!
linenvi°.h]° S °' 1S S f urin S for himsef an 1
' ; lb '° repu tation. if the governor
did not propose to abide by the pro
whv >n iM°i f l ' K ' constitution of the state,
"hj did he take the oath to do so?
His action on the senatorial question
acts Tf ^ ,npr ' Vltt l other of his official
fnîm /h Gove , rnor Smith does not retire
rrom the gubernatorial office with a
tecord of having made a lamentable fail
ure of his administration it will be be
cause some good things for the people
tianspired at a time when his excellency
S'" 8 a h"®" 1 , from the executive office.
; enatoi Clark is to be congratulated on
{f' ng . arrayed against him the men
tv ho signed the protest and memorial
recently sent to Washington. The sen
a has strengthened himself immeas
uiably in Montana by having for ene
mies such men as these.
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Big; Values in
Xmas
F urnishing s
SUSPENDERS
Gents' Fancy Suspenders,
box, worth 75c. Special ...
in
50 C
HANDKERCHIEFS
Gents' White or
Handkerchiefs,
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HANDKERCHIEFS
Gents' Pure Linen Handker
chiefs, sample line; worth 75c.
Special ........................
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MUFFLERS
Mufflers,
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Gents' Black Silk
worth 75c. Special
50 c
NECKWEAR
Gents' Puff and Teck Tics, a
beautiful line, and every one
worth $1. Special............
50 c
NECKWEAR
Puff Ties, in evening shades,
each tie in a box; worth $1.50.
Special .......................
Connell's
OPEN EVENINGS
ALL THIS WEEK
Butte - - - Montana
$ 1*00 ''O
SUTTON'S NEW THEATER
Week Commencing Sunday, Dec. 17 th
with Hatiiiee and Saturday riatinee
A Grand Double Bill
'*A Game of Cards"
AND
"Pink Dominoes"
Two New Faces;
Prices, 25-35-50c.
THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE
G. O. McFarland, Mgr. 'Phone 547.
SATURDAY NIGHT, DEC. 23
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tie of maturity and definite payments.
Loans on real estate to be repaid
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rower.
Trustees—Lee Afantle, president;
Chas. Schatzlein, vice president;
layette Harrington, treasurer;
Charles R. Leonard, attorney; A. B.
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