The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-21
STAND TOPICS.

STAND IOPICS.
The Sioux Indians have just concluded
their annual dance and dog feast. into
which they threw 40 much soul and en-
tliiIsiasm, says ~ Pierre dispatch. tina
their wlloops could he distinctly heard
n mile and IA half away. They must have
been holding IL civil service competitive
examination to lind suitable successors tn
Foraker.
Vladimir Czcrvcny il suing the Chicago
Ne,rs for $25.OOO damages. Vladimir was
"a candidate for the county board at the
recent election, and he attributes his de-
feat to the fact that the Nr,rs called him
AN anarchist and aid he had "a picture of
August Spies hanging i'm his room. Mr..
Czerveny may he all right and "a good rc-
publican. as he says, but for heavens
sake hc should Amcricanisc that name of
his il he wants tn he above suspicion.
The Manchester E.ryniiner. i'm an article
about Mrs. Mackey. said that she was "a
poor widow with two children anda wash
erwoman for Nevada miners when Mr..
Mackcy became infatuated with and mar
ried her. Mrs. Mackcy brought suit for
libel, believing that the article by innuei-
do asserts that she is not u lady 10y birth
and education nor accustomed tn associ-
ate with persons of good position. The
Examiner admits the first hut denies tho
second innucndo, and pays into court $50
to- settle the suit. Whether this will bc ac-
ccpt.d or not remains to bc seen. On the
face of il il seems tn he enough tai pay for
simply saying that u person had been
.~'self-madr." In this country such are
esteemed Of the highest rank.
Times have changed since "Rounco and
Juliet was written, and there Is u great
deal i'm q, name nowadays, AS indeed there
was. tn tell the truth, when Juliet lived
and sJpooned. George Washington was
convicted of robbery in Chicago last week
i'm II most peculiar manner. The jury
stood seven to five for acquittal, but il was
dinner time and all the jurors werc
anxious to finish up the business and Ho
home. The seven for acquittal thought
that the five for conviction should come
over to their side. arguing that II would he
a shame tn drag George Washington's
name into disrepute. On the other hand
The five maintained that conviction would
show that they were. mo respcctors OF
names. This view prevailed and without
going into the merits of the case the seven
very c~ourteously and with the hest
of humor Topped over. Hearing
Of these proceedings the court after cx-
pressing his opinion of the jury, reversed
the verdict and granted George u new
trial. The assistant state attorney in dis
gust struck the case from the docket, and
the prisoner was discharged. All Of which
goes to- show that IA good name is greatly
tn he priced even III you aren't its igina
posscssor.
Aside from ,rsthcticaI considerations.
there appears to Inc no reason why organ
grinders have not as good u right to meet
in convention and organize for mutual
protection AS liquor dealers, base ball
players. fircmcn. engineers, drummers.
bootblacks and other people. When,
therefore. u call is issued, AS has been
done i'm New York City, for u mass meet
ing Of all the resident o~rRanists, regard
less of sex. nationality. previous c"ndi-
ton Of servitude or present condition of
physical nutilation ar bodily dcforInity.
there il no law to stop il, and the meeting
IL bound tai become "a fact i'm history. The
~organists of New York have u grievance.
In that the authorities have forbidden
them from pursuing their calling i'm the
city limits. They say that IL such AN in
dignity and outrage had been placed upon
the butchers. the bakers, the candlcstick-
makers or the followers of any other trade
or profession, the people concerned would
rise i'm their might and demand "a repeal
of the oppressive and unjust
cdict. The organ grinders estimate
their numbers at 30. making
they say with their families "a population
of about 1000. and this, we suppose, il cN-
elusive of monkeys. 1t is all very well
for lbcse gentlemen to- call "a convention.
but when il comes to rising in their might
that IL another thing. When the lame,
the halt. the blind, the mutilatcd, the
sick, the diseased, the idiotic. the rcpul-
sive, rise i'm their might force of circuIn-
stances, no matter whether they number
100 or 5000, will compel them to sit down
again. The organ grinders of New York
cannot he regarded AS n very formidable
power. and riot and blootlshcd are thus
happily avoided. On the other hand no
one can impeach their industry, and being
forbidden from exhibiting il ina New York
they have temporarily gone over To Brook
Ign, which il still n free country. The APP
proach of winter, the limitations Of the
fInI.u nd Aua.. l.r-.x.
from an over supply of labor, all these