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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23
THE LEAD ORE QUESTION.

The West has no further use for Win
d m.-DeHrer Republican,.
Now that Secretary Window has dis
played his hand on the lead question, our
esteemed contemporaries of the radical
persuasion will see the policy of giving
ex-Secretary Fairchild u rest. Demrer
Ne,rs.
In making his later ruling the secretary
only does 40 as q conformance with pre-
vious practices which congress-, by failing
tn act, practically Endorsed, and therefore
he thinks that "a reversal Of IL should only
result from congressional action. The
old ruling, with which his later one con-
forms, is plainly detrimental to the lead
industry of this country, and II Is pretty
certain that congress will at an early day
correct IL. The present practice has the
effect OF making u little silver smuggle q
good deal of dutiable lead into the country
Post-Infeii0encer.
II will he interesting To note how the
papers will treat Secretary
latest ruling ON the admission
of arHentiferous Ralena from Mexico into
the United States. When he announceda
temporary ruling that ores principally lead
In bulk and weight, hut having n higher
value I'm silver, were tai pay duties as lead
ore. these mugwumps made an outcry, i'm
tended to prejudice the Mexican delegates
to the con0rcss, that our
government had made n new departure of
Discrimination against n product of their
eouihtTSs Sow tiht INC Sefret0ry, a1ter
more mature deliberation, has reversed a
decision which he, at the time of making
IL, announced To he only temporary, what
will the say? Will they take
back their structures, or will they reverse
their position also:
Secretary Window has at last decided
adversely tn the interests of the owners of
mines. His decision will be fa~r~reaching
in its effect, as it involves millions of i'm
vested capital. Representations were
made ny the various boards of trade i'm
the cities throughout the northwest show
ing the necessity of maintaining u duty
which would protect the lead and silver
mines SO abundant i'm this section. For
some years past Mexican and British Co
lumbia miners have been shipping Ralcna
orSs having n major percentage of lead
into the United States free Of duty. In
order To evade the tariff laws of the United
States, which require "a duty on silver, for
eign shippers have been grading their ores
no there would he a slight percentage more
lead than silver. This nables them, with
the aid OF cheap labor, tn develop their
mines and at the same time to supply the
markets of the United States with lead
and silver. Nearly all of the mines of
this country are located i'm mountainous
reRions, SO remote from reduction works
the expense of digging and Transport
tation of ores In equal and i'm some locali-
ties greater than that incurred by the tor
eign producers. This places the labor of
the miner on an equal footing with the
cheap labor Of Mexico, which is an unjust
discrimination against our w~orkinRmen.
-SpOkuae FuNs Reriesr.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23
STEALING

Chicago Globe: The Montana democrats
are not the Kline of men To let the enemy
rob them of their honestly won victory
aud steal the state.
Chicago Neucs. ThcrS, are now forty-two
states i'm the Union, hut the anc are
that there will only bc forty-one a few
lays hence, as u mighty effort In being
made by n lot OF politicians tn steal Nom
tana.
II IL easier tn steal the state than tn COM
pei it's return To territorial leading strings :?
Is there enough true democracy and real
liberty i'm Montana tai make the sort OF
scoundrelism practiccd in Silver Bow
county dangerous tn the williams who are
responsible for il?
81. Louis Republic: Because il succeeded
i'm committing grand larceny ON the pres
idency of the United States, the republic
can party ima0incs that il can commit
petty larceny on Montana. Times have
changed, however, since the country per-
mitted itself tn he disRraced by the in
famous fraud of 1876.
Philadelphia Record: The republicans
die hard i'm Montana. Having been out
voted mt the polls, they have sought tn
correct the returns by throwing out what
doesn't suit them. We mistake the co,r-
age and spirit Of the Montana democracy
IL they can he bullied, bribcd or cheated
ont of their well-earned victory.
Indianapolis Sentinel: The Montana
fraud will be hailed ny the republican
party all over the country as a glorious
achievement. Ii is strictly in line with
republican traditions, u harmonizes
perfectly with tho record Of the '.Urand
old party" which "saved the country and
''frced the slavc'' and il now ..smashing
the SURPLUS"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

oe these s'irvegularis3ea." What . pSeas-
ant and c~onveniens way oe Carrying an
election this is, 10 be suFe; and bow thank
ful ought the people Of North Dakota %
be N the Snver Bow repsshlicens Soe show
them how 10 do %. II Silver Bow can
spare him long enough. friend Bernard
should 10 over there and assise the law
yers OF the liquor men In preparing the
evidence. Nobody can conduct this kind
of fhdavit business 20 successfully as q
higls-Grade murderer.
The thieves who compelled Harry Mil
tom, the clerk of the Fargo ~postofflce,
Monday night 10 give up the combination
tn h vault door my placing q re<l-hot
poker under his feet, introduced q feature
into burglary which may become as FASH
ionable az 10 In AZ present novel and start
ling. The only obstacle apparent To it's
general adoption my enterprising bur
glars In their liability tn fhnd scant facili-
ties for heating the poker to the required
to nperature just when they want Ia use
Il. This obstacle In. however, purely APP
parent. A little observation and rcfiec-
ton will readily pat the burglars into pos
session of the valuable secret. All they
have to do In To draw their poker ACROSS the
editorial page of the Butte Inter M~ouataim
it's proprietor discovers that the
people are all ON to him, and the iron rod
win sizzle most admirably.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

A saloonkeepcr i'm Piatt county, ILL.,,
has been fined $4,000 and costs for selling
liquor without n license. II he keeps ON
sellinR the judge will bc apt To make him
feel il next time.
A young lady of Fort Dodge, Iowa, had
trouble with her kitchen fire last Friday.
and rs she WAS i'm great haste to finish
roasting the meat for her husbands dim
ner, she had recourse to the kerosene ran.
When her arrived he found rom
siderably more roast meat than he had or.
dcred. but as IL was somewhat
he felt his appetite disappear,
According to the Medical Gax.tfe the fol-
lowing 10 q genuine letter, received by q
physician from a NOR. whom he knew 10
bc practicing medicine: 'dear Dock I
have n pashant who's PHYSICAL shines shows
that the wind-pipe hns liberated off and
his lungs have dropped down into his
stumick 1 have given him EVERY him
without cfeckt her father Ia welthy hon.
orable and influcnshal as he Ia mctntsrr OF
assembly and god nos l don't want ss ios,s
him what shall I do ans by return male.
Your frat"
a hand ~ SCHOOL boys, ranging IN ycar~
from ~ al Ii, and styling themselves
~"tiapaaia Kids Pcts,'' have tween commit
ting Arson in Kansas City. The members
arc boun.i by blood-curdlfhR oaths not tai
eeveal n secrets az the s'Srtlcr," and all
their plans were carried out according %
written orders signed in the blood frus
toe nrms of the young desperadoes. s~te
headers OF tire band are under arvr-A and
| have confessed to starting u nssssbcr al
fires and committing other misShAhieanors
They must have been ii Montana
Hank; or the DashinR Res.ablican.sMur
derer of Silver Bow"
The completed returns Of North Dakota
ON the prolibition clishse are: for prohibit
ton, is.s52; against 1855. The drys
therefore have n good round LOO major
ity, hut the wets cha0rined at the why the
election has turned out, have engages
counsel who are taking steps Ia annul thu
vote Ivy throwing out a number OF pm,
cincts, on the ground of alleged
tiles. Already, says N Bismark dispatch
to the Chicago Times. the lawyers ciats
tn have procured n nu'nbcr OF affisi"vis'
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

them dear. The people Of this country
have not yet forgotten the fraud Of
1870, when an incalculable injury was
inflicted upon our free institutions.
The canvassing boards Of Louisiana,
South Carolina and Florida, by their
illegal and unconstitutional action,
aroused such indignation I'm every PC
ton Of the country, that like methods
will never again prevail i'm national
politics. The i~neffaceble stigma at
tached to the fraudulent administra-
ton of Hayes. and the lOathing and
contempt with which he was ever after
regarded by the best members Of his
w party, should have.been a warning
to those who have ~perpretated an out
rage ON American institutions i'm Mon
tana. When those who canvass n
return n vote arrOgate to themselves
judicial authority i'm defiance of law,
by discarding h vote of one precinct,
a IL was democratic, the cheated
voter will not submit tamely to such
an injury. 1t IN u parody on free gov
eminent n strikes at the very root of
our institutions. should the plot sue
ceed and the steal of the state he con-
summated. it will be the most expen-
sive experiment i'm politics the republic
cans ever attempted, and it may n i'm
their losing many of the northwestern
states. Albany Argus.
The HOmestake Tunnel precinct of
Silver bow pOlled l72 votes, of which
ld0 were democratic. There is no ale
CATION of fraudulent voting Or fraudu-
lent count, and the whole theft il based
upon the merest technicality that has
been settled by the Montana courts as
immaterial and insufficient to vitiate
the return Philadelphia Times Ond.)
The reports from Montana that h
republicans are seeking tn gain control
of the Legislature by throwing out votes
ON technical grounds comes mainly
from democratic sources, and will be
accepted by the public with a good deal
of margin. If the republicans honestly
carried the legislature of the state, the
party leaders shOuld see to it that they
their rights; but they must not
smirch h party with any hOcus-rOcus
back -handed counting. Philadelphia
Press (Rep)
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

Eastern editors are having a tough
time trying to make their readers mn
derstand he present situation in this
territory, and more than one would be
moulder of public opinion has i'm his
effort to belittle this commonwealth
made statements - absurd hat any
school boy of a dozen years would hold
them up to ridicule. 1t remained for a
Syracuse, n. v, paper to discover that
Montana WAS haT,.n; entitled to state.
hood by reason OF Insufficient popula.
ton. There are in Syracuse twice over
- many people as there are I'm the
whole state" This is a startling piece
Of news. inasmuch as the population of
Syracuse is but $1,000 and the vote of
the city has never reached 10000, while
Montana's vote is more than two
times as large. It is a pity that the
city with u population twice that Of the
whole state of Montana doesn't start "a
free night school for editors.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23
VERY COLD COMFORT

The New York 7'tfbnte cannot he
thmpted tn fail Ia with the conspiracy
0oinR ON among a few Montana repub-
iicans. Its comments fall a good deal
short of approval of the fraud and tie
best IL can do is to cast q side glance
at the policy pursued by the republican
contingent. "There appears" says the
T'rfLune,".A presumption hat frauds
were attempted by democrats with
SUCCESS i'm some localities, but that is
not sufficient reason for assuming that
the have done only what il
right" . remark which must bring
m0rsels of very cold comfort to the
gang that fs trying To steal h vote of
silver Bow.
IN fact, the Tribune a go no fur
cher than to say for its misguided par
ttsan4 In Montana that there In at
least ~ much reason for assuming that
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

the canvasscrs have Onlyin part cor
rected the wrong perpetrated by demo
crats." This meant that the democrats
were bad and the republicans are no
worse. and 1t makes out . r~idiculously
feeble case for the conspiracy.
The Tribune evidently does no get
the Montana situation clearly I'm view.
The grounds ON which h tunnel pre-
cinct vas thrown out are technicalities
SD trivial that h voting public in the
state where the Tribune In published
would not tolerate them for an instant.
The people Of Montana have been more
patient in dealing with this fraud than
the 7'ribune's constituency would have
been under precisely similar circum-
stances
The national organ Of the republican
party awaits n decision of the courts.
Evidently it has not heard how nearly
the movement ripened whereby the re-
publican plOtters proposed to carry the
case to Washington, i'm the belief tina
they could actually tempt President
Harrison to mix in the scheme by re-
moving Judge DE Wolfe.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

Mr.. Window will get a pretty clear
idea of his standing in this part of the
world il he reads n daily papers pub
lished in h West. We have been Civ
ing extracts ON the subject from day to
day and add a number of them this
morning to show how thoroughly the
question is separated from politics. The
secretary finds some of his
critics i'm the republican press. There
il reason for this. as that party in re-
sponsible for Mr.. Window and had
faith to believe that he would make
good his professions Of friendly inter
est in the industrial affairs of the sec
ton which he now seeks deliberately to
iniure.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

The Helena Journal will find itself
making mighty slow Roadway i'm it's
effort to have it appear that the demo-
Gratis are trying directly or indirectly to
delay the official count. 1t will not I've
possible to pound any such nonsense
into the popular mind. IL the count i'm
the territory is delayed, the people
know who il to blame for it, and no
amount Of fustian will divert attention
from the fact that o u or five cOnspir-
xtors are trying to fix Silver Bow
county. The count from the whole
territory will move fast enough IL con-
spring republicans will permit it to go
ahead.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

The greenbackers are resolved tn take
the field i'm New York state and they
are making mp a ticket. That singular
party has more lives even thar prohibit
tiOn. The old favOrites are to he grOOmed
mp for the race, with Rev. Thomas X.
Beecher. OF Elmira, Mt the head. That
errattc gentleman In I'D used tn being
badly punished In political fights that a
few defeats more or less will not dis
turb his slumber or cause him to revise
his opinions.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

Ever since election, Mr.. Power mas
been anxious u get mp a quarrel involv-
ing himself and any newspaper that
happened to spar for an opening. Fin
ally he concluded to tackle the Helena
Independent and il must be said that
our contemporary has given Mr.. Power
as broad nm invitation tn step up and
tight as he il likely tn get i'm "a good
many campaigns. If Mr.. Power wants
what he has bee asking for evidently
he can get il.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

More than u regiment of men were
in court before a jury was agreed upon
in the CrOnin No The scandal in
vOlved i'm the attempt of the j~ury-fixers
to make sure of a favorable verdict for
the defense has been recited tn the
world, and now comes the weary hear
ing which will doubtless he ~ prolonged
n the preliminaries have been.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23
PRESS OPINION.

The democratic house i'm the closing
days of the Cleveland administration
passed u bill which they might easily
have defeated for the admission of
Washington. Montana and the two Da-
kotas, The returns of the November
election showed every one NJ these ter
~ritOries to I've rertibtiean. The republi-
rams. wSi,d hot listen to an act for the
admission Of New Mexico.
Montana has disappointed the eXpec-
tations of the republican managers. It
elected II democratic governor and
a democratic assembly. which i'm due
course will return two democratic SCH
ators. How to defeat this popular ac-
ton ia now the study of republican
politicians in Montana. The work
commences by employment of tho
Louisiana method successful As 10 the
presidency in 1876. Local returning
boards throw Out sufficient votes actur
ally cast Co make IL appear hat a cor
lain number " republican assembly
men were elected instead OF a like
humble of democrats. II In as easy as
lying. II Montana had hat voted I've.
publican il would not nsw he i'm AN,
distress whatever, hut linz right Of no,p
ular election is worth lighting for. AND
Montana would do well to remain for
yer n territory rather than permit il
self tn become the prey of conscience
less state-stealers Of the Louisiana kind
--EhicaQo Times.
The stealing Of a state is a small
matter, perhaps. To a party that onc
stole the presidency, but this monstrou'
outrage which the republicans have at
tempted i'm Montana. h hkely't to cos
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23
IN THE COURTS.

Every resident Of Montana ought to
he glad If the issue that ~pOstpOnes
statehood and keeps n territory i'm
confusion ran he disposed of ut an
earlier day than that originally named
for the hearing before Judge De Wolfe.
1t appears that the members of the
supreme bench have given the subject
attention and that n special term of the
district court has been Ordered held in
Silver bow county OH Monday of next
week. 1t has been announced, also,
that the question of the vote at the
tunnel precinct will then he brought
into court. The arrangement Is one
which every citizen ought to wei
come, as il shOrtens by a fort
night the delay which at first
was threatened. Whatever n out
come, il is well that the vexing question
be settled with all proper haste. The
arrangement certainly must suit repub-
licans, who have been extremely anx-
iOus to get the tunnel precinct into
court. Democrats must accept the
plan with as much grace as possible. as
they have simply been counted out and
have no course left open tn them ex-
49, to follow where the republicans
lead.
Yet the republican press has already
started it's assault On the court itself.
The Helena Journal presumes to ques-
ton the real motive" of Judge le
Wolfe, and ventures the impudeht re-
mark that to arrange any change of
date would i've n revolutionary proceed
ing hat wen a desperate democratic
Judge would not dare undertake." Yet
according to the JOUrH0Fs own news
on the subject an early date for "a hea
ing in the ease il precisely what the
four Judges of the supreme court have
undertaken tn arrange Gentlemen
who are intimate i'm the office of the
Journal tried To figure out the relations
of the court to the count, when they
were i'm Butte and before the tunnel
precinct was thrown out. The Helena
Journal. which helped to drag the bust
ness into court, In evidently preparing
to abuse any Judge who happens not to
he within the reach of the republican
manipulatOrs.
The Butte Inter Mountain urges no
objection to n special session. except
on the score of expense. Well. the peO-
pie of the territory can afford tn go a
few dollars OH this business and he
done with il. There In no excuse for
republicans who forced the case into
the courts, anyhow, and democrats
didn't want to have it done The entire
bill will Ike less than it cost the repub-
licans to get the tunnel voters regis
tered for they put the precinct
there and undertook the registry. The
cost of the extra session is simply
of the incidents of a very bad job i'm
half a dozen scheming republi-
cans have involved the territory and In
one elemen in the business thus |
far that is not u disgrace to those who
It.
This mornings dipatches show that
democrats propose to do their part
in bringing matters to an issue by start
ing proceedings without delay.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

Evidently, the members of h SUI
preme court left both republicans and
democrats out of when they
ordered the special term. Republicans
will now be able to get what they have
been crying for. and democrats who
have never believed that the cas- need
ed T. 60 into court will simply have to
abide the event.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23
CURRENT COMMENT.

All WOuth An0 EorS.
From the Omaha Bee.
Corporal Tanner still insists that he and
mate Henderson were justified i'm maxi
ing that pension grab. Corporal Tanner
continues to furnish conclusive evidence
that he has long hairy ears.
Remarkable self Control Of Rr. ~ ulkey.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
j. ID. Mulkey of Habersham has made
100 gallons Of wine from ITO vines. He
has no doubt he could have made $50 gal
Ions. He does not water his grape juice,
his wine is Of q very superior char
acter.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

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at 90 cents.
3S-inch wool Tricot at 4oc per yard. we'll worth zc per yard.
The newest styles in Dress Flannels at 4oc per yard.
Extra Heavy Twilled Flannels at soc a yard. worth 7sc.
4o-inch al-wool Tricots. new line of shades at 48c per ward.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

Misses English Ribbed Wool
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23
Only Two jacks Needed.

From the Philadelphia Times.
There were assembled at the Royal Pal.
ace in Copenhagen tho other day one Em-
pcror, one Empress, one Empress iowa
Rer, three Kings, one Queen, rcssr heirs
apparent and thirty-five Ssssperial ard
royal princes and princesses. Had two
more jacks been addpd the pack would
have been
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23
Quay a~,re<eo.e. tn he Boss,

from the Louisvise Courier Journal.
There wasA scene mt the White House
this afternoon. II was between the Prcsi-
dent ard Senate Quay, and over the
PetNsSivania patronage. Senator Quay
wAs 1esirous of the nomination of George
~ Leland for naval officer for the Phila-
Nelphia port, and Mr.. Russell Harrison,
the beautiful and ambitious son OF the
President, was insisting upon the appoint-
ment of his friend, Captain Walters- Sen-
ntor Quay called at tlsc White House tS-
day and asked the President what he PRO-
Iposcd ~ do. The President wanted n
compromises by giving Quay's man some
other place. Quay .would not listen To
anything of the Kind, and the result WAS
some sharp words between the two. Quay
told the President that IL he refused tn APP
| point Leland he would never set his foot
In the White Hou.e again, Then he
turned and looked the President square
ia she eye and said: "You owe me your
election, and II you refuse me what I ask,
tllAa will end our relations. have prom
isasd the place to Leland, OH my honor.
and I demand Of you that the obligation
be carried out"
Il n not known what the President will
do. As IL stands, the case Is one Of inter
est aaWsoug politicians
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

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Ladies' Scarlet All-Wool Vests
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Misses Scarlet Vests and Pants.
all sizes at 35c per pair. former
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Fivc-Button Kid Gloves for soc
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23
HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR.

Ladies' Heavy Wool Hose at 2sc
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23

A s~aloonkeepcr i'm Piatt county, ILL.,,
has been fined $4,000 and costs for selling
liquor without n license. II he keeps ON
selling the judge will he apt tn make him
feel il next time.