The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-05
SOME SOLID TRUTHS.

IL IL true hat "raScalS are NJ Work
on the vote pOlled by the people of
Montana last Tuesday, and 1t Is true
also that these rascals are not democrats.
1t is true, rs the Helena Journal has
said within ten hours that 'no
knows to-day by exact and unimpeach-
able figures what the result of the cleo
ton is," and 1t Is also true that n
Journal made claims as early as We'd
nesday morning to the election of the
republican ticket, i'm utter disregard of
what was indicated by the handful of
scattered returns then at its command.
1t il true that. unlike any Of the
trustworthy republican dailies of n
territory, the Journal "A held. with
bOyish persistency, to figures which
have not been backed by any of h re-
turns received since "Wednesday morn
ing. making itself. as newspapers sell
dom dare to do, the organ of knaves
who are bent on perverting the popular
will with u recklessness that will avenge
itself on the republican plOtters IL they
go too far I'm their attempts to tamper
with the vote.
1t In true that the Helena Journal
has claimed the election Of the republi-
can ticket, and 1t is also true that it has
been more bOastful with less reliable
figures han any daily newspaper
printed in Montana. 1t Is true that
the returns from Deer Lodge were
slow i'm coming in, for perfectly good
reasons which were given by the
STANDARD, Wednesday morning; it il
also true that, at any given hour up TO
Friday morning the total eturns for
this county were relatively more com
plete, by a liberal percentage than those
of the county in which the Helena
Journal In published-yet that paper,
animated by the spirit that prompts
the sneak thief to cry thief, a had
the effrOntery to insinuate, coward rs
IL is, that suspicion lurked about the
delay i'm returns from this county.
1t il true that the conduct of the
Helena Journal i'm ~persistently cling
ing to what il knows to be falsehoUd--
IL indeed it knows anything about
election returns, and it is credited with
knowing mighty little-it is true, We
assert, that it's plans are those of the
political brigand who would apply to
Montana politics he methods that
used to be operated in Louisiana, but
which imported blackguards cannot
work in this country. 1t is also true
that there is not u republican newspa
| per i'm Montana which in tone or tenn
per has permitted itself with all that
the parties have at stake, to be lowered
to the level Of the Journal, OF to wal.
low with it in the political sewer.
1t is true hat the Helena Journal
| started out in the campaign with LOUD
announcements of what it's gifted col.
umns were tn accomplish for the party
il is also true that, under its cOnspic.
uous leadership. n reversal in repub
lican strongholds throughout Mountains
are SO big as tn be memorable and that
the very county in which the yoursd,
Is printed, staunch republican IA it is
saved the day for m democrats by
utterly repudiating the Helena yonrna
with it's hackers and making u demo
cratic Legislature safe.
1t is tribe that several staunch repub
licaIi newspapers some of demo
cratic faith, too, will live and flourish
when the editorial management of tn,
Helena Journal will have returned
to the East tn have it's copy edited b,
some decent man who knows how I,
run n newspaper, who can foot up
column of election returns. who cal
tell the truth when he sees it, and VIII,
is too much a man to be the dirt,
tool of u designing chairman to whom
word was sent from this county, not 81
many days ago., that he is a liar out
right.
Chicago wants to get the world
fair. but hat city is discovering that il
enemies are those Of its own geograph
ical household. Part Of the press o