The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-29

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This enthusiasm here rs but an echo o.
snsssr n h Hs%,s anSnR ihs f sesS;s sas In
voice. Last year was an OH year. The
but all are back in the fold now, even to
the wool men. The democratic party
% %9sss it ySs $ in fs sSe me c%a sp.a,sS' q: si "a.
candidate for n state office. In 1853 the
people sick and tired Of being dominated
mission tn the union. A convention met
at Helena To further the project. Al that
sn"s that bill !" t,e Spresiient and
both houses of congress-. Montana was
then as usual Democratic: Il was born
Which had always been republican
with two or three exceptions was
s..king Sdv,ass,om. and Its delegate MT;
platform. Benjamin Harrison was at the
head Of the senate committee ON cities.
He took the bill for the admission of Mon
tana and showed il into u pigeon-hole,
there to slunbcr i'm blissful oblivion. 1
import,ned the senators day after day,
mcnt of Montana and the patriotism of
her citizens, hut all turned n deaf ear.
introduce am amendment tn his Washing
ton bin, identical in every Way with t. and
s sWnnsSins s"Ss;''" sn tina, M iana IN hah aSr
without disturbing the political phase of
affairs, both territories might enter the
the Congressional Record Mr.. Harrison's
"Siamcse twins" objection to the bill, and
Senator Buffers reply that Montana pos
ssssed all that was necessary to statehood
and should not la barred by such a TECH
nicaiity as Mr.. Harrison raised. Re
rison's only objection was ON the ground
that two states should not he admitted
under the same bill. Now when congress-
came up in the. senate for the
admission of South Dakota. The demo-
was the sentiment of the party that both
the Dakotas, with Montana, Washington
and New Mexico should he admitted.
much as they please against the demo-
sra,s voting against our aamisSion, the
Mexico was eiiminated from that
absurd Esrouni that her people were DOM
democratic friends and begged them to
stand by us i'm spite of the Injustice that
was being practiced towards New Mexico,
cratic congressman did come to our res
cue, Mr.. Carter says that 1 was able to
three votes, hut the reasons of the others
were based ON honest considerations. DO
you know he history OF New Mexico:
ritory and it's delegate was stephen B.. FL
kins. The senat. passed "a bin admitting
il to the Union. The bill came up i'm the
house on a day when u two-thirtis vote
was required, and il was lost, although il
received a majority of the votes. The re-
publicans then supported New MexicO's
admission. The territory underwent u
change of heart and has since been sol
has been increased. it's laws are
enforced, and il has all the essentials of u
state. But now. Shirteen years, the
becoming "a state. Now when we were
seeking SO hard to gain admission last
do? A memorial p~etitionine congress to
admit Montana was laid on the table by
Montana's republican Legislature by u
strict party vote. every democrat voting
for it. What position was in at WASH
ington? -.
that i had been representing to them that
and they wanted TO know what thisr refusal
"ri Mn msa%s. 1 Whas s%SlS 4" "s say ::e A %s%,
this time l met Thomas H.. Carter. He
said he didn't understand il. and he
I've %S"'a do write ns He fH came Nir s"%c and md
in an interview in the Helena Journal he
thing. This is the truth, and 1 have the
papers here tn prove il. The republicans
wrr, straining every nerve in the hope Of
Maainnis came down to Washingtonn 81
inn%snce and Prestige. He was not
down nj Washington as others
were, covcrtly working againt adj
mission. There was nothing covert ON
his part. The evidences of his regard
during his residence i'm Montana as u
worthy and patriotic citizen for % years,
are scattered all over this domain. He
was reelected for six consecutive
terms, and when he came out his
record was as clean as when he
went in. And after all these years
having retired from politics, hc comes
forth again i'm response tn the call of his
party, like Caius Coriolanus i'm the white
robe of purity, asking for your suffrages.
The democratic party is the firm friend Of
one of Montana's great interests-the ace
and unlimited coinage of silver. The re-
pnblicans hold forth nothing but "a hollow
and am empty promise. Up to 1872 the
joint duties of silver and gold
had never been assaulted. The rcp.h-
licans struck down silver by passing
N bill Accommodating it," Mr.. Toolc here
gave an accurate and comprehensive re-
view of the silver legislation of 1S7:sind1S1S,
and continuing, said: elf these professcd
friends of silver mean what they say why
does not the republican president of the
United States and the republican secrc-
tary of the treasury enforce the law?
They do not even coin silver up To two
millions, the minimum amount cstab-
lisled 10y law. In the month of
August the coinage was less than one
million. Yet the republicans proclaim