The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-09
WHERE is IT2

When the advocates Of. free coinage
expressed the opinion that Mr.. Reed
ought to give the measure his support
the Speaker, in grouty but character
istic reply, announced that "the few
new states in the Northwest have been
well treated by this congress and in all
things an effort has been made to allow
needed local legislation to be passed,
II Is asking q great deal to have a silver
bill framed in their interest, to the Diet.
riment of the east"
When Speaker Reed came to Mon.
tana last September to speak for the
republicans, It was promptly announced
that he was no friend to silver. There
upon he declared that he was silver's
steadfast supporter and that Montana
might count on him. Then the
STANDARD produced the list of his
hostile votes, ~whereupon, in this city,
Mr.. Reed, making no denial, meekly
protested that lit wasn't right to mis-
represent a man who happened to come
out here to help a friend" The people
i'm this state accepted the testimony of
the record and Mr.. Reed didn't stay
very long. One night, while he was
addressing a crowded house and AZ he
fingered Over the unspeakable blessings
of protection, somebody in the audience
asked, what about silvery" The ques
ton was neither answered or needed.
When several representative gentle
men, prompted by an unselfish purpose,
went to st. Louis to represent Montana
i'm the silver convention, they learned
that Mr.. Carter proposed to support
Reed for speaker, and they telegraphed
their earnest protest. The dispatch
missed its mission. 4. good many con-
siderations prompted Mr.. Carter TO stay
with the Reed forces at that time. The
Montana man was made to believe that
Reed would be elected anyway and he
might as well come in. He was prom
Used a craftsmanship il he would help
to corral the western vote. he doubtless
was hoodwinked into the belief that
Reed would be square on the silver
question. lie was easily deceived in
this, just as on other scores he was de-
ceived by the professions made to him
by republicans in the treasury depart
ment. Mr.. Carter opposed the silver
bill passed last Saturday. Naturally
enough he refused to vote for 1t, be-
cause he doubtless expects to live i'm
Montana. But again he counted with
out his host, and when he with his
friends sought support for silver at the
Speakers hands. the autocratic answer
we have quoted was handed down to
him.
Now the STANDARD desires some of
its alert contemporaries to make rec
ord of the needed local legislation
which Speaker Reed. in highly charac-
t~eristic speech, declares has been "al-
lowed" to pass. Where is it all and
what does il relate To right here in
Montana? our representative in the
has been a busy man and I'M
questionably has worked hard. while
the states traudule sponsors in the
senate have made boastful parade of
their plans. They have been going to
do lots of things; now where are the
substantial achievements? We take
it that the national republican man
ayers owe a very heavy debt to the
leaders of the party in Montana. This
never saw tilthier political
work than that in which Sanders and his
political associates engaged in order to
the state. such low-dOwn SER
vices as these men rendered ought to
come high, but what is there to show
for itg
And where is the needed local legis-
graciOusly allowed to pass by
Reed, that is to stand as an
offset for his recent u%tterances which
are intensely hostile i'm tone and which
give the lie direct to all his friendly
professional
While watching the vote ON silver, a