The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-25
VIEWS OF HIS OWN.

IL took the western republican press
a good while to realize that Secretary
Blaine is out of sympathy with the
economic plan under which the McKin-
ley bill was framed. In Montana,
especially, that measure has been
blindly supported by administration
newspapers simply because it rates as
an administration measure. Our con-
temporaries took no account of the SEN
timent entertained by the large repub-
lican contingent that finds one of its
most gifted spokesman in Mr.. Blaine.
In the hearing of audiences in a
dozen states of the Union, Mr.. Blaine,
In his time, has discussed the tariff
issue with more accurate knowledge of
the question and a more intelligent
presentation of its elements than any
other man of this generation has
eyinced. lie is opposed TO some of the
Mckinley bills main provisions, his
criticisms have disturbed republicans
but they have caught the ear of the
country. IL is arrant nonsense to raise
the cry that Mr.. Blaine is a free trader.
Nothing could be wider from the mark.
We take il that he closely reflects the
sentiment of a very large group of
men, republicans and democrats, in
states like Montana. men who regard
with favor some Of the general features
of the protective plan, but who are by
no means committed to the fallacies
manifested i'm the Mckinley schedules.
In his criticism of the pending tariff
bill Mr.. Blaine talks with characters
says that "there is not a section or "A
line in the entire bill that will open a
market for another bushel of wheat or
another barrel of pork" Readers of
the STANDARD will remember that the
premier's comment regarding sugar
was not less vigorous. And Mr.. Blaine's
views do not lack republican endorse
ment. AS influential a newspaper as
the Chicago Tribune asks whether the
senate will listen to Mr.. Blaine or sin
deliberately against the light The
Boston Journal believes that Mr..
Blaine's criticisms are timely the Phila-
delphia Inquirer deems them impor-
tant. These are republican newspa-
pers of more than average influence.
They advance a view shared by many
republicans in the federal senate.
a good many voters in Montana. re-
gardless of party affiliations, believe
that Mr.. Blaine is getting close to the
truth regarding tariff legislation. If
the premier lived in Montana and
knew of her needs and resources. we
believe he would note the demands of
N mining industry for timber and
then wonder why the immense sup.
plies just across the northern border
are shut out from MS by tariff. lie
would learn how yalueless TO nearly
every interest in this state the duty on
copper is. In view of the states adj
vantages for smelling and, at the same
time, its paucity in lead ores, he might
ever query whether good business
policy deprives Montana of British
Columbia's wealth in this grade of ore.
Nestor of the protection dogma that
he is, w suspect that. were he one of
our own people, Mr.. Blaine would OPP
pose the notions regarding tariff which
some of the states republican news
papers urge with more zeal than good
sense. They do this because they take
Mckinley's word for il that il is all
right. Big-brained men like Blaine
don't have To take McKinley's word OH
any point in the industrial question.
The weather and other considerations
too numerous 10 mention nave pup the
Helena stock exchange, like the Helena