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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
IN PRINT.

At n recent London sale Voltairc's sig
nature brought only two guineas. Sir
Isaac Newton's 3, u letter by Boswell E1O,
and one by Johnson only -.
Charles Villiers is now the oldest MEM
Der of the English house of commons. He
is 81 years old and has sat continually for
Wolverhampton since 1S:H.
The Boston Herald says that the poet
Longfellow drew IA line with red ink
through n clause i'm his will and interlined
above this rasure N different wish as to
the disposition of the operty named in
it. This had the effect of revolving his
entire gift to the person indicated i'm the
clause and, as this new wish was not
signed after being written, that person
took nothing whatever under the will.
Emperor William of Germany has a
man servant who comes i'm for his mas
tcr's clothes. Recently the valet ventured
to suggest hat n certain coat which was
still in active service belonged tn him by
reason of its age. "What is it's market
value ?" asked the emperor. "Three dol
lars" replied the valet. ~ like the coat"
remarked the emperor. "Here, take So
and leave me the garment
The honored title of "Father of the
House, which the late Judge Kelley has
borne for many years, has, by his death,
descended To another Philadelphia MEM
bier, Mr.. Randall Still another Philadcl-
phian Mr., O'Ncil. entered congress at the
same time that Mr.. Randall did, but failed
of reelection one term. Ii il a matter of
comment i'm the house that the three old
est i'm continuous service came
from the same city.
Ther. are four members of the United
States senate who can ncvcrb he candidates
for the presidency of this republic, under
the constitution, because of alien birth.
Senator Jones of Nevada was born in
Hcrdfordshire, England; General McN1il-
Ian of Michigan i'm Hamilton, Ont; Sem
utor Beck of Kentucky in Dumforshire
Scotland, and Senator Pasco of Florida
in London England. OF the northern
senators only two were born i'm the south
Senator Cullom of Illinois i'm Kentucky.
and senator Hawley of Connecticut i'm
is of northern origin.
Baron uirsch. the millionaire banker
and phiianthropist. has been blackbailed
Rothschild and others threaten to resign.
Baron Hirsch was the %financier who i'm
November, 1887, sent n letter to the czar
of Russia offering n fund of SlO,OOo,OoO To
found i'm Russia primary schools for He
brews. and S2OO.OOO TAI be at the disposal
of the car for works of charity. After re-
cciving n report from his minister of the
interior the GEAR signed his acceptance of
the gift. The SlO.oOO,0OO was paid into the
Bank of England. and Baron Rothschild
and Baron de Worms were made trustees.
1t was estimated at the time that the an.
nual interest of the amount would he
100000, which would provide for Loo
schools and $1,000 children Never was
such u munificent gift made by n rich
man i'm his lifetime. Baron Hirsch made
his money for the most part i'm oriental
railroads.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
HE A IT BAD.

Professor MurchisOn, of n Kansas
Scientific association informs the world
that he has just seen some big things
near Fort Riley, Kansas. Among other
discoveries he enumerates an ornithO-
chirus umbrOsus. and II bones of the
paddle of IA giant tortoise, eighteen feet
long. Blu the ornithochirus umbrOsus
and the giant tortoise are no great
shakes compared with "a dyspelor
measuring sixty feet in length" and the
head of "a molossus some inches longer
than hat of a full grown grizzly bear
and much heavier and broader" But
the professors discoveries did not stop
here. There was conclusive evidence
that the fD-foot dyspelor and the molus-
sus with II head bigger than II grizzly
bear, had died together i'm mortal com
bat.
The great Jaws al the noiossus, with their ter
riile. cylinirir tangs. were closed i'm "a death
grip upon the hind leg at the ,yslelor, crushing
II letw cen them, while, from the position of tn,
other giant, Il could bc plainly seen that il had
used its flexible, though massive, tail in beating
to death its foe, which. with bulldog tcnacity,
had still retained its hold.
The Kansas professor need not put
on So many airs. There have been
men who have seen greater snakes and
tiercer combats than IN ne describes.
The potency of Fort Riley whisk v
must he admitted. but il is no more eff
fective than in many other places.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
HOW 10 r 1T.

II the people of Butte intend to put
the city's organized police on the best
footing. they will separate the depart
ment completely from the city council.
II has been suggested that the marshal
he elected by the council and that he
make appointments To membership on
the force subject to the approval of the
aldermen.
That would be an improvement on
the present method, yet il is by no
means the best possible plan. 1t still
leaves the force subject to the
within of aldermen whose terms
of service as "a rule are not
long. and il gives power to the
marshal which cannot wisely he con
ferred. \ force thus organized would
essentially be the city marshals police
force. as long rs he is in accord with
the members of the council who appoint
him. The marshal himself could hold
Office only during n lifetime of the
council that selects him. and that is not
the right sort of tenure for the chief of
IA police force. The plan of leaving
nominations for positions on the force
with the marshal. make him practi-
cally the commanding executive head
of Il department where his functions
hould he purely administrative.
Butte is big enough To ave "a police
board with organization and authority
quite independent of aldermen whose
official existence is essentially due to
politics. such Il board Nigh; be APP
pointed by the mayor. rs is now the
case in most American cities. Its
members should hold office for a term
of at least three years. They should
be bound To make the appointment of
policemen on the bipartisan plan -
that is too say. they should give places
to as many democrats rs republicans
they should name the marshal. have
contro in all matters of administration
and discipline. and they should conduct
the finances of the department under
the provisions of an annual budget
which. of curse. the council II al
ways take under review, the disburse-
ments To be made in regular form by
the city treasurer.
such IA board would frame rules for
Ia government of the police force and,
If the members of the commission are
men of the right sort. they would see to
the enforcement of the same. They
would make it impossible for an officer
to keep his headquarters i'm a saloon, To
drink liquor und any circumstance
while on duty. They would make each
/ policeman responsible to the marshal,
with military exactness. for his behay-
ior and the relative efficiency of his
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31

At seasons of the ear Henry VOL
colt, of Denver. is a familiar figure on
the streets of Butte. lie has a lot of
money invested there. His brother is
Il member of the federal senate. Both
are republicans and Henry WolcOtt,
who asks no office, worked day and
night for the republican ticket in last
years fight. Here is what he said the
other day to a newspaper reporter:
The West contributed largely to IIar-
rison's nomination. We We're told by
his champions that he was a strong.
vigorous man, and II republican who
believed in thorough party organiZa-
ton. Never before was such am effort
put forth to elect any party candidate,
and l for one am Disguised at the sane
timOnious assertion that President
IIarrison's nomination and election
were the work of the Lord. and not the
result of hard political work and
shrewd political management
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31

right i'm parliamentary ruling. Mr..
Reed himself is ON record as having de-
clared hat ''the constitutional idea of
a quorum il not the physical presence
Of n majority of members Of the house,
but a majority of the members present
and participating i'm the business" a
declaration which is a triumphant an
swer to all he professed to believe last
Wednesday,.
These attempts to set up unusual
and unfair rulings and make them stick
are dangerous as they are d~emOralizing.
The record of Mr.. Richards at Helena
proves it. That gentlemen has 50
outraged right and precedent that
his own party friends are now
excusing him on he ground that he is
q skilled i'm tactics and that his fail
ure is due to misrepresentation of the
spirit of the code rather than to any
failure i'm IL moral sense. but the evil
is particularly dangerous in that 1t be-
comes itself a precedent. 1t il pretty
sure tn come home to rOOst. Ohio fur
nishes mt this instant "A case i'm point.
In that state fOur years ago the seats
Of -four democratic senators were con
tested. The state senate had thirty
seven members. The lieutenant COVER
nor decided that seventeen republican
votes constituted "a senate quorum, the
democrats were thrown out and four
republicans were seated for Hamilton
county. This high-handed curse was
loudly DUN at the time, but il
will come handy for the democrats
now. by the death of enatOr Ash
burn the Ohio democratic senators are
left without n quorum. If the republi-
cans manage to elect his successor, the
senate will be a tie. But should II re-
publican be apparently successful at
the polls his democratic rival has only
to contest the seat, and, under the re-
publican ruling. he n be voted i'm.
These unfair presidents easily become
Il plague.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31

The STANDARD well remembers the
time which the Inter Mountain recalls.
when Congressman Carter carried sill
yer Bow by hundreds. AS was said in
these columns yesterday, democrats
made him possible. lie accepted a
nomination which several Silver Bow
republicans declined-to their enduring
sorrow. We remarked yesterday that
Carter is a favorite with people who go
to the polls-and that seems to us to
be pretty cordial praise. coming from "A
democratic newspaper. Then we re-
ferred tn his vote for Reed. We ask
the Inter Mountain to watch gut; it
will live to see that he blundere2 We
spoke of his position on the silver bills
quoting eminent republican authority
against him. Finally we objected to
his amendment regarding lead, and the
STANDARDS objection is fully sus-
tanned by the comment of the best re-
publican newspaper authority in this
country, west of Buffalo. There isn't
much misrepresentation or innuendo"
about all that.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
WRONG RULINGS.

\ presiding officer in any digniiicd.
delfberative body risks his fair reputa-
ton when. for the sake of some present
gain, he deiies precedent and becomes
"a law unto himself. In attempting this
course day before yesterday Speaker
Reed turned his back on law and ira
dition. lie ruled that democrats pres
ent but not voting could be counted to
make "a quorum, throwing the house
into IA scene of confusion the like of
which, say the STANDARDS special
Washington correspondent. congress
has seldom seen.
Essentially. Mr.. Reed is RECKLESS pol
itician. On the tioor of the house In
was bitterly partisan. in his own state
he got into Il quarrel with Blaine. in
Montana he declared himself the stead
fast friend of silver, yet there stood the
record of his votes in proof of his per
sistent hostility to the metal. His
ruling last Wednesday was one to
which Mr.. Blaine refused to lend himself
years & unde circumstances which
the STANDARD has lately recited. We
venture the prediction hat il will not
be sustained by the strongest and best
of eastern republican newspapers.
The degrading feature of the case is
that, in support of his dastardly con
duct, Mr.. Reed took refuge behind a
ruling made by David ID. Hill when
lieutenant governor of New York. n
republican speaker at Washington is i'm
desperate straits when he seeks shelter
under anything that Governor Hill ever
said or did. Hill is a democrat: he il
also a low-down demagogue. "A master
in political trickery and the last
appeal for any decent man who seeks
to know what is honorable, fair OF
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
JHE WAY OUT OF TROUBLE.

current expenses at In penitentiary
goes without saying. The letter ad-
dressed to Marshal Irvine n printed
in the STANDARD this morning shows
how urgent the need is. This business
might easily be kept out of politics.
but we remind the public that II lem
ocrats have come precisely half way i'm
trying To rig up Legislature compe-
tent to make several needed apprOpri-
ations.
: without putting i'm jeopardy any
mans claims to n seat, the democrats
nave proposed tn name fifteen, eighteen
OF twenty men. the republicans to name
the same number. these to come to-
gether for the passage of certain bills
relating to subjects which cOnfessedly
are urgent. Here is a square PROPOSE
ton and, if republicans i'm Helena really
feel disposed to go into IL. II Deer
Lodge pe%nitentiary's current funds will
he produced.
HUT the republicans insist that the
organization must he made with TWEEN
ty-fve republicans and t~wenty-four
democrats. Outside of politics there is
absolutely no reason why they should
thus insist, yet they demand that all the
concession shal come from the other
side. They offer to yield absolutely
nothing. The democrats. we repeat,
have offered To come exactly half way
in "a compromise movement. We trust
they will not advance "a single inch
farther. We do not believe they will.
1t takes two to make a compromise.
Any further concession OH the part of
democrats would he abject surrender,
and we notice that democrats at He
lena are not in that line just ut present.
They will give this state all the legis-
iation il needs under "a plan that is
honorable to all concerned. That is all
people want and all they expect.
This plan failing. h democrat ur-
gently recommend that the legislature
end its existence and thus spare the
community further annoyance n
added expense. To this policy they are
openly committed. IL is manly, il is
patriotic, il has popular approval.
1t strikes us that the place for Mar
shall Irvine to fight this battle out is.
not i'm court, not with Deer Lodge mer-
chants. not with guards at the peniten-
tiary, but right in the ranks Of his W
party at Helena. We give the marshal
no news when we tell him that the
twenty-five to twenty-four scheme will
never wOrk-not il the democrats
at Helena are the sort of men
we take them to be. If.
however, the republican propose to
yield something, if they are sincere in
their declarations rs To the public
needs, they can AVE fifteen. eighteen,
twenty or twenty-five, anything they
want even mp. More than this they'll
never get. More than thisis not demand
ed by the people or eNacted by the rule of
fairness.
On this basis the current funds for
the penitentiary will he at the disposal
Of the proper officer within ten hours.
otherwise. we trust that the building
at Deer Lodge will rot tn it's stills
and the incarcerated glide leisurely out
Of the town in drawing-room coaches.
before democrats yield so much as II
hair.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
More About Iseidler.

From the Washington Post.
The telegraph the death of
j. y. Beidler. The late Mr.. Beidler was
well known to the citizens of Montana,
where he has assisted i'm more little inn
romp stalking offs" than any other
resident of the state who had aspirations
i'm that particular line. The deceased car
ried a peculiar personality and also one
of the most complete assortment of guns
west of the Mississippi. He was fond of
eNcitement, and things never became too
interesting i'm Montana to suit j. Y. Bied-
Ter. Ii was the constant prediction that
the angel of death would overtake him
before he would have an opportunity to
remove his boots, but i'm this the late Mr..
Bicdler was mistaken. He died from the
effects of the grippe and i'm his bare feet.
The gentlemen who prepare Mr.. Beidler's
obituary will not do him fair Justice IL
they fail to mention hat he was dead
game to the finish.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
service. Two or three days ago q Butte
police officer said tn a STANDARD re-

service. Two or three days g a Butte
police officer said to a STANDARD re-
porter:
don't consider that . ann doing wrong n "a
woman asks me tn put u disOrsteriy person out Of
her house, who doesn't want tn prosecute him,
and gives Inc IA half dollar for the service. " !
go around with "a man Ia hustle up bonds he is
expected tn give me "a little something for the
service. II walk with "a man several blocks tn
show him "a place and he gives me "a dollar, ] do
not consider that dishonesty.
No one In denOuncing this conduct az
dishonest, but it virtually makes q well
paid policeman a mendicant, and the
practice Is one thas is stringently for
hidden wherever "a first-class police
force il found. The rule governing this
matter Is sc well understood i'm many
cities that people who wish to bestow
a gratuity On IN officer for m~eritoriOus
service, pass h money to the members
of the police board who publicly DE-
stow it on the man for whom it is in
tended, while in other cities all such
sums go into the general police relief
fund, for the benefit of members of the
force i'm case of sickness or accident.
In any city where.four-bit contributions
to policemen are tolerated. you may ex-
pect to inc strikers" on n force.
Will n average mayor select worthy
citizens for service i'm a police commits
ShobA ~ WIN sS ~ ." Nv A"s wi tiS
Office, and that is for the people to.
say. In American cities the marked
tendency is to put the departments of
fire. police and health and the perma-
nent improvement of highways unde
the control of municipal boards whose
members are appointed by a mayor.
Within a dozen years scores of cities
have amended their charters expressly
to center power and responsibility i'm
the mayor and, rs a rule, that officers
term is made to extend over two or
three years. If the mayor is "a failure
the people are to blame for h mistake
n the people do not often make
mistakes. At any rate. experience in
all cities is strongly in favor of center
ing power i'm mayors. If i'm Butte that
officer were vested with power to ap-
point a police commission, we believe
good men would be brought into the
service and the efficiency of the police
force radically strengthened.
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COMMENT.


From the New York Commercial-Advertiser.
Shakespeare must have known that
thyme was money, because he once re-
marked he knew n bank where Il grew
wild,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31

NO. GsOU E<uD. BUTf.
From the Buffalo Commercial.
A Pennsylvania man claims tn have
corn growing ON his place six inches high.
This IL the same man who saw the sea-
serpent last summer.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
Dear, Confederate Papa.

From the New York Tribune.
One of the funniest sights i'm the park
OH n pleasant Sunday is paterfamilias
taking out the wife and the infant in
arms for n drive, '.just to give them n lit
tie fresh air, you know" he says, and
then, after closing the windows of the
coupe tightly, proceeding to smoke n par
ticularly rank cigar.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
He's Bound tn Mako = break

From the Kansas CITY Times.
Speaker Reed with his rule or ruin poll
cy seems inclininR pretty strongly to-
ward the ruin so far as popularity with
memoirs of his own party goes.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
The Circumstantial Evidence.

From An Exchange.
Watermelon seeds were found i'm an
Egyptian tomb that was 1900 years old.
There was no doubt about there being
watermelon seeds, because the
was all double up.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
Director-General IDepew.

From the New York Evening sun.
III il he true that i'm case votes
to recognize the claim of New York city
as the one fit and appropriate place for
the worlds fair, Chauncey NJ. Depew will
tie selected or chosen or appointed di-
rector-general, we feel safe i'm saying that
the appointment will give general salts
faction
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
As Hungry As II ls Bix.

From the Chicago Times.
Accounts of d~estitution i'm Dakota still
come in. To become a state does not
necessarily mean bread and butter. Was
ii a F~renchman, dying hungry with the
cross of the Legion of Honor on his breast
who said:
"'Oh Glory, give me bread'?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
A DecolIette Suggestion.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
The Hon. G.. Frisbie Hoar, who Tapped
his coat tails at Mount Blanc, wants the
whites to GO tn Africa. In that genial
cline Uncle Hoar could wear his claw
coat without any trousers.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-08


The County court did a good thing
yesterday in reconsidering its action
at the January term, and placed Mrs.
Hamilton, Mrs. Revel and James
Soloman on the pension roll at So per
month, dating from January. II
was evident from the first that the
court had not considered the moral
obligation in this matter, because il
is not made up of a heartless set Of
men. Other applicants for pensions
will have to secure the recommends.
ton of both magistrates in the dis
trict in which the applicant may re
side, and such recommendation mus
go before the poor-hOuse commits
sioners for endorsement before the
pension is allowed.
This arrangement will forever bal
John Osburn, for if his case ever
reaches the commissioners they will
put him in the poer-house to amust
the idiots.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-08
Services at Salem.

Rev. w. A. Turner, pastor of the
Antioch circuit, preached one of his
good sermons to the congregation at
Salem Sunday evening. Rev. j. E.
Harrison, pastor of the Methodist
church here, made a short, pointed
talk to the people at the close of Mr..
Turner's sermon. He confined his
remarks to the doctrine of the resur-
rectiOn and made strong argument.
The pastor of the circuit is prepar-
ing church directory for the charge.
1t will contain the names OF all the
members of the several churches on
the circuit, the bylaws of the
church and the time of preaching at
each appointment. There are six
churches on the work, with about
$50 members. 1t is known far and
wide as the "Solid Block" and al
ways comes up to the scratch with
church collections. They plant their
banners high and never allow them
to trail in the dust.