The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-08-08
THE DUTY OF THE HOUR,
Not to Speculate on What Might Have
Been, but to Start Anew.

Not to Speculate on What Might Have
Been. but to Start Anew.
To the Independent.
There are times when men Ia every branch
of life. aud in all sections of the country,
are led to inquire, where am l at?" and
how came l hete2 when a careful and IN
biased consideration of conditions is to be
INDUCED in, and sober Judgment to dictate.
The past few weeks demonstrated the most
complete and wonderful evidence OF dig
trust and uneaslness ever witnessed In our
country in that it reaches and peryades
svery hamlet and gection Of these prsat
states. heretofore Expressions have either
been local In extent or confined to some
particular GLASS of investment, or, at least.
the cause could be traced and the r.spopsi.
biity located to the satisfaotion of econ
omic students. Not &C these dsys. Ibe
dissster reaulting from some unforeseen
lack of confidence has reached out like an
octopus and oistrust has pervaded eve,y
household. Careful and conservative ins,i-
tutions and houses of business have cone
down with the weaker. and less cautlous an
well as unsern pulous managers enioy the
company OF the highly hopored in their
misfortune.
In explanation of this state Of affairs, the
heretofore WISE ssem to know no mora than
Nv ehPkpSSu iRicidhi, NIl4B TIE uiV0fGity
opinions, sven among those equally we'll Of
qualified to judge would FL a volume. No
question OF dispute ever heard OF escs az
u share OF this terrible responsibility One
locality ACCUSES another of iealousy md
selhshness and tho agitation of questions
detrimental to their particular inte esta.
y: course this is q marrow and unworthy
view of she matte, but no NOR. 60 than
the from a political ssandl oipt
One of the great parties accuses the other
or creating uibttnst because Of their talk of
and pledges TO reverse e~xiGtinu lnCs that
nave brought Prosperity to the COUNTRY duy.
ing tho past quarter century, while the
othef rstorts thst these self same laws n ve
been tae cause and have gradually laid the
foundation, rotten to tho core, by a yjoions
system thhs SouiG have toppisd and fall AZ
this time had there been no ehnuo,
In ths administration; the 40. cRlled "god
bags claim that the sherman law ia
the RodfnthtF o. sponsor to an unholy alli-
anos between gold and ailver, the illeViti.
mate offspring OF which i'd our p.eEent
financial oriais, while tho free silver a6yo-
Gates insist with equal h,nness and con-
ndencs Tia. the Illegal divorce proceed
ings OF 1873. tuken by snnp judgment and
causing ttb separation 0. gold and silver
has lett the industrial children of csnturirs
OF wedded bliss without the mean. of live
lihooa rnd subject to the starvation syg-
tenn OF Ia tesrtlas3 world. The uoprlists
claim the cause TO DO II sea city OF oi rculat-
ing medium. while Others show our rer
capita ci ouiation TO be greater this year
thnn ever befo e; the poor accuse the money
lendef OF bringing poverty to himself and
ruin to the county, while the wealthy Law
the charge OF thriftlessneds to the laborer.
We might go on and multiply indefinitely
the causes assigned for our present
troubl" and ha Il times, but the 70 egoino
are sufficient TO demonstrate the wide range
nF nItfy1nr,J tEht.l. 4 ..=.
every instance suggested by peculiar cir
cunstanees and surroundings of the advo-
cate. with very little or no regard for, OF
knowledge o., the actual causes forming
the true basis of the trouble. The great
tendency to shifts the blame of ones mia