The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-08
]. FOUNDER AND GROVER
The President Favored by Call From
The Butte Divine
HE STILL HAS HIS BONDS
Jere Relates Happenings at the
Nations Capital and Wants
Mcguire to Pull Tavary
Off His Beat.

though the fond hopes of Rev. Rounder
and his devoted flock in Butte, for new
tabernacle with . steepie on il, would end
in sad disappointment, for the dominic
seems to be meeting with dismal failure
in his efforts to float his bonds. Regard
ing his unsuccessful attempt to interest
Grover Cleveland in his scheme the
reverend gentleman writes as follows:
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 81, 1895.
To The Ealtsr Of me standard:
When President Cleveland granted me
the favor of flve-minutes interview
yesterday afternoon at the White House,
he had just been shaking hands with
Methodist conference. The conference
has been in session hero some time and
question whether 1t should pay its respects
to the president or not. 1t finally decided
to do SO and marched on the president
several hundred strong. Mr.. Cleveland
shook hands with them oil very patiently
and looked as worn out as though he had
just come from the track when he nm
ished. So had him at something OF q
disadvantage. The minister just ahead
of me said to Grover that he was glad to
see him and was sorry he couldn't call
him brother in the Lord. This took the
president down a little. l couldn't wish
tho same thing because l don't believe
the president Is eligible to belong to our
church. He is too narrow and sectional
in bis views.
told Mr.. Cleveland had come all the
way from Montana TO see him, and
wouldn't be satisfied with shaking hands.
He said he thought all the postoffices IN
Montana were filed, and did not think
there would be any change in the offices
of mineral land commissioner and inter-
nal revenue collector. Iassured himthat
Twas not after office. / wanted advice
and if he could give me n straight zip
was willing to go halves with him on the
profits. / asked him to explain why u
was that the bonds of the denomination
of Growers" had been such great and
glorious success, and the bonds of the de-
| nomination of "kounders" had proved
such dismal and overpowering failure.
| explained to him my bonding scheme
| and showed a sample of the bonds, which
have had autographed until they look
much finer than the "Grovers." III he.
could bond his people for millions Of
dollars and sell the bonds at premium
| in England, / could not see why / could
not bond my people out in Butte to area"
sonable amount and sell the bonds at par.
| But had thus far been unable to dispose
| of any appreciable quantity of the bonds
| oven ut a discount OF 80 per cent. thought
| IL he would put his endorsement on them
they might sell. told him of the great
| need in Butte for church with q steeple
| on il and of the good il might do. He
asked if my denomination was democratic
| or republican and / told him II was will
| ing to be either. but it usually didn't conn
init itself until after 1t had given all
/ parties ample opportunity to present its
| strongest possible arguments before elec-
ton day. The president asked me II there
we're any Cleveland men out in Montana
| and told him there was one when i left
| there and he might be there yet. Iassured
| him kindly but frankly that in all my
travels had remarked that same dearth
| of Cleveland men-ihey seemed to be as
scarce in the East as silver dollars. The
president smiled sadly and said he would
refer my bonding problem to Mr.. Car
| Isle, the best authority on bonds he knew
of, and il he ever received an answer he
would let me know. With some pleasant
words of congratulation to MIR. Cleveland
on the startling success he had achieved
/ as president of this great nation, | tore
| my self away. / trust the interview was
more edifyiny to Mr.. Cleveland than to
| myself. / shall need another church coll
| lection very soon.
| find in this, the most beautiful city in
| America, complaints of hard times that
are absolutely appalling. There is not a
| silver dollar to be seen IN the town except
| in the treasury vaults where more than
| 100. 900 of them are stored away. But
| even in n city where the evil and dastardly
| silver dollar has been completely with
| drawn from circulation. the people are
complaining of hard times, the tax pay
ers are complaining of taxes and the
4
Labor Is drug on the market. Tho I'M
skilled article can be obtained for from
| 10 cents to 81. 25 per day and at times dur
| ing the winter people have been willing
to work for their board. II ia estimated
| here that 80 900 people have been out of
employment and more or less dependent
| on charity during the winter. This has
| all come about from the cessation of the
great building boom in Washing ton.
! There are few big government buildings
4 n II
being put up slowly out the vast amount
/ of general building which until lately
| kept things booming here has been
| stopped. This has thrown mechanics and
employees of all grades out of work. There
| are now 30 houses and stores for rent
or sale on the principal streets of Wash
ington.
The people in this great city founded by
4 Washington have some advantages over
| the people of Butte. They have the
| pleasure of living in n most lovely spot,
with grand avenues, spendidly paved. and
| half of tho taxes arc paid by the people
/ of the United States in general. But on
| the other hand they don't have the rare
| enjoyment of electing n mayor and alder
men every spring, and they have never
realized tho exquisite enjoyment of kick
ing at them the rest OF the year. They
are farther removed from politics than
| the unnaturalized citizens OF Butte, for
the latter can organize independent clubs
| while the people here are utterly out of
| the world on election day. All they can
do is to oversee the packing OF the Office
holders to their respective states in time
to vote. What is the good of living in n
| city even as splendid as this when de-
prived OF tho glorious American privilege
of running for Office aud voting? That
is probably why there are so few Irish
| here.
There are other advantages the people
| of Butte have over the people of this
| beautiful city. There is no California
brewery here whcre you can listen TO
music. eat Swiss cheese and sip beer. No
concert halls are permitted. To get a
drink on Sunday is AN exciting adventure.
Even the hotel bars are closed. At the
investigation, make the statement that
drinks can be obtained IN the city of
Washington on Sunday. difficult as II is.
The most OF the wickedness OF this city
| Is pushed over into the state of Virginia.