The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-17
HOW'S THIS FOR ALE
Helena Sends Chicago a Letter That Is
a Corker.
TOM CARTER AND SILVER
The Men OF Montana Again Ma
Iigned BY an Anonymous
Writer Who Says Silver Coin
age IL Unpopular Here.

ticle In the Chicago Tribune to-day
which astounded me, and which I
know is the most stupendous lie yet
promulgated by the serfs OF Lombard
street in their desperation" said
prominent citizen of Great Falls, who
is known in every city in the state. to
a representative Of the Standard to-
day. 1T is under the caption: Mon
tana Is Opposed to Free Silver-Fiat-
ism Not in Favor With the Majority
in the New State The following II a
verbatim copy OF the article to which
Helena. Mont, May s.-Special
Correspondence.)--At Butte the other
day Congressman Hartman, referring
to the possibility Of the next president
ial election being thrown into the
house. said he would vote for that
candidate regardless of party who
stood upon "a platform which declared
for free coinage OF gold and silver at
the ratio OF 16 to 1. Mr.. Hartman was
in company with Senator Dubois of
Idaho and Senator Carter of Montana.
Senator Dubois delivered himself of
his usual mass of silver verbiage, but
Senator Carter said nothing. He does
not indorse the rabid uttterances of
Congressman Hartman, and neither do
the leading republicans and quite a
number of democrats of Montana,
whatever may be said to the contrary.
Montana republicans. like republicans
elsewhere. are in favor Of honest
money. The free silver movement in
this state has at its head agitators who
would not be trusted and are not trust
ed with the most commonplace affairs.
When the test comes at the ballot box
silver fiatism will be repudiated by re-
publican and democratic votes.
The rabble in Montana is noisy,
as elsewhere. For the sake of peace
good people allow demagogues to i'm
agine that they are having their own
way; IL is the best way to control them,
but there never has been time when
these turbulent creatures were not
was necessary to do so. Last summer
the lawless element of the state gain
ed a victory on the Great Northern
railroad through the weakness of Pres
ident Hill. This victory made the
labor leaders arrogant and presumptu-
Gus and led them to antagonize the
very men who had enabled them to win
the strike; this antagonism was a good
thing, however, as IL caused the law
abiding-citizens to combine for the
common good; so when the strike fol-
lowed on the Northern Pacific law
breakers were speedily subdued. The
turbulent masses also met with
crushing defeat in their attempt to
move the state capitol from Helena.
when Congressman Hartman,
making a gallery play. declares that he
will not act with his party II the oc-
casion arises when his vote may be
needed, he misrepresents Montana Mr.
Hartman will listen to reason. He will
be guided by the wishes OF the business
men of the state, very small percent
age of whom are engaged in silver
mining; and even they, who would be
benefited II silver sold at s1.29 an ounce,
are too patriotic to insist upon that
price II other interests of the state
would be injured thereby, as they GER
tainiy would be should silver fiatism
obtain.
"a month or so ago the Butte Min
er caused to be interviewed a major
ity of the prominent men of the state.
democrats and republicans. 1t was a
remarkable fact that not one of the
interviewed favored free silver without
an international agreement as a rem
edy for hard times, and among those
who gave their views were several sill
yer miners.
Montana has found out that good
government means a government by
republicans, and there is no danger
but that republicans will govern the
state in future. AS long as republican
ism is triumphant so long will intelli-
gence. industry and enterprise rule,
and there is no danger of the republi-
can party of Montana seeding from
the republican party of the United
States
w nat 90 you Illnk OF tndt!' asked
the gentleman as he concluded read
ing. I'm my opinion il is tissue of
falsehood. bolstered up by misstate-
ments. Does that Helena correspond
ent include such men as Governor
Richards. George w. Irwin. Lee Man.
ford, Walter. Cooper. Nelson Story,
Henry Mueller and a host of others
who have been repeatedly honored by
the people in the category of those who
would not be trusted and are not
trusted with the most commonplace
affairs? The correspondent himself has
been honored by Montana, and he
knows that he would have never been
If he had not professed friendship for
silver.
That idea that the Montana 'rab-
BILE overcame the weakness of the
greatest railroad magnate the world
has ever known is. good one; I pre-
sumo that IL was the 'rabblc that as
saulted the mayor of Livingston last
summer and accorded courteous treat
ment to the gentlemanly Captain Lock-
wood; IT was the 'rabble,' composed of
such men as Paris Gibson. Charles NJ.
Webster. Matt Dunn. Robert Vaughn.
A. M. Scott and 2.092 others that rolled
up Anaconda's big majority in Cas-
cade county last fall. Butte's 1000,
comprising mainly the FOUNDERS. pimps
and buns. defeated the 'rabble'
But no other report could be ex-
pected to emanate from Helena at the
behest OF those who have Mastered
mortgages all over that gulch. The
people there are grooming beneath their
debts. and yet when the skies are
growing brighter and the prospects are
that the country will be relieved from
suffering by the recognition of silver.
there are men in Helena-men who
would abuse their mothers because
they gave them birth-who publish to
the world that the people of Montana
are hypocrites and the states honored
citizens liars. The merchants OF Mon
tana are patriotic. but because they
are patriotic they demand the free
coinage of silver at 10 TO 1. The ale
cation that the results II those inter-
views in the Butte Miner were unfa-
vcrable to silver is utterly false.
Montana has found out that ccod
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