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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

state than / represent the will of an
English constituency to-day upon this
floor"
A significant part of Senator Vests
speech was in Its concluding para
graph. He had shown how the admin
istration. in spite of its loud profess
sions in favor of civil service rules. has
been uncommonly active In the man
ipulation of state and district conven-
tons. He raised the warning word
that this same influence would be ope-
rative for the purpose of pervertng
real democratic sentiment at Chicago.
and he said:
/ am a delegate to the Chicago conven-
ton against my wish, sent there by my
people to discharge a duty. have stated,
under much criticism in Missouri. that
was a democrat under all conditions and
intended to abide by the action of my
party; that 1 was too old to hunt for a
new political home; that l should die as
l have lived, in the party of Jefferson,
devoted to his teachings and principles.
But / serve notice now that IL this con-
vention at Chicago is to be made up of
federal office holders. brought there to
overawe and override the wishes of the
honest majority of the democratic party
throughout the United States, IL is no
democratic convention with me. / shall
abide the will of the majority of my
party, honestly ami fairly expressed. I
make no threat, but I want no misunder-
standing. The democratic party is a party
of the people, controlled by an honest ex-
preston of their will, and not by federal
patronage.
Senator Vest knows where the dam
ger lies; evidently he proposes to meet
the issue like a man and like a loyal
friend of free coinage. Lately a letter
was received In this city from an earn
est defender of silver. a democrat and
a federal senator, who remarked that
a thousand dollars spent in a legiti-
mate way would have saved the Michi-
gan democratic convention. He ex-
planned that, in comparatively remote
counties, some of the elected delegates
were men of means so modest that they
could not well afford the expense of at
tendance at Detroit. Oficious Office hold
ers under the Cleveland administra-
ton hunted up these people, secured
their proxies and then voted contrary
to the instructions of the local con-
ventions.
The like of 1t is apt to happen in
Iowa. Ohio, Kentucky and elsewhere.
What a pity, once again, that the
Montana democrats-whose state has
an especial stake-did not meet right
early and, in state convention, arrange
in a perfectly legitimate way to render
/ the only service of account that is pos
sible to this state by lending a helping
( hand In states where selfishness, as
| far as mines are concerned, cannot be
charged against silver's friends.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15
HE DELIYERED 1T.

Another state red-hot for Mckinley
and wrong. of course. on silver. The
West Virginia republicans declared yes
terday for sound money and, with
great enthusiasm. instructed for Nc
Kinley. In bringing about this result.
the political world discovers the shap-
ing hand of Stephen Benton Elkins. as
clever manipulation as any OF them.
Some time ago, Senator Elkins had
the bee in his own bonnet. Elkins lit
erature suddenly became a feature of
the day. Newspapers. in machine-pre-
pared interviews. told OF his many tall
ents, his wealth. his public experience,
his political sagacity. his habits and his
many good qualities for white-house
service
But the Ellxins boom didn't last long
II was known that he could easily ar
range to be West Virginia's favorite
son, but that was not a backing OF
great account Some weeks ago, Elkins
saw how the tide was running. and he
speedily betook himself TO the McKin.
ley tent: undoubtedly the Mckinley en-
thusiasm in the Clarksburg convention
was a protected industry of Elkins
manufacturing.
Elkins had the department Of war in
the Harrison cabinet lie Is immensely
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15
THE DAY CARVED THE DUCK

I went TO dine the other day
With my mother-in-law elect,
And lost thereby my fiancee,
So my future hopes are wrecked.
We'd reached the roast, when woe is me
Il never did have luckD
The hostess asked me pleasantly
If / would carve the duck.
With confidence born of youth
/ FASTENED to comply,
And little thought that fowl forsooth
Could make fortune fly.
Nor did / deem small bird
Like any goat could buck,
But gained some points had not heard
The day carved the duck.
I drove the fork up to the hilt
Within it's bosom Drowned,
And sought to see how it was built,
{ But not joint l found.
I sawed 1t here and jabbed 1t there,
With pertinacious pluck;
Oh, deep was my desire to swear
The day carved the duck.
cold dew pearled my forehead fair,
AS chased it round the plate:
II could not, built on wheels, 1 swear,
: Have struck a livelier gait.
The table was saddening sight,
AS If by lightning struck;
You'd ne'er have dreamed the cloth was
: white
The day carved the duck.
The hostess cast a gorgon glance.
Rose wore a CHASTITY SMILE
As sprinting round that bird did dance,
In most satanic style.
I pinned IL down-it upward scared
And to my bosom stuck;
There were pallid cheeks around that
board
| The day 1 carved the duck.
Then. seized with rage 1 could not still
And hate could not hold,
From me l hurled that bird of i'll.
With fury uncontrolled.
Then from that scene fled away
| Like one who runs amuck,
/ And I've never seen my fancee
| Since the day carved the duck.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

rich, he likes public life. He is in the
senate until 1901. but somehow hes does
not shine there. From now out the
gossips will be trying to guess which
cabinet portfolio is to be his.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15
TO ADVERTISERS.

The Anaconda Standard guarantees its
advertisers a BONA fide paid circulation.
Daily and Sunday. three times greater
than that of any other newspaper Suo-
Ished in the state of Montana. ~ertis-
ing contracts will be made SUBJ to this
guarantee.
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In allndlng vesterday to the a. u

In abiding yesterday to the A p. A.
as a "secret. oath-bound society. red
lettered, left-handed. dark-lanierned
organization" Senator Gibson should
have made an exception in favor of
Montana, where the a. p. A. is simply
a knocked out. kicked-over, sat-upon
association of busted politicians.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

According to a good. old Methodist
hymn, a Christian finds December as
pleasant as May, a statement we de-
sire at this time unqualifiedly to en-
dorse.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

Mr.. Platt says a storm is gathering
unless MIR. Mckinley declares himself
on the financial question, but as long
as he keeps gathering the delegates
Mr. Mckinley is content to let Mr..
Platt gather all the storms.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

Whatever else may be said of Ken
lucky, the verdict in the case of Scott
jackson, the murderer Of Pearl Bryan,
proves that she has convictions of her
Ou-n
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

The New York baseball club is doing
somewhat better but the condition OF
the New York republican candidate is
changing for the worse.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

The California prohibitonists in their
state convention yesterday declared for
free silver With due respect to the
California prohibitionists, however, the
silver men of the country at large in
their demand for bimetallism will never
take water
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

In order Ito remove any possibility
of the Montana delegates walking out
of the st. Louis convention, ii might be
well to provide them with a substantial
round table and strong, active waiter
who can establish close and harmonious
relations between them and the bar.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

Theater managers are complaining
that the bicycles interfere with their
receipts on pleasant evenings. People
who have contracted the bicycle habit,
however. don't care how much the the
alter receipts fall off so long as they
don't.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

A New Yorker has offered to pay his
city s245,000 for the privilege of going
over it's collected rubbish and keeping
whatever The may find. 1t appears to
be dirty deal
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

The conservative silver leaders at
Chicago. 1T is said, intend to sit on Mr..
Tillmans pitchfork. That's all right.
but we would suggest that they first
turn III down.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

If Judge Hamilton starts new daily
paper in Butte, he should cali it the
Post. His gubernatorial boom has been
left there
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

Although everything is still coming
his way, it may be doubted whether
Mr.. Mckinley is having a more perfect
ly lovely time than Mr.. Harrison.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

Twenty thousand dollar diamond rob-
berries in New York city are becoming
such brilliant successes as to suggest
that they may be- binding the eyes of
the police.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

Now that the New York war CORE
spondents banished from Cuba have
arrived home. we do not expect TO see
any OF the charges against weyler
withdrawn.
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

In voting to retire Bishops Foster
and Bowman, a good many members of
the Methodist general conference seem
to be playing for position.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

The silver men of several southern
states besides Missouri seem anxious to
get on the Bland wagon.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

Judging by yesterdays proceedings
at Everett, Mr.. Mckinney seems to have
reached Washington.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

AS between Teller and Woicott. the
Colorado republicans had to choose not
both but one.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

A Chicago contemporary solemnly ex
presses the belief that knee breeches
are coming back again into common
use. Trousers must be Oh their last
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

In declaring for Mckinley and silver.
Judge Strevell shows that he is some
thing of a straddler himself.
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All general business letters and corre-
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The Montana councils of the A. p. A
appear to be running wide-open.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

Senator Wolcott is too good a repub-
lican to be a good silver man.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

The international coin proposition
seems quite as far as Mr.. Cleveland
will be disposed to go in the direction
of an international monetary confer
ence.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

still. II is not always that the middle
of May finds Montana in the middle OF
winter.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-15

republicans accurately anticipated
where Mckinley is going to land when
he Jumps off the fence.
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The republicans of the state OF
Washington take their Mckinley and
gold straight
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West Virginia seems to be claiming
the honor of batting Mckinley home.
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In declaring yesterday for Mckinley
and sound money" the West Virginia
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Don NJ. Dickinson denies that he has
received a letter from Mr.. Cleveland
declaring that he will not again be a
candidate for the presidency. 1t begins
to look as If such a letter from Mr..
Cleveland will be known in history as
the one that never came.
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TELLER'S TRIUMPH.

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-07
WHO LICKED LEWELLINGa

Just now a word or two should be
said to the Populists in regard to l.. d.
Lewelling, g merchant of our city and
a fellow citizen. The first protest
against the Republican party in Kan
sas was against the bosses of the Re-
publican party. For them, the party
suffered. The Populist party, which
embodied that protest, came into pow
or. From the day it came into power
it has been dominated by one man
Mr. BreiGenthaL He has ruled it absO-
lutely He rules it absolutely today.
it was he who defeated Lewelling-it
was hot the Populists at large, who
were undoubtedly for the Wichita
man.
Now according TO the refreshing and
honorable practice of politics the Pop
ulist followers of .Lewelling should at
once announce that Lewelling never
wanted this nomination at Abilene;
that he really was DESTROYS of seeing Il
third man nominated; that he beat
Prudential by preventing the nomina-
ton of Harris. and that everything
went off TO suit him.
But before the Populists go off on
this sort of tangent let them remem-
her that Lewelling was an aspirant for
the Populist nomination for governor;
that he " as beaten by Mr.. Breidenthal
that Mr. Prudential named Leedy:
that Leedy will be BreidentharS tool,
and that over and above all this, Lew
elling's failure at Abilene means:-that
the Populist party has deserted Lew
cling because its boss told them to do:
because boss who is Suspiciously in
innate with the bosses OF the enemy
directed that Lewelling should be
beaten; it means that every charge
made by the Republicans in 1894
against dwellings administration has
been confessed by the PopuliSt party
ia state convention assembled.
We know the Populists will not con-
fess as much publicly. But among
themselves and individually 10 their
own conscienees they will certainly
acknowledge IL.
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FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

Ex-State Senator Harry E. Richter,
of Morris county, is being quite prom
inently mentioned in connection with
the nomination for lieutenant governor
ON the Republican ticket Mr.. Richter
is well known in this section Of the
state. especially by the public men
and politicians of Wichita, for the rea-
SON that on several occasions he has
proved a strong friend to this city and
its interests, not only in the state SEN
ate but elsewhere. In fact on more
than one occasion he has championed
our causes. This fact alone would
make the state senator popular with
our people. His brother, whom every
body knows as one of the most wide
awake politicians, as a true man and
as a friend who never deserts. is 4
delegate to The Republican state con-
vention from Sedgwick county. Like
his brother Harry. the ex-senator, he
is a worker. in whom everybody trusts.
All four of the men at present mention
ed for the position of lieutenant gov
ernor are bright. popular and compe-
tent men, but Richter is the peer OF
them all
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-07
BRITISH PIRACY.

England is now, il never before. rea-
LIKING that the Monroe doctrine means
something. Our yesterday morning
dispatches announce that the British
government has relinquished the island
of Trinidad. which island she bucca-
neered from Brazil. The Venezuela
episode, and the attitude of the United
States with reference to that claim,
has doubtless caused England TO not
only hesitate but TO offer to give up
that which she was attempting to steal
outright from a South American pow
err. Trinidad is the island from which
comes most of the asphalt with which
American streets are being paved.
There is a great bubbling lake Of
asphalt on that island. which lake was
formerly owned by a citizen Of the
United States. son of whom was
formerly a prominent Kansas. Eng
land made no other pretense to owner
ship than that Brazil had neglected TO
occupy the island. There are millions
of acres Of land in the United States
owned by Englishmen, which lands
they do not occupy either themselves
or by proxy If their claim to Trim
idad on such ground is valid then the
United States government ought to
proceed to take possession Of the range
of mountains reaching from Denver
to Pueblo. which lands are almost
wholly owned by nonresident Eng
lishmen, who bought them for little or
nothing as speculation.
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COME HAS THE LIMIT.

The Kansas Democrats and Popu-
lists have so conducted themselves that
both may be said to have besmeared
the other; both are equally in the ditch
OF public censure: both are equally dis
graoed in other eyes; both are equally
guilty in their own conSciences.
Eoth lave fallen into the gutter Of
practical and soulless politics and must
now face the public so besmirched.
1t cannot be said that they are wholly
TO blame. We have reached a peculiar
limit. limit where pretence has been
so far stretched that truth Is peeping
out again, a limit where fraud has been
so long practiced that It's threadbare
surface can no longer conceal honesty:
a limit where demagogy is so rank a
babe is not deceived, where conceal
ment only reveals and falsehoods pro-
claim the truth. Dishonesty can over
reach itself and 1t certainly has done
it at last in American politics. 1t is
hoA hVCCS>t1s W an NhN anu
claim that any party has been free
from it Such n thing would not be
true, and if declared would secure no
ones credulity and very few peoples
Endorsement.
The Populists and Democrats have
not acted honestly. They know it.
They know that the public knows il.
They know their party following
knows it There may have been a
pretence at honesty in their deals hut
il was soon dropped. Neither side
cared To play the deceiver 10 an army
Of deceivers. 4 bunco-man in New
York does not try to work an old game
on another bUncO-man who is travel
ing the same side of the street working
the same game himself.
The Populists sold out Tom Watson
straight They know IL The Demo-
Gratis know il The Democrats ignohly
crawled in the dust at the Populists
feet The Democrats recognize this
and are humiliated. The Populists
know ii. but are not glad, because they
had TO surrender Watson.
The whole outfit let its Self-reSnect
go by the board. II has hurt deeply
many conscientious Popullsts: it has
Inundated hundreds of old Democrats.
A new party in Kansas today would
really catch Il big vote. Every party
has its professors within its ranks who
are ready To jump, but not until they
see some port that is safe in the Storm