The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-01
THEY LIKE THE TOWN
Montana Folk Who Linger in the
Shadow of the White House.
A WEEKS ODDS AND ENDS
This States Two Senators Appear
to Be in the SwIm-They Seem
to Be Solid for What
They Want.

| Iney want.
/ Stan Correspondence of The Standard.
/ Washington, Feb. 25. Montana
has been talked about as much i'm this
city during the last three or four weeks
/ as any state i'm the Union. Just now it's
attitude is the engrossing topic of CON
versation AT the capital. and on the eve
of a speech from Carter. in which IL is
understood very well that he will defy
the Dingley-bill managers. there has
been an outburst and feeling and elo-
/ quence in the senate that makes every
/ body begin to believe what has been
plain to some of the old heads. that
/ parties are likely TO lose their lines be-
/ fore the country is many months older.
/ IL has been very hard for men like Al
drich and Quay to believe that the SEN
I timent for silver in the West would be
as strong as the old party loyalty.
i They have been so accustomed to comb
ing down their juniors after a little
| closet consultation and with the aid OF
some trifies of political consideration.
| that when IL was found that Teller.
/ Dubois, Carter and Mantle would not
/ be conciliated. they were amazed. For
I the time being Dubois has disappeared
out of the front of the fight. Carter
the chairman of the republican national
executive committee. chosen by the last
! republican candidate. has stepped to
the foremost place for the time. and
just I'm time to hear himself practically
read out Of the party of which he is the
official leader And so IL is brought
about. quite naturally. that Carter and
Mantle being associated closely. have
u .ts.s.w Hlsts
Montana has assumed I'm the contro-
versy which most agitates the con
gress.
Messrs. NARROW and Mcnamara. of
| Helena. who were here a day or two
ago. on their way north and home from
Florida. where they have been making
a visit to st. Augustine and Mrs.
Broadwater and Mrs. Chumasero. Their
time was passed very agreeably I'm the
South, but they say that Helena people
| who are acquainted WITH Mrs Chufna~
sero will regret to hear that her health
is very poor indeed. She was being
cared for by Mrs. Broadwater i'm the
| tenderest manner, and every advantage
that can be derived from the favoring
climate is enjoyed by her
Washington is seldom crowded by
Montana people. but il is a pretty good
indication that the people of the Noun
tain state travel when one hears that
one night not long ago n Montana man
found twenty of his fellow-sta tesmen
i'm the lobby of the Fifth Avenue hotel
i'm New York i'm one hour. Down here
they are not so abundant as that. but
to-day, i'm the course of the half-hour
that your correspondent stopped be-
fore the main door of the house of rep
resentatives. quite a procession of Mon
tana men came along. First there was
Mr. May. who Is trying to get a priv
ilege to construct an electric trolley
road through the Yellowstone park. to
reach Clark's Fork mine He thinks
that he will get It; but all the project
ors of that road believed that they were
to get IL. Next came along Major Ma
ginnis, known to about half the mem
bers of the house and privileged TO
pass the doorkeeper who did not know
him, because the doorkeeper knew no.
body until he was put on the force"
Presently along came Editor Lyman.
of the Helena Independent and then
ex-senator Sanders. a moment later
Carter, fresh from having been read
out of his party, and then Hartman. to
congratulate him upon his good for
AhiAt. itS- men OF inherent parties
chummed famously together I'm the hall
They pretty nearly all agree upon what
Montana wants. and there are some
things going on here for which they will
pun together. | have not been able to
Nerify the suspicion entertained by Sen
ator Mantle that the tariff republicans
intend 10 hold up legislation for Mon
tana and other silver states that are re
bellious. until such time as the sena-
tors and representative consent To the
passage Of the Dingley bill. II il be-
comes very apparent that there Is such
n plan. then the chances for extending
the Fort Harrison plant at Helena
getting an increased allowance for the
Helena building. and permission 20
erect a building at Butte, will be ex-
ceedingly slim.
Two bills Of interest to citizens OF
Montana were put through a short time
ago In the senate. Jared S. Chamber
lain, late a private Of the Twenty-third
ohio volunteers. was authorized 10 be
put upon the pension rolls. and Nellie
;. Groshon. the widow Of Thomas G.
Groshon, late a captain in Company y.
first regiment. Mississippi marine
brigade. was also put in the way Of
securing a pension. This was done on
the day that the senate passed 40 such
bills
Senator Mantle's letter 10 Justice 4
Bateman Of Philadelphia. the substance
of which was telegraphed 10 you. was
a very fair indication Of the resolution /
reached by the Montana men on the
Dingley tarin bin and the course the I
western men could properly pursue
The Philadelphia firm that found par
tlcular fault with Dubois. Teller. car
ter and Mantle. was too fresh o. be- left
out alone. But even the dullest student
% politics has been able 10 see that the .
Montana men have chance a. argue
the matter with some facts Mantle I
naIled Attention 10 the fl.f fh.f Tho !