The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-05-23

CONFERENCES LAST WEEK
Attended by Montana representa-
tiVes-Hartman VIII Adjourn and
Return on the 9th Of June
Gossip by silver Men.


Towne, OF the provisional national COM
mittee. 1T Is to save our silver demo-
cratic friends from their own people. or
course We intend To stand to and abide
by our allies as long as they control
the democratic party aud preserve its
status on the financial question as at
present. But, II the well-defined move
ment Of the gold democrats to regain
control OF the party should In any man
ner succeed we have a refuge to offer
the true silver men OF all parties. De-
pend upon IL the gold men will not un-
dertake To control our party. And in
this respect we are unique among the
several silver parties"
Representative Hartman has decided
as previously reported In the Standard
that he Will adjourn on the sixth Of
June. quite regardless OF what congress
may be at that time prepared to do
He VIII stop at Chicago. where he will
attend the first meeting OF the silver
republican national committee From
Chicago he will go ON To his Montana
home. He has not heen in the state
for about 10 months. Immediately after
the conventions In the state he came to
Chicago and threw himself into the
great ardor. He spoke in all the doubt
ful states and put in two weeks Of the
hardest kind of hard work trying TO
save the Towne district In Minnesota.
After election he came on To Washing
ton tn attend the last session of the
fifty-fourth congress. He loses nothing
by leaving the capital the first week In
June. u IN now certain that Speaker
Reed means To refrain from naming
committees and otherwise persevere to
the end In his policy of donothingness.
II II reasonably certain that the
house will be forced to accept the tariff
bill as ID passes the senate. The lower
house Is no longer a deliberative body,
and whatever the speaker determines
to he necessary will be accepted by
the body. The present indications are
that the surrender of the house to the
senate this year will he nearly as COM
plete and even more pitiful than the
surrender OF the Democratic house In
1888 To the amendments made by the
senate to the Wilson bill.
One OF the points on which the house
will try To hold out IL against the in
creased duty on third class woods pro-
vided by the senate. But the present in
dications are that In that particular
and In nearly all others-with the pos
sible exception OF the sugar schedule
Reed will direct his house To accept the
thousand and one senate amendments
without question.
Senator Mantle says he. still has hope
that the friends OF the wool growers
may he strong enough in the senate to
secure an Increase from the rates re-
ported In the tarifY bill as II came from
the senate committee. He bases his
hope on the attitude NJ the democratic
senator's. He says he finds many OF them
who are quite willing TO aid In the ef-
fort to increase the wool duty. They
do IT, he says. ION the principle that IL
we are to have a protective tariff fast
ened on the country there Is no class
deserving OF more consideration than
the wool growers OF the West. Senator
Tillman. one OF the most uncompromis-
lng democrats In the senate. IL one of
those relied upon to aid In the adoption
OF a satisfactory wool tariff. He has
already announced his purpose to en-
deavor To secure adequate protection
for the cotton growing industry. He
does not profess to believe In the prin-
ciple of protection. hut IL OF opinion
that IL a protective policy is advocated
by the congress. that the Great West
ern and Southern staples should not bc
omitted from the list OF those that re-
ttlNt tnt fdNpT OF government.
There have been number of confer
ences this week between the friends OF
a more satisfactory wool tariff. Sena-
tors Mantle Carter and Warren have
been prominent participants in these
gatherings. Ex-Governor John I, Rich.
Of Michigan. former president of the
American Meyino Breeders association
has returned To the city and IL doing
everything he can TO promote the adop-
tlon Of a more satisfactory wool sched-
ule. The wool men are rendered rather
more hopeful than they have before
been by the fact that in the rearrange-
ment OF the senate committees Senator
Burrows has been added to the COM
mittee on finance. and thus the friends
OF better wool tariff have acquired an
important recruit.
Senator Warren introduced bill this
week providing for the payment to
Sarah J. Ireland, OF Western Wyoming.
Of the sum OF sS.021.20 for the labor ~
caring for her invalid mother-Mary
A. Jackson. of Indiana, a soldiers
widow-from 1853 To is92 This Is the
largest private pension bill introduced
this congress.
on Thursday Representative Hart
man introduced bill of vital import
ance to all the Wetssrn states. IL pro-
NlufS tuf hi tue ketfldl
land Office and the cession Of all pub
liz lands To the states and territories In
which they are located. The commits
sioner OF the land office before his re-
tirement Is charged with the duty oe
issuing patents to the several states.
The delivery of the patents TO the gov
ernors OF the several states completes
the transfer
Under the Hartman bill il is provided
that the United States reserves ths
right to locate such military reserva-
tOns as may he required on lands
hereafter to be selected. not more than
1000 acres To be taken for each reser-
walton. 1t Is also provided that the
United States shall have the unlimited
right TO take possession ~ any land
along the border or coast of the United
states for building necessary fortifica-
tions, shipyards. docks and other nee
eSsary preparations for the protection
~ the national government and lis citt-
Zens. Section 4 provides for the ac-
ceptance of the grants by the respective
states and territories. section con-
lains the little joker. II abolishes the
United States land Office and transfers
all it's records TO the secretary OF the
Interior. That official however only
acts as custodian of the government