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Wellington should Read Them.

n mr. MORRILL,, of Vermont, has
M spent thirty years in the fed
/ eraI senate. Mr. Wellington.
of Maryland. has seen a few weeks OF
service there. Mr.. Morrill, always was
n pretty deep politician: probably Mr.
Wellington never will belt would pay
Wellington to read certain letters which
Senator morrill, is publishing.
The Forum for December has the
third installment OF letters furnished
for that magazine by Senator Morrill,.
They are interesting letters. One Of
them is addressed to Senator Charles
Sumner who, al the time, was carry
ing on his warfare against President
Grant Morrill, urges Sumner TO cease
lighting his own party and his own
party's policy. lie warns the Massa-
chusetts senator that he will simply
hurt himself by assailing the repub-
lican administration.
Another letter is an earnest eShorta-
ton 10 Horace Greeley to stop his at
tacks on the republican party VITA
! the art of an adroit politician, Mr.. Nor
/ ril directs Greeley's attention to the
fact that if he expects his Tribune TO
| be the republican organ the Tribune
/ must be loyal to the party programme,
and not be forever hammefing men in
/ the republican party. Sumner dlsre-
aarded Senator Morrill's advice, Gree
lev disdained it; both of them quit
/ somewhat the worse off for their re-
fusal to keep within the party lines,
Mr.. Wellington displays none of the
/ traits Of a good senator or of a fairly
clever political boss He founders al
| ways His career began only last
March. but since then he has quarreled
with the president. with several cab
| met officers, with two or three i'm
portant senate committees, with sew
eral senators. with a number of repub
lican leaders in Maryland, with tht
| republican state committee, with tht
Maryland republican state convention
with the republican state ticket. ~
this he has added a row with the lead
ing republican newspaper in Baltimore
which he has sued for libel.
Thus Wellington shows himself ut
terly untitled for the duties and re
/ sponsibiltfes Of Il boss-he affected t
be one He will learn that he canno
break his party down, but that tn
party. compelled 10 tolerate him for
six-year term in the senate, will speed
lily prove to him that he is of no ao
count.
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TEN PAGES.
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER $. 1897.
His Plan.

- OR partlcuIdls apou'
r form. President Mckinney re-
ferred congress to Secretary I
cages report That report simply tlap-
crates the plan outlined IN the MES
sage. Ii wants the greenhaeks' Wheh
taken into the treasury, 10 be kept there
oxcant when given out in exchange f"l
.,ata. II recommends that the issuing
e currency be made the function eN-
ct,,sivelv of the banks. Other detalls OF
the Gage plan have already beeh men
toned. The secretary wants a pellst,
more uniform. flexible and SAFER cur
rency thar the country now mas he
hasis of his proposed new currency p
bonds to lie issued in taking up Ger
lain present outstanding obligations,
and whileshe wants the government TO
% ont Of the banking business. he, me-
all goldbug currency reformefs. IS very
s,,re "a ask that The government 90
The one essential thing-his recommend
alton number five IS: Extend the
guaranty of payment by the govern
nent TO all circulating notes IT the
banks.
these single-standard men Law, as the
standard has often pointed out, mace
the sreenbacks redeemahle by the gov
eminent in coin: goldhue custom mas
made them redeemahle exclusively N
gold. Mr. Gage wants 70 get the an
having word coin" out Of the NAY
He SAYS: The word coin now used TO
exnregs the obligation IN the puhtte
debt Is an ambiguous word. II Is I'M
doubtedly understood by the most dls-
eliminating public creditor 70 meaH
gold COIN but Mr.. Gage thinks
ought to be done away with aud tie
word gold" substituted therefor lie
runs up against the words u the ie-
pealing act, Of the Cleveland extra SEES
sion of 1899. which say that I'll Is de
clared to be the policy Of the United
states to continue the use Of both colo
and silver as standard money and ~
coin both gold and silver into money
Of equal intrinsic and interchangeable
value. but all these things are of small
account 10 the single-standard people
Mr.. Gage simply proposes TO hrusi
them Out If the way.
Submitting his scheme. Mr.. Gage r.
marks that lit will he seen on exam
fnation. that 1t is not Of distinetiEel,
radical character. He must have IN
aended This remark as bit Of saf
casm. II does nothing except 10 lak
tie currency and all TIN government
obligations and land them bodily on til
gold basis That is All. and Mr.. Gag
would have us feel assured that there
nothing at all radical IN a little thin
like that. The whole scheme 81 The a
minist1ation Is briefly this proposition
strike out The word silver, every lin
by eliminating The word coin Al
write in the law. in lieu thereof. Il
word gold"
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Where They Divide.

" republican laS% party -puar~ly Al
vided on the question Of cur
rency reform under the methods out
lined in Secretary Cages report. some
of the prominent administration organs
win liz for the secretarys plan; strong
newspapers like the Chicago Tribune
and the recently converted New York
sun viii oppose II. Certain mugwump-
Ish publications like the New York
Times will 80 full length for the bank
ers' plan. others like the Boston Her
aid VIII oppose The retirement IF the
greenbacks
The issue il going to settle down TO
the proposition. On the one hand, that
the government shall issue All the cur
reney or. OH the other hand, that the
/ banks shall issue all; under the present
plan the banks issue part and the
i government Il part. Secretary Gage
says in his report that at present the
national treasury is "aWkWardly per-
forming Il function entirely foreign 10
IL" He is Tor giving all the currency
issue 10 the banks.
Already the discussion has taken It's
start. The New York Times Wildly fe-
marks that The plan for "A government
issue IF currency is unsafe, and that II
will bankrupt The nation. while a CIR
reney issued by the banks viii always
be trustworthy, The New York sun
hastens to remind the Times that not
longer ago than 1890 the banks in New
York city .dPfaultpd on their ohliga =
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to consider such a proposition. and that
the opposition to IL Is very strong ana
persistent. But 1t was not always
thus. and it seems a little strange that
General Harrison as a member of the
senate never learned the fact.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08
Never Touched HIN.

From the Detroit Free Press.
III looks lIke rain to-day. sala ~ r.,
fable miikmau as he dumped the rsshttf
quart into tin pitcher -
1T alwasS aors said the woman ~ ~
the milkman drove OF wondefshs WY
some peapl+ take such gloomy FisMs -
everything
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Greatest.

From the Providence Journal
Not every one is aware-perhaps, in
deed only few know-that New York
now has the distinction of being the
greatest seaport in the world in respect
Of the amount Of tonnage cleared per
year.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

Mr.. Barry. the American who, IN
twenty round argument With Mr.. Cfoot
in London Monday night. effected the
eternal qualification Of that gentleman,
regrets the result exceedingly, hut is
somewhat consoled by the reflection
that it's none of his funeral.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

The rule fafbiddtng the sale Of liquors
ia the senate wing of the capitol Is BE-
ing rigidly enforced The senators ind
IA good brisk walk every little While
peculiarly inxigarating.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

From the New York journal.
by sending missionaries To Armenia
and other distant lands we may be able
To defect attention from the cases OF
those Ohio women who are being ffogged
by white CAPS
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08
A Farmer Born to Blush Unseen.

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal
Tom Plat has bought him farm IN
New Jersey. There are a number OF poll
ticians in New York who have been con-
WINGED for some time that old Tom was
horn to he IL farmer,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

Mr.. Robert +. Porter's remark that
the next census should be entrusted to
competent hands. indicates that Mr..
Robert =. Porter Is not candidate for
rpapuointment
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

While Governor Smith is in Washing
ton. il might pay Acting Governor
Sprigg 10 ascertain whether his excel
lency does not consider the supreme
bench softer seat than the executive
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

All general business. letters ana so' tfo
.aonaenee should be addressed 70 tue
STANDARD PUBLISHING coMFAN :
Anaconda. Mont
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

There seem 10 he people in Washing
ION who do not know that the Yale
Harvard debate on the annexation Of
Hawaii was decided in favor Of the OPP
position
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

Things are quiet enough in congress
at present but there is bound TO be
reichsfath Of time when the Cuban
and currency questions come up
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

If Secretary Gage is sure that his
opinions and recommendation are all
in. the United States will resume its
march down the annals of history.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

ike lis OWNER. AIR. John l.. sullivan 5
name is not What il used 10 he. At
ant. time it Was on the list Of candidates
ftr mayor IT Boston, hat it has been
f.nnrl,ssd mi.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

Although Ambassador White was In
Stfucted To request Germany 10 keep
off Hayti's grass. somehow the Mon
roe doctrine Vet failed Ia cut very
NNldt swain.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08
And Does It's Work Well.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The principal business Of the Austrian
reichsrath appears To he jahbing thorns
into the pillow of Francis Joseph.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

IL Governor Smith is to fill the SUI
preme court vacancy with a populist,
he will not fail to perceive Hon. ELLA
Knowles Haskelfs beautiful new light
MIN. rod
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The STANDARD has branch olhces -. :.
putte Missouia and Great talis,
advertising rates viii be furnished on sip'
plication.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

Mf Mckmley.s cuban attitude. as
stated In MS message. aud the Cuban
plank In ths republican platform viii
Ia eumpefl.d IL recognize each other. :
belteerensy
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1t again affords the Washington no.
tells and lodging house keepers great
pleasure 10 report return of pros
pprifS.
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TO ADVERTISERS.

rhe Anaconda Standard guarantees its
,o.s---.---- bona fide paid circuialioh'
Dailv and sunday, three times greater
than that of any other newspaper pup-
lished i'm the state of Montana: NV 80,
49, contracts win be made subject to inns
guarantee.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

The postal savings bank scheme il on
deck IN Washington hut in the press
Of ether matters it Is liable 10 fall over
hnHl-lI.
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$1,000 REV ARD.

win he paid for the arrest and cohSael.o,
of any person caught steaiihs 'he o'"''N
ard from subscribers.
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There seems to be an erroneous i'm
preston III some quarters that the eN-
peution of Thorn is to he in the interests
Of law and justice instead Of the New
York journal.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

The breeze Of the last few days IN the
vicinity Of Port au Prince didn't do
thing to HaNtis flag.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

Having brought poor little HaNti TO
her knees. Kaiser Wilhelm. would call
the attention of the public TO the boom
in divine rights.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

is not accompanied by any estimate of
the number of Maine citizens mistaken
and slaughtered for deer
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

The suicide of a Boston physician is
attributed by the Boston Herald To
complicated love affairs The doc
tor must have loved not wisely. but too
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08

Emperor Francis Joseph i watching
Speaker Reed very earnestly To SEE just
how III dors il.
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Main Office STANDARD Building. Ana
conda. Telephone No. ].
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TIL. report that len thousand Iter
nave been Killed ID Main, THIS season
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r.....s,. ,,,o war ...... SO. %
leaiIv ana Suli s months 500
Daily ana Suhaas' go ,,onths 500
baily anu Suuu ,. -, zenith 90
baiiy ana sui No. o''s 200
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n mr.. MORRILL,. of Vermont, has
M spent thirty years in the fed
i eraI senate. Mr.. Wellington.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-02
ENOUGH.

Still We'll Fixed.-"One of your wifes lungs is gone, my dear sir" That doesn't do me any good, doctor; the one she has left is a star. ar.'-Truth. Mosely Wraggs-"Thish yer paper says they've found microbes in soap. Wot is a microbe?" Tuffold Knutt- "Derned if I know. Wots soap?"- Chicago Tribune. T wish to inform you" said her law yer, that your wife has filed bill for divorce" 70, of course, " responded the busy banker; its nothing but bills, bills. bills How much is this one?"- Detroit Free Press. John, what are you going to do?" T am going to hitch the horse to the sleigh and drive him over to the park and back. He needs exercise" Aren't you going to church%' No; it's too | cold. Chicago Tribune. Yours has been a wasted life,' said | the lady who produced the pie. Well, ;! said Perry Patettic, some three years | of 1t has been. I guess I have spent about that much time in the work | house. e.'-Cincinnati Enquirer. | Let Us Hope Not.-"H Henry!" Yes, your excellency?" Speaking of MT. Bryans book, The First Battle Yes, sire?" Do you suppose it will be followed by war articles in the mag azines ?"-Pittsburg Chronicle Tele- graph.
 dumb ward. How do you call the pu- pills to dinner? I suppose you don't ring a bell?' Superintendent No We have a man who walks through the halls wringing his hands. " New York Press.
 | (Mike, having been directed to go down to the station and see when the next train left, is gone about two hours) Perkins (anxiously)-"W Well Mike?" Mike--"Well, sor I had to wait long toime sor, but it has just left. J -Harper's Bazar.
 | Why do you recognize that old duff fer?"
 By their fruits ye shall know them'
 "Eh?"
 "He has a daughter who's a peach. l-Detroit Journal.
 The friend-"Dfdn't the parsons visit console you?'
 The widower-"He's a poor hand al consolation
 The friend-"Why, what did he say?'
 The widower-"Said she wasn't dead but gone before. ."-Illustrated Bits.
 Why didn't Johnny shovel off the walk?" demanded MT. Simpkins as he brushed the snow off his trousers an6 dug some Jumps of it out of his shoe tops. The poor boys back was SC lame I hadn't the heart to make hin do it." explained Mrs. Simpkins, apol ogetically Huh! Where is he now?' demanded her lord and master. '' don't know, I'm sure l guess-yes that's him over there with the William:
 boy, rolling those big balls to make { fort Chicago Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-02

useless when thrown aside, being cracked and perished through hard wear and long exposure 10 the wealth CT.
 "The demand for old sets of military harness is much greater than the sup ply, as it is very little worn, and, be- ing we'll cleaned and always kept in good condition is much more pliable and works up newer Any goods made from the cast-ofr harness If rail way companies are also pretty ser viceable, the, large size and good qual- ity of the leather making them very useful for working up into other goods. In fact, this leather, When used in bootmaking, looks so well when trimmed and ironed that it is irnpossi- ble for any one except those in the trade to detect it.
 Small shoemakers use up a great deal of the cheap harness. In the win ter time they use most of 1t for foot ball boots. 1t is cut into strips and nailed across the sole of the boot to prevent the wearer from slipping You'd hardly think anybody would have this done, considering that foot ball boots are so cheap, but wher some men prefer to wear out their ole boots in this way, as they are general ly more comfortable than new ories.
 There is really no cast-off article where the material is so little wasted as old harness. every particle of it be ing used in some shape or form. Int buckles and ornaments are cut off ant sold by secondhand dealers, the col lars are cut up and used for repairing | leather bags, the hay stuffines being utilized for resulting old chairs ant | couches
 Indeed. if the supply of disuse6 harness were twice as great as it is, il would not fully satisfy the demands 0! | the boot and other trades. Answers
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-02
THE czAM 4 Gonpnua

The silverites of this country will weep over q recent ukase of the cZar which orders the resumption of specie payments in gold, nothing being said of silver. The present currency is the Russian greenback-the paper rouble, of which 1,2O6, ,O00OOO have been out standing. They are to be cashed in gold at the rate of one rouble and fifty copeks in paper to one rouble in gold. The government has in the treasury S04 1000, ,000 of gold roubles and will have, after redeeming the "greenbacks," a surplus of S5OO0,O0O gold roubles. The czar seems to have discarded silver, which until recently was supposed to be the standard money metal though for many years silver has not been in actual use to any considerable extent. The paper currency, like our green- backs, was brought into use by an ex- pensive war. The gold with which Russia redeems her paper roubles was obtained chiefly by the issue of bonds, which the French have in late years been investing in very largely.
 Carry the news to Bryan & Co.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-02
A SECRET or THE BOOT TRADE
What Becomes of Old Harness.


 "Old harness thrown away? Not likely said a dealer in old leather Every scrap of it is worth money; in fact, can't get enough of it. Old-har- ness collecting is as good as gold-dig- ging, if man can only forage out enough horse-owners to keep him well supplied. When you just think how many thousands of horses there are working in harness in London alone, you can imagine how great the supply is.
 Nearly all the cast-osf harness is consumed in making cheap boots. People will have cheap boots, and the boot manufacturers find that for mak- | ing a serviceable article at low figure there's nothing to beat old harness Then again whip thongs and bootlaces are also made from old horse-trap- l pings.
 Tn the first place the greater part of it is bought up by big marine-store dealers, who collect it from the har- ness-makers, and from army sales of | condemned goods. also from railway companies sales, the average buying price being twopence per pound. | These dealers have it taken to their warehouses, where 1t is sorted into diff l ferent qualities and prices ranging from one penny to siXpence a pound. It is then sold to smaller dealers of the same kind, who in turn distribute it to the boot manufacturers and others.
 Now, if it wasn't for the enormous quantity of old harness used by boot | manufacturers a workingman would not be able to purchase q pair of new
 boots for a few shillings. No boot
 maker could afford 10 sell a pair of
 mems boots made entirely of new
 leather for three-and-sixpence; yet
 hundreds of pairs are sold at this price
 every week in our great towns and as
 long as horses are worked in harness
 will continue to be.
 | "Old saddles are mostly used foI
 making the innersole of a boot, as they
 are generally composed of the best leather. and, besides being more dura-
 ble. will not crack or perish. The most profitable saddle to cut up is a riding
 saddle. You see, they contain a tre.
 mendous quantity of good, sound leather; and then they are frequently thrown aside more because they arf
 dingy than anything else. Uudoubted ly a hunting saddle makes the finest
 boots; but military riding saddles are usually made of the very best leather
 The 'reins' used for driving horsc form an important item in the con
 struction of cheap boots. being split by machinery and laid under the sole Then the 'blinkers' and traces are never very much worn. especially when they come from rich people
 Some sets of harness. such as is uset by omnibus companies, are very ofter
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-02
GOVERNOR RLACT,S MJSTsEE

The opposition to the nomination of Louis F. Payn for superintendent of New York's Insurance department hasn't prevailed and nobody who knew the situation supposed it would pre- vail. Yesterday Governor Black sent in the nomination, and 1t will probably be confirmed without much fuss. By this action Governor Black pays a personal debt which he owes Mr Pawn for securing his nomination. No fault would have been found with this if Mir. Payn had been the right kind of man to pay in that way. But it is ad- mitted on all sides that he isn't. The leading Republican papers of the State The Tribune says that this is about as unWise an appointment as could ties of the entire community, and es- pecially of the great mass of Republi-
 
 machine managers, were shocked at the mere suggestion of such action;'' that "the effect upon the party will be damaging;" and that Governor Black should hark back to the last State administration but one, and reflect up- on what happened to the Democratic | party when, in the arrogance of power, | it promoted Maynard" The Press is even more emphatic in it's warnings. Under the headline "Payn Means Mur- | phy,' it declares that the senator who casts his vote for Lou Payn for Super intehdent of Insurance will be casting l it for Edward Murphy for senator of the United States" 1t points out that ''the people of New York have never l failed fearfully to punish such a sub- version of their delegated powers of ! government as this appointment and | confirmation, if made, will be-" It re- calls what befell the Democratic party as the punishment for Maynard's ap- pointment, and it predicts that 'the certain result of Payn's appointment will be the turning over of the State to the opposition in the election oi 1898, the legislature and all, and the States senate.
 It is strange and sad work. No ex- made, even by the governors bes 1 friends. Such a misuse of power can not fail to harm the party whicf 1 makes it possible.