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gan in the United States than the Phil
adelphia Press. That newspaper re-
marks that congress. on its assembling,
will face "a deficit for he year of many
millions. that this means an accumu-
lation Of debt for which a republican
administration must not permit itself
To become responsible, that ample
sources for revenue exist and that con-
gress certainly must act.
The increasing deficit is something
that was confidently predicted by many
republican members of congress at the
time when the Dingley bill was under
discussion. Mr.. Dinsley. however,
would not listen to the warning that
was sounded then-he said that his esti
mates on the earning ability of his bill
We're all right. His own promises ut
terly fail. He seems not disposed to
patch his tariff bill; it remains TO be
seen whether the republican organs can
force him to do something. If. once the
discussion of he tariff is taken up, we
shall hear no more about a short ses-
sion.
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twelvemonth. have made comparatively
little Roadway. while nothing definite
one way or the other has been accom-
plished in what concerns this countrys
relation with the island.
The significant paragraphs in the
forthcoming message will be those
touching the currency question: Presi-
dent Mckinley has managed to keep
the country guessing about the course
he Will pursue. That happens because
the president himself is not governed
in the matter of enlightened conxic-
tons which he is willing to stand nv.
President McKinley's study. this year
as last, is to be on both sides of the
money question. The goldbugs elected
him and he is theirs but they never
have felt sure of their man. They
ought To feel assured that he will de-
clare tiatfooted for the policy whereby
they propose To plant this country
firmly on the gold Standard, but they
are in doubt this morning, and il he
happens to land on their side of the
fence they will experience sense of
relief
That's the side on which the presi-
dent belongs; but the situation is as IL
after his reelection Mr. Lincoln has
kept those who elected him in anxious
doubt, up to the hour of his December
message of 1864, as to whether he was
going TO urge the prosecution of the
war, or not. In his message of last
year, Mr.. Cleveland rejoiced that the
presidential election had committed the
country to honest" money. To this
hour, the godbug has not been per-
suaded that the election of Mckinley
did that thing.
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IL starts To-Day.

@ oNGRESs assemblies to-day I'M
der the mandate of a clause in
the constitution which says that
! the meeting shall be ON the first Mon
day i'm December The memory of the
oldest inhabitant runs back 10 the time.
| when ii was argued that the time for
the meeting Of congress is not wisely
suited 10 the country's general business
arrangements. that in anticipation OF
the holiday recess the month of De-
cember is usually wasted and that the
date ought To be changed. The change
could easily be made: the clause in the
constitution which names the first Mon
day in December provides that congress
may change the date at any time But
like SO many things which. IN the minds
of some people ought Ia be done and
are not done. the old date holds it's
place. and probably II is as suited. an
in all as another date would he
The extraordinary session held last
summer fixed the organization Of the
present congress. There are to be no
delays over the election of officers. MIR.
Reed is speaker. aud he Is ON hand.
ready 10 run things. The expectation
is that the TIVE houses. promptly at the
hour Of meeting, Will he ready To re
ceive the presidents message. the text
Of which is on its way over the wires
10 the press or the country as this
mornings Standard goes 10 press. in
anticipation Of its release" and it's
publication this afternoon or Tomorrow
morning. As rule. the message of the
president is perfuuctoIy performance.
ii is significant only wherein il puts
the administration on record respecting
some pending question of Importance.
Even concerning some OF these the pub
lie soon forgets what The presidents
recommendation may have been. Last
year. for instance. there happened la
be considerable stir about Armenia as
thu time arrived for the meeting of
congress. President cleveland's mes
sage gay generous attention tu Ar
meuia the public has forgotten all
about IL. Last year. a. this year. cuba
WAS conspicuous factor in public dis
cussiun. \ year aso Mr.. Cleveland
said that the insurgents really had not
shown themselves To- De an organized
eoyerum, of which The United states
could take official account and that tile
recognition If helligereut rights would
be a mistake. IL Is practically the
same thus far this year. There has
been plenty - dabhine tn cuban ar
fairs, but the Cuhaus, during The
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TEN PAGES.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1897.
1t Is Eckels' Farewell.

RI a parting shot for the benefit of
the goldbugs. Comptroller Eek
\ els makes of his final annual
report plea to congress TO kill the
greenback and give the poor bankers a
chance. In this plea he goes astonish-
ingly far-he is about 10 begin, him
self. his duties as the president of a
bank, One of his remarkable points is
that the business of banking, like
every other form of investment. must
be made attractive to capital
So it appears that this countrys
government must coax the bankers and
tempt them and offer them special in
ducements lest. forsooth. they go out Of
the banking business. Eckel's opinion
is that if the government doesn't turn
the currency over to the banks. "imevi-
tably capital will seek other means of
employment, and TO this extent de-
prive the people of Il currency most
requisite TO commercial activity" Be
hold the awful risk to which the people
Of this country are exposed.
Mr.. Eckels submits no argument on
the greenback question: his report
amounts TO a supine prayer 10 congress
TO let the bankers have the privilege of
issuing a currency, with interest bear
ing bonds behind it, in lieu of the
greenback. which Is the governments
good pledge. without interest, that this
greenback will be redeemed on demand
in coin. Eckels pretends to believe that
the banking currency. backed with
United States or state or municipal
bonds, is safer than the governments
greenback promise to pay. VIII he tell
us how good these federal, state or city
bonds will be on the imaginary day
when the federal government finds it
self too poor to redeem its five, ten or
twenty dollar greenback?
THE belief in a banknote currency as
being better and safer than green
back paper currency proved unques-
toned in this country until after the
exigencies of war" says Mr.. Eekels.
That is not true, not at all. it is essen
TALLY untrue. But never mind history
before the war-how has it been during
the thirty-four years we have had the
greenback? 1t is year older than the
national bank note. Will Mr.. Ecllels
IL
during this third of a century when the
greenback has been by a hair the in
ferior of the national bank note? He
cannot say it and back up the asser-
sion.
Mr.. Eckels is a relic of the Cleveland
administration. He is about to quit;
he's for the goldbug element as Cleve-
land was and as he hopes Mckinley
will be. The living question in every
commercial center of these United
states this Monday morning is whether
President Mckinley Will go on record
as the heir TO the Cleveland admins
tration goldbug, single-standard plan.
If he does, he will do what those who
elected him reasonably expect of him.
If he does, he Will surprise NJ silver
tie. If he does, il will interest us To see
whether the fiye-dollar resumptionist
Carterites viii keep right on telling us
that silyers hope stili is in the McKin-
ley administration.
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Mr.. Dingley's Deficit.

~ ONE of the organs are pursuing
~ Mr. Dingley in a manner that
~ must worry him. When he was
leaving Maine for Washington. last
week, Mr.. Dingley permitted himself to
be heard in an interview IN which he
inferred that the revenues are all right,
that the currency question Will not take
up much time and that, SO far as he
knows, the session can be short.
This talk does not suit. nor should it,
The deficit is rolling up 70 an alarming
total and the fact that Mr.. Dinsiey
is unwilling 10 admit this doesn't
change the figures that force them
selves on the attention Of the admin
istration organs. The youngest and
most ardent of these is the New York
sun. 1t reminds Mr. Dingiey that tile
extraordinary session Of this year did
rot accomplish what it started out 10
do il did not make provision for cur
rent revenues. il did not finish with
he tariff. The problem Of stopping the
revenue deficit. the sun says. is as
pressing as ever and il Is becoming
constantly more serious.
There is not more stauneh tariff or
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John G.. Robin s on.

1~HE public will hardly receive
with surprise this morning the
news of the death of Hon. ]. G.
Robinson. of Deer Lodge-during sew
eral years he had been an invalid. on
several occasions his ailment. involv-
ing heart failure, brought him close to
deaths door. His rally seemed, in in
stances, remarkable. Although en-
feebled, he displayed unusual pluck and
vitaliy-he realized. however. that for
him there was no hope of restoration
to health and that at any instant the
summons might come During many
months of feebleness he was uniformly
of cheerful temperament, resigning
himself without repining to the newt
able and calmly awaiting the end.
Mr.. Robinson ranked among Mon
tana's Oldest and best-knoWn citizens.
He has resided al Deer Lodge for about
thirty years. He was for long time
the law partner Of Judge Stapleton, of
Butte he was a highly esteemed MEM
Der of the bar. He was a man of posi-
tive views and always the outspoken
advocate of the cause that commended
itself to his judgment as right. in all
matters relating To public policy. He
was a respected member of the con-
vention that framed the constitution
of Montana, he was a man of superior
mental gifts. and the news of his death
will be received regretfully, especially
in the circle that includes the pioneer
citizens of this state
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( asst weeks exciting reports from
Vienna, Prague and other centers
in the Austrian empire are of
themselves interesting: they leave the
public to infer that there is more to
come and that the agitation that had
it's beginning in the brawlng sessions
of the reichstag is likely to be kept up.
The Austrian empire is a mass of ill
assorted states whose relations to the
empire are not clearly understood by
the average reader of the days news
Last week the Washington Post pub
lshed a compact summary of the Aus
trian situation Believing that it Will
be welcomed by many readers who wish
to follow the run of events the stand
ard quotes this morning on this
page the Posts article. OF course, it
does not presume To present all the
features of the existing situation, but
ii gives one a good idea of the relations
to the empire of Germans. Hungarians
and Bohemians, and these are the prin-
cipal factors in the controversy.
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Another woman with Il gun is said to
be ON Lucky Baldwin's trail. but that
won't phase Lucky Baldwin An old
veteran who has been hunted by half "A
dozen women with guns contemporaries
uusly is not to be scared when the
enemy is reduced To one woman and
one gun.
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Many Immigrants.

New York De-, THE Prime line
steamer Trojan Prince which arrived To-
day from Leghoru- Genoa and Naples.
brought lHS stterage passengers the
greater portion of tham being women
aud children. This Is thu largest number
81 Italian INN igrauts brought hy any
one steamer tb1his port in many months.
Th" state of health on board waS excel
lent
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The country not having heard any
thing from him in several days. Col.
Henri Watterson may be drowning his
sorrows like true Kentucky gentle
man in true Kentucky fashion.
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Silver Bow county pays into the state
treasury nearly $l00oo0 this year. Mon
tana might live without Silver Bow
county but shr wouldn't have that
klundykish feeling.
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Georgia Legislature is bound

~cHE Georgia Legislature is bound
to keep itself before the
country. 1t passed a bill
prohibiting football. but it refused
to listen to Governor Atkinsons
urgent appeals to take some action
looking to the prevention of lynching
1t discussed for days a proposition to
make jefferson Davis birthday legal
holiday. Now it has bill before it
legalizing prize-tighting. But its most
cranky proceeding is its rejection of
bill granting to federal veterans equal
rights with confederates. Under the
laws of Georgia. confederate veterans
conducting certain enterprises are re-
lieved Of all special taxation. 1t was
proposed To grant similar privileges to
union veterans residing in the state.
There are not enough of them to make
any appreciate difference in state and
county receipts. The Georgia legisla-
tnre killed the bill out Of prejudice 1t
can hardly be possible that the legisla-
ture reflects the sentiments Of the peo-
pie of Georgia. il is doubtless one of
those freak legislatures With which so
many states have been afflicted.
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Although the wine crop of Bordeaux
il the smallest in many years, the Cali
fornia manufacturers are equal to the
emf, gency of keeping Americas supply
of the real article fully ZIP 10 the ave-
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As soon as the presidents message by
way Of overt TIRE is over. MesSrs. Reed
and Simpson viii kindly favor the au-
dience with an Introductory sparrins
exhibition.
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There is every prospect that the Ha-
naiian annexation question viii stir up
the animals in Washington this winter
with unprecedented zeal and thorough
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-06

There appears to be something of
clash between the respective divine
rights of the emperor of Germany and
the emperor of China
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Possibly things would be evened up
If that French court martial would
order Count Esterhazy tu relieve Zap
tain Drryfus of cell duty.
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California insists that il is entitled TO
I'LL any vacancy that may occur in the
cabinet. but California is not SO close to
the president as Ohio.
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Senator Bland didn't quite get there
in his last race. but in This respect SEN
ator German furnished him Il prece-
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In the event of an Austrian civil war,
Mark Twain will voluntarily leave
without putting the sergeant -at-arms
To the trouble Of ejectment proceedings.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-06

Promptly at noon to-day Tom Reed
will call himself to order and await the
pleasure of Tom Reed
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We search Mr.. Eckels' report in vain
for any currency reform scheme for the
First National bank of Helena
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The stores OF the merchants who add
Nertise in the Standard will he as
crowded as the Standard columns
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cuba is anxiouSly waiting to SEE to
what extent President Mckinley i'm his
message will do the Cuba Librr act.
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Germanys demands upon Hayti APP
pear Ia have struck Il toboggan slide
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There is a suggestion of Christmas in
the weather as well rs i'm the newspaper
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Main Office-Standard Building. Ana
conda. Telephone No. l.
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The Standard has branch offices at
Butte. Missoula and Great Falls, where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
plication.
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The French standing army is stand
ing IA good deal of scandal.
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All general business, letters and corre-
spondence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Anaconda. Mont.
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The record-union., 1897-02-07
A VACANT CHAIR.
Bookkeeper McCalvy Resigns From
the Secretary of States Office.

Yesterday morning Secretary of State
Brown asked for the resignation of
George A. McCalvy, the bookkeeper of
his department, and it was promptly
handed in. Indeed, it appeared to have
been ready, as if the demand was ex-
pected. No successor has as yet been
appointed.
Secretary Brown has made it a rule
OF his office that no lobbying would be
allowed, and was much chagrined that
one of his trusted deputies should as
he claimed McCalvy did, have so griev-
ously broken the rule as to take an in
terest In the coyote scalp bounty bill
now before the Legislature
Senator Smith of Kern County stated
on Friday night that he had been in
formed by letter that an employe of one
of the State offices had recently visited
bakersfield and demanded a sum of
money. variosusly reported at from
$4,000 to $4,000, to secure the passage
of the claims. 1t was intimated that if
the money were not forthcoming he
would obStruct the measure.
This statement is supposed to explain
the cause Of the trouble resulting in
McCalvy's stepping down and out
The record-union., 1897-02-07
JERRY CREEDEN.
The Old Railroad rIan Has Gone to
His Final Rest.

Jerry Creeden, the old time railroad
man who ran trains on the Central
Pacific as soon as there were trains to
be run, and who has remained in the
employ of the company under every
change that has since taken place died
at the Railroad Hospital yesterday.
Mr.. Creeden was known to almost ev-
erybody about the city, and by all re-
spected. He was one of the oldest en-
ployes of the Southern Pacifi Company,
and ran one of the very earliest trains
between Sacramento and Truckee. At
terward he was appointed yardmaster
in Rocklin, and from there was trans
ferred to the Southern Pacific service
during the building of the line in the
south.
About ten years ago he returned to
Sacramento and became switchman at
the bridge. He was one of the most
careful employees of the company. His
remains will be consigned to their final
resting place at 2:30 to-day.
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bill, directing the State Prison Direct
ors to employ at least twenty prison
ers in the construction of roads TO the
State Prison at San Quentin. was pass
ed by vote of 23 to 0; title approved.
Dickinson withdrew S B. 2Go, 1T being
identical with the one passed.
A. b. Al, by Lindenberger, relating to
the support of families of deceased
persons, and the distribution of the es-
tates of deceased persons where the
value of the whole estate does not eX-
ceed the sum of $1,000, was read the
second time and ordered engrossed.
A. B. II, by Bridgford, relating to the
time of commencing actions and A. b.
IL, also by Bridgford, We're read the
second time and ordered engrossed for
the third reading
SECOND READING.
The second reading file was again
taken up, and s. 3. 392, by Bulla, re-
der different mana gements, was read
and ordered engrossed.
S. B. 81, by Langford, relating to the
powers of railroads, was read and
amended so as to quote the entire sec
tion it proposed to amend, after which
IT was ordered to engrossment.
S. B. 4S6, by Dickinson, to authorize
an acquisition, by donation or purchase,
of two sites for camps of instruction
and target practice for the National
Guard, and to improve the same, was
amended by committee, and as it car
ried an appropriation, was referred TO
the Finance Committee
S. B. 53S, by the Judiciary Commit
tee, ceding to the United States juriS-
diction over all lands within the State
which have been or may hereafter be
acquired by the United States for mill
tary purposes, and S. 3. 539, also by
the Judiciary Committee. relinquishing
to the United States the title held by
the State to certain lands, were read
the second time and ordered engrossed.
S. B. 2S5, by Simpson, relating to the
procuring of licenses for marriages, the
solemniZation of marriages and the re-
cording of the declaration of marriage,
was read and ordered engrossed for the
third reading.
S. +. 442, by La Rue, relating to the
sale of the interest of a ward in home
stead property, was read, amended ana
ordered engrossed for the third reading.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS BILL.
S. Z. 100, by Androus (by requesD,
relating to reports to be made to the
Board Of Railroad Commissioners by
railroad and other transportation COM
panies, and fixing a penalty for failure
to comply threwith, was read. The bill
was one of the two drafted by Rail-
road Commissioner La Rue and car
ried a committee amendment, which
was adopted, providing that nothing in
it should be construed to mean street
railways. The bill was ordered en-
crossed for the third reading.
s. B. 101, by Stratton, relating to
registration, was read, amended and
ordered engroSsed.
At 3 o'clock, on motion of Smith. the
Senate adjourned to 10 o'clock Monday
morning. !l
The record-union., 1897-02-07
PERSONAL MENTION.

Governor Budd is back from his trip
to San Francisco.
A. Barclay Roberts of Blue Canyon
is at the Golden Eagle.
George T. McNoble and Dr. J. P. Hull
of Stockton are at the Golden Eagle.
A. B. Jackson came down from Ar
buckle yesterday and is at the Golden
Eagle.
Mrs. NJ. Lee and Miss 7. Morris of
Arbuckle are staying at the Golden
Eagle.
Congressman Grove L. Johnson and
wife are registered at the Yates House,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Captain r. 3. Turner, u. S. A, wife
and daughter, are visiting Captain
Turner's uncle, Jabez Turner.
Miss Lottie Jones has returned from
an extended visit to Mrs. DR.. George
T. HeSser at Iowa Hill, in Placer
County.
The record-union., 1897-02-07
WHERE is ROBINSON
He Collected Money From Customers,
But Failed to Turn Ii In.

Schaeffer & Hoffelt. who keep meat
market at Eighth and NJ streets, are
lamenting the absence of young man
named Fred Robinson, who has been
driving a wagon for them for three
months past.
Robinson came from Oakland ana
was put on the delivery wagon, where
he gave satisfaction. Last Friday.
however, he collected from the various
customers on his route about S1l5 and
has not been seen since by the firm.
A warrant has been issued for his ar
rest, and it is expected he will soon be
in custody The firm suffered in a
similar manner about six months aCo,
another employe collecting about sou
and falling to turn it into the treas
I1rV