The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-06-20

Anaconda's Marvellous Growth-Goddard
Trying to Square Himself With Car
ter-The Butte Public Building
Bill-Yellowstone Park.

Special Dispatch to the Standard
Washington. ID, c.. June l9.-Anacon-
da becomes first class postal city ON
the lst of August. when three gray
coated representatives. Of Uncle sam
will take charge OF the house To house
mail delivery. The promptness of the
action taken by the authorities of the
postofiice department Is due To the for
cible presentation of the arguments for
the improvement which was made by
the Montana senator's Each of the
gentlemen took an active interest in the
matter Senator Mantle filed very
strong statement of the Importance OF
the town and the necessity for the cs-
tablishment of the free delivery service.
He showed that the city had a popula-
tion of Gt least $4,000, and that the nam
ber OF patrons of the office was about
1000, BY the census Of 1890 the city Of
Anaconda had hut 1915 inhabitants. its
present population reveals a growth OF
over 1900 souls In less than seven years,
and II Is still rapidly developing. AN
aconda's postal business shows re-
markable but steady growth" con-
tinucs the statement, and the increase
Is likely 10 progress for the excellent
reason that the industries of the city
are being extended every year. and men
who are employed there are sending
home for their families. There are now
II daily mails each way. The money
order business has almost doubled in
two years. The total of orders tdomes-
tic and internationally issued I'm one year
prior 10 March 81. 1895. was 6.I0s. Two
years later IL was increased Ia l2.1l9.
The postal business of the city shows
/ ra fn L "a i.l tst.n
4, sl0,l0S; lSa4-5. Sl2,j76; 1886, Sl4,il5;
1885,, sl7.I05.'
AnaConda's neighbor will also soon
harvest some good luck this session.
Senator Mantle says he means tO call
the Butte public building hill up at the
present session and Is confident that he
can secure its passage He is not so
hopeful of the success of the measure
In the house, which has proved a mau-
soleum for all public building bills for
| several years.
Dem mocrntic Plans.
The Importance Of new. accurate and
/ reliable lists OF loyal democrats
I throughout the country for future cam
paigns is fully appreciated by the dem
ocratic national committee. After the
silver men gained control of the COM
mittee last year the lists turned over
/
both imperfect and unreliable. Largely
owing To the fact that so many Cls,e-
land democrats were dissident in The
subsequent campaign.
The difficulty experienced last year
suggested a work which IN now proceed
ing under the personal supervision OF
the distinguished senator from Arkln-
sas. There Is being carefully compiled
list of from three to five active and
! reliable democrats In each precinct of
the United States. For manifest rea-
sons the work is being pressed more
rapidly at present in the Middle West
ern states than in others. There are
about 10000 names ON the committees :
lists from each OF states of Ohio and
| Illinois alone. The former list will come
into excellent play in the next six
months, for IL IL to be presumed that
| the democratic state committee in the
Buckeye commonwealth will have the
benefit of the lists. The work of pre-
faring lists for all the other states IL
also progressing. but will not be COM
pleted as promptly as in the Middle
West. The number of correspondents
flom Montana and the neighboring
mountain states will he somewhat
greater in proportion than those from
other commonwealths. This results
y
triotism shown by the silver men of
those states during the long. hard
struggle OF last year Colorado and
Montana led the procession of states in
the assistance of every kind rendered
the national committee in that wonder
ful aud difficult canvass. The largest
single contribution To the campaign
was by a citizen Of Anaconda. of course
the aggregate contributions paled intO
insigniiicanoe compared with the vast
SUM Of fifteen millions " hch the Han
ma management received from the IA
N0rcd classes Ia aid in he glorious work
of maintaining the single gold stand
ard. But the assistance rendered by
the mountain states 10 the democracy
was OF the highest Importance Il was
not by any means confined to financial
contributions. IL extended tn the wide
= circulation Of strong newspapers and
other valuable silver literature. which
was distributed In every part of the
country.
MontanH Orators in Demand.
Equally important was the presence
on the stump in many sections of the
country OF effective campaign speak
ers. who gave their time and In many
cases their expenses To the cause. II Is
neither exaggeration nor fattery To say
Nnat lne silver speakers from tho
mountain West were the very bes,
that appeared on the stump.
Many Of these are soon TO be again
summoned into service. They are ex-
pected To bear willing hand in the
great battle Of the ballots In Ohio In
which Mark Hanna Is to he vcrwhelm-
ed. Daniel McConville OF this city, who
Is chairman Of the Ohio democratic
state committee. was at the head of
the committee on speakers of the demo-
cratic national committee last year In
this capacity he became acquainted
with the sneakers sent out from Mon
tana and knows all about them. on his
last visit here he arranged with Repre-
sentative Hartman. through Chairman
Towne " the silver republican national
committee, to spend the last two weeks
Of the campaign In the Buckeye state
He says that Hartman was one of tho
NEST efficient campaigners that was or
the stump In 1896. and he expects much
from his work. The Montana repre-.
sentatiye's reputation as a vigorous
campalgner has extended through
many states. Hon. worden II. Chapel
chairman Of the republican congress