The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-21
CRAZY ON THE SUBJECT
The East Il Enthusiastic Over the
Colonization Policy.
THEY WANT CANADA ALSO
Deputy County Attorney Connolly Re
turns From q Trip to the East-The
Omaha Exposition Is Really
q Very Fine Show.

c. p. Connolly. chief deputy county
attorney, returned yesterday morning
from a six-weeks' trip through the
East. He says hat all the people in
New York and other Eastern states
are talking about Is the war and the
administrations new policy OF terri
torial acquisition. The people in that
part of the United States. says Mr..
Connolly. are crazy on the subject.
everybody wildly and enthusiastically
talking in favor of the new policy of
grab ALL The ridiculous extent to
which the new policy Is urged is
shown by the proposition advanced,
and which even finds discussion in
some of the newspapers, is to swap
the Philippines. Canary islands and
otter acquisitions for Canada In New
York IL seems to be accepted as the
~undoubted intention OF the United
States, as represented by the admins
~tration, to hold onto everything that
can be taken from Spain-to expand.
to grow. to be a big potato in the
worlds hill OF spuds.
The summer resorts on the Atlanti
coast are feeling the effects of the war.
because all the people who can AFFORD
to patronize watering places are very
much like New York's famous 9TH n
18th regiments. They think war is all
right when it is far enough away. but
they do not care to run any unneces-
sary risk of getting I'm range of Span
isl shells or bullets. The New York
mcneyed people are spending this sum-
me- i'm Canada and In inland ountai
resorts.
And. talking about summer resorts.
a. -. tAA0A 10 aAnA
| equal to Montana.
on his return to Butte Mr.. Connolly
stopped at the Omaha exposition. and
he says il Is really a fine show. but I'M
fortunately II was opened before any
of the buildings and few of the exhibits
were completed. Montana is I'm great
evidence at the exposition. and every
body is talking about it's great mineral
exhibit. and several of the administra-
ton officials are quoted as saying that
the Montanans who made the exhibit
possible will find nothing i'm Omaha too
good for them II they ever visit that
city. Montana was one OF the few
states that made appropriations for a
state building. The exposition has
many great attractions. n 1t IL
claimed that the government exhibit
is better than TIE one 1t a at tn'
worlds fair. There are many opppor-
t~rnlties a. the fair to advertise Mon
tana, but they are not taken advantage
Of. The magnificent mineral exhibit
alone stands for the state. There q
nos a line of printed matter for distri'
button, though there are. naturally
numerous inquiries for information
about The state. There is a splendid cS'
hibit of The National park. and visitors
who see IT are naturally curious abou
the country adjacent to IL In tn
government exhibit is an Dbl ma
coach that in early days ian between
Bozcman and Helena. tut the Gnl,
t.i.ng at the fair to indicate that Mon
Il ma is rot still a stag c)ach stat
is the statement IN the old vehicle tina
there ere nov four daily mails he
tween Bozeman and Hel~na. The Mon
,ana building is not yet compl'tei.