The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-18
Town Topics.

The dispatch to the effect that the
president is likely TO issue a can TOT
100. 900 volunteer to-day or tomorrow
naturally caused much excitement IN
Butte. and the question. Are you GO
ing to enlist?' was heard on every
street corner. The Standard In an an
official way learned yesterday OF IL
men i'm Butte who are going TO organ
ize regiments. n six who have decid-
ed to raise companies of volunteers.
but thus far IL has only heard OF one
volunteer. This, of course. does not
include the national guard or the uni
form rank OF the knights Of Pythias.
who are practicing steadily. ana VIII
volunteer their services. In addition
to these, only one volunteer soldier was
heard from yesterday. and the Ques-
ton Is. which OF the many regiments
and companies which are on the verge
Of being organized I'm Butte shall ne be
assigned to-? There is indication OF a
big scramble among the organizers OF
regiments to get possession OF this one
private.
Butte's original private sem this
communication to the Standard yester-
day:
Editor Anaconda Standard:
Some paper speak OF volunteers
ready to go and fight Spanish soldiery
in Cuba, n assures us that there are
volunteer companies forming. etc. etc.
right here in Butt. ] would like to
see the names OF some OF these brave
men printed in your paper. Talk is
cheap; II brings notoriety, to a limited
extent. and especially around home,
where notoriety can be used as capital
in trade.
am not discounting American patri-
otism. or the fighting qualities OF Amer
leans; / know them both to be superior
-. ..r Athar ON Cp1ss ~ronn Aarsh lint
l am protesting against some cheap
Johns" getting themselves interviewed
and in these interviews assuming lead
ership. assuming to be the ones who
can and who are molding public opin-
ion. They are not the true leaders,
and they will o find 1t out IL hostil-
tiles open. They are as red and swelled
up with Importance as a turkey COB
bier. but wait till Towser banks and
shows his teeth-some OF them will
drop their tail feathers, s~traighten
their neck and run for the hole under
drinks the swill.' Watch these brave
men.
l am ready to go to Cuba and help
free the Cubans. I want TO go as a
soldier. l want a musket in my hands.
I want to march in the ranks. posi-
lively want to shoot-and take my
chances of being shot. presume i
have enough ability to justify me in
believing that i could secure some 9TH
err position, where the danger would ne
very slight. but the fact Is, ! wish to
leave lei places to those who prefer
them.
For over two weeks 1 have been a
very sick man. but the United States
examining surgeon said. five days ago.
that ! would be able to go In ten days;
therefore you will see that ] can. even
now. take the train for the East. !
-. r~rssfae, fhtO 70 Nntr 70 n1nna mNaalf
on record. l would like to be the first
from Montana to sign his
name TO the volunteer roll call. Can't
you. and on you, get up a call for
volunteers and send II to my room for
my signature. and then hold II at your
office for others. i would like to see
how many men we have i'm Butte who
would or will sign IL n not wait To
be drafted. SO word, so construct IL
that II shall be legal and absolutely
binding upon the signers. Please dc
this at once. Yours truly.
+. G.. FLOWER.
Room 2S, Mantle block.
+. S.-Why should not Montana send
the first volunteer regiment. This would
be a decided honor. Let us do 1t. +.
Mr.. Flower certainly shows the right
~spirit-the kind of spirit that wins In
war. All can't be officers. There must
be some 10 fight In the ranks. there
must be some TO follow the leaders, and
1t must be confessed that more leaders
than followers have been heard from uT
to date. AS for the Standard issuing
call for volunteers. that is. of course
way outside the province of a news
paper. The call for volunteers viii
come from the president Oh secretar!
of war, and the enlistment will be un'
der the state authorities. So far a
we have heard, however, Mr.. Flower
a.. ,An arat 20 nphlielU annnunRa hi,
readiness to go as a private from thii
neck OF the woods
The following information in regar,
TO the Croatian people of Butte will b
read with much interest:
ION March is there appeared in al
the papers of Butte. speaking of 81
that there was a large turnout of tn
Austrian society. This Is thorough.
wrong and hurts our nation. An arti
Gle in the Daily Miner stated: "Thos
are A~ustrians. and red is green owe
there" l will say that we are no
Irish, but we are their friends. ! know
where this has come from. and l vii
answer II some other time.
| AS you paper Is read in ever
I home, to give satisfaction to the Croa
! tian people please insert the following
There IL no Austrian society in thi
town. IL there is one by that name
Is wrong. because they are not Aus
TRANS. but 'Slavonians.' There wer
no Austrian societies, but S~lavonia
clubs.' We are Creations. OF cours,
9 we started this club by the name 'Sla
vonian club to get more members, be
cause we understand one another. w
cannot understand Austrians: they ear
not understand US. We have our Ian
guage and literature: they have the
own. Now. we have Ave or six of GU
e papers in this country. The best pa
3 per we get Is from Chicago. by tn
name of Chicago Liberty and We hay
a hundred societies throughout I'll
n United States. but there are no Aus
trian members. Our grand lodge. IN
National Croatian society. consists
Creation people only. Therefore "
could not be Austrians. We are prou
!, OF our history and history is proud {
~ .,.r nation