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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-22
The lash has fallen.

The lash has fallen.
The Butte Miner has been whipped
into line.
The reign of terror" OF the rain of
Doodle. has begun. The Butte Miner.
after standing out defantly for three
days. was compelled yesterday morn
ing to take down from its columns the
name Of Charles z. Alsop for legisla-
tive representative and substitute
therefor the name Of Frank z. Corbett.
The change was made In as few words
as possible. In addition to substituting
Corbett's name for Alsop's IN the tick
ct. the Miner merely said: so far
there has only been one change in the
citizens ticket. Owing to private bust
ness matters Charles e. Alsop has
withdrawn as a candidate for the leg
islature and Frank z. Corbett has been
substituted in his place"
1t is not generally believed that the
Miner succeeded In holding up Mr..
Clark before IL would make the change
Mr.. Clark wanted. but It is more likely
that the mandate went forth and the
Miner had to get In and ride. 1t is no.
ticed that the Miner doesn't give n
reason for substituting Mr.. Corbett's
name for Mr.. Alsop's. Nor does II give
Mr.. Corbett any send-off. But IL will
do that later. When Mr.. Clark chose
to put Mr.. Alsop on the ticket in or
der that he could put his own attorney
on. he certainly intended that the Min
er should boost him and II will have to
do 1t. Many people are curious as to
the reason Of the substitution. but
when nominations are made In secret
conferences instead Of in open conven-
tons. you mustn't expect to know too
much.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-22

Have the republicans OF this city any
idea that the republican legislative
candidates on the mongrel ticket will
in case OF their election. vote for a re-
publican for United States SENATOR? On
the contrary all are satisfied that the
deal has been made and that whether
nominated in republican convention or
in McBride's back office all will vote
for w. A. Clark for senator in prefer
ence to a New York republican. That
is what they are there for. and none
of them yet have come Onward to
state that IL elected they viii vote for
a republican for senator and for a re-
publican only. 1t may be that Mr..
Clark intends to become a republican.
For the sake of his senatorship he has
sacrificed his silver principles, II he
ever had any. and a gold democrat is
not much different from a gold re-
publican any way. As for the populist
candidates. Mr.. Clark evidently antici-
pates no difficulty In handling them. To
debauch a party Is a mighty small
thing for him to do. He debauched the
democratic party for a number of years
but the democrats have redeemed
themselves and have declared that
they will not again be a party to a
senatorship bargain and sale traosac-
ton. The out-for-the-stuffers are In
the ranks of the mongrel ticket now
and let them stay there. The gold re-
publicans and the populists have sold
their parties to a man who will take
a senatorial nomination from anything,
and 1t is supposed they got a good
price.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-22

Yes, indeed, the democratic party
has redeemed itself from the blasting
influence Of a senatorial aspirant who
hesitated at no corruption. the stain of
which has attached to the party since
the senatorial contest of six years ago
when Mr.. Clark went to Helena to buy
a seat in the senate. The stain of cor
ruption seemed indelible. but II Is
wiped out at last. The democratic
party comes before the people this year
with a pure. clean ticket. Never were
better men nominated for ofice In this
county. The legislative candidates are
men of high standing in the commun-
ity. of sterling worth. They are not
pledged for Clark for the senate. like
the men Of many parties or the nom
grel ticket. II they were pledged for
Clark, MI. Clark and the Miner would
forget all about purifying politics"
and would be for II tooth and toe nail.
But they were not pledged for any
man. They are free to vote for n
democrat whose course in the past may
commend him rs worthy OF their
support. Mr.. Clark Is opposing them
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-22

In consoling the Miner. that paper
should be reminded tha Mr.. Clark
didn't come out to Montana for the
purpose Of purifying politics. Oh. no.
He wouldn't tear himself away from
his pleasant surroundings in Paris and
New York merely to come out to Mon
ANA and do the publication act. He
isn't that kind. This is his regular
biennial trip. made whenever there Is
a United States senator to be elected
in Montana, and after the fight is all
over he will go back to New York or
Paris and will have no use for Montana
until another senatorial yea rolls
round. This being the case. the Miner
can understand why IL has been COM
Corbett for the name of Mr.. Alsop at
the head of its legislative ticket. Had
the idea been solely to purify politics"
Mr.. Alsop would certainly hav m
as well as Mr.. Corbet or anybody else.
But Mr.. Clark wants a legislative ticket
that he can absolutely depend on to
vote for him under any and all cir
c~umstances. and so he insisted that his
own attorney should be on the list. Mr..
Clark first tried to capture the demo-
cratic primaries and convention by the
use of his gang of primary swipers. but
he failed in this attempt. Failing to de-
bauch the democratic party. he start
ed In to debauch the republican and
the populist parties, which seemed
mighty willing to be debauched.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-22
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Omaha daily bee., 1898-02-04
MKINLEY AS A LEADER.
His New York Speech Indicates that
He Has Assumed the Position.
Boston Herall dnd. demD

Boston Herald dnd dem.)
President McKinley's speech at the dinner
IN New York on Thursday night may be
taken to bo an authoritative expression or the
program OF the republican party in the
political campaign Of the coming year No
one who re.ds the presidents words, having
In mind existing political conditions, can fail
to realize that In what he says he is pre-
v"ring a platform oot so much for admin
isTative purposes as for political and peculiar
use. With characteristic faulty, the ad-
vocates of silver in the United States senate
gave to President Mckinley the opportunity
TO form this BY their action in Introducing
! the silver resolution they made 1t evident
that this Is not the time when a truce can
be declared, for uutil the silver heresy is
stamped out the future industrial condi-
tion OF cur country must be couded by un-
certahnty.
Taking with shrewd foresight the question
thus forced to the front, President Mckinley
declares that II is now necessary to carry
on an aggressive CamIdlgn. THE peoples
purpose, he says, must be given the vitality
oil public law. Better an honest effort with
failure, than the avoiding of so p!ain and
commanding duty, Z" An honest al
tempt will be the best proof of sincerity of
purpose. Discussion cannot aurt. It will
only help the cause. Half-hcarted-
ness never won battle. Nations aud parties
without abiding principles and stern resolu-
ton to enforce them even If 1t costs a con-
''iuuuS SlIuSSle 10 40 SO ana temporary
sacrifice, are never in the highest degree sue
cesstul leaders in the progress of mankind
Ii these utterances mean anything they
mean that step forward is to be token from
the groundwork of the republican platform
OF 1896. Not only Is "the existing gold
standard to be preserved" but the fact
that we are a gold standard nation must
be made the policy of the republican party
and must be unqualificdly accepted, at least
so iar as concerns all branches of the gov
eminent Taking the senatorial silverites
at their word, the president proposes that
the campaign in anticipation OF the cleo
tons next November shall be one in which
the gold and silver issues shall be fairly
Joined. To our mind this is not only heroic,
but an eminently sound position to take
If Mr. Mckinley is thoroughly supported
by his party 1t is the one way in which he
and they can win victory. 1t is the one
ana only way in which sufficient support
can be won for republican candidates to
give to them the control of the house In
the next congress, and possibly, also, the
control of this senate. Everything con sdered
Mr. Mck.nley's speech in New York is the
clearest-sighted and NEST statesmanlike ut
teranCe that he has ever made
Omaha daily bee., 1898-02-04
INCREASING THE LEVY.

1t was to be expected that every
municipal department in the city hall
and out of the city hall would protest
against reduced appropriations and
clamor for an increase in the levy, The
taxpayers, whose burdens have been in
creased rather than decreased by the
new system of assessment, will not view
the demand for higher tax rate in
the same light.
So far as We can ascertain the only de-
partment that will be seriously crippled
by the new levy is the Board of Public
Works. The demand upon this depart
mcnt for keeping the streets clean while
the city is filed with exposition visitors
will be much greater than 1t ever has
been. 1t costs money to keep the
streets clean, and If the funds are not
provided the streets win not be kent
clean. While under ordinary conditions
it might have been possible to raise
money for this purpose by private sub
Omaha daily bee., 1898-02-04
COMFORT FOR sTAY-AT-HOMEs.
They Can Enjoy without Danger the
Stories OF Alaskan pilgrims.


| Tho unknown has the advantage over the
| known, as it can be endowed with all the
| conditions that hope or desire can suggest
| AS the spring" rush to the Klondke is
| making itself manifest already it is clear
| that the ignorant imagination of most of the
argonauts peoples the unknown regions of
Alaska with golden opportunities that need
only the potency of actual presence to yield
| fortunes for each and for all. On the con-
trary, nc. only the history of other mining
crazes, but the actual known facts as to
gold mining In the Yukon valley and its
tributaries for ten years past and the facts
| as to the situation in the Klondike today
dispose of all these golden fancies. Gold
thero Is in the Alaskan creek bottoms, but
the chances Of a strike are 50 rare and the
preliminary toll 50 tremendous that no one
should give up remuneratiye employment at
home to brave the dangers of Alaska unless
fully informed as to what to expect.
Letters and statements detailing the
actual conditions have been spread so widely
that few who can read can plead ignorance
as to the situation. recent correspondent
in dwelling on thehopeless outlook for the
newcomer In Dawson City, had this to say,
and IL Is worth reading:
when men who were within fifty miles
OF Dawson when this strike was made are
still without the means TO buy food for the
winter how can man 1000 miles from here
hop0 to pick up a. rich claim in the Klon-
dixie region? There are many suoh here. /
cannot, knowing as much as | do of the
country, use language strong enough or con-
vincing enough to advise those who are
thinking of coming to this desOlate coun-
try 90 give up the notion. No matter how
discouraging may be the outlook at home
| can assure tina reader that there are more
avenues through which to make living and
perhaps comfortable fortune, ct home,
than are presented by the seemingly rich
Klondil1c."
That this is sound advice cannot be ques-
toned. and that it should be needed follows
with equal for5e. ..s)
Ii in spite OF all the warnings thousands
rush into the Yukon they should be pre-
pared for hard struggle for years to come
Those who last the longest after Bitter ex-
periences up the valley Of the TanaLa the
Copper river region and the yerlOus aiiiuents
OF the Yukon, north and south, may make
their strike 1t Is not only possible but
probable that new Klondikers will be
struck in this enormous territory. which to
tho foolish argonaut seems about as big as
his home country and as accessible; but
such strikes will mean for the lucky ones as
much waste of energy as would perhaps
have won a fortune anywhere, while the
misery and death in its TRAN will not be
inconsieerable As things go now, those
who go to Alaska In foolhardy, happy-go-
lucky ignorance are bound to come to grief
Those who study conditions. ard perhaps
for The worst, may In the end be among
those who will strike II rich but 1t is a
toss-up at the best. And those who are
compelled to stay at home should not envy
the Alaskan pilgrims, They need sympathy,
no. envy.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-02-04
AMERICANS IN FOREIGN FIELDS.
Energy and Enterprise Reaching out
for the Earth.

hN0NNN tlly SIUr
The statement OF a traveller who has lust
returned from Honduras that citizens OF the
United states own nearly every hing that Is
worth having in that country, having re-
cClved many concessions from the govern
mcnt and made arrangements to refund a
Sl2 500 600 debt, serves to call attention 10
the fact that capitalists and promoters from
the United states are reaching out extern
sively TO gather in the profits Of new enter
priscs in foreign countries Within the last
few years American manufacturers OF this
country have undertaken seriously the con
quest OF the worlds markets. and where
American goods 20 capital AMI enterprise
from this country are likely to seek out new
opportunities for Investment and for tho
creation and management OF new Industries.
Americans are building railroads .nd
bridges ~ Japan and constructing an undCr-
ground railway, even in London. There ara
many hundreds OF Americans In Mexico. de-
Neloping latent industries there. The KlOu-
dixie region though 1t is in British territory,
is almost wholly under the control OF opera
tors from the United States. Miny millions
Of American capital are invested in Cuba aud
In Hawaii This movement OF American capt
tai and enterprise into foreign fields has Just
begun but 1t has made start which bids
fair to make American interests In other
parts OF the world very profitable within the
next ten or twenty years. The United States
like England AMI France. will. before long.
become a creditor nation to the extent that
Its imports of commodities will exceed its
experts, the excess representing the
profits of American enterprises III foreign
countries.
The Englishmen end the Frenchmen have
got great start on the American in this
kind of enterprise but it has been demon
sratel already that the American is fully
able to compete with them in any field he
enters, and It will not be long before Amerl-
can organizers Of industry will be known in
every land where there is opportunity for
large profits in new enterprises. This move
ment will materially aid Americas export
trade in manufactured goods that is now
growing rapidly. and it will greatly add
to the glory and the power of the republic.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-02-04
A rL0URiSnIYG INDrSrRF.

1t is extremely rare and therefore all
the more gratifying to find an anti-pro-
lection paper bearing testimony to the
success of an industry which owes its
establishment and growth to the policy
of protection. When the tariff act of
1890 imposed duty on tin plate every
ani-protection paper in the country de-
nounced it as an outrage upon the Amer
lean people and freely prophecicd that
the manufacture of tin plate to any con
siderable extent in this coutry could
never he accomplished. 1t was declared
that the Welsh manufacturers, having
every advantage, would continue to sup
ply the world and the only result of
putting on duty would be to compel
American consumers to pay more for
the Welsh product.
Like all other anti-protection theories
and prophecies, these failed and now,
after little more than seven years since
the enactment of the Mckinley law, the
United States has a tim industry that is
supplying three fourths of the home de-
mand and promises within year or two
to produce a surplus for export Refer
ring to the remarkable growth of this
industry. the Philadelphia Record, which
opposed the duty, bears testimony to the
fact that better quality of tin plate is
made in the United States than in Wales
and says "the migration of the industry
of manufacturing tin plate from Europe
to America has commenced and the
trade is likely to increase year by year.
There is no doubt of this and it is a
safe prediction that within the next ten
years if not sooner the United States
will be exporting to the worlds markets
as much tin plate as the Welsh manu-
facturcrS. American ingenuity and
skill, encouraged and stimulated by pro
lection. has in few years established
this great industry on an enduring basis
and it will continue to grow.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-02-04

The republicans in the house have COM
mended themselves to the friends of a sound
currency and of national honor. In no other
way could they have made so effective an
answer to the Teller resolution. They have
said to the country that any attempt to
create distrust by an attack upon the public
credit must be repelled without debate. There
is no more in the Teller resolution to debate,
under the circumstances, than there would
have been if, in January, 1861, the house had
been forced to face a resolution proposing to
dissolve the union The promptness and EN-
phasis Of the action of the republicans gives
courage and strengthens confidence in bus-
ness circles. Any sign of wavering, any de-
bate even to enable republicans to explain,
would have been regarded as an indication
of lack of courage on the part of the major
ity to stand by the implied pledges of the
party it represents.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-02-04
WHEAT, CORN AND OATS.
Some Revised Figures on Last Years
Harvest

Chicago Post
Over 81 900, 900 600 worth of products was
taken out of the earth in this country
last year in wheat, corn and oats. If hay
had been included there would have been
almost e. billion and half. According to
the statistics of the Agricultural department
corn led the great grain products of cur
soil and industry with 1902 ,967 1888 bushels,
worth S5O1 ,O72 ,952: wheat came second with
53t, 49, les bushels, worth $42S,547 ,121, and
oats brought up the rear with 69S,TG7,S09
bushels, worth S147,974,719.
In the production of corn Nebraska, with
less acreage than Kansas, led all the states
with 241 ,26S 400 bushels, and Illinois, with
still less acreage, was a close second with
232. S,0S5, outstripping both Kansas and
Iowa, with their greater acreages.
III the production of wheat Illinois is far
down the list being only seventeenth, with
only II ,003 bushels. In this cereal Min
resota steps grandly to the front with 59,-
S91 ,10t bushels, and then comes Kansas with
AZ ,99S152. Singular to relate, Ohio occupies
the third largest wheat bin.
Iowa stands at the top of the oat-produc-
ing states with 1O3, 3,721 100 bushels and
Illinois, with one-sixth less acreage, is a
close second with 80, ,79S, ,496 bushels.
Alaska and the District of Columbia are
the only divisions of the union that pro-
duce nothing in the cereal line for the main
tenance of mankind. The Congressional
Record is the only thing that has any re-
semblanco to serial form in these widely
separated districts.
With about the same acreage. the pro-
duction of hay was worth almost much
as that of wheat, being $4O1,S90. 800. Hay
produces better value per acre than either
corn or oats. This Is something for the
farmers as well as their cattle to chew on.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-02-04
on HER Sk ATES.
Westmlnster Cnzctte

Westminster Gazette
OF Diana, huntress, goddess, maiden cold
And sedate,
And her heavenly grace and beauty tales
are told
OF old date
How through woods sWft-foot she sped,
Danced on many IA mountain head
Vet we never hear it said
She could skate!
Thus the happy bard who Delia's form and
face
Celebrates
AS Diana's own, must sing an added grace
On her waits,
AS he sees the radiant girl,
Red as ruby, white pearl
Like Maenad dancing, whirl
On her skates.
Oh, tho graceful form that flies and stoops
and swerves
Free, e,ate
Swiftly changing as wave that gathers.
curves.
Passes straight!
On, the eyes like stars that glow
Which the frost has FURNISHED so!
CTS IA gift of frost that know
Those who state)
AS a bird who poised in air on sleeping
wings,
Then by sudden fright or impulse moved,
upspringsi
She, whose feet the Graces hedge
For her safety, Swing pledge.
Skins from perilous edge to edge
OF her skates.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-02-04
STRENGTHEN THE EXPOSITION.

While the decision of the supreme
court upholding the validity of the Doug
las county exposition bonds is very
gratifying to the exposition manage
ment, it does not relieve the people in
terested in Omaha from their moral
obligation to contribute the additional
funds needed by the exposition to meet
the increased demands upon its treas
ury. Not less than 100000 more than
has already been subscribed will be re-
Quired to complete the buildings now
under way and to erect the new ones
that must be built to accommodate eX-
hibitS in sight 1t Is hoped one-third of
the amount needed will be contributed
by railroads and other corporations that
have promised substantial assistance.
The remaining twO-thirdS must be
raised from Omaha business men and
realty owners.
If one-half of the men who are holding
back, although able and in honor bound
to assist in the great enterprise, would
come forward with their subscriptions
the gates of the exposition will be
opened without mortgaging the receipts
in advance, and all stock subscribers
will be sure Of receiving back reason
able portion of their subscriptions If,
however the management is compelled
to struggle with financial problems,
they will be forced to curtail its
magnitude and in so doing seriously
imperil success in point of attendance.
Whatever is TO be done to strengthen
the exposition resources must be done
within the next thirty days. The de-
mand for additional buildings and en-
larged accommodation is pressing. II
cannot be met unless plans are at once
adOpLed and construction work begun
without delay. Those who have prom
ised to come to the rescue of the expo
sition when the emergency is at hand
should redeem their pledges by prompt
response to the appeal of the Ways and
Means department.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-02-04

scription, 1t is hardly feasible at pres
ent and as a matter of fact the burden
should be borne proportlonatcy by the
whole body of taxpayers rather than by
a few volunteers.
AT the same time 1t is to the
interest of the taxpayers and of
Omaha as a city that the tax rate
should be as low as possible con-
sistcnt with the maintenance of eff
cient city government. The advertise
ment which Omaha will get from re-
duction in the tax burden imposed upon
resident and nonresident property own
ers will well repay the strictest economy
and rigid retrenchment in all city de-
DaTtmnntS
Omaha daily bee., 1898-02-04

The solicitude of our amiable cOntem
porary for the preservation of the liberty
of the press intact did not seem to bG
aroused when the editor of The Bee
was imprisoned by Judge Scott fol
contempt because of the publication
of an article which he had not
seen on heard of until he read it in print
In the Keysor decision, on the other
volyed, but only the liberty of black
mail through the conspiracy of an out
law police board and the license OF a
hold-up organ.