The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-05

keep this grand commonwealth I'm line
with the other states that have secured
foundations" Then he assumed to tell
how other states had prospered under
republican rule and patr :onage.
we have had many noisy cam
paigns. but. as to actual politics. how
little OF IL we have had? What has
grown up In lieu OF IL? So down into
some OF our newly acquired possessions.
some of those isles bequeathed TO us
by the fortunes Of war. and there you
will find a poisonous mass of weeds.
Sc Il Is here. you will ind that a brood
OF pestilentisl weeds has grown up In
Montana 20 such an extent that the
essential seeds for the education OF
mankind will not take root He did
not bring his point out clearly and the
real essence OF his remarks, or the
fruition thereof. was lost as he en-
tered into a discourse upon the late war
with Spain.
The crowd expected TO hear some
thing Of local interest when he re-
marked that he was mindful OF the
exigencies which confront this commu-
nifty. but he threw cold water on his
hearers when he said:
II shall not Express an opinion upon
n. You are all entitled TO your rights
and Judgment. u-ntrammeled. and he
who dares 20 challenge those rights
should be ground to powder by your In
dignant scorn.' He did not go far
enough on this line to bring out an en-
core. because the crowd did not under
stand what he was striking at or why
he did not proceed. but the war called
him back TO the field and he patted Al
ger and Mckinley a few pats on the
back. The colonel looked at his watch
and a large number of men leaving the
hall. He pitched his voice to a higher
key and said. as IL reckoning with his
voice To the disappearing men to return
and take seats. "a question has come
into our midst-not so much, perhaps.
as In the republic at large. II Is a
question that is probably given promi-
nence by motives which are purely sell
fish. II has been preached from a
thousand rostrums until o there are
people who believe II has merit.
IL is Illuminated with 10 much sophis-
try and adorned with 80 much elegance
OF rhetoric. 1t has Inundated Spain.
II il a question which some people try
to think should be an issue In the cam
Men who started to leave the
hall stood In their tracks and waited
for the speaker TO repeat a point. The
colonel, however. could not tear HIM
self away from the war n Alger. So
the men vent out of the hall. But
they should IA remained to hear him
say that there Is not one man I'm the
of the United States who
would not rejoice at the opportunity to
promote the industries of his respective
state. not one man who would not be
glad TO raise the price of silver to $1.29
an ounce. or $l.50 for that matter. II
have no desire to reproach anybody
who differs with me OF this question.
| submit there Is room for discussion.
l.... ~A.. On a. l.. "a
he question. ] once held a seat I'm
but I did not indulge in the
of the hour; I coveted the opin-
ons of my colleague. who politely
me not TO talk through my hat.
have also heard a lot of talk-that
disgusting talk of the dem
'crats on silver and of our leader"
all the force OF sarcasm thai the
is capable Of putting on 'our
IF there were not a silver mine here.
say 10 you that science would be as
'ential as now. POLITICAL science"
Here the colonel abruptly broke his
bread to take up the money question,
beginning with the time when gold and
were given In exchange for artl-
,les of commerce. but not in the form
~ coin. IT, the progress of time, he
said. mems fancy for the yellow metal
lu'ftdrtu u1ts u WIS ntttStiFY 10 draw
4 line OF value n establish a ratio be-
.ween the meals. He followed I'm the
of his progress up TO 1873. The
fesire for gold and silver, he said. had
hanged. until now 'the eas of
is gold value" said he, lis tina
gratifies the human desire. IL
he desire is universal for gold nothing
viii crafty that desire but gold"
He went To war again. and returned
20 ask III Hartman or my friend, Gov
Smith, have discovered a process
~ which they can raise the price OF
liver from 81 cents to si.29. Why don't
hey keep still about II? II there Is a
way for us to raise the price let us keen
luiet for a while. I know where / can
buy II for so cents and we can make
400. 600. 900 out OF h deal That's the
Yankee way OF doing Il. and we're all
Yankees. But. my fellow citizens. they
know they can't do II. The price OF
silver cannot be raised. Stewart has
talked so long on this subject that he
Is beginning To believe In II. and Hart
learned all he knows about silver
from Stewart. We can go to n silver
basis N we want to. but we cannot
have but one standard of value. No
other nation has a double standard"
The colonel reverted to the war again
to show his contempt for the democrats
who. he declared. by their criticisms OF
the war department had become a band
Of ~scavengers and gone into partner
a