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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07
TWELVE PAGES.
THURSDAY. APRIL I, 1898.
Nothing Came Of IL.
4 eEDNESDAY was a day OF as
w appointment, almost of chas'
rim The message of the presi-

sEDNEsDAY was a day of dis
M appointment. almost of chag-
rim. The message of the presi-
lent did not reach congress. At the
last m the plea was that there
must be time to get Consul General
Lee and others out of peril before the
blow falls.
That may have been n shallow ex-
cuse or II may have a diplomatic stroke
or Il may have been sincere regard for
the safety of the people in question.
II IL was policy. time alone "a tell
whether Il was a clever thing to do;
~ IL was honest fear for the personal
safety of Americans AT Havana. IL must
PASS as an evidence Of stupidity on the
mart of the department of state which,
II IL was otherwise prepared to act,
ought TO have taken account of this
question OF safety by having General
Lee out OF danger before the hour
when the president had promised to
act. Assuming that this personal
safety plea was as sincere as IL was
represented to be. the American people
will be disposed to remark that Day.
the untried Canton attorney. isn't. up to
date. a william III. Seward or a James
G.. Blaine or a Richard Olney.
Whatever the merit or lack of merit
in the excuse for delay given yesterday
morning. It availed-although scores of
republican congressman were disposed
TO doubt the good faith of IT. At the
same time. Il is not I'm order for the
public to fy the track or to rush into
~denunciation of the president. The
public Is not yet in position to say that
the presidents policy Is wrong or that
his hating course is a blunder. This
country is going to have peace with
honor, IL that be possible: no right
minded man wants the country to rush
into wal just for the sake of the rum
pus. and cost and blood and suffering
that would follow. Too many Ameri-
cans are eager for war simply be-
cause they do not know what wal
means.
Nevertheless. there's no denying the
fact that the people of thisc country, ON
their calm Judgment. are ripe for the
announcement OF the presidents plans,
and IL IL impossible To persuade any
community that there Is merit or
benefit or the right sort OF spirit in
longer delay. The countless rumors that
ny of reconciliation between Spain and
Cuba. Of an armistice, Of a Spanish
cabinet crisis have ceased TO be inter
esting because this country does not
consider them significant. The presi'
dents message is a long time past due
under the terms of his own promise
what is wanted is a statement from
him. and. of course, the waiting for II
puts the anxious public under sever,
strain
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07
TOOK THe LONG WAY ROUND

He was born in Massachusetts,. n traV-
eled half his life
To find a fitting lady whom ne couid
make his wife.
He went to California one summer IN
great haste.
But returned because he could not ma
one suited TO his taste.
One winter he went way down SoeSh
and met some beauties there.
Who. IL what he declared was true. were
fairest OF the fair:
But when he got back home again ms
n~eighbors only sighed.
Because he did not bring with MIN IA
young and blushirg bride.
lie journeyed north to Halifax. and then
crossed DER to France.
Mhere women are 50 beautiful they All
the men entrance.
he Travelled next thro' England. and when
his trip was DER
He came back and was welded TO a sr'
who lived next door.
Boston Globe.
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A Gold Organ.

~ INNING to serve the purpose of
n the money power. the New York
Tribune was unjust enough to
say. last week:
II may be only a coincidence. but II is
still worth noting as one OF the salient
features Of the present interesting politi-
cal situation. that the most impatient and
the noisiest advocates of immediate, un-
conditional and uncompromising war are
the persons who for the last two or three
years have been in pretty much the same
eager. excited. violent and bloodthirsty
state of mind over the financial question.
and over the unwillingness of the coward
~ and unpatriotic money power to agree
To the free coinage of silver.
why the New York Tribune. which
In it's time has sought to rank as the
national organ of the republican party.
should go so far out Of it's way to bear
false witness. passes understanding.
| particularly when the fact is considered
| that its statement will pass az a silly
| utterance wherever II finds an intelli-
gent reader.
The silver issue has been entirely out
Of sight in this controversy over Spain,
just as ordinary craftsmanship has been.
| Democrats and republicans, goldbugs
and silverites, have been loyal to the
president to a remarkable degree, even
though he has been s~ingularly secretive
In his plans; bear In mind the fact that,
up to this hour, the American people
have no knowledge OF what the presi-
lent has been doing. Nor has congress
1T has been an example OF blind. un-
| questioning loyalty to the chief exec
| utive, and i'm this the democrats have
gone farther than the republicans; the
men In who. during the past
ten days, have been most earnest In the
expression of their impatience respect
ing the presidents course are republi-
cans
The most radical declaration that
thus far has found a hearing in either
house of congress is the war resolution
of Senator Foraker: surely he Is no
silverite. other pronounced goldbug re-
publicans are conspicuous in the move
ment which the New York Tribune tries
10 make disreputable. There are scores
OF them i'm congress. To mention them
is useless because every intelligent citi-
zen knows of them. The Tribune's re-
marks are too stupid to merit more
than passing notice.
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The Motive for It..

~HERE was a revival of armistice
talk yesterday: in fact. many
members of congress felt very
sure that the plea about the safety of
Americans in Cubs vas mere makeshift
and that the real reason for the post
ponement decided upon by the presi-
dent was the renewal of reports that
Spain and Cuba are about ready to
come to a temporary truce. All the con-
ditions will prompt the public to dis
credit the report of an armistice; 1t
seems incredible that the Cubans. at
his critical hour. should consent to any
provisional terms with Spain.
There are about eighty house repub-
licans who have declared that they do
not approve a policy hich involves in
t%ervention It the pleasure of the presi-
~dent-they say that they simply will
not consent to an arrangement that
puts so much OF the control of the stu
Probably armistice ak and anxiety
about Lee have relatively little to do
with the bold policy Of postponement
adopted by the president yesterday.
More probable IL Is that the president
Is pushing congress to the limit. in the
hope that in the end these protesting
republicans will submit to the policy o.
Intervention when the president deems
hat course best: II had been assumed
by the public that the forthcoming mes
sage outlines a proposition of hat sort,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07
People in General.

More thar 500 criminals have been exc
cuted in England since the accession OF
Queen Victoria.
A New York man recently went to an
u~ndertaker's. chose a coffin, bargalneo
for its lowest price. purchased II. theh
returned home and committed suicide.
Mrs. Campbell Copeman of Washington
has made more than 500 mountain ascen-
sions. and is the only woman who ever
succeeded In reaching the summit OF
Mount Rainier.
John Newton Hendron. the last treasu-
rer of the Southern confederacy. Is very
III at his home near stanton. Augusta
county. Va. Owing 10 his advanced age
little hone of his recovery Is entertained.
The estate Of the late Sig. Nicolini
amounted to sloo.eoO, which he devised to
his widow. Adelina Patti. and TO the three
children of his first marriage. Nine. Patu.
however, has renounced her claims TO the
estate.
Nearly - years ago, when he was sta
toned at Newport as a lieutenant. the
late General Rosecrans was a worker in
ST. Mary's church in that city. More than
that, he did more to get funds for the
present edihce than any other layman.
Since his death masses for his soul have
been said I'm the church with regularity.
Stuart Henry. In Hours with Famous
Parisians." thus speaks of Zola: does
not try to win or entertain you. He takes
no personal interest In you. and does
not expect you TO take any personal IN
terest In him. No personal magnetism. no
sentiment. no perfume, no rose coiors' he
has conquered merely because ne mas
worked harder than any one else.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07
The Starting Point.
prominence OF Senator Chand-
Ter and the attention paid to his

~HE prominence OF Senate Chand-
Ter and the attention paid to his
utterances ia ongress are due,
In good part. to the fact recognized by
every member OF the senate hat he un-
doubtediy has a better knowledge of
this country's navy than any other
man in public life. Secretary Long is
IA novice compared with Chandler.
The foundations for this country's
present navy were broadly laid during
abe administration of President Arthur.
In his cabinet Mr.. Chandler VAS sec
rotary OF the ANY Congress passed an
act in March. 1883. authorizing the
building OF the first Of this country's
steel cruisers. Until then no steel var
vessel had ever been built in this coun-
Try, and the problem Of constructing
not only such a ship. but Its proposed
battery OF high-power steel rifles. was
very serious.
Yet amid many doubts and criticisms
the construction went on. and our first
four steel ships have not only one
great services for many years. but are
good for years to come. The Chicago
and the Atlanta have recently beer
supplied with better motive power
which their services and their capabili'
sses vel merited. and will soon resume
their active careers. The Boston is on
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

city of Havana had a place
on the map Of Cuba three hun
dred and eighty years ago. Be
fore IL vas twenty years old a French
privateer reduced the place to ashes.
The town rallied hut the French de-
stroyed it again. in 1854. During the
life time of generations Of men. h Ha-
vanans lived in constant dread of En-
glish. Dutch and French. to say nothing
of the perils always threatened by the
pirates who infested the seas. The
most memorab,c siege OF Havana oc-
Cured in 1862. The English made II
and the story OF IL is rich in records Of
distinguished bravery on both SIDES.
Americans shared in this siege. as a
part Of the King OF England's forces.
Regiments representing New York.
New Jersey and Rhode Island were
there. and they gave a good account
of themselves. Among those Americans
were men who atter,ga-i won 'iist'nc-
ton as commanders in "a revolution
against England. Israel Putnam being
one OF them. 1t VAS a long. hard siege.
and the result ranks al a brill ant
triumph for English arms. rhc trophies
OF war and the Sc nls we're immensely
valuable. BY the treaty Of Paris. made
In the following year. Cuba w.s re-
stored to the Spauiarls and they have
misruled Il w IT since.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

Of our main sources OF reliance on the
Chinese station. and the Dolphin Is In
her place for the troubles with Spain.
The Dolphin was the cat over which
the incoming Cleveland administration
raised a partisan racket. shouting fraud
and charging rottenness upon the
Chandler administration. The navy
reform" movement had for one OF its
results the crushing OF poor old John
Roach. whose shipyard was famous in
those days, and the transfer Of favors
to the Cramp yard. The event has
proved that the much-abused Dolphin
was. and IL is to-day as staunch a craft
OF its kind as was eve put in commits
sion by our government.
Later in the Arthur administration a
second group OF ships was ordered-the
Charleston. the Newark, the Yorktown
and the Petrol. In which the maximum
of armament was somewhat below that
of the first group. but h maximum
of speed much greater. With these
eight cruisers and gunboats. authorized
under President Arthur's administra-
ton. the important first step was taken.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

in every detail highly creditable to the
colored regiments. OF these. II In not
too much to say. the regiment at Mis-
soula has a record that It not surpassed.
thanks. I'm good part. to the excellence
Of the men who are in command at
Fort Missoula.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07
Current Comment.
Cub. and the United states.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
As for Cuba. she wants freedom and a
chance. She does not want the United
States. The United States do not want
her. Neither would know what to do with
the other. But there is always room for
a new republic in the world, and Cuba
could we'll be the next n
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07
Let Run IL.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The people want no peace of conve1-
fence or profit. no temporizing. no policy
towards Spain which admits of a doubt.
IL the president Is not ready to take this
position at once congress is. and ii should
take control of the situation.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

Probabilities for to-day: Wind
storms. accompanied by a rising tenn
perature. in congress-: continued heavy
frosts i'm the white house premises;
threatening weather through the coun-
try generally.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

whether her good fortune Is to be at
tributed to her name or to a sudden
and unexpected streak of humanity on
the part of the Spaniards. the Mascotte
got out of Havana yesterday with a
number OF Americans and an intact
hull
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07
4 Candid Opinion.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The plain fact is that the nding OF the
court of inquiry take the destruction OF
the Maine out of the category of possible
accidents and demonstrate it to have been
"A crime.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

Mr.. Aliens substitution of the KNAPP
sack for the toga Will not be so con-
tagious among his fellow senators as
to cave the upper branch of congress
without a working majority.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

When he swears flaming blue streaks
1t these repeated delays. it is to be
hoped that Fighting Bob Evans takes
the %precaution to remove to a safe dis
lance from the Iowa's powder maya
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

II there is anything the administra-
ton wants. 1t has only to ask Mr.. Pull
itzer. The idea Of referring the bust
ness to the pop originated with Mr..
Hearst
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

Owing to a variety Of circumstances
over which they have no control. the
Cubans are not giving the Americans
any complimentary banquets on their
departure from Havana.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07
Make short Work of It..

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Do not patch up a peace which VIII
have to be broken later on. Clear-cut In
dependence for cuba will assure such "a
peace and nothing short of II will.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

1t is to be feared that the esteemed
Butte Inter Mountain violated Journal
istic ethics in shoveling h a screaming
circus-biIl type into its war head with
out giving credit to the New York
Journal.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

While the Americans are leaving
Cuba. there are others who will go
there presently prepared to camp a
while and stay with II.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07
.IoSeph Int la IL.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
IL will be noticed that Senator Foraker
is now one OF the presidents official ad-
visers. But he hasn't any key to the SIDE
door.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

General Lee begs to assure the grand
stand that il is not his fault that he Is
so late entering the homestretch. Al
ways an unsatisfactory starter. the ad-
ministration kept him too long at the
pOst.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

satisfy a delicate sense Of politeness
and with no intention Of interrupting
the game. which they are as age to
see as anybody.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

There is a deep. broad un~dercurrent
OF suspicion that by rendering their
good Offices In the mediation line the
European powers are acting simply to
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

1t looks as IL Mr.. Mckinley could al
ways be depended upon at the critical
moment TO b~uchananize the situa-
ton.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

Under the circumstances what Min
lister woodford would like to know Is
whether his sl2, 900 salary Is a continu-
Gus performance.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

1t is reassuring to find the entente
between the United States and Great
Britain poet -laureste-austinproof.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

And by Monday, the president hopes
something else will arise to serve as an
intervention between congress and the
message.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

We begin to suspect that Mr.. Sher-
man cares not who runs the state de-
partment as long as he draws the
salary.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

II he monkeys with II any longer Mr..
Mckinley will discover congress re-
solving itself into a buzz-saw.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

Senator Aliens example is respect
fully and especially commended to
Senator Mason.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

Spain realizes that she has got to
cal of her butchers to make a
Catholic holiday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

II will be all the same TO senator
Allen whether he's fighting ~Spaniards
or republicans.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

General Lee is perfectly willing to
leave Havana. He isn't so stuck on
his place as the good old Maine is on
hers
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

Mr.. Keith Of Helena trusts that the
Edwards administration understands
that he cannot be a Dick Croker TO IL.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

The presidents xcu that he had to
cast an anchor to Leeward Is hardly
consistent with good s~eamanship.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

The Washington Post says we are
now making history every so seconds.
Better call II so days.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

However. II Is beyond Mr.. McKinley's
power to avert a war in his own party
ank
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epondencc should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING
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TO ADVERTISERS.

The Anaconda Standard guarantees Its
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Daily ana Sunday. three times greater
than that of any other newspaper pup
lluhed in the state OF Montana. Advertis-
ing contracts will be made subject TO
this guarantee.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

From the Kansas City Journal.
A nation that can prepare fort war and
buy it's Easter bonnets at the same time
without feeling undue strain, is certainly
prosperous.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

Mr.. Mckinley is falling into Mr..
Cleveland's error of imagining that he
is the whole works.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07
TUo of "a Kind.

From the Washington Post.
Senators Hanna and Hale are unable to
account for the belligerency of their col
leagues.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

With 80 much profanity loose in the
country. holy week Is having a very
unsatisfactory time OF IL.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

Some people seem to doubt the infal-
libility OF the pope's mediation schemes
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

Besides the American crisis the Span
ish cabinet has learned there are others.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

Intervention without recognition Is
about as inspiring a war-cry as X
ton without representation.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

The message appears to be trottine a
lead heat with the letter that
came.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

The wal isn't off, but the indications
are that Mr.. Mckinley is.
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We had . neighbor who suffered from a chronic skin disease. eczema they
called Il. He wal always taking soda baths with wheat bran in the water
and fuaing with cuticura soaps, ointments and resolvents. he used t co
sxnNy scratching whenever he thought himself unobserved; sometimes Ms
aim M red Or raw and q little drop of water would exude in places now an"
then All at once I nOtcedthathe had seemed y be fee from the annoyance
For sne time. and knowing that he had battled with 1t persstenty or We OF
Shree yeau I asked him what remedy had finally brought about a result %
herrabae and he told me Ripans Tabules
:" But Ripans Tabuls are merely a cure for indigestion! J" sadL
81 know that" he answered, :" but the doctors all agree that eczema is
On of the ways that indigestion manifeAs itself"
Our neighbor MOODY is his nanne) takes n Tabule every night OF his NE
49, and ~ he has either indigestion or eczema he does not know it.
II must be q decided relief to him to be able % get along without % much
scratching
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The Standard has branc ofices at
Butte. Missoula and Great Falls. where
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n IMING to serve the purpose of
n the money power. the New York
Tribune was unjust enough to