The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-21
FOR MUNICIPAL REFORM
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never was anything but a democrat o.
. republican. etc.. ana never shall be
IS but a political tool. He that is thu
minded unconsciously divests himsel
of h i~ndependency an American citi
zen should posses and use.
"Use your right of discrimination
and when parties put up men unworthy
for the place. use your privilege. which
IS God-given, to vote for some Other
man. j question seriously IL any mar
should nave n franchise who can anu
will not exercise conscientious princi-
Piles in casting his ballot. Who are
these men? do not know. but you
have only to read an advertisement
that appeared in Saturday mornings
Standard TO know who some viii be
and what their character is"
Here Rev. Mr.. Noftsinger read a
brewery advertisement, in which alder
manic candidates were advised to buy
voters plenty of a certain kind OF beer
81 the wanted to be sure OF election,
and in conclusion said:
rs this the coming man of the spring
election? If so. l ask you as Christian
men to let your power be felt. and vote
for the man who will stand for home,
good government and God-the very
principles which brought the pilgrims
TO Plymouth Rock and formed the con-
stitution Of the great free nation. BE
loyal TO your convictions and cause
fhem TO be felt at the polls.
'Woe unto him that buildeth a town
with blood and establisheth a city Of
dniquity.'"
Rev. u. ~. Shaener.
Rev. II. III. Shaeffer of the South Meth
odist church began his sermon on good
citizenship in the evening by saying
tina the average American voter priced
very highly the privilege of partisan
politics. and in part said:
1T is rue that great issues of ma
tional n state character are deter
mined by political parties. There are
other issues Just as important, though
not so large in character. that cannot
be properly adjusted by blind adher-
ence to party issues. such as that which
confronts the citizens of Butte in the
approaching municipal election. The
excitement Incident to the destruction
of our battleship i'm the b harbor
and the talk of war with an insignia
cant nation is likely to overshadow and
becloud a question Of grave interest
nearer home. IL Is not at all probable
that there will be any wal with Spain,
and the spectacle of "A great and power
full nation like this republic, any n
of whose states. almost, would be "A
match for the bankrupt and degenerate
Spain, falling into a panic of excite
ment, Is not pleasing. IL IL Is lemon
etrated that Spain is in any sense re-
sponsible for the destruction of our
ship IN killing of our brave seamen.
she will smart for IL terribly. but the
danger is not from our relation to her.
The danger is internal. n i'm the fact
that vulgar and brutal parvenus
amassing wealth by robbery and extor-
ton. are able to buy themselves into
power, and in defiance OF law, seeking
n practically succeeding i'm robbing
God Almighty's money and the money
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ing upon the masses of the people "A
single standard of gold. which means
the increased poverty of the poo and
enrichment OF the rich. An, there's
the rub and there's the danger! The
spectacle of Lyman Gage. posing as an
expert financier.' .reveling In his ban
quet with Club of Commerce, in his
speech criticising william j. Bryan.
stating that among a people rude.
Ignorant and superstitious,' the boy
man carries an important influence,
but we have a right to believe that
he cannot be introduced into the life
of a free and intelligent people i'm the
closing of the nineteenth century If
the reference OF the secretary OF the
treasury to ". J.. Bryan as the boy
man doesn't produce a tired feeling in
the breasts of Americans. then are they
a stalwart and hardy race. But the
question that confronts the moral and
tiiiLfnS VI AhlS Sltdi tiiNs
Is their relation to party politics i'm
the coming election of municipal Off
GERS of Butte. In my judgment. party
should be ignored, and only men who
are Observation-Disclosures to know
the law. and brave enough to enforce il
in every case, should be voted for.
we live not only i'm the greatest
mining camp on earth. but in a city
Of which every citizen is proud-a city
whose founders and builders rank with
the foremost. whose brains. enterprise
and executive ability are unsurpassed.
Surely they need and must have the
support of moral and Christian citi-
zens in their efforts To execute law and
in removing the reproach that rests
upon the city by virtue Of a
failure to punish the guilty and
protect the innocent i'm their rights and
privileges. / would add that no ques-
ton of sectarianism should be permit
ted To enter this contest.
Men who propose to vote only for
officers representing their religious be-
Iiefs should halt and be persuaded that
such a course is un-American. danger
Gus TO the peace and prosperity of the
city. and tn be- condemned %unquali-
fiedly by all who owe their city and
country"
Rev. sherman Hill.
Rev. Sherman Hill. at the Christian
cnurcn, preached on the SUBJECT, Mum
1cipal Government" He selected the
following texts: Let brotherly love
continue. Remember them
that are in bonds as being bound with
them. Bible. ii looked for a city
which hath foundations whose build
er and maker is God."-Bible. The
preacher said:
AT uch a time as this every loyal
oul give earnest atten-
fi0n To the Question of mnnfsinal onx--
quiet dweller of the ru-
raj district because IL indirectly affects
his welfare. and the resident of the
city because IL is a problem
direct and immediate interest TO
him. The city which hath foundations
builder Is God we have always
to be a realization of the flu
world, and not even within the
OF the present. But there