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

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spreading everywhere. The disafectIcn
Is strongest among certain Of the popu-
lists who attended the fusion rally
Thursday night and found tina nothing
was said In favor Of the silver cause.
These populists have been told by their
leaders that the fusion ticket ID really a
silver ticket. Just as good a silver ticket
at the democratic. But at the meeting
Thursday night the true .nwardness OF
b movement was exposed to the popu-
lists who were present. Not a word
was said In favor OF silver by any
speaker and the great issue Of the cam
paign was ignored. Furthermore. the
picture Of Bryan, which was such a
conspicuous and welcome feature Of the
decoration In the previous meetings
held at the Auditorium. either by DEM
ocrats or silver republicans. had been
taken down. At previous meetings the
pictures OF George Washington and
william J. Bryan hung side by side. u
Thursday night the picture of WASH
ington was there. but that Of Bryan
was turned to the wall" The popu-
lists who are not in the ring and who
are sincere silver men discovered that
they were in the wrong camp. Many Of
them realized that they had been be-
trayed to the gold people. and yester-
day there were on the streets talking
strongly for straight democracy. II sill
yer is not an issue In this compalsn
urbv xUo a. uecas.rv 70 tur, Rryon's
picture to the wall at the mongrel
meeting? Why could not 1t have been
left up there where 1t has been. side
by side with Washington. during the
past two weeks? That is the way silver
populists are arguing.
The meeting opened their eyes to the
fact hat the whole fusion movement
is in the interests of a gold republican
congressman and a goldbug senator
Then there is additional disaffection
over the fact that 1t is necessary to get
either Malcolm ellis or Swede Murphy
touch with the barrel. Some of the re-
publican5 are not particularly friendly
with ellis and he has shown marked
partiality in the distribution of the
funds. He has absolutely ignored the
English-Americans. Swede Murphy is
not 20 liberal or else he does not get as
much as ellis. There are a great many
hungry politicians who have been put
of from day TO day by Murphy, and 1t
is known that Murphy has used the
money given him-at least that part Of
1t which he has not put down in his
jeans-in the interest of Kinds only.
The meeting was in fact a great dis
appointment to the Clarks and all were
discouraged. The word was passed
through the Butte ReductionWorks and
the Clark mines that the men mus turn
out at the grand rally" and take their
families with them. AS a consequence
the hall was well filled. 1t would have
been filled without that ~precaution. for
hundreds went to the hall out of curios-
ity. But the applause was very scat
terlng about the house and IL was evil
those present were not in sympathy
with the meeting.
The principal speaker of the even
ing was Frank L. Corbett. who adj
mitted that he Is the personal attorney
of w. A. Clark. Mr.. Corbett declared
that silver is not an issue in this cam
paign and insisted that only local is
sues should be discussed. BY local is
sues Mr.. Corbett probably means his
own fitness for the Office for which he
runs. Before Mr.. Corbett asks the
people of Butte for their SURFACES next
Tuesday he should explain certain ac-
tons of his when city attorney which
have always seemed clear to a great
many people of Butte. Mr.. Corbett was
city attorney OF Butte at the time when
that worst of all curses to this COM
munity. the present water supply. was
fastened on this city. Mr.. Corbett was
the same time a member of the law firm
OF Corbett & Welcome. attorneys for
the water company which obtained the
contract from the city. A lesser offer
was made the city from the Anaconda
Water company. but the highest bidder
got the contract. It seemed to many
people at the time very queer hat the
highest bidder should get the contract.
and IT also seemed very queer that Mr..
Corbett could act c~onsclentiously as at
torney for the city. the glver Of the on
tract. and for the water company. the
receiver of the contract.
What a horrible curse that act has
proved to his community. II came
down as a legacy to Butte from w. a.
Clark. who sold the water supply and
the water system to the company. There
is as much difference between the water
furnished h city and the water which
the Anaconda Water company would
have brought in as there is between the