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

Things In Jerome where ne mas every
thing absolutely his W a The
Miners chsriatan professions fool no
man. Mr.. Clark has lived long in
Butte: tha city knows him well; the
slobberlngs of his newspaper in alleged
love for labor are not suspected by any
man of bearing the semblance Of sin
certify.
| Jerome is merely a side issue; Mr..
Clark himself is responsible for the d.
recting of public attention to 1t. Fool
ishly. when the present campaign be-
gan. the Butte Miner was commissioned
to do two things. The first of these
was to help to divert the public from
the mis-shapen goldbug ticket running
in Butte under the auspices Of w. A..
Clark & BbL: the second was to ad-
vertlse Mr.. Clark's warm interest In
the attemp. TO lift from the shoulders
OF Butte workingmen their alleged aw-
full burden Of sorrow and persecution.
to abuse the Anaconda company In
general and Mr.. Daily In particular. as
loud and as long as possible. and to do
this by talking a good deal about the
'enslaved miners whom Daily is grind
ing" In performance of this task. the
Miner has put in Its best ~llcks-what
has IL all amounted to? II has simply
prompted men in Butte who know
Jerome to bring the mean-reputed
place to the front. In the light Of
Jerome: aye. In the light OF Mr.. Clark's
record right in Butte. how monstrous
the Miners cutlery, II would be IAN
tsstic under most circumstances: 1t is
knavish. viewing the use TO which the
Miner is seeking to put II.
Well. the thing has run along that
way all these campaign weeks. The
Miner has been hsmmering at Daily
good and hard. II any newspaper has
taken up the defense of Mr.. Daily. we
haven't seen II; IL at any instant dur
ing the Miners assault Mr.. Daily has
needed n newspaper defender. we
haven't noticed II. Mr.. Clark pitched
the personal fight. He ard Marcus
DAILY are well known in Butte. And re-
specting the whole of this nasty per-
sonal attack. for Its first and for its
last remark relating To It. the stand
ard put every word of comment
Il has TO make in n single. not-very-
long paragraph. and that would be
something like this:
Apply TO these two men the test of
public spirit, of interest in the world
that works. OF kindness to the lowly. Of
a helping hand for the needy. of sym
pathy with the suffering. Of outspoken
expression regarding men and meas
ures. Of personal attachment to the
scenes amid which we who make up
the local community move and live. of
friendly feeling toward fellowmcn. Of
stern integrity in all transactions be-
tween man and man-apply these tests
to w. a. Clark and Marcus DAILY, leav-
ing the decision TO a jury Of the first ten
citizens of Butte you meet; the Stand
ards prediction is that ~ w. A. Clark
got one vote out OF the ten. he'd have
to buy It.
the Montana public has no doubt that
after he has been punished at the polls
n few times moro. Mr.. CLARK will quit
the state for good and all.
Keep in mind the fact that Jerome
isn't an issue In the campaign. Neither
is Marcus Daily. But w. A. Clark is
his aspiration for the senatorship. with
gold-standard support. II an issue
which the people OF silver Bow county
are preparing to deal with next Tues
day. And what has just been briefly
said is. TO the Standards notion. all
that need be said respecting the par
allel which Mr.. Clark has lately sought
to institute. in public. between himself
and Marcus DAILY. AS for the recent
as any wase-earner's friend. Jerome
rises up I'm witness against the Miners
truthiess talk.
The fact remains that Jerome is not
next Tuesdays issue. A traitor to de-
mocracy. a deserter from the silver
ranks. w. A. Clark. having the federal
senatorship for himself In view. is aim
ing by every underhand method to ca
jole the people OF Butte-even of free
coinage Butte-into the election TO this
states legislature of confessed gold
bugs who parade. as IL they glorled In
II. the fact that they are the Mckinley
ADMINISTRATIONS admirers and the foe
Of every friend OF silver.
In recent campaign speeches. Thomas
III. Carter has been referring to William
J. Bryan as the "long-hnired. patent