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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22
The Years Politics.

* ENERAL of the administration
~ organs are figuring out ma
~ jority for the president in the
rext senate. \ clear majority of the
senate means 46 votes. AS now made
up the membership of the senate in
cludes 43 republicans, 81 democrats, 8
slverites. populists-Oregon has one
vacant seat.
To begin with. the silverites are likely
to carry Wyoming and Washington. If
they do. the republicans must gain five
senators to get control of the senate. To
do this they reckon. among other things,
that republican legislatures in Calfor-
mia and New York are highly prob
able" and that Indiana may be counted
on. OF course, If with the conditions
that prevail in these three states the re-
publicans see highly probable"
chance for success in the next lcgisla-
ture, then there is no limit to the range
their fancy may take.
But. leaving the senate out Of the ac-
count, the hard problem presented to the
administration republicans is the house
Of repreSentatlyes-it is almost certain
to undergo a political reversal at next
November's elections. The makeup of
the present house includes 204 republic
cans. 123 democrats. q populists and 8
sllverites. For house majority 119
votes are required. If. compared with
the present house. the republicans lose
&c seats, as the result of next Novem-
ber's election, they are the minority All
the signs are that the republican loss
| will be very much greater than &c.
The year viii have its share of poll
tics Aside from the election of the 357
men who will be members of the house
4 of representatives in the Fifty-sixth
| congress. there are so senators whose
terms expire with the close of the pres
ent congress, which will be in March.
1899. Two of these have already been
reelected, Mr.. Daniel and Mr.. Hanna.
A third will be chosen soon, if the Mary
| land legislature reaches conclusions; so
that there are - states with legislatures
to be looked after this year. In add
tion 2s states elect governors and
| minor officers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22

take a political trickster's word Tor it
that he voted for the democratic ticket.
The other group of men who do not
know where to find themselves is made
up of the republicans VINO want to be
in favor with the goldoug Mckinley
administration and be in with their sill
yer constituents, too. These men are
put to the ends of their wits to know
which way to jump whenever any one
of the constantly recurring questions
comes up in dealing with which they
have to play the part of hypocrites
There is. for instance, the pending Tel
Ter resolution in the senate. 1t asserts
that this country shall not be fixed on
the gold standard and that il is good
faith to pay the governments oplga-
tions in silver Several administration
men voted for this, yet they also voted
for the administrations assertion that
until international agreement is Sc
cured. the gold standard must be main
tanned. Thus these men vote both
ways. They do 1t because their double
faced politics compels them to.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22
The Proposed Bonds.

rHERE is no warrant for the criti-
cism suggested by some of the
residents of the county that the
voting of one hundred thousand dollars
for court house construction means
that a much larger sum will go into
the proposed building. This suggestion
does not take account of the fact that
the county commissioners are under
limitations that make it impossible for
them to plunge the county into debt
they cannot exceed the limit voted by
the county. The commissioners are
men we'll known to the people of the
county--we do not believe that. in
matter involving the expenditure of
large sum of money. the voters of Deer
Lodge would look for better men.
1t should be understood by those who
are discussing the proposed bonding
project that the amount named in
cludes what will be required for the
building of court house and jail; in
fact, the proposition is to equip the
county with the establishment needed
by the county for the proper conduct
ing of the county's business. With the
expenditure or 500, 900 it is certain that
all requirements can be met and the
county have building that will be in
every way worthy.
| The size of the majority polled next
Tuesday will be found To be "A signifi-
| cant factor, when il comes to selling
the bonds. The inquiry that is
made by purchasers of securities of
the kind always includes a question as
| to the total vote cast and the majority
| for bonding. 1t is a fact that the
| bonds will command better figure il
the majority by which they are voted is
generous; so that the taxpayers of the
county actually benefit themselves by
making the vote for bonding as large
as possible. 1t seems to be taken foi
granted now. in town as we'll as In
other parts of the county, as the Stand
ards learns, that the bonding project
will, in any event, carry. That being
the case. good business policy sug.
gests that 1t is sensible to let the pro
ject carry by substantial majority
since that result will give the bonds 81
much the better standing
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22
WHERE WOMEN ARE FREE.
In Burmah the Men Have Been Almost
Displaced as Traders.

Burmese women. contrary to popular
supposition enjoy all the social ana n
tellectual freedom which could De ue-
sired In fact, the emancipation pro-
cess has gone 50 far that there Seems 10
be almost a call for mans rights cru
SADIE, according to Mrs. Ernest Hart,
author of a book just issued on PIC
turesuue Burmah, Past and Present.
She says:
Women in Burmah are probably
freer and happier than anywhere else
in the world Though Burmah is bord-
cred on one side by China, where women
are held in contempt, and on the other
by India, where they are kept IN the
strictest seclusion, Burmese women nave
achieved for themselves and have been
permitted by their men to attain Tree
dom of life and action that has no par
allel among oriental people. The secret
lies, perhaps, in the fact that the Bur
mese woman is active and Industrious,
while the Burmese man is incident, ana
often a recluse. Becoming, therefore.
both by taste and by habit the money
Garner the bargainer and the hnancler
of the household, she has asserted ana
obtained for herself the right to hoid
what she wins and the respect due TO
one who can and does direct and con-
troll.
..Things are strangely reversed in
Burmah for here we see man as the
religious soul OF the nation anu WoliaI
its brain Burmese women are born
traders. and Ii is more often the wife
than the husband who drives the bar
gain with the English buyer for the
paddy harvest. or, at any rate, she is
present on the occasion and helps her
easy going husband to stand firm. 80
highly is trading esteemed that a
daughter of well-to-do parents, and
even a young married woman, VIII SET
up a booth in the bazaar and, dressed IN
a bright silk tamein tskirD and white
Jacket, with a flower jauntily stuck IN
her coiled black tresSes, she VIII starr
every morning with tray of sweet
meats, fruit or toys on her head, and
with a gayety and grace born of the
sunshine and the bounteousness OF the
land, will push a brisk trade al
through the short and sunny day. The
earnings thus made are the woman
own. and cannot be touched by the hus-
hand"
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Current Comment.

a wealthy merchant of Mexico says
that the linen industry of that country
now surpasseS that of Ireland in its
palmiest days
A New York woman has designed a skirt
supporter composed of double strap to
go around the shoulders and down the
back, ending in two securing devices
Belins servant girls are losing the
steady habits of the German ''Dienstmad-
chen" Their average time of service i'm
one place is only nine months and a half.
New York Typographical Union, No. g.
is planning to buy great tract of land on
which to colonize those of it's members
who cannot secure employment at their
trade.
So rapid has the change in the English
language been that the English of to-day
bears no more resemblance to the En-
glish of 1000 years ago than it does to
German. +@
A Pennsylvania has patented gear
wheel and rail for trolley cars which can
be used to prevent slipping the teeth Of
the wheel meshing in notched openings
in the rail.
The Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Duke
of Edinburgh has just gwen 4l,4OO for
a Stradivarus. The best known. according
to Italian connoisseurs. belongs to Sir
Charles Halle, and is said to be worth
e., 900.
Lord Sandhurst. governor of Bombay, is
a strong believer in women doctors, and
at a recent opening of a hospital which
is in charge of a woman said that those
who make fun of the new womans desire
to practice medicine do not understand
what "a blessing she is to the unfortunate
of her sex.
Two of Mayor Van Wyck,s appontees
who are most talked about are Harry
Payne Whitney and Richard L. Wilson,
jr. These young men are the sons OF
William c. Whitney and Richard T. VIII
son. Young Whitney married Cornelius
Nanderblts daughter and Mr.. Wilson 5
sister married Vanderbilts son.
Judge Brownlee. who is visiting Wash
| ington says that while President Nc
Kinley was studying law in Poland. o.,
| he taught school in Boardman. a village
two or three miles distant, and walked
| the distance regularly night and morning.
| The Judge and Mr.. Mckinley belonged 10
| the same literary society, and while the
! future president was not a ready speak II
/ he was regular in his attendance and
/ never lost an opportunity TO speak.
Alfred Austin has been described by one
/ of his personal acquaintances as "a man
well aware of his limitations, who is
/ never amused when critics expect him
/ to be n combined Shakespeare, Milton
/ Shelley and Keats. The laureate is a
| great reader of modern books as well as
/ of classics, but prefers to take this recre-
alton or study out of doors, when posi-
! BILE He agrees with Mr.. Ruskin's opinion
that people are too little in the open
/ mir
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22

into a crusade against the Jews, be-
cause a Jew is at the bottom of the
trouble AS the Standards readers viii
remember, Dreyfus was drummed out
of the army and exiled. The public did
not know the nature Of the testimony
against him. except in general way,
nor was there an inquiry as TO the re-
liability of the evidence. on which he
was conference.-the discoveries after
ward made, however. i'm connection with
Esterhazy's affairs, gave good color to
the suspicion that Dreyfus was the vic
tim of the basest sort Of conspiracy.
What has lately transpired need not be
repeated. Dreyfus Is a Jew, and that
was enough to start up a counter-dem-
onstration in which the students and
the whole anti-Semetic force have been
noisy participants. These rioters want
to wipe from the face of the earth all
Jews-they have attacked the property
of Jewish merchants. They also want
to put lola out OF the way because he
took sides with Dreyfus; and because
he needlessly ventured a few remarks
about the army, they propose by acts of
violence to show their high apprecia-
ton of the army and the superior quail
ity of their patriotism.
1t is a curious condition, possible only
in countries where men easily lose their
heads and likely to become serious for
those who are rattle Drained enough to
inclte riots.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22
FATHER cARvES THE DUCK.

We all look on with anxious eyes
When father carves the duck.
And mother almost always signs
When father caryes the duck.
Then all of us prepare to rise
And hold our bibs before our eyes
And be prepared for some surprise
When father carves a duck.
He braces up and grabs fork
Whenever he carves duck.
And won't allow a soul TO talk
Until he's carved the duck.
The fork is iabbed into the sides,
Across the breast the knife he slides,
And every careful person hides
From flying chips of duck.
The platter always seems TO slip
When father carves duck.
And how IL makes the dishes skip,
Potatoes fly amuck-
The squash and cabbage leaf I'm space
We get some gravy in our face,
And father mutters Hindu grace
Whence err he carves a duck.
We thus have learned TO walk around
The dining hall and pluck
From off the window sills and walls
Our share of fathers duck.
While father growls and blows and Jaws
And swears the knife was full OF flaws,
And mother jaws at him because
He couldn't care a duck.
Ernest Vincent Wright.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22
LITTLE SUFFERER

Face, Hands and Arms Covered With
Scrofuous Humors How a Cure
Was Effected.
"When five years old my little boy had
scrofula on his face, hands and arms. lt
was worst on his chin, although the sores
on his checks and hands were very bad.
1t appeared in the form of red pimples
which would lester, break open and run
and then scab over. After disappearing
they would break out again. They caused
intense itching and the little sufferer had
to be watched continually to keep him
from scratching the sores. We became
greatly alarmed at his condition. My
wife's mother had had scrofula and the
only medicine which had helpd her was
Hoods Sarsapsrilla. We decided to give
it to our boy and we noted an improve
ment in his case very soon. After giving
him four bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla
the humor had all been driven out OF his
blood and it has never since returned"
WILLIAM BARTz, 416 South Williams St.,
South Bend. Indiana.
You can buy Hoods Sarsaparilla OF all
druggists. Be sure TO get only Hoods.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22
The Two-Faeed Set.

- ECENTLY, in a banquet speech,
David b. Hill started the laugh
" by remarking; 1T is pretty
hard for some of us to define our posi-
tions on the money question" That is
true; Mr. Hill has had positions" on
the question, several of them. None of
them were sound, some of them We're
silly.
At one time Mr.. Hill harangued the
senate with a long speech about BIZ
metallism which no man was able to
understand and to the meaning OF
which. If it had any meaning. Mr.. Hill
himself certainly was blind. 1t was a
string of nonsense which was assumed
at the time to have been written by
Manton Marble. Its fiorid style was
absurd. and il became evident that, in
declaiming it, Mr.. Hill didn't know
what he was talking about. Then. at
the time of the Bryan convention. Mr..
Hill had another position" on the
currency question-it was that the
election of Bryan meant ruin. Since
then he has occupied another position.
which is his assertion-whether true or
not-that he voted for Bryan.
There are two sets OF men in this
country who find it pretty hard TO de-
fine their positions. In one set you
find the conniving democrats who. like
Hill. are willing 10 be anything that
keeps them in the political swim. If he
had dreamed that Bryan was to be
more than six millions strong at the
polls of 1896. Mr.. Hill would have been
a silverite at the Chicago nominating
convention OF that year. If the cause
had shown signs of speedy decadence
after the election of that year. Mr. Hill
would have stepped to the front with
an offer to lead the misguided demo
Gratis back from the folly against
which he warned them. But the cause
of free coinage has gained steadily
since 1886, Mr.. Hill now gets TO the fore
with the assertion-whicb will be be-
iieyed by those only who are willing tC
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22
Montana and Montanans.

The nine sister goddesses presiding ov
the liberal arts and sciences certainly
loved Quinn's Review: and now. before 1t
has passed the first age of per odicals,
friends who have tears are called to shtd
them. With the issue of Saturday last it.
closed its fragmentary volume and Ut
tered its expiring breath and we FEAR
that Montanans will not look upon It's
like again.-Helena Herald.
Swallowing Wolcotts assurance thin,
and recurring to the pres.d nts utter
ances to Senator Fairbanks. in which he
professed feaity to the gold standard,
the conviction must obtain that Mckinley
is one of the greatest hoppers Ct the -
SURPRISING even such aerobAts h essfs.
Coder and Griffith-Hamilton News.
Down casters glibly talk about the
.'rotten boroughs" of the far West but
If that rotten political eommonwe al h of
Ohio cannot give the West pointers in pc
litical jobbery and corruption of the ret
tenest kind, then there is no such thing
as dishonesty in politics. -Sylvanite
Miner.
While petitions are being made the
fashion in Ravalli county, what IS the
matter with getting up a remonstrance
to the state land commissioners aga MT
their action in regard to the bench la d )
of this county? Every man in the county
would CneefIully sign 1.-ltdSdI1l fetpub-
lican.
1t is unfair to assume that the Hon.
Thomas III. Carter was lodging when he
failed to vote on taking UP the Teller S J.
yer resolution. 1t is possible he was paired
with some democrat other than oatn n
of Louisiana, who is no longer in con-
gress.-Butte Miner.
There is every indication at this time
that there will be an ice fam ne in Phil
ipsburg next summer There has been
very little ice put up so far this winter,
and unless the weather changes material
ly soon the crop will be total failure
Citizens Call.
1t having been demonstrated that sugar
beets cannot be raised success fully n
Missouri. what's the matter with trans
ferring the energy that is still being
wasted in that state to Montana?-TEe
Missoulian.
So far this has been one of the most re-
markable winters ever oxper enced in
Montana. There has been but one cold
snap and the snowfall has been a most
| imperceptible.-D Lodge Silver State.
! Carter to Wolcott: Thems my views eX-
actly; patronage first ard bmetallism af-
| terward.-Helena Independent.
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TEN PAGES.
SATURDAY. JANUARY %. 1888.
~HE motive of the house commit

~HE motive of the house commit
tee on banking and currency in
holding daily sessions with Sec
rotary Gage, ex-Secretary Fairehild and
others is clear enough. The aim is to
gather a lot of goldbug testimony, get
the whole of it printed at the govern
ment's expense and distribute it as
goldbug campaign document. The
hearing is so arranged that the report
of it will make UP the argument for
the goldbug side. Having this course
in view the goldbug control in the
house committee refused to let the op-
position to the Gage plan have hear
ing: that would present both sides of
the question, leave the readers to learn
the truth and spoil the purpose which
the promoters of the whole business
have in view. The action of the COM
mittee is an astonishing violation of all
precedents and an attempt to take n
dishonest advantage. But the banking
element that is running the Mckinley
administration is bound to have it that
way; and that settles 1t.
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4 senseless Mob.

TT is impossible 10 explain the uproar
| in Paris and In other cities of France
on any theory that imputes COM
mon sense to those who are making the
disturbance The senseless cry. 'vive
rarmee," was started. and it is kept up.
by reckless people whose protection the
army certainly does not stand in need
OF. but whose disorderly conduct, IL they
persist In it. might compel the govern
ment to use the army for the purpose of
suppressing them. The French army
does not require the support Of a mob.
but the senseless hurrah started by stu
dents and by others in Paris is evidently
reaching proportions with which the po-
lice authorities cannot cope.
The excitement was readily turned
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22
TT appears that this country is the

TT appears that this country is the
home of any number of people who
live along like humdrum common
ers. never realizing that they have
royal ancestors who wore crowns. A
new society has been organized in the
United States for the especial comfort,
if not for the pecuniary benefit, of these
people 1t is the Order of the Crown.
and they do say that several people are
joining it, In fact the announcement
is that the Order has, up to date, ten
members. The founder is a Michigan
woman named Farnsworth This
Princess Farnsworth lives in Detroit
she runs straight back through some
pioneer who figured in our revolution,
thence farther back through English
nobility until she lands at Alfred the
Great who is therefore her many times
great grandfather. The new society is
composed thus far of women but. il you
pay 81 for a book (which contains the
names of Americans of royal descent"
and If you are on the list YOU can come
in, but the price of the book does not
include the cost of the crown you will
thereafter be entitled to wear.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22

A cut of a very handsome young
woman, which recently appeared in the
New York Journal in the role OF the
wife of Captain Dreyfus, Is now cast
by the same paper as lgnatius Don
nelly's coming bride. The cut pos
sesses great versatility and will make
further additions TO its repertoire as
occasion suggests.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22

OF course the telegraph and telephone
companies refused to testify in the 90
lumbus bribery investigation. Inc
wires, like Mr.. Hanna's leg, were pulled
not for publication but simply Tor the
accommodation of whoever wanted to
do business.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22

If Mr.. German can statu quo the sit
uation until next winter, he may be MS
own successor His only fear Is that
the faithful eleven" will be barreilzed
at the eleventh hour.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22

Senator Carter is not pairing these
days. On the contrary, whenever an
important vote is to be taken, he takes
a bold, firm stand in the cloak room
and refuses to be swerved from his po-
sition by any considerations.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22

There is talk of Lord Salsbury's re-
signing because his foreign policy isn't
vigorous enough. Still, it's a pretty hale
and hearty old foreign policy in COM
parison with China's, Haytis and Amer
fpaFS
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InniIirhI Glnmnnr.

When Lucy used to cook tho grub,
Wash the dishes, pump the water
That went To fill the washing tub.
The young men near about us thought
her
\ common girl of common mien.
But since she Joined the burl sQue show
They vow she is a very queen
tYou'u find them in the foremost row.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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With Mr.. Luetgert weeping with such
regularity, his thrifty attorneys may
be expected to demand compensation
for his services as a court crier.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22

This is the day set for the eclipse OF
the sun, when all good Cinnamon are
expected to join the emperor in shoolng
off the powers of darkness by prayer
and firecrackerS.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22

In Offering Kiao Chau to Germany
for a term of fifty years, China may
have taken Mr.. Tennyson's suggestion
Better fifty years of Europe than
cycle of Cathay."
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22

Hartford, Conn, proposes to erect a
monument to the man who wrote
Marching Through Georgia" As for
herself. Georgia cares not who wrote
the song If she isn't called upon to chip
in towards the monument.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22

1t is understood that Judge MeKenna
telephoned to the white house that God
rsigns and the republican party IS still
alive To the necessity of freezing onto
everything IL can while j, has the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-22

The fact of Judge McKenna's con-
firmation by the senate will only
strengthen the opinion of the Oregon
bar that he is a confirmed ignoramus.