The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-15
One Kind OF Campaign.

facts; no voter in Silver Bow county
could be misled by IL. Later on, the
Miner suddenly found an issue in the
Anaconda company. and II started out
to fight that. Along this line OF at
tack the Miner discovered thai IL was
scattering its fire and accomplishing
nothing. SO. on a sudden. the Miner
struck out along another line. For a
couple of days II has been making
Marcus DAILY Its t~arget-that gentleman
was evidently its objective point all
the time. Thu trick was TO find a way
TO reach him.
How to do that was. We suppose.
something of a problem, since the one
fact concerning Mr.. DAILY. thoroughly
well known throughout Montana. Is
that he certainly Is not and will not
be a candidate for the senate. that his
business engagements as well as his
positive obligations to business asso-
ciates are such that he could not be
II he would, and that. OF his own Will
and preference and fixed determine
ton. he would not he a candidate IL he
could.
The Miner managed nicely that man.
fest obstacle to the discussion of Mr..
Days name. 1t simply made him its
imaginary candidate for the senate. and
then IL let ny at him. at his politics, at
his business and at his official station
as the OF the Anaconda COM
pany. Having advanced to this point.
the Miner vas prepared to announce,
yesterday morning. that II is a mis-
take to assume hat anybody is fight
ing the Anaconda company as SUCH"
but that the "one man" is Its game.
II is not the present purpose OF the
Standard TO max any protests against
this policy on the Miners part. Surely
the Standard Is not laboring under the
delusion that It is called upon TO de
fend" Marcus DAILY. We can imagine
with what vigor that gentleman would
resent any ofncious and superiuous
undertaking of the sort on this news
papers part. Our general understand
ing is that Mr.. DAILY always manages,
somehow. to take care OF his own bust
ness without bringing n type-setting
machines into requisition. The Stand
ards aim this morning Is merely to
pnalra fnn raanonlttnn ~ thA forf chat
the Miners recent discussion OF Mr..
Days fitness" as a candidate for the
senatorship-a discussion which is clev-
erly given IN air of slncerity-is a little
masterpiece In its way. You may not
share that view: that is because you do
not understand the conditions.
The Miners assault has the merit OF
being exceedingly well timed for the
purposes had In view. II is no secret
in Montana communities that assertions
have recently been printed In London
and in Boston-and. In part. in Montana
to the effect that the Anaconda prop
critics are not what Mr.. Daily repre-
sented them to be. that they are not
worth the figure the stock represents,
and the like. Not so very long ago a
well-planned raid was started by in
dividuals who. anxious TO get into the
control. find IL a good play to give the
property and Its management the
blacklist eye IL can. Among the other
agencies toward this end. a Marcus
Daily senatorial campaign was Matched
in the East. not In Montana. That
stroke had Its useful little purpose-it
would. for instance. disturb the plans
OF one or two well-known men whose
business relations with Mr.. Daily are
notably large: Il would unsettle a num-
Der OF people who. understanding that
there was a formal compact involving
Mr.. Days management of the proper
ties, bought Anaconda stock and who.
even II the Miner does not share that
opinion. believed when they made q
that their investment would be wisely
and honestly managed by him.
The upshot OF II all is that the ex-
perts commissioned from London and
New York To examine the Anaconda
property and Its management are here
now-the Miner writes with them I'm
view. Then, too, Mr.. Haggin Is here.
giving attention to matters respecting
which the local public has an inkling
Ind which involve IN investment OF
added millions in this region-plans
which must be impatiently dismissed
or instantly turned over to others IL
the lie can be made to stick that there
is a Daily senatorial bee buzzing.
Thus the Miners recent editorials on
what II styles the fitness OF Mr.. DAILY
for the federal s~enatorship have an