Daily inter mountain., 1899-06-26

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| wonder our Warm Springs contempo-
| rary IS willing to concede that lone par
ty is just as bad as the other" if not a
little worse, when it comes to the mat
| ter of trusts.
To discourage the democracy from
| making fight against trusts. the STAN
dard comedies a republican victory in
advance on that issue. though freely ad-
| mittng that it is no worse than the
democratic party. Judge Mediation,
democratic national committeeman for
"anti-trusts,' in line with the declara-
tions Of the St. Louis conference. Clear
| ~. there is an irreconcilable difference
between the official head of the demo-
| cratic party in this state and the recos-
niZed leading newspaper organ of that
party. 1t will be pretty difficult to whip
ing plank. should the Standard see fit
to make 1t a part of the next democratic
platform in this state:
Resolved. That the democratic party
of the state of Montana, in convention
assembled. recognizing that one party is
just as bad as another when it comes
to the question of trusts. and that if we
take UP arms against those unholy COM
binatons of capital the republicans will
get away with U.S. and that in Seif-protec
ton, being no worse than the other par
ty. we hereby refrain from making war
on the trusts. especially in Montana
and may God have mercy on our souls.
Being OF the opinion that while 'ths
is not a time for despair but manifestly
it is a time for some anxiety" the Stand
ard expresses itself as follows:
The administration party is strongly
! intrenched. Ii started out early to force
the democrats from their own strong
ground and to rob the silver issue of it's
strength.
Our contemporary is doubtless correct
in surmising that the administration
party is strongly intrenched. The efforts
of the democratic press to cripple the gov
ernment in the war in the Philippines
Aod Ills ISSull. bul lIlt Id leIleIl lndl 1t
is trying to force the democracy away
from the free coinage issue is not only
illogical but it is untrue. Will the Stand
ard point to single instance wherein it
is apparent that the republicans are try
ing to force the democracy to find some
other paramount issue than the one
which ha in 1SQfC
Did the republicans force Mr.. Bryan to
resign his commission in the army in
order to spring anti-imperialism as an is
sue? Did the republicans force the lead
ing democrats of this nation to hold their
conference in st. Louis and declare that
anti-trusts should be the campaign cry
of that party in 1900? Did the republicans
force A. j. Warner and the editor of the
Atlanta Constitution and the editor of
the Savannah News, and a host Of other
silver advocates, to declare that the free
background in 1900, and anti-trusts made
the great issue of the campaign? Will the
Standard show by what process the re-
publicans have started out early to
force the democrats from their own
strong ground and rob the silver issue of
it's strength?'
In concluding its really remarkable
Standard says of the democrats:
They have right ground, strong ground
and, as we believe, winning ground, if
they abide by the silver issue and thus
fight the arch trust of which, indisputa-
bly,, is the gold trust.
The suggestion of the Standard-"if
they abide by the silver issue''-imples a
suspicion that they will not; but if they
do, it will be interesting to note what
that ably edited journal understands by
the term silver issue" In 1892 the demo-
Gratis insisted that they were standing by
the "silyer issue,' though their platform
did not contain declaration in favor of
the free coinage of gold and silver at a
ratio of Is to l, by the independent action
OF the American government. 1t was not
until 1896 that this feature of the SILVER
question was incorporated into the demo-
cratic platform. The innovation was dis
pleasing to large number of democrats
who repudiated the work Of the national
convention and refused 10 subscribe to
the ratio. No later than January 9, 1899,
the Anaconda Standard Itself declared:
The Standard is one of the newspapers
that have felt that an exact statement of