The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-20

after the wheelhorse of the republican
party here and in Butte, ne is now a resi-
dent of Spokane, and has been instrument
tai largely in bringing British capital into
the mineral regions of British Columbia
and Washington.
Last night he was in the city visiting
friends and recalling old time political
gossip. incidentally he was asked what
he knew about Canadian politics, mas
much as he now spends much time across
the Canadian border.
1.-THE greatest statesman Canada ever
possessed and the one who made her what
she is was Sir John Macdonald" said
he His was the mind and the power
that transformed the country from a few
poor scattered colonies into the greatest
confederation under the BRUSH flag
When in 1867 Sir John MacDonald's idea
of dominion of Canada instead of a di-
vided and separate series of colonies was
drafted into the British North america
act, Canada first began to achieve gre9t
ness. When in 1872 the province of Pc.ncc
Edwards island, the last of all to coine IN.
was admitted to the sisterhood Of prov
inces. her future was assured.
Under the guidance of Sir John Mac
Donald the dominion prospered. She pc
came a great nation and a power in the
world. Six or seven years ago, holding
the reins of government to the last in his
strong hands, Sir John went to his grave
with all the ours and swapping turtles of
the liberal party pursuing him to the end.
Since then his mantle has been lying
upon the ground.
Two years ago the liberal party sue
ceeded in wrestling the government from
the conservatives and are now in power.
while Sir John is in his grave and the
conservatives are looking vainly for such
a one as he to lead them, there is one
man in Canada who is worthy to pick up
and wear the mantle laid down by the de-
parted statesman, who is able to come
out and make the fight for the conserva-
tives and win it, and that man is Charles
H. Macintosh, late lieutenant governor
of the Northwest Territories. He received
his early political education under the
peerless statesman, Sir John Macdonald,
as Dewey received his naval education I'M
der Farragut. He Is a man Thoroughly
abreast of the times, thinker, student
and a protector of giant enterprises. He
was the first to bring the mineral re-
sources of British Columbia to the atten-
ton of the British public and it is gen.
orally conceded that to-day, if he would
give his attention to politics instead of
the gigantic mining interests he is now d.
recting. he would succeed Sir Wifred
Laurier as premier of Canada. He has
already expended s10.OOO0O0 in British CO.
lumbia and there are 100000 J behind
him. To-day he is easily the first man in
the Dominion.
las to the present government Of the
province of British Columbia, while it
doubtless means WELL 1t has succeeded in
frightening much capital away from the
province at a time when it was in
fair way to greatness. and at the same
time has done no good for organized labor,
by passing the alien and the eight-hour
laws. They have practically shut down
the SLOGAN country and are running capt.
tai out of probably the richest part of
the continent and are making the Amer
lean prospector to feel that he is about
to be sent to jail for trying to help his
neighbor'
General Warren speaks most enthusiast
tically of Rossand camp and says 1t Is
simply question of development to make
it another Butte. Said he:
More than 1000 men are now on the
payrolls and Rossland to-day, for its size
about 5000 popuiation-is the most sub
stantial city in the Northwest The Brit
ish-Anerican corporation and the sub
sidiary companies, the War Eagle and
Center Star, are great mining corpora
tions, and the Rossland mines are being
developed in thorough and systematic
way under the guidance of mining men
second TO none on the continent"
The general will return to Butte to-day
and will go back to Rossland early next
month