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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23
Can BE Repealed.

IF anything were needed to demon.
strate the blank ignorance which
characterizes many advocates of
the gold standard, we have it in full
measure in the statement now going
the rounds Of a portion of the goldbug
press, that the enactment of the cur
rency bill just passed by the house, will
eliminate the silver question from the
next presidential campaign. The idea
actually seems to prevail that the plac-
ing Of law upon the statute books
formally making gold the legal stand
ard of value, will settle the question
beyond the power of any subsequent
congress to change it.
There is not a provision in the pend
ing bill that cannot be repealed if those
who object to the law have a majority
in both houses Of congress and the
executive. If it be enacted, as it prob
ably will, the only thing that can pre-
vent its subsequent repeal is for the
law to prove its own wisdom and bene-
ficence. By this we do not mean to
create a mere squirt. We mean that it
quacy to sustain the business Of the
country upon a firm. equitable and en-
during basis.
The champions of the measure in the
house discussed 1t as if they were abso-
lutely certain that it could not possibly
fail to act as a permanent cure for
every financial i'll. The most OF them
not one of them gave a single good
reason for his blindly trustful conf
dence
There is a world of suggestion and
also of irony in the fact that during
the very hours in which the support
ers of the measure were filling the hsll
OF the house with their gilt edged
rhetoric, the three great centers Of gold
standard finance, London, New York
and Berlin, were Juggling and
pulling at the gold blanket far too
narrow to cover them, while New York,
the center expected to be Immediately
and directly benefited, was trembling
on the verge of panic which, if once
fairly started, would have swept over
the country like wild fire and made
sad havoc with the much Wanted Nc
Kinley prosperity. Even as it is many
a fine fortune has melted away and
many comparatively poor men have
been ruined.
True, it was only disturbance of
the stock market, but that is where
destructive panics usually start. Specu-
Iative values are nearly always the
first to be affected. The shrnkage of
the prices of the stocks held as securi-
ties causes the brokers to demand
more money to keep the margins good,
to call in loans and refuse to make
new ones except upon the very highest
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

& ELDOM does a Christmas pass
~ without its tragedy in the form
of a holocaust Sad is the story
that came over the wires last night
from Quincy, Ill. Little girls at their
school were rehearslng for a Christi
mas entertainment. The inf1ammab BILE
material that one Of them was wear
ing caught fire from gas jet and pres
emily the clothing of all was in flames.
Six We're burned to death on the spot,
four more will die and others are seri
ously injured. This awful incident
should serve as warning to parents
and managers of Christmas festivities
the country over. Let it be borne in
mind that the Christmas tree itself and
pretty nearly everything in connection
with 1t is of the most combustible
material, and that the upsetting or mis-
placing of a candle may involve the
most frightful consequences in a very
few minutes, or even seconds. Lighted
candles are especially dangerous and
ought on no account to be placed on
Christmas tree or anywhere near 1t.
Abolish these gaudy little candles and
have a care about the gas jet, and the
danger will be minimized
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

class of securities-such as government
bonds. which usually go up as other
things go down. 1t is impossible for
stock panic to become general with
out seriously affecting all business.
There are very few men largely en-
gagged in stock specializing who do not
also have other interests. and the banks
loan to the stock dealers out Of their
general deposits, SO that when a bank
goes down in stock exchange panic
1t frequently cripples and even ruins
the merchants and manufacturers hav-
ing deposits therein. Any kind of a
panic is dangerous to general business,
and especially so in countries like the
United States and Great Britain, where
credit is so largely employed and so
often strained.
But to get back for a moment to the
currency measure. The people of the
United States never demanded any
such enactment. The republican party
did not triumph in 1896 upon any such
principles as those embodied in the bill,
but rather the reverse. 1t posed before
the people as the champion of the only
true bimetallism, and it was pro-
claimed everywhere west of the Allie
ghenies that Mr.. Mckinley was a bet
ter bimetallist than was Bryan, who
was characterized as a silver mono
metallist. There was not a whisper in
the West that the republicans proposed
to make the gold standard a fixture,
to retire the greenbacks, by any pro-
cess, by impounding or otherwise, or to
enlarge the privileges of the national
banks. And every sensible person
knows that the party could not have
won upon such issues.
If 1t be said that the change of con-
ditions proves the wisdom Of the pro-
posed Legislation, the answer is that
whatever change has taken place has
been without any such legislation as
that embodied in the bill. The financial
system is exactly the same as it was in
1896. 1t being claimed that a great
revival has taken place, so far as it
proves anything, it shows the existing
system to be a good one--not that it
posed changes shall have been made.
In this we don't wish to be understood
as conceding that the present system is
a good one. We are merely meeting
the gold men upon their own ground.
If the silver men were proposing leg
islation at the present time, they would
be instantly denounced as fanatical
disturbers, and the splendid condi-
tons" now existing would be pointed
to as proof that our monetary system
is all right. But circumstances alter
cases. The banks are on top and they
want whatever they can get in the
way of additional advantages.
The enactment Of the law will
broaden the monetary question, and
may make it possible to array a greater
force against the money power than
could be concentrated upon the free
silver question alone. If 1t fails to work
we'll, it will surely be overthrown, and
II SO, the gold standard will 60 down
along with the other features of the
law. ...
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The Montana Senator's Bid.

From the Boston Herald.
Senator Clark, who has been elected
q United States senator from Montana
as a democrat, apparently full realizes
that his seat in that body is con-
tested, and that the republicans, with
their big majority in its membership,
have the power to send him home. He
has. therefore, put a heavy anchor to
the windward by declaring that he Ia
favorable to the imperiaiist policy in
the East to the doctrine of protection
In the tariff, to the granting of SUBJ
sides to shipping, and, though Mon
tana Is one OF the strongest free sill
yer states, he declares that he is con-
WINGED that free silver Is a mistake.
This Is about as big a bid for repub-
lican votes as could well be made and
1t must be a very strong case of brib-
cry that will induce republicans to de-
nrive Senator Clark Of his seat The
democrats appear to have been badly
buncoed when they elected him to 1t.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23
New Orleans.

Entries to-day at New Orleans and
Oakland, as reported by the local pool
rooms, are as follows:
New Orleans.
First race, selling, one mile-Uncle
Lewis, 113; Eldad, i'll; Domnis, 1903;
Good Order, 1903: Lost Girl, 1o7; Prince
Of Orange, 1914; Phtdias, 1o4: Chancery.
lie Prince, 80; Chonita, 80.
Second race, purse, six furlongs-
Trillo. 800; Frontman, 10; L. Panhat-
ter, 10Y; Warrior, 107; Ed Garland, 1O7:
Free Lady, 1o7; Sir Christopher. 1913;
Fewness, 102; Carlotta c.. 1902; Tinker,
100; Sir Blaze, %; Tortugas, 95.
Third race. selling. one mile-Hamp-
den, ZIG: scandland, 11e; Sunburst, ZIG;
Moncreith, ia; Refugee, ia; Judge
Quigley, III; Sedan, 1903; Rushfleld, 1903;
The Brewer, los; Blue Lick, 1o7; Clar-
oba, lG2.
Fourth race, Crescent City Handicap,
mile and an eighth-Star OF Bethle-
hera. 115; Duke of Middleburg, III;
Moroni. 1o4; Lauretta, 10; peering,
106; Alpen, 1903: Eva Rice 103 Prince
Blazes, 1902; Lackman, 101 Supreme, ss.
Fifth race, selling, one mile-St. Lor-
EMO, 11S; Sister Fox, 1o7; Mailer, 1o4:
la, 101; Big Indian. 1O1; Very Light,
101; Juanetta, 101.
Oakland.
First race, selling, six furlongs-
Draw Lass, 119; Miss Soak, 119; Majes-
ty, 119; Jennie Nevine. 119; The Offer
ing, 114; Tassazara, ia; Florence Fink
ia; Padrezoz, Ia; Averine, liz; The
Wait 1903; Midia. 1903; Delecta, 104;
Fiero, 104 Racery 104; Vinctora, 104.
Second race, selling, mile and six
teenth-Sylvan Lass, 101; Hohenlohe,
1o1; Marplot, 1o1; Senator Dubois, aS;
Coda, 81; Einstein, 90; Ulm, 90; Tom
Calvert, 90; Stuttgart, 80; Lost Girl.
Third race, selling, mile and a six
teenth-Uarda. 1O6; Go To Bed, lo4;
Potente, 1907 DR.. Bernays. 100; Schan-
ken, 81; Judge Wofford, 81; Oscillation,
81; Ringmaster, 81; Grand Sachem. IS.
New Moon; 90; Don Luis %; Ping
Fourth race, purse. one mile-Erwin,
80; Advance Guard, 90; Decoy, SO;
Princess Zeika, 90.
Fifth race, selling, mile and six
teenth-Tappan, 113; Topmast, 10; OPP
ponent, 101: Imp. Mstral, 81: Ell Estro
95; Red Pirate, 80; portland, 90; An
chored 80.
Sixth race, selling, six furlongs-San
Mateo, Iii; February, Ill; Strongoli
1o8; Theory 1903; Ben Ledi, 106; Peace,
106; Dunblance, 90.
Clear and fast.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23
DID NOT ROLL CARLSON.

Anna Cohen, Charged With Robbery, Is
Given Her Liberty.
When the charge of robbery placed
against Anna Cohen, a resident of the
bad lands. was investigated yesterday
by the police court the case was dis
missed and the defendant discharged.
f. Carlson, an attenuated Scandina-
Wan from Olson gulch, was the COM
planning witness. He alleged that the
woman had stolen a $40 bill and a $40
bill from his pockets while he was
calling on her Thursday night, When
questioned Carlson admitted he was
not sure he had lost the money while
in the presence of the woman, hence
the dismissal.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23
The Christmas STANDARD.

From the Salt Lake Herald.
The Christmas number of the Ana
conda Standard is a notable triumph
in western journalism. No handsome I
holiday edition has ever been print
ed by any newspaper in the land, and
no newspaper in the mountain states
50 pages. beautifully illustrated in col
ors, and containing an exhaustive re-
view OF the industries OF the state.
The people of Montana have a right to
feel proud that such a newspaper as
the Standard Is published in their
state,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23
ARRIED women will have little

n Il ARRIED women will have little
M respect for Judge Ogden of
lOakland. A Mrs. Daley of that
city brought suit for divorce on the
ground of cruelty, the specification be-
ing that her husband did knowingly,
wilfully. deliberately and maliciously
stay out late at night, and, moreover,
when he came home did refuse to an
swer her questions as to where he had
been or what he had been up to. when
a man stays away from home until
late hour. that is one of the burdens
which the wife has to bear" was the
dictum delivered ~ the court. Nor
can the wife compel the husband under
such circumstances to give an account
Of his actions or tell where he has
been" In substance, therefore, the
learned Oakland jurist decides that
married man is privileged to prowl
about late at night and refuse to tell
his wife where he went or what he
did. In fact the husband need offer no
excuse, but can wander at will, and
such conduct does not constitute
ground for divorce. The Oakland hus-
band now feels that the day of eman-
cipatien has arrived.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

1NHE way they are singing the
praises Of Lord Roberts in Eng
and Is somewhat suggestive of
the boy whistling to keep his courage
up during journey through a grave
yard. Roberts Of course was a very
brave and very skillful soldier in his
day and generation. But is this his
day and this his generation? 1t was
forty-two years ago that Roberts first
began to attract attention. He was a
conspicuous figure in the hard work
of putting down the terrible Sepoy
mutiny. He was with Sir Colin Camp
bell in the march on Lucknow in 1857.
1t is said of him that he won his Vic
toria Cross twice on the same day.
That was when he was 10. Two Sepoys
were running away with captured
standard. Lieutenant Roberts pursued
them alone. cut down both and re-
turned with the standard. The same
day Sepoy with musket and bayonet
the mutineer with his sabre. Another
time he planted flag in a mess house
at the order of his general. So hot
was the fire ii was shot away. Lieu
tenant Roberts replaced 1t. There are
many stories of the personal courage
and prowess OF this little fighting
man, who is now sent to retrieve the
reputation Of English arms In South
Africa
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23
USED A RATCHET.
Mrs. Joe Tobacco Fearfu1iy Beaten by
Her Husband.


Joe Tobacco undertook to chastise his
wife with a Ratchet last evening at
his home on Alder street. He is said to
be a man of violent temper. Last
evening the two had family quarrel,
which resulted in the woman being
beaten fearfully. Tobacco struck her
several blows with the back and side
Of a Ratchet, inflicting severe and pain
full bruises. Mrs. Tobacco fled from
the house with her little girl and took
refuge at the office of DR.. St. Jean,
where Deputy Sheriff Robinson and
Constable Lynch found her She was
suffering fearfully.
Guided by the little girl, the two off,
GERS went to the house, where they
found Tobacco quite calm and uncon-
cerned. They arrested him and put him
in jail. Mrs. Tobacco then was cared
for by DR.. Stephens. Tobacco is en-
ployed at the upper works.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23
TWELVE PAGES.
Dwight II. Moody.

1T may be said Of Dwight Il. Moody
that he preached the gospel to more
people than any other American.
His methods have been criticised and
the permanency Of the conversions he
brought about questioned. In New
York city two or three years ago GER
tain clergymen, while admitting his
sincerity, boldly asserted that Moody
was disturbing influence" and
detriment rather than help to the
effective work of the church. But it
Is a fact that "the common people
heard him gladly" He attracted great
crowds. He stirred the emotions deep
ly. He was a strong character. He
impressed his audiences with his sin
certify. He had Astounding faith--no
higher criticism for him. He believed
the Bible implicitly-even to the story
of the whale swallowing Jonah. Say
what you please ab~-1t Moody. he
brought hundreds and thousands of
sinners to repentance More than that,
wherever he preached there was a rat
ting of dry bones among the righteous.
turbing influence" but it was a sort
of seismic disturbance. Moody was an
earthquake and every church in the
vicinity felt the jar of his presence.
No doubt many of his converts, to use
a Methodist expression, "backslid."
But no doubt, too, many more of them
are remaining faithful to their con-
Moody, too, that, unlike too many So
called evangelists, he was never coarse,
or vulgar, or slangy, or in any man
ner offensive. The refined and cul-
tivated might not agree with his
thought. but they could find no fault
not only a strictly orthodox Christian,
he was a gentleman.
Dwight Lyman Moody was born at
Mortified, Mass. Feb. S, 1897. He
worked on a farm until he was II.
when he became a clerk in a Boston
shoe store. He united with the Con-
gregational church In 1856 he went
TO Chicago, where he engaged in mis-
Eionary work among the poor, estab-
fishing Sunday school, which in
little while had membership Of one
Thousand pupils. During the war he
was employed by the Christian COM
mission and later by the Chicago Y
NJ. C. A. as a lay missionary. A church
was built for him and he became it's
unordained pastor. The church was
destroyed in the great fire of 1871, but
a larger and handsomer structure was
erected. In 1873. with Ida D. Sankey,
Mr. Moody visited Europe and began
series of weekday religious services
which resulted in great religious
awakenings. The two returned to the
United States in 1875 and organized
similar meetings in various parts of the
country.
Mr.. Moody became known as the fore
most evangelist of his time and his
services were in constant demand. At
Mortified, where he was born and
where he died, he established a school
ration. The recipient of large sums of
money, he expended it all on this in
stitute and in doing good in other
ways as seemed to him wise and
Moody that about Ills last words were:
~ have always been an ambitious
man not to lay up wealth, but to find
work to do"
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The Standard can be found at the fol-
lowing news stands:
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strength In the companys service have
the pleasant prospect before them of
not finding themselves in old age en-
tireiy without resources. We beg to
assure the Pennsylvania railroad that
the democrats will find no fault with
this form of pensions
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23
4 Lesson in Orthoepy,

from the Boston Transcript.
An old joke has been revived: Glow
do you pronounce Methuen? Methwen OF
Methoowen?" Well, the Beers pro-
nounce him harmless"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

lie Plttsburg Dispatch.

FT0m the PIttsDuTS Dispatch.
Galusha A. Grow, the Oldest member of
the Pennsylvania delegation in congress.
has favorite campaign story which tells
about "the Amsterdam Dutch, the Rot
terdam Dutch and the otherdam Dutch"
Great Britain may be excused for hold
ing the opinion that South Africa was
settled by the latter variety.
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say that Lieutenant Cover

~HEY say that Lieutenant Cover
nor Woodruff of New York, he
of the gaudy waistcoats and
gorgeous ambitions to be vice presi-
dent of the United States, having made
himself solid with Plat, called on
Hanna the other day to secure that
statesmans o. K. to his candidacy.
The story runs that after a pound or
two of taffy to the effect that Wood
run was bright. able young man."
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23
An Appropriate Xmas Gift.

Subscribe for the Stand ard--it will be
an acceptable visitor every day in the
year. Ten dollars pays for one year
and you may select one of the hand
some volumes offered free to those pay
ing a year in advance.
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Current Comment.
VIII Accent. II

From the Springfield Republican.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press dominates
Gen. Joe Wheeler for the second place of
the Mckinley ticket If this does not in
volve the giving up of any other place
held by the general, the nomination would
doubtless be accepted.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

What society would like to know is
whether that Oakland judge who de-
cided that man has a right to stay
out all night without giving an ac-
count of himself to his wife, is or is
not a married man.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

In addition to the SD Psalm, we trust
that President Kruger will not ne
glect to read and rejoice over the Ana
conda city councils resolutions Of SYM
pathy and congratulation.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

From the Washington Star.
MolneuX will be excused for not hav-
ing much patience with the people vino
come after him WIN autograph albums,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

Some English critics say the war
Office needs a shaking up. What on
earth do they call what it has been
getting?
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Same Old Thing.

From the New York Press.
After man has kept company with a
girl for three years without their get
ting married it begins to look like an old
minstrel Joke.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

Fortunately the scraps given out by
the British censors do not furnish the
only material that the historians of
the great Transvaal scrap will have to
90 by
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

Kruger, it Is said, is willing to call
off the war If England will pay what
it has cost the Transvaal. England
would certainly find this a paying prop
OsitiOn
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

The disappearance of the snow In
Montana makes a brown Christmas.
Montana has a habit of doing things
up brown anyhow.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

Great Britain's Roberts is undoubt-
eddy a brave man in his way, but he
never had three contemporaneous
wives in his family.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

Mrs. Sarah D. Marden, a real daugh-
ter, was admitted to the Paul Jones
chapter, D. A. r., In Boston, the ether
day. Her father, Richard Seward. was
a sergeant of marines on Paul Jones ship,
the Bonhommie Richard.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

Interest in the Foraker Kohlsaat con-
troversy seems to be strictly limited
to Messrs. Foraker and Kohlsaat.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

The Standard has branch Offices at
Butte, Mssoula and Great Falls, where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
plication
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

Rudyard Kiplings muse is too de-
pressed to tell US what she thinks
about it.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

1t is to be feared that the English
colony at Pretoria will find their
Christmas dinner consisting principally
of SOUP.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

The Pennsylvania railroads plan for
pensioning aged employees will go into
effect Jan. l, 1900. Under this plan,
faithful employees who wear out their
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

The press cersors are again so close
mouthed that nobody knows whether
Butler Is afoot of horseback, and pos
sibly he doesn't know himself
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

1T is understood that Mr.. Roberts
will soon return to his Utah home from
his eastern trip.
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Daily and Sunday, one year ........ SIC. 90
Daily and Sunday, six months ....... 500
Daily and Sunday, three Months. 8. 90
Daily and Sunday, one month ........ 100
Sunday, one year Observation-Disclosures. 200
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British officers may come and Brit
ish officers may go, but Aguinaido
seems to be on the move forever.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23

The overworkcd postomce employ es
are exceedingly grateful that Christmas
comes but once a year.
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IF Roberts G. Kitchener don't do a
better business than Butler, Methuen &
Gatacre there will be more failures of
the first magnitude