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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
Buckley Out-Buckleyed.

From the Clancy Miner
We call attention to this shameful
state of affairs and remind our readers
that we plead with the nominating con-
ventions in this county last fall to put
only good men on their tickets and
thus redeem Jefferson county from the
disgrace of the last legislature. But re-
CARELESS of the warnings of the Miner,
the democratic convention headed sneir
ticket with Doric G. Warner! He had
scarcely been nominated when, accom-
panied by Lyon, they sought out one or
both of the great political corruption-
lists to procure firewater funds, and
these were so lavishly used, to the ever
lasting shame of the democratic party
be it said. that the entire legislative
ticket in this county was elected. Hun
dreds of good democrats knew what
the result would be, and were not back
ward. during the campaign, in so ex-
pressing themselves, but money in r1od-
ern politics is all-powerful and Doric
scored a touchdown.
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About the Republicans.
From the Helena Herald.

After careful consideration of the ac-
tion of the IL republican members of
the legislature in voting for democrat
for United States senator the Herald
can find no warrant for such action.
This paper would stultify itself by now
even pretending to approve an act
which it has heretofore advised against
and condemned. This paper mas failed,
up to date, to hear single reasonable
excuse or justification for such vote.
It's columns are open to any or all of
these II members, TO show any justifi-
cation for their acts. We know of
none. But we wish to be fair to these
men and not to condemn them without
a hearing. 1t is undoubtedly a fact
that the people of Mr.. Marcyes' neigh
borhood are anxious to have the coun-
ty Of Rosebud established, and for that
reason it may be be some of his con-
stituents urged him to vote for dem
ocrat. This may be thought to be a
slight excuse, but is no justification.
Mr.. Geiger may also have thought he
had some excuse for his vote because
of gratitude to the democrats who aid
ed him to secure the office to which ne
was elected. But that will not justify
him in voting for a democrat Outside
of these two republicans, the Herald
does not know and has not been able
" lSdIH VI dHy IedSuH whatever 10 GN-
cuse or justify any of these II men for
their votes. Until Saturday the action
of the republicans in standing solidy
for a republican candidate met the
hearty approval of their party. They
occupied an impregnable position. They
were above criticism. They had the
honor and integrity of their party in
their keeping. All they had to do was
to stand steadfast to their party candi-
date. All genuine republicans were
proud of them. Success in the future
for their party was certain, and they
would undoubtedly have been reward
ed for their honesty and fidelity. Put
now what will be their fate? They are
objects of suspicion and criticism. They
We're amply warned, beforehand that
such would be the consequences. The
democratic factions had so conducted
their campaign as to render it impos-
sible for a republican to give either
faction aid. These men had a great
opportunity to bring everlasting credit
upon themselves and their party. But
when the crucial moment came, when
the time arrived to test their party
fidelity they failed. Now what position
do they occupy? Can they ever hope to
again inspire the confidence of their
party? We fear not. We think their
political career is ended.
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provides for 633 new staff officers, and
instead of requiring that these positions
be filled by the promotion of deserv
ing officers of the line it throws them
open to civilians who may have only
worn uniform one week in the late
war, whether in the front or at desk
in Washington.
1t is inevitable that the army must
be reorganized and enlarged to meet
the requirements of the country. That
must be done whether the Philippine
islands are annexed or not. But, be-
sides being enlarged and reorganized
there are evidences that it must be re-
formed. Before the army is reorganized
it is to be expected that the president
will select new secretary of war and
weed out of the department all who are
in any way responsible for the scan
dals connected with the department in
the late war. When the charges were
originally made that insufficient food
and inadequate supplies were furnished
the soldiers by the department it was
claimed that the cry was started by
democratic newspapers for political eff
feet. But the results of the investiga-
ton justify the charges then made The
infamy is far worse than was even
suspected, and all the military accom-
plices of the fat spectators, all those
who winked at the embalmed beef or
were too incompetent to know the diff
ference, should be welded out of the
department forthwith. Reforming is
needed as well as ranrra nizatinn
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
Reform as Well as Reorganize.

~HE house Of representatives yes
terday reached section II of the
army reorganization bill, This
is the section which relates to the pay
department. Amendments were made
reducing the number of paymaster
generals. 1t seems likely that many
material changes will be made in the
bill before it is finally passed, for it is
charged that it was drawn in the in
terests of the politicians rather than
in the interests of the army or in the
interests of the people. The bill pro-
vides for $40 new officers of the line,
but makes no provision for charging
the military academy or for combining
the new appointments to trained men,
so it is presumed that these positions
will be the spells of politicians. It
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
With the Wits.

1t is said that 2500O0. 600 microbes can
stand on postage stamp without
crowding. The name of the man who
counted them is not given.-Cieveland
Leader.
Jones-They say the girl Dawson mar
ried was cross-eyed.
Brownies, but he never fully realized
it until after her money was gone
Puck
The safety duel has become quite pop
ular in Hungary.-Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
Roland Reed has been fined $3.50 for
assaulting his property man, and it be-
gins to look as If star had no special
privileges at all.-Chicago Record.
Dearest she murmured, I'm SO
afraid you'll change"
Darling he answered, you'll never
find any change about me"
Which was naturally true in double
sense.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Say, Weary, did 1t ever strike yer de
reason why dis Teller Cyraner de Berger
&C wuz SO sore about hayin SIGH a nose?'
mop. Let's hev IT,
"Weil, jest t'ink of der way 1t felt when
he had a cold in der head"
Jaw, what cher givin' us? Why, ca
tarrh wuzn't discovered yet in dose
days -Philadelphia Record.
"Don't you think woman shows good
sense in wearing short skirts?"
''H'm. It depends on the size of her
feet."-Indianapolis Journal.
Bess-Oh, know how I look My look
ing glass always tells me the truth.
Kate-The looking glass doesn't show
much tact, does it?-Boston Transcript.
Cadley-That Smudgkins is a deliberate
liar
Duff1in-I don't agree with you: he lies
as fast as he can talk.-Roxbury, Mass,
Gazette.
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These Didn't.

From the Great Falls Leader.
In another editorial on this page we
have spoken of the republican vote fer
Clark as if it went in body, and with
out stopping to say that four republi-
cans voted for a republican to the end.
They did so on the theory, probably,
that if their constituents wanted a
democratic senator they would have
voted for democratic representatives.
The names of these gentlemen are
Lindsay, Hedges. Mckay, Worden.
There are few things that may he
said about them with all the confidence
that we can say. that two and two
makes four. First, they are republi-
cans. Second they are honest. Third,
they are not materially richer than
when they went to Helena. Fourth,
they could have been Independently well
off. if they had made point OF trying
to be so,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
Words Mispronounced.
from the International.

From the INTERNATIONAL.
Agoncillo Spanish: the Filipino en-
voy now in this country. AS those who
have studied our Spanish lessons know,
the C before has the sound of the in
thesis.
Aguinaldo (Spanish): Filipino general
and president of the so-called insar-
rectionists. Pronounced: Ahgee-
nahl'do the 6 having the hard sound
of our 6 in geese, and both as very
broad, like a in ah.
1t will be seen from the two foregoing
examples that the accent in Spanish is
on the next to the last syllable when
the words end in a vowel.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
Current Comment.
Where He Will Land.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
New York magistrate has shelved the
Bible in his court and hereafter will not
allow any one to take oath upon it. The
next thing the learned gentleman will
probably do will be to sheve the law
along with it. There is no telling how far
things may go in that ungodly bailiwick,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
When We Get Under Cover.
From the Omaha World-Herald

From The Omaha World-HeraId.
Just as soon as we can build screen
about our own army managers we will
resume our pleasurable task of heaving
dornicks at the gentlemen commanding
the French army.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
It's Sad to See,
IRON thu

From the Boston Herald.
It is sad to see one congressman telling
another on the floor of the house that his
intellectual faculties are obsolete, though
it is more parliamentary than calling him
a darned fool
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
A Revise Version.

From the Manchester Union.
commission to investigate the Mica
ragua canal business is now proposed. If
the present tendency continues, ours will
be government Of commissions, by COM
missions and for commissions.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
just Think of 1t I!
g New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
General Eagan has been compelled by
court martial to eat his own words. But
suppose as punishment he should be COM
PEELED to eat his own beef!
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who drew up the constitution made 1t
very din1eult matter for our republic to
undertake policy of Imperialism, but
he thinks they didn't know great deal
anyway and were hardly aware of their
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
WHICH?

In trying to decide If wound"
Is most correctly rhymed with "swooned'
Or else with words like found and
sound
The poets head goes round and round.
New York Evening Journal
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The Hardest Part.

From the Detroit Tribune.
1t was great deal easier for the ad
ministraton to bring about unanimity in
making war than in making peace.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
Where They Are Popular.

From the San Francisco Call.
The Mormon elders who are being per-
secuted in England ought to come back
to Utah, where they are appreciated, and
run for congress.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
What Shafter Didn't See.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
General Shafter says he could not in
spect beef he never saw. Perhaps. But
he is claiming to have won a battle he
never saw,
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Chicago Off1ce-69 The Rookery.
The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency.
Sole Agents Foreign Advertising.
Washington Bureau-1,4 AS C street, N.
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advertising rates will be furnished on ap.
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From the Duluth Herald.
Senator Tom Plat admits that the men
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1t is said that 25O,OO0O00 microbes can
stand on a postage stamp without
crowding. The name of the man who
counted them is not given.-Cieveland
Leader.
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Jones-They say the girl Dawson mar
ried was cross-eyed.
Brownies, but he never fully realize
it until after her money was gone
Puck.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-01

Uitlanders in the City OF Belfast, from
whose heights the coast of Britain can
be seen. Suppose that such an outrage
as that perpetrated yesterday at Belfast
were inflicted upon British citizen OF
the Rand, would not Mr.. Chamberlain
and all the Jingoes go to war without
the slightest delay, and with the appro-
val OF all England? If the Beers had
behaved towards the Britons of johann
nesburg who sent petition to the
Queen, as the protestant" employees OF
the ship-yards and the mills have been
treating helpless minority OF Catholics,
male and female, during the past week,
all Great Britain would be ablaze with
wild indignation, and war correspond
ents would ere now be hurrying to the
Cape. But the British authority is-or
ought to be-the dominant force in the
city of Belfast, and yet murderous nest
OF scoundrels can plumber, torture, or
Stay at their option, without fearing Sc
rious interference The demon in the
North has been aroused by the trucu-
lence OF the ranting ruffians who were
tolerated in the most cowardly manner
by the Government, and we warn the
authorities that when the Orange dog
days come they will reap the fitting re-
ward of their contemplate ineptitude.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-01

reck how many young Americans find
early graves on foreign soil when fight
ing their battles. But it is doubtful il
such benefits will accrue from the pos
session of the islands as ]. ]. Hill and
his associates fondly imagine. A thor
oughly informed American who has
spent eight months at Manila says there
is little for Americans to gain in the
islands. In an interview with the Lon
don correspondent of the New York
World he says:
"The islands are rich and fertile, but
as to a commercial market the open
door is impossible for us. If that pol
icy is declared the Germans, who have
adapted their manufactures exactly to
the requirements of the islanders, can
undersell us and drive our merchandise
out at every turn.
Neither military, political nor COM
mercial advantage can accrue to US by
this fatal policy OF annexation. The
American people are being hoodwinked
and deluded by politicians who are con-
scious that they have recklessly landed
the country in an insane and injurious
enterprise"
Some time ago Andrew Carnegie
clearly showed that with an open door
in the Philippines this country could
not successfully compete with the COM
mercial nations OF Europe. England as
a partner will demand an open door and
obtain it, and the other nations will
not be denied the same privilege.
Wherein then do we derive more benefit
than they, after paying $2o,ooo,ooo for
governing Spain's unruly subjects, and
keeping standing army of some 100, 900
men in the islands after the Filipinos
are benevolently assimilated? We must
have an open door or be ready to fight
England and the other powers. John
Bull has not been protesting his friend
ship disinterestedly and ]. ]. Hill is
smart enough to know it. This country
cannot compete successfully with Euro
pean nations in oriental trade on such
terms. Freights will be higher owing
to longer distances, and the cost of gov
erning the islands must be borne by us.
The game OF conquest will not be so
profitable as ]. J. Hill enormously
thinks.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-01
Loor1NG CHURCHES IN 1uzoN.

We publish today under the heading
of Public Pulsations'' long commit
nication from reverend correspondent,
in which he gives copious extracts from
the letters Of American soldiers in Lu-
zon about the looting of Catholic
churches in that island. He refers to
the episcopal robes sent home by DR..
Beck, of the Thirteenth Minnesota. of
which mention was made in these COL
umns last week. Within the past few
days we have been informed on reliable
authority that DR.. Fitzgerald, of the
same regiment, has sent to friend in
this city several valuable paintings, sup
posed to have been taken from the Cath
ole churches or the homes of the
wealthy natives. These two enterprising
members of the medical fraternity NAV
consider it legitimate to take anything in
sight that is portable, but we doubt that
The Irish standard., 1899-07-01

The following paragraph from the
Chicago Chronicle is worth reproduc-
ing: The whirligig. of time brings
strange changes. Here, for instance, we
have Mr.. Timothy Healy assuring Mr..
Arthur Balfour of the affectionate re-
gard of the Irish people, and there is
reason to believe that the sentiment is
based not merely upon Mr.. Balfour's
advocacy of the Catholic university plan,
but upon substantial good feeling. Yet
it is not so many years since Mr.. Bal
four was denominated "Bloody" Bal
four and his name was execrated from
one end of Ireland to the other. It is
only to be hoped that the Irish may not
have cause to change their good opinion
of Mr.. Balfour. That gentleman is, after
all, politician, and if the exigencies of
politics should demand it we may we'll
doubt whether he would be able to rise
superior to pressure for a resumption of
the coercive policy.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-01
The Mckinley commissioners a. The

The Mckinley commissioners at The
Hague voted with the British commits
sioners in favor of using the dum-dum
bullet when fighting savages and semi
civilized races. The British government
has used the deadly projectiles in the
Soudan and will likely use them on the
Beers of the Transvaal, and the "be-
nevolent" Mckinley will probably use
them on the Filipinos before the cruel
oriental war is over. The bullets are
explosive and have never been used in
Civilized warfare" They are exclu-
sively used for moving down all inferior
races who object to being robbed and
plundered in the name of Anglo-Saxon
civilization.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-01
Moorestown is my native land,
Parish of Kilfnnane;
Limerick county, rich and grand,
Erin's green dominion.

We are in receipt of letter from
Rev. DR.. Degnan, of New Richmond,
in which he says: Accept my thanks for
your common-sense editorial of last
week. Your article struck the proper
note. You know, as we'll as I, that we
priests do not court notoriety or expect
newspaper aattery or praise for having
done our duty. The sick, wounded and
dying have right at all times to our
administrations and it is our bounden
duty to administer to their various wants.
In the performance Of Gods work we
desire no praise for duty performed.
Any priest would have done exactly as
l did during and after the cyclones fatal
work, and hundreds of priests would
have cheerfully done a great deal more
than the humble, little priest at New
Richmond.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-01

Michael Davitt takes no stock in Brit
ish protestations of friendship for the
United States. In parliament he op-
posed grant from the treasury for new
forts at Halifax, Bermuda and Jamaica.
"At present" he said, "the governments
of Great Britain and the United States
are engaged in exchanging diplomatic
love messages; yet these proposed guns
are to be pointed at our American cous-
ms" He declared that if the govern
ment was sincere in its professions of
amity, it was unnecessary to make these
Notifications on the Atlantic coast.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-01

Says the Kansas City Times: Law
ton, splendidly equipped soldier, had
not been in the Philippines a month be-
fore he said very bluntly that it would
take an army OF 100000 to subjugate
Luzon island alone, and right on the
heels OF the old Indian fighters opinion
the Washington machine told the coun-
try that Otis had reported that 10000
would be enough. Most likely he never
said anything OF the kind. He had failed
utterly with 10000 when he was reported
to have said 10000 was enough. If he
said it he is crazy, and if he did not say
it he is being groomed for scapegoat
The Irish standard., 1899-07-01

In responding to the toast of "the in
dependent press" at an editorial ban
quet in the East, Whitelaw Reid, of the
New York Tribune, is reported to have
said: "There is no such thing in Amer
lea as am Independent press, unless it is
out in the country towns. You are all
slaves. You know it and 1 know it.
There is not one of you who dares to
express an honest opinion. If you ex-
press it you would know beforehand that
it would never appear in print. I am
paid $12o week for keeping honest
opinions out of the paper am connected
with. The business of a New York
journalist is to distort the truth, to lie
outright, to pervert, to villify, to fawn
at the feet of mammon, and to sell his
country and his race for daily bread, or
for what is about the same thing, his SAL
airy. You know this and 1 know it, and
what foolery it is to be toasting the in
dependent press. We are the tools and
vassals OF the rich men behind the
scenes. We are jumping jacks. They
pull the strings and We dance. Our
time, our talents, our lives, our posi-
bilities are all the property of other
men. We are intellectual prostitutes"
The foregoing words of the Paris peace
commissioner deserve attention. Some
simple people imagine that because a
daily paper claims to be independent, it
really is so. They must not be deceived
by false pretenses. The average daily
paper has no principle that it IS not
ready to sacrifice for money.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-01
MORE MISSIONARY MENDAc1rY.

The missionary liar has been extend
ing his territories. Good sensible men
deem him unworthy OF notice, but he
has no small part i'll melting to wars
that cost billions OF money and thou
sands OF lives. His whoppers about the
Friars. and their plundering OF the poor
people, and their abominable immorali-
ties have been shown lip and in a mea-
sure laid to rest, but, nothing abashed,
he tries another field, and toward the
end of long communication to the
New York Times, reprinted by the St.