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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21
From the New York Evening Post.

From the New York Evening Post.
Nothing could be more commendable
than the sentiments evoked from the
newspapers of our country by the deci-
sion in the Dreyfus case. The proceed
ings in that case have been followed
with such attention as to make our
criticism of France much more intelli-
gent than the criticism of foreigners is
apt to be. We have come to understand
that the Dreyfus affair represented
conflict of ideas. On the one hand was
the idea of order and authority; on the
other that of justice and science.
Goethe said that he would rather en-
dure an injustice than have a disord-
erly act committed. A great many
Frenchmen. as M. Godfernaux observes
in the Fortnightly Review, have the
same feeling. The interest of one man,
they think. ought certainly to yield to
the interests of all. The life of France.
they believe, depends on maintaining
the prestige Of the army. Were the
conviction of Dreyfus reversed, the
army would be demoralized, it's gen.
erals discredited and a foreign foe
might seize the opportunity and over
whelm the country. Justice might de-
honor could not endure it. The French
of the army that he was guilty,
and their authority was more
regarded by the Frenchmen than
any paper documents. AS in re-
ligion faith is opposed to science,
so here the technicalities of proof were
opposed to passionate belief. Profess
rcrtant is the Twill to believe" and
these Frenchmen had that will.
Many of our journalists and other
citizens, as we said, have demonstrated
with the French for holding such views.
They have explained TO them that the
true interests of France can never he
promoted by committing an act of in
justice, even upon a Jew. The honor
of the army cannot be maintained by
insisting that an unfair decision shall
not be reconsidered and rectified AS
the writer from whom we have quoted
says, it cannot help nation to hide its
wounds and refuse to acknowledge it's
faults. A nation never proceeds to
better things, never realizes a higher
form of humanity, but at the price Of
these cruel operations, of these salutary
wounds. 1t would be better to be
beaten in war than to suffer the moral
disaster of committing a deliberate act
of injustice. The attempt to make sup
port of the army and devotion to coun-
try superior to righteousness must fail,
and this truth has been everywhere in
the United States proclaimed with
much virtuous indignation. Some peo-
pie have even gone so far as to de-
clare that they will have nothing to do
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21
Financial Troubles Brewing.
HE financial news from London
is by no means reassuring.

~ HE financial news from London
Is by no means reassuring.
Everything at that great money
center indicates a probable financial
stringency in the near future. The
Transvaal situation threatens the mon
etary stability of England in a number
of ways. Probably one-third of the
worlds total supply of new gold is now
derived from South Africa, and war
with the Beers means a total stoppage
of the supply from that source for a
time, and no one can say just how
long.
OF course England would triumph in
the end, but the distance over which
she must transport her troops is very
great, the country in which they must
operate is difficult one for an in
vader, and the Beers are confessedly
good fighters. 1t is not at all impossi-
BILE that more than one campaign may
be necessary to establish her supremacy.
In the meantime the output of the
mines will be greatly diminished or
perhaps entirely stopped, and it may
easily be that the mines may be so
damaged as to stop their production
for number of years to come. Be-
side shutting off the inflow, the war
will naturally carry a considerable
amount of gold out of the country, thus
burning the candle at both ends.
In addition to this the East Indian
government is determined, If possible, to
lay in a stock of gold with which to es-
tablish the gold standard in that coun-
try. Whatever is obtained for this pur-
pose will be just so much distracted
from the avenues of trade, and buried,
for it is not the purpose of the Indian
government to put this gold into cir
culation-that is, not for long time
to come-but merely TO hold it in
stock as a reserve.
The delicacy of England's monetary
position lies in the enormous extern
sion of her credit system. 1t has been
stated many times that she does too
much business on credit, and allows
her reserves to run too low. Thor
oughly well informed English finan-
ciers have expressed the opinion that
a sudden call upon the country for
| 10000 OOO-s50 900, OOO-would create a
| panic there almost any time. But sup
| pose such a call, or a heavier one,
should be made. and contemporaneous-
| ly, her chief source of supply should be
cut off, how much worse would be the
situation.
This is matter that concerns Amer
leans fully as much as it does English
men; for while the first pressure would
| fall upon England, she would very
quickly transfer it to other countries,
| and chiefly to the United States. This
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21
Woe Is Kentucky !

g. 18th a feeling akin to disap-
r" pointment the world has been
waiting several weeks for the
Kentucky politicians to back up their
assertions and counter-assertions with
bullets, in true Kentucky style What
has come over these gallant Kentuck-
ians? Time was and not so very long
promptly followed by request to pass
the guns. Now, one Kentuckian may
call another Kentuckian a liar, black
guard, coward and horse thief with no
more serious consequences than that of
being called a liar, BLACKBOARD, coward
and horse thief in return. Why, up in
the peaceful state of New Hampshire,
where the temple of Janus is sup
posed to be permanently closed, where
even game cocks are said to grow white
feathers, they display more spirit than
that. Senator Chandler didn't have to
issue a second invitation to Senator
Gallinger to step outside. At the first
appeal Senator Gallinger made a move
in the direction of the door, and but for
the mediation of friendly powers the two
belligerents might have reached the
street and ran furiously in opposite di-
rections.
At this distance the Kentucky cam
paign appears to be all bluff and blus-
ter Among the cracks they are max
ing at one another is never heard the
crack of the rifle The bowie knife
CLEANS not in the yellow moonlight;
and not yet is the blue grass incarna-
dined with gore. The six-shooter abides
in the silent obscurity of the hip
pocket, and the shot gun rusts on the
wall Prosperity attendeth not the cor
oner, neither is there a joyous horn of
plenty in the house of the undertaken
The reporter goeth about seeking the
startling sensation that cometh not
and the surgeon consumeth his hours
of idleness with the prosecuting attor-
ney in seven-up for the drinks. Con-
slider the tough kid of the Bowery; he
shoots not, neither does he kill; yet the
Kentucky gentleman in all his chivalry
is not as pugilistic as one of these. For
valor hath gone out of Kentucky into
a far country, and spunk knowrth the
region no more. 1t is a land flowing
with school girls and milksops. where
even the bull dogs turn tail
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1899
TWELVE PAGES.
Alger and Pingree.
HE newest thing in politics is the

HE newest thing in politics is the
withdrawal of ex-Secretary AL
ger from the senatorial contest
In Michigan. AS the announcement an
pears over his own signature there Is
10 reason to doubt that it is genuine
only a day or two since Governor
Plngree was also reported as intending
10 retire from politics. While the state
ment concerning Pingree came as a
mere rumor, the coincidence is very
striking in view of the alliance said to
nave taken place between the potato
statesman and the ex-secretary.
If it be true that both of these "dis-
fingu1shed' Michiganders are to with
draw from the political arena, the cues
ton naturally arises, What does it all
mean?' The thorough and cordial dis
like that Pingree feels for Mckinley,
and the detestation, to put it mildly.
with which he regards the Philippine
war are well-known, for he has ex
pressed both frequently and with much
more of force than elegance. That AL
ger left the cabinet feeling that he had
been betrayed and used as a scapegoat
is almost equally well known.
That he and Pingree at once entered
into an alliance scarcely admits Of
doubt, and that it would have brought
them into collision with the administra-
ton forces is morally certain. Every
body familiar with Michigan politics
looked for red-hot fight in that state,
the probable effect of which would be
TO split the republican party wide open.
That such a conflict in a republican
stronghold would have been disastrous
TO the Hanna regime in 1900 is too clear
to require discussion.
Suddenly we are informed that
there is to be no such fight,
and the average citizen finds himself
rather curiously asking Why" Pin
gree has given no evidence of loving
Mckinley or his policy any better and
if Alger ever had a grievance, it must
still exist. The fine italian hand of
somebody appears to have been at
work. Possibly ii is that of Mr.. Ho-
bart.
To believe that either Alger or Pin
gree has voluntarily left the political
arena for good and all is to believe
that which stands counter to their
whole past lives. Alger has been out
for something in the way of political
preferment ever since the close of the
civil war. Pingree seems as happy in
the political field as a clown under the
gaslight He has been most pictur-
esque figure delightng in notoriety,
even of the cheapest kind If they have
voluntarily sought the shades of pri-
vate life. contemporaneously withdraw
ing themselves from the admiring gaze
of the multitude so anxious to honor
them with their suffrages, then it is in
deed a most marvellous coincidence,
strongly suggestive of divine interposi-
ton,
But we really don't believe that the
divine power had anything to do with
it, The political situation completely
negatives that idea. The persuasive in
fiuences that have wrought this miracle
are about as far removed from the di-
vine as anything can be. The powers
supporting the administration, and
which have so much to lose through
the defeat of Mr.. Mckinley, have got
In their work-that is all.
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inence in the Philippine tangle 1t is
said that unless he be withdrawn from
the fire of adverse criticism now di-
rected upon him, he will be a presi-
Dental impossibility in 1900. So the
great and patriotic scheme is for him
to discreetly retire into the back
ground, have the Philippine commits
sion come to the front, and formulate
its report, which the president will APP
prove. This will divert the fire, it is
thought, from the president to the
commission, which will be sustained
by the personal popularity of Admiral
Dewey, who is a member.
But, it is claimed that Mr.. Mckinley
has done worse than merely to talk
more than was necessary. He has not
done the right kind of talking. 1t has
been too strongly tinctured with the
idea of my policy" which policy
means imperialism, in contradistinc-
ton to legitimate expansion.
His treaty with the sultan of Sulu is
chara cterized as a grave mistake, the
fact being that It establishes "impe-
rialsm" in one of it's most repulsive
forms. This Mohammedan chief be-
comes. in effect, the paid vassal of the
United States, free to uphold slavery
and polygamy throughout the islands
at his own sweet barbaric will This
is in strong contrast, it is pointed out,
to the high and mighty, uncompromis-
ing attitude which he has assumed to-
iY,ir xrhn hn
has treated as having no rights what
ever in their own country.
His proclamation through General
Otis of Jan. 4, 1899, comes in for a
large measure of condemnation, that
document implying in unmistakable
terms a purpose to hold the islands
simply as conquered provinces" which
is, itself, neither more nor less than
imperialism"
All of these things, and many more
almost equally unwise. he has done at
time when many Of his party adher-
ents have been endeavoring to ward
off the shafts of adverse criticism by
the specious plea that he had no policy,
and was merely protecting the rights
of the United States during the recess
of congress.
Still, while conceding the grave error
involved in some of these acts, there
is no suggestion of any purpose to
correct them, save to the extent of
having him discontinue his spread
eagle oratory, and take shelter behind
the commission. until the meeting of
congress, when the party managers
will see to it that the administration
policy is carried out-not because it
is right. but because any departure
from it would be a confession of error
that would initiate against the repub-
lican party in the campaign of 1900.
All of this squares substantially with
what the Standard repeatedly has out
lined as the probable republican pol
icy Allowing for some possible mac
cura cies of detail in the Journals dis
patch, there is no room for doubt that
| it rests upon broad basis of fact. 1t
| is clear that the swing of public senti-
ment is away from the president and
| his policy, and that the American peo-
| pie will never swallow Imperialism at
| a gulp unless it be given to them in
| disguised form. That Mr. Mckinley
and his advisors will adopt any dis
| guise and resort to any subterfuge
necessary for party success, admits of
no question. Wait and see.
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Dissatisfaction With Mckinley.

VERY day that passes makes it
more evident that the republic
can managers are not satisfied
with the situation. and that confidence
in President Mckinley is weakening.
The New York Journals Washington
dispatch published in the Standard a
day or two since is in the highest de-
gree suggestive. The Journal is some
what sensational and not always con-
sistent, but it gets the news, and it
Is generally accurate
The dispatch in question states, sub
stantially, that in the judgment of the
republican leaders, Mr.. Mckinley has
been talking too much, and that his
personality has been given undue prom
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

JACK Bachelor-l suppose you VIII name
him after Dewey?
Ned Newlywed--We ll-er--no. You see,
Jane and both think that Dewey has had
honors enough.-Puck.
Don't praise the busy little bee
For toiling. Think it over.
And then you will readily see
That half the time he's in clover
Philadelphia Record.
The leading lady and the first walking
gentleman had become involved in a dis
pute. The noise of the contention reach
ed the manager and he went behind the
scenes.
my stars!" he exclaimed, what under
the shining canopy is the matter with
you?"-Chicago Tribune.
Cant the democrats of this town get
together" inquired the political exhorter
in Kentucky.
Get together!' answered the man with
court plaster on his ear. why, it takes
eleven deputy sheriffs to keep 'em apart"
Washington Star.
No Equity About It.-"Fate doesn't or
der these things with any degree of
equity" said the young man with the up
and-down collar
why not?'' said the girl.
For instance" said the youth, "the
oyster retires for four months, but ice
cream has an open season all the year
round. Plain Dealer.
Wigg-These seashore trips are awfully
expensive.
wagg-Thats right. 1t cost one fellow
| know a couple of hundred dollars to pick
shells on the beach.
Wigg-Oh, come now, it's not as bad as
that.
Wagg-Fact. He ran up against Thin
ble-rigger and always picked the wrong
she'll Catholic Standard and Times.
Being Careful.-"Leondas! exclaimed
Mr. Meekton's wife. on his return home
from a journey, 81 am at a loss to I'M
derstand your conduct when we parted. /
said good-by to you"
Yes, Henrietta"
"Why didn't you say good-by in re-
sponsor"
81 was just about to do so, Henrietta,
but l checked myself. / was afraid you
would accuse me of trying to have the
last word again. Nashville Star.
"How's my daughter getting on with
her music?' asked Mr.. Cumrox as he sat
down and pulled his trousers up over his
knees, so as not to spoil the creases.
IAN she needs is patience" said the
teacher.
Then she's all right. II there's any,
thing she possesses it's patience. She's
been six weeks looking all over the pi-
| ano with both hands looking for The Lost
Chord and I'm willing to bet bank stock
| against chewing gum that she won't quit
until she finds it"-Washington Star.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

Although the governor of North Car
DINA and the governor of South Caro-
lima will both be in New York on Dewey
day. the reception committee will
doubtless be at pains to avert any ne
cessity for a repetition of that famous
historical conversation.
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Current Comment.
Trouble Brewing.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Esterhazy says he is going to tell ALL
once more, and come over to America to
lecture. We have been afraid from the
first that our interests in this Dreyfus
case would get us into trouble.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21
His Monumental Shaft.

From the St. Louis Star.
A Southwest Missouri miner stood at the
bottom of a shaft; the rope on the wind
lass broke and he was buried under an
avalanche of crude material. The local
paper very appropriately headed the obit-
uary with His Troubles Are Ore"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21
Will Thin Ont the state.

From the St. Louis Republic.
Wholesale bloodshed may be looked for
in the Clay county feud in Kentucky,
now that the list of vendetta families in
cludes the Smiths.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

New York Gees Tribune Building.
Chicago Office-69 The Rookery.
The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency.
Eastern Representatives.
Washington Bureau-1,415 G St, N. W.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

Notwithstanding that the Montana
volunteers are coming in two ships,
the Montana lookout committee need
not put themselves in shape to see
double.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

The distinct vein of pessimism that IS
running through the profound editorial
columns of the Boston Herald is easily
accounted for. The Boston club has
surely lost the pennant.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

Another Mormon missionary in Ten
nessee has secured a large number Of
followers. 1t is believed that they are
following him with a barrel of tar and
feathers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

Lieutenant Peary's relay plan Of
reaching the North Pole is at least not
so Eighty as Professor Andree's balloon
system.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

NJ. Zola's remarks about the coming
fifth act' of the Dreyfus tragedy is
somewhat suggestive of the ringmas-
ter's spirited wait for the concert"
talk
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

So far as results are concerned, there
is a disposition to regard the Chicago
trust pow-wow as trotting in The
Hague peace conference class.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

The Standard has branch Offices at
Butte. Missoula and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
plication.
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Fast Males.

From the Boston Traveller.
Lord Rosebery calls Our railroad presi-
dents an "aristocracy." He should see
some of them asslmilating their noon
lunches of pie and milk at rush coun-
ter
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21
And in Pigeon English, Too.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
If the carrier pigeon could sing, it's song
would, no doubt, be, Home, Sweet
Home"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

The Montana regiment is a good thing
and the muster-out officers at the Pre-
sidio will kindly push it along as ex-
peditously as possible.
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Because Shouting Is Their Way.

From the New Orleans Picayune.
Silence is golden, If a candidate does
not shout that he Is for silver it is taken
for granted that he is a gold standard
man.
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AntltheticaI,

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
'Jouaust" and Justice begin with the
same letter, but there is a growing i'm
preston that that is as far as they travel
in company:
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

There Is no business under the sun
that can not be bettered and broadened
by judicious advertising.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

The number of governors present
would indicate that the st. Louis trust
is not lacking in executive
ability,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

All general business letters ana CORE
spondence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Anaconda, Mont
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Judging by the way Dreyfus was
spirited out of Rennes. the French gov
eminent has no consideration for the
feelings of rubbernecks.
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bordereau is a new kind of soup Is quite
as profound as the Kansan who pro-
nounces the Dreyfus verdict to be a
"traversity of Justice
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Beyond Redemption.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
President Loubet may pardon Dreyfus
but he cannot pardon Mercier and his
crowd.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

Captain Dreyfus will figure for the
next few days in the mysterious disap-
pearance class.
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England is regarding the Transvaal
as a peculiarly inviting field for an up
to-date expansion policy.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

As soon as the Valencia and the Zea-
landia are reported in sight, the Mon
tana reception committee will go to
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

The Sanders gubernatorial boom is
doing the friskiest caracolng of any Of
them.
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Improving by Trials,

From the Boston Globe
The Shamrock's crew will have their
daily trials and plenty of them-no doubt
of that, whether the Upton craft wins or
loses.
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Enough Corn to Spare a Little.

From the Denver Post.
A Texas paper says the sun is so hot
down there that it Is popping the popcorn
in the fields, but as long as it doesn't
melt the horns off the steers or raise wa
ter blisters on the melons the Texans will
endeavor to endure II with Christian for
titude.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

The Dreyfus pardon will cover null
titude of sins committed by Dreyfus'
enemies.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

AS a work of art, M. Guerin defying
the Paris police will not totally eclipse
Ajax defying the lightning.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21

With the advent of the Valencia and
the Zealandia, the Golden Gate will
pursue a wide-open policy.
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The Rennes date line is coming down
like a stick.
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of it's encounter with old sober second
thought. IS
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Waterman, what of the Knight Of
Pythias? He's all right