The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-19

with every phase of the labor question
as affecting the industry in which they
are chiefly interested, and they show
mat they are studying the situation in
the labor market throughout the world
ana are encouraging organization
among workingmen everywhere, in or
! DER TO maintain prices of labor or to
secure better terms than in the past
| Inc leader OF one organization testified
| TO having successfully cO-operated with
labor unions in Europe in order to pre-
vent foreign workmen from coming to
the United States to take lower wages
than are being paid to members of his
| union.
! one OF the most important features of
| the work of the commission will relate
| 10 mining. agriculture and transpOrta-
| ton. The purpose of the investigation
| upon these subjects as interpreted by
! me COMMISSION lis to ascertain the ma =
| ture of the existing legislation of the
several states, and Of the United States
bearing upon industrial conditions: the
actual operation Of that legislation in
| It's relation to wOrkingmen, to the man.
| u1acturer and business man. and to the
consumer; the character and effects of
similar legislation in foreign countries
ana how far it is applicable or desiru-
bic in the United States, and what leg
practicable or desirable for the i'm
proNement of industrial conditions.
Win a view of determining how far it
Is possible to frame uniform industrial
ldWs. me adoption of which can be re-
commended to congress and to the leg
lslature of She several states
Senator Carter has been notified that
the new supervisor of the census for
Montana will be named within the
next two weeks. 1t is not yet appar-
ent that the personal representative of
the administration has made any selec-
tlon; II so he has not yet filed his IA
Norltes name with Director w. p
Merriam. The position of state census
supervisor will be an important one,
TOR this officer will have the selection
OF subordinate enumerators. These
VIII De of two classes, i. e. those that
gather the statistics of population
proper and those that obtain the in
dustrial statistics. Much more will be
heard about the former class, but the
latter are by far the most important
enumeratorS. Their work will neces-
sarily be largely of an expert charac-
ter. 1t is stated at the census office
that supervisors will be particularly
urged to exercise great care in the Sc
lection of the enumerators in this class.
Many mine employees will undoubtedly
d
the census force in Montana
Inc opening of the bids for the Butte
public building site has been post
poned. Immediately after the opening,
When 1t takes place, the secretary of
the treasury will name commission
for the selection of a site Two of the
three members of this commission will
De selected from the office force Of the
supervising architects office, and one
n Of
ions nave yet been made by the secre-
tary, but it is regarded as extremely
probable that Charles f. Kemper. chief
executive officer of the supervising
architects office, will be one of the
commission and it's chairman
X. ii. Hale of Helena, who is at Will
lards. has been interviewed by a Star
reporter. He says: Montana is still
unanimous for free silver. The state
IS silver democratic. silver-republican,
sllVer-populist. silver anything, so long
as one of the hyphenated words stands
Tor the white metal The truth of the
matter is that no man can estimate the
amount of the white metal that lies
beneath the broad bosom of nv state
and a law remonetizing silver would
make Montana bloom into paradise
for miners.
The consequence of our practically
unanimous view of the one paramount
issue locally so vital. is that We have to
get up little row among ourselves
over a senatorial or congressional fight
TO keep the political pot boiling Our
last senatorial fight, from which Clark
came out victorious. With the row that
is still on about bribery, etc, will be
suthcient though. to satisfy us until
the presidential campaign in 1900 II is
no use to ask man from my section
who is going to be the nominee of the
democratic party and who is going to
carry the presidential election next
year. He is in no better position to
give an impartial opinion than is a
Vermont republican,
Mrs. w. w. Dixon gave an elegant
dinner at the Shoreham in honor of
Miss Mary Jones, daughter of Senator
James X. Jones, on the eve of Miss
Jones wedding to Frank w Plant.
Among the guests was Miss Clara Bot
kin of Helena. Mrs. Dixon was also
represented in the list of presents.
William A. Clark is reported as being
at present at Nice. He is registered at
the Hotel Anglais with his daughter,
Miss Katharine Clark. In the early
summer Miss Clark will join her sister,
Mrs. Everett M. Culver, at Southamp-
ton, l.. |. The society editor of one
of the local papers has discovered that
Clark lis expected to divide the honors
Of official entertaining with Senator
Depew next winter" although he has
not yet decided on Washington resi-
dence.' HOSFORD.