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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
Alger Still at 1t.

~ NOE again Alger is too pre-
vious." Just a few weeks ago
he spread far and wide the re-
port that Senator Mcmillan was going
to get out of the way and let Ayers
next move be a regular toboggan slide
into the senate. Mcmillan scotched this
yarn. He said that it was essentially
untrue. Then, when Alger persisted,
Mcmillan said that If the secretary pro-
posed to stick to false statement he,
Mcmillan, would pull on him all the
correspondence that had passed be-
tween them, and he limited that Alger
wouldn't enjoy that.
Alger evidently appreciated the hint;
he concluded to abandon his tactics and
try new ones. Lately it was given out
that a compact had been made between
Alger and Pingree, the same contem-
plating Alger's election to the senate.
Again Alger started the spreading of
news that isn't true. He filled the pub
lie ear in the vicinity of Washington
with the report that Pingree is for Nc
Kinley first, last and all the time"
The Mcmillan experience was promptly
repeated-Pingree busily denied every
word of it, except the proposition that
he is for Mckinley last"
What Pingree said in the way of dis
claimer was printed in Tuesday morn
ing's press report. 1t is worth another
publication. Pingree said: ''If General
Alger said that, it is his opinion from
his point of view. The question whether
/ am for President Mckinley lies with
the president, not me. If General Alger
knows that President Mckinley Is OPP
posed to territorial expansion and is not
ton being visited upon the innocent
Filipinos, he has right to say that l
am for Mckinley. If General Alger is
informed that Mckinley is opposed to
trusts and to legislation which fosters,
creates and encourages them, and in
favor of legislation to restrict and sup
press Them. then I am closer to the
opinions of Mckinley than has gener-
ally been believed. If General Alger is
assured that President Mckinley is not
in touch and sympathy with the disrep-
utable political methods of Mark Hanna
and his friends and deprecates such
leadership, then I am for Mckinley"
Nothing could put Ayers representa-
lions under a more effective quietus;
in fact, the pass has been reached when
the public is warranted in assuming
that about every assertion made by
Alger isn't so.
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THURSDAY, JUNE %, 1899.
TWELVE PAGES.

II S the result of conditions which
~ are beyond human control, it
appears to be settled that the
West will not have the pleasure of ex-
tending it's Inequalities to President
tMcKinley. 1t had been accepted as set
/, tied that the president and his family
| booked for Minneapolis and then for
the park, would make a round trip in
GLIDING several of the most important
cities of Montana and the people of the
state had anticipated with pleasure the
compliment of the proposed visit The
most recent word is that the president
will not make the trip. Mrs. Mckinley
is, in fact, an invalid The recent jaunt
to New England proved to be an unto
ward venture. She is in delicate
health; the conclusion is that the trip
ito the West and through the park
would prove to be a tax beyond her
strength. So that, under conditions
that are thus made doubly distressing,
the proposed western trip has been
abandoned-so the word is from WASH
Sngton.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

that brought Mr.. Barrett's magazine
article brought also the recent COM
ment of the Philadelphia Inquirer
That newspaper is loyal to Mckinley
to the war policy, to Quay, to expan-
sion-to everything it fancies the adj
ministration likes. In summary, the
Inquirer says: "Mr. Mckinley, who
is of a cheerful even optimistic, dis
position, has been slow to realize that
the insurgents cannot be brought by
conciliatory persuasion to see the err
ror of their ways. 1t has been the
feeling at the white house that if the
Filipinos were informed of our inten-
tions they would lay down their arms
and accept our jurisdiction. 1t will
have to be admitted that the peace
commission has not fulfilled expecta-
tions. The president has waited long
enough. He should exert his authority
and enlist men. Apart from General
Otis need of a stronger force the vol
unteers whose terms of service have
expired are entitled to considera ton
which they are not receiving. They
have right to be sent home and mus
tered out, and the denial of that right
is unjust to them and is making bad
impression throughout the country"
These views, coming from an admin
istration source, are worth quoting, in
illustration of the fact that they are
unfair critics who say that the "peo-
pie expect too much" The root of
whatever dissatisfaction exists is that
those who are running the government
and who precipitated the war have
too much, and now these oracles at
Washington are at the pass where they
must invent excuses. But they can
not succeed in efforts to "lay it on the
people"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

~ IFTY THOUSAND is the present
limit to which the president
proposes to raise the fighting
force in the Philippines. It appears that
the number of men now under the COM
mand of General Otis is a total of 90, 300:
figure not far from that RECENTLY
mentioned in the Standard in answer
to a correspondents inquiry The plan
Is to push the recruiting and equipping
of regiments up to the fifty-t Thousand
limit and to hold the government pre-
pared to send additional reinforcements
If that course be found necessary. AS
stated in yesterday mornings news
from Washington there will be no call
upon the states; the regiments will be
enlisted as United States volunteers,
preference to be given to those who
nave already seen service and who
want more Of it. By virtue of a testy
talk given out two or three days ago.
the authorities have no intention of re-
moving Otis; on the contrary General
Corbin who is the factotum in such
matters, announces that the president
is well suited with Otis and that there
is no thought of changing the command
at Manila. Thus, according to the re-
cent reports from official circles we
shall have, pending the transporting of
troops to Manila, a status-ouo-antn
that will hold until the rainy season is
ended "a H.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
New-Fangled Things.

~ UR foreign policy-if We have
" such thing-is brought into
requisition for the purpose of
supporting two projects. One OF
THESE is the increase in the presideft's
cabinet so as to include a secretary of
colonies; the other is the founding ofTa
school of diplomacy which, in some
quarters, 1T is proposed shall be sus-
tanned by the government, in the ex
pectation that it will do for the civil
and diplomatic service~that which West
Point and Annapolis are supposed to do
for. 1.-THE military and naval establish
ments.
On the basis of recent experience. we
shall need good deal more than a.
colonial secretaryship-we shall require
big colonial standing army, an i'm
mense colonial budget and, for that
matter, a whole cabinet as the part of
colonial administration If our ex-
pansion scheme honestly involves moth
ing more than a foreign or colonial
policy such as the Mckinley admins
tration repeatedly outlined while the
SpaN-7ii wal was III pfOSE6SS, tnen We
certainly need nothing more preten-
tlous than a sort of under secretary in
the department of state, Just as we
have, for instance, a commissioner of
the land office within the department
of the interior. But if we are, by the
height of folly, going to be sin it" with
the old-world exploiters of colonies,
then full-fledged cabinet secretary
ship for colonies will be the least of our
wants; we shall need that, and it won't
be even so much as a starter in our
career of foreign folly.
As for the training school-this coun-
try's universities can furnish that. In
deed. several of these schools of higher
learning have already organized spe-
cial courses that aim to train young
men for the diplomatic field. These
courses of study include constitutional
law, general jurisprudence. two or three
modern languages, the history of dlplo-
macy and of treaties. commercial and
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
Trying to Obscure Things.

lULYS number of the Review of
{ Reviews has paper dealing with
phases of the Philippine situation
and written by John Barrett, former
United States minister to Japan. Mr..
Barrett is familiar with the conditions
in the Philippine islands--he has re-
Gently spent months at Manila. Since
his return to this country he has been
writing or lecturing without cessation.
He has talked much and he has been
much talked about, because much
that he has said is of a character that
promotes discussion.
The trouble with Mr.. Barrett, as is
the case with most of the apologists
for the administration, is that he as
sumes a good many things that are not
so. He says that it will take time"
but that if 'such brilliant campaigns
can be waged as are now going on
with the rain prevailing" the next dry
season will see the end of the war;
The trouble with that brilliant cam
paign in the rain is that there Is no
such thing; Mr.. Barrett was mfsled
by the administration censored dis
patches.
Then, too, Mr.. Barrett gives the Phil
ippine natives credit for higher av-
erage of intellect and ability for rep
resentative government than had been
accorded them in American public
opinion. If Barrett is right, then the
administration horn-blowers are
wrong-they have been insisting that
millions of these benighted islanders
have been terrorized by the little clique
for which Aguinaldo speaks and that,
with Aguinaldo defeated we have the
whole population subdued. That must
be a false representation, if Mr.. Bar
rett is right.
X People is America, not understand
ing the conditions, expect too much"
remarks Mr.. Barrett. That Is not a
just statement On the contrary from
the outset, the great body of the Amer
lean people raised the warning that the
conquest of the Filipinos would be
found to be a very large sized under
taking. The men whose jaunty no.
tion was that the bringing of the ISL
ands to submission was a bit of a pic
mic are men in the administration
circle. They scoffed when public opin-
ion said that four times five thou
sand men would be needed to make
the war; they sought to silence the
warnings raised by conservative citi-
gems by waving the star spangled ban
ner. We do not believe it to be true
that the majority of this country's cit
liens figured on an easy conquest; it
is true, however that all the agencies
of the administration have done what
they could to spread the idea, wholly
unwarranted, that the war would be
short and cheap.
The Standard would be glad, if
space permitted, TO quote, on this sub
ject, the testimony of journals which,
because Of their extreme loyalty to the
president, cannot be suspected of
prejudice respecting the administra-
tton,s course. For instance, the mail
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

~ My a few days ago the writer's
" of newspaper paragraphs were
congratulating Dreyfus on the
fact that the cabinet crisis in France
had been passed before his arrival on
French soil. The truth Is that nobody
has been able to locate Dreyfus-many
reports respecting his recent where
abouts have been misleading. In any
event, the timing of his arrival with
reference to cabinet turmoil is mighty
uncertain business. The manufacture
of cabinet crises is one of the principal
industries in the city of Paris. The
disturbing element can turn on a new
crisis at moments notice. Dreyfus
may have escaped one of these by
failing to arrive in France four or five
days ago-if it is true that he really
did not arrive. But it is getting to be
that a week is a good, long era in the
life of French cabinet and the author
tiles must time the arrival well if they
propose to land their famous prisoner
between cabinet showers
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
Current Comment.
Slave Workers in Hawaii.

From the Buffalo Express.
Originally the workers on the plantations
were Kanakas, but they soon proved in
adequate. Then began the importation of
Chinese coolies, Portuguese contract la
borers, and finally of Japanese These
tolers were bound to forced labor by their
contracts. The coolie system has very
little to commend it over the slave sys-
tenn as practiced In our Southern states
before the civil war. In some circum-
stances it may easily be worse, since the
planter who merely hires slaves from a
foreign contractor has less interest in
Their well-being than had the former
planters who owned them. The United
States must now face the question wheth-
er it will permit this system to continue in
Hawaii. 80
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
Knew What He Wanted.

From the Chicago News.
Gimme a dimes wuth o dried beef an
sum crackers said Uncle Josh to the
young lady in charge OF the ribbon coun-
ter in a downtown store.
"You have evidently made mistake in
the place" she smiliisgly replied. This IL
dry goods store.'
wall now, I reckon / knowed that
bgosh," said the old man. "an eff dried
beef an crackers ain't dry goods, then d
like to know what In tarnaton you'd call
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
A Severe Sprain.

Missoula, June 2S.-Ned Buker is SUI
fering with a very severe sprain of the
left arm. On circus day he was in
a crowd of jolly fellows in front of one
of the down town saloons, and one of
the men in a playful manner pushed
Buker off the sidewalk, who fell and
knocked his arm out of place. DR..
Parson fixed him up and he is now
resting as well as possible.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
Southern People waking Up.

From the Chattanooga News.
They are doing now what they should
have done twenty years ago. They are
putting their own money into the develop
4ment of their natural resources instead of
holding their hands while appealing for
Northern capital to come and make them
rich. There is never any lack of North
ern money to invest in enterprises that
have been demonstrated to be profitable.
People who help themselves always find
all the assistance they want or need.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
Cut His Foot.

Missoula, June 2S.-A. H. Shinn was
brought in from Quartz Tuesday after
noon by his brother, l.. G. Shinn, with
his foot almost cut in two. The broth
ers were working in their mine at
Quartz and A. H. Shinn, while fixing
some timbers for the shaft, was using
the axe He missed the timber and
struck his foot He is at the Rankin
and is being cared for by his brother,
who is doing everything that is posi-
BILE to make it easy for him.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
a New Girl Baby,

Missoula, June 2S.-A new girl baby
weighing 10 pounds arrived at the home
of Auguset Hollinsteiner at his home
above Lolo. The little girl was born
Wednesday morning, and the mother
and child are getting along very
nicely.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
Peril of Vacation Time.

FFofn the PhlIaueIphla Press.
The summer months carry the serious
perils for thousands of people, both
men and women, that vacations bring Sc
rious temptation to over-exercise. host
of incautious men and women and some
boys and girls return from the annual
vacation to have the first illness of the
year. Few things are more perilous to
those Of sedentary habits, leading the or
binary city life. thana sudden return to
violent exercise.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
Gushx College Enthusiasm.

From the New YORK Journal.
President Mckinley visited Smith COL
lege yesterday and was greeted by the
students with wild enthusiasm" Every
lady is always courteous to her guests,
and as all the girls at Smith college are
perfect ladies 1t is natural that they
should receive Mr.. Mckinley with civility
and even with cordially. But what on
earth has he ever done to make anybody
wildly enthusiastic about him?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

q missionaries, who last year visited H.
a4i houses and distributed $1,000 tracts.
Ten carloads of black walnut logs were
sold recently in Kentucky for export
abroad principally to London, Glasgow
and Hamburg.
A Syracuse, Kan, paper is demanding
that women be permitted to wear bloom
ers as matter of modesty on account of
the prevailing high winds.
L. E. Gilbert of Marysville, Kan, ac-
companied by % herders. is coming
through from Oregon with $4,000 sheep. 1t
is an all summers job.
The Oklahoma wheat harvest, which be-
gan last week, promises to yield 100000
bushels. The territory will have its
greatest crop of corn this year.
Charcoal is the great italian fuel. Ma
Piles alone consuming 10000 tons of wood
charcoal at cost or from SIG to $40 per
ton, the national consumption being 100000
tons. a4s ...
The mayor of Hays City, Kan, isonly
is % and the oldest man in the municipal
government is 20.
A toboggan slide in st. Moritz, Switzer-
land, extends three-auarters of a mile,
and Is said to be the ilongest in the world
The descent has been made in II sec
onds.
The penitentary at Lansing, Kan, has
a band made up entirely of convicts. who
make no worse music than many horn
blowers who have never been convicted of
crime.
The first American born in the army in
the Philippines is daughter to Lieuten-
ant E. l.. King of the Eighth infantry.
This child made the patriotic choice of --e
10Th of April for her birthday.
The United States has about 100000, 600
acres of forest, but this is being rapidly
depleted by the AK and by destructive
fires. The government is now Investigate
ing means to prevent or control the lat
ter
Georgia convict working with others
in a contractors briekyard, escaped re-
Gently by piling bricks in hollow square
and thus shutting himself in until the con-
victs had been locked up for the night.
To-day there are represented direct by
reporters in the gallery of the house of
commons about 90 daily London newspa-
pers, and the total number of journalists
who have entrance to the gallery is about
240.
The secretary of the Massachusetts
board of health has issued the statement
that Goldfish is as nutritious as srloin
steak or oleomargarine. 1t is plain that
locality sometimes influences even the
scientific judgment.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
Brooke Not a Close Observer.

From the Washington Post.
General Brooke declares that there are
no brigands in Cuba. According to the
testimony of a great many competent
witnesses he couldn't see anything the
matter with the camp at Chickamaugg
about year ago. General Brooke is
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
Defective Kentucky Laws.

From the Philadelphia Record.
There must be sad defect in the laws
of Kentucky when the governor of that
state proposes to call an extra session of
the legislature in order to obtain authority
to suppress the Howard-Baker vendetta.
A state which does not possess the power
to deal promptly with lawlessness in
whatever form it may assume lacks the
first attribute of a civilized common
wealth.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

New York O-.ce-4S Tribune Building.
Chicago Office-69 The Rookery.
The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency,
Eastern Representatives
Washington Bureau, AIS G St, N. W.
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All general business letters and corre-
spondence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Anaconda, Mont
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TO ADVERTISERS.

The Anaconda Standard guarantees its
advertisers a bona fide paid circulation,
Daily and Sunday, three times greater
than that of any other newspaper pub
lished In the state of Montana. Advertis-
ing contracts will be made subject to this
guarantee.
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The Standard has branch offices at
Butte, Missoula and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
plica ton
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Postage free for the United States, Can
ada and Mexico. Elsewhere
postage added.
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A Syracuse, Kan, paper Is demanding
that women be permitted to wear bloom
ers as a matter of modesty on account o
the prevailing high winds.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

Main Office-Standard Block, Anaconda.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Business Office .........................N
Editorial Rooms .......................No. 4s
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

Ten carloads Of black walnut logs were
sold recently in Kentucky for export
abroad, principally to London, Glasgow
and Hamburg.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

L. E. Gilbert of Marysville, Kan, &C
companied by % herders. Is comm
through from Oregon with $4,000 sheep.
is an all summers job.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

building up a great reputation for not
seeing things
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
All Sorts.

Switzerland has 1,00l Mormons, besides
q missionaries, who last year visited H.
a4t houses and distributed $4,000 tracts.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
THE ANACONDA STANDARD

STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors.
Printed Every Day in the Year.
Entered at the postoffice at Anaconda as
second class mail matter.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

A Georgia convict, working with others
in a contractors brickyard, escaped re-
Gently by piling bricks in hollow square
and thus shutting himself in until the con-
victs had been locked up for the night.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

General Wheeler of Alabama entered
West Point from New York.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

To-day there are represented direct by
reporters in the gallery of the house of
commons about 20 daily London newspa-
pers, and the total number of journalists
who have entrance to the gallery is about
240.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

The United States has about $50, 600
acres of forest but this is being rapidly
depleted by the AK and by destructive
fires The government is now investigat-
ing means to prevent or control the lat
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

The secretary of the Massachusetts
board of health has issued the statement
that Goldfish is as nutritious as sirloin
steak or oleomargarine. 1t is plain that
locality sometimes influences even the
scientific judgment.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-05

rnE VANCOUVER. VIA ASACoRTES
AND WHATCOA.
Connecting q; Vancouver with steamers
for SanaiFno and New West
minister, II. C.
The Elegant sidewheei Steamer
NORTH PACIFIC.
ArWlllsarHs. Master
xvtfY ieav.s Yss.er wharf Seattle. every
vcrs,ay Wednesday and FRIDAY at II 10
. M. for Anacortes. Fs'rsavsn, WhatcoFn
"a yaneauvsr Passengers Eaay 81 cn
ens~a ana occupy rssoTns nj $50 p n. Re-
ssrntnx wal! leags Vancouver for Sea tile
.sgrs..-t every Tuesday, Thursday and sat
-r@ss sssarnsr nas Superior passenger az
~,,rnTrsaSatsous. Table service unsar passed
- F~rtgat or passage Apply or board or
- VANCOUVER LINE