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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-23
n. Tactics. Preacher.

A story comes from Oklahoma
which shows that a clergyman
may have pretty wit, and yet
be a little lacking in tact. In the
course of his sermon, the Rev.
Mr.. Newly, new pastor of the
the Christian church at Guthrie,
interjected the question: elbow
many of you have read the BIZ
ble?" Fifty hands went up.
"Good!" said the preacher.
"Now how many of you have
read the second chapter of Jude7"
twenty-five hands were raised.
A wan smile overspread the min
ister's face. That's good; but
when you go home read that
chapter again, and you will
doubtless learn something to your
interest" OF course, they found
that there is no second chapter oil
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-23

Says the Capital. cup with
the man and down with the dol
lar" And this is the slogan of
Democracy? Well, Democracy
has been consistent in this theory
anyhow. They held up Grover
for eight years and the dollar al
most dropped out of sight. DOL
lars were somewhat of a curios-
ity under the reign of Grover the
great. And now Democracy is
trying to hold up Bryan and cut
the dollar down to so cents. 1t
has one unDemocratic feature
about it, that Democratic slogan,
its a truthful one as it concerns
the Democratic party.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-23

Says the Boise Capital. "The
slogan Of Democracy is up with
the man and down with the dol
lar q" If the Democracy had
succeeded in elevaling the editor
Of the Capital that would have
have been one good thing to it's
credit, and Democracy would
have done one good thing since
it has been in existence. But
with the Capital it would have a
mighty hard case on its hands
and we fear it would fail. We
wonder if the CaPftal editor ever
held up the man or any other old
thing and put down the dollar?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-23
SPEAKS VOLUMES.
Says the Owyhee AOala"che

There is not an idle man who de,
siTes employment, IN Owyhee coun-
ty, Not only is this fact, but
there is demand for miners, la
hOrers, carpenters and In all lines
of traue which cannot at present
he supplied. The demand for LABOR
speaks volumes. for the Industrial
situation here.
And that is the situation all
over the country. In the great
silver States, Utah, Idaho and
Montana, the demand for labor
ers can not be supplied. Out in
Oregon and Washington it is the
same. Plenty of employment
and good wages for all. Busl-
ness booming all over the Union;
property values going up-every-
thing moving-everybody pros
porous that wants to be. And IS
all this merely an accident? 1t
seems to us that such an accident
ought to set the people to think
ing. 1t ought to put them to
comparing notes. They should
recall 'o3, 'o4 and '95, and con-
slider the "accidents" OF those
wears. Yet the white metal has
not been restored; the money OF
the Constitution is still under the
ban. but the commercial and in
dustrial condition of the whole
country were never healthier
1t is to say the least, a remarka-
BILE coincidence that this kind OF
"accident" always follows the in
auguration of Republican policy
and the reverse is always upon
the heels of Democratic policy
We wonder if there are many
people in all this land willing tc
change the present regime and
risk another sort of accident-the
kind that happened Immediately
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-23

"HOw are you getting along
with that scheme of yours for a
procession Of the unemployed to
march to the city hall and de-
mand work3'' "It's going to be
a fizzle. The blamed chumps all
send me word they're too busy
and can't get away.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-23
Let Us Face the Facts.

ISI VI U CS utS aCSs
In 1896 silver men claimed that
silver must be remonetized for
the following reasons:
First-The volume of money
controls the prices of products.
Second-The destruction of
half that volume has reduced the
value of property so per cent.
Third-The awful depression
upon the country is due to that
reduction of the volume of mon
ey.
Fourth-The claim of over
production is false one, the
trouble is under consumption due
really to the fact that the masses
of the people have no money with
which to purchase needed sup
plies.
Fifth-The presence of hum
dreds of thousands of tramPs is
due to the fact that the farmers
and small manufacturing estab-
lishments are unable to employ
the necessary laborers to assist
them to carry on their business in
the usual way.
Sixth-The cure for these
troubles is to greatly increase the
volume of standard money and
there is no way in which this can
be done save by remonetizing
silver.
Now will our morning contem'
porary cease its sneers, its charg-
es of selling out, its hurting the
words of treason and traitor, and
all the choice vocabulary which a
blackguard can conjure up, and
tell us what reasons it will offer
next summer why voters shoule
drop everything else and vote fol
certain candidate because he
advocates. the rehabilitation of sill
yer? No matter if it is only a
series of happy accidents, that M
man, three years ago, could have
seen, that have changed the stu
alton, the changes have come
and how will our contemporary
meet them? There is one thing
more, India has been the absor.
ent of silver for centuries, Sh,
has vast stores of silver; accord
ing to the best authorities quit
1000 millions of dollars worth
She wants 10 dispose Of enougl
of this to obtain $2oo,ooo,ooo i
gold with which to fix a basis 70
putting in effect her gold stand
ard. OF course, should the Unit
ed States adopt the double stand
ard and open her minis as the.
were prior to 1873 to both til
precious metals, this silver in shi
loads would be sent here for coir
age, and when coined would b
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-23

The Isboring people are eating
more meat than they were in
1896, and hence theprice Of hogs
and cattle have gone up. This
illustrates once more how great
is the interest of the Western
farmer in the Eastern wage earn-
er, and how both of them benefit
when everybody is doing busi-
ness, as now.-Sioux Falls Ar-
gNs-Leader.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-23
Collapse OF rue GOLD STANDARD

Eight hundred millions of dol
iars' that is the amount Of gold
money Mr.. Edison proposes to
harvest on his New Mexico farm
" his new process. He claims
! nave discovered a process
whereby the gold in the sands
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-23

Jude, and, of course, no matter
how they may attempt to laugh
it off, the victims Of the clerical
pleasantly are not likely to love
their pastor any more because Of
the "rise" he took out of them at
that time. Boston Transcript.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-23

With industrial prosperity and
good crops the hopes of Democ-
racy in next years elections can
hardly be bright. These are not
Democratic conditions. ~ Peoria
(Iu.) Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-23
LOST GAuNE.

..sH Al rs ------- 1f.e Ht
Since India has determined To
adopt the gold standard, the Salt
Lake Tribune has abandoned all
hope of the restoration of the
white metal, and argues against
the United States making any
further effort in that direction.
In a recent article on the subject
the Tribune saids
s"Not long ago the London
correspondent of the New York
TuBaue, detailing some of these
facts, said further that the ex-
pectation was not to perfect the
gold standard this year, but to
wait until the gold can be obtain :
ed from the United States. Now,
the question that will confront
any party that next year makes
silver its shibboleth will be, What
are you going to do with the sill
yer Of India when you make sill
yer a full legal tender in the Unit
ed States at IS to 7, because so
certain as the world that will be
the opportunity that India will
seize upon to ship her silver to
our country in exchange for gold7
That fact is so plain that the peo-
pie of the United States will see
it at a glance, and they will de-
cline the risk of putting their
country in that category. India
has been absorbing silver for
1900 years. In the last twenty :
FIVE years she has taken more
than 1000 millions of the worlds
prodnct of silver to herself. So
long as it was her currency, there
was no danger, because she was
the great absorbent. So long as
her minis were opened 1t was
possible for any poor man or wo-
man to take his little store Of sill
yer to the mint and exchange it
for rupees. On the gold basis
that will all be changed, and there
will be plenty of buyers of silver
ready to take it at the govern
ment price, ship it TO this country,
have it coined and then change it
for gold until the gold will be all
gone. That is not all. Such an
adjustment on the part of the
United States would, in a few
months reduce the price of silver
seriously, because i would be in
direct competition with India's
silver, and suddenly the great
market which has never failed
would be gone, and the country
which has bought the silver of
the world for SO long would be
In direct competition with Ameri-
can miners. There is nothing
palmer under the sum-"
All of this simply means that
the Salt Lake Tribune is con-
Hinced that it win be useless to
Continue the silver fight. That
Idea is beginning to prevail very
1 generally and thousands of be-
heV@rs in free coinage have
come to regard it as lost cause.
they also have come to see that
mere can be Astounding and sub
''antial prosperity without free
coinage and they are saying to
themselves possibly there was
some mistake in the doctrine that
@e country would go to rack
and ruin if silver were not re-
stored to its ancient standing. In
snort the people of the United
:, dates are every day losing faitt
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-23

We are in receipt of copy of
the Spokesman Reviezv quarterly,
one of the handsomest--if not the
Acknowledgment up magazine
it has ever been our pleasure to
see, containing write-ups of the
wonderful and varied natural re-
sources of the great Northwest
and Illustrated by numerous half
tones printed on heavy, clean,
white paper. 1t is at once a
storehouse of facts and work of
art and should be in the hands of
everyone. Spokesman-Review
Publishing Co., Spokane, Wash.
In an interview here Mart Pa
trie says that he expected to work
in line hereafter with the good
old straight Republican party.
He believes that the Silver Re-
publicans will all be in line again
next fall.-Blackfoot Mail.
We have been expecting to
hear something like this for quite
while back. Mart never did
take much stock in the Democ-
racy and he has for some time
past been ready to give up the
little he did take.-Pocatello
| Tribune.
In denouncing the trusts the
| Democratic conventions shoulc
not forget to condemn the Demo
cratic congress that repealed the
Republican antitrust law.--Kan
sas City journal.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
INNOCENT MEN RELEASED.

After having been confined for months
in the bull pen at Wardner, by direction
of the democratic governor of Idaho, a
large number of miners have been re-
leased, the charges against them being
withdrawn for lack of evidence. Among
those released are men who We're pick
ed up in Montana and dragged out of the
state without a preliminary hearing, IN
account of the soft-solder that holds to-
gether thef intellectual fabric of the
democratic governor of this state. lac
Governor Smith refused to grant General
Merriam the right to send his troops into
Montana, to pick up stragglers along the
line of the Northern Pacific road, and
ship them over into Idaho in direct vio-
lation of the constitution and the law,
such an abuse would have been an inn
possibility. -
So far, not one of the men arbitrarily
seized in Missoula county has been prov
en- guilty of completely in the crime Of
blowing up the mill near Wardner. The
chances are one of them We're neal the
scene of the crime or had any knowledge
of it. Had they been given a perlimi-
nary hearing in this state, or been sur
rendered only on acquisitions from Idaho
setting forth the purported facts as to
their cmriminal conduct, none of the
men recently discharged would have been
dragged over the line to suffer long weeks
of torture in the bull pen. To punish
men actually guilty of crime is a duty
which every state owes to it's people, but
to override the constitution and the laws
that innocent suspects may be tortured
with imprisonment, without a prelimi-
is an outrage that must be atoned for.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02

me .Missoulian: The reception of the
returning volunteers at Butte last Mon
DAY was a wonderful demonstration of
enthusiasm and patriotism. Thousands
oil people gathered In the Smoky City
to welcome the boys who risked their
lives for their country's cause. Missoula
certainly contributed 500 people, and
other cities and towns throughout the
state did their share. Nothing like the
Butte celebration has ever occurred in
the state before. Other cities in the
state accorded the volunteers similar re-
ceptlons upon arrival at their homes.
northwest Tribune: The reception
gwen the Montana soldier boys on their
return from the Philippines to Butte
city. last Monday. October %. was Il
grand affair. Those who attended from
here We're We'll pleased and gay it was
patriotic from start to finish. We regret
our inability to be present and do our
part toward the returning soldiers, of
whom we all feel proud. May their eX-
p~erlence in leaving positions to go to the
front be no barrier to their securing en-
ployment easily. Let Montanians see
that each of the boys has a useful occu-
patton in waiting for him without delay,
that each may with ease lay aside his
armor and become the useful citizen he
was before leaving on his country's mis-
sim
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02

Under the caption Tail of the Ana
conda Kite the Rozeman Avant Courier
says: 1.-THE Enterprise Publishing COM
pany of Livingston, Mont, was incor-
porated on the 18th. The names of the
incorporators and directors are eX-Con-
gresham Charles S. Hartmann, Judge
Frank Henry, George T. Young, H. J,
Miller and Frank Wright. The officers
are Charles S. Hartman, president; Geo.
T. Young, vice president; Frank Wright.
secretary; Frank Henry, treasurer. The
business management of the Enterprise
will be under the control of Judge
Henry"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
THE BIGGEST "DEVIL."

we do not claim to be the biggest print
ers ana publishers in the world. but we
10 claim to have the biggest 'devil'' in
tnls country in our office. He is Robert
Blanchard of Hinsdale, N. H.. and whea
ne is IN good trim weighs 406 pounds. but
he is a little thin this summer, and now
weighs 1862 pounds. He is only 10 years
OLD, and holds the medal for champion
heavy weight bicyclists. having gained
considerable notoriety in this line.-Port-
land, Me-, Advertiser.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02

Hartman & Henry's Livingston Enter
prise says the delay in the arrival of the
trains carrying the soldiers was due to
the request of the committee on arrange
ments, That is a lie. The organ of the
S%ourdoug1r statesman and the just Judge
is making an elegant start as a prevari-
cator-fully in keeping with the cranks
behind it. "
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
DUTY or SILVER REPUBLICANS.

In View of the scandalous political
lieans in 1895 by the democratic party,
advice from the bourbon press at this
time comes with poor grace. While it
Is true the lesson taught was a valuable
insancelity of the democracy in the
treatment of silver, and showed that its
purpose was to relegate the issue to the
rear in 1900, it will never be forgotten.
while Montana revolves with the earth
dlurnally upon its axis. that the refusal
of that organization to cooperate with
the silver men of other parties in 1898
made possible the greatest legislative
scandal that ever besmirched the repu-
tation of any state.
Had the silver forces co-onerated, in
line with the vowed policy of the demo-
cratic party in 1896, a legislative assem-
bly, would have been elected-nDt by
Doodle and coercion-but by the votes of
silver men who had a righteous cause to
serve in the political alignments of the
hour. The element of personal ambition
would have been eliminated from the
senatorial contest, as the ruling motive.
and there would have been no room for
the democratic feud to have exploited
itself at the expense of the good name Of
the state. The confess for senatorial
honor would have proceeded along
legitimate lines. and the commonwealth
would have been spared the humiliation
and disgrace to which each faction of the
democracy so generously contributed.
1t was ~selfishness, pure and simple
with the accent on the simple-that led
both wings of the democracy to abrogate
the cooperative policy of 1896. Willing
to forego a plan of campaign that i'm
piled the continued union of the silver
forces in 1900, tina the ambitions of in
dividuals might be recognized. rather
than the interests of a great cause in
t%elllgently served, the democracy ex-
hibited a moral weakness too conspicu-
Gus to be entrusted with the GUARDIAN
ship of any issue Of public interest in the
future.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02

No judicial inquiry has as yet been in
stituted to find out how it all happened
that, Judge Henry has become business
manager of the Livingston Enterprise,
after having had a hand in shaping the
disposition to be made of the property.
But we presume it is all right. f
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
LOGICAL KICKER.

Yes, sir. I say that any ma who will
go to Manila to help subjugate "a people
fighting for liberty is unworthy of the
name of mani
We'll, don't you think President Nc
Kinley--'
mckinley" Blame him.. Why doesn't
he prosecute the war with more vigor?
He ought to have cleaned out those Fill
pinoS long AGO."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02

More thar a week after the Inter
Mountain gave the definition and pro-
nunciation of the word 'Boer,' as
applied to the Transvaal people, the
Standard and Miner followed suit.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
NO WAYS IN RUSSIA.

Runaway horses are unknown in Rus
STA. No one drives there without having
a hin cord with a running moose around
the neck of the animal. When an ami
NAL bol:s the cord is pulled. and the
horse stops as soon as he feels the
pressure on the windpipe.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
BRYAN AND THE ELECTIONS.

1t is amusing to note the ante-mortem
speculations of the democratic press,
when forecasting the outcome of next
weeks elections. Most of the leading
newspapers of that party have reached
the sage conclusion that the results will
ave little bearing on the ampais Of
1900. Were they morally sure of a demo-
cratic victory all along the line, it is only
fair to say they would find in the outcome
a most promising sun-burst of encoutage-
ment and hope. But anticipating defeat
in Ohio and Nebraska, and nossibly i'll
Kentucky, and certainly in iowa and a
number of other states which have at
the way to a graceful retreat. BY Hold
ing the situation in the air. as it we're
by claiming that victory or defeat may
mean either good or evil. according to cir
cumstances-our democratic friends leave
an avenue open for the explanations as to
how it all happened, which they Will UNI
doubleday be called upon to make imme-
diately after the elections.
Speculation as to definite results seem
personal ambitions of Individual leaders.
Many prominent democratic papers look
upon a democratic victory neXt week as
insuring the nomination of Bryan in 1900.
To this idea, however. the Butte Miner
takes exception. 1t says:
While success would inspire the demo-
cratic party with confidence, it could not
fail to make it act with great caution
next year, so as not to throw away any
chance of success. 1t would create a
rivalry for the democratic nomination
that ought to result in the choice of the
strongest and most available man. That
man might be William J.. Bryan or it
might be somebody else. No man has a
mortgage on the honor.
Tnquestionably, this conclusion on the
part of the Miner is intelligently drawn.
and republican success in Nebraska,
would place Bryan in the background and
bring Mclean prominently to the front.
The silver democrats would file no OBJ
j~ections to Mclean, as he stood on a sill
Yer platform in Ohio, while the multi
millionaire would be more than pleas
ing to the gold wing of the democracy,
the latter knowing exactly where Johnny
IS at.
Under the circumstances, the young
lawyer, who made only $25O,0 900 in eight
years, running for office, would be
eclipsed by the multi-milliohaire news
paper proprietor, who has a. barrel which
is embellished with a duplex-bunghole at
each end. A victory for MCLEAN in Ohio
will make the Bryan in. Mon
tana crawfish with extraordinary zeal,
provided Nebraska swings into the re-
get a reserved seat in the band wagon
in advance of the music, knowing hat
it is easier to abandon a front seat than
it is to acquire it when the rush comes.
Democratic defeats next week are more
likely to make Bryan's candidacy a GER
tainty, for he is in a position where he
cannot honorably refuse a nomination
when nobody wants it.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
A RAG TIME.

= you have an$ rag time down
hereA?" asked the man With the guitar.
Its always ras time down here re-
Piled the hard-time citizen. with a lugu-
brious sigh; nothing but rags: hardly
any patches."-Chicago News.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
THE USUAL CAUSE.

ooh. yes. he hates all women"
Il wonder which particular woman h
began With?'-In6ianapolis Journal.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02

Bozeman Avant Courier: h Butte
Inter Mountain came out with a hand
somely illustrated edition OF Monday
evening; and it was brimful of the SUBJ
ject that was then absorbing the mind
Of every patriotic citizen In the state
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02

The Inter Lake: Really. the esteemed
Anaconda Standards editorial attack on
Miss Wickham for her testimony in the
Whiteside-M Miner matter was not very
creditab BILE to that paper.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02

Basin Progress: It is about an even
race with the Butte dailies to see which
can produce the largest paper on special
days. The Inter Mountain and Miner
both issued extras on Soldiers day and
10Th were eagerly read.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
FEMININE

Here's a story of Il man who married
the woman who saved his life he said.
looking up from his paper.
Trying to make her regret he- hero
ISM, suggested his wife, thus wipiny out
many scores of long standing.