Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-06
PEACE OFFER RING

the Anaconda Stanuafu anu lHc DuIt1
Miner. Their differences lave reached a
point where they have no more use for a
peace offering thar a blind man has for
an eclipse of the moon. The Standard ac-
cuses its contemporary of being a liar.
1t does not beat about the bushes, and
sort of slide the inference Down ar incline
Of roundabout adjcctives, but it comes
right out ike a hired girl before break
fast and administers it's upper-cut with
out an apology of any kind.
The Miner seems to rather enjoy not
being compelled to suffer the pangs of
conscience which would grow out of
friendly relations with the Standard.
With o~pen-handed generosity in the use of
English it says that the Standard is a
bulldozer. Thu it happens that those
two great family journals and fireside
companions are at it again.
The Standard has undertaken to prove
that every member Of the legislature who
shakes hands with w. A. Clark has an
itching palm that is out after the
dough" 1T seems to think that the dem
| ocratic members of that body have
| adopted as their rule o@ conduct that
| beautiful text: dough unto others as
| We would have them dough unto you"
With a large amount of surplus politi-
| cal purity on hand, the Standard is go
! ing to use it to the best advantage when
the opportunity is ripe, and try and
slough off the entire stock on the present
legislative assembly. 1t is going to pre-
vent any honest man from being bribed
if it has to pungle up it's last years
wages as a counter-irritant, as it is said
to have lone with more or less success
sion. This morning to more forcibly IL
lustrate the horrors of bribery, when
practiced by other people in senatorial
elections, instead Of in a political cam
paign, the Standard shows that by com
parison theft is a respectable vocation,
In fact it pays the following tribute to
stealing: "Respectable citizenship in al
communities sometimes almost condones
theft, or is at least willing to look upor
instances of it with a degree of allow.
ance."
We are not uncharitable enough to be,
lieve the Standard meant exactly what i
said in the foregoing. Neither will w,
concur in the views which will probabl,
be expressed by the Miner, and attribut
bill. The Standard means well, when i
has time. But it is now a little excited
Y and you can't hold it down any NOR
| than you could by arguing the case wit
~
. the cork in a champagne bottle. 1t i
nervous and sees things. Next Tuesda
the senatorial election will exhibit symp
e toms of being in it's early stages, and wi
n grow rapidly worse until all is over.
{ It's Helena correspondent can't take
walk along Main street, or other quie
II th~oroughfares, in the seclusion of mic
: day, without stepping on the goddess {
liberty, whose syren smile glints an
scintillates from the million dollar bill
that are being sowed broadcast by NJ
: w, A. Clark! The Standard knows no
. it would feel in an atmosphere that is
" thick with bribery that it can be cut wit
a knife, as it describes the situation
Helena, and is willing to loan a little
it's moral courage to the legislative a
sembly, as it has plenty more in CO
storage.
buI WIllc Tic III . ppiiHi
creek contemporary looks upon the legi
ly
lative assembly as one of the most ma
nifcent boodling possibilities that w
sh
ever gotten together under democrat
n.
. auspices, the Standards Butte confer
s.. porary feels that it has a pang of regl
! working in another direction. 1t has d
il eo'eieu 'h"' ~ei ~
6ruro- boodc in tho legislature who ha