The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-12

nof building. But it is better on all
accounts to wait for a battleship.
know it is a big undertaking when so
many of the older and more pooulous
states are without battleship to their
names, but watch my smoke. I wasn't
born in Scioto county, Ohio, for moth
ing. I love my adopted state, and I
fatter myself I am about as good a
Montanan as they make them: but by
birth, nature and political instinct I
am an Ohio man, and I don't care who
knows it. I am proud of it. Many of
the most prominent and influential re-
publicans of the nation-but why pur-
sue the subject? 1t is sufficient to say
that I was born in Ohio. and God for
bid that should ever get over it. Can
didly, don't think there is the slight
est danger
1T was only the other day that I
said to Mac-you know that Mckinley
and / are like Dooley and Hnnissy,
or Damon and Pythias to each other
it was only the other day that I said
to Mac, Mac says l, we Ohio men
must stand together Are you referr-
ing to the Foraker-B upshnell crowd?'
says he, with bitter sarcasm. No.
says I, they are insurgents, whom
we must conquer, subdue and subju-
gate. mean we loyal Ohio men must
stand together says I. What do you
want now? says he. Mac says I,
be calm says I. BE firm says I.
Don't throw the seventy millions of
American people into alarm and con-
sternation by throwing any sudden
fits says I. But what I want and
must have is a battleship to be named
Montana says I. But I thought you
were an Ohio man. says he. Mac
says I, do not let US bubble over tech
nicalities. Do not let us split hairs
You know how good an Ohio man
AMI have proved it to you repeat
eddy. But my term expires in 1901
and I have simply got to do some
thing for Montana. The fact is. Mae
says I, Montana feels little sore on
me for my loyalty and devotion to you
and your gold standard. When I go
home to Montana I am not met at the
depot by a brass band and a torch
light procession. The excited ponu-
lace does not trample down my lawn in
a mad rush to present me with low
ing cups and Thousand dollar
swords. Long lines of school children
do not march before me singing patri-
otto songs and strewing my path with
American Beauty roses. Governor
Smith refuses to order a salute of
twenty-one guns in my honor, and the
Helena city council neglects to appra.
pirate 5000 for red fire and sky rock
cts. It's pretty chilly out there in Hell
ena some days, Mac, and l have to go
up into Ed Beattie's Office and send for
W. B. Rodgers, George D. Green, l.,
A. Walker, Dr.. G. X. Cole and the en-
tire Fisk outfit to get back my normal
temperature. Say, Mac says I, I
have got to have battleship 20 square
me or the Northern Pacific will never
be able to land me a second term
l would like also a cruiser to name
after Butte, but perhaps that would
be asking too much just at present. I
will not press the limit, Mac / will be
generous. I will let you off easy. Give
me battleship and l won't insist VI on
your throwing in the cruiser, too says
l. I really won't says l.
Mac promised to see Hanna and do
all he could for me. | am bringing
other strong influences to bear on Han
ma, l shall never let up till l win out.
l am never a gutter. Yes, / was,
though, come to think, on soldiers re-
ception day in Butte. Say, vnat did
the Standard want to roast all the
speakers for in such a general !idis-
criminate way? Why should X visi'
the sins of four or FIVE on US III?
realized the situation and kept my