The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-09
IT'LL Be A HOT TIME
New York's Morals to Be Inquired
Into Once More.
QUINN'S SUNDAY GOSSIP
There Will Be More jefferson Dinners
Than Thomas Himself Would Be
Able to Eat or Keep
Track or.

New York, April Anew York is to |
have more entertainment of political
nature. Again it is to be invaded by
the republican dissemblers, who are de-
termined ITO punish the metropolis for
the democracy of it's citizenship. 1t has
committed the crime of managing it's
own affairs, and the republican ma
chine of the state will swoop down upon
it with vengeance. The legislature
has named an investigating committee.
The Lexowing process is to be repeated.
The police department and all other
departments will be shaken up. The
crime hunters are loaded for bear and
cry out for blood. Tammany is in
power, and therefore republican angels
will spread their white wings lovingly
over the robbed and looted community.
Nothing could be more ludicrous than
this periodical raid of the republican
banditti. The machine which, during
the last republican administration of
this state. broke all records for dishon-
esty, robbing the people of nine mil
lions of dollars in canal steals alone,
will devote a few weeks to crying
Fraud at Tammany, which is giving
the city as clean an administration as
was ever known in the metropolis.
The recent declaration of Mayor Van
Wyck hit the nail squarely on the head.
He challenges the hypocrites and tells
them to investigate their own fragrant
and fragrant record. They have con-
fessedly defrauded the people of mil
lions. By their own party representa-
tives they We're put down as crooks to
the extent of one million, and the fig
ures show a transportation of over
nine millions. They have squandered
vast sums in an attempt to intimidate
the voters of New York. Their party
machine and party press unite in a SOLID
phalanx of defense whenever their pi-
ratical deeds are made public. They go
forth with a prayer book in one hand
and jimmy in the other, applying one
to the conscience and the other to the
| treasury of the people, and over it all
can be heard the words of their ancient
refrain: 1--WE are holier than thou"
Up to date there has been no evidence
| of fear or trembling on the part of
democrats. The leaders have invited
| investigation. While the insulting as
sumption of the republican raiders
| arouses resentment there is no dispo-
sition to hide behind evasion. Mr.. Gro
| ker has given the date of his proposed
| departure for Europe, and says that he
| will again serve notice on the sleuths
one week in advance of his leave-tak-
| ing, so that they will have ample time
to summon him before the inquisitorial
junta.
1t is to be hoped that when the in
vestigation begins 1T will be complete;
| that it will strike at corruption wher-
| ever found; that it will throw the light
| of truth into the dark places of repub-
lican vaccination and give the people
| a glimpse of the devious paths and
crooked ways of psalm singing bood-
| lers and Bible-kissing thieves.
Here is an object lesson: During the
recent campaign it was proved beyond
| the possibility of doubt. that the repub-
lican state administration had stolen
| millions of dollars in the canal deal. A
| republican commission admitted the
loss to the people OF one million. the
| steal was a leading issue. Theodore
Roosevelt, playing the part of the po-
litical Messiah, promised to go to the
| bottom of the transaction. He pledged
himself to investigate and punish.
What is the result? His election has
been followed by silence, deep and i'm
penetrable. on the subject of the canals,
The republican hoodlers rest securely
in the arms of the Roosevelt admin f.
tration. The firm of Tracey, Board
| man & Platt sends it's corruption fund
to Albany to buy legislation for the
| party machine. The saints of the fall
| campaign are the defiant sinners of the
| present Roosevelt sanctions the pro-
gramme The reformers say it is good.
| The whole band of sanctimonious con-
fidence men wear an air of satisfaction
| and SNUG content, and the sweet
| voiced fakirs rush through the high
ways and by-ways, crying stop thief
in the hope of winning new dupes and
raising new dust with which to blind
the people.
predict a warm time in the old town
when the investigators strike the snass
of their own perfidy and stub their
sore toes ON the rocks of republican
infamy.
Here we are, up against the Jefferson
dinner question again. There will ne
at least four dinners, each claiming to
be the only genuine. blown in the bot
tie" Jefferson banquet
The Democratic club has disappoint-
ed it's enemies by proceeding without
excitement or noise to hold its dinner
on April 10. without regard to the
howls of the enemy, or the conspira'
cies of traitorous assistant republicans
The regular democratic dinner will not
be policy debating affair. 1t will MOI
be held for the benefit of any one in
dividual 1t will not be a factional dis.
ruption. 1t will be a democratic din
ner, to which all who are willing to be
democrats and for whom there is room
| b
The dollar diners are taking care OF
the factional end. Unfortunately for
Mr.. Bryan, the dis'turbers have created
most of their disturbance in their own
camp. The dinner at Grand Central
Palace will be called the Chicago plat
form dinner. The workingmen will
hold forth on the same evening in an
other hall. with John Brisben Walker
in the chair. The Henry Georgeites
will dine at the Marlborough hotel or
the 18th. their claim being that they
are the only simon-pure Jeffersonians
There you have it. 1t is a silly
squa bile. It's effect can only be injur.
ious to the cause of Jefferson. How
ever, the American people move rapid
ly. They will not waste much time il
speculation as to the price of a dinner
They will recognize the fact that il
this country there are two grand polit
ical divisions-one known as the repub
lican party, the other as the democrat