The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-12
ANACONDA NEWS.
NEXT NATIONAL CAMP A|CN
Representative TONNES Opinions
of the Administrations Policy.
AFFAIRS IN THE ORIENT
American People Will Rebel Against Re-
publican Party's -McKin-
ley Will Be Renominated and Bryan
May Be-Clark's Election.

Representative Charles A. Towne of
Duluth. Mimi, the famous free coinage
advocate, was in the city yesterday.
Mr. Towne is looking in the best of
health and spirits. In conversation
with a representative of the Standard,
Mr.. Towne said:
II am very glad indeed to meet rep
resentative of the Standard, for we far
Their East recognize it as one of the
most enterprising, influential and best
conducted newspapers in the country.
t'Of course all friends of the demo-
cratic party were very much interested
in the senatorial contest recently con-
clnded in Montana, and it is putting 1t
very mild to say that the outcome is
not regarded by us as a subject for
congratulation. I sincerely hope that
the reproach which the election of Mr..
Clark has cast upon the fair fame of
Montana may act as spur to the pat
riotism and self-respecting manhood of
the state, and result in a speedy demon
stration to the world that Montana
does not propose to rest permanently
under the shadow of this disgrace Oc-
currences similar to this, although not
attaining the same proportions in wick
edness, have drawn the attention of
the people strongly to the desirabilty
of the election of United States sena-
tors by direct vote of the people,
What is your opinion of the next ma
tional campaign" asked the reporter.
II believe that the campaign of 1900
will be waged very largely upon the
questions raised by the policy of the
administration in connection with the
Philippine islands Though arising sud
denly and incidentally, they are funda-
mental and affect the very essence Of
free institutions. The Chicago platform
will, of course, be, reaffirmed. and its
doctrines will continue to form part of
the democratic faith. The idea, how
ever, of democracy, which is that of the
right and duty of all the people to gov
ern and in the interest of ALL will neces-
state the strong championship by that
III i'm nc oil 81 he
of popular government as involved in
the evident disposition of the republ-
policy of colonialism. with the adjuncts
of large standing army and foreign
alliance and with the methods of an
empire. The war in it's inception was
nobly inspired. We took up arms to
give liberty to Cuba. We subsequently
found ourselves in the Philippines sole
ly in obedience to the well-established
rule of military procedure that the first
object in the prosecution of a war is
to destroy the enemy's means of Of
Tense. The destruction of the Spanish
fleet in the harbor of Manila was there
fore directly in line with the great pur-
pose of the war, which was the liberia
ton of Cuba. Afterwards to take pos
session of the Philippine archipelago.
and especially with a view of erecting
it into a huge colonial dependency, is
to add another object to the war, one
not contemplated at the commencement
or necessary to its successful conduct.
Indeed it has forced us into new war,
one in which we appear as invaders and
oppressors We found in the Philip
pines race of men struggling for free
dom against Spain, substantially in the
same way as the Cubans were fighting
for their liberties; and the people Of the
United States are beginning to inquire
by what logic, wisdom or humanity we
are justified in making slaves of the
Filipinos as an incident to war for
the freedom of the Cubans. There is
not a colony in the tropics to-day be-
longing to Holland. Germany, France