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Where would it have gone? To Europe
IL it went anywhere. In the markets
of the old world it would have priced
the products sold by us there, and thus
had its effect upon the nome market
Whatever new coinage might have
/. taken place would have been just SO
much added to the worlds total stock
of money. If more gold were expelled
than we coined silver, it would have
raised European prices above the
American level and then it would have
come back again. This is an inexorable
law of trade.
Mr.. Bryan and silver men generally
are perfectly not blind to the pros
perity that comes from producing some
thing and selling it, as suggested by
Mr.. Roberts. But he seems to forget
that all through the long years of de-
preston prior to 1898, we were told by
the sound money people, as they called
themselves, that the cause of our dis
tress was "overproduction"- that I'VE
produced too much" We can't have
prosperity by producing things and
selling them, unless there is money
supply sufficient to insure fair
yN,ia
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IRA continues to have troubles of
~ her own-a large and increasing
variety of them. There are
strikes and riots and murders and
shooting scrapes galore. The labor Sit
uation in Havana is unsettled. Labor
ing men are daily becoming more ag-
gressive. They are tasting some of the
fruits of freedom. Under Spanish rule
strikes were of rare occurrence, and
when they did occur they were settled
offhand by the military, which drove
the strikers back to work at the point
of the bayonet. Now the result of a
strike is quite the opposite. Almost in
variably the men win; and when the
employers concede the demands made
upon them, the men promptly come for
ward with fresh demands and a fresh
strike All of this retards business and
makes life in Havana unpleasant.
Then the sensitive Cubans have been
shocked and Mortified at the sight of
bloody noses and black eyes at the
sparring exhibitions introduced into the
island by Americans. They cannot I'M
derstand why the American authorities
should prohibit bull fights and cock
fights and permit man fights. Boxing is
unknown to the Latin races--it is dis
tinctively an Anglo-Saxon amusement.
1t will take time to educate the Cubans
up to it. Meanwhile out of Difference to
their wishes, sparring exhibitions have
been prohibited until the Cubans have
acquired a taste for them. That may
not be very long. The Cubans are rap
idly acquiring the lynching habit and
various other degenerate American
isms, to the distress of General Gomez,
who bemoans the tendency of his fell
low citizens to initiate the defects Of the
Americans rather than their virtues.
General Brooke has all sorts of difficult
problems to deal with-fresh supplies
are received daily.
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Schiey's New Job.

~ HE navy department is still de-
termined to boost Sampson and,
as far as it dares, to ignore
Schley. 1t has been semi officially an
nounced that as soon as the Dewey
celebration is over, Admiral Sampson is
TO be detached from the command of
the North Atlantic squadron and given
shore duty. 1t might reasonably be ex-
pected that Admiral Schley would then
be assigned to command the most i'm
portant squadron in the service, but
that is not to be. The navy depart
ment, however. does not push its ami
mostly to Schley to the limit. AS the
North Atlantic squadron is to be given
to Admiral Farquhar. the only other
post available is the South Atlantic
squadron which is soon to be re-estab-
Iished on a broader basis than before.
At the present time there are three
ships attached to the South Atlantic
station, namely, the Chicago, flagship,
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the Montgomery and the gunboat Will
mington. 1t is understood that two
other ships will be added to this force,
making a total of five ships altogether
1t is pointed out as of importance that
a larger naval force should be main
tanned on the South Atlantic station be-
cause of our increasing interests in that
part OF the world. Besides, now that
war Is probable in South Africa, 1t will
be necessary to maintain more or less
naval force on the African coast. The
Cape of Good Hope and neighborlne
waters belong to the jurisdiction of the
South Atlantic squadron, hence there
promises to be something for Admiral
Schley to do in looking after American
interests in the neighborhood of the
seat of war.
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER "a, 1899.
TWENTY-FIVE PAGES.
Mr.. Williams of Massachusetts.

IN HE action of the Massachusetts,
convention should put an end to
the clamor that has been raised
In some quarters about the silver issue
losing in strength
George Fred Williams returned from
Europe a few days ago and of course
he was at once interviewed by repre-
sentatives of the press The Boston
Herald reported him as scouting the
Idea of the democracy abandoning sill
Yer, and saying that such action would
mean the loss Of two million votes to
the democratic party. THE people"
said Mr.. Williams, intend to carry out
the spirit of the Chicago platform. The
people framed it and it is there to STAY"
This was a significant utterance and the
action just taken shows that he knew
whereof he spoke at least so far as
Massachusetts, was concerned.
Mr.. Williams is, to-day, one of the
most commanding figures in American
politics. His conversion to the silver
cause was not so sudden or miraculous
as the change that came over Paul of
Tarsus, but it was nevertheless a re-
markable thing.
He was member of the Fifty-second
congress and served as gold democrat
upon the coinage committee of which
Mr.. Bland was the chairman. He was
looked upon as the abglest gold man
upon the democratic side of the house
and was delegated to write the minority
report in opposition to the Bland bill
He made a strong fight, but his knowl-
edge of the subject was altogether su-
perficial. He had never studied its
philosophy at all, and when he COM
pared his own effort with the profound
and scholarly arguments upon the BIZ
metallic side he was dissatisfied with
himself and his position. Like William
p st. John he determined to knew more
about it. AS a result he became a BIZ
metallist, and he has practically revo-
lutionized the attitude Of the Bay state
democracy upon the question.
In the Chicago convention Mr.. Bryan
had just one vote from Massachusetts
that of George Fred Williams. To-
day Mr.. Williams and those who think
with tOilliO Vi the ueIlOCTdtlt oTSdH-
ization of that state, and it is now
settled that Massachusetts will send a
delegation to the next democratic con-
vention that will be solid for the Chi
cago platform and William J. Bryan.
By every sign set in the political
heavens the silver cause has gained
strength in the democratic party since
the last election. In no state has it
lost, in several has it gained, and it is
about as nearly certain as any future
event can be that the next national
democratic convention will reaffirm the
Chicago platform with special empha-
sis upon the money plank.
This will give joy to the genuine silver
man everywhere, but alas. in what
kind of a position viii it leave those
thinly veneered silver republicans. who,
determined to slide back into the re-
publican party, have sought to defend
themselves by the claim, which never
had the slightest foundation, that the
democratic party had abandoned silver?
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~ HE New York World insists on
nominating and electng George
Dewey president of the United
States, and will not take no for an an
swer. 1t declares in big, black type
that Dewey is the man of all men for
the office, and it's editorial page is
sprinkled all over with paragraphs in
support of the theory. For instance,
the World says: by nominating
Dewey for president the democratic
party will honor itself, make it's SUI
premacy in the councils of the nation
sure and render to the country such a
service as no political party has rem
dered during this generation 1t has
its opportunity. What will it do with
keeps saying that it has Dewey's word
for 1t that he never would accept a
presidential nomination under any cir
cumstances, and the World is requested
to consider itself squelched.
There is no reason to believe that
Dewey was not sincere in declaring to
all whom it might concern that under
no circumstances would he be a presi-
Dental candidate. Dewey doesn't have
to be president to render his fame Sc
cure. He could not be admired and re-
spected by the American people In any
higher degree than he is now. AS presi-
dent he might make serious mistakes
and blunders; he would certainly pro-
woke violent antagonisms; he would
cease to be the universal favorite he is
now. 1t would have been better for
Grant if he had kept out of the presi-
dental chair and let his fame rest ex-
clusively upon his achievements as
warrior. Admiral Dewey's halo is now
on straight-we should be very sorry to
see it tilted over onto his left ear.
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DMIRAL DEwEY'S version c

II DMIRAL DEWEY'S version of
his trouble with Admiral Won
! Diedrchs goes to show that Won
Diedrichs was guilty of serious breaches
of courtesy, which the American adj
miral attributes to his ignorance of in
ternational law. Won Diedrichs knew
that no other admiral had authority
to lay down the law to him on the high
seas and he probably thought he had
as much right in Manila bay as Dewey.
He was enlightened when Dewey losing
patience, called him sharply to account
and demanded if he meant peace or
war. The Germans appeal to Chi
chester, the British naval representa-
tive, showed him that Dewey was act
ing entirely within his rights, and that
it would be dangerous to attempt to
override his authority. Thereupon the
incident closed and no international
complications grow out of the tiff be-
tween the two admirals. Dewey was in
the right of it course.
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THE CURE OF ST. CYR'S.

The tangled roses twist and bloom
Against the garden wall
So thick they leave but scanty room
For the ripened peach to fall.
Among the stately hollyhocks
The wild bee drones and veers,
And here at eve he always walks,
The cure of st. Cyr's.
The village knows the kindly face,
The old hats broken rim;
The yeriest baby in the place
Filings out a smile to him.
The gentle hand, the silvered hair,
The look that chides or cheers.
He always has a laugh to spare,
The cure of st. Cyr's.
His house is small and dismal, yet
His treasures are not few:
An old flute and a silhouette,
A cherished book or two.
Still, rumor says that long ago,
In dim, forgotten years,
His life had other gifts to show,
The cure of ST. Cyrs.
He was a soldier of the king
A courtier learned in bliss;
No man can say what made him fling
The old life by for this.
He bears, instead of love and mirth,
lie parish hopes ana Tears
The little burdens of the earth
The cure of st. Cyr's.
The sunshine floods his garden ways,
The rose mods to the wind.
Who knows if he regrets the days
He left so long behind?
Perhaps the silhouette could tell
Whose face has felt his tears
Methinks she knows thee oyerwell.
Oh, cure of st. Cyr's.
Life
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Easily Convinced.

NE 1dColild I-tuSCl STATS khat
Mint Director Roberts exposes
some of Mr.. Bryan's fallacies in
a concise, yet convincing manner" 1t
is very easy matter to satisfy those
who are already convinced, but not for
getting the courtesy that is due to the
Ledger the Standard begs to say that
neither Director Roberts nor any one
else has yet exposed the fallacy of a
single basic contention of the bimetal-
lists, to the satisfaction of any I'M
biased person who has a reasonably
thorough knowledge of the subject.
He certainly does not in the cases
given by the Ledger, but merely in
dulges in special pleading. First is re-
ferred to Mr.. Bryans claim that short
crops abroad In 1897 are the cause of
our prosperity. This, according to the
Ledger, Mr.. Roberts admits to have
points out that with abundant foreign
crops in 1898 "our prosperity goes on
with more rapid pace" In reply to
this it may be remarked that Mr. Bryan
never claimed that the bad foreign
crops were the onl-- thing that con-
tributed to make better times. They
were given as one element, and Mr..
Roberts admits that Bryan was par
TALLY right.
The plea of better crops in 1893 put
forth by Mr.. Roberts is unsound, for
the reason that the effect of a heavy
Ehnrfapp in a piUnn MIL hn
ried forward and felt for two or per-
haps three consecutive seasons. When
there is a decided failure of the crops
1t leads to an exhausting of the &C
cumulated stocks, which, under normal
conditions, are always kept in hand as
a measure of safety, and it will usually
require a number of years to replenish
them.
Mr.. Roberts stakes issue with Mr.
Bryan's statement that the change hay-
ing been wrought by the large imports
of gold, 1t vindicates his theory. He
claims that it was not Bryan's at all
but that his theory was the creation
of more money by act of congress
which it is insisted would have ex.
PEELED more than 1t created" This is
not fair statement. Mr.. Bryans con-
tention was that prosperity coming In
the wake of a larger supply of money
sustained the "quantitative theory
upon which the bimetallsts rest their
case, and in this he is right, while the
director is eggregiously wrong in his
comment.
The beneficial effect of the creation OF
an entirely new supply of money, is
very much greater than that which fol-
lows the mere transfer of money from
one country to another. When we take
| one hundred million dollars from
| Europe it adds nothing to the world s
stock. 1t is something like taking
money out of one pocket and putting
| it into another. The effect will be tc
| temporarily raise local prices in the
| American market, but the raise canno
| be general. 1t will not raise the prices
| of wheat and cotton, because they are
articles of International trade. The
surplus of both must be sold il
| Europe. and as we have taken away
a part of Europe's money, the ability
| of that continent to pay is pro tantt
diminished. The small rise in the price
of wheat was owing TO the short sup,
plies and not to the imports of gold.
The talk about expelling more thar
would have been created is absurd
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In the Best of Humor.

Author-What excuse have you for
abusing my book?
Criuc--I read it.-Tit Bits.
II always enjoy the minstrel jokes
"Why?" H6G+
"'Cause I've got such poor memory"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Redd-I suppose you play golf the same
on Sunday as on any other day?
Green--No; / don't swear at the caddies
on Sunday.-Yonkers Statesman.
"Those people next der evidently have
never lived in the country before"
"What makes you think so?"
II heard them wrangling last night
both wanted to milk the ow."-Detroit
Free Press.
Tramp-Your dog just bit piece of
flesh out of me leg, mum.
Woman-Then I shall send him to bed
tonight without his supper. 1 don't be-
lieve in overlooking dogs in such hot
weather as this.-Judge.
Hungry Higgins--I see you kin git a
square meal in the Klondike now fer a
dollar.
Weary Watkns-Well, you kin do that
at home, wit twenty beers throwed in
indianapolis Journal.
"Aguinaldo declares" said the corpo-
raj, with the newspaper, that In a few
weeks the European powers will recog-
nize him.
Faith" responded the Irish volunteer,
"his own mither wouldn't recognize him
il we catch him. Chicago News.
Aren't you going to denounce that in
iquitous combine?" asked the friend.
Not yet" answered Senator Sorghum.
'I'll do it before the campaign gets under
way, but I'm afraid the deal isn't secure
enough on its feet to warrant me in MAX
ing any grand stand plays at present. l
might spoil Washington Star.
Auctioneer-Yes. sir. that watch is
worth $50, and you ought to be ashamed
to bring it back and ask for the 800 you
paid for 1t.
Bad Bill the cowboy)-Then thar amt
no robbery in my givin' we jes' half a
mint to take the watch an cough up s45
to keep this gun from goin' off.-Jewei-
ers' Weekly.
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Current Comment.
Perhaps the Medicines Too Strong

From the Savannah News.
General Otis physicians, it is said, will
not permit him to read the criticisms of
him in the American newspapers on ac-
count of his health. Sometimes it does an
ailing man good to get mad through and
through, makes him forget his liver, and
strong enough to bite nails. A dose OF
the newspaper press tonic might be found
sautary in the case of General Otis.
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From the New York Press
Jealousy is like the toothache when
there isn't any hole in it that you can
stuff cotton in.
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Regiments may come and regiments
may go, but as long as Otis is in COM
mand Aguinaldo bids far to continue
the insurrection business at the old
stand forever
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The thousand bottles of beer hoisted
into the Zealandia Friday afternoon
gave the boys who were tired of the
transport an opportunity to try a
schooner.
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TO ADVERTISERS,

The Anaconda Standard guarantees Its
advertisers a bona 1ide paid circulation.
Daily and Sunday, three times greater
than that of any other newspaper pub
lished in the state of Montana. Advertis-
fng contracts will be made subject to this
guarantee.
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Plenty of Pow-Wow.

From the Omaha Bee
The national conference on trusts prom
ises to be productive of greater volume
of literature on the trust question than
has been put in print since trusts and
corporate combinations have become sub
jects of popular apprehension.
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1.-THE country and climate" says
Colonel Kessler, speaking of the Phil
ippines, ARE simply horrid." 1t Is
clear that Colonel Kessler hasn't read
the Butte Inter Mountain and doesn't
know what he is talking about.
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From the Washington Star.
Aguinaldo is probably becoming little
impatient and thinking it is time he was
receiving a few substantial campaign
contributions from the anti-imperialists.
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No Boycott on These,

From the Boston Globe.
AS yet nobody has proposed boycott
of sensational French novels as a mark
of sympathy for Dreyfus.
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The leading lady of comedy COM
pany who shot and killed the stage
manager at Chattanooga, Tenn, made
a lightning change to tragedy.
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The country acknowledges its obli-
cations to Mr.. James Jeffries for so
timing his arrival in New York from
England as to avoid a clash of dates
with Dewey.
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Tennis Has Its Uses.

From the St. Louis Star
Tennis is not all vanity. It's utility has
been demonstrated at Asbury Park. A
burglar was entangled in the meshes of
the net and captured.
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The Way Is Open.

From the Buffalo Express.
If Governor Pingre.s is really longing
for the cobblers bench, we are sure no
one will build a wall between him and it.
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All general business letters and CORE
Epondence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Anaconda, Mont.
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The green book" issued at Pretoria
will lend color to the assertion that the
Irishmen of the Orange Free State
will support the Transvaal
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New York Gees Tribune Building.
Chicago Of1ce-469 The Rookery.
The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency
Eastern Representatives.
Washington Bureau. 415 ST.. N. W.
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The Standard has branch offices a.
Butte, Missoula and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
plica ton.
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While the two cities break even in
the matter of trust conferences, st.
Louis leads Chicago by a few ball
games.
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Despite the protests of the brilliant
and accomplished San Francisco cor
respondent of the Butte Inter Noun
tain, the Montana volunteers are vol
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San Francisco is to be congratulated
on her brilliant success as a bouquet
thrbwer.
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We fail to observe that any place has
been reserved in the Dewey parade
for the New York baseball club.
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In influence of Woman.

From the New Orleans Picayune.
The woman who can boss the man who
breaches has more influence than the
preacher.
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1t isn't every state whose regiment
returns to San Francisco on the in
staIlment plan.
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If Dreyfus accepts that offer Of $1,000
a day to lecture, he should choose for
his subject The Value of Advertis-
fpub
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1t is agreed that what is most needed
in a great many public schools Is ex-
panSiOn.
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Captain Dreyfus feels like a man
who takes his base by reason of having
been hit by the pitcher.
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Dewey is due Thursday and the pres
ent week will score a peculiarly brill
liant finish in the vicinity of New
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Slow as she may be, the Valencia
is letting no grass grow under her
feet
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The republican party in Ohio is rails
ing Macedonian cry for spellbind-
ers
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September is breaking the worlds
record for superfine Indian summers.
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unteering the opinion that General
Otis is cross between a chump and
a lobster.
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Redd-I suppose you play golf the sam
on Sunday as on any other day?
Green-No l don't swear at the caddie
on Sunday.-Yonkers Statesman.
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Author-What excuse have you fol-
abusing my book?
Critic--I read it.-Tit Bits.