The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-03
Pat Points in
Passing Politics.

Woulo nave supported the Qe1nOCi o'ie
ticket in this election but for the fact
| that the democratic city convention
passed resolutions denouncing the cor
rupt methods by which W. A. Clark
elected himself to the United states
senate. Whether those resolutions
were passed by the democratic ticket,
or whether they were not passed, the
democratic ticket would have been the
same. that 1t now is. It would have
had the Miners support but for the
resolutions which are so obnoxious to
the Miner and so inspiring to all hon
est men. This shows the insincerity
of the campaign which the Miner has
been making. 1t has been fighting noth-
ing but the resolutions. It is trying to
beat the candidates, not because it
thinks them Incompetent or unreliable,
but because they are running on plat
form which it does not like. Had the
platform been satisfactory to the Miner
it would never have uttered a word
against the competency of the demo-
cratic candidates; it would never nave
sprung it's old corporation bugaboo, or
If 1t did bring it out it would have
turned it against the republicans 1t
would have accused the republicans OF
intending to reduce wages, it would
have accused the republicans of graft
ing and of standing in with the lowest
elements. Who can place any conf
dence in an organ so utterly insincere?
II or m
morning of March 80, 1896, that the
Miner had the following paragraph at
the head of it's editorial columns:
why any man in Butte should vote
for party which is admittedly the foe
of the city's most vital interests is more
than anyone has attempted to explain.
The republican ticket should be showed
under"
If the republican party was the roe
of the city's most vital interests" three
years ago, the Miner has not shown
why it is not the same foe to-day. The
resolutions adopted by the democratic
convention have made all the differ-
ence in the Miners views Because
the resolutions did not suit that organ
it has come to the conclusion that the
democratic party instead of the repub-
lican is the enemy of the city's most
vital interests. But for the bribery res
olutions the Miner would this morning
be urging all good citizens for the sake
of good government to support the
democratic ticket, it would be lauding
the democratic candidates to the skies,
it would never have said a word about
the Standard Oil business or grating
or anything of the kind. Who can place
credence in such an organ? 1t is evil
dent that very few do.
1t is strange that paper so con-
scienceless as the Miner lacks the hardi-
hood to deny the charges of bribery
made against w. A. Clark Yet it re-
mains a fact that those charges have
never been denied by the Miner If the
resolutions adopted by the democratic
convention in regard to Clark are I'M
true, why did not the Miner or it's own
er bring suit for libel against the dem
ocratic convention? Why has not Mr.
Clark brought a suit for libel against
bribery it has made? The Standard is
a prosperous concern. and Mr.. Clark
could recover big damages if the stand
ard failed to sustain it's charges. But
the Miner has never denied the charges
of bribery, nor did Mr.. Clark do so in
the speech which he made at the Audi
torium.
Bearing in mind the fact that the
Miner, but for the bribery resolutions
and those alone, would be supporting
the democratic ticket. the emptiness of
all it's arguments in behalf of the re-
publican ticket plainly appears. The
Miner has declared that members of
the police department have received
brides from gamblers for permitting
gambling. The Standard has repeat
eddy challenged the Miner to specify the
charges and name the guilty men. so
that honest officials would not be I'M
der suspicion as well as those who may
be dishonest. That made the Miner shut
up like clam. Then the Miner says
that a great big copper combination is
being formed. By the evidence pro-
duced in it's columns. by the extracts
it reproduces from financial journals,
the Miner manifestly knew of all this
back in January. Why didn't the Miner
denounce it then, if it is a bad thing?
Having no argument to advance
against the democratic ticket, it has
to pull out its musty old corporation
bugaboo from the pigeonhole, and
makes its campaign on that. 1t has not
yet shown how the result of Mondays
election can affect the sale of any of
Butte's properties to the Standard Oil
company. if that company decides to
buy anything here.
The Miner pretends to be fearful that
in case the Standard Oil company
should decide to purchase mining prop
critics in Montana, and in case any of