Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-02
the public that the present legis-
lature is a conspicuous fraud.

without burdening our columns with
copious excerpts from the editorial utter
ances of our esteemed democratic con-
temporaries. we make reference to the
! general criticisms of each. leaving to an
Intelligent and discriminating public the
duty of Weighing the merits and measur
ing the motives of all. The Anaconda
Standard. which took the lead last fall in
securing for the democratic party the con-
ballot, also takes the lead in branding
the members of that body as bribe-takers
who ought to be in some other place Of
punishment than Helena.
The Inter Mountains winter stock of
| adjectives is too small to enable us to re-
produce in this connection the Standards
terrible arraignment of the character and
quality of the Legislative yahoos it foisted
upon the Montana public. Suffice it to say
that the charges of fraud. of vote-selling.
of diabolical corruption and everlasting
infamy, hurled against the democratic
legislature of Montana by the Anaconda
Standard. have been neither modified nor
withdrawn by that paper, but are %reiter-
ated as often as it may seem necessary to
keep them from being forgotten by the
constituents of that great political organ.
The Butte Miner. another prominent
member of the triumvirate that is respon-
sible for the creation of the democratic
legislature that is now rejoicing the peo-
pie with it's death rattle. also discovers
This morning, in commenting on the de-
feat of the ballot bill. that paper says:
''The circle stays on the official ballot in
the interests of the ignorant and the venal
vote of the state and of the bosses who
through it's agency can control large
bodies of voters"
And then it adds: Somebody has
blundered-or worse If in this matter
somebody has done something worse than
make a blunder it goes a long way toward
confirming the Anaconda Standards
opinion of the legislature. Outside of the
direct and positive charges of money paid
and accepted for votes, nothing could re-
lative assembly thar the allegation that
it did something worse than to commit a
blunder, in order to give political bosses
an opportunity to control the venal vote
Of the state. Refusing to accredit this
action to any good motive, or mistaken
idea of party expediency. the Miner con.
tinues:
What influences produced this unex'
pected result the Miner is not prepared
to say. What it is prepared to say i:
that the sacrifice was unnecessary, un'
wise, unmanly, even co~wardly. The mel
who allowed it because of some fanciet
advantages are deserving of the everlast
ing contempt of all fair minded people.
SO the Miner concurs in the opinion O.
the Standard that allopathic doses o
"everlasting contempt Should be admin
istered to the present democratic legis
lative assembly. With the testimony o
the official organs of the two wings of tn,
democratic party in hand. we turn will
some degree of trepidation to the NOR
l conservative Helena Independent.
), In making a vigorous fight agalns
! house bill 1872 the democratic organ of tn
, capital city declared that the passage o
!, the measure by the Sixth legislative as
) sembly would brand that body as thu
!, creature of the corporations. 1t woul(
commit the democratic party to the trust
! and combinations of capital, and handi
J, cap it in the fight that is to be made il
e 1900 against organized wealth.!
$ Columns might be quoted from the In
S dependent showing that the proposed lay
would rob the common people of this stat
of their rights, and inflict upon the com
monwealth a serious and permanent in
Jury. From the standpoint of the indie
pendent it would be difficult for a legis
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