The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-22

a seat in the senate, he intended to get
1t. This year he has been more arro-
CANT, II possible, than he was in 1894,
adopting rule or ruin policy, and harp
ing on his right as if he had paid for a
morse and was being cheated out of the
delivery or his purchase
How true these sizzling words would
be applied to the noble Mountain state
already "disgraced" by worse than
the worst" state that has been de-
bauched into sending a man to the SEN
ate who not only bought his horse, but
saw it delivered.
While the senatorial election is still
pending In Pennsylvania. there Is very
strong probability Of a failure to elect
should these vacancies continue and
Utah. Delaware and California go DEM
ocratic in 1900, the big republican ma
jority in the new senate would drop
almost to the vanishing point.
The announcement made semi-offi-
cially this week that Vice President
Hobart will not run for reelection has
attracted much attention to the posi-
BILE choice of McKinl1y's running mate.
Just at present there is great deal of
talk about Governor Roosevelt of New
York. Many Republicans believe the
Mckinley and Roosevelt ticket would
be an ideal one. It is curious that it
Hobarts withdrawal from the race is
mainly due to the fact that New Jersey
is recognized as the greatest trust
breeder among the states OF the union.
Mr.. Hobart's administration of the Of
flee of vice president has been an ex-
cellent one. He is very popular in the
senate and efficient in the chair. 1t is
almost laughable that the best presiding
officer that the republican party has
tn thF FOR n Veg rsS
should be barred out Of the race be-
cause his state Is friendly to trusts,
when the republican party. through its
national administration, stands back of
and fosters every gigantic trust in the
country.
There is also a great deal of current
speculation as to the composition of the
democratic national ticket. No doubt is
expressed by silver democrats of the
ability of Mr.. Bryan to carry the next
national convention Some of the east
ern democrats, however, are already
figuring on holding enough delegates
away from Bryan to deprive him of the
tWo-thirdS vote necessary to nominate.
New York politicians who have been
here this week claim 2l4 votes in the
next convention as certain to be against
Bryan. In this list they count all the
delegates from New York, Pennsyl-
NdHltt, view EI1Sldnu. Dcld MARY
land, Wisconsin. Washington and Ore
gon. Even with this compilation they
only get eight more votes than the nee
essary one-third. II the democrats OPP
posed to Bryan can do no better figuring
than this they might as well retire from
the contest Minnesota has free silver
governor, Delaware a free silver sena-
tor and the silver democrats are in the
saddle in every one of the states namsd
except Connecticut and possibly New
York. Connecticut is really the only
state in the union in which the demo-
cratic organization has been reaction
airy. The claim that Washington may
send a solid gold delegation to the ma
tional convention is regarded as up
roariously funny by Congressman j.
Hamilton Lewis and other silver men
from that state. The general condition
of the silver democracy in the South and
West is well expressed in breezy in
terview by ex-senator Joseph c. S.
of Kentucky, who has been
in the city for the last two or three days.
Mr. Blackburn will return to Kentucky
early next week and take an active part
in the campaign. He says there is not
the slightest doubt about the election of
a democratic legislature, and he is con-
tident that he will be the choice of that
body for United States senator.
You have no democratic opponent
for that honor?'
None that I know Of" he answered
1.-THE leading issue of the Kentucky
will be silver The Kentucky
democrats will be against expansion,
but it will be a secondary ISSUE"
HOSFORD.