Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-04-18

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follow. OF course, this only mems
that the gold wing of the Democratic
party Is Tallying to the Admiral's
support, but il shows that the gold
wing has realized that the Admiral's
bid IL serious enough to give it n
chance OF defeating Mr.. Bryan,
which, after all, iS all that is cared
for. The Republicans, II Is consider
ed here, can afford To sit back and
watch the proceedings with aniuse
ment. II Dewey Is nominated at
Kansas City, that fact, 1t Is thought,
will split the Democratic party wide
open. II Bryan Is nominated, az he
probably will be. Dewey will certain
ly bolt and will take off far mere
voters than Palmer did In 1896, thus
rendering the reelection Of Mckinley
even nor certain than il Is. This
last Is the moro certain az the Ad-
miral is "A mere child in politics. He
and his wife are both so ignorant Of
political methods and our system of
government that until yesterday
they supposed the people could walk
up to the polls and vote directly for
George Dewey for president of the
United States. 1t is also said that
Mrs. Dewey, in planning this politi-
cal muneuver, visited Il lady relative
Of Theodore Roosevelt, now in this
city, and requested her to arrange
with him to take second place on the
ticket. Mrs. Dewey was labOrlng
under n dclusion that they needed
only 10 distribute tickets with the
name OF Dewey and Roosevelt for
president and vice-president printed
upon them and the people would do
the rest. Neither she nOrthe admiral
has ever considered conventions,
campaign committees, electoral col
legcs or anything else OF the kind,
and they were IA good deal surprised
when the machinery Of a presidential
election was explained to them last
night. BY the way, the admiral,
although declaring that he will not
yet make a statement OF his princi-
pies, has allowed IL to beknown that
he favors free trade and opposes sill
ver-that il to say, he stands with
Cleveland and his wing OF the De-
mocracy.
Senator Aliens resolution asking
the secretary OF war how many sol
diers had committed suicide and
gone insane in the Philippines has re-
coiled on his party. The reply OF
the secretary e~yplodes all the loose
and exaggerated talk on the subject.
He states that from the LIST of July.
lS9S, to the 10Th OF March, 1900, there
have been only thirty-five cases of in
sa city, which il less than the annual
average for the ten yearsending July,
lS9N. Seven officers and twenty-five
enlisted men committed suicide in
the Philippines between Aprilll, 1899,
and March -, 1900, and the mean
strength of the Philippine army is
given as AZ, 500. Based on these fig
ures the rate Of suicide is reported ms
about "a per | 900. Anothercompar-
ison IL shown by the number of cas-
u~altics each year in the regulararmy.
In 1891, with $1,000 men, there were
twenty-five suicides; in 1892, with
$4,000 men, twenty-five suicides, and
In 1893, twenty-five suicides among
y 200 men. The conclusion is drawn
that the wBr spirit and the climate
and the privations and hurdships oi
an army of G3, 900 mcn have not in
creased the insanity or suicide rate.
Ii IL to be hoped that this frank an
swer will put n stop to the cruel
falsehoods that have been circulated
OF the subject.
More money per capita. more gold,
more silver, and "A larger total OF
money in circulation than ever be-
fore il the standardization OF he"Cir-
culatiOn Statement" issued by the
treasury department for April ], 1900.
For the irst time in the history OF
the country the per capita circula-
ton has crossed the S26 line and the
year 1900 carried the tOtalfort the first
time past the two billion dollar line,
while the amount of gold and gold
certificates in circulation is larger
than mt the corresponding date OF
any previous year.