Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-03
WHAT'S INDEPENDENCE?


This mornings Anaconda Standard is
an interesting humble
With the exception of a thoughtful ar
girls are bigger around han those OF
eastern girls, it's entire editorial space
was devoted to the Clark controversy
and matters incidental to it.
Overcoming the fears heretofore ex-
pressed that it might advertise the Inter
Mountain, by mentioning it's name in the
discussion of the democratic attitude
on silver, it devotes nearly a column to
a definition of this papers position on
the buck-and-wing dance of the rival
factions of the local democracy.
1t reaches the conclusion that the Inter
Mountain is not an independent Jews
paper, as it claims to be, but is neces-
sarily a Clark organ because it is not
gullible enough to swallow without aues-
ton the diatribes of the political not
wrestlers who fill the columns of the
standard with Slush.
The Inter Mountain is at all times pre-
pared to accept the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth. regard
less Of the fractional brand Of the demo-
crat who suffers from it's application.
This position it always has maintained
and always will maintain.
aao,r w.. 1o..z
utterable rot that has been sloughed off
on the public through the columns OF
the Standard, which has poisoned the
minds of men against the good name of
our beloved state, the political sewer of
Anaconda reaches the sublime conclu-
sion that the Inter Mountain is not an
independent organ in it's standing on a
free-for-all democratic row.
With the vanity of a small brain and
the gall of ignorance, the Standard can
not understand how any newspaper can
be independent of the statements that
appear in its columns, and still be honest
in the expression of it's views.
1t doubts the independence of the Inter
Mountain, because this paper does not
seek Tor truth in the Shiny venom of the
Standards editorial slop-jars.
Why should the public go to the Ana
conda Standard for al honest, truthful.
unbiased statement Of affairs concern
ing anything in which that delectable
organ may have a personal interest?
Was it not a party to the scandalous
senatorial contest six years ago. when
the representatives of each wing of the
democracy bid against each other for
legislative votes, and in which the Ana
conda wing was finally successfu,
through the more liberal use of sim
cursed gold?
was 1T not a party to the bold political
~buccaneering in 1893 that struck a. blow
at the foundations of civil liberty IN
the city of Butte?
Dld 1t not approve of the shipping in
OF dagoes and the illegal colonization Of
wards in this city?
~" W. approve Oh the capturing of
caucuses and primaries, which lie at
the very foundation of our government
by herding its swarms of political adj
herents from one precinct to another.
under the lash of democratic task-mas-
terso
Dld 1t not approve of as disreputable
a rape of the franchise privilege as ever
disgraced the purlius of a great city?
Did it not use this stolen ADVANTAGES
Tor It's w purposes in the county and
state politics of that year?
Did it not do all this in the nam. ~
political purity-in the hope of keepine
out OF the senate a man who conld re-
sort to no worse tactics if he had a
chance?
And yet the Standard would have tho
pubic believe that any newspaper that
refuses to look upon it as an oracle ~,
purity and truth must necessarily be the
champion of its enemies!
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II the Inter Mountain has criticised the
more literally than the Miner
At various stages in the Clark contro.
Nersy, 1t is because the Anaconda paner
has made the bigger ass of itself.
Long before the sweet-scented demo.