Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17

with an attempt TO arouse the preJud1ce0
of the uninformed, rather thar to appeal
to the thoughtfulness of the sincere in
vestigators after truth.
The senatorial case was an early illus
tration of this fact. and apparently paved
the way for a similar treatment of any
question which might arise for public
consideration. -
The Inter Mountain insisted that Mon
tana should not be publicly advertised
all over the world as a rotten borough.
and her people branded with shame. in
advance of a thorough and complete
demonstration of the truth in connection
with the crimes alleged: and insisted
that our local courts were a~bundantly
able to and infractions of the law. and
thus preserve the dignity and self-respect
of the state.
We further held that the principle is
right eternally right-that any man ac-
cused of a crime is entitled to a hearing,
before a verdict of guilty is rendered and
his execution ordered.
Arguments along these lines admitted
of no legitimate rebuttal. so the Standard
Immediately accused the Inter Mountain
of being in the employ of Senator Clark!
This silly lie served no purpose but to
advertise the weakness of the Standard.
though intended to arouse a feeling of
prejudice against the Inter Mountain for
daring to proclaim a policy of fair play
that would protect the state from it's
impending disgrace.
When the silver question was under
discussion. and it was shown in these
columns that leading democrats had rele-
gated that issue to the rear. avowedly
projecting other propositions to the front
as of paramount Importance to the party
in the coming campaign. the Standard
dio not discuss the matter on it's merits,
but at once announced that the political
ambitions of Mr.. Mantle had caused the
Inter Mountain to %repudiate silver.
Another appeal was made to the cheap
prejudices which lie around at random,
waiting for a chance to be aroused by
such subsidized political fructifyers as
the Anaconda Standard.
In discussing the situation in South
Africa, the Inter Mountain showed the
position in which Great Britain a been
placed by the conditions of the war. and
the reasonableness of it's attitude anent
the conclusion of hostilities. .
TnStaa1 IF takinp icc1,o with tho ,,,r
ments advanced in these columns, and
debating the question on it's merits, the
Standard this morning tina
this paper ought to be published in
some British province ana not in the
United States Of America"
This is still another attempt to answer
argument by a cheap ana silly appeal to
ignorance and prejudice.
In fact, an honorable and honest dis
cussion of any question on its merits is
beyond the cerebral capacity of the
Standard.
Were it not for it's ability to evade
the analysis of questions in debate, and
fly off at a tangent, with a view to for
tifying itself with the unfounded pre-
JUDGES of the ignorant. it would be COM
PEELED to go out of business as a news
paper.
In its references to public affairs,
whether the Philippine question is touch
ed upon, or Porto Rico or Cuba or some
other proposition claims it's temporary
attention, the Standard invariably seeks
to make it's point by arousing the party
hatreds and the personal prejudices of
the thoughtless, rather thar by analyz.
ing the issue on it's merits.
And still the Standard confesses itself
to be the leading democratic newspaper
in the northwest!
In the language Of the wood camps. the
democracy must be Gin a hard row Of
stumps' for a leading organ.
Senator Teller is growing in disfavor
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