Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-17
TRUTH ABOUT Y

Ineooore roosevelt. VINO VIII address
the electors of Silver Bow county tomor-
row. stands squarely on the republican
national platform. He honestly believes
in republican principles. His reason tells
him that the best interests of all the
people of the United States will be sub
served to the greatest degree by the sue
cess of the republican party.
Mr.. Roosevelt is not a silver man. He
is opposed to free coinage and frankly
and plainly and courageously says so.
He does not believe the democracy is
dealing c~onscientiously with the white
metal and gives full expression to that
opinion also.
The Inter Mountain, however. submits
that the Anaconda Standard, in trying
to make the reception of Mr.. Roosevelt
unpleasant, by stirring up prejudice
against him on the silver issue, is acting
with poor Judgment and worse taste IN
view of its own utterances on the sub
ject and the attitude of it's own party.
Look at the facts briefly stated:
Grover Cleveland and a democratic
ongress repealed the purchasing clause
Of the Sherman law, which provided a
market for 1880. COO ounces of silver per
month, and hus closed down nearly
every silver mine n mill in the
country.
Two years ago the Standard editorially
declared that it cared nothing about a
fixed ratio for silver and believed it
SHOULD be regulated by the worlds ex-
changes!
Last July at the democratic national
convention, it was only by the votes Of
Prince David of Hawaii and an Okla
homa delegate that a specific declara-
ton for silver was made in the platform.
The convention itself was against free
coinage till Bryan made his bluff to save
the populist support, and the New York
Journal printed a page article. with
tables and figures, j~ubilantly claiming
that silver was out of politics. That has
been the position of the eastern demo-
li y III
Recurring to the Kansas City conven-
ton. the Standard may recall the fact
that the ontan emb of the COM
mittee on resolutions. Hon. S. T. Hauser,
when the question of a declaration for
silver came up, refused to vote. No
democratic convention since held in this
state has criticised him for lodging the
issue.
On the 7th of July, while the conven-
ton was yet in session, the Anaconda
Standard, referring to the shabby treat
ment accorded silver and its RELOCATION
to the background, said:
The policy that governed in the franz
ing of the Kansas City platform was
also the effective force in the nomination
of the candidate for the second place on
the Bryan ticket. LIVE HAD TO
STEP ASIDE, yielding in the platform
first place to matters involving his
country's foreign affairs, because the
Judgment of the convention nlanifestly
was that in the belt Of middle west states
the telling slogan for the year is the cry
against Imperialism.
In view of the above facts what must
fair minded people think of the Stand
ard, which seeks to establish it's fealty
to democracy by a malevolent attack on
MI. Roosevelt because of his gold stand
ard views. He does not conceal them.
He INDUCES in no evasion. He does not
stu!tify his record in giving expression to
his thoughts. The Standard does. The
absurdity of that papers sudden friend
illness to silver only a few months after
explaining that Mr.. Roosevelt's oppo-
nent, Stevenson, was nominated through
the reflective force that framed the
platform and caused silver to "step
aside" needs only to be pointed out to
be appreciated by an Intelligent public.
But whatever may be the attitude of
the democratic press towards Mr.. Roose-
welt. the people of Montana, ever hos
pitable and ever generous and ever fair,
propose to treat their distinguished guest
with true western courtesy and consid-
Grafton regardless of politics.
lHE STRIKE IS ON.