Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-22
FREE COINAGE
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H. L. FRANK SAYS SILVER CUES
TON IS NOT DISCUSSED IN
THE EAST.
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GENERAL SENTIMENT IS
IN FAVOR OF EXPANSION.
Democrats Have Hopes, But Most
People Believe Mckinley Will
Be Reelected.

Hon. H. L. Frank, who has been spend
ing the past two months in the east, re-
turned to Montana yesterday just in time
to avoid a horrible political fate. His
name had been presented to the demo-
cratic state convention at Helena as a
candidate for governor. Tom Kilgallon,
who made the nomination, knew that Mr..
Frank was out of the state and hoped he
would not return before the ballots were
printed n Mr.. Frank could not then de-
cline.
Mr.. Frank was mentioned some months
6 as a possible g~ubernatorial candidate
but before his departure for the east he
was positive in his declaration that he
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business affairs engrossed all his atten-
ton and he never had "any hankering
after political jobs" He would not, he
said, be tied dow with any office. The
efforts of his friends, however, to force
him to the front as a candidate for GOV
ernor were merely in recognition Of his
services as a good democrat. Mr.. Kill
gallon may now return and all will be
forgiven and forgotten.
During Mr.. Franks absence he attend
ed the golden anniversary of the mar
riage of his father and mother. His
father is now Is years of age and his
mother 70. Mr.. Frank speaks feelingly Of
the event which was one of much enjoy
ment to him. All the children of the
family We're present besides about $50
friends of the old folks. Many congrat-
ulatory kilograms and nan handsome
presents were received by the old couple.
Mr.. Frank spent about a month at his
old home and another month around
New York state.
"As 1 gather it," said Mr.. Frank to-
day, ''the general impression back east
is that Mckinley will be elected. That is
the sentiment around western New York.
The republicans there are confident that
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not overcome McKinley's vote through
out the state. The democrats, however,
EGel that Bryan has a good chance of
election owing to the over-confidence Of
the republicans in McKinley's election.
In central New York the democrats
publicans there are equally as sanguine.
The democrats claim that the Croker
Hill squabble in New York city will not
affect the result and that Bryan will
make large gains in the city.
1.-The democrats believe that Bryan can
carry all the states he carried four years
g and hat he has q good chance of
carrying Kentucky, Maryland, n Del
aware. Many people think ndian ex-
tremely doubtful and that Bryan has a
good chance of carrying it. One evel-
headed and very conservative gentle
man who holds a high position with a
railroad company in st. Paul told me
that it would not surprise him If Bryan
carried Minnesota, partly owing to the
large tSwede vote for Lund who 70 the
candidate for governor and partly owing
to the failure Of the wheat crop, which
will probably be attributed to Mckinley
instead Of Providence.
The big coal strike in Pennsylvania is
likely to have a grave effect upon the
political situation. Pennsylvania is so
overwhelmingly republican that it a n
not disturb the result there, but if the
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with accompanying bloodshed like other
strikes in that state, then it Is liable to
have some effect OF adjacent states like
New York and New Jersey, which are
considered doubtful states and upon the
vote of which the presidential fight
that the strike was very ill-timed.
mo, silver is not mentioned now back
east" said Mr.. Frank, but added apollo
getically, "Of course all the democrats
are in favor of it, but even the Bryan adj
herents are not proclaiming it from the
housetops because they believe there is
not the ghost of a show for free silver
for many years ITO come, wen We're Bryan
elected.
80 far as I could learn there was a
general feeling in the east for the re-
tention of the Philippines. I can say that
the feeling seemed to be general that 1t
would be a step backward to relinquish
control of the islands now. They are
valuable to us in many ways n now
that we ave started out to show the
world that we are the foremost nation on
earth, it is believed that it would be an
unWise proceeding to allow some other
nation to secure control of them.
Butte is becoming better known in the
east every day. It's wonderful growth in
the last ten years was a subject of much
comment. Butte is now more than a
speck on the mar. It's production of 40
per cent of the total output of copper of
the country has attracted considerable
attention to the town and anybody who
has anything good in the mining Linz will
have no difficulty in disposing of it to
eastern capitalists"