Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-05
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Admiral Dewey has consented to become
a candidate for the presidency, and will
contest the nomination with William
Jennings Bryan at Kansas City, falls like
a boom-shell into the camp of the west
ern democracy. When Mr.. Dewey, the
silent man of the sea, was accorded the
honors Of a conQuering hero, the belief
was prevalent that while out of politics
Then it was that the Bryan drgansl all
over the land began to advocate Dewey
for president. They remembered how Nc
Kinley had beaten Bryan in 1896, and they
feared the same result in 1900.ls The'top-
p%ortunity to press Dewey to h ftont,
and crowd out Mckinley, was too good
to be lost. n the bourbons chuckled
with glee over the hope of dividing the
republican forces through the candidacy
of the hero of Manila bay.
1t will be remembered that the Ana
conda Standard, the most u-ncompromis-
ing Bryan organ in Montana, yelled itself
purple in the face advocating Dewey for
the republican nomination for the presi-
dency. 1t thought it knew precisely
where it twas at"-but alas, it did not!
Since Dewey married into the Mclean
family, and has a an opportunity to
study things from a democratic stand
point, he has reached the conclusion that
it wouldn't be very hard to perform all
the duties which the country would ex-
pect of a democratic president. His
brother-in-law, John r. Mclean, who
Ohio last fall, is a multi-millionaire, with
a taste for manipulating conventions, and
IN u%nappeased ambition for political pre-
ferment That he can do much to aid the
candidacy of his sisters distinguished
husband goes without saying. It
that the "free silver democrats of Ohio,
proud, will fall into line for Dewey. Rein
forcements of this character from the
middle west, added to the admiral's fol-
lowing in the east, are enough to give the
Bryan men the political jimjams.
Little wonder the Anaconda Standard
has forgotten the past, when it wanted to
see the scalp of Mckinley dangling atsthe
belt of the distinguished seaman, and
now pours forth an editorial diarrhoea Of
protests against his candidacy. Now the
shoe is on the other foot-a different bull
is being gored-chickens are coming
home to roost! It is passing strange that
Dewey woul have made such a good re-
publican candidate for the p~residency-in
the opinion of the standard-and such a
poor democratic one! In it's anti-Dewey
editorial this morning the following gems
appear:
On the occasion of the admiral's re-
turn to America after his brilliant VIC
tory at Manila, a few ewspapers 'agf-
tated the matter Of making Dewey a
presidential candidate. The PROPOSE.
ton did not, however, meet with gen.
eral favor anywhere in the United
States.
When Dewey announced that under
no circumstances would he be a IAN
didate for the presidency. his decision
met with general commentator.
While in his statement given to the
press last evening Admiral Dewey says
that the appeal of the American people
for his candidacy has become irresist-
ible. the Standard must confess that it
has not discovered any such demand
CIR even desire on the part Of the Amer
lean people. There never was any gen.
eral demand that Dewey should be a
candidate for the presidency. What
sentiment in that direction was in 'ex-
lstence a few months g seems to ave
passed away
If there is any great popular demand
that Dewey run for president, 1t seems
to be mainly confined to the admiral's
private mail.
These protests against Dewey entering
the field as a candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination over Bryan are in such
marked contrast to the encomiums show
cred upon the admiral, when the Stand
ard thought a republican presidential
bee could be galvanized into life, as to
be worthy Of note. The Inter Mountain
~reproduces them while they are fresh in
the public mind. for within thirty-six
hours after the nomination of Dewey. by
the national democratic convention, the
Standard will brand this paper as a liar
from away back II it even refers ID
them! It will be impossible to. advert
to the late diatribes which appeared In
the Standard relative to the transfer of
Dewey's Washington home to his wife,
without exciting the plug-ugly depart.
ment of that sheet into undue activity
provided Dewey gets the nomination!
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