Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-26

~ticularD Of the sise or the bins. nut al.
m'tted rne strusgle occurred, about the
money as stated. Mr.. Daly's chief repre-
sentative intirnated to me that the
money. II paid. was the legitimate ,ex-
penses OF the witness. hut said nothing
about change from the bar. None of my
lnrormants saw the beginning Of the
trouDle IN the bar-room and OF course
could not describe what happened there.
OF tell whether the money which figured
in the case came from the bar-keeper. a
charged. or from the Anaconda distri-
butor. Besides the two men had talked
over the matter. deciding not to make it
public, as the proprietor OF the hotel had
taken some interest in the matter.
With the statements of half a dozen OF
the witnesses, the confederation OF the
parties themselves. the admission of two
leading Daily men that the trouble had &C.
Cured, as reported. and the added denial
OF one of them that there was any wrong
intended. l started for the telegraph Of
hce, meeting Mr.. Hines on the road, who
requested me not to mention the affair.
I Informed him l could not suppress such
news but would agree not to enlarge upon
OC AV tIICSlS udu UGSu IuauSs
and as both parties were going to pass it
OF as a joke. He stated, II I mentioned
names. 1t would greatly alarm his wife,
who was in Butte. and requested on her
account that no names be used. 1 consent
ed to do Mr.. Hines that favor, Just as I
had performed one for one Of Mr.. Days
confidential agents a few days before.
who asked me not to telegraph his arrival
in Washington, q courtesy which was
cheerfully accorded him. This exp aims
why but a brief account Of the hotel Incl
dent was sent and why names were ex-
cluded. Local comment, however, was
very uncomplimentary to the Daily man.
ayers. aa= ,sf5s.s s
Imagine my surprise when the next
day brought a telegram announcing a
brutal and cOwardly attack by the
standard upon your correspondent. Had
that paper simply denied the story, no
surprise would have been felt, as it's re-
greet In not getting the news and in the
arousal Of public suspicion as to Ana.
conda methods of getting testimony
would have been natural. The personal
character OF its statements, however.
was upon no ground justifable. Your
correspondent is performing an humble
cuty here, as a news-gatherer and al OBJ
server OF the most sensational exposure
OF democratic depravity this country has
ever witnessed. His sympathies are with
neither sid of this family scandal, and
he Is OF the impression that the parties
thereto are six Of n and half a dozen
OF the otherNn the matter of money in
politics, he having beer somewhat famil-
lar with the methods of both from the
time Boston Charlie" first took an es-
Establishment to Montana and organized
q social and political bureau.
AS far as the question Of veracity IL
concerned. the writer Of his is willing to
compare his " with that of the ,dis.
tinguished editor of the Standard, who il
now s~ojourning IN Washington for a few
days, or of that Of the amiable and afflu-
ent gentleman in whose interest the
STANDARD is printed and who is now at
the Netherlands hotel in New York.
would not seek to impugn the yeracitv Of
either, but if the Standard insists on that
sort OF journalism. it will not take a
senatorial investigating committee to as
certain the facts.
IL may be a sin to be poor. but I re-
spectfully submit that it is not always
wise FOR rich men to allow their subor-
dinates to attack the reputation even of
the most lowly. 1t might prove unpleas-
ant in results. If the Anaconda paper
wants the facts about the Raleigh incl
dent, why does it not request a full de-
tail Of them from it's able editor, who ia
now on the ground, and who, I am sure.
to too honorable a man to distort the !
truth or refuse to acknowledge the errors
of his representatives at home.
JOHN B. READ.