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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
18
Publication license and subscription pricing details listed for The Anaconda Standard. Includes daily and Sunday rates, advance payment terms, and office contact information for the Standard Block location in Anaconda.
Branch Offices in Butte at 23 East Broadway and Missoula at 130 Higgins Avenue provide telephone contacts 422 and 118 respectively. This notice records two service points with phone numbers for customer inquiries.
Advertising manpower of W J Morton outlines multiple city news stand locations where The Standard is available. Offices listed in New York and Chicago with additional distribution points across San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland and Anaconda Montana for general correspondence.
Local papers report gnawing rumors of mine closures in Anaconda and Butte. Citizens resist sensational ghost stories, urging sponsors to deny shutdown yarns and expose liars spreading fear.
The passage questions why Republican editors push Johnson as a stronger presidential rival to Bryan while urging Democrats to acknowledge this stronger contest against Taft. It notes anti Bryan papers echo the view, but wonders why the case is pressed to Democrats as candid guidance.
The piece discusses Congressman Littlefield accused of calling colleagues cowards, his denial of such remarks, and his decision to retire from public service. It argues the house reflects the people and urges voters to recall their own role in selecting representatives, warning that accusations of cowardice imply broader public fault.
The piece argues that the House of Representatives is increasingly controlled by the speaker and his inner circle, reducing deliberation. It contrasts claims of disorder with evidence of procedural dominance, noting seating reforms and the impact of Speaker Cannon on which business gets handled.
Carrie Nation was arrested for disturbing the peace and sentenced by a Pittsburg police court to a jail term. She left the courtroom shouting I would rather go to jail than go to hell, a remark described as coarse and not helpful.
The editorial mocks the idea of a president naming a successor arguing it would sidestep constitutional processes. It notes Taft would take office March fourth and hints gossip about a second term for Roosevelt. The piece recalls Hayes and Tilden and questions how public opinion shapes presidential selection.
The piece argues that Roosevelt dictates the Republican nomination for Taft and warns that such a precedent would end the republic. It contends public tolerance of a third term and the steering of succession under Roosevelt marks a danger to constitutional governance.
Admiral Evans quotes the president on a possible rise for me to vice admiral while doubts linger about achieving the title. Public opinion splits over reviving honors for Porter and Farragut to a peace-time rear admiral amid Republican curiosity about Roosevelt's aims and congressional acquiescence.
Denver May 27 report states no liquor will be sold in the convention auditorium during the July national Democratic gathering. The arrangements committee rejected requests for a bar concession near the committee rooms, despite offers from catering firms.
Chester Pennsylvania May 27 Cars are running unmolested on the Chester Traction lines while workers strike for seven weeks. Authorities have checked disorders after the state police withdrawal. Cars carry no passengers in the city due to a boycott affecting businesses serving non union workers and policemen families.
In St Louis on May 27 Mrs Grace Jackson a young widow drank water soaked with matches in a failed suicide attempt over a man she loved less. L Feager a Jefferson Barracks soldier killed himself with carbolic acid at his mother's house. Mrs Jackson survives and says Feager was not the man she loved.
One hundred forty two sailors were reported missing from Atlantic fleet vessels as they sailed this morning. They are listed at the police station to be arrested as stragglers and returned to their ships. The register includes Virginia 25, Louisiana 75, Georgia 10, Kearsarge 7, Kansas 19 and New Jersey 6.
A witty quip contrasts seasoned advertisers with those who never bought ads, praising the unseen dangers of wasting money in advertising and implying real insight comes from experience.
In Boston on May 27 papers in the U S Governments suit to block the merger of the Boston and Maine with the New Haven Hartford were served on President Tuttle, who is named as the defendant in the case.
Floodbound trains began to move out of Tulsa after three days stalled. Train service remains demoralized with hundreds of passengers bound for southern and western points laying over since Sunday.
The editorial denounces a campaign to discredit the Heney prosecution of Ruef and Schmitz era graft in San Francisco. It argues business leaders and newspapers push defense of grafters, threaten assassination, and undermine justice, risking city and national municipal integrity.
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