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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1900
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard announces its publisher, rate schedule, and office locations. It lists the Standard Block headquarters in Anaconda, branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls and multiple international newsstands and bureaus.
The Anaconda Standard reports a larger io fide paid circulation than all other alloy newspapers in Montana combined. The six month period ending June 20 shows a Sunday average of 11,722.
Readable dispatches from headquarters and Washington summarize the 1900s era presidential race. The piece notes Bryan's relative strength versus four years ago across key states, with emphasis on New York and Montana while highlighting apathy in the Democratic ranks and Bryan's own campaign pace.
The hall of fame voting tallies show George Washington leading with 97 votes, followed by Abraham Lincoln and Daniel Webster each at 96. Chief Justice Nichols of Louisiana scratched Lincoln and Webster. Thirty-one names were chosen for the hall from those receiving more than fifty votes.
The reader sees a roster of famous figures with ages and names such as Longfellow Ful ton Irving Edwards Farragut Morse and others. The piece notes the order will excite wonder and surprise, many will complain of omissions, and claims the list of thirty-one immortals is generally fair.
The article notes two former presidents Harrison and Cleveland offered only mild, colorless remarks after leaving office. It argues their comments have little electoral impact, contrasting them with Grant whose later demonstrations helped Garf ield. The piece suggests the public discounts such nonpartisan postures.
The policy lets most voters carry forward 1898 registrations until 1906 and then every eight years, with full reregistration in city and country. Registry offices open tomorrow from 9am to 9pm daily through October 27, excluding Sundays.
A syndicated opinion piece notes China news fading from public interest while rulers face calls for punishment. It mocks readers appetite for bloodshed and mocks political figures with lines about spanking the imperial family and quips about Bryan Roosevelt and kerosene.
In addition to his other troubles, Mr. Clark discovers a fresh obstacle as he confronts mounting debts and growing pressures from creditors. The situation adds to his already burdensome financial challenges and unsettles those around him.
The Standard summarizes the revised registration law operative this year. It exempts voters who registered in 1898 and do not reside in incorporated cities or towns with over one thousand voters at the last general election. Residents of such localities must register at every election, as before, reflecting rancher and sheep herder interests.
The Minneapolis Times quotes Senator Clark promising his vaudeville supporters will not walk home after pushing his campaign to a standstill. He says they will ride home, regardless of the outcome.
The great register will be open to morrow, but if this Indian summer continues most other registers will stay closed.
Not to speak of Montana, Mr. Clark's vaudeville enterprises seem to be furnishing no end of hilarity to the entire country.
In a Montana campaign issue the oil can is treated as a false lead. The discussion suggests that without Clark’s leg the campaign would lack a strong basis and would be left without support.
In Springfield Ohio crowds hailed him as a farmer president but Bryan clarifies he is an agriculturist not a farmer He defines the difference saying a farmer gains on the farm while the agriculturist earns in town and spends on the farm.
The speech denounces the Amalgamated Copper company and its supporters as a conspiracy to ruin Montana. It uses dramatic imagery likening the firm to a kerosene dragon, warns of threats to judges and state stability, and rails against a Boxer movement opposing Toole.
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