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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
2
The Daily Inter Mountain, official paper of Silver Bow County, details subscription options and rates. Advertises mail delivery, city distribution, and publishing company contact under M A Berger manager, with pricing per year and by carrier.
The Inter Mountain prints the full text of the caucus and primary law and warns voters to study it to prevent fraudulent voting. It urges Republicans to attend tomorrow’s caucuses and notes non Republicans may be challenged. It questions corporate or factional control of courts and suggests independent judges or cross party consensus as alternatives. It lists several local attorneys as possible nominees.
W Forbie and other potential nominees debate how conventions might select a solid judicial ticket. They consider each party convention nominating one candidate to keep the bench above politics and avoid aspersion from any source.
The speech criticizes the Democratic platform as populist at heart while aiming to appease populists without alarming eastern business interests. Bryan skirts pivotal issues, hints at free coinage, and confines strong convictions to keep support, ultimately appeasing populists while avoiding broad enlightenment.
The Inter Mountains argues business should stay out of politics to keep Republicans united for effective work. It urges patriotic conservatives to attend conventions and resist personal politics or corporate influence. It dismisses current corruption charges as unfounded until facts are checked.
The Indianapolis Journal denounces Lincoln as despot in August 1864 commentary. It likens his power to Rome's emperors, warns of a triune leadership, and argues that re election would forge a consolidated empire harming the constitution. The piece urges voters to pause and judge before Tuesday.
The Yellowstone Journal argues Montana Republicans should heed Democrats in Helena who, despite bitter factionalism, unified to present a solid front. It warns divisions in Silver Bow and elsewhere risk a Republican victory and urges harmony, joint action, and avoidance of internal quarrels.
Theodore Roosevelt will tour Butte on the 23rd as a vice presidential hopeful on the Republican ticket. Local crowds expected strong support for the progressive leader, a longtime ally of labor. An excerpt from the Chicago Times-Herald praises his governance in New York and notes the campaign's scrutiny of state finances.
The text outlines voter eligibility for party caucuses and primaries in Montana, requiring voters to be state and county electors, residents of the precinct, and aligned with the sponsoring party. It designates three judges per precinct to oversee voting, oath requirements for challengers, penalties for perjury, and prohibitions on improper influences, with penalties for violations and references to historical sections and acts.
Governor Roosevelt is lauded for cutting waste and improving state operations in New York. He secured progressive laws on agriculture labor factory inspections and forestry, and pushed a civil service and franchise tax framework. The piece notes his retirement as a loss to good government and mentions printing delays at Helena Record and Taft’s Manila government plan.
The Montana Deaf and Blind State Institution at Boulder in Jefferson County is praised for good management and progress. Since instruction began it has served 37 blind and 10 deaf pupils under Superintendent Thomas McAloney.
A satirical note laments repeated presidential cycle rhetoric and familiar political tactics. It mocks the same platform, leaders, and campaign talk that fail to bring new solutions, while voters endure another routine rout at the polls.
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