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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1900
Page
4
Montana editorial analyzes the state election, noting a divided outcome. It praises Democrats for labor and enterprise while warning that fusion victories risk higher taxes and court expansion. It praises Judge Clancy and Harney as new district judges and calls for responsible governance.
The fusion legislature must tackle the eight hour law with wisdom and patriotism. The victorious party pledges a plank that threatens to ignore conditions, risking improper treatment. A general nationwide eight hour day is demanded by modern civilization, not a targeted exemption.
A column arguing Montana’s elected legislature will back two Democratic U S senators aligned with free trade and opposed to imperial policies. It centers on W A Clark as likely first, and Joseph K Toole as a potential second, praising their leadership and fusion campaign roles while criticizing opponents.
Excerpted fragment accuses fusion organs of lies in a Montana campaign. It argues apologies are owed to Hon. David E. Folsom for misrepresented labor record and to Senator Thomas H. Carter for vilification. No further context available.
President McKinley and party arrived in Washington at 10 am amid cheers from several hundred at the Pennsylvania depot. Secretary Hitchcock and General Conborn greeted the president on his private car before the group proceeded to the White House for breakfast and a return to duties. The overnight journey beyond Pittsburgh drew crowds at stations as the train passed.
Boise November 8 about four fifths of Idaho's vote reported. Bryan leads with 1,133 plurality, Glenn fusion for congress 792, Hunt fusion for governor 1,441. Fusionists hold 42 legislature seats to Republicans 25 with three unreported. This set up retirement of George L. Shoup from the Senate.
New York dispatch reports Senator N B Scott at national headquarters in New York receiving word that West Virginia legislators are expected to be Republican by a 15 to 20 vote majority.
The British ship Anglesey bound for San Francisco has been posted as overdue after 168 days at sea from Swansea. Re-insurance on the voyage stands at 80 percent.
Julian Ralph in the London Mall laments class hierarchy from farmer to soldier while contrasting “modern” weapons and disciplined regiments in Peking with old principles. He notes provincial viceroys’ reluctance to deploy troops, fears corruption, and questions motives of Manchurian forces amid foreign pressures.
The piece discusses detecting counterfeit bank notes by watermark under a heavy die and darkening with a sponge. It notes genuine notes reveal a clear watermark while counterfeit ones darken or vanish. It ends with a moral line about hypocrisy and sinners in Adam’s fall.
United States Land Office Helena Montana October 11 1900 notice that Butte Copper Mining Company by attorney Daniel J Welch has filed for patent on 18.56 acres of Grand Prize Lode claim in Jefferson County Montana. Description includes survey lines, corners, bearing, and distances with adjacent claims Blind Treasury Lode and Powhattan Lode. Registration by George D Green Register.
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