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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-02-22
The Round Up Law, 1876.


To the Editor Of the Herald:
see in your report of the PROCEEDINGS in
the Council, twenty-seventh day, that Council
| man Ford, from Committee on Agriculture
and Manufactures, made the following report:
''Your committee 10 whom was referred H.
B. No. 5, An Act for the repeal of An Act
concerning the management of live stock,
approved Feb. II, 1876, would respectfully
report that said act, known as the Round Up
Law, has worked material hardship on
small stock owners where the law was carried
into effect, and more especially ranchmen
who carry on agricultural pursuits in connec-
ton with stock growing, and whose time was
taken up in putting in their crops during the
roundup season, and whose cattle have been
taken and sold by the Stock Boards to benefit
the large stock-owners in carrying on said
roundup, because ranchers did not have tho
time to spare to attend their roundup"
Now, Mr.. Editor, it may be that Council
man Ford is speaking only Of that portion of
the Territory which he has the honor to rep
resent, but if he includes the entire Territory
in his report, as suppose he does, then, sir,
in justice to the most extensive stok-growers
in the counties of Jefferson, Madison and
Beaverhead, Ideny the statements as set forth
in his report.
All the large herds of cattle in the county
of Jefferson were driven out of that county
during the summer of 1875 into the county
OF Meagher, which the gentleman has the
honor to represent The stock men in the
district met and organized on the lest Satur-
day IN May, the day fixed by law, by elect
ing Hon. Il. jordan, Wilson Butts and S. 4.
Miller, D'embers of the Stock Board all
good, homes: men, and all permanent resi-
dents o. the Territory. In this district all
unclaimed cattle on hand the last day Of the
roundup, and whose owners are not known,
were confined in suitable field, well supplied
with grass and water, and after the board
and clerk making diligent inquiries to ascer-
tain the lawful owners for said cattle, all that
were unclaimed at the expiration of 80 days
were sold to the highest bidder for cash, and
the proceeds applied as the law directs. Not
one of those animals which were sold has
ever been claimed by any person, though they
run at large with this district brand on them.
All who attended and participated in the
roundup in this district are engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits, are dairymen or miners,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-02-22
Land Law.

WASHINGTON, February 16.-The follow
ing bill was passed by the House to-day: For
the adjudication and issue Of patents in mis-
sion land cases in Oregon, and in the Terri
tories of Washington, Idaho and Montana,
being the bill introduced and reported by
Lane
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-02-22
No. IA

lection and knowledge of said Returning
Board; that said Returning Board, knowing
said statements and affidavits to be false and
forged, and that none such statements and
affldavits were made in manner or form with
in the time required by law, did knowingly,
willfully and fraudulently fail and refuse to
canvass or compile more than 10000 votes
cast, as is shown by the Commissioners of
election.
Hunton offered the following as the sixth
substitute:
Resozoed, That evidence be received to
prove that the votes cast and given at said
election on the 9TH of November last, as
shown by the return made by the commits
sioners of election for said polls and voting
places in said State, have never been
compiled or canvassed, and said Returning
Board never even pretended to compile or
canvass the returns by said commissioners of
election, but only pretended to canvass the
returns made by the State supervisors of reg
istration.
Rejected by same vote.
A seventh substitute was offered by Bayard
as follows:
Resoloed, That no person holding an Office
of trust or profit under the United States is
eligible to be appointed elector, and this Com
mission will receive evidence tending to prove
said ineligibility as offered by counsel for OBJ
jectors to certificates numbers and g.
Rejected by same vote.
Field offered the eighth and last substitute,
as follows
Resolued, That in tie opinion of this Com
mission evidence is admissible upon several
matters which counsel for objectors to Nos. /
and offered to prove.
Rejected by same vote, and the question on
the original order as submitted by Hoar came
up, viz:
That evidence offered be not received.
Payne moved to strike out the word mot"
Rejected by the same vote.
The vote on the original order was then
taken, and it was adopted by the following
vote
Yeas-Bradley, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen,
Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton, Strong-8.
Nays-Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field,
Hunton, Payne, Thurman-7.
After conclusion had been reached by
the Commission, counsel were admitted, and
the above resolutions were read by the secre-
tary.
As soon as the final vote had been taken,
Field moved that the injunction of secresy
be removed from the proceedings.
Unanimously adopted.
Commissioner Morton moved that three
members of the Commission be appointed to
prepare report in the Louisiana case, and
recess of one hour was taken.
The Electoral Commission adjourned at 8
D. m. until o'clock tomorrow, report,
the decision, in accordance with
Morton's resolution, having previously been
signed by eight of its members. The report
will be presented to the joint session of the
two Houses tomorrow morning.
N<<<~D\%>1-
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-02-22
Bank Suspension.

Porrsv1LLE, Pa, February 16.-Miners
Trust and Safe Deposit Bank has suspended.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-02-22
OHIO REJOICING.
Republicans and Democrats Regard
the Decision as Conclusive.

COLUMBUS, (O.) February 16.--There is
great rejoicing tonight over the decision of
the Electoral Commission in the Louisiana
case. Even some of the Democratic men,
bers of the General Assembly seemed to
feel pleased when the news came, and
expressed themselves gratifed at the end
IF the Presidential controversy. On all hands
the decision is regarded as substantially con-
elusive of the whole matter, and the inaugu-
ration of Hayes is now anticipated by Dem
ocrats and Republicans alike.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-02-22

The Press On the Louisiana Decision.
CHICAGO, February 6.-The papers here
have very little to say of the decision in the
Louisiana case to-day. The Times considers
it a very natural decision, and regards the
further work of the Commission farce.
The Inter- Ocean rejoices at the result OF
the weeks work, and does not see, under the
principles enunciated, how the Oregon case
can longer be in doubt.
The Tribune smilingly says: Il told you
so" and likewise regards the danger tided
over and Hayes election sure.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-08
AN INCIDENT OF CHARLES SUMMERS

AN INCIDENT OF CHARLES SUMMERS
LIyE.-The Secretary of War
had laid upon his desk this morning q
letter which 10 of peculiar interest. 1t
has just been discovered by one of the
clerks in looking over some Of the older
files of the department. 1t was letter
from Maj. Sumner, the father of the late
Senator sumner, to the then Secretary of
War, asking that his SOD, Charles Sum.
ner, then . lad fifteen, might be appoint
ed military cadet at West Point. The
letter recites that be is good boy, with"
out bad habits, we'll grounded in the
common branches of English, with fair
knowledge of French, knowing something
of Latin and Greek, and prepared to en-.
ter Harvard College; that his parents
destined him for . classical course OF
study, but that the lads preferences
seemed to be for military life. Mr.. Sum.
ner said that he could not claim the ap-
pointment for any deserving Of his own
from the country, but his father, the lad .
grandfather. Msj. Sumner, had dooe good
service in The Revclutioa. Mr.. sumner
.dded that he referred by permission to
has nenber Of Coagresa, Mr.. Daniel
webo.er, and vensared - sag that Mr..
wss<.er kn<w him veil enoagh % knos
tia. Ae vvzld at recu@nend sryeedy
- eErs szrA@sf no had merit. be he hts
1wn CSC o. - SO Tk~ l~s.rr . Sysfres
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has address, sad the frss nKz vho inter
rupts him will have % deal vita me-
The sr,eceh Sss made vishoaf interrup-
tioo; the kcntucky sdmirsrion for Gays
courage overcoming the propensity to
hang an abolitioniss, and the roughs in
the crowd knowing very well that if
Clay said he would shoot, he was GER
tain to do it. That Is what the negro
thief ought also to have known.-Nev
York Herald.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-08
A Farmer and LabOrer's Opinion

The Lewiston Journal publishes let
ter addressed to the Hon. VIM. P. Frye,
by William Lowell of Minot, q farmer
and laborer all his life, man now more
than three score years and ten, from
which we copy the following:
I'm my view, the greatest danger that
threatens the country at the present time,
and one which needs the watch of the
statesman, in the greenback movement.
Its tendency is bad. It appeals to the
prejudices Of the laboring man, sets him
against the capitalist, arrays the en-
ployed against the employers, leads the
poor man aud laborer to believe he is the
abused party. Place all the industries
of the country under the greatest tide of
success, with the present influx of the
population and our own waiting popula.
ton, there would be greater supply Of
laborers than demand. The ordinary
course of trade and business cannot give
employment to the great surplus of Ia.
borers. Then again, think of those who
chose idleness, ready to embark in any
and all causes of complaint whether real
or imaginary, for what they can gain by
plunder-such as would be glad to have
all property confscated and divided up
among them-sny political policy that
fosters this spirit Of distrust and excises
enemy to the rich is pernicious and des.
structive in its influences, and detrimental
to tho whole country.
I need not 60 on and speak of the late
riots and destruction OF property-all
these occurrences ought to put the guardi-
ans of the country on the watch and COM
pei preparation to meet any future
emergency"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-08

These comparative tables teach valu-
able lesson that should be needed. In
the four years under so.called reciprocity,
we imported, with smaller population,
more than five times as many bushels as
we did in the four years under the tariff.
Indeed the entire quantity Of flour and
grain imported during the four tariff
years did not aggregate as many bushels
of wheat as were imported of tho wheat,
without the -four, during the four mis-
called reciprocity years. So soon as the
treaty was terminated, and the free ad-
mission of wheat and -four ceased, a large
decline took place in the import quaint.
ties. The immediate operation of the
duties was to enable the Western farmer
to compete successfully with his Canadian
rivals for the possession of the Eastern
market, in which he has had ever since a
growing ascendancy. 1t is now pro.
posed, under the deceitful and de-
lusive guise of reciprocity in
trade, to remove more thoroughly than
before the commercial barriers between
Canada and the United States. Free &C.
cess across the border is asked for every
thing the Canadian farmer or manufactur.
er has to sell. To aid in this consummation
transportation facilities will be extended
and made more serviceable, one of the Ger.
tain and speedy results being to cheaper
the cost of removing grain from the soil of
Canada to the soil Of New England and
Of New York.
We protest, in the name Of the West
ern farmer. against this proposed invasion
Of his rights and Interests. SO long rs
be has = large surplus Of wheat, -four.
c.~n. oats. rye, and barley to disP--e of,
t.e<Sdes loeg lis; of prvvissoes. snd Is q
regular expaEter It these Articles, in i'm
m~nss 4axnfItics. 10 10 snizst - him O.
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-08

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frssm Canada wosld teae<s thea y2ss -
nSck, asa ~ould Aa< lS~er the aa4rkss
value here
What possible gain can IL I've - this
coantry 10 return TO the old state Of
thingsi Especially would free trade
with Canada be injurious TO the Agrieul-
tural interests of the West. Under the So
called reciprocity treaty, which expired
on March II, 1866, by notice Of abroga-
ton given by our own government, after
having been III existence since June 5,
1854, the increasing tendency was to ex-
clude Western wheat and flour from the
markets of New York and of New Eng
land, for the home consumption of their
population. Had the treaty continued in
force until now, Canada would have be-
come the granary from which the East
ern States would have procured their
main supply of breadstuffs. To exhibit
in full and clear light the different in
fuences at work, under misnamed rec
iprocity, and under tariff, we have com.
piled from the Commerce and Navigation
Reports two statistical statements, COM
pairing the total imports of wheat and of
wheat -four from Canada into the United
States, under the different systems, as
follows:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-08

PRoNuNcIAT1oN.-Speaking of spell.
ing reforms reminds US that a reforma.
tion in pronunciation is imperatively
needed. The number of public speakers
who know how to pronounce theil
own language is very small. The pulpit
every week slaughters its mother tongue
by its pronunciation. 1t is true in q
literary as we'll as a religious sense, that
he who ofends not in word, the same is
perfect man. We convert diphthongs
into vowels by substituting bile for boil,
and rile for roll; we clip our words 10
such pronuuciations as LATIN for latin
the vowel is abolished altogether, and
for it we invoke the double in such
words as institootion, latitood, Toosday,
and the same double is also compelled
to do service for ew in such words as
moo, doc, etc; We convert into an indis-
tinguishable and indefinable vowel in
such words as quarterly for quantity,
abilerty for ability; and the r, of which
the Frenchmen make so much use, Is
rarely or never heard with Us, except at
the beginning of word; we stop our
bottles with cawks and eat our dinner
with fawks; while certain consonants
drop out of line, as in government and in
FEBRUARY.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-08

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Hoikar, Seindia ssd the Gsikvsr hsss
cone forward, vita the s~issasoe asA
under the guarantee Of the Gosern0eaa
to provide the necessary capital for mil
ways in their respective States. Still
more encouraging 10 the provision Of
capital from provincial and local Sources.
The Secretary of State for India has
agreed to the ViceroyS proposals for the
completion Of the Doond + Matmar Rail-
way, which will connect the Northern
and Southern branches of the Great In.
dian peninsula Lima ahove the Chant.
The length of the new line is 40 miles.
1t is hoped it will be completed in Jsnu-
sry. If this is done it will greatly increase
the facilities for conveying food to the dis
tricts now suffering from famine. Tho
East Indian Railway has ordered fifty
new engines, the Madras Railway twenty,
and the Great Indian Peninsula forty.
Besides these, the Government has ordered
eighty engines of the State Railway type,
to form reserve, if required. Thirty
seven engines and 500 wagons have been
borrowed by the Government from the
Northern for the use of the Southern rail-
ways. The working power Of the Madras
Railway will thus be largely increased. 1t
is said that the Government orders fox
railway material for India are very heavy.
2,500 additional miles of railway are to
be constructed, requiring 10000 tons of
rails, locomotives, trucks, sleepsrs and
chairs. The rails are ordered at Sheffield,
in South Wales, and the West Coast, tho
chairs in Cleveland, the sleepers in Glas-
gov, the trucks in Birmingham, and en-
gines at Leeds, Glasgow and Manchester.
Chicago Rdilssay Rsvisso.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-08
Business Failures.

The number Of business failures for tho
first three-quarters of the present year, a.
officially reported BY Dun, Barlow s Cos
circular, has been fearfully large. The
falling off in the third quarter, however,
10 such as to inspire the authority quoted
with belief that 'the bottom has been
almost reached" In the first quarter Of
this year the failures in the United States
we're 1850; the liabilities 81, 5S8, 074; in
Canada for the same period, 572; and tho
liabilities $7,576,511. In the second
quarter, United States, 1880 failures; Ii
abilities, al, O88, O97 Canada, $50 failures,
and liabilities, 81, SIS, 1925. For the third
quarter the figures are IS follows: United
States, failures, 1915; liabilities, az, $780,
O85. Canada failures, 424; liabilities,
$5,753, 1859. The average liabilities of the
failures which occurred in the first nine
months of 1875, 1876 and 1877, were a.
follows: For 1875, $24,591; for 1875,
$22, 166; for 1877, $21 ,6a2.
All the States and Territories of the
Union are included in the enumeration.
The total number of failures for the nine
months in the United States foots up
6,565, and tho liabilities, @141, 952, 356.
During the same period in 1876 the fail
ures were 1850, and the liabilities $780,
272, 800. In Canada the failures for nine
months of the present year were 1,646,
and the liabilities $50, 9O4,976. In nine
months of 1875, the failures were 1850,
and the liabilities 81, 766, $50. This year
the failures in California have been s34,
q against l2s last year. The liabilities
this year are t2,a2%,l5i. Last year they
sere tscS ,els.