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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-17

citation of five or six very impecuni-
Gus men who wanted to better their
condition." Their principal tools in |
this laudable undertaking were Sen
ator Garland. Senator Harris, Gen
eral JOHNSON, Governor Brown and
ext Congressman Casey Young.
Mr.. Garland was called upon to do
the heavy work. While Senator he
gave an opinion. which was widely
used to bring in subscriptions fstock,
that the Pan Electric did not infringe
on the patents of other companies.
When suits for infringements were
brought and no more politicians
around the capital could be induced
to lend their names to the specula-
ton, another Endorsement from Mr..
Garland became desirable and the aid
of the government to help these five
or six impecunious mem was inYok-
ed. Holding 100000 of the stock of
this concern, worth only the paper it
was printed on, Attorney-General
Garland could appreciate better than
any other public official the immense
value of suit by the Government to
annul the Bell patent. Knowing all
the facts in the case Mr.. Garland
turned the application for suit over
to Solicitor. General Goode without a
word of comment or warning and
Mr., Goode, as the report says. with
out any pretense of competent exam.
ination or inquiry by himself or any
means of making one and with a
speed nnexampled in the history of
the Department" decided to involve
the government in litigation which
will cost it at least 100000.
This suit, assert Judge Ranney
and his associates, was drought Os-
tensibly in the interests of the pub
lie, but in truth and fact for the pur-
pose only Ofadvancing private ends"
Through the entire business Mr.. Gar
land appears in an unenviable light.
AS a member of the Cabinet he has
conducted himself in manner utter
ly at variance with good and honest
government. He cannot remain there
without bringing further disgrace on
the administration. If impeachment
proceedings are not begun Mr.. Cleve-
land owes it to himself and the coun-
try to remove him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-17

The reports on the Pan.Electric
cheme must make Mr.. Garland's
place in the Cabinet a very uncom-
Portable one, and the public arrange
ment of the course of two important
departments of government by an in
huential Democratic Congressman
and the emphatic condemnation Of
the whole Electric business by
four fair-minded and able Republi.
cans would seem to make ii iInpera-
tive for the President to rid the adj
ministration of the obloquy of his
smirched Attorney-General's longer
connection with it. AS showing the
trend of the public sentiment among
Mr.. Cleveland's own constituency,
upon this question, we reprint the
following from the editorial columns
of the Albany Journal. Says the
Journal:
The elaborate, carefulIy-prepared
and judicial report of the four Repub-
lican members ofthe Pan Electric in.
yestigating committee sets forth very
clearly the great official scandal con.
nected with this matter, which has
brought President Cleveland's adj
ministration into disrepute in its first
year. No one can read Judge Ran
ney's calm and critical review of the
testimony taken by the committee
without being convinced that high
public officials have used their posi-
lions to promote their private inter-
ests. The story Of the operations of
the Pan-Electric ring and its repre-
sentatives in the Department of JUS
tice and the Senate is one of the most
disgraceful in the history of Ameri-
can politics. In the testimony In the
case the scheme of the Pan-Electric
crowd to build up their project
through the influence of prominent
politicians stands out distinctly.
From the Inauguration of the com.
pany it has been speculative politi-
cal enterprise. AS Mr.. Garland him
self testiies it was "simply The asst
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-17

the suffering of Jones until entirely
satisfied Dwell went to the edge Of
the cliff, where there IS a sheer de-
scent of 800 feet, and, shooting him
self through the head, fell headlong
to the bottom. He was picked up
and carried to house near by, where
he is still lying in an insensible con-
dition, with no hope of recovery.
Jones was also found and cared for,
but is in very serious condition. aud
if he RECEIVERS will he badly dsfigur-
ell and totally blind. Mrs. Jones is
nearly crazed with grief. The parties
are all in moderate circumstances,
and respected in their circle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-17

Mondays Baltimore american
speaking of Mr.. MoComas' speech on
the Romiser Gaze says; "Mr. Nc
Comas has not opened his lips during
the present Congress that he has uot
commanded the attention of that
body. and rendered important public
he found in his admirable discussion
of the Presidents veto of the Rom
User Pension bill. 1t did not indulge
in mere censure of Cleveland, nor go
into generalities on his vet0es. 1t
dealt with the facts of the case in
hand, as shown by the official papers
on lie in the Pension Office-papers
whose existence the veto message
strongly denied. These facts con-
denim the hasty and careless action of
the President far more severely than
any rhetoric of censure could effect.
They show that Romiser, though
technically not included in the eener-
al pension act, was actually wounded
and disabled for life in the Union SER
vice, and fully entitled, under the
spirit of the law, to receive pension,
1t is precisely the sort of case where
the imperfection of a general law
calls for special enactment TO do JUS
tice in an Individual case. Congress
passed this act unanimously, and
President Cleveland vetoed it. AS
Mr.. McComas justly and pointed'y
said: Congress had been just; the
President had denied justice to cit
iZen W hose case he had never cOnsid-
ered.' How far the proven inaccura-
cy and carelessness of the Presidents
veto in this particul n case throws
light upon his vetoes in other cases,
the future must show. There are
other cases where equal hardship and
injustice has been done, and these in
the aggregate must rise up in rehuke
of the President when the House
comes to consider the vetOeS. That
Mr.. McC0maS commanded the respect
of the House, and earned the graft
tude of the right minded people OF
the whole country is already aSour-
| ed ~
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-17

has crept into the sacred places in the
Cabinet, and ani,les there uurebuked.
Abroad in the land there are un-
certainty, Unemployed and destitute
labor, strikes and riots, no improve
ment in the business situation, and a
gloomy outlook for the future. While
this is the situation in the North,
Jefferson Davis passes through the
South hailed as hero, walking upon
roses. under thousands of Conieder
ate flags, pr0claiming that "the cause
for which we fought is not dead. but
sleeping"
These are some of the fruits up to
date of the victory won by those few
Republicans who were too holy and
pure to vote the Republican ticket.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-17

During the discussion of the SUM-
dry civil appropriation bill in the
House on Tuesday Mr.. Hepburn, of
Iowa, criticised the items appropriate
ing an aggregate of about $4,000 for
new furniture for the executive man
sion, for the care of the green house
at the White House, and for general
incidental expenses. What, he ask
ed, could the present head of the adj
ministration. welded as he was to
Jeffersonian simplicity, want with
$29, 900 for furniture and flowers! The
President would not tolerate such
useless expenditure. 1t was known
that when he nerved himself to the
thankless duty of vetOing the pen
sion bills of sixty destitute soldiers or
widows he was constrained by his
official duty, and forced by Jefferson
ian simplicity yet those pension bills
aggregated less than $7,000--one-
fourth of the sum which this COM
mittee was trying to force upon him
to expend for furniture and flowers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-17

In the depths of forest there nved
two foxes who never had cross word
with each other. One of them said
one day, in the politest fox language
Lets quarrel ?" VERY we'll" said
the other, "as you please, dear friend.
But how shall we set about it ?"
sob it cannot be difficult" said fox
number one; "two.Iegged people fall
out, why should not we?" So they
tried all sorts of ways, but it could
not be done, because each one would
give way. AT last number one fetch
ed two stones. "There !" said he,
"you say they're yours, and I'll say
they're mine. and We will quarrel
and fight, and scratch each other.
Now I'll begin. Those stones are
mine VERY WE'LL" answered the
other, gently. "you are quite welcome
to them" but we shall never quar-
rel at this rate ~ cried the other,
Jumping mp and licking his face.
'You old simpletOn, don't you know
that 1T takes two to make quarrel
any day ?" So they gave it up as a
bad job, and never try at this silly
game again.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-17
STUPID laundering.

WAsHINGToN,J July 12.-The great
est Indignation is felt here over the
way the President has vetoed pension
and other bills. Democrats them
selves are disposed to say that halt
should be called, but they are afraid
to beard the lion in his den. At first
dispassionate people were inclined to
think that the President had vetoed
unworthy bills, but the more the
matter is looked into, the palmer it
becomes that the President has, in
certainly majority of the cases
which have come before Congress.
committed not only great wrong
but has done injustice to poor citizens
who can ill afford to Withstand his
blunders.
The fact that he vetoes bill cannot
be taken as absolute evidence that
the measure is bad one, for the
showing which the Republicans are
making against him in this matter
will not rebound to his good reputa.
ton or wise craftsmanship. He has
in most cases assigned as reason for
vetoing pension bills that there was
no law to authorize the payment of
pension under consideration. This is
the very reason why the applicant
came to Congress for it, and the
act of Congress in passing such bills
makes them laws when he signs
them. 1t is because the equities in
the case demanded that special act
he passed that Congress stepped in
and passed the bill.
There was no law authorizing the
payment of 500 a north to John
Charles Black as pension, but he
petitioned Congress and claimed that
he was complete physical and men,
tai wreck, and recited the service he
performed in the army. and the pen
sion, the highest of all on the SOL
diers' pension roll. was voted to him
by special act of Congress and by
the approval of Republican Presi-
dent. and yet this complete physical
and mental wreck is able to act as
Commissioner of Pensions and draw
salary of $1,000 a year. If there
was any law by which such pension
claims could be recognized by the
Pension Bureau there would be no
need of their coming to Congress for
action. However, it is evident that
the President is disposed to 'hedge"
on the veto business. He has given
orders to Commissioner Black to re-
open the case of Carter w, Tiller,
whose claim he vetoed the other day.
and the bill for which came near pas.
sing the House over his head. but
was postponed for what are now OBJ
vious reasons, to see if there Is any
way by which the claim can be al
lowed.
The President Is anxious to get rid
of the matter, The claim in the case
it will be remembered, was for pen
sion to dependent father of dead
soldier. The President ayerred as a
reason for vetoing the bill that the
soldier was a deserter. Subsequent
examination of the Confederate rec.
ord in the Office of the Adjutanl Gen
eral showed that at the time he was
alleged to be deserter he was con-
fined in AndersonvilIe prison. where
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-17

The commission of Frank M. OAR
by, Esq, Assistant U. S. Treasurer at
Baltimore having expired, Dr.. Geo.
w. Bishop, of Worcester county, on
Friday of last week was appointed
his successor by the President. 1t is
stated that Collector of Internal Rev.
enue Sellman will not be removed
until after the adjournment of Con-
gress.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-17
Sam Jones Oh Temperance.

BOSTON, July 5 Especially Sam
Jones and Sam Small addressed i'm
mense audiences to-day at Lake Wal
den in the town of Concord, where
the hermit Thoreau once unused alone.
The subject was Temperance. Sam
Jones said in his Spe ech. referring to
the question of prohibition aud poll
tics:
Well, now, brethren, I'll say this
to you. We never would let politics
mix up the Temperance cause and
prohibition movement in the South.
We just mix prohibition with poll
tics. Do you get the idea? Laugh
ter. Here, instead of letting Il cam
didate ride into power On US, we
harnessed up some reform Democrat
or Republican who had been con-
verified and joined the prohibition
party, and we rode him into power
loud laughterl; and riding beats
walking; there's no doubt about that.
Laughter. You go down in Geor-
gia now, and fellow announces him
self for the Legislature, or for Judge,
or anything. AbOut the first line
under his name he says; Il am
square out on the prohibition queS-
ton ;""I stand square on that issue )"
and tell you all to-day that prohibit
ton mixed with politics will help
politics, but God bless sou, don't you
put any politics in your prohibition.
If you doyou are gone. laughter
You see put sugar in my coffee to
help my coffee, but if you put your
coffee in your sugar your sugar is
ruined. Renewed laughter
When you go to vote against whis-
key, you just vote the plain issue,
straight out, and then when we can
poll enough votes on that question TO
show the politicians that We mean
business, the next thing you hear the
politicians will do anything you want
done. That's fact. But you go now
and try to run in your prohibition
candidate. Why, every Democrat in
this couhtry's got his sleeves rolled
up ready for the fight, and the Re-
publicans haye got their sleeves roll
ed up and they are ready for the
fight. III tell sou just exactly how
the two parties stand to-day. The
Democratic party i. "A straidie of
barrel of whiSkey and the Republic.
can party straddIe Of beer keg.
That's fact, and its just nip and
tuck now which is going to get into
the Presidency every four years
whether the beer key will get in or
the whiskey barrel. You see, now, I
would pray, Great God give New
England grit; give her courage to
stand up like men on this issue. Ap-
plause.l That little Malone of Vir-
ginia, he only weighs about ninety-fiye
| pounds, and some fellow asked him
what he weighed. He said: 81 only
weigh ninety-five pounds, but ninety
pounds of that is solid backbone"
Laughter. Well, now. that is just
what we need, about ninety-five per
cent backbone. when we go into
fight like this. Brethren. il there is
any thing | despise it is coward. A
man says, am going to take no sides.
You little puppy, yCu. would have
called you a dog and have done with
it. but you amt grown yet. Laugh.
ter. Pm not going to take any sides.
Well, now. Ill say this-,his is an
issue upon which every man must
make decision, every true man.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-17
SATURDAY, JULY II. 1886.

DR.. VIM. H. Cole, of Baltimore,
Representative in Congress from the
Third Maryland District. died at the
residence of his brother, Mr.. T, II.
Cole, in Washington, on Thursday
morning of last week. DR.. Cole had
been in delicate health for some time
and during the present session OF
Congress was rarely ever able TO &C.
cupy his seat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-17

he died. This is an evidence of the
hasty and inconsiderate manner in
which many of these vetoes are pre-
pared. There are many others which
will return to plague the President
badly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-17

A writer says that a woman Il a ST.
lent power in the land. To this u
synical old bachelor editor responds:
"Tha. will he news to thousands Of
husbands"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-17
TERMS OF ADVERTISING

Correspondents must enclose full name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but
as private guarantee of good faith. Reject
ed communications will not he returned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-03-03
aIas'a d - ~
N Nelhart.

This promising camp is soon to become
the Leadville of Montana. The last run
of the Hudson Mining eompany's smelte,
produced the richest smeIter bullion that
has ever been shipped from the territorory
and the ores of the Mountain Chief mine,
from which it was reduced, yielded more
bullion to the ton than any ore that has
yet been worked. It also lately came &c
our knowledge that Broadwater, Ryan &
Co. intend commencing active operations
ON the St. Julien and Montana Belle mines
in few weeks. The bond on the Dakota
at$90,000 is also about perfected, and
some three or four tunnel schemes are
now underway, while Anderson Bros. &
Co., of this place, have secured bond on
the London mine. This property was for
merly known as the Samson, but has
been relocated under the name of the
London. It is one Of the most promising
prospects in the district, displays vein
twelve feet in width for great distance
on the surface, and in the tunnel so far as
this has been driven. The ore from this
mine assays from so to 175 ounces and car
ries a sufficient amount of lead to make it
smelt easy. z. ). Anderson, Of the firm,
goes east in a few weeks for the purpose
placing the property, or rather will organ
ize a company for developing and work
ing. This lead, it will be remembered,
bears the same class of ore and is the e2-
tension of the Mountain Chief, mine
whose great value has already been de-
monstrated beyond doubt, and is one Of
the most promising properties in all the
region Of the Rocky mountains.-Hus-
banhmon.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-03-03
Chamberlain and the Poor.

LONDON, February 23.-Joseph Cham
berlain, president of the local government
board, was visited to-day by deputation
Of unemployed working men, who stated
their grievances and asked what the gov
ernment meant 10 do to relieve them.
Chamberlain said he was opposed to emf
grafton as means of relief, unless the
distress was chronic. This opposition was
based on many grounds, not the least Of
which was the fact that the colonies would
refuse to welcome large numbers of pau
pers, because among other reasons their
influx would cheaper the labor market.
Chamberlain added that he hoped the
government would soon be able to estab-
lish the British laborer upon the ground
he titled. Pending the accomplishment
Of this, he would not cease urging the 10
cal boards to start relief works, such as
paving and improving the streets, to fur
nish means of substance to- those in abb
solute need.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-03-03
Live Stock transportation.


Mr.. Trasney has introduced in the House
OF Representatives bill No. 5,293, to regu-
late the transportation Of live stock, which
ne will press to a passage at the earliest
possible day. Its provisions, upon their
face, appeal to everybody who eats meat
as well as to those who are animated by
humane sentiments. The preamble shows
the evil which this bill seeks to correct.
1t says that as "reports of committees of
the House of Representatives have estab.
llshed the facts that live stock transported
~ railroad cars are SO crowded, starved
and maltreated as to cause immense loss
by death and shrinkage, and thus largely
increase the price Of meat food, and put
on the market diseased and unwholeseme
meat in this country, and TO 'argely cur
tail the foreign demand for this class of
our products, as there is great favoritism
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-03-03
Army Transportation.

Army transportation in Montana used
to be an important matter, but the advent
of railroads has had the effect of making
short hauIs for the bulk Of government
freight. In years past the greater portion
Of the freight came to Fort Benton and
was from here distributed to every mili-
tary post in the territory. 1t was then a
source of profit to the contractors. Fort
Missoula was the most distant post, Fort
Ellis the, next; then came. Fort Logan,
Helena and Fort Shaw. Forts Assina-
boine and Maginnis were not then con-
structed. The great Diamond r Trans
portation company had the contracts for
the years in which the largest amounts of
freights were received here. Later years,
however, the competition for the contracts
has not beef so great, although many bids
have gone in this year for the routes in
Montana
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-03-03
Agitators Arrested.


PORTLAND, February 24-To-day Ma
than Z. Baker Of this city and Al.White of
Oregon City, who led the mob that drove
the Chinese out Of Oregon City Sunday
night, were arrested on complaint of Wong
Chung, a Chinese contractor, and taken be-
forea a United States commissioner, charged
with violating section 5000 of the United
States statutes. This section, which
was passed for the special protection of ne
groes against the ku-klnx in 1874, is said 70
cover the Chinese cases exactly and the
authorities think the men can be convicted.
The prisoners were released on 5000 bail
each and their preliminary examination set
for Friday, this week.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-03-03
The Cataract Mill.

The attention of our readers is called to
the advertisement Of the Cataract Mill
company of Great. Falls, which appears in
this ISSUE. The mill is now the property
of stock company. A. G. Loring, one
of the prominent millers of Minneapolis,
is president; Paris Gibson, vice president;
H. @. ChoWen, secretary and treasurer.
The Cataract mill is the first one in north
ern Montana to introduce the patent roller
process of manufacturing flour, and the
work done last season is proof that as
good flour can be made in Montana as in
any other section. The brands which
have been manufactured have made for
themselves an excellent reputation. The
capacity Of the mill will be increased and
additional store room will be provided to
enable the company to take all the wheat
the farmers may bring in. They will also
pay cash for grain, which to the farmers
is an important matter.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-03-03
Died IN the Harness of the Lord %

st. Louis February 24.-The following
special was received by the Post-Dispatch
to-day from Moberly, No.: Uncle Dur
rett Bruce, aged ninety-seven years, and a
local celebrity, went to the Christian church
prayer meeting last night and was called
on to address the meeting. He quoted a
passage of Scripture, sang a song and re-
marked to the congregation that he had
been member of the church for sixty
years, and that in a short time his body
would be among the clods Of the valley.
Just as the last words were spoken, he was
striken with apoplexy and fell over a
corpse. His body was carried and laid
out On the church chancel. His death is
regarded as especially singular, because he
had prayed for years to die in the ssharness
of the Lord.''
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-03-03
Heard Before the Committee.

WASHINGTON, February "a Charles
Francis Adams, president of the Union
Pacific Railway company, and ex-senator
Mcdonald, attorney forthe Central Pacific
roads, appeared before the honse commit
tee on Pacific railways to-day and express
ed their views at length upon the general
subject of the Indebtedness Of the Pacific
railroads. Adams declared the present
management of the Union Pacific Co. was
endeavoring to fulfill the company,s obli-
cations to the government in good faith
and that the road was not manipulated for
speculative purposes. a large proportion
of the stock he said was held by trust COM
panies, estates and widows. The unaided
branch lines constituted the main source
of the revenue, and without them the
road could not be operated at profit.