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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-18
PENSIONS IN TWO COUNTRIES.

at must be borne in mind that in
many cases those now unprovlded for
are men who, either through miscon-
duct or inefficient service, are absolute
ly disqualified for pensions, and it is
manifestly impossible to require the
taxpayers to provide funds for their sup
port" These be firm, outspoken words
from the British secretary of state for
war. He had been questioned respect
ing the action of the government in re-
gard to the survivors of the Light Brig
AIDE and he had no hesitation in giving
this opinion of some who had proved
themselves skulkers and insubordinates.
1t would be we'll for the invertebrate
pension pauperizing party in this coun-
try if it could evolve as much moral
backbone and give over, once and for all,
trucking to the votes of section Of the
G. A. r. and the rapacity of pension
agents. Every soldier who, in the up
right discharge of his duty during the
"late unpleasantness, incurred wounds
or disabilities that have prevented or
now prevent him from earning his own
living, is fully entitled to the gratitude
and aid of his fellow-countrymen. No
honest man and no honest party wishes
to disown that responsibility. But the
action Of the republican party is the
himsiest pretext for adding to their po-
litical strength by dishonest and debas-
ing means. They have gone out into the
hedges and byways, they have gathered
in deserters and fainthearts, and, not
content with the ignominy of heaping
pensions upon undeservers, they have
tried to prostitute the sturdy labor Of
the country and pauperize it for their
own party purposes. The brave men,
who came unscathed through the terri
bic ordeal of the war, are content with
having done their duty to their country
and resent as an insult the debasing
propositions Of the party in power.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-18
THE FEE SYSTEM.

Several years ago Theodore Roosevelt
and other reformers in politics made a
successful fight to put on salary basis
The fat offices of sheriff, register and
clerk in New York, in which the fee sys-
tenn had prevailed. It was urged on be-
half Of the system that $4,000 to $4,000
q year was too much for these officers to
deduct from the fees they collected.
Under the old method the clerks in an
Office worked zealously for their chief;
now, with the public for their master,
they do far less. According to the New
York Times since the law making the
registers Office a salaried one went
into effect, there has been a loss to the
city OF over $4,000, representing the
difference between the expenditures for
services and the fees received. During
the same period there has been loss to
the city of about $4,000, representing
the difference between the expenditures
and fees received in the county clerks
office. The figures in the case of both
OF these officers cover the period from
the beginning of 1888 to June, 1890. 1t
is urged that no one has gained anything
by the change; that, as matter of fact
fees have charged at the same rate as
before, the public thus saving nothing
that the quality Of the service has not
been improved, and that the new system
has resulted in burdening the city with
q deficit. -..-
The fact seems to be that as soon al
the workers in these offices were paid
salaries instead of fees there was nc
longer Incentive to expedite work II
any direction. The men we're on dut.
within certain hours, and there was NJ
disposition on their part to work overtime
when they we're certain that they woult
receive TO extra pay for the same. I'm
der the old system the greater thu
amount of work that was done thu
greater was the income of those who di'
it. Under the present system the me-
do not feel under any necessity to wor
minute beyond the time for whic
they were paid, and it is claimed tina
even within the hours of pay the spiri
of what is done is altogether listless an
perfunctory.
Whom the old system was in vogu
there was an incentive to special effor
on the part of the clerks in the register
Office because they felt the spur of Out
side competition. This competition wa
directed by clever business men unde
improved methods. Now that this il
centive has been withdrawn, official wor
has fallen far behind outside work i
quality.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-18
A Gigantic HunlbuH,

Spokane Falls Review: The announce
ment by Census Enumeration Speer, of the
Helena district, that any person suspecting
that he or she has been overlooked by the
enumerators has the privilege of reporting
to him, is an acknowledgement that the
work has been badly done. Then, when
the supervisors friends seek to bolster him
up by the argument that all citizens who
fail to SO report will be considered remiss
in the performance of patriotic duty,
they add insult to injury. The census Of
fcals are employed at the expense of the
people to perform this labor, and it is no
part of the peoples duty to hunt them up.
That the method of taking the eleventh
census was crude, unsystematic and en-
trusted to unskilled and often Incompetent
persons nobody can deny. The result is
that there are few localities. particularly
in the west, that have been fairly treated.
The Okanogan, Wanacut Lake, Big Bend,
Grand Coulee and Calispel regions of East
ern Washington are believed to belong in
this category. At least one addition to
Spokane Falls has been missed entirely, &C
cording to the best judgment of the 800
people residing therein, while in the bust
ness center of the city there are hundreds
who will testify that they have never been
Intercepted by census enumerator.
Spokane Falls and Eastern Washington
can survive the injury that this misrepre-
sentation will infiict. The census returns
will show as many people as have ever been
claimed. But it should have been SO care
fully taken as to show all the people, in
stead of skipping 800 in bunch and SOW
eral Thousand in a district.
The apology of the census officials is that
the compensation was insufficient. In that
case they should have declined the position
rather than perpetrate an injustice at the
expense of the entire community.
OF course Superintendent Porter can mol
be expected to order another enumeration
under the existing law, but it is within thu
power of congress to right the wrong thai
has been done by authorizing another cen
sus, prescribing few simple and sensible
rules for its management. and making AZ
appropriation sufficient to insure the faith
full performance of the work. Such a cen
sus would possess great value, while thu
one now about to be concluded is boil
libelous and injurious, and will never b
accepted by the people as even approaching
accuracy to degree emitting it +
recognition as public document.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-18

After looking over the bids the trustees
decided to make some changes in the plans
and specifications which deducted from the
lowest bid would put the cost down
to $16,867 and the contract was awarded
to Mr.. McCarter on that basis. He is the
same man who built the state arsenal. The
trustees secured good location for this
building, but on closing the deal for it's
purchase an examination Of the title did
mot rsses satisfy the t..a board The and oro9 1heI
Were It not for this, work would now be
underway, but Mr.. Howey says they expect
to secure another piece of ground in few
days. when work will proceed. The plans
for this building were drawn by Heinleln @
Matthias. The First ward school will be
handsome structure of brick with sandstone
nearly 20 feet.
As to the contemplated new high school
building Judge Howey states that the plans
and specifications will be completed to-day
and open for the inspection Of the contract
ors who intend to bid for tie
cent cent structure o.u ~ the arohitecture Being
not unlike that Of the court house and it
will be of solid granite with rubble granite
trimmings. Paulsen & Mcconnell, who
draw the plans for this estimate the cost,
exclusive of plumbing and heating, at about
$4,000. The site on the Central school
grounds has been selected and surveyed.
The building will have a tower and two
main entrances, one from Warren street
and another from Seventh avenue by
means of walk. and a third entrance will
be from Lawrence street. The sides of the
building will be very similar. The first
floor will be laid in tile, all the stairways
will be of stone and plate glass will be used
in every window. There will be very little
wood work in its structure and that will be
polished oak. Steel Orders will be the ma
terial used instead of cross beams. There
will be sub-cellar to be used as boiler
room. Work on this building will begin
within month.
The third of the new school buildings to
be built this year is one for the Seventh
ward, for which Architect Neihausen has
drawn the plans. This will be pretty
structure.
When the contemplated changes to the
Sixth ward building are made that hand,
some though miserably planned ediice will
be the same as new. It now has four
rooms, but the changes that will be made
will give it two additional rooms. Mr.. Nc
Nally, who has just been appointed build.
ing inspector, has devised tho changes
which meet the approval of the trustees
The front entrance will be taken off and {
wing built there, making it ample and con
venient for all purposes, which has no
been the case heretofore.
When these improvements are made Hell
ena will have six of the finest school build
ings to be found in the state, and they viii
be valuable property. The high schoo
building will be a creditable structure, AM
one that will not only be an adornment t.
: the neighborhood, but a credit to the enter
prise of Helena.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-18
TIE announcement Of the immediate

The announcement of the immediate
reopening of the East Helena smelter is
the best news that has come to Helena
this season. Our New York correspond
ent telegraphs us that the differences
with the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany have been satisfactorily adjusted,
the corporation having made all the con-
cessions that were asked of it. The re-
opening of the works means employment
for hundreds of people, increased bust
ness for our merchants and prosperity
for the future.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-18
OCEAN GREYHOUNDa.

A summer tour on the continent of
Europe has become such popular form
!. OF recreation with all classes of the COM
] munity that considerable interest has
been felt in the inquiry INTO the disas-
ters that befell the two 'scrack liners"
the City of Rome and the City of Paris.
There was very general feeling that
ocean racing was becoming prevalent
!. and that the rivalry between opposition
would some day result in an
appalling disaster. The public will be
in measure treasured by the decision
OF the court of inquiry. That body had
no hesitation in coming to the conclus-
]. ion that full provision was made to en-
.asure the safety Of the latter vessel as an
aocean-going steamship, and that her
safety had not been sacrificed to speed.
The accident to her starboard shaft and
engines was one that it was scarcely pos
sible to foresee, but the court made var
ious suggestions which when carried to
effect will render recurrence of the
casualty far from probable. Officers
and crew received the warm encomiums
OF the court for the admirable manner
in which they had performed their du-
ties at a particularly trying and even
dangerous time. The City of Rome, it
will be remembered, struck on the Fast
net rock in dense fog and was in inn
minent danger for three or four min
utes. The captain, who was on his
twenty first voyage in that capacity, in
dignantly denied the report that he had
been guilty Of racing with the Urania
and had imperilled the safety of his
ship and passengers by his precipitation.
He brought evidence to prove that his
average passage consumed five or six
hours beyond the usual time. While he
was found guilty OF an error of judg-
ment in the use he made OF the warn
ings given by the lead, it was decided
that with this exception the vessel was
navigated with seamanlike care and
skill. It is satisfactory to know, on the
verdict Of an impartial tribunal, that
ocean liners are thoroughly equipped FOL
their work and that the personnel OF ths
crews il Of such high standard. L
will be still better to learn that the dis
claimers Of all intentions to race witt
rival lines have been put INTO practica
operation.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-18

THE Ohio republicans in their conven-
ton at Cleveland on Wednesday ap-
proved the administrations of Foraker
and Harrison, the rulings of Reed, the
Mckinley bill, service pension law and
federal regulation of elections. The
coroner will have difficulty next Novem-
Der IN determining what killed the g. o.
D, in Ohio.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-18

By the employment of newspaper meth
DDS in the publication of newspaper, the
Kansas City Star is distancing its local
competitors in point of circulation.-St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
And in the same way the Journal has
reached nearly double the circulation of
any two newspapers in Minneapolis or st.
journal.
And it is the same with The INDIE
PENDENT in the great metropolis of the
northwest.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-18
SCHOOL TRUSTEES MEET,
They Let Contract for the Erec-
ton Of the First Ward
School Building.
Plans Of the New High School
Now Ready for
Contractors.
About tho Sixth and Seventh Ward
Schools-The New High School
Building.

R. H. Howey, of the school board, says he
has been busy for the past six weeks to the
neglect of his private affairs in looking after
school matters and particularly business
relative to the new school building. The
bids for the erection Of the First ward
school house have been opened and were as
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-18

We rejoice to see the esteemed
Herald which a few days ago was prais-
ing the Mckinley bill as the acme of
craftsmanship now getting under the
wing of Brother Blaine, who thinks the
bill a sorry mess. It is better to be right
than to be left.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-18

overcrowded primary schools. The tax
payers have been protesting against this
policy for years and at last their clamor
has led three leading members OF the
board Of education, strong advocates OF
the college idea, to resign. The primary
schools will now have show.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-18
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

e~Montanians abroad will always find THS
DAILY INDEPEHDENT on file at their favoritS
hotels: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan, New
York: Grand Pacific, Chicago; West, Minneapolis;
Baldwin and Palace, San Francisco: st. Nicholas
and McDermott, Butte; Leland Hotel, Spring
fold, Ill
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-18
Fizx and Pop.

BosroN, July l7.-It is announced that
the scheme whereby all the soda water and
beer apparatus interests in the United
States were to be amalgamated into trust
and sold to English capitalists has fallen
through. the broker who engineered the
deal having cabled from London his failure
e organize r. eth :as nsss;'! =
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-18

NEW York city has taken right step
Ia taking . step backward in dealing
With tho public school question. For
yeass large sums Of money have been
e,ppeppriated Tor the city College and
lfenal oollegs while 1900 10 $4,000
|rkfl1eoa hase bssn turned away from
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-20
WILL GO HOME TO VOTE.

Department Clerks Preparing to Cast
 Their Ballots at the Coming Election.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-There has been great political activity among Depart mont clerks here for the past twelve months, and the probability is that four or five thousand of them will go home to vote at the coming elections. A score or more of State associations have been organized and their members will probably go home en masse to vote
 Never was greater activity and en- ergy put forth in getting every quail fled voter home for the November elec- tions, and the exodus promises to be something unusual. Thousands of votes will be boiled in distant States, that have not been cast before in years. So great does this exodus promise to be, that the railroads have reduced the rates for one round trip to half fare rate to all points East O. New York and West of Chicago; these rates being allowed only to voters holding certificates of membership in some State association.
 Maryland being close to the National Capitol will probably attract the largest number of visitors of her na- tive sons and voters on election day. Five hundred members of the Mary land State Association promise to go home and vote. The New York State Association promises to send 600; Penn sylvania, 500; Ohio, 300; Virginia, 500, and other States proportionately as wall
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-20

must suffer it. My boy has lots of pluck and he will soon make good his loss, '" said Mrs. Bregy.
 That will not do at all," said Armi. da; 'I must at least share part of the damage, and insist on being allowed to do something for you either now or at some future time" "Please understand, Miss Delaro, that neither of us wish it." was the quiet but firm answer.
 'Then you will at least grant mo one privilege" said Armida, pleasantly. "I am told that your son will leave the hospital in a few days. Then permit me to call at the store and see how you are getting along, for am thoroughly interested in the account of your histo- ry which your boy has given me and would like to hear more." "We shall always be pleased to see you, am sure," said Mrs. Bregy. Armida then rose to go, saying: Next time l hope to see you in your own home, and sincerely hope that your sons business may not suffer very much in consequence of the accident"
 Soon after Armida had gone Eugene remarked to his mother:
 II have something to tell you, moth- er"
 What is it, Eugene, something im- portant?"
 Well, perhaps 1t is, and perhaps not. When Miss Delaro called last week l asked her if she knew Mir. Emerick, the South American merchant, and she stared at me as though thunderbolt had struck her, and answered: How strange. Yes, have met him; do you know him% did not tell tho circum- stances of your meeting him, but I said that you had seen him once and he so resembled an old friend of yours that you always had him in your mind, but shall never forget her puzzled look"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-20
HIS ANNUAL REPORT.
The Postmaster General Reviews Hi
 Work for the Past Year.

The Postmaster-General Reviews His
 Work for the Past Year.
 WASHINGTON, Oct 30. - The annual report of the Postmast General is all most completed but, of course, will not be made public until it is presented to Congress.
 The report will show that during the present year there have been more new postofficss established than during any year since 1866. In that year the post. offices throughout the South which had been necessarily abandoned by the Gov ernment during the war, were re-estab. lished, so that during that particular year the record for new postofices es- tablished exceeded all previous years
 The number of new offices estab lished during the last fiscal year was 4, 427 of which the vast majority were es tab lished in the Southern States.
 The largest number of new offices in any one State was 250 created in Penn sylvania, but with the exception of that one Northern State, the South secured the greatest number.
 Thus, Texas received POS new offices, North Carolina 203, Virginia 202, Ken lucky 99, Alabama 107, Georgia 196, ginia 160, Arkansas Al and Mississippi 124
 Of the northern States in whic h more than 100 new offices have been established, after Pennsylvania, came Ohio with 137, Washington with 132, California 115 and New York 1O1. Wis consin has an even 100.
 There are no less than 122 new offices established in the Indian Territory.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-20
WASHINGTON TOPICS
Guarding Against Fire in the
 White House.
EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS.
The Repairs to the Building Exposed Its
 Tinder-Liks Condition.

Department Clerks Preparing to Go Home
 to VOte-The Postmaster-G Generals An
 nual Report-Admiral Porter's Condi-
 tion-He Passed Restless Night-A
 Big Week for Horsemen.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 2O.-Considerable anxiety has been caused of late to gov srnment officials and others who visit the White House daily in regard to the possible danger of fire to the historic old structure and its occupants'arising from the placing of electric light wires throughout the building. The recent renovations and repairs to the building have disclosed more than ever the tim der like condition of the entire struc- ture.
 There is not 6 joist or timber com prising vital point in the structure which is not half rotten and decayed and highly infammable The space between the ceiling of the rooms and the floor of the rooms above is filled with half decayed timbers and a stratum of fine dust, which would act like train of powder in communicat- ing flame from room to room with lightning-like rapidity. Between the ceilings of the upper floor and the roof of the house is space three feet high, something like an attic, where the joists and timbers are exposed, and being very difficult of access, fire could get 6 start here sufficient to make the destruction of the building a certainty.
 Workmen have about completed tn @ placing in position of the wires which will furnish electric light to the man. sion. Each wire has been insulated with rubber, not a naked wire will be strung and extraordinary precaution has been exercised that no wire should cross another; but even then a fire is not out of the range of possibilities where an electric wire comes in prox- unity to infiammable matter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-20
The Washington Races.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-Nothing but good weather is needed to insure eight days of good sport at the fall meeting of the Washington Jockey Club at Benning's, which opens tomorrow. About 200 horses have already arrived, representing the best stables in the country. There will--be little surplus stock on the ground, as all the horses are here to race. The club has arranged a good programme of five or six races each day, with steeplechase race every other day. Massilon, of Blunt's stable, became lame at his work Satur- day and very probably will not be started this meeting.