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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-16

The vogue Of the red cloak is something
to excite surprise. The warm bright color
seems to intoxicate, and maid and matron,
school girl and demure little mother of
round-eyed babies put il on. and walk like
gypsies amid the falling leaves, the wind
that brings winter flushing their cheeks
and blowing ont their rings of hair. Otero.
the new dancer, who, in spite of all they
say, doesn't dance we'll, is out some
times Of morning in one Of
soft and heavy silk, that covers her
like Red Riding Hood from top to toe, and.
anon, is thrown back from her shoulders
and hangs behind in long Watteau-like
scarlet and gold draperies, lighting up with
it's flames her little black gown. Young
MIS-. Blame wears long light cloth one
with deep blue lining. Bah has another,
and the prettiest girl know dances like a
Will O. the Wisp in an odd little cape Of
Indian red chenille, lined with dull pink,
and edged with provoking black silk
fringe.
It is an amusing thing to see a girl coil
her hair. She piles it high on her crown az
she can build or hangs it low in her neck,
She is young person of character, she
knows no INDIGESTION, this stand or that
must be taken, the middle course she
cannot endure. It is only the rare girl
who makes herself pretty, for hair
nowadays commonly looks az il 1t
wOAc YEAS 0'Hco ~ Ahu 6oeu DTu6n or
comb. The very low knots are worst in this
particular for they fray out almost with the
movement of the lips or the turning of the
eyes. Nevertheless for curly locks they are
very pretty when a girl is young enough and
picturesque enough to stand such framing
Of her face by the loose tendrils twisting in
her neck and falling against her collar. At
last there is coitfure for the tip-tilted nose;
three soft puffs one above another ON the
top Of the head seems to suit it famously,
< ELLEN OSBORN.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-16
Exquisite STYLES

The new arrivals of silk drapery metz and
founcings are now on sale at Sands Bros,
Beautiful effects in black silk lace grounds
with raised gold flowers. Silver tinsel nets.
silk fisher nets and Chantilly silk fioun-
cings in unlimited variety. Also novelties
in lace scarfs and fichues and made-up lace
goods Sands Brothers are making extra-
ordinary preparations for the holidays and
to make room for their holiday goods will Of
fer splendid values in dress goods, silks, vel
vets, cloaks, suits, ETC., etc. Hos sekeepinc
nels, blankets, quilts. towels, crashsS, eto.
are marked at Exceptionally low prices, and
the immense assortme mt displayed ia proha.
bly, unequaled west Of Chicago. CAN At
Sands Bros. this week ana inspect the many
attractive ofEerinpe.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-16
ARTHUR P CURTIN'S@
VISITORS

Are cordially invited to visit whether
lending purchase where will to show
largest stock in displayed Montana
stocks than be shown by al Helena competitors
ned and at prices that they cannot win dare not meet Our
shipments all from direct and in such quantities
as to the very lowest Of freight and bought for
spot cash only.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-16
Stoves, Stove. STOVES.

Just received, another car load of stoves
and ranges. Prices lower than ever. Call
and examine before purchasing elsewhere.
we carry the Superb base burner. the only
stove that viii burn hard or soft coal Of
LANG b Co.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-16
q Mammoth Furniture House K
furniture, Carpets wan Paper, House FURNISHING Goods

Parior bedroom Office and furniture
pillows springs comforts bl.ne sheetngs and al kinds Of bed
mirrors picture frames mouings An immense stock
s.ss and wall paper IN al the shades and Win
dow ads lace and chenille curtains sk pole
IL lgat ID MIN h IL csahJl D,rse M u,lllnI
, 1890-12-18
RAIL WAY COMMISSIONS.

The experience OF older states has
clearly shown that IA railway COM
mission must be clothed with judi
cial powers In order to exert re-
straining influence upon transporta-
ton companies.
The supreme court of the United
States has recently decided that an
attempt by the commission OF Min
nesota to regulate frcighte and fares
was unconstitutional, for the reason
that the commission was not in
vested with such judicial powers,
and the statute deprived the rail
road companies of the right to show
judicially that the rates fixed by
the commission were not equal nor
reasonable. This was held to be, in
substance, "a deprivation of prop
erty without due process of law
and i'm violation of the constitution
of the United States.n
The appointment of n commits
sion with ample judicial powers of
fixing reasonable and just rates of
charges seems to be demanded, in
view of the needs of the people and
the decision of the supreme court.
The legislature can not well fix equal
and reasonable rates, for the reason
that it has no knowledge upon
which to base such an adjustment,
and according to the supreme court
decision, any schedule 1t might
make, even after the fullest investi.
CATION, would be still open to judi
clal investigation.
But the legislature can create a
commission and endow 1t with
judicial functions, and that COM
mission can determine to its own
satisfaction what rates are fair and
reasonable. and can apply such rates
aud the railroads will have TO abide
by its decisions.
OF course the railroads will send a
strong lobby to the legislature,
whose efforts will be objected to-
ward the creation of commission
destitute of judicial functions. Such
body would cost quite as much as
a judicial creation, and all that 1t
could do would be to throw COM
plants into the courts.
The rights and the interests of the
people require II commission clothed
with full power to give relief, to de-
termlne the rates that roads shall
charge.
With the full knowledge of the
experience of other states, and with
the recent decision of the supreme
court before 1t, the legislature can
not err without submitting its ac-
tion to a strong suspicion of corpo-
rate influence.
, 1890-12-18

foliows this uncertain calling, but
to landsman, unused to the
dangers that walt upon adventurous
seanen, and especially those of this
class, the story is exciting and
thrilling.
In former days. when the sails of
the whaling fleets Of Now England
whitened the polar waters and were
the pride Of that section, many
equally strange happenings were
chronicled, and the whaler that re-
turned with her full crew aud with
out any mishap whatever was re-
garded as especially favored by
fortune.
Since then, however, there are
fewer engaged In this calling, and,
In the same ratio, the accidents are
fewer aud those which occur are
more noticeable. Nothing has oc-
Cured of late years to equal this
latest romance of the seas.
, 1890-12-18
WALL STREETS CON YER
NON

The conversion OF Wall street to a
belief in the absolute necessity Of an
enlargement of the circulating me-
dunn Is one of the most hopeful
phases of the financial situation. Az
last the West and tho East have
reached n partial agreement. Fl
nanclal theories that once were re
garded as dangerous and tinctured
with al unsound approach to infia'
ton are now warmly supported by
New York bankers and brokers, and
the conservative capitalists Of the
Eastern cities are actually calling
for "infiation" with all the earnest
ness that has hitherto charac terized
the utterances of the silver men and
the Western farmers.
Mr.. A. M. Cannon, who has just
returned from an extended visit to
New York city, reports that n COM
plete revolution of sentiment has
taken place, and where before every
body looked with horror upon the
idea of an extension of the currency.
or tho infusion of silver into the
finances Of the country, moneyed
men unite in calling upon congress
for the creation of more money.
This is truly startling and inspir-
ing. Perhaps Wall street may yet
clamor for out-and-out free coinage.
1t all goes to prove that in the ad-
justment of finances quite as much
danger lies In restriction as in infla-
tion. Between the two we find the
safe medium, beneficial alike to all
classes. In their dread of initiation
of the circulating medium the East
ern financiers have forced upon the
country an Initiation of credit. Now
that their fingers are burned they
realize the needs of the country.
There is no arguing against this
proposition. The admission Is found
in the determination Of the secre-
tary of the treasury to employ all
the silver in the land as the basis of
additional money. This amounts
to about 1900, 600 ounces, and ac-
cording to the arguments of the
gold men, must include nearly all
the worlds surplus silver, since, ac-
cordlng to their reasoning, the
United States has been made the
dumping ground of the worlds
white metal, by reason of the re-
cent rise in the price of bullion.
Well, we find that we need that sill
yer now, and can turn 1t to excel
lent advantage, though in doing SO
the government is forced to play
right into the hands of the gamblers
and spectators. Free coinage,
adopted year ago, would have
diverted this humiliating spectacle.
, 1890-12-18
THE ADULAMIIE.S.

The platform of the proposed new
party is so crude and vague that II
will probably attract all the malcon.
tents in the land. Then u great rat.
tling of old political bones will fol.
low, and we shall see n general
flocking of rejected and broken.
down politicians to the recruiting
offices of the new party. Since the
new organization will necessarily in
clude all of the kickers and camp.
followers Of the old parties, and
since the platform is built as broad
and as long as possible, in order to
draw in all the rpalcontents, disrup.
tion and ultimate dislntegratlon can
be predicted as easily and AS certain
ly rs the rising of to-morrow's sun.
We shall probable see such "A
hodgepodge of principles that
neither of the old parties will con-
sent to form an alliance. The new
party will draw in the Knights of
Labor the Citizens Alliance, the
Negro Alliance, and numerous other
class organizations, and the result
will probably be seen In u declara-
ton of principles that the farmers
can not stomach.
New parties formed upon lines
like these can not live, because they
are nothing less than log-rolling
combinations, with a single clear
prlnciple-that is, they are against
everything that the old part les ad =
vocate. 1t necessarily follows that
as both Of the old parties have been
shaped and adjusted to the demands
and needs of the masses, their dec la
rations of principles are not far
wrong.
The best men of the nation are
enrolled in the old parties. If the
latter are hopelessly corrupt and
radically wrong, then the whole
country has been going astray. No
body thinks that, and yet l. great
many people act as though they
were firmly convinced that such is
the case
, 1890-12-18

worth gold dollar, speculation In
silver bullion would be impossible,
and the existing stringency would
not confront the country and serve
to paralyze business and bring ruin
to scores Of prominent firms.
The administration can not hope
to still the call for free coinage by
this expedlent. If 1t should have
the effect Of restoring silver to a
parity with gold, the necessity for
free coinage would still remain; and
upon the other hand, Its failure to
relieve the tension wouiG only in
tensify the clamor for the full res
toration of the money powers of
silver.
This is not q party question. Free
coinage is supported by republicans
and democrats alike, and the OPP
position also represents both parties.
Does any candid man believe that IL
Grover Cleveland were occupying
the White house to-day his admins
tration would go as far AS the present
Is going?
, 1890-12-18

4NARRIAGE 4 SUCCESS.

A short time ugo a New York pa
per offered prize of 800 to the wife
who would write the most interest
ing and picturesque description of
her husbands devotion. Answers
are pouring In by the hundred, aud
the warmth of their expression
ought to convince the most cynical
old bachelor that ever rallied at
welded bliss, or the most Grabbed
old maid that ever reared a cat, that
marriage Is decided success. These
answers afford most interesting
study, and valuable one, too.
They point the straight way to n
woman's heart, and their careful
study affords clearer insight into
American character than one can
gain from reading Howells' novel.
cites.
Almost without exception these
gushing and devoted wives praise
their husbands because they are
thoughtful, kind ana consideratc.
1t is pleasing to note that sordid
considerations play no part In the
winning or retention of love and
affection. The writers love their
husbands because they are faithful
and devoted. The lamp Of love Is
kept burning by trlhss light as air
kisses and caresscs, " little sur
prise now aud then in the way of
, 1890-12-18

that any one possessing silver bu,i
ion be permitted to take the sam.
to the mints of the govern ment ma
have II coined into standard silvo.
dollars, free of charge, such dolla,.
to he full legal tender in m,
amount. Prior to 1873 free colnnoo}
of silver was Invited, but few. oftsrV y
ings were made. In that year tba
silver dollar, which for many veor.
had stood as the standard of n, ,easuro
by which even the price of gold was
gagged, was quietly dropped from
the statute books, and gold becama
the sole measure of values. The in,
evitable effect came quickly. Ds.
prived of its monetary powers, silvo,
declined In value, and as gold ba.
came the sole measure of valuos
the effect was to the interest of thu
holders of all bonds, stocks
mortgages and notes, and at the OK
pense of the producing classes
Since 1879, whereas the popula,
tion, wealth aud business. of tho
country have increased enormouslv
the production of gold has de.
creased. In 1873 the United State,
produced S36 100000 in gold ma
against $33, 16r, 800 in 1883. The
advocates of free coinage con.
tend that this constant increase
of business, and as constant de-.
crease OF the legal tender coin
measure of that business, car
only tend to the impoverishment Of
tho producing classes and the en-.
richnent of the bondholders and
the men who have mortgaged the
farms of the country. They fore.
saw the panic through which the
country has Just passed. and repeat.
edly warned congress and succeed.
ing administrations of the danger
The inevitable stringency came
that is, the day finally dawncd
when the constantly increasing
of credits could be-
built no higher upon q diminishing
gold basis, and the consequence was
a financial panic In season of OK.
traordinary production of wealth
and remarkable freedom from specu.
lation.
The free coinage proposition, four
or five years ago, could not find
more than dozen advocates In
both houses OF congress; but 80
powerful and convincing are the
arguments urged in its favor, aud so
pressing the demands for relief, that
1t now claims a majority OF the
members of congress.
In brief, the advocates of free
coinage declare that nothing but
the reconciliation of our silver can
give us a currency that will keep
pace with the growth of business.
The objection urged against the
idea Is that the infusion of so much
silver into the currency would de.
base IL and drain the country OF all
its gold. At n future date we shall
attempt to expose the fallacy of that
eXpectatiOn
, 1890-12-18
DRIFTING TO WARD ,sIL YER

When person becomes habit
uated TO the use of a powerful drug
a sudden stoppage of the habit is
invariably attended by painful If
not disastrous consequences.
The finances of the country have
been so long adjusted to the gold
basis that sudden return to the
normal use of silver would neces-
sarily create disturbances that
would prove disagreeable to selfish
interests. If this were the only con-
sideratlon there would be small
necessity for the Withholding of
heroic treatment; but unfortunate
ly, the prosperity of thousands of
citizens is closely interviewer with
the success of selfish interests of
Wall street.
The REVIEW believes that IA sud-
den return to the free coinage of sill
yer would have been less disturbing
than the failure to ward off the re-
cent panic, which has proved 80 dis
astrous to the business interests of
the whole country; but that was out
of the question, for the reason that
Eastern sentiment, regardless of
party, was hostile to the proposition.
At last, however, this conservative
sentiment has been aroused to the
absolute necessity of infusing fresh
life blood into the finances of the
country. The discrimination of the
republican caucus and of the admin
istratlon itself to take the entire sil-
yer bullion product of the country
and infuse 1t into the circulation is
significant. Silver will quickly re-
spond TO this decision, and there is
hope that 1t may touch n parity with
gold. Then the last objection to
free coinage would he swept out of
and there should be no
delay in passing the only legislation
that can restore the country's
finances to n healthy condition.
Ifthe demonstration act of 1878
had not been passed, the country
would not now be confronted with |
the necessity Of bringing about a
radical adjustment Of the relations
of gold and silver There would |
have been a steady adj ustnent with
out legislation, ard to-day 4l2.5
grains of coin silver would be !
, 1890-12-18

THE "CI N7'EENn AGAIN..

In another column OF this paper
one of those excellent ladies com.
prising the Woman's Is Christian Tenn
perance Union seeks to justify the
opposition of that organization to
the 'canteen" system now In opera
ton at army posts, under which the
troops are supplied with light liquors
under the direct espionage of the
officers, and in surroundings inf
nitely less demoralizing and objec.
tionable than the adjacent grogger-
les which hitherto have been the
ruination of many soldiers and the
bane Of the war department.
The weak spot in the attitude of
these noble.hcarted ladies is their
impulsive impatience. The wings
of their Imagination, or inspiration,
or whatever you choose to style the
motive influence of these organiza-
tions, carry them to ideal heights
that can only be attained by the
world by slow and painful marches,
They stand in the desert and look
eagerly upon the snowy submits
and the purple drapery OF the dis
tant mountains, aud because they
can not Immediately attain those
distant heights they faint by the
wayside. But the great, practical,
plodding world realizes that before
those heights are reached the weary
leagues of intervening desert must
be trod In pain and sorrow.
The excellent ladies who guide
the w. c. I. u. fall into the error of
imagining that they know more
about the dlsciplining and control of
large bodies of unmarried men than
they know about embroidery or
tattiug Yet these same Christian
ladies would smile If the men who
officer and direct the army were 10
band themselves for the purpose of
teaching the ladies how to decorate
a parlor or to shape an infants gar
ment.
Above all 1t should ne YER be for
gotten that intemperance is the
bane of the officers lives. The can
teen system was devised for the sole
purpose of diminishing the liquor
evil, of lettering the condition of
the men, of lessening the alarming
increase of desertions and to inn
prove the morale of the army. II it
were possible to induce every en-
listed soldier to become total alb
stainer none would more quickly
grasp the remedy than the war de-
partment. But that is out Of the
question. The next best thing is TO
lessen the evil, and that is what the
IL doing.
, 1890-12-18

establishment of reasonable rates is
emincntly a question for judicial dc.
termination" Judge Blatchford
said:
Tho question of the reasonAbleness oi
a ratio Of chargc for transportation by
a railroad company, involving ns 1t
does the element OF rcnsonableness,
both as regards the company and as ie-
CARDS tho public, Is cminently a question
for Judicial Investigation, requiring the
due process oil law for It's discriminate ion,
II tho company Is deprived OF the power
Of charging reasonable rates for the use
of its property, and such deprivation
takes place In the absence of an invosll'
CATION by judicial machinery, 1t is de-
priycd of the lawful use OF its property,
and thus, In substance and effect ofthe
ITSELF without due process of
law and In violation OF the constitution
of tho United States; md In so far as 1t
Is thus deprived, while other persons
are permitted to receive reason
able profits upon their invested capital,
the company is deprived OF the equal
protection of tho laws.
Docs not that decision deprive the
legislature of the power to establish
rates without judicial determination
as to their reasonableness? And
would not any law framed and en-
acted upon the lines laid down by
the construction suggested by Mr..
Winston be In plain violation of the
Of the United States, as
in the foregoing decision?
Again, is it not probable that the
would place a broad and lib
eral construction upon the language
Of the constitution of the state,
thereby bringing 1t in harmony
with the constitution Of the United
States, In preference to rendering n
decision that would annul the pro-
vision Of the state constitution?
We can not see how the Legislature
can legally establish rates in the face
of the supreme court decision. Is 1t
not reasonably clear, then, that the
delegation of oflegislative and judicial
powers to a commission would be
sustained by the courts?
That is, indeed, n most important
question, one requiring the fullest
and frankest discussion. We shall
be pleased to hear from other readers
of the REVIEW.
, 1890-12-18

COME HOME, COLONEL.

Mr.. Patrick II. Winston, it ap.
pears from an interview in the
Olympia Tribune, still clings to his
impracticable proposition of state
railway from the grain lands Of
Eastern Washington to the shores OF
Puget sound.
1t Is hardly necessary to combat
this creation of straw which Mr..
Winston has set up as panacea for
all the ills that the farmers purse
Is heir to. The strong. common
sense of the people has already re-
jected the scheme, and its author
might as we'll go before the public
and discuss the Baconian theory Of
Ignatius Donnolly. There is no
occasion for state railway--.nott the
least. The state has ample au-
thority to regulate the existing
companies, and to compel them To
handle the grain product for rea-
sonable consideration. IL Is not the
province of government TO haul tue
peoples freights for less than cost.
No road that IL might build could
profitably compete with transconti-
mental lines.
Against this 1t might be urged
that the state road would compel
the other lines TO haul grain at
reasonable rates. But wherein lies
the necessity of eSpending Sl5,OOO,-
600 or $50, 900, 200, (Which we have
not to spend, To- bring about n re-
suit four or five years distant tina
can be realized through the will OF
the people, without cost and bring
ing immediate relief?
Mr.. Winston, in this interview,
declares himself in opposition to the
creation of n railway commission,
(which would bc invited to good
dinner every month with Paul
Schulze." The Inference is that
Mr. Schulze would hood wink the
body or otherwise influence It, But
how about the management of this
great railway that Mr.. Wlrston
proposes to build with wind!
Would it not be open to the same
corporation influences? Would not
there exist strong probability OF
the states big elephant ultimately
passing into the control OF the
Gould menagerle?
The sooner Mr.. Winston carries
his hobby out on the wharf ana
consigns it to the yeasty deep the
better will II be for his reputation
as man of good Judgment. ho
has hold of u crank that will iloor
him If he stay with 1t.