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The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

j. Hutchins Of the INDEPENDENT, j. ID. You
art of the Butte Miner, and A. l.. Crossen
of the prospective Neihart Herald are in
city. Surely Great Falls Is an attractive
place to newspaper men.
A reliable republican said yesterday
that he had worked for Paris Gibson all
summer and had been paid $3.50 for
every day except Sundays and he knew
other men who had worked for him had
never been paid less than that sum.
The Great Falls Iron Works is now
ready for business and is prepared to fur
nish anything from a bolt to the plant for
a large stamp mill Or steam hoisting
works. The first piece of work was fur
nished for the boiler Of the Woodbridge
hotel which was put in by Irv. Marsh, the
foreman.
Mr.. HASTE is in town today from the
Grown Butte canal. Yesterday was pay
day, and a large amount of money was
disbursed by the company to contractors
and others. Last month the disburse-
ments reached $4,000, but this month
they are somewhat less. The canal is so
far completed that the water will be
turned into it by the 10Th of the month
Rising Sun.
Two more trains of Lethbridge coal will
arrive today ove the Great Falls Il Can
ada Ry. Mr.. Barclay will have his arrange
ments for transferring coal from narrow
to braud gauge cars completed In a day
or two and then he will be able to handle
speedily all the black diamonds that may
come. There is a demand for this coal
from every part of the state and 1t will be
some time before they will be fully able
to meet 1t.
A number of half breed boys attend
ing school at st. Peters Mission ran
away from that institution last week and
made their way to Great Falls, where
they were captured Tuesday and brought
back. They camped here TIE same even
ing. The half breed seems to partake
more of the nature of its mother than Of
its father. Like the noble red man thes
chaps have a mortal distaste for anything
in the form of restraint and have to be
kept under constant surveillance to pre-
vent their running away from the institu-
tion.-Rising Sun.
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Mr.. W. j. Kirby and Miss Theresa A.
Haas were married ut the Catholic church
in Great Falls, Oct. 9, 1890, Rev. Lem
baere officiating.
Miss Maggie Haas, a sister of the bride,
and Miss Oracle Quesnelle were charm
ing as bridesmaids, and Messrs. George
Ryan and P. J.. Regan were groomsnen.
Immediately after the ceremony the we'd
ding party were driven to tie new resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Kirby, Seventh
avenue south, where an elegant repast
was served.
The happy couple were the recipients
of many handsome and costly presents
from admiring friends.
MI. Kirby is a gentleman we'll and ia
vorably known in this city, having held
an honorable position with the firm Of
Murphy, Maclay & Co. for over two years,
and he will be a devoted husband. His
fair young bride is an estimable lady,
highly esteemed by all who know her
and will be q fond, faithful wife. Their
many friends join us in hearty congratu-
lations to the young couple. May pros
perity and happiness be their lot and
may they
AS down life's stream they glide,
And may he protect and cherish
And aIs w assli RE-. ss a] Sis sltasi' voyage,
May they dwell in bliss together
On Eden's peaceful shore. "Mac.'
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

THE extracts at the head of the Leader
editorial columns, and which are ascribed
to the editor of the TRIBUNE, were never
written or in any manner endorsed by
him. They appeared in the Rive. Press
at the time Great Falls was fighting for
the new county of Cascade. The editor
of the TRIBUNE was then in Great Falls
doing all in his power in favor of the
neS county. In the hope OF defeating
the measure the River Press resorted to
the same demagogism that Rolfe Is
practicing today-the corporation cry
and hoped in that way to prejudice the
members Of the general assembly. In
that instance the failure was complete,
just as it will be with Rolfe and his
%henchmen. While the editor of the TRI-
BUNE was the principal owner of the
River Press at that time, he took no part
i'll its management, and on leaving Ben
ton he turned the paper over to Messrs.
Todd, Harder and Chemldlin to run in
the interests of their constituents until
such time as we could dispose of our
interest in the paper. These are the eX.
act facts in the the case, but Of course nj
Il need expect such a thing as fairness
from the Leader outfit.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08
GARTER AND THE MINERAL
LANDS.

The catalogue of measures that Carter
promised and failed to have passed is a
long one, and among them is the mineral
land bill. The Mining Journal, which is
independent IN politics, scores our repre-
sentative for his action on this important
measure as follows:
Congress met on the first Monday IN
December, and over three months after,
on the 2lst OF March, if our memory is
not at fault, he introduced his first bill on
the subject, and hid 1t referred to the
committee on mines and mining, of which
he YVES chalrmrn. MI. Merrill, secretary
of the mineral land association, who was
in Washington, was not satisfied with the
bill, and drafted another, and Mr.. Carter
introduced it into the house, having it re-
ferred to the committee OF public lands.
On August 10 he reported his bill to the
house with II substitute, recommending
ITS passage. If Mr.. Carter was so anx
ious to obtain early action on the mineral
land question, why take three months to
prepare and introduce u bill, and then
wait nearly five months before reporting
it? If it took him 60 days to prepare the
report there are still some 80 days unac-
counted for.
We have more objection tn the matter
of his measures thar to his delays, unnec-
essury rs they seem to have been. The
measure he has submitted does not meet
the case, and leaves all mineral lands on
which mines have not been discovered to
the railroad company.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

SHERMAN HOAX, a son of Senator Hoar,
the latter IA republican of the most pro.
nounced type, is the democratic candi-
date for congress in one of the Massa-
chusetts districts. Young Hoar has
inherited the ability of his father, If not
his bigotry, and in his speech of accept
ance, referring to the tariff, he said: alt
is a measure which, while it will enrich
some manufacturers and ruin others,
gives neither protection nor encourage
ment to the American workingman, whose
earnings will be slowly taxed out of him,
not solely for governmental use, but for
private and party eXchequers." That
he is fully alive to the effects of the bill
is shown by his remarks when he said:
81 object to being made to contribute in
directly to the republican campaign funds
by being taxed on the necessaries of my
life lapplause] in II way that gives a
small part of the taxes to the government
and the rest to the manufacturers, whose
tat is ultimately fried out of them into
the hands of Quay and Dudley" This
young mar ought to be elected, but it is
likely toe much of the STAT" will be sent
into his district to prevent it.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08
. Butte 8 Montana Company.

Messrs. j. A. Coram. F. d. Miles and
others interested in the Butte & Montana
Commercial company, came In from
Monarch Sunday. They have been IN
v%estigating the work on Sheep creek
where a large force of men are engaged
cutting logs. They propose to employ
about 200 men all winter getting out logs
ready to float down Sheep creek and
Smith river on the spring freshet. The
success of the scheme will not depend on
the freshet, for with their big reservoir
enough water will be controlled to bring
the logs out If there is no snow during
the winter.
The works here will be large and VOL
thy of more than a short paragraph.
Solid stone piers will be built in the
river above the dam and IL solid boom
built across the river. The building of
this boom will give employment to sew
erai men until late in the winter. The
company will also build their saw mills
and other works during the winter. This
work will employ another large force of
men. The magnitude of the enterprise
may he inferred when it Is known that
they propose to saw 100000 feet of
lumber here next season.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

WE do not approve of personalities in
journalism, bnt in.smuch as III highly
esteemed friend Rolfe has developed
(since the campaign opened) into the spec
ial friend of The laboring man, we cannot
desist mentioning an incident to which
our attention was recently called. Will
Lewis, a worthy and reliable young man,
went to work for Rolfe last spring without
making a bargain as to wages. At the
end of two months he called for a reck-
oning and our present champion of the
workingman Qor the campaign proposed
to allow him the muniticent SUN of $15 a
month! This is what we would call a
practical instance of Rolfe's love for the
horny-handed son of toll!
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

The committee of the Congregational
churches of Montana appointed to look
after the interests of the proposed Con-
gregational college held a meeting at the
house of j. B. Sanford Wednesday even
ing. Delegates were present from Liv-
lngston, Butte and Helena and it was de-
cided to receive bids for the location of
the college. Sixty days is the limit for
receiving them. 1t is believed that Ana
conda, Livingston and Great Falls will be
Helena's most formidable competitors
Helena journal.
This is a matter worthy the attention
of our citizens. Great Falls should nat.
urallv be the educational center of the
state and to secure this institution OF
learning would be a good beginning,
What say the board of trade?
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

AN interview with Engineer M. S.
Parker, who has charge of the work on
the dam, which we publish today, gives a
full, clear, concise statement of the stu
alton on these works, showing that so far
as Mr.. Gibson has exercised any influence
in governing the wages paid it has been
in favor of increasing them. The lowest
wages paid is 1925 per day and 100 out
of the 200 men employed receive better
wages than this, ranging as high as IS
per day. The meu, Mr.. Parker says, are
contented and so far he knows are not
complaining. These facts are presented
Cor the information OF the wOrkingmen,
They show that the clamor of the Leader
Is for political effect and nothing more.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

OUR esteemed but angered friend Rolfe
wants to bet, and thereby is recalled the
story of the fool and his wager. All the
lying and wagering possible, however,
will not alter the fact that the TRIBUNE
has at all times, under its present man
agement, paid the union scale of wages,
before as well as since the union was or
ganized, while the Leader paid wages
much below the schedule until the union
forced the advance. This matter is of
interest to the public only so far as it
shows that Rolfe's regard for the labor
ing man has been developed entirely
since the campaign began.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08
Primal Services in the New Catholic
Church Sunday.
SERMON AND LECTURE BY the BISHOP.
The Butte and Montana Commercial
Company to Begin Ac.
tive Operations.
Cupid is Abroad in the Land-A
Wedding Sunday and An
other to Take Place
Tomorrow.

The new Catholic church was filled
Sunday as 10 80 n. m, the occasion being
the first celebration of the rites and cere-
monies of high mass in their new house
of worship. Rev. Father Lamhaere Off
ciated at the altar.
Bishop Brondel preached an able and
eloquent sermon which was listened to
with marked attention.
The first child baptised by the Rev.
A. Ii. Lambaere at the new church was
Gordon d. Gillls, son of Duncan M. and
Lulice Gillis, born at Wolf creek, Fer
gus county, March 10, 1890. The god
parents are Mr.. Henry ellis and Mrs.
Frederic Lang of Great Falls.
In the evening the large audience
room was completely filled with an ap-
preciative audience ready to listen to
Bishop Brondel's descriptions of life in
the Holy Land.
After the impressive vesper service
was rendered, the bishop commenced his
lecture. He took the audience with him
from Helena to New York, then to
Havre and on to Paris. Here .o stopped
and pictured some of the objects noticed
in history.
From Paris to Marseilles by rail and
from there to Alexandria and tn ancient
site of Sidon, he travelled by boat. Pales
tine is a land of wonderful fr%uitfulness
nut from a lack of thrifty inhabitants, II
is not prosperous. He compared the in.
habltants to our wards, the Indians, and
said their condition was not much better
The greater part Of his lecture was devot
ed to describing scenes and incidents ir
or near Jerusalem, that Mecca of the
Mohammedan, the Jew and the Christian
Although the lecture was long 1t wal
delivered so pleasantly that the audience
was interested throughout. 1t certainly
contained many fucts which led one
listener to remark at the close of the
lecture: 81 am glad that l live il
America, secure from the ignorance ant
whims Of any Turkish ruler"
The Catholics have a strong member
ship and with their handsome home will,
no doubt make rapid progress in theil
good work.
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A SWEET SCENTED FRIEND or
LABOR.

II. P. Rolfe has suddenly blossomed in
to a friend of the laboring man. This
friendship has been ~quickened since the
campaign opened, for it was never known
to exist before. If he paid more than
the "going'' wages nobody ever heard OF
it, and the time was when those who
worked for him considered themselves
lucky if they got any pay at all.
But let us see how far back this eX-
IRENE solicitude for the wo.kingman
goes. About nine months ago the print
ers of this city organized a Printers
Union. They were primarily prompted
to do this because Rolfe refused to pay
them ruling or decent wages. In no
printing office in Montana were wages as
low as in his. The regular price for
composition throughout the state is and
has been 30 cents per thousand ems TOR
night work and 40 cents for day work.
Rolfe only paid AZ cents, s cents a LOCO
less than the ruling price. He forced his
lob printer to work for $21 II week, whe,
every other office in the state paid $50, or
even more To expert workmen! In fact
every man IN the Office was receiving less
than the ruling wages.
Hence the organization Of the Printers
Union.
As contrasted with the action of this
highly favored friend Of the laboring
man, the TRIBUNE paid the union scale
of wages before the organization of the
local union as well as after it. While
Rolfe was paying AZ cents for night com
position the TRIBUNE was paying 40 cents
for day composition. The same was
true IN all departments. The prices
adopted by the union were the prices al
ways paid by the TRIBUNE The Lea,ier
until IL was compelled to do otherwise by
the union, ground down the wages of it,
employees to the lowest possible notch.
Now isn't our friend Rolfe IL sweet
scented champion of labor, anyhow
How solicitous he is for the welfare Of
the working men-during the campaign
How his heart bleeds for them-and it il
not likely to heal up until after the 4tl
of November!
Lucky workingmen, to have Rolfe as
champion!
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08
II OF THE FALLS,
From tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Hon. Sam Mitchell of Choteau is in
town.
James Clifton, n of the Barker vet
Grams, is in town taking in the sights.
David Pimperton, the Cora creek stock
man, is registered at the Cascade hotel.
A fine daughter was born Saturday
evening, Oct. 4th, to MI. and Mrs. H. O,
Chowen, at their suburban home. Mr.. G,
Is toe happy for any US.
VIII !" p!enty of men begged for wo.k
last 'pring nj vi 30 to $L.75 per dyy.
Paris Gibson used all he could and paid
every man $3.50 per day.
Judge William Douglas has returned
to Great Fails. During his absence he
visited several cities but his return shows
tina not one of them offers such promise
as a field for investment as this.
Il. X. Clingan, the Belt merchant, left
ior tne east yesterday afternoon and will
e. gone about six weeks. He will visit
friends and relatives in Iowa and then
go east to the great commercial centers.
W. a. Toad of the River Press M,
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

Advices have been received from Lew
istown, Fergus county. of a shooting af-
fray at the ll' on :: tuesday night. W,
Bennett, a uj HnoNr s~aioonkeeper and
fo,t-racel, shot Wade Baker through the
lungs and the victim cannot survive.
Deputy Sheriff Shoals, in trying to inter
fere, was shot in the right arm by Ben
net. Bad feeling had existed between
Bennett and Baker fora long time, grow
ing originally cut of a dispute over a
gambling matter. A brother Of Baker
was heavily fined at the April term of
the district court for assaplting Bennet
with a deadly weapon, and the present
tragedy is the second outcome OF the long
standing quarrel.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08
NV REGISTER AND VOTE.

Attorney General Haskell has render
cred two opinions recently covering ques-
lions concerning which there has been
much controversy. The first is, is IA man
who was born in a foreign country aud
who came to the United States Il minor,
his father becoming a citizen during his
minority, a citizen and entitled to vote?
The attorney general says he is a citizen
and we quote from his opinion as follows
"The precise question under considera-
ton has been adjudicated and passed up
on by the highest courts of several of the
states, and it has been uniformly held by
them that said section our operated pros
pectively, and that, under the naturaliza-
ton act of 1902, the infant child of aliens,
though born out of the United States, if
dwelling within the States at the time Of
the naturalization of their parents, be.
comes citizens by such naturalization,
and that the provisions of that act on this
subject are prospective. and intended to
embrace the children Of those who should
thereafter be, as we'll as those who had
already been duly naturalized under any
of the laws of the United States.
''These decision rendered by the high
est courts in America furnish us with
landmarks to shape our course. They
lay down and define the rule for our ac'
ton ut this time as we'll as for all time,
unless prohibited by the written law OF
the future. The law is that those men
are citizens Of the United States, and are
entitled to be registered"
He further says this citizenship may
be proven before the registry agent by
affidavit, under section s of the registry
law, just as IL voter would establish the
loss of his papers, etc.
The other knotty question solved is,
can a | person register and vote who de-
clared his intention to become a citizen
prior to October last but not in time to
vote at the lection last year. This ques-
tion is also answered in the affirmative.
After reviewing the law the attorney
general says: "Hence a person declaring
his intention to become a citizen prior to
October 1T, 1889, and being Il resident of
Montana PRIOR to November 4th, 1889, is
in the same position as a native born citi
zen of Minnesota coming into THE state
prior to November 4, 1889; both are en-
titled to be registered" Republican reg
istry agents have been seeking to dis
franchise foreign born citizens of both of
these classes, and W. trust that they will
now desist.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

Nor a single item of the TRIBUNE
statement in regard to the wages paid by
Rolfe to the employees of the Leader, prior
to the organization of the union. is dis
proved by that paper, but rather con
tirmea by the cards of the employees as
published in that sheet. The foreman
says 42k cents per 1000 ems were paid
for composition and c. NJ. iioardman
says he received 1921 a week as job
printer. These are less than the prices
paid by the TRIBUNE and less Than the
ruling wages in the staIr then and now.
The statements of TIE TRIBUNE are
simply confirmed and Ivy the evidence OF
his own organ Rolfe proves himself to be
a delectable champion of the cause of
labor.
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THE Leader, which is supposed to

THE Leader, which is supposed to be
the spokesman of the republican club,
indorses the action of Ruf1ian Crosby in
excluding the TRIBUNE reporter from the
natural inference is that the club feared
to have its proceedings published or the
sentiments of the speakers criticised. 1t
is a secret conclave, a dark lantern CON
Germ that fears the light the press may
shed. How different with the Gibson
club! It's public meetings are open to
all ard if a hundred reporters come desk
room Will be provided for them.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

SAMUEL j. TILDEN once said "The
creed of the democratic party is compris.
ed of two ideas: First, to limit as much
as possible all governmental power, en-
larging always and everywhere the do
main of individual judgment and action
secondly, to throw back the governmental
powers necessary to be exercised as much
as possible upon tile states and the locali,,
ties, approaching in every case the indi-
viduals to be affected. The opposite
ideas, to NEEDLE with anything belonging
to the individual, and to centralIze all
governmental powers, express the tend
encies of the republican party"
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

A. L. Crossen, formerly of the Meagher
County News, is in the city in the inter-
est of q new enterprise to he started at
Neihart, The Neihart Herald will make
its how to the public in a few days az q
republican, mining paper. The machin-
cry and stock have been ordered and rs
soon as they arrive this paper will give
much light on life in the mountains.
SucceSs To IL
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

IT is reported from Chicago that the
Great Northern has decided to seek a
direct outlet to Chicago and have the
arrangements fully made by tine time the
western extension is completed.
This would put the road in a position to
compete on favorable terms with any or
all of its competitors. 1t is rumored that
to effect this purpose an alliance with
the Chicago, st. Paul g. Kansas City will
be effected.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

THE British government is circulating
instructions with regard to the potato
disease throughout the Mitchellstown
district. In this official instruction the
government gives advice concerning re-
storing potatoes which are partially dis
eased and preserving sound portions of
the crop, with suggestions as to u better
mode of cultiva,ing in the future. This
is the way the British government would
drive want out of Ireland, but the gener-
osity Of American citizens will furnish
the real, practical relief.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

SLIPPERY Tom CARTER has postponed
his return to Montana until the 18th inst.
We are afraid he will not have time in
the remaining few days of the campaign
to circulate among the wool growers of
Northern Montana and explain how it
happened they only received sixteen
cents a pound for their wool under SUI
preme republican rule. The Geographic
facilities in this section are not such,
either, that will enable him to "wire''
them to any considerable extent.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-08

IT is understood that Congressman
Carter left Washington for Montana last
night and will arrive at Helena early next
week. We trust he will lose no time in
coming to northern Montana to explain
to our woolgrowers how 1t hap
pencd, after his specious promises OF a
year ago, that they got but 10 cents a
pound for their wool, with both branches
of congress republican and Ben Harrison
inthe white house. They are anxious to
know, yon know.