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The advocate., 1890-10-15

REPUBLICAN ETHICS AZ EXPOUNDED nK
THE IDOL OF THE PARTY. JOHN
JAMES INGALLS,.
The publication Of politics IA an irrldos-
cent dream. Government ia FORCE POli-
tics ls battle FOR supremacy. Parties arc
tho armies. THE DECALOGUE AND THE
GOLDEN RULE HAVE NO PLACE i'm
A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. The object
is success. To defeat tho antagonist and
expel the party In power is the purpose
The republicans and democrats are 40 irro-
ooncilably opposed 30 each other ms we're
Grant and Lee In tho Wilderness. Thoyuso
ballots instoad Of guns, but the struggle is 40
unrelOnting and desperate, and the result
sought for tho same. IN WAR 1T IS LAW
Full TO DECEIVE THE ADVERSARY,
TO HIRE HEssIANs, TO PURCHASE
MERCENARIES, TO MUTILATE, TO
TO KILL, TO DESTROY. THE COM
MANDER WHO LOST A BATTLE
THROUGH THE ACTIVITY OF HIS
MORAL NATURE WOULD BE THM
DERIsION AND JEST OF HISTORY
Interview published In tho Now York World,
April 10, 1880.
The old Romans had q sayings "Monoy
does not stink, no matter how acquired"
SO tho politician considers that votes do
not smell badly after they are cast and
counted, no matter what may have been the
method by which they we're procured.
NUMBERS, not QUALITY, obtain the Jer-
taoate Of election. THE AMBITIOUS
POLITICIAN THEREFORE, ENDEAV-
ORS TO ASCERTAIN WHAT Us POPU-
LAR RATHER THAN WHAT I9 RIGHT,
AND THE POSSESSION OF AN ACTIVE
CONSCIENCE OR OF A SENSITIVE
MORAL NATURE IS A FORMIDABLE,
III NOT AN INsUPERABLE OBSTACLE
TO sUCCESS.-Extract from an article
published in tho Topeka Capital, February
20, 1883.
The advocate., 1890-10-15
A LITHLE MIXEn.

The Champion of the 7th has quite
lengthy editorial from which IL 6p-
pears that republicans are perfectly
confident OF success in the coming
election. The Champion says.
The truth H. that among republicans there 10
no alarm, no apprehension whatever over tho
prospect Of the state ticket. In no preceding
campaign since ~. Johns third term fasc0, havo
Kansas republicans been more united, onthusl-
astlo and hopeful Aud they have every rOaaOn
10 be. Making MI allowance fOr full demo
oratic vote, giving the peOples party q good
vote, and then throwing In for full measure tho
few scattering votes the prohibition party win
get, the republican plurality may wlthonta ques-
ton, no safely set down at from 10000 10 5000.
These are conservative 0giros, and they repre-.
sent the minimum Of q reasonable, not tho maxi.
mum Of a wild and reckless confidence.
The above paragraph islanguageof
the partisan. When cool and sober
judgment of the Champion is permit
ted to speak it tells a different story.
Witness the following from the same
issue:
The GIObe-DcmOcrdt is mistaken In saying
that "Westom republicans accept the new arH
law and endorse IT," They don't do anything OF
the kind. They submit to II because they cannot
help themselves just now, but they condemn II IN
unmeasurod terms, as will be seen In November.
Just how it is expected il twill be
seen in November that the people Of
Kansas refuse TO endorse the new
tariff bill, unless they refuse to en-
dorse the republican party, Che
Champion fails to make clear TO It's
readers
The advocate., 1890-10-15
THE LATEST CALUMNIEs CONCERNING
MIR. WILLIS

viliGcation, slander, forgery and dy-
Mantle. These are the means by
which the party has achieved success
in the past, and by which it hopes TO
succeed in the future Any man who
may be chosen as a candidate for
Office by any opposing party no mat
tor how pure his life or how unblem-
ished his character, at once becomes
the target at which the unprincipled
political mountebanks who represent
this aggregation Of all uncleanness,
hurl their calumnious shafts. Hon.
j. H. Willis, Of Jefferson county, hav-
ing been selected 10 head the ticket
Of the peoples party, and this party
having developed, during the brief
period Of It's existence, a strength that
insures it's success beyond peradven-
ture unless it's serried ranks are
broken, is selected an the chief char
acter upon Whom the principal vii
lainies OF this gang Of outlaws is to be
perpetrated. The selection Of j. B.
Johnson and Of Lew Hanback,, men
devoid Of either character or princi-
pie, to launch these calumnies upon a
too credulous public, is undoubtedly
fitting in the highest degree. 1t shows
that whatever else this party may
lack, it does not lack Judgment in the
selection Of the best tools for the dirty
work it has to DO. It would seem
that after the exposure Of the vii
lainies Of this party in the CoGeyville
dynamite plot of 1888 and the recent
forgery Of the official circular Of Pres
ident Polk together with the other
falsehoods and calumnies that have
been exploded, would render further
exposures unnecessary; but the readi-
ness Of few people to believe their
enemies in preference to their friends
seems to render a policy of continu-
GUS defense one Of absolute neces-
sity.
There are two methods Of conduct
ing such a defense-o one by reference
to the source Of the testimony offered
in support Of these calumnies, show
ing that it has been perverted, and
the other by analyzing the testimony
itself and pointing out it's inconsis-
tencies and it's lack of conformity to
known facts We shall at this time
adopt the latter method.
Mr.. Johnson charges that when Mr..
Willis father died he was appointed |
administrator Of tho estate, which Mr.. |
johnson says consisted Of forty acres
of land and $35 worth Of personal
property. The value Of the land is
not stated. He charges certain acts
of crookedness in the settlement Of
this estate by which a certain other
heir in whose welfare this virtuous(9 |
exponent of modern republicaDism
seems to possess an abiding interest
for some cause best know to himself, |
was defrauded Of her rights. He says
Mr. Willis presented, swore to and
had allowed bill Of 500 for taking
care of his father in his last sickness.
The advocate., 1890-10-15

time he was helpless and required
constant care; and were this care
measured purely by money consid-
Grafton there was notproperty enough
altogether to begin TO pay for the
trouble The consciousness of the
performance Of flial duty was The
chief reward Of Mr.. Willis.
Mr. johnson says that a widowed
sister did the nursing and was de-
frauded Of her rights. This is an alb
solute and unqualified falsehood. This
woman to whom Mr.. johnson refers
is not sister, but a half sister, and
she had nothing TO do whatever with
the care of his father; and no one
knows this better than Mr. johnson
himself.
He charges that Mr. Willis put in
a bill Of 500 for appraisers fees,
swore to the bill and got it allowed
What kind Of a good republican pro-
bate court had Jefferson county at
that hme2 Did any Of our readers
ever serve as administrator in the set
element Of an estate3 If 30, do they
not know that probate courts do not
do business in that way? The law
fixes the fees Of appraisers, and they
cannot be allowed in any such loose
manner as that Indicated. Any man
Of ordinary common sense knows this
and should not require to betold that
the method Of an allowance for this
purpose, as above stated, is false in
every particular. So Of each of the
charges made. Admitting their truth
impeaches the integrity of the court
as we'll an that of Mr.. Willis, and we
apprehend that the intelligent voters
of Kansas will hesitate for some time
before they render such verdict
against a man Of the character and
standing Of our candidate for COVER
nor and against the court as we'll,
upon the testimony Of jack-leg law
yer without character or conscience
who il in the service of the rottenest
political organization upon the face Of
the globe. We publish in another
place a letter from the chairman Of
the Jefferson county democratic com
mittee-a political antagonist, but
man willing to do justice to an hon
orable opponent which shows Mr..
Willis standing at home, and how
those who know him best regard the
malicious calumnies that are put in
circulation against him.
It is further charged that Mr.. VIII
Its transferred the title to his farm
to his wife to escape payment Of his
debts. We ask our readers to think
for one moment OF the absurdity Of
this charge. There is but one kind
Of debt that can take the homestead
in Kansas, and that is a mortgage /,
debt; and no transfer to his wife or
to any other party would avoid the
payment Of that kind Of debt. To
say that he transferred his title to es-
cape any other debt is the veryest
~
The advocate., 1890-10-15

We are now receiving a great
many renewals from our old
subscribers. If our friends when
remitting these will state in their
letters that they are renewals
they will save a great amount of un-
necessary labor in this Office. With
our present very large subscription
list it has become a great task TO 20
through the books to ascertain
whether each name received is a new
or old subscriber. Please remember
this and thereby do US a great favor.
The advocate., 1890-10-15

sweet morsels, because they may b.
welded TO damage the prospects o
the man who is destined 10 sweep TN
state in November with a political cy
clone.
Having now reviewed this testi
mony somewhat at length we pro
pose to go back a little farther in tn
history Of Mr.. Willis and sec wha
we may find bearing upon his char
acter and standing in Jefferson coun
by. In 1870 Mr.. Willis was candi
date for the Legislature. On Septem
ber "a Of that year this same Oska
loosa Independent delayed it's issu,
to learn the result Of the convention
and when DIR. Willis was known /,
be nominated, it had this to say O
him in a brief notice:
The nominee for representative In the Nine
teenth district Is J, +. Willis, u first rate man,
In its issue of November 10Th, af.
tor the election, it had this to say:
Next to Senator the contest was ON Repre-
sentative, and In this district the success OF Mr.
Willis II most gratifying. We only regret tha
his majority is not hundred more than 10 Is.
On February A, 1871, we find thii
reference to Mr.. Willis in this same
Oakaloosa Independent:
Our delegation Mt Topeka did the very bes
thing for our county they could have done II
helping 10 secure the election Of Mr.. Caldwell B,
the Senate. We believe they acted With wisdom
IN the premises, and that their constituents vii
fully sustain them. We heartily endorse thel
votes,
Also the following;
Senator lIogeboom and Representative VIII
llts came home on Wednesday last and returned
on Monday. They render good and accoptabl,
account Of stewardship and are faithfully ut
tending 10 their official duties. They appear Il
be the fright men In the right place."
In the same issue Of the Indepen.
dent we find the proceedings Of q
ratification meeting, called to ratify
the faithful services Of the Repre-.
sentatives and Senator from JeGer.
son county at this Legislative session.
At this ratification meeting we find
the names of the following promi-
nent citizens Of Oskaloosa az active
participants. Captain j. N. Insley,
DIR. S. s. Cooper Terry Critchfeld,
j. O. Bailey, L. F. Eggers, Henry
Keeler. H. Buckmaster, J.W. RoBERrsl
and j. b. JOHNSON ~! A series
Of resolutions was adopted, endorsing
the official acts of the Senator and
Representatives amid great enthusi-
asm. Mr.. Willis was a republican
then and he did not become such a
bold, bad man until he left that party.
The exposure of the calumnies Of
these foul slanderers involves a most
unpleasant duty, and when the people
have learned to believe their friends in
preference to their enemies, these
things will be no longer necessary,
When calumny ceases to find will
ling listeners, the occupation Of these
depraved political pirates will be
gone.
Virru Lv,,,nrso ILL.,. T..
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DEATH WAS IMMEDIATE.

Major Fitzgerald, surgeon Of the regi-
mnent, who had charge Of the hospital
corpa end Of the arrangements tor hand
ling the bodies, says that death wa very
quick 10 every case and that there waa
scarcely any eyide4fe Of thsre having
been any strnggle On the part Of ths
dying; neither had any Of the bodies any
bruises Or other marks Of injury upon
theM. Death WAS quick and painleas.
Tho fact that the militia we're within
easy call, undoubtedly. resulted In The
saving Of many lives. The good Menags-
ment OF General Mullen end 0ff Surgeons
Wsyserala, CLARK aRd aoins va n0ssbls
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DENVER, Col, July 11.-.A telegram
received from Ysleta, Texas, says a
pitched battle is in progress between two
local factions, both Of which claim to
control the town government. They held
an election i'll April and each side claim
ed the election. Two sets of officials
were sworn in and the town has had two
governments W since. One party Is
led by an intelligent Mexican and is call
ed the "People's Party" and the other is
led by a Hebrew, named Goal, and is
called the "Repubjican Party"
Several fights have taken place and
1t has been expected that the trouble
would eulminate in the bloody conflict,
which is taking place tonight.
A later dispatch says the fighting has
ceased but both parties hold their ground
and it is impossible for any n to ven
ture ont to discover the number of dead
and wounded. The telegraph operator
says he can count six dead bodies from
his window,
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THE MOULTON BOND.
1t Expires Today and the Deal will Doubt
less be Closed.

1t Expires Today and the Deal will Doubt
less be Closed.
The bond on the Moulton mine at
Neihart expires today and the owner,
Mr.. John McCassie, is here to receive his
certified check for $4,000, which is the
sum to be paid. The mine has been ex.
tensively developed by Mr.. McCassie and
the company that holds the bond and it
looks better now than at any time before.
In fact, it is proven to be a great mine,
q that will be heard of in the future of
Montana mining. The TRIBUNE has not
direct and definite information that the
deal will be olosed today, but If we were
asked to record a guess on the subject, it
would be that the handsome purchase
price is now on deposit in the First
National bank of this city and will go to
the credit of Mr.. McCassie today.
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GONDE SSED TEL EGRAM NM.

A fire at Ithaca, Michigan, has caused
a loss OF $23,JO insurance, T5,Glm Causes
unknown.
A father n son have been killr, by
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Several months ago Mr.. Henry Plum
mer Of Clements. Cal, who is subject to
cramps, was taken with a severe attack.
He had been accustomed to get relief by
dosing with morr hine, but the disagreed.
HE effect that followed would make him
miserable for many hours after the cramp
had been relieved. l persuaded him to
try Chamherlain's Collie, Cholera and
DiNrhoea Remedy. He was much
pleased with II, as its effect was almost
instantaneous, and no disagreeable after
effects accompanied Its use. CHAs. BAN
ERT, Manager Farmers Trade Union,
Clements, Cal. For sale by Lapeyre
Bros.
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HELENA DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE
Inc Hendricks Democratic Club
Formed by the Democracy
Last Evening.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING HELD.
Editor Lyman Presided About 2OG
Representative Democrats
Attended.
Robert b. Smith Elected President of
the y New Club - John T.
Murphy is Vice-Presi-
dent.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING HELD.

HELENA, July 14.-[Special to the
TR1BuNE.l-The democrats of Helena
formed a club tonight and have named
1t the Hendricks Democratic Club of
Helena. The meeting was held in the
Helena business college and nearly 400
representative democrats were present,
including many Young e A. W. Ly-
man, editor of the Independent, presided.
The meeting was very enthusiastic.
The following officers were unanimousl,
elected: President, Robert B. Smith /;
vice president. John Il. Murphy, and
Daniel iianley; secretary, G. ID. Curtis;
corresponding secretary, Dudley Duboise;
treasurer, VIM. j. Fuchs.
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HIoul LueSuay y DAlly,
q. W Pence has gone to the Big EIor
country to buy sheep for the Chicae
market.
J. Smith of White Sulphur Spring;
sold 40 mares to A. $. Mcpherson yester
day at $50 per head.
A child Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Lawle
died yesterday afternoon of diphtheria O
a disease closely resembling it. Thu
burial occurred last night.
The Great Falls & Canada end of tract
is now On the other side of the Marjas
river, and hereafter rarid progress In raj
laying will be made. A supply train goes
out from this city to the end Of the track
every day.
j. W. Boston yesterday bought o large
wind engine which he will Use On biz
Deep creek ranch to irrigate hje truck
patches. He reports that the recent hot
days have done much damage mere and
that the grass is dying out. Better reports
come from other localities.
Samuel Phillips of Lewlstown, one OF
the prominent wool-growers of the Ju-
dith, is in the city. His wool clip will
arrive here in a day or two. Mr.. p. a v
Great Falls is the marvel of the age. He
had no idea that he would see such a
prosperous, busy city here.
Our enterprising furniture dealer, VIM.
Albrecht has received the contract to
furnish complete the new Frisco hotel at
Neihart. This house IS owned by Mrs.
Roehl and is a fine one for that camp. It
has 30 rooms which will be nicely fur
nished and fitted by Mr.. Albrecht.
The Methodist church was crowded
Sunday night. Neat programmes Of the
song service were distributed and the pro-
gramme was carried out without a break.
The audience seemed we'll pleased with
the singing and several expressed a de
sire that such services may be held Oft
ener.
Charley Gahres will be the proudest
man in Great Falls today. He will 40
pear upon the streets in due season with
his brand new hack, one OF the finest ever
brought to the state, and which he has a
right to deem a thing of beauty and a ioy
forever. It is from the factory of the
Mil urn Manufacturing company of St.
Louis and is q handsome vehicle.
yesterday ABOUT 4 q. M, as Charles
Gallagher was passing along First avenue
south he was SHIELD up" by three would
be toughs. But he went them one
better and held the crowd up. As he
had nothing, he told them he would
divide. In tho melee two shots were
fired-some one yelled fire and a number
of the boys turned out. The policemen
captured n of the assailants, the other
two getting away.
r. E. Labar, who has invested largely
in property here in the past few weeks,
was at Fargo when the tornado struck
that town, or rather was in the train
which was overturned. He has received
some photographs taken of the wreck.
The overturned train consisted of 10
coaches all of which were blown from
the track and only one person killed
the colored porter in the special car of
Vice-President McCabe of the Rock Is
land road. A piano in the car fell on the
porter, crushing him. The train was at
Il standstill near the county hospital
about M mile east OF the town. The
roof of the hospital was taken off and
scattered oyer the country. Mr.. Labar
prizes these photographs, but don't care
for any more experience of that kind.
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AWFUL CHICAGO.
The steHme Tioga Blown Up-Many
Lives Lost,

CHICAGO, July 11,-A frightful explos.
ion occurredtonight on the steamer Tiega,
n Of the largest vessels on the great
lakes. T~hirty-eight people were aboard
at the time. When the work of ~rescuing
the survivors, which commenced almost
instantly, was we'll under way, only two
persons could be found who escaped in
jury. Then, to make matters VOL Sc, fire
broke out in the wrecked vessel and huge
volumes Of flames and smoke impeded
the search for the dead and dying. The
steamer was in the Chicago river at the
foot of Washington street. Most of the
victims were. Chicagons and stevedores
who were unloading the vessel. Only
three of the Tioga's crew were reported
on the list.
Tho fire proved a stubborn one, aud
made it impossible at the time to verify
the report that the boilers had exploded.
Capt. A. A. Phelps, of the Tioga, says:
81 found after a careful search that all
but three were accounted for and are safe.
Those three, all from Buffalo. were En-
g1neer Hahn, Lookout G. Levalle, Deck
hand VIM. Cuthburt. Besides three mis-
sing who belonged to the crew, there
must have been from 10 to IL other men
killed, and probably half a dozen addi-
tional were wounded. These were labor
ers In the hole who were unloading.
Eight coIored men are positively stated
to have been below, and six or seven
others were at the matches aiding their
fellow stevedores lower down. The
explosion occurred in the hold, not in
the machinery or boilers, as near as I
could ascertain and was probably owing
to some combustible freight stored
there"
LATEF.--Up to 1880 p. m., nine dead
bodies had been taken from the wreck,
and five OF more wounded had been con.
veyed to the hospitals. The victims
were now more accessible, the fire having
been extlnguished by the in-rushing of
the water, when the tide finally settled to
the muddy bottom of the river. The
stream is not a deep one, but the steam
er's decks we're still several feet above
the surface Of the inky river. About
$4,000, it is estimated, would cover the
damage to vessel and cargo. This
amount was believed to be fully insured.
The latest reports placed E. Fitzgib-
bons, waiter, from Buffalo, as among the
killed. Engineer Haig was yet alive, but
with no chance of ultimate survival.
Frank Buns, steam filter, is reported
missing and is probably dead. The in
jured included three white men, David
McNeal, Of Buffalo; Thomas Collins, and
James O'Donnell. All are seriously
burned and mangled, but will recover
The boilers seemed intact. The cargo
was kerosene, gasoline and cotton. The
differences drawn are that the leaking of
kersene saturated the cotton and gener-
ated noxious fumes. When lanterns
were taken into the hold to enable the
.stevedores to work, the lights, instead of
being an aid to the toilers proved their
destruction. 4
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SAVED by A LIFE PREsERyER.
Searching for the Dead-Liht of the Lost
Probably 1870 People Drowned.

Searching for the Dead-Liht of the Lost
Probably 1870 People Drowned.
LAKE CRY, Mimi, July 14.-The
storm which resulted in such a great loss
of life in Lake Pepin, opposite the west
ern end of this little town, was a straight
wind, blowing at a terrific rate of speed
and 1t completely overpowered the ex-
cursion steamer, Sea Wing. Lake Pepin
is an expansion of the Mississippi river,
about 80 miles long and extends EAST ana
west The steamer was returning from
the cam p Of the Minnesota National
guards with a party of Red Wing people
and was fighting into the teeth of the
wind. The gale was too much for the
steamer and the boat was fast getting be-
You'd control. Captain Wethern tried to
save the lives OF his passengers by run
ming the boat aground on the Wisconsin
shore, but rs soon as the vessel turned
around a little to the forewind, it was
seized by a strong grip and 1t was lmpos-
slble for the engine to right it. The boat
was turned over and quickly scores of
people were struggling in the waves,
from which many II them may eve be-
recovered,
The vessal tried to regain its erect
position, but quickly was slezed once
more and the sacond ov%erturning upset
nearly all of those who still clung to the
wreck. A few reached shore. but the
most closed their ewes under water never
to see light again. The search for the
bodies began at once and over 60 had
been taken out by daylight,
The scene of the disaster is across the
line from Lake city towards Red Wing
and as most Of the victims were from that
city, the coroner was notified and SO
bodies were taken there his morning af-
ter being first viewed by him al the lax |
side
The following bodies were recovered
and identified. Of are known to be dead
MISS Hemplinp. Chas. Hemnling. Frad
Hempling. Miss Nav. Charles Dnislape.
Henry S~tif1inson, Annie Steger, Francis
Steger. Minnie Adams. Katie Daly. Miss
BieTson. Minnie Fisher. Charles DUNG
ling, Peter Gerken. wife, five children
oud : aorvont Erod Rchorf u,;fo opd ono