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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09

the miners of the country. Smooth, oily
Tom Carter gathered these petitions in
one huge bundle and made their presen.
tation to the house one of dramatic in.
terest to the spectators by rolling them
down the aisle toward the speakcr'sdesk
Great things were expected from the ag
gressive Thomas, and his political friends
and organs in Montana held him aloft
during the last campaign, as the friend
and champion of the miners of the state
as against the 'grasping, %soulless North.
ern Pacific. Secretary Noble was also
appealed to. He promised to withhold
patents to mineral lands from the North
ern Pacific, but urged the necessity of
congress taking some steps to avert the
threatened danger.
Well, congress did nothing; Carter did
nothing. nor did anyone oppose an etfec-
tive weapon against the railroad com
pany's fight for these granted lands,
Last winter the state Legislature created
the office of mineral land commissioner.
and GovcrnorToole appointed Major Ma
ginnis to discharge its duties. These
duties are very simple, consisting chiefly
in watching the interests of the miners
of the state as against those ofthc North
ern Pacific. The officer cannot
discharge the functions of a leg.
islator. or Of judge or
even those of a juror. He can watch and
II necessary employ counsel to advise him
how to watch. He can't make up a case
and bring suit against the Northern
Pacific nor can he by any act of his own
arrest the transfer of IA patent from the
to that corporation. He can
no more than Carter and Sanders and
Power could do. but it appears the solons
the state had no confidence in those
gentlemen and made what was and is
their duty the duty of another.
But now comes the supreme court of
the United States and knocks them all
as far as they can assist the miners
Of the state in their fight against the
Northern Pacific. In the case of A. j.
VS.. Henry Wiebbold that tribunal
has virtually affirmed Judge Sawyers'
1t is a very important one to
the people of those mining states
which the Northern Pacific
In Montana the question now is;
Has the Northern Pacific earned any
mineral lands in the state under its CON
with the government to build a
through it: That O becomes
, very important question.
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OF loud-mouthed anarchists; the repeat
ed insults to the flags of nations; the
bloody encounters between peace author
tiles and discontinued wage-earners
the destruction of life and property by
reckless, desperate men who are demand
ing an increase of wages and IA less mum
Der of hours of labor; the strikes, and
the cry for bread by the wives and child
rem of idle men; the unspoken but pro-
nounccd ill-feeling existing between
large corporations and their employees
and the feeling of disquict or discomfort
existing among all classes of society.
plainly indicate that Mr.. Donnclly pos
sesses "a clearer prophetic vision than
can be claimed for Bellamy by his warm
est disciples.
1t cannot be denied that the labor
question is assuming alarming proper
tons among the ill-paid, a f-starvcd
workmen of many localities. 1t is in fact
the question of the hour and one to
which the philanthrophists and domes-
tic economists of this day and generation
should turn their serious attention. The
average law maker is powcrless to rem
cdy the threatened disaster unless aided
by the pen and voice of men, whose
hearts are in the work of alleviating the
distress among bread winners apparent
on every hand, while the politician is in
the way he does more harm than good.
There are two roads open one leading
in the direction of Bellamy's mythical
the other. a broader one, lead.
.ng to the bloody scenes so hideous
y portrayed in Donnelly's interesting
book Which will the humantarians Of
he age mark out for the footsteps of the
aboring mrn Of the day? If they be in
different and the seeds sown by the mobs
md law-defying speakers Of last Friday
permitted to take root and grow. what
will the harvest be:
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SIRTOR RESIRTT'S.

The TRIBUNE will be pardoncd if il
decline the Office Of mentor for its care
less and too often ignorant evening con
temporary. There is really no excuse for
a newspaper which processes to give the
news Of the day in its editorial columns
to commit such glaring errors as too fire.
quently mai the pages Of the youthful
Leader. and which make it the laugh
ing stock Of the intelligent reader. The
TRIBUNE felt compelled to correct it a
few mornings ago; it will set it Alright
again, but, as we have intimatcd, the
TRIBUNE does not propose to follow the
business as a regular ~avocation. Life
is too short and time is too precious for
it to engage in the thankless task.
In it's comments upon the TRrBuyE's
assertion that there was not even an
apologist for the Mckinley tariff measure
in the Kansas City commercial congress,
and if there was he failed to make him
self heard, the Leader again displays the
facility with which it can put it's foot in
its mouth. 1t says the minority report
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WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE-

Edward Bcllamy in Looking Back
ward, gives a very pleasing picture of
what the world should be. Ignatius Don
nelly in Caesars Column an equally
interesting and ingeniously written work
presents a horribls realistic painting of
what it may be. Each wcaves his story
from the present existing condition of So
ciety, and each brings his readers to a
widely divergentlend. Bellamy arrests
the labor troubles of the day, reforms
all social relations, places the emplover
and employc upon the same financial
level, makes a little paradise upon earth
and forever destroys the possibility of a
harmful change in governmental policy.
Donnelly traces with a master hand the
inevitable effects Of an unchecked plutoc-
racy. and Of AN oppressed, impoverished
and desperate labor element upon society
a century hence. Both treat of possibil-
tiles, but their conclusions, measured by
the average observer and thinker. are
hardly embraced within the domain Of
probabilities. Bellamy creates "A race of
men who cannot exist this side of the
millennium, or at least until the old
Adam in their nature be expelled. The
learned author of CAESARS Column
peoples the earth with fiends in human
form, who, in their mad frenzy, overturn
the free institutions of the country.
destroy every vestige Of civilization, and
force society back into uncultured, say
age lines.
The observer Of today who draws his
conclusions from the scenes enacted
throughout the civilized world the first
OF May will not fail to see in..Cirsar's Col
umn a more faithful picture Of what the
not distant future may portray than is
revealed in Bellamy's highly imaginative
"Looking Backward" The gatherings
of lawless mobs; the incendiary speeches
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09

If there is anything wanting beyond
Butte's smoke to discourage its citizens
and make life miserableit is the present
discussion by its press and people concern.
ing the water they are compelled tc
drink. If this discussion be carried on
in the interest Of the beer halls of that
city it will prove eminently satisfactory
to the proprictOrs of those establish,
ments. for the visitor to Butte will not
drink a drop Of its water So long as he
can find anything else to Stake his
thirst.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09

President HARRISON planted himself
deeply in the hearts of the people OF
California when he praised their wines
If there is anything the average Califor-
MAN is proud of it is the pure product of
his wine press, and Harrison's praise of
it will go a long ways toward r~econciling
them to his pronounced hostility to free
coinage. Harrison, doubtless, knew
whereof he spoke when he referred in
such complimentary terms to the output
of their vineyards.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09

Governor ~IIauser interviewed in a.
Helena Independent: Montana ranE,
high. yes. at the top Of the heap. anon.
the new states in the estimation of can
tallsts and investors in New York. 4
state with a population Of 10000 tina
contributes Sj5,UU.OoO a year to tr
worlds wealth is a marvel to Easter
men. and We are going to draw heavy in.
vcstments here. Money is easier in New
J ork. but recovery from a shake-up like
that which nearly wrecked the Barring.
IN London is not possible in a day. Ey
erything is all right now, though, and the
situation is daily improving. Money wi,
begin to come this way before long, and
! look for good times. How can they
help coming with every industry in Mon
tana prosperous? And with Montana
prosperous, Helena will be prosperous
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y. r.. MINERAL LANDS.

About "A year and IA half ago Judge
Sawyer of the United States circuit
court rendered a decision in the ease of
F%rancoeur VS.. NewhOuse which seemed
to settle the question of title of the
Northern Pacific railroad company to
mineral lands within its grant, as far as
the question could be settled by his court.
The decision in effect amounts to this.
The title Of the railroad company holds
good to all earned lands within it's grant
upon which at the time the
filed its map of definite location no pav-
ing lodes Of gold, silver, copper, or Gin
nabar were known to exist. But il at
the date of such filing paying quantities
of the minerals named had been discov-
cred upon sections or parts of sections,
which subsequent surveys proved to be
within the grant to the company, the dis
covercrs or their assigns could not be
dlsposscsscd Of such mineral lands by
the grantees. The Judge also held that
the discovery of these minerals upon the
granted lands, subsequent to the filing of
the map of definite location. did not pref
udice the claim Of the railroad company
to them, whether patents had been is
sued to the company or not. In his
opinion if the reverse of these p%roposi-
tons obtained the company's title TO
lands within a mineral belt could never
be settled.
The length and breadth, and height
and depth of Judge Sawyer's decision in
the case above noted were pretty accu-
rately measured at the time il was rem
dered. But few, if any, who intelligently
read the decision believed it would be
reversed by the supreme court of the
United States. Yet meetings were held
throughout this state protesting against
the acquisition of it's mineral lands by
the Northern Pacific and each sent
n~umcrously signed petitions to congress
praying that body to take such action
as would preserve the lands forever to
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4 NOVEL

An organization Of highly educated.
well meaning cranks, styling themselves
the P~sychical Investigation Society. has
been formed in New York for the pur
pose of using their own language-in-
dubitably testing alleged %spiritualistic
evidences of the soul. These tests are to
be made by a machine constructed
wholly of steel. 1t is in the form of Il
low table Immediately under the top Of
which is concealed an apparatus or a
sort of a typewriter by means of which
accommodating spirits" may, through
a medium of course. write, or rather
print, messages from the land of Beulah,
the purport of which can not, by any
chance or possibility, be known to the per
son through whom the ghostly communi-
cant acts. The secrecy of the hidden ap-
paratus is the essence of the invention.
Outside parties can not manipulate or
interfere with it without being readily
detected, non is it possible for the me
dium, who alone touches the KEYS at the
will of the spirit. to deceive the very
learned cranks who have evolved this
medium catcher or detective from their
supcrabnndancc Of gray matter. Now
the TRIBUNE does not profess to know
anything about spirits celestial or mum.
dane but it confidently predicts that
those very cstimablc gentlemen get
their wonderful machine in perfect work
ing order they will be no wiser than they
o are. If there be anything in spirit
ualism as it is taught or presented bv
it will be found that departed
souls will make known their presence. if
they can Or wish to make it known. as
best p~leascs them, or they will forever
silent. No self respecting spirit
will rush into steel cages merely to graf
lfy the whims of "A set Of inquisitivc old
One must catch a hare before
it can be cooked.
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Thrifty "Old Hutch."

Illustrative Of his peculiarities the fol
lowing is related by a Chicago paper:
sold Hutch" bought one of those lii.
tie nickel plated savings banks which
will not open until you have deposited
fifty dimes within. Every time he made
a winning on the board of trade he salt
ed away ten or twenty cents, and yester.
day he found that his total savings
amounted to $40. Then a man cane
along and presented for payment one Of
Mr.. Hutchinson's |. o. US for 50. 1t is
said that the liability was contracted
during the course Of a poker game. but
that's neither here nor there.
"I1l pay it," said Mr.. Hutchinson, .if
you'll lend me $3.50 in dimes so hat |
can get this $40 out Of this pesky bank"
So the man lent him 50, and the two
went to the bank to get it changed into
dimes. The twenty-nine dimes went into
the bank, and Mr.. Hutchinson thought
fully put the odd dime into his rocket,
As the bank was now full it opened anto-
matlcaiiy and deposited fifty dimes into
Mr.. Hutchinson's palm.
NOW then" said Mr.. Hutchinson.
"hand over that |. o. IT,"
n nan handed it over and Mr..
Hutchinson carefully tore it up.
y always like to do business on bust
ness principles" he remarked.
Then he paid over the 81, asked the
man to count it and see if it was right,
ana when that had been done politely
sad GOOD morning." and started to 90.
Hold on!.' exclaimed the man. sex.
cuse me, but you have forgotten to re.
turn the 50 | lent you"
"um," said Mr.. Hutchinson, II don't
know anything about that. Have you
got an |. o. U. for it? ;,
Why, / just now lent it to YOU"
did your" said Mr.. Hutchinson,
blandly, 81 don't remember it. You
shouldn't have lent it to me-if you did
lend 1t to me, as you say you did-with-
security. That's not business. AL
ways do business ON business PRINCIPLES,
my son. Good morning"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09
THE MILK IN THE COCOlNUT

The st. Louis Republics Washington
correspondent has caught on to the true
inwardness of Steve Elkins' declaration
that Blaine would not be a candidate for
the republican nomination for the presi-
dency. 1t appears that when. during
the Behring sea controversy, Lord Sails
bury proposed that the killing of seals
should be suspended for one year in order
to give to both governments time to 90
over the whole question, Blaine was in
cllned to accept the proposition, but he
found that Harrison would not agree to
1t, and the reason he wouldn't agree is
thus given: Elkins is a member of The
corporation to which Window, with Har-
rison's consent, granted the exclusive
monopoly of seal-killing in the Behring
sea. Elkins objected to surrendering the
rights thus acquired. There was too
much money in the business for Elkins
and his partners to permit it to be bar
tered away in the interest of peace or
anything else. Elkins had always been
a strong Blaine man, but the readiness
with which the Maine statesman accedcd
to Salisbury's proposition cured him of
his preference, and he transferred his
allegiance to Harrison. Since then Elk
ms has beer among the prime actors in
the game to smoke Blaine out of the
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09

NEWSPAPERS are s%pringing up in the
flathead country like mushrooms in
warm, moist soils. The last one to fill a
long-felt want in that locality is the Co
lumbar. "A bright, newsy weekly which
the TRIBUNE gladly places on its ex-
change list. The Columbian is indie
pendent in politics and "A boomer for Co
lumbia Falls. May it grow and wax fat
and finally land.its owners in the front
rank of Montana millionaires is the wish
of the TRIBUNE.
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which was voted down certainly shows
that there were men in the congress who
wish to see the Mckinley bill given afail
trial" And then it publishes the mi
nority resolutions to prove its declara'
tons. These resolutions, according to
the Leaders copy, do not mention the
Mckinley tariff nor do they by reference
or implication, directly or indirectly,
sustain or favor that measure. The reso-
lutions opposed "a tariff for revenue
only" but favored a tariff with protcc-
ton AS an incident. They also favored
the appointment of a non partisan tariff
commission, whose duty ''shall be to in
quire into the earnings of labor in all in
dustrial callings, including agriculture.
with a view to an equitable adjustment
of tariff schedules from time to time as
the industrial business interests of the
country may require" Not a word about
the Mckinley tariff here. nor is there one
what follows.
The minority resolutions were voted
down. and upon the final vote upon the
whole platform. including the plank ia
a tariff for revenue only, there Wds
not a dissenting roice. The published
Proceedings of the congress attest this
act. and they prove the assertion of the
IRIBUNE that the congress declared itself
or "a tariff for revenue only"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09

Our esteemed but somewhat muddled
evening contemporary will understand
that the heavy export duties levied under
the Mckinley tariff upon articles which
largely or wholly enter into American
manufactures, 10 increase the cost of
such manufactured articles that manu-
facturcrs can not profitably export their
products. therefore these products are.
pcrforcc, hemmcd in the country by an
impregnable wall. See?
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ABOUT TIN PLATE.

That very distinguished statistician
and political economist. Mr.. David A.
Wells. has recently made a contribution
to the tin-plate controversy which throws
"A yer! penetrating light upon the ques-
ton. BY figures which cannot reason
ably he disputed he proves that the 90
per cent. rebate Of duties paid under the
Mckinley tariff, on tin plate to be used
IN hom" products foreXport was intended
to inurc and does inurc chiefly to the
benefit of n of the most gigantic
trusts in the country.
In proof of this assertion Mr.. Wells
shows that the Standard Oil ma
annually exports over 5O0,OO0.OOO gallons
of coal oil. This oil is shipped in tin
cans manufactured out of 100000 boxes
of imported tin, the rebate on which is
: .ID.OOO. In other words that the 80
per cent. rebate provided for in the Nc
kinlcy tariff annually saves the Standard
Oil company this immense sum at the
expense of the federal treasury. This
rebate does more than this. 1t gives the
Standard oil to foreign consumers free
of a tax which home consumers are com
PEELED to pay. For instance, if this
100000 boxes of tin were used TO can
oil for home use the rebate would not be
allowed, and the would have
to pay the Sl,5O0.OOO Of duty, but as the
100000 boxes are manufactured into cans
for expectation the 90 per cent. rebate
is allowed and the s ,5OO.OOO thus saved
to the company are not charged to the
foreign consumer. Thus as Mr.. Wells
says: ''The largest single consumer of
tin plate in this country is in this way
privileged to buy foreign tins for export
free of this duty, in the face of a tariff
imposed to encourage the consumption
OF American made tin" This is one of
the beauties Of the Mckinley tin plate
tariff.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09

FROM and after the first inst. the spcc
lal taxes heretofore imposed upon dealers
in leaf tobacco. dealers in manufactured
tobaccos. manufacturers of tubaccos and
cigars and pcddlcrs. are abolished under
the Mckinley tariff. As the number of
such dealers and manufacturers in the
United States reaches considerably over
GOO.ooO and as earch paid an annual spec,
lal tax OF $40 its abolition will cause a
loss to the government of 81 10000 an
nually. But NJ one believes that the
onsume Of tobaccos and cigars will
get either IA cent cheaper than he now
gets them Notwithstanding the abolition
of the special taxes.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09

1t is said that by carrying a lumr
gum camphor in the pocket one can 50.
himself from the grip. One person v.
carried it passed through two sci.
without being troubled by it. A traye,
IN Spain is said To have cured a who
village 10y having the people smoke shau
wings Of camphor mingled with tobac.
Scientific American.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09

THAT was a bright idea of !
Rudini to withhold the distribute
pers among the members of the q
of deputies, discussing the New
lynchings, until tomorrow. The
doubtless believes that the SACRED
the day will somewhat mollify Il
terness which the perusal of the
will engender in the average
heart,
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If those New York anarchists had
trailcd the American flag in the dust a
few short years ago they would have been
hanged to the nearest lamp-posts or shot
down like dogs. The spirit which pre-
vailed throughout the north a quarter of
a century ago seems to have given place
to an indifference which barely escapes
gross culpability.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09

Mr.. FRANK p. SLAvIN, the gen
from Australia may be ar excelle
put of the Delsartian theory of NJ
movements, but he is yet to ca
championship of the world as a n
He must meet and down" the or,
unconquered John L.. before the
will accord him that doubtful hon
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09

WHEN it came to a show down be
Bismarck and the socialists can
for the reichstag, the iron cha,
walked away with the honors.
must be confessed that his opponc
veloped great strength at the IN
fact which does not aurgur well I
peace Of the German empire.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09

OUR esteemed evening contemporf
should contine itself to discussions off,
helplessness Of the Argentine Repul
and kindred matters. There is where
shines.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09

The Minneapolis journal is resin
BILE for the following: Russell Hair
is one of the fellows who says Blain
out of the race Both Russell and
father, the president, would feel a ,
deal easier if they really believed II
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09
race. His declaration that Blaine would
not run was the first move in the smok-
ing program.

The ~shootings and killings in the
Scottdale coke regions reminds n of
the early days in California when "a man
for breakfast" was the rule and not the
exception. 1t is difficult even for those
upon the ground to predict when quiet
and peace will be restored among the
striking miners for it appears the end is
,nt ,,nt
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09

"WHAr!' exclaims the Louisville
er-Journal, 1.-THE president talking
change for the products of other
tries!' o Benjamin! thou bold
trader! Hast thou so soon for
what thou hast said about home
ets?"
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those Iowa striking miners who
fire to a shaft house made no friends
the act. The destruction of property
longing to others is not the exact way
secure the aid and comfort of fair-mini
men