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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12
PRESS COMMENT.

Nav York World: President Harrison
has left the capitol on a duok-huntinR ex-
cursion. When this is over he will return
to Washington to resume the business OF
hunting offices for the 'dead ducks" of his
party.
Anaconda Standard; The evil that men
do lives after their letters have been given
wide circulation. The harm wrought by
such a man as Beck is out Of all proportion
greater than the influence to which he 10
justly entitled.
Bozeman Chronicles: There is hope for
the 4th of july orators. Rev. j. h. kyle's
4th Of july Grafton last year brought him
into prominence, elected him state senator
and landed him into the senate of the
United States.
PHILADELPHIA Recorder: But between Reed,
the man. and Reed. the official, there is a
great gulf fixed. The one may yet bring
forth fruits meet for repentance; the otner
ia irretrievably damned, and the cold, IN
errinp hand of history will record his pom
demnation. -lh
Boston Globes: As Coy. Hill AM posi-
h,v onalifv "a a senator until December,
unless there is an extra session, we oon,1 see
that he is guilty of any great improperly IN
remaining governor Of New York in the
mean time. 70 be sure he getstwo salaries,
but perhaps he will give one of them TO the
heather.
San Francisco Call: With Mr.. Stanford
at the head of the party, public men have
been kept at a low average. Men OF ability
and character have been kept in the back
oround. There is a chance now for the
party to redeem itself by eleotlng a senator
whose fitness will be admitted, and whose
Independence of railroad control Will not
he called in question.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12
The Printing of the Charter.

criticism of the city council in the matter
of the award of the charter publication at Il
fixed price instead Of letting il to the lowest
bidder. The city is little if anything ont
by the arrangement, and so far as the
Herald is concerned it does not feel it has
lost much that the chance wasn't given 1t
to compete for the "ad." What little of
CITY patronage has come to this Office
through the year of reform sdministra-
ton has been awarded on the competitive
basis, and we have lost money rather than
realized a profit on the work done. The
award of 500 for the charter publication
seems only u fair remunaratinn and we art
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12
A Grateful

Washington Post: When Irving " a
playing in Faust he made it very real
istic by employing a large number of super
numeraries who alternately appeared as
angels and then as imps of darkness. One
of the grand scenes is where the imps of
darkness descend. At a signal from
Mephisto the imps began to scamper and
get down below through a trap. Many had
zone down below when a big, fat, ffty-cent-
a-nieht imp started down. He was too
large for the trap door and got stuck. In
vain he tried to push himself down. An
Irishman in the gallery leaned forward and
said:
THANK God; hell's full"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

In the Montana legislature there were so
many bills pending that in the time re-
naming before the proposed adjournment,
they could not all get consideration. Hence
n committee was appointed to SELECT such
bills from the mass as should be taken up
and the committee reported a list Of fifty,
There is a novelty in this Montana selection,
and Judging it at this distance it is difficult
to see why its use should not greatly stimu.
late lcgrollinR and lobbying.-New Yorl
Times.
The steering" committee was made
necessary to finish the more important
legislative work within the time specified
by law. 1t worked admirably.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

AS A matter Of general interest to our
readers throughout the state The INDE-
PENDENT will begin tomorrow the pub
location of the most important laws
passed by the legislative assembly. The
text of these measures is carefully com,
pared with the original acts on file in
the secretary of states office and can be
relied on for entire accuracy. The pub.
location will be continued from day to
day until the list of important acts is
complete.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

In the next house Of representatives
the republicans will have a majority of
the delegation Of twelve states out of
forty-four. Six of these are Idaho, Ne
vada, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Washington and Wyoming. The al
lance people have Kansas and Nebraska
while thirty states will be represented
by democratic majorities. The tariff is
a good deal OF a tax on the republican
party to say nothing about the people.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

THE other day q brother senator told
Ingalls, that his successor had arrived
from the sands of Kansas. The ex-sen-
ator looked in an absent way over his
glasses and replied: "Yes, he is one of
those cadaverous persons that rise to
the surface after the explosion" The
Kansas cynic forgot to add that he was
so affected by the explosion that he is
not likely to rise to the surface.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

800, 600 FOR wolf bounties, IS being al
lowed for each scalp. The committee
found it that several enterprising citi-
zens in the northern part OF the state
had established farms whore wolves were
raised for the purpose Of obtaining their
scalps. The discovery reminds us that
the people Of the country are paying
a very liberal bounty each year to the
tariff wolves within our W country
and they do not get their scalps at that.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

AN Indian actress from the Sioux
agency is attracting some attention an
St. Paul. The lady will bear watching.
She may give the audience an exhibit
tion of realism that will throw the stage
tragedy in the shade.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

THIRTEEN democratic state treasurers have
turned out to be defaulters-three within
the last ~year-while the republican custo-
dams of public funds everywhere are always
able to account for every dollar.-St. louis
Globe-Democrat.
Yes, always. Nobody ever heard of a
dishonest republican.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

JERRY SIMPSON says that he has
knocked out the republican barrel in his
district so that not even a bung hole is
left to build around. MI. Simpson
should now direct his attention to the
national republican barrel, which, at the
present time consists mostly of bung
hole and buncombe.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

AN American traveller was recently
arrested in Italy for smuggling and
treated in a most outrageous manner by
the authorities. Many Americans who
travel abroad might escape this danger
by returning to look at the wonders OF
their own country first.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

The six-day morning contemporary
observes that "Mr. Dixon's career as
congressma has begun, and it is we'll
to note that the weather underwent no
sudden change by reason thereof" Quite
right. The change in the weather oc-
Cured on or about Nov. 4, 1890. 1t was
a cold wave and very sudden.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

THE Journal has just discovered that
there is no immediate prospect of an ex-
ira legislative session. This startling
information was given to the public by
THE INDEPENDENT a week, ago.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

EX-SENATOR GIL. PIERCE, OF North
Dakota, has returned to the editorial
chair. If he cannot be elected senator
he proposes hereafter to have a hand IN
the business.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

IT lis reported that Stanley will include
the northwest in his lecture course.
While in Montana he will be able to
gather material for a new lecture to be
called In Darkest Butte.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

The proposed new charter complete
will appear in to-morrow's ~INDEPEND-
ENT and will be published daily there
after for ten days. 1t should be care
fully studied by every citizen.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

TINE was needed to obtain the results
Of 10000 democratic majority in Iii
nois, but the democrats have learned to
wait.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12
HELENA, MONT, MARCH 70, 1891.

eW-Montanians abroad will always IND HE
DAILY INDEPENDENT on file at their favorite
hotels: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan, New
York: West. Minneapolis: Baldwin and Palace
San Francisco; McDermott, Butte; Leland Hotel
Springfield. III.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

Tar daily Harrison evidently thinks
that a republican alderman should
either knuckle down to the princes die
tum or get out.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

ALL honor to the one hundred and
one who held the bridge at Springfield
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

The committee on expenditures in the
Minnesota legislature discovered a pc
culiar industry in the state. This came
about through the cost to the state OF
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-12

THE county auditor should be a man
OF standing in the community as we'll as
an expert accountant.
The advocate., 1891-10-07

security TO every enterprise and fair re-
numeratiOn to every laudable calling.
And thus would the general government
at least fulfill It's constitutional duty to
the people by regulating the value Of
money, which it has never yet done, and
never can fully do until by some such
means as ls proposed l. regulates the In
terest which 1t shall bear. The fixing of
rates of interest on money regulates, In
the main, It's value. The only class that
would not be pecuniaIily benefited by
the adoption Of such o fiscal system
would be that class that has been
enriched by the existing financial policy
of the government, and that is with its
III gotten wealth sucking the life blood
from the Industrial classes Of the country
by the excessive rates Of interest now
prevailing, and by the contraction and
expansion of currency 1t is instrumental
In producing for It's own benefit.
"But even that class In the end would
be benefited. Il would not proceed long
In its present way. Such colossal aggre-
CATION of wealth by the few for the next
quarter of q century as has marked the
last quarter would precipitate a revolu-
tion. The impoverished and starving
masses, impelled by the privatiOn and
hunger of their wives and children,
would, like tortured beasts, at last turn
and rend the supposed cause Of their
miseries. The plain alternative presented
to that class and to the whole people OF
this country, 80 far as our financial sys-
tenn is concerned, Is reform or revolution.
And whatsoever party shall bring about
the needed reformation in the fiscal
policy of the government will secure the
favor OF just God and the support Of a
grateful people.
SYLVESTER PENNoYER.
The advocate., 1891-10-07
The Best Ever Used.

G. G. STEKETEE:-Please send me one
more package Steketee's Hog Cholera
Cure. / used one package on a horse. /
think these powders are the very best /
ever used for horses. CHAs. ATBEL,
Young Hickory, N. Y.
No farmer should be without a package
Of Steketee's Hog Cholera Cure. A stitch
In time saves nine. Read Steketee's ad-
yeEtisemsnt in this paper
The advocate., 1891-10-07
CoNCERNINe THAT OcoNNOR INTERvIEw

CONCERNING THAT OC0NNOR INTERVIEW.
To the Editor OF TIE ADVOCATE.
Inclosed find clipping from HugOtOn
Hermes, the substance Of which seems
to have been taken from the Topeka
Capital, and entitled, "O'Connor Inter
viewed-He Tells Some Telling Truths
and Probes That Peoples PetitiOn-An
Investigation Courted and Our Libelers
Thereby Exposed" Mr.. Editor, we
assure you 1t Is with regret and great re-
luctance that we take up the false and
unjust statement at hand, a. it seems civ
llization must be surfeited with Stevens
county history. But there seems to be q
class of persons like O'Connor who are
ever ready to brand as liars all men who
dare ask that their wrongs be investi-
gated and righted, and class of news
papers which exist mainly through the
good graces Of the oppOserS of investiga-
tion and reform, and having no principles
Of right or justice to maintain, they, with
out a blush, take up such statements and
brandlsh them before the people IN order
to keep solid with their bosses.
IL the statement went no farther than
the people Of this county it would re-
quire no refutation whatever; but as the
Capital and the HermeS seem anxious to
make It public, and as our name appears
In that petition, we think self-respect
and justice to the people Of this county
demand that we should say few words
about those "telling truths" and how
they "courtel investigation" II the To
peks Capital wants the report Of Stevens
county prosperity that 1t published
about the 10Th uIt. corrected, and the
misrepresentation taken out Of 1t, all 1t
win cost them is the asking.
They can safely put their report and
the interview under consideration to-
gethOr, and brand them "G. o. p" cam
paign documents.
Now, In regard to those bond steals 1t
is unnecessary to waste time or space
discussing that. O'Connor has told that
story until he has como to believe It him
The advocate., 1891-10-07

population, and produce more than any
Of the adjoining counties. Our farmers
have a large amount Of corn and wheat
10 sell, and will have 500 tons of broom
corn of the finest quality to put on the
market"
This, We think, is the only near ap-
proach to truth in the entire interview.
We have good county, and there are no
natural reasons why we should not be
prosperous and happy people.
Mr., OConnor says: "The filing OF the
petition is as far as they want to go. But
we intend to put them to shame, and are
demanding full investigation"
We have gone to the chief executive Of
the state; that Is as far as we can 90 at
present, and the investigation ls now left
with the Governor The county records
are here, and will show the facts, IL that
is what Is wanted.
We are pleased to learn that they "are
demanding full Investigation" We
did not so understand them In the begin
ming. Perhaps we were biased in our
opinion on account of some forceful, II
not lawlesS, threats we heard made
against certain person for circulating
that petition here. The names Of the
person or persons who made these
threats do not appear on that petition.
We think they are part of that quaran-
tine which the Republican league COM
mittee say in their address to the people,
they have formed here In Kansas TO keep
the Peoples party In check.
"We are living In hopes of having the
rainmAkers In our county II the next
Legislature will only appropriate half Of
the amount spent in Investigations for
political effect to assist western Kansas
In developing the water supply for
crops"
If our next Legislature will only use
half the energy to remove the occasions
for Investigations, and to strengthen the
weak places in our laws through which
thieves and murderers go in and out un
molested, as the upper branch Of the last
Legislature used for political effect, ID
defeat every effort made by the lower
branch Of the Legislature to remedy
these evils, we will get along splendldly
In western Kansas, even without the
rainmaker. We will say here, notwith-
standing all the crooked past of south
western Kansas, we expect to get along
oil right here yet. We expect to redeem
the country from the ring rule that has
been running 1t. Pay our debts, redeem
our honor, our good name and our social
and moral integrity.
And while we are not booming south
western Kansas, we are disposed to say
to investors or homeseekers that no better
opportunity ever has or ever will offer
than now. We have certainly reached
bed rock. There are thousands Of acres
Of as good land as the state affords In
this county subject to homestead entry,
and as for the people, we think the most
Of US are as good as anybody, and better
than some.
Now, word for our commissioners,
past and present We do not think that
they should be deemed dishonest above
other men, for they are not.
They are imposed upon by a set Of
The advocate., 1891-10-07

self. That is the string that he and
others have been pulling in this county
for years, and In that way have kept up
q feeling of prejudice and hate to such an
extent as to enable them 70 stand In q
position to dictate our county affairs
pretty much 10 suit their purposes,
Hence our present county debt of $77, 900,
and nothing to show for 1t.
Mr.. O'COnnor says: "The man who
while commissioner sold his vote on
every occasion Is on that petition"
Now, for argument sake (and that 10 as
far as we can go ON the autOrity we
have), we will admit that the commits
SiOner sOld his vote, and we further admit
that there were two steals, and an at
tempted steal, aggregating several thou
sand dollars, perpetrated upon the people
Of this county, which Mr.. O'COnnor must
have had in his mind when he said the
commissioner sold his vote,
Mr.. O'Connor does not and will not,
say that the man who got the benefit Of
those steals, or the men who expected to
get the benefit Of that attempted steal,
are on that petition.
He Is not fighting them, and II he ever
has fought them, nobody here seems TO
know anything of it If he viii be kind
enough to tell the people what he knows
about those transactions, we would al
most be willing to ask that he be retained
In the Office he now holds by usurpation
and fraud the remainder OF the term.
He, In his own way, compares the debt
Of Martin, Seward, Grant and Kearney
counties, which he says range from
$4,000 to &150,OOO, with the debt Of
Stevens, which he says is $4,000. We
have before US certified statement OF
the county clerk of Stevens county, bear
ing date of April Z, 1891, which shows
the debt at that time 70 have been $69,-
900, and, according to the proceedings Of
the county commissioners In April and
July, 1891, as published In the official
paper Of this county, there was script To
the amount Of $10,351.57 issued at those
two sessions Of the board. Add that
amount, less about $1,000, which has
been paid since March, 1891, and we have
a debt Of $77,35157.
After all, very respectable competitor
OF outside thieves. Mr.. O'COnnor further
says: 1.-THE record of Martin, Seward,
Stanton, Grant and Kearney counties
show the payment Of $4,000 TO attorneys
whose headquarters are at Topeka" and
that "Stevens county has paid outside
attorneys $780," Now we suppose this
is one Of the "telllng truths" that Hermes
found In that interview, as It seems to
partake of the same character Of truth
that ia commonly used by those papers
that calls everything bad Pefferism, and
Peferism everything that is bad.
To show how much truth there is In
that $3.50 outside attorney statement l
will quote from the commissioners pro-
ceedlngs, as published in the HOgotOn
Hermes, the official paper Of this county.
The same paper from which we clip the
article we send you:
January 10, 1891, r. E. johnson, re-
talner fee, claimed, 800; allowed, 800.
April IA, 1891, J. H. Pltzer, legal services,
nlairnnd A1 zoo. allnuzad 49N0 Anrll IL
The advocate., 1891-10-07

of the loan is fixed at one-thlrd OF the
fairly appraised value Of the farm. The
entire management of the loan is con-
fided to the state school land board, con-
slsting of the governor, secretary OF state,
and state treasurer, and is without any
cost to the state other than that involved
IN the salaries paid to the members OF
the board for the entire official duties,
amounting in all to $500 per annum.
The applicant pays for the examination
of the title to his land and its appraise-
ment by the attorney Of the board for the
county in which the land is situated. The
machinery Is perfect and comparatively
inexpensive, and the security the best In
the world. The loans for the whole state
are made by the state board ct the capital,
and the distribution Of funds through
out the state Is fairly made. This sys-
tenn has been blessing to Oregon farm
ers, and It may be blessing to the
farmers of the whole country by demon
strating the entire feasibility of loaning
government money upon the improved
real property Of the country.
''The next question of importance
evolved by the financial system is: How
shall the money be procured by the coun-
try for making such loan? Ifrequired,
it could and would be procured as 1t was
in order to carry on the late war, but the
amount to be provided would to q great
extent depend upon the exact conditions
of the fiscal policy to be established.
"If the loans were made to the people
upon improved real property at the rate
not exceeding 4 per cent, and the cur
rency for such loans, as we'll as gold and
silver, was changeable at will into gov
ernment notes OF bonds bearing interest
not exceeding per cent, the result
would undoubtedly be that the issuance
Of not nearly so much currency would be
required as would be IL no provision for
funding it was made, inRsmuch as invest
ors in government securities would
largely furnish the required amount If
the policy be adopted of changing the
currency into bonds, and bonds into cur
rency, at the will Of the holder of either,
under the necessary restrictions, the
whole financial business of the country
could be adjusted to the proposed SyS-
tenn without any greater enlargement OF
the volume of the currency Of the coun-
try than the actual business requirements
demand. Such a policy would place the
currency of the nation upon the safest
foundation possible, and would entirely
preclude those extremes of contraction
and expansion so hurtful to business in
terests; for If there should be in circuIa-
ton more money than could be adVanta-
geously used, it would seek investment
In government securities, while, II there
should be an urgent need for more, the
bonds would be changed into currency.
"The loaning of money by the govern
ment at per cent. would at once fix that
rate throughout the country without any
other or further legislation, and the capi-
tai now employed at ruinous rates Of in
terest as leeCh upon the people, thereby
exhausting the life blood from all Of our
industrial pursuits, would, by the condi-
tions confronting 1t, be invested to q
large extent in government securities re-
, 1891-11-27
A treat for Cheyenne.

Tonight there will be presented at the
opera house n OF the unexplainable
mysteries OF the present time. "Stro-
teika." As performed by Benedict, the
lllusionist. this trick set all Europe in a
blaze of wonderment. Benedict also
introduces "Dreamland." oriental sorcery,
black art and many other tricks too
numerous to mention. He is accompan-
led by a band OF merry makers and if
you miss seeing them you miss the iun
of the season. They arc Mile. Vernon
In twentieth century magic, Mile. Tyrene
in graceful Spanish dances. In long skirts.
NJ. Trayell in parlor manipulations and
shadow sIlhouettes. There is nothing In
the entertainment to offend the most
fastidious. Don't fail to see Benedict.
You will be amply repaid.
, 1891-11-27
A Joke on The Joker.


Special Correspondence.
RAwLINs, Wyo., Nov. 25.-Some
practical iokers played one of their jokes
on Clerk Ross last night. R. G. Mayor
is noted for keeping ine imported goods.
One oil his customers for such articles Is
DR.. Ricketts,. who is in the habit OF buy
ing tobasco sauce there. Just now Mayor
is short of the goods and Ricketts, and the
rest of the boys thought it would make
him mad and be lots of fun if one after
another would 20 in and ask for tobasco
sauce. The second man in was County
Clerk Ross. Got any of that hot stuff p
hi asked. What bot stuff Why.
that tobasco sauce" Let me look"
said Mayor. Il believe l have one
bottle" Sure enough he had and the
would-be joker paid IS cents 1.-THE genuine
cost being so cents) for a bottle Of red
pepper and water fixed up for the occasion,
and as the derlsiye shouts Of his com
%panions at the door burst upon bis ears
he realized that the joke was on the
wrong man.