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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-01
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The Salt Lake Herald, after scanning
the political situation in Montana, OBJ
serves:
Young Mr.. Harrison is making a tremen-
dous effort to wheel Montana into line for
his IGNORED ~progenitor. But his contract is
too big. Among the people of that state
there is nothing in ommon with the pres
ent chief magistrates. His administrative
policy doesn't suit them, and he is not their
kind OF & man. They regard him az Peck
snifian in piety, bigoted, boorish, %snappish,
little IN mind as we'll as in stature. and with
no such breadth of view as belongs to a
statesman. They dom wan him for pres
ieent. and they ont have him. if they can
can help it. Blaine satisfies them, and if
thoy cannot get him they will put up with
anybody but Harrison. Young Mr.. H.,
with his Helena journal, will have to sit up
aud take his medicine. The Montana del
egstion will not be for the present incum-
bent.
The Herald must not be too sure
about Montana. The republican masses
may be for Blaine but the ablest repub-
llcan politician IN the state is for Harri-
son, and his other name is not Russell
B., but Thomas II. Look out for him.
He's a daisy.
The spirit of the press of the state in
its treatment of the success of Helena
in securing three great conventions next
year is generous and appreciatiye. These
conventions will not benefit Helena
alone, but will help the entire state.
What Montana needs is to have observ-
ing and discriminating people come and
view her our and advantages.
These we shall have next year in the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-06-16

efforts Of deception many are still
clinigng to the parties that have en-
acted a financial policy as disgrace
full as any to be found in the civil
lied world. Much is being said
about the third party. How much
do the labor organizations of the
day lack of being third party !!
Looking at the situation as | do, ]
can never vote again with any party
that opposes the Alliance demands.
TO vote to keep either of the old
parties in power, as now manlpu-
lated by Wall street and foreign
capitalists, is to vote poverty, igno-
rance, degradation, crime and finan-
cial slavery to the toiling masses.
Let us have equal rights to all,
and special privileges to none".
But what of the two parties THE
money party, and the labor party.
A government Of the few, by the
few and for the few; does not this
give the situation correctly 1t
should be government of the peo-
pie, by the people and for the peo-
pie. Shall we have it !? 1t is for
the labor party to say yes or no
the money party says NO.
G.. w. WHITE.
Hickory Grove, Ga.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-06-16
Local Politicians out of Work.

The coming campaign will be one
of the strangest campaigns ever
conducted in the United States, as
the people will conduct their own
campaign. One of the conundrums
of the politicians is solved-to their
sorrow. And with many of them
it is good Dick, good Devil, for it is
beginning to dawn on their minds,
and it is a question with them into
whose hands they will fall-and that
they had better "stop throwing
stones"
Mr.. politician and Mr.. newspaper
man, you have delivered the
goods" as long as the people will
put up with such management as
yours. You have forced the people,
for selfprotection, to run their own
campaign, and they are getting
along very well without your as
sistance. And yet, it is remarkable
what an amount Of suggestions and
advice comes from the two old par
ties. "The Peoples party may be
all right, but you have no leaders,"
In the politics Of Anderson coun-
ty, in Garrett, there are what are
known as the north and south sides;
each side having its leader; but,
mark you, both of the same party
the e. o. p. Whenever it suited
their individual interests, they
would rend the mantle-but never
on local interest. One may be
termed the band-wagon style, and
the other the sly fox. The band
wagon and the sly fox have oscil
lated with the mantle until the rank
and file will follow neither. The
rank and file are beginning to wake
up, and not be found with these
persons that are waiting for the
Peoples party to die. As they
wake, they will find the Peoples
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-06-16
The West and the South.


We are living in an era ofanxious
thought and solicitude Not day
passess but men with serious, hon
est, sunburnt faces ask us this ques-
ton: "What are the farmers of the
south going to do? Are they with
us? Will they join hands with the
west in the great work of rescuing
this country" These and kindred
inquiries are constantly heard
among our toilers, and they are up
permost at every meeting among in
dustrial people To these anxious
and earnest friends we say, dismiss
your fears. The industrial forces of
the south, the members of the Farm
ers' Alliance and Industrial Union,
are with you to a man. Their hearts
beat in unison with yours, and they
are as true to the grand cause in
which you are engaged as the
needle to the pole The grand con-
federation of labor now includes the
toilers of every section and of every
state and territory, and they are a
unit for the St. Louis, Ocala and
Omaha demands as recommended at
Cincinnati Both sections will
stand like pillars of granite against
all who assail them, and against all
who seek to engender sectional dis
trust, and against all who seek to
thrust upon this country despotic
Force bills and kindred infamies.
The hope of the plutocracy lies in
keeping the sections apart-in di
viding the great army Of industrial
emancipation But they will be
mistaken. Mississippi and Georgia
will vie with Kansas and Nebraska
North Carolina and Texas with Iowa
and, Minnesota, in lifting the whole
country upon a plain of frater
nifty and progress which the
petty bloody-shirt fingers have
never dreamed of, and which they
will not even be able to enjoy unless
speedily regenerated.
We say to the brethren in the
north, confde implicitly in your
brethren in the south. They will
suffer martyrdom before they will
forsake you; and so we say to the
brethren in the south, the great
west is with you in love, fraternity
and purpose. The storm center is
rapidly moving eastward and the
middle states and many eastern
states will be with us when the bu-
gle calls to battle Iowa Tribune.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-06-16

desire to call attention to the two
old parties and their work the re-
lation of the two parties to each
other, and the government under
which they have lived.
Both of these parties have existed
in all the civilized governments of
the world. We find the two parties
away back in the early stages of
civilization and the history of the
world is largely made up of the
workings Of these two parties. The
first of the two parties is the money
or capitalistic party; the other is
the labor, or peoples party. The
money party has been the deadly
enemy of the liberties of the people
in all ages. 1t is said that 3 per
cent. of the people in Egypt owned
81 per cent. Of the national wealth,
(Her lands drifted into the hands of
per cent. Of her people. Usury,
extortion and land monopoly secur-
ed her downfall While much is
said Of Babylon, we fad usury, ex-
tortion and land monopoly were her
death warrant. 1.-TWO per cent. of
her people owned all the land 4; the
rest were slaves" Under this con-
dition Babylon sank as milestone
to rise no more In the empire
Of the Modes and Persians, we are
told that usury and extortion pre-
vailed throughout the land till less
than one per cent. of them owned
all the land. And looking to the
classic isles Of Greece we see much
to admire, as she becomes the adj
miration of the world, and the won
der of the ages; but even here
usury, eXtortion and. undue exac-
tons were demanded of the public.
"Four per cent. of the people owned
all the land, and ninety-six per cent.
owned none, and were serfs, tenants
and slaves"
Now comes Rome, of worldwide
fame and renown May we not
look for something better? but alas;
we look in vain, as we have her
death warrant in the following eX-
tract "But she followed the road
of all nations that preceded her.
She contracted her currency; she
fostered monopolies she burdened
her people with heavy taxes; she
travelled the same road to death that
Egypt, Babylyn, Persia and Greece
had travelled before. 1t took her
long time to die, but the decree had
gone forth" Here we have five
mighty empires that have died Of
the same disease. The diagnosis of
one is that of all. In these empires
we have the concentration of wealth
in the hands of few, and poverty
the inheritance of the many. Here
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-06-16
during the Revolutionary war OF

ll776. Before the war Of l776 there
was stringency in money matters,
and paper currency was issued by
several of the colonies. "Pennsyl-
vania in 1928 made it's first loan of
GI5,OOO on land. This operated
greatly to the advantage of the for
tunate settlers who obtained money,
but the wealthy, and all who made
profit by usury, bitterly opposed
the system" (the sub-treasury plan
page 49, "The British govern
ment took away from America it's
representative money, commanded
that no more paper bills of credit
should be issued, that they should
cease to be a legal tender, and col
lected the tax in silver This was
in 1913. Now mark the consequent
ces. This contraction of the circu-
lating medium paralyzed all the in
dustrial energies of the people.
Ruin seized these once fourishing
colonies the most severe distress
was brought home to every interest
and every family; discomfort was
urged on to desperation till at last
human nature arose and asserted
its rights. >" Ib page 49,.
Let the reader note the fact that
the British government took away
the money of the people. And
what did they do in 1862? The
Hazard Circular says, ut will not
do to allow the greenback, as 1t is
called, to circulate as money for any
length of time, for we cannot con-
troll it" Now by following the fl
nancial Legislation of congress since
1861, we have positive proof of
conspiracy between the capitalists
of England and America, to enslave
the people Of this heaven-favored
land. | think the evidence is clear
beyond a reasonable doubt that
what has been done was intended
to be done, with clear conception
of the results, on the part of those
demanding legislation; and this is
all mean by saying we have posi-
tive proof of a vile conspiracy to
enslave the people. Contraction
was for the purpose of giving the
laboring man can honest dollar" (D
| would like for some one of this
class having perfect knowledge of
this question of the ages, to tell us
laboring people why it was neces-
sary to burn up the greenback mon
ey of the government, there being
no interest paid on this money.
Who gets the "honest dollar" in
this game?
If there is single act of finan-
cial Legislation on the part of con-
gress since 1861, that gives the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-06-16
Are You Ambitions I?

Are Won ambitious To make money
If SO. write to The ADVOCATE, Topeka,
Kansas. for full particulars of their great
offer TO industrious young men and
women.
GgSEGE4gle SgAGS6E SE1SaE
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party driving the hearse, and the
old parties doing the corpse act"
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-06
The Queens Private Secretary.
London Letter.

Sir Henry Ponsonby is a smart. we'll
preserved, military looking man of 66. al
ways dressed with exquisite taste, though
with good deal of style, and possessed of
such polished manners and such suaya
and dignifed bearing that nobody can
help being strongly attracted TO him. Like
ali the persons most closely attached 10
the queen. ne Is poorly paid for the work
he does. He receives altogether about
$4,000 year, with a house rent tree at 81
James palace, and, OF course. tree
quarters wherever the queen is. But
he has considerable income of his
own ana his wife has means. and
their position at court has advantages
altogether apart from pecuniarv ones.
Ihey are IN the very inner circles of the
best society without any of the burdens Of
grandeur. and their children have excel
lent prospects In life open before them.
l heir eldest daughter, Alberta Victoria
the queens godChlid. made 4 brilliant
marriage quite recently. and the presents
that poured IN from all quarters. even
from several European sovereigns. were
almost equal III splendOr TO those AT a
royal wedding. The queen herself made
special journey TO London TO attend the
ceremouy--a thing she has seldom ever
done-and the first name Witnessing the
marriage OF the private secretary's daurh
ter III the register OF the Guards chanel is
me bold, stlf signature of Victoria K.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-06
AN EAR FOR MUSIC.
Masters Tell How Its Presence
Should be Ascertained.
DANGER OF EARLY VOCAL STUDY
Anton Seidl on Trial of the voice-Signor
krrsni on the Voice, the Ear and
Musical Organization.

new YORK, Nov. 3d. Special Core
spondence. Musical study is so universal
among Americans that anything bearing
upon the subject in any degree may be
said to have in particular sense popu-
lar interest. Music is chosen for an ac-
complishment when languages, athletics,
art and kindred studies are subordinated
or ignored. 1t is, indeed, the most popu-
lar of all accomplishments. 1t is also the
accomplishment in regard to which more
misconceptions exist and in the history Of
which more illusions are shattered than
any other that might be named.
No one who has watched musical stu
dents, whether they be one-course dabbers
or passionateiy serious laborers in the
schools on both sides of the Atlantic,
has failed to note the distressing num-
Der of cases in which the singer
or player lacks not merely general
talent but the primary necessity-a trust
worthy ear. If only those people studied
music who were drawn to it by inclination
there would still be many deluded aspi-
rants. Everybody's experience furnishes
illustrations of would-be enehanters who
have mo ear" But the number would be
comparatively small if the students were
NV PucAiSN ioI W an ny dill
bilious parents and friends, who exhibit
an unconscious tendency to delude the OBJ
ject of admiration. Singers are pushed by
the best training that money can buy;
they squander fortunes in New York. in
Paris, in Leipsic, and have debut upon
which the highest expectations are keyed,
and in the critical hour their voice, modu-
lated by every trick ofart, is found to COM
NIT the fatal sin of Chatting" The singer
has no ear. He or she can never be great.
similar experience is noted among in
strumentalists. With great dexterity, OBJ
tanned by refinement of drudgery, they
are deficient in that sense of perfect tune,
and In middle life, perhaps. the true source
of their mediocrity is discovered.
How many ambitious parents have asked
themselves, HAS my child an ear for
music? How can l discover whether nv
child has an ear for music? Before en-
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"CHEsTNUTs. I DECLARE."

The thoughtlsss youth who vents a sheer
At something heard before,
And terms, perhaps. the teller queer,
And deems him quite bore;
Will Oft be seen where jokes are made,
Or fepartee is fair,
To sharpen his Damascus blade
With "Chestnuts, declared!
The rtory-wit Of ages past,
Told in all tongues ana CHIMES,
Are flowers on the waters cast
Are music of the chimes.
They've fioated down the stream OF time,
4ubduing grief and care
And no one thought the wit or rhyme
Were "Chestnuts, declase!
The songs the exiles sang OF old
Are sung in hearts OF men;
Yes, here and now the story's told
In vigor strong as then.
The trembling chords OF narps tnal nung
Upon the willows there
Are still viarating-and they flung
No "Chestnuts, declares!
The grand old plays OF Shakespeare are
The glory Of this age.
They're built On stories told afsr
On many an ancient page.
The songs of scotland, sung by Burns,
In matches verse and air,
Are echoes that poet learns
From "Chesnuts, declared"
And children's stories, ehildren's play,
That charmed from son 20 son;
The wishing of ''Good nightf GOOD day!
All, when were these begun!
The luiIaby-the song OF sleep;
The kiss. the evening prayer;
The tears that loving mothers weep
No "Chesnuts, declared
And dear old Santa Clans, and all
The gen'rous gifts he brings;
His hurryfng footsteps in the hill;
The stockings on the striugsl-
Must these retire, subdued in doubt,
Amid the Christmas glare,
Because, forsooth. the youth just out
Cries, "Chestnuts, / delare"
John C. Shea, in Buffalo Nelcs.
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gaging teachers or squandering money in
training Is there not some way in which
can discover whether the effort and the
expenditure are worth while?"
The question was put to me the other
day under circumstances that interested
me in satisfactory response. | deter
mined to go to headquarters for an answer
l first called on the distinguished leader,
who sat at the feet of Richard Wagner,
who as young man played at those fam
Gus Wagnerian musicales where List
shone with other celebrities of scarcely
lesser lustre-Anton Seidl, leader of the
German opera.
ANTON sEIDL's OPINION.
Anton Seidl was seated at a desk in the
snug study of his house on West Forty
third street. The room was obviously the
"den" of musician, and of German
musician. Between the windows hung a
portrait of Wagner. Beneath was full
length photograph of Nine. Materna. A
fine engraving of Bismarck hung over the
mantel.
Mr.. Seidl wore dark smoking Jacket.
faced with fur. He smiled little when
told him what 1t was that brought me
there.
You ask me-" he said, what people are
to do to detect the musical ear, particularly
what parents are to do when interested in
the education of their child. suppose
you know that this is in one respect diff
ticult question, and one at the same time
that leaves very little to say. But it
seems to me that there is nothing TO be
advised except this, that the parents shall
seek the judgment of a musician do
not see what else they can do. | know,
too, that this is not completely satisfac-
tory course in every case, for I suppose
1t is true that many teachers take pupils
knowing that they have not good ear
But nothing will give an answer to the
question but musical trial, and a musi-
clan Is also competent to make such a
trial. A musician should give his honest
Judgment III such a matter, but we are all
human, and | suppose some of the judg-
ments are not strictly honest. Probably
the desire OF the parents to discover talent
sometimes influences false Judgment
perhaps compromise; that is, an uncer-
tain judgment"
us 1t not easier TO detect good or bad
ear IN vocalist than in an instrumental
ist?''
1T certainly is. In the case of voice
trial the musician has only TO play or sing
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should be carefully and frankly
given. No teacher who values
his reputation would give a false
judgment on pupils ear or voice. You
can't blame parents for their Willingness
and eagerness 10 develop their children 5
talents. or to develop what they believe to
be their talents. Their mistake, if they
make one, is pardonable. The mistake Of
the teacher who is asked for his Judgment
is objectionable"
How do you test the ear?" asked.
Without answering directly Signor Err
rani said:
There are three things to be decided in
the case of one who wishes to be singer
First. the voice-has he or she this physi-
cal qualification? Second, has he or she
the ear? Has the owner of the voice the
sense that we cali an ear for music :?
Third, has he or she the musical organiza-
ton?
THE voice and the ear are readily tested
by the sounding of piano note or phrase
which the pupil is asked to repeat. For in
stance" and Signor Errani stood behind
the piano and struck note somewhere in
the upper part Of the middle register.
Sound that"
l said didn't sing.
Never mind, try that"
l tried.
Good; now try this one." 1t was an
octave or so lower.
| tried again.
Right Your ear is correct"
This was worth coming for.
Now" went on Signor Errani, coming
from behind the piano, you may see that,
SO far as the process is concerned, the as
certainment of the ear is quite simple. In
the case of the instrument the process
would be reversed. The instructor would
sound vocal note and ask the pupil to
find it on the piano. With the violin it
would be less easy to test the ear in a short
trial, but IN any case the readiness of a
good ear could be found with more or less
easiness."
Signor Errani said that in his opinion
children's voices should be trained with
greater care than was ordinarily consid-
cred necessary. 1t was not only true that
an unwise and inexperienced teacher
could permanently ruin a voice, but even
the most cautious training was dangerous
at a very tender age. Signor Errani did
not think pupils should have their voices
trained for singing before they were 10.
save in the lightest chorus work. perhaps.
Instrumental training, which did not tax
the physique. might naturally begin much
earlier without danger.
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Lh1s Is II undoubtedly. Never before in the
history OF the race Gid the cultivation of muscle
receive s4cA universal attention and encourage.
meaL Even The gentler sex practice, ey1-v
branch OF eallstheaics affected by TIE irousersd
gender. This OF course is wei, FOR exercise ia
al essential 70 health. But 10 the feeble, the
nervous and dyspeptic. II stetter's stomach Biz
ters affords guaranty of primal visor upon
which a sup=fstCucture OF mLscGlarity NAV an-
NAbtaseousIy oe built Most genial aud speedy
OF toaies II - $50 the most thorough OF rsxals-
tois' ehUFeay recltTlDg errors OF digestion ami
bt4lous secretion, and promoting a HEALTHY
hAott OF Doa4. IL conQuers and prevents inter
mi;ten' and bi ioJls reInittez,t fever rls1rasfis
AlGnsy aA1 blsdaer trouble The aged INF ru,
and eonYalescinE derive immeasursbie hea.6t
and overeoInes insomnia
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ear, any more than there is rule for find
ing whether a person has positive apti-
tude. Either trait will appear under trial
by person competent TO make that trial.
sIGSoR ERgASI's VIEWS.
l next sought the opinion of probably
the most prominent and popular vocal
teacher in New York, Signor Achills
Errani, who was for twenty years a sue
cessful singer in Italian opera at Milan
and in this country. When Patti first
sang "Traviata' in America Errani was
her tenor
The room in the Twenty-sixth street
house in which Signor Errani greeted me
is lined with portraits and souvenirs.
Among the portraits is that of Minnie
Hauk, who was Errani's first pupil.
at is certainly very important" said
the ex-tenor and distinguished teacher,
that the judgment on the capabilities
and endowments of a musical beginner