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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
THE MILK IN THE COCOlNC2,

The concern which the republican
press exhibits over the non-appointncnt
of Mills as chairman of the ways and
means committee approaches the path
etic. The concern does not have its
cause in their love for Mills. Far from
it. Mills has been the object Of their
hate and vituperation from the day he
introduced his bill modifying the Morrell
tariff up to the time Crisp defeated him
for the speakership. They then hoped
he would be selected as the head of the
ways and means committee in which
event he would r%eintroduce his old
tariff bill OF a new modifying one.
Either would be killed by a republican
senate and the present tariff would
remain intact.
Springer will pursue a different course.
He will attack the tariff at several
points in front, upon the TANKS and in
the rear-by introducing separate bills
aimed at the several huge trusts among
which are the binding Irvine, the barbed
wire and the steel trusts. These bills
must receive the consideration of the
senate and some of them must be favor
ably acted upon by that body or the loss
of the farmers vote to the republican
party will follow. The republicans do
not relish the prospect of being placed
in such an embarrassing position. Hence
the wall over Mills non-appointment.
Thus is the milk in the co,oanut ac-
counted for.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
Thrilling Adventure of a Miner,

John Clarkson tells an interesting
story of how he came heal being de.
voured by a large army of rats in the
Baker coal bank. 1t was his custom to
cook his meal in the coal bank at din.
ner time. One day as he was sitting be-
fore a fire boiling his meat he was star
tied to hear the noise made by running
rats. The odor of the cooking meat per.
meated the bank, attracted the attention
of the rodents and they came tripping
along to the fire at "a lively rate.
John says he thought the 'old bob
was after him. In a little while there
mast have been fully 500 rats gathered
about him and his heart was in his
mouth. He threw them a piece of the
meat, and while they fought for it he
stole away.-New Lisbon Patriot.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
Set Upon by the Gang.

One of the Italian exhibitors of per-
forming birds lost Il green parrakeet out
of his cage the other afternoon on Park
street. The bird flew un into nm elm
and chartered at the distracted Italian.
'Seenyore, seenyore, climba re tree" he
cried. But no one in the big crowd vol
unteered to ''climba re tree" 1t was
the English sparrow that finally settled
the business both for the parrakeet and
the Italian. A solitary English sparrow
spied the green bird, and set up a loud
''cheep." In three minutes time fifty
sparrows were mobbing the parrakeet.
He took wing with the noisy pack in hot
pursuit.-BostOn News.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
/ ~LEGlLI/ED ,SYE.iI.

When the last congress put sugar ON
the free list it threw IA sop to the cane,
beet and maple sugar states 10y giving a
bounty of twocents Il pound on all sugars
of a certain grade produced by them. OF
course the people of the country pay
every dollar of the bounty. Congress
simply provided that the government
should pay out money from the national
treasury, which the people put in it, TO
the men who grow the sugar. The gov
eminent doesn't lose a cent by the pay
mont of the bounty. 1t is simply the
agent of the people in paying out what
they earn, for it must be remembered
the government is not an Garner of
money; it merely pays out what some
one else earns.
1t is contcnded that the policy of
bounty giving is not a sound one; that if
given to encourage an industry, another
may reasonably demand it. Without
stopping to argue this point. facts will
be presented to show that as far as the
sugar bounty is concerned it looks very
much like a legalized steal. The state
of Louisiana will be taken to support
this declaration. According to the treas
ury report about 55O,0OO,OOO pounds of
cane sugar are produced in this country.
OF this amount 5OO,OOO,OOO pounds are
are raised in Louisiana, the bounty on
which at , cents a pound amounts to
S%l0,OOO,000. And of this 4J0.0O0,0O0
pounds are raised by 80 men who form
the Sugar Planters association of that
state. A mark of the pencil shows that
at . cents a pound these 80 men are an
nually paid S9,oO0,OOO in bounty. And
they are the richest planters in America,
too, whose land produces 500 an acre
with sugar selling at 4 cents "a pound.
Does this not look like a legalized
steal: If it does not has it the look of
exact justice to the people of the coun-
try: Nine million dollars are given or
presented to $50 men for free sugar. At
the same time S~l5.OOO,OOO are taken from
the laboring classes in duties upon the
tin pans, tin coffee pots and other tin
wares used in their kitchens. That
bounty law is one of the outrages Of the
last congress and should be wiped from
the national law books. If the bounty
principle is right it would follow that
bounties should be given to all other un-
protected industries in the country.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
THE PLAN or CAMPAIGN.

Mr.. Springer has outl ned the policy
he will pursue in dealing with the tariff,
as chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee. He opposes a general revision
of the tariff on the eve of a presidential
election on the ground that it has always
proved disastrous to the party attempt
ing it. The Mills tariff revision bill is a
reminder of this fact. If the democratic
party win at the next election after a
general discussion of the tariff question.
he you'd favor a revision bill. As far as
the present congress is concerned he
favors the reno al of duties upon a few
articles, such as binding Irvine, barbed
wire. wool, etc. Every one. he says,
knows what free sugar has done for the
poorer classes; Mr.. Springer would ex-
tend the free list SO as to enlarge the
benefits to the laboring men. With a
hostile senate and president he does not
hope to do more.
Mr.. Springer's views are the views of a
majority of the democrats in congress
and indeed of a majority of democrats
outside of it. Mills favored a general re-
vision measures: Crisp did not, as the in
PRODUCTION of one would not be favorably
entertained by the senate. The knowl-
edge of the views of both these gentle
men as to the best method of dealing
with the tariff at this particular juncture
is what elected Mr.. Crisp and defeated
Mills. After his election upon this issue
he was bound to appoint Springer as
chairman of the ways and means com
mittcc for the latter g~entleman's views
h~armoniZcd with his own upon the ques-
ton. The plan of the campaign against
The tariff is outlined above. Separate
repeating or modifying bills will be
passed by the house. That body will do
its duty in the premises. 1t remains to
be seen what the senate will do.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02

SPRINGER made it possible for Mr.
Crisp to appoint house committees anc
until it be shown that MIR. Springer is
not a capable gentleman and is unequa
to meet the requirements of his position
as chairman Of the committee on ways
and means. the speaker should not be
censured by any democrat for his very
natural exhibition Of gratitude to Il mar
who made him what he is. The tru,
principle az well as true gratitude is
stand by your friends.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
AN ACTORS ADVICE.

There is a temperance lecture of nc
mean proportions in the advice the
actor, Florence, once gave to a friend
who loved to look upon the wine when 1t
is red. He said: There are sixty-five hf-
teen cent drinks in "A gallon of whiskey
costing 50. Now if you must drink buy
Il gallon and make your wife the bar
keeper. When you are dry give her fiji
teen cents for a drink, and when the
whisky is gone she will have, after pay
ing for it, 1913 left and every gallon
thereafter will yield the same profit.
This money she should put away. SO that
when you bavc become an inebriatc, un-
able to support yourself and summed by
every respectable man, your wife may
have money enough to keep you until
your time comes to fill Il d%runkard s
grave"
While the suggestion, or rather the
advice, is not altogether new or prdcti-
cal, yet it may be proiitably followed
where the parties most Interested can
agree. a little figuring will show what
may be saved by the plan. A drinking
man can average about fifteen drinks Il
day without being drunk, for the first
ycar. He will want twenty drinks a day
for the next two years and probably more
after that until the end is reached. Men
of strong constitutions will stand up
from thirty to forty years under that
amount of liquor.
\. man commences at % to drink the
toper's usual daily allowance of fifteen
drinks. His gallon of whisky lasts. say
five days. In one year he consumes ~
gallons and his wife makes a net saving
of SJS6.OO. The next two years he gets
away with 30 gallons. from which his
wife save Sl,iSJ.OO. IT the husband last
- years her savings will amount TO the
little sum of S22.S6l. Those who
wish may see what the sum would be if
the WifCs sales were put out at I per
interest each year. viii some
steady drinkcr try the plan and report
results to the TRIBUNE at the end of 80
Years.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02

Doubtless it was the daily spectacle
of the abuse of horses which stimulated
Henry Bergh TO the great service which
has justly made his name renowned.
But the guilt of the abuse is not confined
to draymen and teamsters. The igno-
rance and Indifference of wealth and
fashion to the treatment of horses are
quite as conspicuous, and for obvious
reasons much more objectionable.
The horse, which is one of the most
sensitive and delicate of animals, is
greatly to be conmiserated as he APP
pears in the fashionable drive of Central
park, lie is treated as Il part of the
show Of the parade, and he is at the
mercy of the owner. who buys horses
not because he likes them or knows
anything about them, but because he
must have an equipage, and he aban-
dOnS them to the care of grooms and
coachmen, whose sole aim is to produce
n more swell effect than their rivals.
For Il ''stylish" effect the horse is robbed
of his natural ornament and defense,
and is checked and truSsed and tortured
by a harness which encumbers his ma
tural action and forces him into an arti-
fetal "gait."
Human knowledge and skill directed
to an auxiliary animal like the horse
should aim to develop his natural apti.
tudes. He should be treated as Il hui
mane and skillful gardener treats a tree
in our modern landscape gardening, not
as Il tree was maltreated by the false
and morbid taste of two centuries ago.
Such remarks do not apply to the low
ers of horses who care for them with
sympathy and intelligence, who compre-
bend their practical helplessness and
acknowledge their faithful service. Such
lovers permit in their stables no "fash-
ions" invented by ignorant and inhuman
grooins to produce stylish action to
impress similar ignorance and folly
Harper's Weekly.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02

SINCE the election of Crisp there seems
to be a disposition among republican
newspapers to switch their denuncia.
tions Of Cleveland in the direction OF
Hill. The latter is credited in some
quarters with Crisp's victory and through
it of being a presidential possibility
Hence the inclination of republican jour,
nails to turn their batteries on Uov. Hill
Even the New York Sun will 'let up
with its fusilade against the great tariff
reformer and permit him to fondle Baby
Ruth in peace. There is always some
compensation in defeat.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02

CHRISTMAS and its delights have
joined those of the past whose memories
still furnish food for pleasing thoughts
Many hearts were made happy by un.
expected gifts made dearer by the asso,
Citations they recall and the love Oh
respect borne for the donors. Our mer
chants reaped a rich harvest of trade
with gratitied patrons and still the stock
of holiday goods is ample for the de.
mand being made upon them for the
second festival day. Great Falls is al,
ways well prepared to indulge In and
enjoy holidays.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
RECIPROCITY TREATIES.

The reciprocity treaties made under
the Mckinley measure between this
government and foreign nations are one
sided. The foreigner has gotten the
best of the bargain in every instance. 1t
INTAKES them but doesn't take a cent OIL
the tariff taxes of our W people. rake
the treaty with Germany for instance
Even should it be ratified by the govern
ments of the two countries it will reduce
the taxes paid by Germans upon several
articles of American protection, but what
does this country get in return: it gets
left. German beet sugar is already on
the free list to compete with American
beet sugar. Reciprocity with that
country is only in name.
1t was said the president would re.
store the tax on German sugar unless
that country reduced its duties on Amcri-
can breadstuifs and meats. There is
nothing in it. If he should reimpose q
tax on German beet sugar, or on South
American coffee and hides he would
simply add to the burdens of the tariff
taxation under which our people are al
ready suffering. lie dare not do it. 1t
would give away the presidential cleo
ton in advance. There is only n good
thing that reciprocity has done for the
people of the United States. 1t has de-
monstrated to them that the tariff is a
tax paid 10y the and by no one
else. 1t has taught them an object les
son ON tariff, and no one need be sur
priscd if they ask that the tariff tax. or
duty be taken off many other articles of
import besides German beet sugar and
brazilian coffee and hides.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02

WHEN Gov. Humphreys appoints In
gals to the seat Of the late Senator
Plumb it will be quite time for the demo
cratic minority in the senate to be fright
ened. BY the way, we never heard it
charged that democratic senators lost
any sleep over their fright when ingalls,
was there last year. ingalls, is the man
who is worried, and the prospects are he
will worry much more before the Kan
sas grangers send him to the national
capital as a senator.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
Mr.. DIXON would grace any committe

Mr.. DIXON would grace any committee
upon which Speaker Crisp may have ap-
pointed him. Montana's silver interests
will not suffer at the hands of the com
mittce OF coinage, still Mr.. Dixon's ap-
would have been hailed by the democrats
of this state with much pleasure. But
Speaker Crisp doubtless thought the
gentleman would be quite as serviceable
to the people of the west as a member of
the committees on labor and irrigation.
The democratic party of Montana is not
ruined because Speaker Crisp may have
made a %pardonable error in the forma-
ton Of his committees.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02

BAR silver 94ai. That quotation gives
the lie direct to the oft repeated declara
tons Of the republican press last winter
that under the present gold bug silver
bill the metal would soon reach and re,
main at nearly par. AS predicted b,
every observing man when silver jumped
to LOO soon after the passage of the
Sherman silver bill, the spectators have
the metal completely in their power
and are making money out of it.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
The most surprised man in Ireland the

THE most surprised man in Ireland the
day before Christmas was Michael
Davitt, when the returns of the Water
ford election was made known to him.
He had confidently counted on beating
Redmond, the Parnellite candidate for
parliament, but contrary to his most
sanguine expectations he was defeated
by Redmond by a majority of DAG votes
in a total ballot of 1904. This is a great
blow to the McCarthyites and an unex-
pected victory for the Parnellites. The
latter will receive a new lease of life and
may not only preserve their organization
but greatly strengthen it by the addition
of new seats in parliament. The spirit
of Parnellism is burning as bright as
ever in Ireland today.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02

SPEAKING about the suit which an
eastern man recently brought against a
theatrical manager because the hats Of
two women prevented him from seeing
the stage, the Cincinnati Inquirer voices
the sentiment Of every theater goer when
it says: "This is a nov in the right
direction, and it is the sincere wish Of
many a theater goer that the plaintiff
will win his suit"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02

SrEAEEE CEIsp'- selection Of nine
Tree coinage men on the cOln-
committee to four opposition
members indicates his fricndlincss to
the white metal. Those in favor Of free
coinage are Bland Of Missouri, Wilson Of
illinois. Kilgore Of Texas, Pierce Of Ten
nessee. Epes Of Virginia, McKeaghan Of
Nebraska, Bartine Of Nevada and John
son u North Dakota. Those opposed u
it are Tracy Of New York, Williams OF
Massachusetts, Taylor u Illinois and
Stone Of Pennsylvania. johnson Of
Dakota is put down as a free coinage
man, but il we remember rightly he was,
q short time ago, reported by a Fargo
paper ss saying he would vote against a
free coinage bill.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
A Happy Family.

A happy family dwells in an engine
house in Madison, Ind, and the antics
of the members afford amusement to the
fire company. The family is composed
of a coon, a cat, a pair of rabbits, two
white mice and a shepherd dog. They
occupy the same apartment, sport to.
gether and eat from the same vessel
Yankee Blade.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02

In the formation of house committees
Speaker Crisp occupied a position close.
ly approaching that of the landlord
whose guests each wanted a corner room
overlooking two streets and lighted by
the rising, MONDAY and setting sum-.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of William Michal Healy. deceased; 4,
Notice 10 hereby given by the undersiGned,
Mary Healy, executrix Of the estate of william
Michael Healy, deceased, e the creditor,
of and all persons having claim'
against the said deceased to e,,
hibit them with the necessary vouchers WHINE
-four months after the first publication Of TIL,
notice to the said Mary Healy at the law office o.
Donovan d Lyter, Great Falls, Montana, the SAM
ness Of said estate In the county Of Cascade.
MARY HEALY, 4,
Executrix Of William Michael Healy. Deceased
Dated. November 30. 1891.
First publication Dec. 1. 1884, O.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02

IF Chicago's worlds fair directors get
that S5,OOO,O00 from the government
they want congress should see to it that
it is properly expended. That is a great
deal OF money and would make several
men rich in this worlds goods and leave
a handsome balance for building pur-
poses.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02

The New York World hits the nail
squarely on the head when it says that:
THE most outrageous swindle in the
Mckinley tariff is the t~axsof ID cents
"A pound on ~tinDlate. Precisely what
the effect of this has been is described
in the address of the "Tinplate Con
sumers' Association of the United
States" made public today. This as
ISOLATION includes in it's membership
men of both parties, but it is unanimous
in denouncing the present tariff, which
will add every year over Sl3,OO0,OO0
to the cost Of it's raw material.
The "tinplate liars of the late
campaign are COMPOUNDED with the
positive statement that mot one sheet
of coke tin has been put upon the mar
ket by American manufacturers and
that the present output of all kinds does
not constitute one per cent of the con
sumption. 1t is indeed "a question of
business, not of politics. But as a mat
ter both of business and politics the
democratic house should pass "a bill put
ting tinplate on the free list or reducing
the duty to the old rate Of one cent"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02

NOTICE TO CREDlTORS.-Estate of Eliza D.
" Wegner, dece .sed. Notice is hereby given
by the undersigned administrator of the esta'e,
of Eliza j. Wegner. deceased. to the creditors q
and all persons having claims against the saln
deceased, to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within four months after the hr''
publication of this notice TO the said admins
TRAITOR at the office of the Hotter Lumber Co. ID
the city of treat Falls. the same being the place
for the transaction of the business of said estate
in the county of Cascade. %
CHARLES WFGNER, ,
Administrator of Eliza j.. Wegner, deceased
Dated November 23, 1891.
First publication Nov. 81, 1891.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
EStray Notice..

There cam TO my ranch; section 30. %townsh!,,
~ north. range least, one bay horse branded
on left shoulder and hip and a small 3 aloy
latter. The owner can have the same by callll'
at my place ana paying expenses.
4 l.. BOWER, Great Falls, Mont
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
GREAT FALLS NATIONAL BANK.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
/ Eighth Judicial District of the state Of Mon.

L TlRItIi JutiCldl DiStTlCt Oh tNt eldlt VI hhf
tana in and for the county of Cascade.
Order to show cause why order of sale OF real
estate should not be made.
In the matter of the estate of Eliza j. WegneT.
deceased.
Charles Wegner. the administrator of the o@;
tate af Eliza j. Wegner, deceased, having MED
his petition herein praying for an order of sale
of the real estate of said decedent, for the pnT'
poses therein set forth, it is therefore ordered b!
the said court that all persons interested in the
estate of said deceased appear before the said
district court on Saturday, the 10th day of jam;
AIRY. 1892, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of sad
day, at the court room of said district court, at
the court house in Great Falls, county Of tg''
cade, to show cause why an order should not b,
granted to the said administrator to sell all o.
the real estate of the said deceased Eliza D.
Wegner.
And that a copy of this order be published a.
least once a week for three successive weeks 10
the, eat Falls Tribune, a newspaper printed
and published in said Cascade county.
G.. II. BENTON. Judge
Dated December 21st, 1891.
First publication Dec. 90. 1891.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02

"THE gentleman from North Carolina
is the way the underground evening lu-
minary refers to Speaker Crisp. When
did the gentleman become a resident of
North Carolina?
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
CONGRESSMAN JOHNSON.

The TRIBUNE is right. Congressman
johnson of North Dakota, who is Il mem
Der of the coinage committee. is reported
by the Fargo Argus as ''boldly declaring
himself against unlimited free SILVER
coinage unless a dollars worth of silver
is put into the coined DOLLAR Some
one should ask Mi. johnson how he
would measure the value of the silver in
the standard dollar, by gold at a premi-
um over silver or by the standard dollar
itself. II by gold. why not provide for
putting less gold in the gold dollar, so as
to bring it to a parity with silver! If
the 'light-weight' dollar stands in the
way of Mr.. Johnson's support of a free
coinage bill it can easily be removed in
the n suggested. 1t is quite evil
dent Mr.. johnson has not given the sill
yer question much thought, nor has any
one else who believes the free silver coin
age problem may be solved in the cart
wheel dollar.