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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

The democratic congress elected under
the platform of 1892, proceeds to pass in
1894 a bill which carries the centraliza-
tion of power at Washington to an ex-
treme limit, says the New York Sun
(Dem), 1t votes to impose on the people
a system of taxation which spawns a
multitude Of federal spies empowered to
interfere with the individual liberty of
the citizens of the states, and to annoy
and harass them. It makes them feel
the heavy hand of centralized federal
power by levying on them a direct federal
tax, in contradiction of the whole demo-
cratic theory and principle. 1t compels
them to expose their private business to
those spies of Capitalization. It subjects
them to inevitable blackmail and extor-
ton at the hands of these inquisitorial
agents. 1t makes them the victims of
the worst and most extreme form of the
Capitalization, against which the demo-
cratic platform protests, as contrary to
the fundamental principles upon which
this free popular government is based,
What will become Of the democratic
party if it thus betrays it's principles,
and violates it's pledges to the people!
What honest man will be likely again tc
vote to it control of federal legislation il
it thus treacherously and UNANIMOUSLY
Outrapas its dOctrines and acsa;1c the
popular rights?
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

The heroes of the plains have de-
generated. The long haired scouts, who
in former days bearded the bloodthirsty
Indian in his teepee, or snatched the
horsethief from his mustang and dangled
him from the handiest sapling, have
lost the dash and recklessness which
once characterized them. Buffalo Bill
and Col. Fred May, the New York horse
nan and clubman, met in a Washington
cafe the other night. Bill seems to
have had a grudge against May. To
have lived up to the reputation be earned
on the border, he should have whipped
his trusty six-shooter from his hip
pocket" and made pepper box tops out of
Mays ears in the winking of an eyelid. In
stead Of this, however, he contented him
self with merely striking Mays face with
his fist. Bill didn't even shoot a cham
payne glass away from Mays lips or a
cigar from between his teeth. The
event lacked all the spice which should
have characterized it. It was a sad evi.
dence of the degeneration of the heroes
Of %barderland. Shades of Tennessee
Bob! The wrath Of Wild Bill wept and
CRASHED it's teeth!
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

CRANKs IN all PARTS of the country
send suggestions to the ways and means
committee as to how to meet the present
deficit. One of these urges a tax of $40
each on each baseball or football club i n
the country, and an additional 500 for
every game of baseball or football
played. Another proposition is that a
reduction of 10 per cent. be made on all
salaries to government officials over $1O,.
600, the reduction to continue until the
hard times are over. Another reforme1
proposes a heavy internal revenue tax
to be placed IN revolvers, pistols, dirke.
daggers, and other weapons used in
committing bodily violence. Various
plans for protecting workingmen have
been suggested, one of those being a tax
of 800 on every immigrant coming to
this country to work.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23
John Whalen City of Bismarck

six men whom you or I could name in
the United States senate; let one whom
whom you OF I could name in the execu-
tive chair declare tomorrow morning
that they or he will not permit for the
next three years any change in the tariff
policy of this country, and will see that
the Mckinley bill has a fair trial, and if
within six weeks the wheels of the fac
tories of the United States are not turn
ing again, and the fires in its furnaces
are not lighted again, and the work in
it's iron mines and coal mines is not re-
sumed, and its capital is not beginning
to move, and prosperity and comfort do
not come back again to the homes of it's
workmen, you may sentence me to be a
free trader and a democrat for the rest of
my natural life; and I cannot invoke for
myself any worse fate than that"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23
SPECIAL OFFER.

Every reader of the Bismarck Weekly
TRIBUNE should have the session laws of
North Dakota. In many instances It'll
CATION and trouble would be averted by
a familiarity with the provisions of the
laws We are expected to obey. The ele-
vator laws, the game laws, the prairie
fire and estray laws, chattel mortgage
andiusury laws should be studied by all.
The TRIBUNE will give a copy of the
1891 and a copy of the 1898 session laws
to every weekly reader who pays all ar
averages and one year in advance for the
Weekly TRIBUNE. We have only a few
hundred left, and propose to give them
away in this manner. Address,
The TRIBUNE, Bismarck, N. D.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

CONSIDERING the fact that he receives
$4,000 per year from the government fol
%endeavoring to fill an office,his inequality
to the duties of which has already been
amply demonstrated, democratic news.
papers should not ascribe too much OF
credit to Secretary Gresham for return.
ing his pension Of $50 per month, with
the suggestion that it be applied in
more needy casts. 1t is more probable,
that in this way Secretary Gresham
salves his conscience, and soothes the
gaping and smarting wounds it must
have received during the secretary's ad-
mlnistration of the Hawaiian troubles.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

THE condition of business at this time
renders interesting an extract from a
prophesy of James &. Blaine, made not
long before his death. Broad minded
and far seeing, Blaine read and read
rightly the signs of the times. He spoke
merely of what he thought would occur,
and the accuracy and wisdom of his
judgment are now amply proven. He
said.
II love my country and my. countrymen
l am an American, rejoice every day of
my life that l am. 1 enjoy the general
prosperity OF my country and know that
the WorkiDgmen of this land are the best
fed and the best clothed of any laborers
on the face of the earth. Many of them
have homes of their own. They are sur.
rounded by all the comforts, aud many of
the luxuries of life. l shudder, however.
at the thought that the time must come
when all this will be changed. When the
general prosperity. of. the country will be
destroyed. When the great body Of work.
ingmen in this land who are
now so prosperous, will hear their
wives and children cry for bread;
ina the day must come when the great
factories and manufactures of this land
will shut down, and there will be the
silence of the tomb. And the reason why
this must be is this: sThe great southern
wing OF the democratic party are de.
termined to establish the doctrine of free
trade in this land. They will be assisted
by their northern allies. The fight is now
on. There is a great body Of visionary but
educated men who are employed day by
day in writing free trade essays and argu.
ments in favor of that doctrine, which find
their way into every democratic newspaper
IN this land. The great body of our people
have never experienced, themselves, the
sutferings which always result when the
protective principles are laid aside.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

GOVERNOR S~HoRTR1DGE has done
some good work in Washington for the
Russian cactus bill of Senator Hans
brough. His audience with the members
of the appropriation committees had it's
effect, and left a good impression. He
showed to them the pressing necessity
for governmental aid, and from all re-
ports, the bill for an appropriation will
be passed, although it will probably be
reduced in amount.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

In the course of his speech at Column
bus, o., Governor Mckinley uttered
some telling truths, and spoke a proph-
esy. He said:
The country will not, however, have long
to wait-toO long, | fear, for many interests
until it can commence the work of GUST
ing. In November next the people will
have a chance to deal with the house of
representatives; and remembering what
the people have lone in their majesty. be-
ginning last November. in Iowa. MasSa-
chusets. New York, New Jersey, Kansas,
Illinois and Ohio, and in Chicago in De-
cember, and in New York in January. we
cannot be mistaken as to what they will
do next November. The democratic house
will be eli anged to a republican house.
Free trade domination will give way to
a protection majority. BRITISH policy will
be dethr0ned and genuine Americanism
e~nthroned; and the final work will be com
pleted in November, 1895, in the restoration
OF the republican party, which, through
plque and passion and prejudice, was hurl-
ed from power in 1892.
Of the truth of the statement, there is
little doubt. Another election will see
a landslide, as overwhelming as the last
one, and this time, the democrats under
meath. The same voters who balloted
the present administration into power a
little over a year ago, will ballot them
out again as soon as opportunity offers.
The easiness with which the average
voter is prejudiced and made to believe
himself oppressed, was never more plain
ly apparent than in the election of 1892.
After a period of unexampled and I'M
~precedented prosperity, after an era
OF good wages and fourishing business
after years Of factory building and act
ivity in all business circles-the working
ingmen of the country we're made to be-
lieve that they were being robbed and
plundered and oppressed. That they
believed it, is evidenced by the election
of 1892. when they spoke in no uncertain
tones, for a change. The change came
and with it, circumstances of business
and social conditions, which proved to
them they had been de ceived. The in
creased prosperity which was promised
with the advent of democracy has failed
to materialize. The higher wages and
lower prices have fallen by the wayside.
Instead Of this, they see on all sides,
smokeless factories, unemployed work
men and business stagnation. And they
now want to change back again. It all
goes to prove that the American work
ingman is always too ready to listen to
tales Of calamity. 1t is pleasant to him
to listen to democratic and populistic
orators, who tell him that he's a devilish
good fellow and has been shameful]y mis-.
used. It is a failing of human nature fol
man to love to consider himself ar
abused person. It is this spirit which
wrought the result of the election Of
1892. And it has been a needed lesson
Its effect will be salutary, and anothe,
election, voters will not be so easily de
ceived. They we'll know from which
party has come to them the greatest
good.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

{ II there exists anywhere any doubt as
to what were the intentions of Cleve-
land in the Hawaiian matter-if any
one questions that the present is a o
arch restoring Observation-Disclosures
policy is in direct opposition to the
principles upon which the United States
government was founded, let him read
from the address of Minister Willis to
President Dole, and the officials Of the
provisional government on December
18th.
The president also regrets, as do l, that
any secrecy should have surrounded the
interchange of views between our two
governments. l may say this, however,
that the secrecy thus far observed has been
in the interest and for the safety of all
your people. Upon the facts embodied in
Mr.. Blount's report the president has ar
rived at certain conclusions, and deter
mined upon a certain course of action,
with which it becomes my duty to ac-
quaint you; the provisional government
awas not established by the Hawaiian peo-
pole or with their consent or acquiescence,
HUl has IL olICc CAlotcU Will tllClI CVlIoClI.
In view of these conclusions, l was in
structed by the president to take advant-
age of an early opportunity to inform the
queen Of this determination, and of his
views as to the responsibility of our gov
eminent. | was instructed at the time to
inform the queen that when reinstated the
president expected that she would pursue
magnanimous course by granting full
amnesty to al! who participated in the
movement against her. In obedience to
the command OF the president [ have Sc
cured the queens agreementto this course.
1t becomes my further duty to advise you,
sir, executive of the provisional government,
ana our ministers, of the presidents de-
termination OF the question which your &C.
ton and that of the queen devolved upon
him. and that you are expected to promptly
r%eiinquiSh to her the constitutional au-
thority. and now, Nh. President and gentle
men OF the provisional government, with a
deep M solmn SENSE OF the gravity of the
situation, in The name and by the au.
thority of the United States of America, l
submit to you the question. Are you
willing to abide by the decision of the presi,
dent"
1t is hardly necessary to comment
upon it. And after such a declaration,
the attitude of the administration, in it's
withdrawal from the stand so %po,npously
and arrogantly expressed, is pitiable-
more, ridiculous. It must be CALLING to
the would be restorers of monarchia]
government, to read now. after the plans
for restoration have been abandoned
that line. II was instructed by the
president to inform the queen that when
re-instated, etc." What confidence OF
restoration is expressed, and how strik.
ing is the contrast between the spirit oil
confidence then, and the apologize at.
titude of now! For monumental mis-,
takes, the Hawaiian imbroglio stands
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

SENATOR HoAR, in q recent speech,
gave the real eason of the present in
dustrial inactivity, and he gave it IN
language SO plain as to be unmistakable
"Ihe democratic orators cody tell u.s.
ne said, that it is not the threats Of de-
struction, it lis not the cords about their
limbs, it is not the foot Of democracy on
their neck or tbedagger or knife Of dem
ocrracy at the throat which makes them
inactive and helpless and pale. Let
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

JOHN Y. MCKANE, the car of Graves
end, a boss with probably the greatest
pull in his district, has discovered that
he cannot with impunlty disregard the
injunctions of the courts. For this same
disregard, at the New York elections
last fall, he has been found guilty, and
his sentence may be anywhere from two
to ten years in the p~enitentiary.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

The fate of John Y. McKane should
be a warning to the political bosses and
ward heelers of New York, who openly
defy the law, and have for years sneered
at the courts. McKane was the boss of
Gravesend, SO powerful as to be termed
the Gear of Gravesend." His defiance
of the courts on election day was open.
His sentence was but just, and will have
a salutary effect.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23
COMMENTING on the result of the towr

COMMENTING on the result of the towr
and supervisors elections in New York q
week ago, where there was another de-
cided republican gain, the New York
Tribune interprets rightly the meaning of
these local elections and the results, when
it says: ut accentuates the verdict of
last year against the local misrule of the
bosses, and adds thereto the judgment
of popular condemnation of the national
policy of the administration and the
democratic party in congress. 1t may,
and undoubtedly will, be said that the
election Of supervisors and other local
officers has no bearing upon national
affairs, and that considerations Of tariff
or currency or the foreign policy
of the administration do not enter into
it. But all the same it is an undeniable
fact that the estimation IN which the
party in power in the nation is held by
the people is shown in greater or less
degree by their attitude toward the can
didates of that party in the local cleo
tions. If they have lost confidence in
the party they are quick to show it at
the first opportunity. The vote of last
November was an emphatic con-
demnation of the national admins
tration and the party in control Of con
gress, as we'll as of the bosses who had
misgoverned the state. The little cleo
tions of Tuesday give further emphasis to
that vote. 1t means that the people
realize how great Il mistake they made
in 1892, and that they do not intend to
stop with administering a single rebuke
to the party in power, but to follow it up
with unmistakable PROOFS of their utter
condemnation. From the day of Cleve-
lands inauguration the tide of popular
disapproval of his policy and his party
has been rising without interruption OF
ebb. Never in the history of the country
has an administration encountered in the
first year of it's existence such a success
sion Of defeats and disasters"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

HENRY CLEws says there are symp-
toms that the turning stage in the now
prevailing depression o.. business has
been reached. At any rate, there are not
a few shrewd observers of the signs of
the times who have come to that con-
clusion and are acting accordingly. It
is not difficult to trace these beginnings
in the real estate market, where there
is a distinct disposition to buy well-situ-
ated downtown properties, with a view
either to re-selllng on a rise. or to erect
ing large Office buildings; and such trans
actions are done at better prices than
might be expected under the circum-
stances. In some of the more staple
kinds of cotton goods, of which there is
some accumulation, manufacturers
would find no difficulty in dispos-
ing of large amounts to specula-
tive buyers, if sthe holders were
willing to make moderate concessions of
price. There are symptoms also that
hardening tendency in the coffee market
is due to carefully concealed sefforts to
buy large lots for a reactionary advance.
During the past week, important appli-
cations have been made to the banks for
advances IN wheat collateral, which the
banks: contrary to their usual inditfer-
ence to such loans, have readily enter
tanned. Most of theee operations are
undertaken by men OF capital, outside of
ordinary market transactions, upon the
conviction that prices have touched their
lowest point and must yield a profit upon
purchases. These u%nmihtakable facts
are the fret rays of light breaking from
. gloomy situation, and may be fairly
construed as the beginnings OF a general
Frightening up of the prospects of bust
ness. OF course, the still unsettled state
Of tariff legislation holds this tendency
to a certain extent in suspense. The
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

The beneficial results of a protective
tariff in the United States-while they
are denied by democrats at home-are
evident to workmen abroad. The tin
industry, which has developed to a great
extent in the United States under the
fostering influences of protection, has,
in the same degree, suffered abroad. Tin
which was formerly imported from
Wales, is now produced and manufactur-
ed at home. The Western Mail, pub
lished at Cardiff, South Wales, admits
the beneficial results of protection to in
dustries in the United States when it
says:
The reports from America. too, which go
to prove that the fight over the new tariff
bill will be a stubborn one, and fought
inch by inch. are the cause OF dependency
OIL the part of TIN platers here in South
Wales. x y x X The effect Of the Nc
kinley tariff has, without a doubt, gaven
an impetus to the tin plate trade in the
states, and although the present depression
is pointed out as evidence to the contrary,
we cannot but allow that it is world-w ide
and affects all trades alike. One startling
fact in support of that proposition is that
although nearly three years have elapsed
since the Mckinley agitation, the tin plate
trade in South Wales has failed to right it
self, and one-third of its productive cap
acity has been at a standstill for the last
six months, and q portion even for the last
twelve months and longer. Some for a
long time attributed the slackness which
existed, to the fact that a rush was made
to export plates across the water for
months prior to the passing Of the McKin-
ley bill, but that cause does not now exist;
and even now it is well known that large
stocks of black plate are exported from
South Wales, which are likely to be dis
continued as more mills are laid down IN
the states.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

GOVERNOR SHoRTRIDGE gave the
senate committee on appropriations
some pretty pat pointers on the Russian
thistle question Saturday. He exploded
the popular belief that sheep eat the
thistle and grow fat on it, and went on
to prove the damage already done by the
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

The Chicago Herald that
the prosperity which this country enjoyed
under republican rule, was visionary
prosperity" Without arguing the ques-
ton, it might be welt to inquire as to the
present, democratic prosperity (?). The
Herald will hardly deny thatit is a pain
full reality. Even a visionary pros
perity'' would be preferable.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

IT is supposed to be q dead past, now,
butitmay be an interesting "reminiscences
to him and to those Of his state to re-
member that General Joe Shelby, ap-
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23
OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, J
BISMARCK, N. D., February g, 1894. !

thistle and the necessity for it's eradica-
ton. 1t is said the governors argument
was we'll received, and made an impress
sion on his hearers.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

SENATOR WHITE was last but is by no
means least. &@
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23

HOODS PILLS are purely vegetable, care
tully prepared from the best ingredients. 900.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23
Hoods ; ;::;;; Cures

cure before, but have been waiting to salts
~ myself that it was permanent. 1 am in
the best Of health though near IA, thanks to
Hoods Sarsaparilla. JOSEPH GODFREY.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-08-24

The mysterious disappearance Of the
original plans Of the new high school
building is causing some comment.
They were kept in Architect Whites
Office for some time after they were
adopted. Mr.. White stated to a TRIBUNE
reporter yesterday that the school board
requested him to deposit them with
Secretary Terhune which be did. As
Mr.. Terhune had no place to keep
them and consequently they laid on
his desk exposed to anyone who
entered his office in his absence Mr..
White sent after them intending to keep
them in his Office, but was informnd that
the school board had instructed the sec
rotary to keep them in his possession.
This was the last he knew OF them.
When the new board of school trustees
inquired for them they had disappeared
and no one knew what had become OF
them. Some one had evidently taken
them out of the clerks office and kept
them for some purpose Of his own. Fort
u~nately the architect had made and pre-
served some blue prints from the origi-
nal drawings, 80 that the loss is more
of an annoyance to Mr.. White than any
actual damage, as they can be exactly
reproduced. The school board paid
$1,000 for the original drawings.