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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-16

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Freight and Passenger Agent
The advocate., 1894-11-07

affidavit and those Of Others, and place ths
matter in q court Of justice.
"The above contract 10 a greater blot on
our boaSted civilization than was the slav-
eng which Lincoln condemned and abol-
ished."
The ChiId-like simplicity with which
people advise Isboringmen to appeal
TO courts Of Justice for redress Of
wrongs would be amusing il il were
not tragic. Where, in all this land
to-day, are the courts in which labor
ing men could hope for justlce in
contest against capitalists and COR
poratlonsI Such talk is nonsense,
and labOringmen knew il as we'll as
the despOts who impose such cOndi-
tiOns upon employees as are imposed
by the Hamilton Brown Shoe COM
pany.
The advocate., 1894-11-07
AN IMPORTANT MATTER.

This has been an interesting cam
psign but very expensive one to
the publishers Of this paper. Dur
ing the last year we have spared
nothing within our means to uphold
and teach the principles which we
believe to be right. We have circu-
lated an immense amount Of reform
literature and put speakers out at
our own expense.
In doing this work we have az
hsusted our resources, and while we
do not expect any great reward We
do expect that the true friends Of re-
form will assist from this time on.
II there is a Populist whose sub
scnption to the ADVOCATE has ex-
pired, he should renew at once IL
possible, and there is no excuse for
his not doing so il he can possibly
spare the money. This is q plain,
unvarniShsd statement Of the case.
and we hope to get hearty response
from our people. A friend in need,
iS . friend indeed.
The advocate., 1894-11-07
TEE SPIRIT OF MOOEaN REpUBMCANIsK,

The following from the Chicago
Sentinel shows the brutal spirit
which modern republiCanism begets;
Among the names sent Us by some enthuB-
iastic and we'll meaning POpulist 90. worker,
Rs paid up subscriber 30 thO Monthly Sem
tinel, was that Of J. Stephens, Of PaxiOO,
Kansss. Not long ago we received postal
card from him asking as TO take his name
''Off the list" shat as an old soldier he would
vote az he shot, or words 20 that effect, etO.
We wrote him pleasant letter, telling him
that IL was paid for and asking him TO give
tho paper 10 some good slSunOh republican
who would not DO liable TO be influenced by
IL into voting the POpulisb ticket, that we
were in the army four years, etC. In answer
TO our letter We received she following:
PAxICo, Kansas, OCT. 8, 1894.
9. B. Norton, Dear Sir; Yours OF tho
2nd received and contents noted. viii
say in answer win DO sS you suggest with
Sentinel 90 / know that NO good patriotic
republican could be induced to jJin the
PCpuliSts. Now, / do not quite understand
IL you mean "fOur ysars" in the URitSd
States army or "four years" in America.
] should judge from tone Of Sentinel 10 10
be tho latter; but IL the former more is tho
pity. say to you in all Oandor that no old
vet who votes the Pop ticket Oan sleep under
the same blanket with me. No, sir! II he
should come TO my door on a cold winter
night for shelter would send him TO tho
barn 10 sleep with the cattle. IsSy 10 you
shat were an old soldier aud had voted TO
bring about the calamity that now blights
the nation / would 90 hide my face for
shame. would further suggest that all old
soldiers In Kansas who vote the Pop ticket
gend their boys TO Winfield, DE-. PilOhsE,
etc., etC. Respectfully yours,
]. B. STEPHENS.
The advocate., 1894-11-07
INDUSTRIAL SLAVERY.

ThornbOn's Monitor OF ST. Louis, prints
the following iron-Olad contract used by the
HamiltOn-Bro Shoe company Of that
city:
"All people entering our employ are re-
quested and compelled to sign this agree.
ment:
III. That l leave in the hands Of said
Arm the sum Of $50, the Same 30 be paid in
installments Of 81 a week from my earn
ings until the $50 is paid.
''2. That l will mot quit the employ Of
said Rrm before giving two weeks notice In
writing.
"3. That I will not take part in any
strike, will not join any labor unions Of any
description, and will try and keep all those
whom may think or know 70 be union
workmen out of the employ Of said Arm;
and IL / fail to live up 10 this agreement
will forfeit said money deposited. To all
this do most solemnly promise and vow.
[Signedl -"
Referring TO the above badge Of SlsV-
cry" the DsdhAm, (MaSs.) Transcript 9X-
presses itself as follows:
THE old. fashioned slave pens have been
torn down, and with them went the care
and responsibility attached 10 ownership.
The present method Of simply controlling
labor by political strategy. and turning
the lsboHer out 10 StarVe or freeze TO death
when you get through with him, 10 Q great
improvement, and some Of the employers
have got the idea down ane, 20 the iron
clad contract Of the Hamilton Brown Shoe
company viii show"
Touching this subject the Railroad TelO-
graph says:
''ThO iron-Clad contract 10 illegal In
many states. Organised labor would be
wise TO appeal 10 the courts.
"Whsn o WOrkmAS 10 denied employment
bsOAuSs hS rsfuSOS 70 dgn away bis lndi-
HduSl liberty, bic uRi5Q should secure hil
The advocate., 1894-11-07

jouEned, which he did.
Il OutWitsed she City hall gang, for they
left the hall without taking any action.
Immediately another Peoples paRty con
ventiOn was called and put up q straight
Peoples party GiOkss from top 10 bottom.
Il is known a. the UlriCh's hall OK O'BEen
ticket. In the meantime che bogus wing,
headed by Ryan, called another convention
and Endorsed greater portion Of shs demo-
cratic ticket, few republican nominees
and named three or four straighA ORndi-
dates for minor offices. AL important
nominations were Endorsements of the old
psrtiCs-prinOipally democratic.
About two weeks ago, just in the heat Of
the campaign when there was q possibility
Of the POpulists sweeping the county like
q prairie flre, what did the old party poll
tiOians (And both republicans and demo-
Gratis were in the dsAD do but 10 egg on the
bogus Ryan faction, which hes hardly been
heard Of in Che entire campaign and which
will not poll thousand votes, TO set up a
claim TO its siOksb entered upon the official
ballot az the regular Peoples party ticket!
more impudsnb pretenSe was never bO-
fore heard Of and q more outrageous piece
Of political skulduggery was never before
oOnooObed.
And FOR more than q week, aided By an
unsOrupulOus, red-mouthed lawyer By che
name Of PrsndeEgast (WheNher he 10 any
relation TO the Prendegasb who assassin
ated Carter Harrison year ago or mot We
DO mot know-but his peculiar character
isbiOs are quite ss similar Rs the name) this
gang Of political outlaws have been per-
mitted TO press their claim before the
board OF review. Aud, whatls more peoU-
liar, tho presiding judge, Scales, is up GOr
re- election on she democratic ticket and
is indOEsed by the very gang Of political.
pirates who are trying TO force their bogus
ticket upon tho onlOiRl ballot.
These are only q few Of the ex-
amples that might be cited Of the
means by which the twin frauds seek
the defest Of q common enemy. The
leaders of the two parties are one in
spirit and each alike is the devils
own.
The advocate., 1894-11-07


myer ticket was the result Of a gen.
ulne democratic movement. There
may have been those who believed
that this ticket had the ghost Of q
show of success. In view Of the
facts developed by the campaign it
requires a great stretch of Credulity to
believe this. That the two committees
have worked together for republican
success is too apparent to be denied.
Their papers and public speakers
have peddled the same fslsehoods
and slsnders against the common
enemy. There has been no discrimi-
nation in the advertisement Of their
meetings. Republican and Over
myer sids-shoW meetings were pub
llshed in the same columns. The
speakers and papers have spoken Of
each other IN terms of the most pro-
found respect These things haYe
been too apparent to escape notice.
Nor should we fail to mention the
Corning movement. Corning, Ben
nington and others were furnished
with Santa Fe railroad passes and
money to travel about over the coun-
try and secure signatures to petit
tions for the ticket headed by old
Cy Corning, which was sought to be
forced upon the official ballot under
the title of the ''Populist ticket"
with the hope and expectation that
there might be a few Populists so
ignorant as not to know their own
ticket who would vote for this gang
by mistake. Republicans signed
those petitions with no intention, of
course, of voting the ticket, but in
order to get it upon the ballot for
the purpose Of deception and fraud.
Probably not a single man who Pc
tltioned for the ticket ever intended
to vote for it. It was fraud from
start to finish and was intended to
be 30.
Without going more into detail
these are the general outlines Of the
method employer to defeat the Peo-
ple's party in this state. In other
states the means employed have been
no less disreputsble. Take Ala
bams, for example, where returns
from the counties known ss the
"black belt" were withheld until the
balance of the state was heard from
and then democratic msjoIities made
up greater by thousands than the
total vote of those counties, and these
manufactured msjorities were coolly
counted to overbRlance the honest
vote Of the people; and the Topeka
Capital and other leading republi-
can papers have openly commended
those frauds. Take another repub-
llcan example in the state of Wash
lngton. Two schemes were tried
there alike the product of Satanic in
spiratlon. The first was the Gloy-
stein fake. Gloystein was q rank,
unIeasoning and unprincipled re-
-.Ll;onr mhn nnrAn r.nra hirnd
The advocate., 1894-11-07

~@~F~A@A~'
had been known his nelghbOrhoOd as
an unprincipled scoundrel, he was
transformed into saint and pictured
as a martyr to republican principles.
Maps were made Of the locality and
surroundings where the bloody hat
was found, and as the Champion OBJ
serves ''the deep, dark, bottomless
canyons where the msngled remains
were supposed to be Csncsaled." The
tale was blood-Curdling and horrible,
and threats OF lynchlng were heard
upon every side. In the meantime
Populists were quietly investigating
the mystery (3) aud soon found GlOy-
stein alive and well in Oregon. He
had failed to keep himself concealed
according to contract and the whole
scheme was exposed.
The next scheme was Of diff erent
character and the description Of it
il by the Tacoma Sun Of October rs
is 80 clear that we reproduce it:
A careful poll Of the state revealed Che
fact that if an honest Rghb were made, the
Peoples party would sweep the state and
elect its congressman and supreme judges,
and majority Of the Legislature. Some
Shing must be done. The case was desper
ate. King county and Seattle was equal to
the emergency. A petition was circulated
and straight Peoples party ticket" was
nominated with the following names upon
IL; W. p. O. Adams, piledriver, WhatOOm;
J. @. Van Patten, occupation, preacher; J.
NJ. Ready, attorney; Il. L. Forest, attorney.
The regular ticket, headed "PeOple'S party
ticket" and fled by ThoS. J. Miller, chair :
man of the North Yakima convention, is as
follows: W. p. 9. Adams, occupation,
farmer, New Whatcom; ]. O. Van Pabten,
occupation, farmer; J. M. Ready, OOOupa-
tion, attorney at Law; Il. L. Forrest, oOOu-
patton, attorney at law.
Is will be noted that there is a slight diff
ference in the two tickets. On the
straight" one Mr.. Adams address is
WhasCom and on the regular ticket il is
New WhGtCom. On the straight" one his
occupation is given a. q piledriver and on
the regular one az q farmer. On the
straight" ticket Mr.. Van Pstten's CCOupa
ton is given as a preacher, while on the
regular ticket as q farmer. On the
straight" Mr.. Ready and Mr.. Forests o.
CupatiOns are given as attorneys, while on
the regular ticket they are attorneys at law.
On the straight" ticket Mr.. Forests
name is spelled with but one So"
From republican Washington, let
us change the scene to Democratic
Chicago. Populist sentiment has
been wonderfully developed in that
city of late and the dominant party
is alarmed. The Chicago Sentinel
of November l, tells the story Of po-
litical chicsnery in that CITY as fol-
lows:
Under the Australian ballot system in
vogue in Illinois q Board Of Review, CON
sisting Of the county judge, the prosecuting
attorney and the county clerk, decides what
ticket shall 60 upon the official ballot.
There Is but one Peoples party in Chi
cage. Il was called to meet ct Twelfth
street Turner hall. A gang Of political
hselsrs and strikers, many Of whom were
democratic Ofioe-hOlders, beaded By one
Ryan, aided by q special force Of police,
| nrnnnRaA ahrniaainn kn khA hall for thA cola
The record-union., 1894-12-07
Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.

WASHINGTON, Dec 6.-To-day's Demo-
cratic caucus directed the Steering Com
mittee to prepare n the order OF business
which Will be presented for the consider
alton of the Senate the following sub
Jects of legislation: 4 bankruptcy bill;
bill for the construction of the Nicar-
aqua Canal; currency bill; bill for the
admission of Arizona and New Mexico;
bill involving the interests of Indian
Territory; for reconsideration OF the
joint resolution of the House OF Repre-
sentatives on the election of United States
Senators by the people, and such other
measures, including the appropriation
bills, as the Steering Committee may
deem important; that in their report to
the caucus the Steering CommiLtee shall
provide the order in which the above
subjects of legislation shall be considered.
The caucus was in session from 2
o'clock until 4:30 o'clock to-day, and
almost the entire time was devoted to the
discussion OF the first proposition Of SEN
ator Daniels, lnstrucung the Committee
on Rules to bring in an amendment for
cloture, and the speeches were at times
very spirited.
Senators Vest, Villas, Berry and George
While Senators German, Morgan, Palmer,
Harris, Pugh and others opposed it with
VlgOrousneSS and warmth
The opponents of a change had the best
OF the argument from the beginning, 1t
is understood they evoked the ghost of
the force bill, and urged if the Republi-
cans should get in power they would re-
vive this measure.
The protest against the proposed change
was so general that when the vote was
taken no one considered it necessary to
ask for the ayes and nays. When the
cloture provision was defeated the friends
OF the tariff bill gave up the fight, con-
sluerlng 1t unnecessary to attempt 10 re-
Vlve It's consideration, in view OF the op-
position of majority of the Republicans
and because Of the fact that any deter
mined opposition under the rules would
insure their defeat. Hence it is that those
bills do not appear in the official list of
bills to be presented for the consideration
of the Senate
The order for a preparation of the cur
rency bill by the Finance Committee car
rIes with 1t the instructions to take the
recommendations OF the President and
Secretary OF the Treasury into consider
alton. 1t is also understood that a FEAST
BILE proposition for the utilization of sill
yer is to be included in any currency
scheme presented to or by the committee.
The record-union., 1894-12-07
WEATHER NOTES.
Rainfall General Throughout the Ter
ritorY West of the Rockies.

Rainfall General Throughout the Ter
ritory West of the Rockies.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.-The Weather
bureau reports that rain has been general
during the past thirty-six hours through
out the entire territory west of the Rocky
Mountains, and cloudy and rainy weather
still prevails. In southwestern Oregon
snow is falling. The rain has been heavy
throughout California. Reports received
from over twenty towns in all sections OF
the State indicate that at no point has the
fall been less than one inch. Cotax re-
ports 80 inches, Auburn 1.S3, Spadra
10. Santa Ana 2.03, Anaheim l.90, San
Pedro LOO, Los Angeles L.3O. Maricopa,
AriZ., 2.Ul.
SAN JOSE, Dec. 6.-The rainfall for last
night was O.70 OF an inch. The total for
the season is 3.S3, and the total for last
season TO the same date O.SS of an inch.
MERGED, Dec. 6.-The rainfall has now
continued forty-eight hours, amounting
TO one inch at noon to-day. indications
are for a continued downpour. The rain
happy, also the merchants, who think the
present rain will largely increase their
holiday sales.
CARSON New, Dec. G.-The first real
snowstOrm Of the season commenced this
morning, and nearly foot OF snow has
fallen to-day.
Tucson (Ariz.), Dec. ct has been
raining here all day. The storm is gen
eral throughout Southern Arizona, and
cattlemen are rejoicing.
The record-union., 1894-12-07
A Passenger Train Held Up Near
Fort Worth, Texas.
THE SAFE OF THE EXPRESS MES
SENGER CARRIED OFF.
Upward of n Hundred Thousand DOL
lars Believed to Have Been Secured
"A school Teacher Robbed of q
Satchel Containing Ten Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars While Walk
ing on the Streets of Cincinnati.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oN.


FORT WORTH (Tex.), Dec. G. - The
east-bound Texas and Pacific passenger
train was held up at trestle seven miles
west OF here at 7:30 2. II. tonight Sew
eral shots were fired from the front end
of the train, and the passengers were
warned to keep their heads inside the
windows. The train was delayed ten or
fifteen minutes, during which time those
who caught a glimpse of the proceedings
saw three masked men, with guns lev
eled, marching the engineer and train
men in and out of the baggage car. When
they finished their work the robbers
made the engineer back the train over the
trestle, and while it was crossing disap-
peared in thick forest.
The passengers kept so close in while
the train was being robbed that they did
not know much about what was going
on, and the railroad men and express
officials Will not make any statements.
1t Is not known how much booty was
secured. The robbers had possession OF
the express car until they accomplished
their object. One valuable package is
known 10 have been obtained. The sale
OF the messenger was carried of. 1t Is
learned on good authority that upwards
Ol SIUO,OUU was secured.
The passengers say the whole thing
was done so quickly that there was little
OF story TO tell.
WOMAN ROBBED IN THE STREET.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 6.-Miss Josephine
Brand of Lawrenceburg, Ind, was robbed
OF $4,000 in cash on the streets OF Cincin-
natl tonight. Miss Brand, who is a
teacher, had added to her savings a small
inheritance LETT to her She kept the
money in the Continental Trust vaults in
this city. Trying to have the money REIN
vested, she drew it late this afternoon,
putting it into three rolls. which she
placed in a hand-satchel. She went out
to catch a train at Fourth street and Cen
tral avenue. In a crowd someone came
behind her, seized her satchel, jerkeQ it
Oft her arm, pushing her violently for
ward, and escaped without leaving clew
The police think it was u random grab
OF hungry tramp, who was not at all
aware of the richness of the steal. Miss
Brand diverted pursuit for the thief by
screaming and tainting. She was carried
to the nearest store, and late Tonight was
sent to Lawrenceburg, in state of nerv-
GUS prOStration.