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Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-07
No. 118.

An ordinance to amend sections 3 and 4,
of ordinance No. 100, entitled IAN or
dinance creating a fund to be known
as a special fund in and for the city of
Great Falls, Montana"
Be it ordained by the city council of
Great Falls city.
l, That section 3 Of ordinance No. 100
of the city of Great Falls, Montana, be
amended to read as follows: The city
treasurer of the said city of Great Falls
shall keep the said special fund separate
and apart from other funds OF the city,
and shall divide said special fund into
two or more sepala ate mi distinct funds.
2. That section 4 of said ordinance be
amended to read az follows: All war
rants for lateral sewers in the city OF
Great Falls shall be drawn upon such
lateral sewer special funds as the city
council may by resolution from time to
time create, and all warrants for side
walks in the city of Great Falls shall be
drawn upon such sidewalk special funds
as the city council may by resolution
from time to time create, and all war
rants for work done for special purposes
whereby special assessments are made,
shall be drawn upon the special funds to
be designated and created by the city
council.
3. All ordinances and parts Of ordi-
nsnces in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Passed by the city council and ap-
proved this Third day OF December, A.
D., 1894. W. II. GELsTHoRPE,
Mayor OF Great Falls City, Montana.
Attest: G. II. CLARK, City Clerk.
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THEY VOTED STRONG.

Silver carried the day by a good big
majority at the st. Louis Transmissippl
congress. The majority report from the
committee or resolutions was clear and
strong for free coinage. 1t was intro
duced by Chairman Bryan of Nebraska.
The silver coinage portion was voted
on by state roll call and was adopted by
a vote of 2l415 to G715. The currency
question resolutions complete were as
follows:
At this iuncture the chairman of the
committee on resolutions, Hon. w. j.
Bryan of Nebraska presented the major
ity report of the committee on resolu-
tons as follows:
Resolved, First, that in direct opposi-
ton to the plan known as the Baltimore
plan, the sense OF this convention is that
all issues OF paper money should be by
the general government.
Second, that it is the sense of this con
ventien that the pending proposition for
a reformation Of Il paper currency is
one that in our judgment would create
additional and perhaps insurmountable
difficulties in the way of the return to
bimetallism, and that we are opposed to
the same.
Third. Resolved, That in any cur
rency reform acted upon, we demand
that a constituent part thereof shall be
the reconciliation Of silver, or that it
shall be of such a character as to be no
impeachment to our return to bimetalli-m
as it existed prior to 1878.
Whereas, An approaching money
standard lmpairs all contracts, bank
rupts enterprises, makes money profit
able by increasing its purchasing power,
and suspends productive forces of our
people; and,
Whereas. The spollation consequent
upon the outlawry of silver in the in
terest of tie credit class, by constantly
increasing the value of gold, is under.
mining all industrial society;
Therefore, We demand the immediate
restoration of free and unlimited COIN
age of gold and silver at the present
ratio of lG to l, without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation on
noptI
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par for the capital stock outstanding,
amounting to SOL 100000. by an assess
ment of $40 per share, which would
yield $6,10O,OOO.
An annual payment by the company
to the United States of upward Of g.
100000 is provided for, which is in ex-
cess of the payments required under the
Reilly bill.
There are very many people who are
quite as competent authority on the rela-
tions between the Pacific railroads as
are Mr.. Smith and the government direct
ors and they hold to the opinion that the
proper thing to solve the difficulties is
for the government to absorb the road.
No matter which side is right it is to be
hoped that congress will take some
positive and definite action during the
session, and enact a law that will to a
degree at least protect the interests of
the government, as we'll as the innocent
stock and bondholders. 1t can and
should be done.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-07

In his report. Secretary Hoke Smith
devotes d chapter to the Union Pacific
railroad that is Of considerable interest.
He endorses the proposition of the gov
eminent directors that there are insu-
perable objections to the government
accruing title to the property by fore
closure, and says:
In lieu OF all pending measures, there
fore, looking to an adjustment of the
debt, the government directors submit
a comprehensive plan for the ~reorganiza.
tion Of the Union Pacific Railway COM
pany. This plan is intended to include
the Oregon Railway and Navigation and
the Oregon Short Line and Utah North
ern Railway companies, but their inc'u-
sion is not held by the government di-
rectors to be essential to it's success.
Said plan involves the foreclosure, de-
cree and sale of the entire railroad
property Of the company, including the
bonds and lands held in the collateral
trusts. 1t provides for the issuing OF
securities, consisting of bonds and
stocks, amounting to 1921, 100000, to be
applied to extinguishment or redemp.
ton OF outstanding obligations, includ,
ing s7O,6O0,OOO of indebtedness In the
United States, as of date July l, 1895
1t is proposed to issue preferred stock al
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FREE COINAGE.

In spite of MI. Cieveland's slur upon
silver in his message. the silver men in
congress have opened the ball and pro-
pose to have a say. They are not san.
guine of accomplishing much, but they
propose to keep up the agitation. Uncle
Dick Bland is in the saddle and will not
let the cause suffer if he can prevent it.
1t is a reasonable belief that the advo-
Gates of free coinage have grown in
strength since the last session, and there
is just a hope that congress may do
for the white metal before the
4th of March. Should the body do so
there is no telling how Mr.. Cleveland
would act on the matter, but it is not
beyond possibilities that he would sign
any bill that was passed, for in his mes
sage he took occasion to remark to con-
gress, 81 shall be glad to cooperate in
perfecting any legislation that may tend
to the prosperity and welfare of u
country" The pledge is somewhat
indefinite, for Mr.. Cleveland might take
a notion that he is better qualified to
judge of what would tend to the welfare
and prosperity of the country than is
congress. Yet in spite of that it would
be a good idea to give him a chance.
This the silver men can be relied on to
if it is in the range of possibilities.
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mates that he (Parkhurst) is about the
only honest man in the state and that
he proposes to dictate what shall be
done at Albany, and in pursuance of
this intimation he has already mapped
out several reform measures he proposes
to have adopted. The assumptions of DR..
Parkhurst have called forth much ad-
verse criticism, and one of the boldest
attacks made upon him was by Rev.
Thomas Dixon, a sensational New York
preacher. In his sermon Sunday DR..
Dixon took his reverend colleague to
task and among other things said:
1.-The tlne.spun distinction that the
doctor makes between leaders and bosses
is only articulated wind. The truth is
that DR.. Parkhurst is n of the most
beautiful of the autocratic bosses that
this city has ever produced. And he
has no right to say to Mr.. Plat, who is
a born leader of men, honorable and up
right, You get off the earth!"
This is certainly a tough shot at the
great reformer, but further on in bis
sermon Mr.. Dixon shows that be is
simply human after all and that there is
a tinge of jealousy in his nature, for he
says: CDR. Parkhurst says hat bosses
dry up individuality. And that is just
what DR.. Parkhurst has himself done.
Preachers like Charles Eaton, Heber
Newton, the humble pastor of this
church, and others-all have contributed
to the support of DR.. Parkhurst, and yet
they find no fault because their indlvi-
duality has been dried up"
1t is rather a pretty fight lis it stands,
but the fact remains that there must be
bosses, after all, and now that the great
moral spasm that swept over New York
has spent its force, the newly elected
bosses will take charge and do as they
please and the people will quietly submit
to be governed in the future as they have
in the past in a good, bad or indifferent
manner. Men of the Parkhurst stamp
are good in a minority, but they are not
big enough to govern New York.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-07

The Denver Times-Sun, which is a
staunch republican paper, and the organ
of Senator Wolcott of Colorado, has the
following to say, regarding a gentleman
who should have the good will and
friendship of the west, regardless Of
politics:
1t is to the credit of the Alabama legis-
lature that it reelected John L. Morgan
for the fourth time.
To that Legislature will be credited no
act so good as to outshine this one and
none SO bad as to blot that credit.
While 70 years OF age Senator Morgan
is a vigorous specimen of manhood, both
intellectually and physically.
Senator Morgan has, in his long pub
lie service, proved himself to be a man
with we'll considered opinions and, be-
sides, with the courage of his convictions.
The country has learned what to expect
of him and its expectations have never
been disappointed.
When the silver fight was on there was
never any doubt as to where Morgan of
Alabama would stand.
1t was known that he was a silver man
and there was never any suspicion that
he would prove a silver cuckoo. Threats
Of loss of presidential favor or official
patronage could have had no effect and
in his case we're not made ID
A strong partisan. Mr.. Morgan is fret
and above all else an American. This
has been made clear both at home and
abroad.
In him the west will always find a
friend and genuine currency reform ad-
yocate.
1t is such men who redeem modern
craftsmanship.
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ABOUT BOSSES.
centers.


Since the tidal wave in New York
which followed the exposures of the
Lexow committee and the crusade of
Rev. DR.. Parkhurst and resulted in the
temporary overthrow of Tammany there
has been considerable difference of opin-
ion as to who is responsible for the VIC
tory. Sensible and conservative men
properly attribute the radical change to
the moral sense Of the community which
rebelled at the previous condition of af-
fairs and by their votes gave physical
evidence of their desire for a reform. On
the other hand, ex-senator Plat de-
clares that the revulsion was political,
not moral, that it was but the expression
on the part of the people to rebuke
democratic ideas and politics and rein.
state the republicans in power. In pur-
suance of this view he claims all the
credit for his party and has taken occa,
sion to that the republicans
will conduct the state and city govern.
ments on the most approved plan, and
that they will not tolerate the interior
ence of busybodys and so-called reform
ers. At this, Rev. Parkhurst, who con
siders himself the biggest duck in the
puddle, takes offense and declares that
the verdict was against bossism-not fol
a change OF bosses-and that Plat and
his methods are as Objectionable as wal
Croker and Tammany. He further init
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-07
THE FORUM,

In the December number of The
Forum Glen Miller contributes an in.
teresting article on the decline of polyg-
amy, in Utah, in the course of which he
concludes that thurman nature does not
differ greatly in New York, Massachus,
etts, Kansas or Utah. But, with the
passing away of the present generation,
the last vestige Of polygamy will disap
pear. No edict of the church could re-
store it. An insurmountable barrier in
the way of its resumption is arising in
the social am~algamation of Gentiles and
Mormons. Intermarriages between the
two classes have rapidly increased under
the new conditions. Within a decade. the
distinguishing characteristics of Nor
monism will be no stronger in Utah than
the distinguishing characteristics of
Catholicism, Presbyterianism. or Metho-
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-07
THE SCHOOL BONDS.

As was noted in The TRIBUNE of yes
terday the old issue of $4,000 of school
bonds for the First school district have
been consigned to the flames and placed
beyond the possibility of doing further
harm or creating further question, legal
or otherwise. This is good. These bonds
have been a sort of bone of contention
ever since they were voted and they ap-
pear to have been Inflated enough 10
warrant their destruction in the interest
of the school system of the county. From
their funeral pyre there ARISES a call
for authority to issue a new loan for
$4,000 for school purposes and the vot-
ers will be called upon at an early date
to decide whether the authority shall be
granted. The subject is an important
one and appeals alike to the conscience
and the purse Of the taxpayer. There is
no question but that 10 every city in the
west the people are N favor of the
amplest facilities for public education.
The system as it obtains in this section
is at once u pride and our
boast. We believe that the money thus
expended is one of the best investments
that we can make. This is the rule in
the west and to the rule the city Of
Great Falls is nc exception. The increase
in its school population demands greater
facilities and sentiment is in favor Of
granting the demand, and were matters
in their formal condition there Is no
reason to suppose that the bonds would
not be readily voted for. There is, how
ever, a feeling that the ill luck that has
attended the destroyed bonds is ominous,
and there may be some who will hesitate
to vote for them for that reason. That
the present board is not RESPONSE
bic for all the evils that befel the bonds
cuts no figure with such critics. They
do not stop to reason, nor do they argue
from cause to effect. A condition not a
theory confronts them. They argue
that under the existing regime the
bonds were finally placed, and the
construction of the building begun
and that under them the issue was de-
clared illegal and work on the building
suspended. They argue, further, that
even in its incipient stages plans of the
building were changed and extras al
lowed to pile up. No one attacks the
personal integrity of the board or itE
members, but many wonder whether
they are equal to the emergency. Thi'
!, is the situation as it exists. The ques
ton is not whether the bonds shall b
voted, but whether the present board
, shall be charged with the expenditure
The T%R1BUNE.has no criticism to offe
upon the gentlemen. 1t is of the opin
= ion that they have done their duty, ant
| without consulting anyone Of them it i
: also of the opinion that if they though
: their remaining on the board would
: jeopardize the success of the bond issu'
3 they would cheerfully retire and submit
their claims to recognition to a vote O
r the electors, the decision to be made a
the same election at which the bone
issue will be decided. However tina
: may be, we are of the opinion that tn
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bonds should be voted and the high
school and the other school buildings
contemplated erected as speedily as pos
c;h1a


AS an evidence that there is a marked
improvement in industrial affairs, moth
ing better can be quoted than the i'm
proved tone of the copper market in the
United States, to which reference is
made in another column. It is true that
the price of the metal is not what it
should be under normal business condi-
lions, but the advance is sufficient to
make it a matter of favorable comment.
In this connection reference can be
made to the wonderful part the pro-
duction of copper plays in the industries
of Montana. During the dark days of
the panic the great mines of the state
were kept at work with a full compile
ment OF employees at full wages, and to
this is due the fact that Montana felt to
a less degree than any other state. the
effects of the depression. With the gen.
eral fall in the prices of all commodities,
copper dropped to q low figure, yet in
spite of that the Montana companies
continued in business, and SO great was
their output and SO complete their ap-
p%liances that they all made money.
During the campaign just ended, Marcus
DAILY, in a letter stated that the profits
of the Anaconda company for the year
would foot up ~22,OC0,0OO, and in the
Mining and Engineering Journal is
found the following regarding the two
Boston companies:
"The interest in the market for cop
per stocks the past week has centered in
the Montana stocks, which have shown
considerable activity and an improve
ment in prices. 1t is said that the
orders to buy these stocks come from
parties who fully believe in them and ex-
pect TO see much higher prices ruling
within the next month. Boston & Mon
tana opened at S2938 and sold up to
S3O12. with a slight reaction. 1t is Cos
sip that the company will have earned
this year in spite of the low price of
copper $4,000, or IS per share. The
company has paid two dividends of 81
each. The balance is absorbed by the
sinking fund and interest and the pur-
chase of the Comanche mining property.
Butte & Boston advanced from Sl0l8 to
:l05a, with reaction to sl058. There
have been good buying orders for this
stock, and we should not be surprised to
see it sell much higher in the near
future"
The showing is certainly an excellent
one, and indicates that no matter wheth-
err the combination to reduce production
goes into effect or not, Montana, or its
mines will have sufficient allotted to her
big corporations to keep the present
capacity going at full blast.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-07
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

From late accounts it appears that
Japan is still hammering away at China
and doing the job in the most successful
manner. 1t further appears that the
longer the fight continues the saucer
Japan becomes in regard to the terms of
a settlement, and unless peace is 500
declared it will demand all of China and
Corea thrown in for good measure. In
the meantime United States Ministers
Dun and DENLY continue to use their
good offices to bring about a settlement,
but it looks as though japan was work
ing" these gentlemen, so to speak, for
the harder they try the harder Japan
pushes the fight and the more extrava-
CANT it becomes in it's demands. That
the plucky little victor is entitled to due
consideration and reward for it's prowess
goes without saying, but in spite of that
a point may soon be reached where the
interests of the great nations in the east
may compel them to interfere, and il
this be done Japan will be compelled to
take what they give her and be satisfied
with the bargain. 1t is generally agreed
that the war has lasted long enough
that China has been sufficiently punished
and that Japan had better make terms
while it can dictate them than della,
until she is put or the defensive by
powers with which she could not hope tt
rom nate.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-07
THE MESSAGE,

Considerable space of this issue OF
THE TRIBUNE is devoted to a synopsis Of
the annual message of President Cleve-
land. 1t is a lengthy document, far too
lengthy for the purpose. 1t is in the
main a resume of the reports of the
cabinet officers, which congress or its
committees could havs read and pom
dered over without their being included
in the message. The election seems to
have taken some of the dogmatism out
of the president and ne has seen fit to
address congress as a coordinate instead
Of an inferior branch of the government.
monpiace, as is the recommendation
that Germany be modified by the abroga-
ton of an existing clause in their treaty
which gives it commercial offense. His
praise Of the army for services during
the strike will find praise or censure as
the feeling of the citizen dictates, and
the expression Of good will for an in
crease OF the navy and harbor and coast
defenses will be universally approved.
Contrary to expectation Queen Lii is
dismissed with a passing notice and not
a very complimentary one at that. On
the tariff question Mr., Cleveland is more
pronounced. He emphatically reiterates
lis demand for free IRON and coal end
sugar aud goes a step beyond and asks
for free ships. presenting something Of
an argument in behalf Of the demand be
makes. The voice of President Cleveland
IS still for radical tariff reform. Where do
German and his democratic confeeres in
The senate stand?
The message calls attention TO the
fact that tn only refuge for the govern
1neut to maintain the so called gold re-
serve is to ISSUE ) per cent bonds under
the act az 1870, and the president says
that he will continue to do so whenever,
IN ans Judgment, it is necessary to pre-
vent d default 10 the %pecunlary obliga-
tions Of the government, or to avoid the
country being reduced to a silver basis.
The plan of Secretary Carlisle. recon-
raendlng the issue Of untaxed state
bank notes as d circulating medium, is
unqualifedly endorsed, and in conclu-
sion the president pledges himself to CO.
operate with congress in perfecting any
legislation that tends to the welfare and
prosperity Of the country. The message
is not what may be called a satisfying
document, but that portion of it relating
to financial troubles and the currency
question will be read with interest.
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BLAND ON THE BONDS,

The fight is still on'-this ie the
motto always written upon the silver
banner of Richard p. Bland. These are
the words always upon his lips. This
is the challenge that he always sends
back at the enemy when somebody sue
ceeds in giving silver another kick. In
victory or defeat, in sunshine and
shadow, in congress and out of it the
voice Of this faithful champion for the
rights Of the white metal sounds as clear
as a silver bell.
Bland is a fighter who never turns to
the right or the left. No halfway sug.
g%estion for a moment tempts his integ-
rity. INC additional surrender is the
only condition he holds out to the men
who would Uphold the single standard.
And he is watchful with every new day,
ready for any service that will advance
the cause of right. The POST Dispatch
of st. Louis asked for an expression
from Mr.. Bland on the bond issue and
this is his reply:
If the secretary of the treasury would
exercise his option to pay out silver for
greenbacks and treasury notes issued
under the Sherman law there would be
no drain of gold from the treasury. The
government OF France does and keeps all
it's money at par. This bond issue bust
ness looks like an attempt to force con-
gress to retire our treasury notes and to
su bstitute a system of national bank
| currency.
The fight is still on between the ad'
vocates of the free coinage of silver as
the true mode of currency reform and
the adherents of the national banks. II
is proposed by the latter to farm out to
corporations the power to control the
value and volume Of money. Surely the
money monopoly of this country now
thinks it is in the saddle, but time viii
tell whether the people or monopoly art
to rule this country. Yours truly,
"R. p. BLAND"
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-07

The democrats in congress appear to
be in a %quandary. In spite of a majority
in the senate they are afraid to make an
attempt to carry out the party policy
and pass the supplemental tariff bills,
because the republicans may object. If
positions were reversed, the republicans
would have their way if it took until the
Fourth of March to do so. Whether
the policy be right or wrong, such cow
ardice makes the average democrat
ashamed Of his party representatives.