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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1895-01-17
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Governor Richards Dwells at Great
Length on Montana's Condition.
and Her Needs.
He Offers Some Good Suggestions Regarding
Bounty Law.

After an able Introductory in which
the governor cites Montana's neces-
sity for new laws and coneratulates
her people on having weathered the
financial distress OF the past year, he
pays a well deserved tribute to state
officers and then takes up the several
public questions one by one, discus
sing each thoroughly. Much OF the
message we have been obliged to omit
rs it would Gil our entire space if pub
iished in full, but from the mass of
facts and recommendations we have
selected that " hich more nearly con-
Germs the people of Fergus county.
The following is a synopsis of the mes
sage:
BALLOT REFORM.
Two years ago l recommended such
changes in the Australian ballot law
as would place the names OF party
candidates in separate columns, and
thus enable the voter to vote his en-
tire party ticket with one mark, if he
so desires, but allowing him the privi-
lege of marking in detail. l again
call the attention of the legislative
assembly to the desirability of this
change in the ballot. 1t is q fact re-
peatedly demonstrated that the posi-
tioA of q candidates name, with ref
erence to the alphabet, often deter
mines the question of his election or
defeat, and SO thoroughly is this un-
derstood in some localities that can
didate's initial letter has no little in
fluence in a nominating convention.
Additional safeguards to insue Sc
crecy to the voter and honesty on the
part of judges of election, as well as to
shield the ballot box from the machi-
nations of designing men, should be
thrown around the voting system
now in vogue in this state. The ILL
terate voter should exercise the high
prerogative of a citizen, not by the
use of cards and devices and explana-
tions that rob his ballot of the secrecy
intended by law, but by a simplifca-
cation of the ballot itself that will
prevent confusion and enable him to
vote his principles without the inter-
vention of interested parties. 1t
should be made a crime for any cleo
tion officer to seek to ascertain what
the action of a voter has been, and
judges of election should be prohibited
from entering the booth with an illit-
crate voter, or making his ticket ex
cept in the presence of the otherjudges.
THE CODE.
Iwant to emphasize the Importance
of the adoption ofthecode. Itshould
be adopted as a whole, in order that
it's harmony be not destroyed, and
revised as the wisdom of the legisla-
tive assembly may direct. The we'll
known ability of each member of the
code commission is a guarantee that
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1895-01-17
Germs Cannot BE Buried.

Replying to a correspondent, who
asks me whether burial in the earth
necessarily kills the germs of disease,
/ reply, Certainly not" giving this
reply in a general sense. Many mi
crobes live naturally in the SOLE. g.,
the totanus germ-and Pasteur's re-
searches ON anthrax showed that aft
or burial in the earth for years the
microbes of that disease, brought up
to the surface by earthworms from
the bodies of the diseased cattle
which had been inferred in a partic-
ular field, gave origin to fresh cpl
demic in the cattle feeding in that
field. Besides, do we really bury"
our deada say we do not, as things
are. We bury our dead In thick or
even imperishable coffins or in vaults,
and this preserves their bodies Gre
nation is the only scientific solution
of the problem how to dispose of the
dead satisfactorily with reference to
the health and welfare of the living.
DIR. Andrew Wilson in London
News
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The Safrano Rose.

OF the roses grown for cut flowers
In the open air on the Riviera nine
out of ten are safranos, although this
variety is rarely grown under glass.
The capital merit of the safrano is
that it will bloom and develop buds
at a temperature which is too low for
any other tea rose. We have seen
old plants of this rose grown out of
doors in the latitude of New York
which have passed through several
of our severe winters unharmed,
with no protection beyond a thin
covering of straw bound about them.
Garden and Forest.
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In Good Company.

There are subjects at which even
the scoffer must not sneer if he still
wishes to be considered well bred.
No one may scout religion and still
be known as person of good taste.
When old NJ. de Montroud, a dis
sipated society man of the first EN-
pire, was in his last illness, the Able
Petitot was a frequent visitor at his
bedside. One day, i'll the course of a
serious conversation, the able said
to him:
"You have probably during your
long life been very often tempted to
speak lightly and to joke about reli-
gion7"
No" said the old wit seriously,
81 have always moved in the best So
ciety. youths Companion.
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STATE FINANCES.

WlIDII it6
field of labor will be satisfactorily
met.
STATE FINANCES.
The total revenues of the state for
1893 amounted to S44O,SlO.11; in
1894 the total revenues amounted to
$4O6, 1926, a net decrease of $751;
691.73. The falling off in receipts for
taxes was $11, ,276.69, while the loss
in licenses reached a total of $685.
412.O4. These figures, taken from
the report of the state treasurer,
would seem to indicate that Montana
has suffered less from a depression of
values than from a shrinkage in the
volume of business transacted since
the panic. The problem OF increasing
the revenues without imposing addi-
tional hardships upon the taxpayers
on the one hand, or impairing tbs
efficiency of the state government on
the other, is submitted to the wisdom
OF this honorable body. The affairs
cf the state have been economically
and prudently handled, that the best
results might be attained with the
minimum expenditure of public funds.
With reference to diminishing the ex-
penses of the sta and increasing its
revenues, offer the following sugges-
tions:
L. In addition to the fees collected
by the county clerk of each county, a
fee of fifty cents for recording each
deed should be collected for the use
and benefit of the state.
2. The expenses incurred in select
ing and plating lands for the several
state institutions should be paid out
OF the several funds belonging to the
same, and not out of the general fund
of the state. This would effect saw
ing to the state of at least SO, 900 per
annum.
3. The county attorney is a county
officer, and his salary should be paid
by the county as other local officers
are paid. l recommend that steps
be taken to effect a change in Section
10, Article VIII. of the Constitu-
tion, which provides that one-half the
salary of the county attorney be paid
by the state. A saving of more than
$2S, 900 a year to the state could
thus be effected.
f. The expenses of transporting in
mates to the reform school should be
paid by the respective counties send
ing them, a saving to the state of
about S., 1000 per annum. The same
rule applied to convlcts would make
an additional saving of more than
$11 900. If these regulations be not
deemed advisable, / recommend a
thorough investigation into the utility
of a law delegating to institutions of
this character the right to send after
those consigned thereto, thus reduc-
ing the cost to actual expenses OF trans
portation. Laws bearing on this
matter should include the Deaf and
Dumb school and the Orphan Asylum,
as we'll as the Reform school and the
penitentiary. Judicious legislation
along these lines will affect a great
saving to the state.
5. The secretary OF state should
be required to charge fee of so cents
per thousand on the capital stock of
each corporation filing its certificate
of Incorporation. In round numbers
the total capital stock of corporations
filed for the year 1894 amounted to
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1895-01-17

nearly every requirement within it's
field of labor will be satisfactorily
met.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1895-01-17
Water Needles.

So penetrating is water at high
pressure that only special qualities
of cast iron will be tight against it.
In the early days of the hydraulic
jack it was no uncommon thing to
see the water issuing like a fine nee
die through the metal, and the wa
ter needle would penetrate the un-
wary finger just as readily as steel
one.-Family Magazine.
The inmates of English prisons are
employed in picking oakum, making
coalbags for the navy and mailbags
for the general postoffice.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1895-01-17

$246, 900, 900. Had such law been
IN force the state would have netted
$4,000. Not only would the COL
lection of this fee add materially TO
the revenues OF the state, but it's
effect would be beneficial i'm that it
would serve to check the tendency to-
ward abnormal capitalization. To
deal fairly with all, however, under
a law of this character, corporations
having capitalization exceeding
81 ,O0O, 900 should not be required to
pay more than 25 cents per 81 900 in
excess OF that amount, and perhaps
no charge for filing should exceed
81 900; otherwise law calculated to
increase the revenues OF the state
might prove prohibitive to large cor.
porations organized to develop the
resources OF the state to an extent
beyond thecapacity of private capital
have no doubt this intelligent
body OF lawmakers, representative o.
the best citizenship of our respective
counties, will grapple with the prob
lems of state finance and reach a solu
tion satisfactory to your constitu
ents, and promotive of the best
interests of the state.
ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES.
1t is made my duty by article z
section 10, of the constitution, to sub
init to the legislative assembly esti
mates of the amounts of money re
quired to be raised by taxation fol
state purposes. The following esti
mates for the fiscal year ending Dec.
1895, and Dec. 1, 1896, respectively
are herewith laid before you:
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-24
China aud Japau.

Lord Wolseley is of the opinion that
the succession of defeats which China
has suffered at the hands of Japan
may succeed eventually in effectually
arousing the Chinese nation to a point
where the war viii be renewed with
vigor, and disastrous results to the
legions of the Mikado. The English
general thinks that owing 10 China's
enormous population and her prac-
tically unlimited resources that en-
pire can never be reduced 10 subiec-
ton by Japan, however superior the
tactics of the latter nation
seem 10 be at the present time. Il
has been demonstrated 10 China that
she Is many centuries behind the times:
her statesmen have already come TO
realize the weakness Of their uuwieldy
constitution and the Ibsurdity OF their
national methods.
4, IS the opinion of Lord Wo.scIey
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that whatever form of government
may be evolved through her defeat.
China will, without loss of time. es-
tablish regular army of formidable
proportions upon European lines. He
says there is practically no limit to
the army she could raise, and he
thinks it will soon be the first army in
the world. Further, he remarks that
he can see no good reason why, in the
next few generations, this army, mod
elled upon modern lines, may not drive
from Asia every Europen power now
holding territory there. Speaking gen.
orally, Lord Wolseley thinks that
China possesses every essential re-
quisite for national greatness. 1t is
his opinion that when the lesson of
this war has had time to pereoIate
through the educated classes of China.
and these are increasing with great
rapidity every year, there will be re-
Mobilization and revision of institu-
tions such as the world at present has
but little idea of.
1t is perhaps only natural that, Wis
count Wolseley, being soldier, should
think that the first development viii
be one of soldierly qualities and
ability. In Japan the soldier has, for
ages, headed the list in the scale of
social precedence. In China he has
been held in something like universal
contempt But change is working.
The better classes of Chinese are alb
solutely indifferent to death, fearless
and brave The averao e height of tha
japanese soldier is less than five feet.
The Chinese are a taller, a stronger
and a Observation-Disclosures race. The
persistent Japs may yet sting the
hordes of the flowery kingdom into
desperation of a surprisingly destruc-
tive nature
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THE BEST IN THE NORTHWEST
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY a. 1895.
In the Matter of Schools.

The action of the Butte chamber of
commerce in appointing committee
TO confer with representative business
and professional men with view to
placing in nomination two candidates
for the office of school trustee will
probably receive the hearty endorse
ment of those who have the best in
terests of the public schools at heart.
In past years the election of school
trustees has been left almost entirely
to people who have little interest in
the public schools, while the tax
payers, the business men and the
parents of the school children-to their
shame be it said-have given the ques-
ton slight consideration.
The evil results of this policy have
often been sadly apparent in the man.
agement of Butte's school affairs.
Where intelligence and business ability
has most been needed, glaring lack
of both has frequently been mani
tested.
The chamber of commerce contem-
plates a reform in this respect, and the
character of the men composing the
committee and those who met with
them, last evening, insured the selec-
ton of candidates fitted by education,
intelligence and business ability to
manage the affairs of the public
schools.
1t costs Butte's taxpayers more
money annually to run the public
schools than it costs to conduct any
other one department of the city gov
eminent The expenditure of so much
money should be attended with care
fui and businesslike management. But,
aside from the money consideration,
general fitness for service on the school
board is to be considered. 1t seems to
us that good selections were made last
night
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had made next Sunday from the pulpit
Discretion. truthfulness and comm on
sense are qualities which but few of the
preacher reformers appear to possess tc
any great extent.-Chicdgo Herald.
The, Springfield Republican regards the
Episcopal pastoral letter just issued as
the most important theological utterance
Of the last II months. at is a warming"
1t says, ITO large number of the most
progressive, scholarly, thoughtful and
profoundly religious men in that church
that. they must face backward, or be
UNDER the ban of heresy, and a notice to
the ypiing men that they must be con-
tent vita but little, if any, more liberty of
thought than they would find in the
Church of Rome. This has not been the
history of the Episcopal church in the
past; on the contrary, il has been one of
the staunchest defenders of freedom
within its own body, and this fact makes
this reactionary utterance OF the bishops
all the more remarkable"
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Ten Cent Philosophy.

We have 1t on the testimony of Con.
gresham Everett that there is a
greater and grander thing than to die
for ones country and that is to live
for ones country. This sentiment
was elected from the erudite congress
man during a discussion the other day
on bill TO increase the navy Mr.
Everett was not in favor of the in
crease and he called the attention of
congress to the greater danger TO be
feared within our own gates-"the
mass of unassimilated foreign popula-
ton in the large cities of the land"
He framed prophecy in the state
mont that this danger was greater
than all the thunders of the warship
Majestic" The theory upon which
Mr.. Everett bases his plea for whole
skin and palpitatng heart is faulty.
Carried to its logical conclusion it
would disband our standing army,
abolish the national guard, and run
Uncle Sans big war ships upon the
stocks in the navy yards to be nested
in by sparrows.
Mr.. Everett would compel respect
for our flag by furling 1t up and lay
ing it away out of sight. The concen-
tration of large number of Ameri-
cas- formidable battle ships in the
waters of the East to protect Ameri-
can lives and American interests there
in case of need; the sending of our
men-of-war to Bluelields and Colon,
and Honolulu, and Apia does not
seem to impress his Good Samaritan
mind as being just the proper thing.
Nevertheless the philosophy of this
Massachusetts statesman, of living for
ones country, is not impressive in its
character, though it may properly lay
claim to being unique in its candor.
Artemus Ward once generously offered
to sacrifice all of his wife's relations
on the altar of his country should
necessity demand it; Mr.. Everett's
patriotic zeal does not 60 to that ex-
tent; he would meet the assaults of an
assailant by turning his left cheek to
the lash after the right one had been
sharply smitten. His philosophy does
not grasp the idea that it sometimes
happens that man must die for his
country OF have no country for his
posterity to live in Whatever the
merits of the bill looking to an in
creased naval strength for this co untry
there is small merit or slight wisdom
in Mr. Everett's comments about liv-
ing and dying.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-24

The average man detests jury duty;
human ingenuity has been about ex.
hausted by men of business devising en-
cuses to avoid sitting on jury. There
is a man in New York who presented The
most novel claim for exemption. He told
the judge he could not sit on the Jury.
The court was inquisitive and asked the
reason. The man replied sadly: "Your
honor, sat on box of matches the other
day and the matches took fire. 1t is abso-
lutely impossible for me TO sit on the jury
or anywhere else, no matter how tired
am" lie was excused.
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should not be divided. Let the move
ment be well considered-let it be
made certain that the silver people of
the country are ready to join the
movement and will join il. A little,
struggling third party like the prohibit
ton or the populist party can accom-
plish nothing. As far as Montana, Ne
vada and Colorado are concerned, I'M
doubleday the new party would make
great Roadway and would sweep these
states. That would be worth nothing,
unless the movement shall prove
equally popular all through the West,
and as popular in the South as in the
West
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Enforce the Laws.

In many of the central states move
ments of moral character are on
foot In several cases stringent
measures have been taken in order to
enforce the liquor and Sunday closing
laws. In Louisville an order has been
issued for the enforcing of the Sunday
closing law, and this will be the first
time the law has been enforced in Ii
years. The Liquor Dealers Mutual
Protective association has decided to
test the law AT Fort Scott, Kansas,
the saloons have been closed in COM
plfance with an ordinance from a new
board of police commissioners. Some
saloon-keepers marked the event by
tieing Grape on their doors. In Sioux
City, Iowa, the women are prosecut-
ing an active crusade. The liquor law
has been violated The women have
taken the matter in their own hands
and started praying crusade in the
saloons similar TO the crusade which
caused great excitement in Ohio
number of years ago.
Laws which are not to be enforced
are useless, and worse than useless
NluSduts, oNNll dS illc OUt III IOWA. are
disgrace and humiliation to the
state and its officers 1t should not be
necessary for women TO pray in saloons
in order to accomplish that for which
the law provides 1t is the business of
officials TO enforce the laws. and if the
laws ara not good let the Lawmakers
take the blame. Whatever laws NAV
be passed by the Montana legislature
during the closing days of the session
touching the moral life of the state
should be enforced and the state should
require of every official that he do his
duty in this regard. If the legislature
deems that the time has come to pass
a law against gambling, let the law
not be a dead letter. Ii the prevailing
sentiment of this state has reached the
point where IL favors closing saloons
on Sunday or at a certain hour of the
night, let the law be enforced Where
certain laws are openly disregarded or
quietly winked at, people soon learn
TO hold all law in disrespect. and TO
hold representatives of the law in con-
tempt
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A New Party.
Yesterday

Dispatches published yesterday
morning tell of a conference held in
Washington by representatives of the
American Bimetallic league 1t is
intimated that the matter of organiz-
ing a silver party was discussed. Moth
ing is given out officially on this SUBJ
Ject, and the dispatches give no intima-
ton of the amount of credence that
can be placed in this report
An eastern paper of recent date
states that j. McParlin, secretary of
the national committee of the peoples
party, In recent interview declared
that he expected the birth of a new
party about March A. lie says that
during the past few weeks secret con-
ferences have been held by members
OF congress and other influential men
throughout the country and that
important political action will result
from these conferences. According
TO Mr.. McParlin the platform of the
new party will be "bimetalism and
protection" and he predicts that the
new party will be distInctively a free
coinage party and will have a large
element back of it in the South and
West and a considerable following in
the East.
Whether the time is ripe for the
formation of a distinctively silver
party may be questioned; this vital
point should be considered with the
utmost care by those who have in
charge silver's fight. The cause of
silver is gaining ground and no step
should be taken without elaboration.
The next presidential election will not
take place until a year from next fall
the elections next tall will be unim-
portant, and If as last resort il shall
be deemed necessary to organize a
distinctiyely silver party, that can be
done a year hence, and still leave
ample time for organization for the
presidential campaign.
1t is utterly useless to organize a
party which shall be n "third" party
and which shall accomplish nothing
save the turning Of the election into
the hands of this old party or that.
i, is very seldom that third party &C.
complishes more than to hazard the
chances of success of one of the old
parties. Far more can be accom-
plished, it would seem, by fighting
within the ranks of the old parties
and, at any rate, every opportunity
should be given both of the old parties
20 show whether they want 20 do any
thing FOR silver or not IL should be
made certain that silver party Will
advance and not retard the cause of
silver before deciding TO start the
movement II may draw just enough !
silver men from the republican and /
democratic parties TO weaken the /
cause Of silver within the ranks of /
these parties, and yet not dr4wcnough |
silver men from these parties 10 make |
the new party q dominant one
Beyond everything else silver's forces |