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Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

The people Of Omaha are Just now
| confronted with what on the sur
face appears to be nice question of
moral ethics. The city treasurer was
discovered to be a defaulter in Il largo
sum. The sureties on his bond made
the amount good and he rustled
and squared accounts with his bonds
men. From this it would appear
that the city will lose nothing and what
some people there want TO know is
wao' her the treasurer should be prose-
cuted, The city attorney has bnen con
suited and he says no. He admits that the
jefaulter has violated claw, but pleads
that he is an old resident and up to this
oIfense no man enjoyed better reputa-
ton, and adde: "lf reputation is to
avail anything il ought to be in cir
cumstance like the present. The pCei
ton Of the city attorney is evidently
Christian but is it the law? That is
matter that only directly affects
the people Of Omaha Incl
dentaly it affords food for reflection to
those who are in the habit Of paying any
attention to the higher code of ethics.
if there be such in Great Falls it will
be well to advise them before they form
d judgment that it is conceded that d
number of other well-known men in
Omaha political circles were the hene-
teiaries of the theft, and their connec-
tion with it must develop if he is prose
cuted. With this light before them LET
each one make up hls mind what course
the officials should pursue.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05
4 NEW DODGE.

News from Idaho tells that the Judge
Of the Second district in that state has.
at the instance of the mortgage and trust
companies. adopted Il new procedure and
gone into the reccivrrship business by
the wholesale. According to the report
the agents OF the companies flied alli-
dHvlts with the court setting forth that
the property on which they held mort
cages had deprecated in value to such
an extent that it WAS not worth the
amount for which it WAS mortgagrd,
and thCrcupOn the agent WAS appointed
receiver with authority "to take immc-
diatc possession Of the premises and the
crop growing thereon, with full power
to lease the same" Armed with this
document the receiver has kindly mott
fled the farmer: "lf you will make ii
lease OF sad premises on as favorable
terms as any other person will give you
the preference. Please call on me at
once, otherwise | will lease to some
other person. This novel schcme is
naturally causing much comment in
that it is a direct violation of the law,
which provides Il process for foreclosure
and allows the mortgagor one year in
which to redeem his property. Steps are
being taken to test the matter in the
higher court and in the meantime the
ranchers have declared that they will
defy the mandatory order Of the judge
with shot guns if necessary. Trouble
may grow out of the affair, for sturdy
farmer is not The kind Of a man to sub
NIT to being robbed of his possessions
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

! these licenses. 1t is true that in the end
the purchaser pays these sums, but the
system is faulty and should be improved
and simplited. just as much money
would be derived and the payment of it
made more satisfactory. While, how
ever, the solons were adding to the reve-
nues in one direction they were cutting
them off in another. and that, too, with.
out any apparent reason. In the past
one of the material sources of cash in
the counties, especially in cleo
ton years, has been the small
fee charged for naturalization pa
pers. There is no reason why this should
not have been charged. The books and
papers and the time of the officials nee
essary to do this work entail consider
able cost upon the county. The privl-
eye Of becoming an American citizen is
certainly worth the small sum charged,
and the candidate should cheerfully pay
It. The legislature evidently thought
differently and ii abolished the fee. l.
ia wonder il did not enact a clause
Offering chrome 10 the man who
nyailed himself Of the right to become a
legal American. How or why this
change was made is not stated; that it
has been made is evidenced by the fol
loving telegram received yesterday by
the clerk Of the court Of this county
from the attorney general; "No fec mus
he charged for naturalization papers or
the record Thereof. Se~tiJn 4,GlS, poit
ical code"
This must be all right for it is the law. |
and the legislators knew what they were
about when they were enacting it~-that
is they say they did.
In the meantime many people will cX-
ercise the great American privilege of
with them and asserting that
it is wrong. The nov order may he Z
good thing for the politicians, bat it is |
al outrage upon the community.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

While all thc opponents of lndeprnd-
cnt free coinage by the United States
claim thar this government can not
maintain such policy aonr. Il large
majority OF them declare that ID necessity
rNiats for an international agreement
and that every effort should be made To
accomplish tnat purpose AS speedily as
possible, one Of the most debated and
last understood points IL connection
"ilh the important subject is that Of
ratio, and for the benefit Of our readers
tle following ie reproduced from the
New York Mining and Engineering
journal. IT is interesting not only for
the information it gives. but also for the
conclusion reached. The journal Was
for Il long time a most pronounced Advo-
cate of gold monometalIism, but it has
changed its tune and now admits that in
ternationHi bimetallsm must come. Thie
change is especially significant for the
journal is published right in the heart
Of the gold bug district in New York.
1t says:
In silver the turning point for the
whole world has been passed and the
production of the white metal declined
from 1889, ,iG liloe. in 1888 to J.2O1U UGJ
in 1904, that is 13l.GSl kilos. The com-
merclal value of silver declined slll more
than the output or from 1S:Ac to G;ic per
ouaCe, SO that the value il 1891 was
SIS, ,5l2,U81 less than in 1893,
Thu production or weight ratio in
1891 was l19 silver to | gold: whilo it re
qulreO - silver to equal one in gold in
value. IN 1888 tina weight ratio was 2O9
silver 10 | gold. The productio ratio Of
silver to gold reached its maximum in
lSJp, " hen il WAS 1913 silver to gold,
from which it has come down to 10 to |.
At t1e CLOSE Of the current year the ra
ito will scarcely exceed lG eljyrr to |
gold, and at the close Of 1880 the produc
ton ratio for the whole world Will Ger
tainly he below our coming ratio of lG
to /.
'.M hat the value ratio will then be de
pende altogether upon the adoption Of
interIHtloua! blmetalllsm, and OF the ui.
innate adoption Of this we have little
doubt, for even with the large and in
creasing output of gold the amount avail
able for addition to the worlds stock Of
money is certainly less than half the
production, and is wholly inadequate to
take the place of silver now generally
demonetized, and to provide safe
foundation for the worlds commercial
credits"
The silver advocates in the United
States will not cease to agitate the adop-
ton Of an independent policy, but the
above, among many other utterancee of
like cha acter from goIdbng papers of
greater or less Prominence, go to show
that the peoples cause is making itself
felt and is having an effect upon the
money kings of Wall street Tho signs
are all hopeful
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05
THE MORAL CODE.

The new codes are yoluminous and
cornprehengiyg. If we remeptber Alright
thev are diyided into four pecr,,ne. civil.
civil procedure, pglitic9l and ueral
Bg q curious oversight 4 moral code wa
omitted, and If o.ppprs that Cs.iprir,,
men have I.ti.,l. ,,.Iy+n,aoe this over
SIGHT. The yhI.f sinner 70 hanrft NV
tins omission H. Il. les. ;, p.,...,. ,.,..r.
Col ". +. SaLG.r.. butte ..,a ~, at..
second or .y.,E.Y..r ln . : Wa,h. ...
chief iusti.e Y.... u..,.-. g..-.a .,D.,..t.-
tion in Mgutaaa A. havls-, 1T one prr,ol
been 4 terror g..v... .yorr-. %,Jonnr b.
ra~r,j II Mr. Wade < .;ro.rr -. -.
upright lawyer. Neither of the gentle
men has ttY-r,j.t praircf fine ,rrif4ar
la-. They w1uI,lr't i]o that hut botl
have. been nrraraj II, what nay. he r.,fln1
a shady transaction. After the coae. had
become i law il was necs-aarv that they
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05
even when the theft is committed under
the semblance of law and is defended by
a judicial edct.
NEED NOT OBEY,

Among the sensational preachers of
New York one of the most prominent is
Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr. In one of his
recent sermons the gentleman discussed
the orthodox marriage service and took
the ground that the word "obey" bad no
business in the ritual. Among other
things he remarked: During my whole
life as minister of the gospel have never
attempted to exact such preposterous
promise from woman in the few mar
riage ceremonies which have performed
for the simple reason knew they would
not keep such promise. No woman does
it, nor can she do it, and it is revival of
barbarism to attempt to enforce it, and
is Impossible of fulfllment" Upon road
ing this one would suppose that Rev.
Dixon was trying to make himself solid
with prospective brides in the
expectation Of securing marriage
fees but that was not the case.
Later on in his sermon he takes rather
unique grounds and says: at is mis-
take for minister of God to undertake
to marry parties whom he does not we'll
know. This happened to me on few
occasions and ! promise you it will not
occur again for [ had occasion to be
sorry" This is surely novel, and if the
Dixon doctrine of only marrying parties
well known to them we're adopted by all
the ministers many marriages must nee
essarily be performed by the civic au-
thoritiea. The reverend gentleman may
be right in both his propositions, espe-
cially where he says the woman who
promises to obey her husband has no in
tenton of so doing; but he is rather
Eoing to an extreme when he says
minister has no right to unite parties in
marriage unless he enjoys a personal
friendship with them. In spite Of his
assertion it is safe bet that he will In
the future as III the past make excep-
tione to the rule, especially If they are
properly introduced.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

Up to date there have been but few
wool sales in Great Falls this season
This has boen, is, and should continue to
be one of the best markets in the west
The wool brought here is of superior
quality and has always commanded the
best prices. This fact is known to the
buyers, who are now here in large num-
bers, but for some reason they are back
ward in making deals. The races and
other amusements appear to have more
attraction for them than the warehouse.
The element of competition that in pre-
vious years was active is lacking to such
an extent that the growers are justified
in believing that they are the victims of
colusion, and that combination has
been enteIe into to keep down prices.
Why this should be is not apparent.
Latest advices from London and Boston
are to the effect that the demand
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

Spokane is bound to keep in the swim.
y few days ago officials in Butte discov
cred Mill for the manufacture Of bogus
Chinese certificates and arrested one or
two incousequ"ntial colmterieitcrs Now
Spokane has gone Butte one better. It
has also unrarthed a similar mill. but
aimed for higher game in the persons Of
its OPERATORS The alleged guilty men
include a register OF the land office at
("ur d'.>ruc and prominent en-
@raycr. Net Spokane Hipnc. II trying
amounts /" anything it will ret there
with both feet.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

Some men never know when they have
enough. Dr. Buchanan, the New York
wife murderer, was electrocutod in New
York Monday and his counsel now an
nounce that they will prosecute the war
den for murder, or words to that effect. 1t
will next be in order for them to sue the
judge who presided at the trial, the
judges of the court of appeals who af-
tirmed the decision and the jurors who
found the man guilty. 1t is probable
they could get damages from them, al,
ways providing they could induce a court
to entertain the suit.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05
Champion Corhett's wife has settled in

Champion Corhett's wife has settled in
North Dakota for the purpose Of getting
a speedy divorce, The lady no doubt
has ample grounds for a separation from
her husband, according to reports he has
furnished, but why the need OF haste
Has she followed his example and found
al atiinity: 1t would look that way. for
if she is the aggricYcd and loving wife
that she represents herself t. be there is
no need of undue haste in having the
knot united, This case happens to be a
example Of tie necessity for d
national divorce NV.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

1t was Commodore Power who while
in the senate of the United States made
the remark that the solid business men
of the west were opposed to free coinage
This may not be the exact language he
used, but it is in effect his declaration.
1t ls not speaking unkindly Of Mr., Power
to say that though he reached the dig
nifty Of senator he was not looked upon
az an oracle in this section. He was
good enough of his kind, but very poor
kind. In the light Of his reputation as
it should be known az uaderstood of
all men, it ia rather remarkable to find
Harper's Weekly "a journal Of civiliza-
tion,' paraphrasing and adopting the
sentence of the commodore and giving it
all the force and effect Of its editorial
endorsement. In the latest issue
OF Harper's Weekly there ap.
pears a lengthy disquistion on the
financial situation in the United States,
and. from it we quote the following choice
morsel: "Tbe general impression pro-
duced by the two conventions is that the
free silver movement is by no means all
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

The Union Pacific is making desper-
ate legal battle to retain control Of the
Utah & Northern. No wonder. This
little line has always been source of
revenue and has contributed largely, out
of all proportion, to the earnings of the
Union Pacific. Even the receivers know
good thing when they see it and will
hang on to the L. a. n. as long as posi-
bla
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

The latest ne%a from the railroad seat
of war is to the effect that President
Hil! is to have control OF the Northern
Pacific, all the preImpayies having
been arranged. This will make HIM the
hoes Of the raj ROAD bosses, ami may in
duce change Of program on the part of
the Euriington in regard to extensions
in Montana. IF il should "a line from
Billings 10 Great Falls will be in order
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05
suspense,

While courts as rule are not eepe-
ClalIy sensitive to eithor the ceneure or
praise Of the newspaper critics, it is none
the less gratifying to THE TRIBUNE to
pay just tribute to the supreme court
of Montana. Several Of it's recent de-
cislons have been Of vast moment to the
people Of the state. and in each Of these
the law has been interpreted IN lis nost
catholic spirit and the conclusion
reached that simple justice must be the
governing motive in the administration
Of law and that the intent as well as the
letter must hc considered. This was
notable IL the election case in Deer
Lodge, rbc school bond case in this
county, and the court house case in Park
county, decided Monday. In each Of
these causes the strict constructi0nists
tried to get IN their work and in each
they were sat down upon by the court, In
his opinion Monday Justice Dewitt tells
the whole story when, after referring TO
the qulbble set up by the appellants, he
say to admit any sucn contention 'Wouid
fritter away the plain intent Of the con,
stitution.' The difference between the
court and the counsel for appellants in
this case is that the court read between
the lines and the counsel did not.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

declaration of intention, known as first
papers, or does it apply only to the sec
ond, or naturalization proper? Gf clerks
of court want to be on the safe side they
should demand fees for first papers If
it should be decided to the contrary the
money can be refunded
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

Reports from Boulder tell us that
Pugh spent the last night of his life in
holding sort of picnic in his CELL at
which songs were sung. stories told, and
a drink or two taken. This may be all
right but it has an odd sound.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

Bricks made Of glass have been intro
duced in Germany and if they are any
thing like the description Of them, pco-
pie who live in houses built Of glass can.
in spite of the old provcrb, throw as
many stones as they please.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

The Fourth in Great Falls was gcncr-
ally celebrated, both in and outside.
The afternoon shower was something of
Il drawback, but then on the Fourth
everything goes. 1t is gratifying to re-
port that no accident worthy of being
reported, occurred in this section.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

According to reports from Billings
WOO Is selling At that point al T. cents
and over. This would indicate that this
may not be such a bad year for the sheep
men after all
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

The new English ministry has taken
the bulls by the horns and announced
that the commons will be prorogued Sat
urday and parliament will be dissolved
next Monday. Salisbury is an aggres-
sive tighter. lie will not attempt to con
duct the government unless he has a
parliamentary ma jorlty at his back, and
is not afraid to appeal to the people to
secure ii. Should the decieion be adj
verse he will step down and out and then
the liberals will be in more serious po-
sition than has yet confronted them, for
they are at present absolutely without a
leader. 1t will be interesting to watch
English politics for the next few months.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

The North Dakota wool growers have
just been in session at Bismarck and
had medicine talk over matters affect
iug their interests. Among OF lcr topics
discussed Was that Of freight charges
and it was developed that very largo
proportion Of the wool is as directly trih-
utary TO the Missouri river as to the
Northern Pacific road and that it can be
shipped to ST. Louis via river at much
lower rates than by rail to other points.
Nj the present price of the product
every Iittlc helps. and the Dakota gen
tIrmrn decided to take Immediate steps
tn do the best they could for themselves
in tine matter of freight rates. st. Louis
Is good market and if'thc growers can
make money by sending their crop there
it will be sent. There has been some
talk Of the same kind at Billings. but
tn" project appears TO have been
tIrOtnrO
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

The Montana soldier boys are just now
getting a good and ready ON themselves
i'll anticipation Of the annual encamp-
mcnt. which will take place early in \ u
gust. The camp this year viii last for
tea days and it promises to be the best
yet held. Fort Ellis is being duly pre-
pared for N.n occasion and the people of
Boz"man are arranging todo their share
toward making the stay of the soldiers
pleasant. These annual meetings are
productive Of much good and are we'll
worth the expense they entail. They
are not all picnic by any means. but
there is enough Of the charm of variety
about them to make it enjoyable as we'll
rs beneficial! to the participants,
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
WEEKLY.
Dali

Unless paid in advance the daily will invari-
ably be- rs cents per month. and the weekly 81
per year, 81 for SIX months and 20 ceuts per
month for less than SIX months. 1.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

Here ie conundrum for the attorney
general or some Of the judges to answer.
The new codes provide that no charge
shall be made for naturalization papers
or recording same. Does this mean
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

Red Lodge is strictly in it. 1t is a
county seat and has two townsite com
panies. 1t has also Shelby Eli Dillard
left. What more does il want?
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-05

The Gibson agency represents the
strongest fire insurance companies.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-06-15
A RAY OF HOPE FOR BI-METAL-
ISM.

As the one and only means OF realizing
be through International agreement, the
decisive majority by which the upper
House of the Prussan Diet has called upon
the Government at Berlin to take the
initiative in calling an international None
tary Conference, promises that the Imperial
German Government may also take some
favorable action in the matter.
The one and only way to realization of
of bi-metallism in the United States lies
through the action of such conference,
and it will be the duty of the administrat-
ion at Washington to encourage the assembl
ing of it at an early day, if it shall be able
to harmonic the views of the nations on
silver and to arrive at an agreement on a
ratio for its use, the problem will have
been virtually settled in this country. If,
on the other hand, the same failure that
has attended the three conferences that
have already been held on the subject in
the past seventeen years shall again result,
bi-metallism must be dismissed from con.
sderation as practical monetary policy.
There is reason to believe, in view of the
strength of the bi-metallists in Germany,
as we'll of the growth of the movement in
England in the past two years. that a con.
ference if held now will be more than the
perfunctory affair at Brussels in 1892 and
that something like an ernest attempt will
be made to arrive at an agreement In
any event, it will be the final test of the
possibility of establishing an international
double standard. 1t offers the one and
only basis on which there can be safe and
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-06-15

a universal acceptance of the hi metallic
theory. and if it shall fail, as a last resort,
the issue between gold and silver will be
palmer and more understood by the world
and especially by the people Of the United
States than it is now
1t is noteworthy that in this country the
radical silver men have now come to tie
point where they refuse to entertain the
belief that International bmetallsm is
practicable. They deride the proposed
conference as a snare and deusion They
insist that the United States can and must
90 it alone. The whole silver campaign
here has been shifted openly and avowedly
to the basis of Independent or American
recommendation. The free coiners demand
the Is to ratio without compromise and
without regard to the action of other
nations. Hitherto they have professed to
Join hands with the hi metallists who are
ready to support silver only on an inter-
national basis; but they have parted com.
pany with them, and their programme
now is national free coinage on the respon.
sibility alone of the government at Wash.
ington