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Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1895-02-02
TOUR OF TIRE GRAND fRMY CHIEF
Commander IaWIer viii Visit ali he.
partment facanpsnents.

Rockford, III, Jan. Commander
Chief LaWler of Tie Grand Army of
the Republic today started upon a tour
Of the United States and ii is mot ex-
pected that he Will return to the head
quarters in this city until the latter
part of April. The communicative
chief is accompanied by the members
Of his staff and the party intend 10
visit every department eucampmcnt
held in this country this year, some
thing never before attempted ny a
commander.
The first encampment Will take place
at BrattIrboro, VI, next Wednesday
and from there the party viii visit
the following cities IN the order named.
Newport, r. L.. Providence, r. l..
Nashua, n. H, Middleton, Del, Tren-
ton, n. j.. WatelNille. Ne Springfield,
Mass, New York City, Bridgeport.
Conn, Baltimore. Md. Washington. d.
G, Lawrence kas St. Paul, Mimi,
Mt. Clemens, Mich, luneie. Ind, New
Orleans, La. Montgomery, Ala. Allan
Ia. Ca, Athens, Tenn, Richmond. Va.
hopllinsEille. Ky. Macon Mo. and
Waco, Tex. During their stay in the
places named the commander and other
members Of the party will wait upon
the school officials and members of the
school boards and urge the adoption
Of system Of military drill in their
respective schools.
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TUE CORRUPT PRACTICE ACT.
Numerous Amendments to the Measure
in the Montana House.

in the Montana House.
In the consideration by the Montana
house Of the corrupt practice act numer-
oGs amendments We're made: Candi-
dates for the legislature are allowed to
pay $50 each, and candidates for county
offices $100 each. to political committees
to further their interests in election. No
candidate is to be allowed to give money
to more than one committee. The terms
Of penalty for violation of this act or
any section Of it We're changed to not
less than 500 on more than $1,000, and
imprisonment Of not less than six
months nor more than one year.
General satisfaction is expressed at
the ease with which the codes passed
the house Considerable opposition is
expected in the senate, arising from the
following cause The code. as it came
from the commission, prohibited gam
bling and for this chapter the house
committee substituted the present law
on the subject The position taken by
certain senators is that there are many
things in the code needing amendment
and that it has q bad appearance for
them to make the only exception to the
new code in favor of the gambling elG-
ment,
The senate has passed the house bill
approprating $4,000 to pay the employ
es Of the legislature and the measure
has been signed by the governor The
judiciary committee has favorabIy re
ported the house bill creating the
Eleventh judicial district
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bonds under the present circumstances
and with no better results than have
lately followed that course. can not
however, refrain from adding to the as
surance of my anxiety to cooperate
with the present congress in any reas-
enable measure of relief the expression
nj nay determination to leave nothiug
undone which furnishes hope for i'm
proving the situation or checking the
suspicion Of our Discrimination OF dis
ability to meet with stnctest honor e>-
cry national obligation.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Executive Mansion Jan. Is, 1895.
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Hiroshima, Jan. GA dispatch from
the headquarters Of the japanese army
says d strong force Of the enemy which
retreated from Yung Cheng Shen
northwest without fighting is now in
the vicinity Of Kua Shang Hon. Large
numbers of the enemy are reported
along the coast road from Iung Cheng.
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Seattle Streetcar Line Sold.

Seattle, Jan. 2S-The Rainier Power &
Railway Company, with its franchise,
tracks and equipment was sold a public
auction today under an order of the
United States circuit court The property
was bid in by Angus Macintosh and Fred
erick Bausman for $15,500 cash.
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AN Ex.TREAsUaER is WANTED.
Warrant out for " iIiiams of Moscow.
Alleging EnheHllemcnt,

Moscow, Idaho, Jan ga warrant
has been issued for the arrest of eX-
City Treasurer J.. f. Williams for en-
hezzlement The amount stated is over
$500, the amount deposited by As
SCISSOR Fairburn the morning the Farm
crs bank failed Williams IS understood
to have left Boise. where he has been
for the past week Saturday. Tha
authorities at different points We're no
tined hut no replies have been received.
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ASK FOR MORE GOLD
The President ADVISES Cangress
to Issue More Bonds.
TH- LACK Of CONFIDENCE
The Method OF Depicting The Reserve
fund Must BE Stopped Silver
Almost ignored.

Washington, Jan. 2S-Thc president
today sent congress the following mes
sag:
Il the Senate and House of Repre-
sen atiyes: In nay last annual message,
recommended to the serious consid-
era ion of congress the condition of our
national finances. and in connection
With the subject Endorsed the plan OF
currency Legislation which at that time
seemed to furnish protection against
impending danger. This plan has moi
been approved by congress. In the
meantime the situation has So changed
that the emergency now appears 80
threatening that ] deem it my duty 10
ask at the hands of the legislative
branch of the government such prompt
ana effective action as Will restore con-
tidence in our financial sOundness, and
avert business disaster and universal
distress among our people. Whatever
may be the merits of the plan outlined
in my annual message as a remedy for
the ills existing and as a safeguard
against the depletion of the gold re-
serve in the treasury. | am now CON
Finced its reception by congress and
our present advanced stage of financial
perpieXity neceSsitateS additional Ol
different legislation With natural re-
sources, unlimited variety and prOduc-
tive strength and with d people whose
activity and enterprise seek only a. fair
opportunity 10 schteve national success
and greatness, cur progress should not
bt checked cy q false financial policy
and needless disregard of sound none
tary law, nor should the tilnidity and
fear which they encourage stand in the
way Of our prosperity. 1t is hardly dis
puted that a predicamenl confronts us
today. Therefore, no one in any degree
responsible for the making and execu-
ton of our laws should fail to see his
patriotic duty in honestly and sincerely
attempting to relieve the situation.
Manifestly this effort Will not succeed
unless il is made untra mmelcd by
prejudice of partisansilip, and with
Steadfast determination to resist tempt
alton to accept such party advantage.
We may we'll remember that if we are
affected by financial difficulties all our
people in all stations of life are con
cerned and surely those who suffer vii!
not receive promotion of party inter
asts as an excuse for permitting our
present financial troubles.:to advance d
disastrous conclusion. It is also of the
utmost Importance that We approach
i study of the problems of the present
IS free as possible from the tyranny
Of precOnceiVed opinions to the end that
IN the common danger we may see With
unclouded vision safe and reaS0na BILE
protection
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Washington, Jan. 29-Postmaster-
General Bissell today said there was no
truth whatever in the report published
in the New York Evening Post today
that he intended to resign from the cab
met
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The Vote at Salem.

Salem, Or Jan. 28.-The ballot for
United States senator showed no change
today, the vote standing: Dolph AZ. Hare
10. Weatherford s, Hermann s, Lord 4,
Lowell ,. Williams s, Tongue /, Balkley
., Moore 8; no choice.
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Victims OF the Nandalia Wreck

Indianapolis, Jan. 29.-John S. Norton
of St, Louis, one of the victims of the
Nandalia wreck at CoWesville yesterday
fingered In terrible agony until 6 o'clock
this morning. Mrs. ZELDA Seguin Wal
lace the wife of David Wallace, and a
sister-in-law of General Lew Wallace.
is in a critical condition.
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Brussels, Jan. 25.-The recent yioleat
quarreIs between Catholics and social
lists in the chamber of deputies culmi-
mated today in a violent scene, which re
suited in the resignation of the presi-
dent and the suspension Of the sitting.
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Reinforcing the Treasury.

Philadelphia, Jan. 29,-Secretary Car
lisla TODAY ordered two and a half mil
lion dollars IN gold shipped to New
York from the mint. 1t is said there
may be a further drain on the mint to-
morrow.
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LACK OF CONFIDENCE. f.

The real trouble which COnfrOntS US
consists in the lack of confidence, wide
spread and constantly increasing. III
the continuing ability or disposition Of
the government to pay its obligations
i'll gold. This lack of confidence grows
to some extent out of the palpable and
apparent embarrassments attending
The government under the existing laws
to procure gold and to a greater ex-
tent out of the impossibility either of
| keeping it in the treasury or cancellin4
obligations by its expenditure after ii
is obtained The only way left open
to the government for procuring gold
is by the issue and sale Of bonds. The
only bonds that can be issued were
authorized nearly % years ago and
are not we'll calculated to meet our
present needs. Among other disadvan-
tages they are made payable in coin.
instead of specifically in gold, which
under existing conditions detracts large
ly and i'll increasing ratio from their de-
STABILITY as Investments 1t is by 10
means certain that bonds of this de
/ sCriptiou will be much longer disposed
Of at a price creditable to the financial
factor of our government The most.
dangerous and irritating feature of the
situation, however, remains to be men
toned. It is found in the means by
which the treasury is despOiled of gold
thus obtained without cancelling a sin
gle government obligation and solely
for the benefit of those who find profit
in shipping it abroad, or whose fears
induce them to hoard it at home. We
have outstanding about $500, ,000 600 in
currency notes of the government, for
which gold may be demanded; and
curously enough, the law requires that
when presented and in fact redeemed
and paid in gold they be reissued Thus
the same notes may do duty many
times, drawing gold from the treasury,
nor can the process be arrested as long
as private parties who. for profit or
otherwise, see any advantage in repeat
ing the operation. More than three
hundred million dollars of these notes
have already been redeemed in gold.
and Notwithstanding such redemption
they are all still outstanding. Since
the 18th of January, 1894, our bonded
| nterest-bearing debt has been increased
| 800 600 for the purpose of obtaining
| gold to replenish our gold reserve. TWo
| issues We're made, amounting to %5a.-
! 600, 000 each, one in January, the Othel
in November. AS a result of the first
issue there was realized something
more than SIS 900 in gold. Between
| that issue and the succeeding one in
| November. comprising d period Of about
! 10 months. nearly $l02, 100000 in gold
were drawn from the treasury, This
| made a second issue necessary and up
on that more than $5S,o00,oo0 in gold
! was again realized. Between the date
| of this second issue and the present
/ time. covering period of only about
| two months. more than $69 600, coo in
! sold We're expended without any can
celia ton Of government obligation, or
| in any permanent way benefitting our
| people or improving our pecuniary stu
! alton.
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STARTLING CONDITIONS.

The financial events of the past year
suggest facts and conditions which
should certainly arrest attention. More
than Sl12 600 900 in gold has been drawn
out of the treasury during the year for
the purpose Of shipping abroad or
boarding at home, while nearly S103,
600 600 of the same We're drawn out dur
ing the first 10 months of the year. A
sum aggregating more than two-thIrds
of that amount, being about $50, 600, 600,
was drawn out during the following two
months, thus indicating a marked ac-
celerat ton of the depicting process with
the lapse of time. The obligations upon
which this gold has been drawn from
the treasury are still outstanding and
available for use, repeating the eX-
hausting operations with shorter in
tervals, as our perplexities accumulate.
The conditions are certainly supefVen-
ing tending to make bonds which may
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HENDERSON'S HIT.

Mr.. Henderson of Iowa delivered the
thusiasm on the republican side. He
tainted the democrats Of Louisiana for
their efforts TO secure protection for
themselves, While advocating free trade
for the rest of the country and called
upon them to take a shield broad
enough to protect the whole country.
Come out from among the banditti
with whom you have been acting" said
he. II am tired Of the cry from those in
Louisiana, who refuse to help them
selves" Mr.. Henderson said he would
vote to strike out the one-tenth Of a
cent discrimination, because it was a
blow a t the trust.
Mr.. Robertson of Louisiana replied to
Mir. HendersOn's remarks with much
spirit, repudiating the invitation to join
the republicans which would on this Oc-
casion, as it had on others, deliver .
deadly blow at Louisiana.
Mr. Van Eoorhis Of New York moved
a substitute for Mr.. Dingley's amend
ment to repeal the duty on sugar. raw
and refined Lost, 105 to -.
The committee s1en rose and a vote
was taken by ayes and noes on Mr..
Dingleys amendment. Lost, liz to 156
The bill was then passed, 239 to 81
The house then adjourned.
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HEARING ON ANNULMENT

Albany. n. Y, Jan. 29.-The attorney
general will give hearing tomorrow on
the application of the people to annul
the charter Of the Brooklyn Heights
rail1 Dad for rot opera ting its line.
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BROOKLYN MOBs / DUsTRlJUs.
Pickcts Stoned and Track Cleaners
Badly Beaten.

Brooklyn Jan. 29.-Stones assailed
the pickets at Ridgewood station OF
the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Com
pany a little before daylight. Three
companies of the Forty-seventh regi-
1nelt on duty there We're called out
and several shots We're fired in the di-
recti0n whence missiles had been
thrown Six track cleaners We're badly
beaten BY the mob at Flushing and
NoStrand avenues.
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SILVER BILL BY MiNDERSON
PROV ides Practically for Free Coinage
Pooling Bill IT.

Pooling Bill Ir.
Washington. Jan. 29.-The credentials
Of Nh. Cullum for the term beginning
March 4 next were presented to the sen
ate by Senator Palmer, The credentials
of Senate e'-~.~1i of Nro-- Jersey were
presented by Senator Mcpherson.
Senator Hill presented a resolution
from the New York Chamber Of Com
merce, heartily approving the financial
course Of the president as given in his
message yesterday, and urging congress
to aid in sustaining the governments S
integrity and meeting the emergency
by the issue Of bonds as suggested by
the executive
Senator Voorhees,, from the commit
tee on finance presented compilation
Of all the laws bearing upon the issue
of paper money 1t was ordered
printed
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OTHER BUSINESS.

Senator Frye offered a resolution.
whiah was agreed to. calling for the
correspondence Of the chief justice Of
Samoa and with the United States
consul there.
Senator Allison made another con
tribution to the financial question. He
offered a resolution calling on the sec
retay of the treasury to inform the
senate what portion of the s100, 900, 900
gold reserve, so called has been used
for meeting current expenses and what
part of the proceeds of the recent bond
sales have been similarly used The
resolution went over on objection by
Senator Vest.
The bankruptcy bill was then taken
up and Senator Mitchell Of oregon Of
fered a substitute on the lines of the
old Torrey bill, with some modifica-
tions. Senators Platt and White
brought up the question of conflict with
the proposed national bankruptcy law
and the insolvency laws Of various
states.
was in progress when the measure was
laid aside.
The credentials were presented for
the two new senators from Wyoming
G. d. Clark for the unexpired term, be
ginning last March, and +, +. Warren
10 succeed Senator Carey.
The bill to incorporate the National
Association of Florists was passed.
Senator German secured the passage
Of the bill known as the commercial
travellers bill 1t amends the inter-
state commerce law 50 as 10 permit
the sale Of interchangeab mileage
tickets to commercial travellers.
At $40 p. m. the senate adjourned.
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ACTION IN NEW YORK

New York, Jan. 29-The New York
Chamber Of Commerce, with but one
dissenting vote, today passed resolu-
tjoDs urging congress to pass the bill
introduced by Mr. Springer in the
house and asking New YorIz's delega-
tion to use every means in its power
to secure the enactment of such law
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OUR OBLIGATIONS.

Besides treasury notes, which certain
ly should be paid in gold, amounting
nearly to $500, GOO. 600 there will fall due
in 1904 $l00, 900 900 issued during the last
year for Which we have received gold,
and in 1907 nearly $500 900, 600 4-per cent.
bonds issued in 1877. Shall the payment
of these obligations in gold be repu-
dated? If they are TO be paid in such
manner as the preservation of our ma
tional honor and solVeDcy demands, we
should not destroy, or even imperil, Ou
ability to supply ourselves with gold for
that purpose While / am not unfriend-
ly to silver and while l desire to see it
recognized to such an extent as consist
ent with financial safety and preserya-
ton of the national honor and credit, |
am not willing to see gold entirely ban
ished from our currency and finances.
To avert such consequences / believe
thorough and radical remedial legtsIa-
ton should be promptly passed. there
fore beg congress to give the subject
immediate attention.
CLEVELAND'S SCHEME.
In my opinion. the secretary of the
treasury should be authorized to issue
bonds of the government for the p1r-
pose of procuring and maintaining Il
sufficient gold reserve, and for the re-
dtmption and cancellation of United
States legal tender notes and treasury
notes issued for the purchase Of silver,
under the law Of July 18th, 1890. We
should be relieved from the humiliat-
ing process of issuing bonds to procure
gold to be Immediately and repeatedly
drawn on these obligations for purposes
not related to the benefit of our govern
ment or our people. The principal and
interest of these bonds should be paya-
ble on their face in gold, because there
would now probably be a difficulty OF
favorab bly, disposing of bonds not CON
tanning this stipulation. / suggest that
the bonds be issued in denominations of
$40 and $50 and their multiples, and that
they bear interest at the rate Of not to
exceed 3 per cent. per annum. do not
see why they should not be payable for
80 years from their date We of the
present generation have large amounts
to pay if we meet. our obligations, and
long bonds are most saleable.
The secretary of the treasury might
wen be permitted at his discretion to re
ceive on the sale of bonds, legal tender
and treasury notes, to be retired, and,
of course, when they are thus retired
or redeemed in gold, they should be can
ceied These bonds, under existing
laws, could be deposited by national
banks as security for circulation, and
such banks should be allowed to issue
circulation up to the face value of these
OF any other bonds so deposited, except
bonds outstanding bearing only ? pet
cent. interest and which sell in the mar
lzet at less than par National banks
should not be allowed to take out cir
culating notes Of a less denomination
than SO. and when such as now are out
standing reach the treasury, except for
redenption and retirement they should
be Cancelled. and notes OF denominations
If SO and upwards be issued in their
stead. Silver certificates of denOmina-
tions of SO and upwards should be re
placed BY certificates Of denominations
under $40
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be issued to replenish our gold less use
ful for that purpose. The adequate te
! gold reserve is in all circumstances alb
solutely essential to upholding our pub
lie credit. and to the maintenance OF our
high national character our gold has
again reached such a stage OF di-
ninutton as to require its speedy re-
enforcement Aggravations that must
! Inevitably follow the present conditions
and methods will certainly lead TO mis-
fortune and loss, not only TO our nation
al credit and prosperity and to financial
enterprise, but TO those of our people
who seek employment and means Of
livelihood, and TO those whose only cap
ital is daily labor.
REVENUE OF LITTLE NOTE.
1t will hardly do to say that a simple
I increase of revenue will correct our
troubles. The apprehension now eX-
listing and constantly increasing as to
our financial ability does not rest upon
calculations Of revenues The time has
passed when the eyes of investors
abroad and our people at home are
fixed upon the revenues Of this govern
ment. Changed conditions have at
! tracted their attention to the gold of the
i government. There need be no fear
that we cannot pay our current eN-
penses with such money as We have.
/ There is now in the treasury a comfor-
table surplus. more than $63, coo, 000 but
it is not in gold, and therefor does not
meet our difficulty.
| cannot See that differences Of opin-
ion concerning the extent TO which sill
Yer ought to be coined or used in our
currency should interfere with the cOun-
sells Of those whose duty it is to rectify
the evils now apparent in our financial
situation. They have to consider the
question of national credit and the con
sequences that Will follow from its col
lapse, whatever IDEAS may be advanced
and insisted on as to silver or bimetal-
Iism. The proper solution of the ques-
ton now pressing upon us only requires
recognition of gold as Well as silver and
a concession of it's Importance right
fully or WrOngfuIIy acquired, as a basis
Of material credit. and the necessity for
an honorable discharge of our obliga-
tionS. payable in sold, and the badge
Of sOivency. | do not understand that
the real friends of silver desire a conIi-
ton that might follow the naction or
neglect to appreciate the meaning of
the present eXigency, if it should result
in the entire banishment of gold from
our financial and currency arrange
mentS.