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OFFICIAL REPLY.
Great Britain's Answer to the Bimetal
lie Commission.

Washington, Nov. 17.-The official
report Of the correspondence in re-
gard to the bimetalljc proposals Of
the United States monetary commits
sion to the government Of Great
,Pritain. has reached this country. It
fully confirms the reports cahlcd to
the associated press Oct. p and %.
Tic negotiations fell through, not
Wlthstanding the expressed willing
ness Of the French government to
open its mints, owing to the rejection
by the British government Of the
proposition to again open the Indian
nlnts for the free coinage Of silver.
None Of the other propositions were
replied to because one OF the most
important concessions requested Of
| Great Britain could not be acceded
| to.
Great Britain, in making her an
sWcr, referred to the wishes Of the
government Of India, to which the
proposal was referred, and the reply
Of the latter govcrnmcnt. therefore,
is the most important communicating
in the CORES spondencc. The naQst
potent reason urged against the pro-
position is that the burden Of failure,
if failure should come from the ex~
pertinent for the establishment Of
bmctallism by France and the Unit
ed States, must inevitably fall or
India. Both the United States and
France, the reply argues, with their
gold could TO 4 greater or less extent
protect themselves If the experiment
did not succeed. The document con-
tainS 4 reservation which would seem
to Indicate that if the scope Of the
proposed experiment. was sufficiently
broadcncd India might be willing as
least to reconsider her refusal.
That paragraph II Lord Elgin's
: letter IS as follows:
"Wc note that the proposals Of the
. governments Of France and the Unit
cG States are sub: :cct to the provisc
, that they arc satisfied they will re.
coiVc assistance from other powers
in increasing demands .5Or silver We
believe that d limited increase Of the
quantity Of silver used Us currency
| will exercise Il very tritling influence,
if amy, in raising the gold price Of
t silver, and that the only assistance
I from other powers which can be O.
G any real r,alUe would be the addition
ii cf other powers 20 the bmetallic un
] ion Of France and the United States
\ #, however, assurances Of d really
substantial cooperation should be
4 secured from other countries, w
u shall be glad to learn the exact Ma
turc Of the assurances and we shal
= then consider whether the promised
O co-upcratiOn changes the problem o
: adds materially to the chances O
II success,
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OrDOScd tO Butler.

Dallas, Texas, Nov. lS.--Chairman
Milton Park Of the populist national
organization, says the popu!ist party
which is opposed to National Chair.
.1nan Butler has requested it's mem
;bers to- meet at the Laclede hotel
st. Louis, November 23. Chairman
Park says the committee will MAP
eout a policy that will keep the party
in the middle Of the road.
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Neutrality-suspicious. who are suffer
ing from coughs and colds should
heed the warnings Of danger and
save themselves suffering and fatal
results by using One Minute Cough
Cure. 1t is an infallib]e remedy for
coughs, colds, Group and all throat
and lung troubles. J. d. Miscr &
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FverybO<lV Saws So,

Cascarets Candy Catl,artic, the most won
:derful medical discovery Of the age, pleas
iant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, d1spel. colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biTiousness. Please buy and try q box
of G. G. G. to-day; 10, Is, 50 cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
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Young Grant a Candidate,

San Diego: CAL, Nov. l7.-1n an
interview published in the Tribune
today, U. S. Grant was asked as to
the desire Of Californians to have
him represent this state in the Unit
ed States senate, Mr.. Grant said
"Unlcss the party leaders believe me
available, I am not a candidate: If
they do then l will use every honor
able means to succeed. Obtaining
public honors by dishonorablc means
shall never be charged up against my
name.n
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1897-11-24

When you 60 to Missoula stop with
Uncle Billy Kennedy at the Kennedy
hotel. The house has been newly
renovated and made even more pleas
ant than before, and the table was
always good.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1897-11-24

You can't afford to risk your life
by allowing cold to develop into
pneumonia or consumption. Instant
relief and certain cure are afforded
by One Minute Cough Cure. J. ID.
Miscr & Co.
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man.
STATE.
Goyernor-Robcrt B. Smith.
Lieut. Governor--A. f. Spr1ggS.
Secretary of Statc-'E. S. Hogan.
State Auditory. W. PoindeNtcr.
State Treasurer-T. T.. Collins.
Attorney Generate. T.. Nolan:
Supt. of Public instructioil-E,sA. Carleton
Chief JuSticc-W. Y. Pemberton.
ASS. Jnstices--W. II. Hunt, II. K. Buck.
C,crl; Supreme Court-Benj Webster.
COUNTY
District Tudgc-Frnnk Fl. Woody.
Clerk Of District COurt--Allcn Il. shuppcc.
Sheriff. II. Irvine.
Trcasurcr-J X. Squicrs.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT D. Smart,
County Attorncy-llenry !: Nyers
Supt. Public InstructiOn-kittlc Ostcrmcycr
Suryeyor-W S. FOrtnep.
Coronar-T. b. OWings.
Public a iminstra1or--J.M NJ Higgins.
County Uonlmissi sioncps-Fcrd Weir, John +
Hendricks, John W. Mayhem,
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You can't cure consumption but
you can avoid it and cure every other
form Of throat or lung trouble by the
use of One Minute Cough Cure.-J,
d. Miser s. Co,
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Accidentally Shot.

Livingstone Mont, N0y. l7.-As
the result Of an accident that oc-
CURED on the Park branch train near
lIorr today Sherman Robnson lies at
the point OF death. and a. o. New
ton, manager Of the Yellowstone
Coal and Coke comnany, is seriously
injured. Both were passengers Oh
the train On route from this city and
BY Il sudden stop Newton was thrown
AGAINST e scat ard sustained very
serious injuries, including She break
:ng Of three ribs. While lie was be-
Ing carried to & couch in the baggage
car his revolver dropped to the floor
and one Of the cartridges; was ex-
plodcd. Ihc ball sped across the
car and struck Robinson in the 'front.'
part Of the neck, coming out at the
back and inticting a very dangerous
wound. Robinson was placed under
the care Of tho coke company's sur
gcOn at IIorr. who states that his re-
covory is doubtful
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Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
Wc 25c. If G. G. c. fail, druggists refund money.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
)NGR,ESS1()N[L.

M.".. ... CONGRESSIONAL
u. S. Senators-1on. Lee Mantle, Butte; Hon
ThOs. II Carter Helena.
Rcprcscntative--llon 9. ; Hartman, Bozc-
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his ability to prepare a ticket for voting,
replied very confidently that che could vote
all right tho Democratic ticket" Judges
with u strictly consideration regard for the
responsibilities of citizenship rejected some
Of the most Objectionable applicants; but
many additions were made to the already too
great horde of depraved, corrupt, and ire
sponsible Pennsylvania electors, citizens
unfamiliar with the political institutions
OF the republic, Indifferent to the obliga-
lions OF citizenship, and totally ignorant Of
the language in which the laws they swear
to observe arc written.
In other words, the consequence Of this
new Alien Tax law, In the first week Of it's
operation, has been an abnormal and dan.
gerous increase in the number of unde-
sirable citizens, to the great injury Of COM
munities where before these aliens, having
nj political power, had been incapable Of
doing political harm; and the benefits
which were expected to be rcaped by means
of the tax are being evaded through the
device Of a naturalization which is not
spontaneous, but compulsory. Thus grave
evil has been engendered to destroy a minor
disadvantage.
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is not ashamed Of II, and, to give him a
just eminence among his colleagues, he has
the merit Of not trying to conceal 1t.
Tho Ferment in Japan.

The stroke of diplomacy involved In Presi.
dent McK1NLEY's annexation project seems
to have created surprise almost amount
ing to CONSERVATION In the political circles
Of Japan.
The possibility Of our annexing Hawaii
had, of course, long been familiar to the
Toxic Government. But the Harrison an
nexation treaty had been defeated, and four
years had passed without its renewal
Japan also knew, through its Legation at
Washington. that the present Administra-
tion was, first Of all, bent on revising the
tariff, and that Congress was in extra ses-
sion primarily for that purpose. Hence 1t
seemed easy to bring little Hawaii to book
about the indemnity claimed for tho ex.
clusion of the Japanese immigrants.
For Count OKUMA aud Minister SHI-
MAMURA the settlement Of this question
might, 1t was hoped, furnish a diplomatic
triumph, and 1t would be one Of the first
noteworthy acts Of new Japan in making
demands upon countries outside Of Asia, and
backing them up with a show ofnaval force.
The effect Of the unexpected diplomatic
news from Washington, announcing that
Hawaii, by agreement, was to become part
~ NS SAao0N othtcn, uuhys LuoIOtOT6, DO
imagined. Not. indeed, that Japan may
really think that n well.founded claims
she has against the islands will DO ig.
nored; but the character Of the pending
transaction In changed. She is dealing no
longer with a pigmy. Sternness of Ian
guage and threats Of coercion are barred,
and, while Japan may never nave sought
more than she believed herself entitled to,
yet any brilliant outcome of the dispute, or
one adding materially to Japanese prestige,
n now be looked for.
1t Is not strange that this sudden change
In the situation should have brought
out angry comments against both the
United States and Count OKUMA. Some
Japanese newspapers declare that thc
latter has been outwitted, that his policy
is cowardly, that he puts Japan in the
plight of being defled by a pitiful little
group Of islands which refuses to pay her
Just claims. But some of this bitterness
comes from English newspapers in Japan,
which would like to stir up trouble be-
tween her and us and rs to the rest, it
is unjust, and under momentary vexation.
Japan will soon learn that there is littlo
danger of her being unjustly treated, and
hoho Whatever Vi her oeihB hunlllateu.
Still, these comments from Japan and
Hawaii do certainly bring into a stronger
light the value of the treaty as a prompt
and wise stroke of diplomacy. In this
country we have been considering main
ly the intrinsic Importance of our acquir.
ing Hawaii. But at Toxic the great point
is, evidently, the political masterpiece
which suddenly relieved Hawaii from a
dilemma; and at Honolulu. too, that sense
of relief is combined with the joyful pros.
pect Of entering the American Union.
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for generations Of village philosophers, tap
room prophets Of evil, and political dema-
gogues, with whichto build up a reputation
for craftsmanship.
This cheap md spurious stuff, however,
was palmed Off on tho college professors as
a very nugget of freshly mined wisdom.
In other words, they took the green goods
of commonplace charlntanism as sound
currency and cherished them In their in
noccnt minds rs the choicest Of treasures.
All, ahl Alas and alack a day, how wicked
the world has become Virtue has departed
from public life. Political parties arc no
longer the Repositories of noble sentiments
and great principles essential to the saliva
tion Of the State, but have become mere ma.
chimes worked by bosses! The frightful
bossl How dreadful must be the condition
Of politics when that baleful being arises
In large communities, where mems wits
are sharpened by constant friction, that
counterfeit philosophy did not get into gem
eral circulation sufficiently to affect the
course of political thought. 1tpassed current
among the Mugwumps only, who, of course,
fattered themselves that they were wiser
than the rest OF the people because they
monopolizcd the possession Of the spurious
philosophy. Mugwumpery was sporadic
in the large communities, but it was ep.
ldemic in the little college communities
and among minds of the %pedagogic pro-
fessorial cast. 1t made them feel superior
to the influences Of their time. The counter
felt currency they had accepted 80 cred-
ulously they felt specially qualified and d.
vinely commissioned to "shove" among
their pupils. Hence the college community
has been the most fruitful source from
which have come defamation Of this coun-
try and ignorant denunciation Of it's stead.
lily improving political tone.
1t is time, as Mr.. SoRIBNKR says, to
choke up that corrupting fountain. The
swindled professors should be compelled to
keep their political and philosophical
green goods hidden from Wow or should he
exposed as showers Of the queer" from
whose society ingenious youth should be
resolutely kept by all porents. Let the
shoemaker stick to his last. IL In not the
business of a college to disseminate sham
political philosophy.
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If a dos, is indiscreet enough to show that

II q dog is indiscreet enough to show that
no feels tho heat, no renders himself liable to
suspicion Of insanity and will DO shot by Judi.
cious policemen and other superior thinkers.
The statistics show that hot weather 10 not tho
time for the highest development Of canine in
sanity, but 1t is mono the less important that the
superiority OF man to brute should be maintained
through all the excuses Of the Thermometer.
The dog days are so called because the two
legged Sir ISAAC NEwToNs are always
scared to death during them by the sight
Of n dog who sticks his tongue out and
manifests other alarming symptoms. When.
ever a dog 10 thoughtless enough to DO affected
by the heat, his doom is sealed and his license
is cancelled. Do not kill him at once, but get q
policeman to shoot at everybody in the neigh
borhood. A good dog Is sensitive. and rather
than see his master murdered will cheerfully
commit suicide. Because a dog is not mad is
the weakest Of evidence that he may not be
somo day. Have him killed IL he belongs to
somebody else. The supremacy Of tho ruling
race must be preserved. Yot what massacrcs
would DO made IL the dogs should take it into
their now friendly heads to destroy the men
who are mad. summer and winterl What would
become OF the Populists II the dogs should do
them ~justicei How many frothing- mouthed
Popocrats and octopus.harpooners would be
freed 1t is fortunate for these wild men that
the dogs have little sense Of humor.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE srS-Sir: All honor to Ed.
mund Burke. but not too much. Not by centuries
was he tho pioneer in denouncing the slave trade. IL
is suspected that aftcrw ard Queen Elizabeth shared In
Its pronts. but at tho outset she condemned Il IA her
subjects. out OF tho sentiment thus grounded within
her realm sprang Georgia as . free colony when Burke
was in his cradle. Before he ever saw Parlia'
meut virginia had almost grown dishenr'ened
in antRgoniEing the slave trade. II was the
disdainful treatment the Crown had accorded
the Old Don inion on that point which made
herself and Maryland so prompt In siding with
Massachusetts W hen Boston was closed as a port or
entry. Few NJ. P.s besides Burke went against the
Port bill, Well as he meant us. enough voting with
him would have heen our ruin. so glad were We all
TO stand pat" on a conditional repeal OF tho Stamp
act that there would have been no evolutionary War
but for England's putting the screws" 10 Boston
over soused tea.
Byron defined fame as wrong spelling Of names in
newspapers. Philadelphia took the initiative o. TO
tea. and 1t WAS simpiy her seven resolutions that tho
Boston meeting adopted. Charleston let II lie and rot.
Philadelphia put the ships about, Annapolis and this
city mixed Il with the sea, aud yet In the text books
Boston has all the glory. II Is sometimes hard to bring
the Others to tho front. DoBHAsH.
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That trusty ancient of the Anarchists,

That trusty ancient Of the Anarchists,
Col. BUGABoo GAUZE Of the Indianapolis Sen
tfnel, remarks with even more than his wonted
pride that there are about 500 900 mon on
strike. and about the same number of tramps
roaming over the country. and yet the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury can sec the agent OF
prosperity in the dim distance without spec
tacles." Col. BUGABoo GAUzE is n little loose
In his statistics. for he is a poet and
an inventor and n producer OF economic
blood-and- thunder romances. but suppose
there arc 500. 900 men on strike. Suppose
there are 100000 monopolists conspiring and
combining to put up tho price Of labor. Unless
they arc idiots, they are Conspiring and combin-
Ing because they think that their employers are
prosperous enough to be able to afford to in
crease wages. AS for the tramps, each Of those
gentlemen Of leisure may say OF himself.
as the aristocrat from Beacon Hill says In
the poem, Il never worked and I never will"
Still. prosperity does have its effect, even on
tramps. Undoubtedly there arc moro Of them
In good times than in bad. In very had times
the gentlemen who are inexperienced In tho
tramp line may be forced into doing labor OF
some kind. They lose caste thereby and accu-
mulate remorse, and return with saddened souls
to their profession as beer. eaters. 1t Is consul.
Ing to remembe that wherever they go and
however hard thoy arc able to LOAF, the great
heart OF Col. BUGABoo GAuZE COOS with them.
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The Epidemic in Colleges.

The letter which we published last week
from Mr.. f. A. SCRIBNER of New Jersey,
an alumnus of Bowdoin College Of twenty
years standing, refers to a n~oxious growth,
cultivated in our colleges of recent years as
If it were a plant fruitful of the most
nourishing food for American youth.
Since the time when Mr.. SCRIBNER was
graduated from Bowdoin College that then
virilc, scholarly, and well-mcllowed Ameri-
can school Of learning has been invaded
by certain degencrating influences which
have been injurious to our colleges gen.
orally. 1t Is not so much that the stu
dents have been affected by them, for gem
orally they are not c%ongenial to youth and
its hopefulness but they nave come az n
novelty to the professors in many college
communities, as a new revelation, to which
they have given the credence such cloistered
souls are inclined to bestow on the teach.
ings of a charlatanism which assumes to be
familiar with the ways and affairs of the
outside world of activity, from which they
themselves are separated.
These doctrines gained the more currency
in such communities because they assumed
to be the lessons taught by superior intelli.
gence and moral elevation, as the result OF
observations of American society and poll.
tics, sunk to a depth far down below. The
college professor himself is accustomed to
that attitude. for 1t Is similar to that OF
the p~edagoguc to his pupil. He is accus,
m to being regarded ms a being OF SUI.
perior intelligence, and contemplation OF
ignorance and shortcominS and association
with them are incidental to his profession.
Hence when a pretender to social and in,
te~llcctual superiority came along describing
all American life outside of the colleges as
low and sordid, the college professor be,
came an opcn-mouthed pupil of the charla,
tan. at Is the same raw and unripe thing
which | see here about me-" said the I'm
worldly professor, land rOttenness must
naturally come to it II it is left without the
ripening and preventative influence of sucl
teachings as mine"
Moreover, pessimism is more appctizinl
to the run of intellects and more readil,
diRcsted by them than sound and true ant
substantial philosophy. It's production Il
also cheap, and the ingredients necessary
to its compromising are easily obtained
The grooming over the ~decadencc of societ,
has been continuous during the whole
progress OF mankind. Apparent evils Away.
abound. You do not have to dig to fnt
them. A blind man can feel them. A foo
can recognize them. Hence lamentatloni
over the wickedness of the world, assertions
that the former times were better thar
these, and moaning over the low state O
| things generally have furnished mAteria
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The Coming Star.

As the sea gull flies. II he flies straight,
Hawaii is about two thousand miles from
the nearest headland of American territory.
But the distance of the islands from the
American heart Is not measured In miles.
Hawaii lies nearer to us now than ever be-
fore; and the prospect of immediate annex
alton is contemplated by tho American peo-
pie at the present moment with profound
satisfaction and hearty acquiescence.
Here and there, now and then, a feeble
voice pitched in the Mugwump falsetto
pipes out the assertion that Americans gen.
orally have lost interest in the impending
union Of the little republic with the great;
that there is no sue enthusiasm for the
acquisition Of these incomparnbly valuable
islands of the Pacific as existed at the time
when Mr.. CLEVELAND withdrew from the
Senate the former treaty Of annexation ne
gotiated by Gen. HARRIsoN's patriotic Ad-
ministration; and that the minds Of our
people meanwhile have been educated by
the teachings and preachings of Cleveland
ism to sober second thoughts concerning the
impolicy of any extension of our boundaries,
in that direction or elsewhere.
These protests are insignificant, aud these
representations VI PuoiiS oh puo
Hawaiian question are false. They are
nothing more than the dying echoes of that
f~actious opposition to manifest destiny
which was inspired four years ago by an
idolatrous determination to support Mr..
CLEVELAND personally in the gravest mis-
deed of his career. The evil which he did
when he ordered down the American flag
at Honolulu. and when he exhausted the
resources Of his official power in a wicked
attempt to restore monarchy in Hawaii,
lives after him but not to an extent suffi-
cient to interfere now in the slightest de-
gree with the orderly progress of events
as they proceed to realize the hopes and
fixed purpose of the American people.
There has been no change of public opin.
ion respecting the annexation of Hawaii.
1t is regarded everywhere, with the excep-
tions noted, as one of the rightful and in
evitable consequences of the downfall Of
Clevelandism and the election of Mr.. Nc.
KINLEY. The union of the little republic
with the great is on both sides recognized
as desirable, and it is by both desired. It's
| speedy completion by the proper au.
thorities is taken for granted. For this
reason there is no widespread excite.
ment over the affair. The main question
was settled. along with some other things,
when MCKINLEY and HOBART were elected
last November. The problems nat remain
are of method, and are incidental, and they
will solve themselves, or be solved readily
by prudent and patriotic craftsmanship,
ally in due season. The Hawaiian star
is coming to our flag.
A remote possessiona Why, the sea gull
which flies two thousand miles from the
California coast to reach American Hawaii
must fly further for n third thousand OF
miles. and almost for a fourth thousand, be
fore he passes the meridian of the western
most outpost of that same American flag!