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In Three States.

~HIS mornings news in the STAN
dard's Washington letter in
cludes a clear statement OF the
senatorial situation in three states
where results are In doubt. As for
Michigan. there has hitherto been little
question that Burrows would get the
joint-ballot majority. and that result.
in spite Of Pingree's antics. still seems
probable.
As for Pennsylvania. a large element
would be glad to send to the senate a
man with a record for decency and a
reputation for common honesty-and
his wish. according to all accounts. is
not likely TO be realized. The Pennsyl-
vania republicans knew. when they
elected the legislature o to meet,
what manner OF man Quay Is. Just the
same, because OF their narrow parti-
sanship, they permitted Quay to get so
many Of his kind of republicans elected
to membership in the legislature that
there now appears to be small chance
for defeating Quay. who has his candi-
dacy and. at the same time, his indict-
ment for crookedness with state funds
to look after.
The case OF Virginia Is described In
our Washington letter. II is a place
where Elkins will add money to his
other agencies for corruption. In view
OF that fact. II Elkins wants to do the
thing in style. he will send for w. \.
Clark. OF Montana. Clark can be more
shameless in IN use OF bribery money
with legislatures than any other man
in the business in his country. Already
he has thousands placed In this state
where he fancies IL will do some good;
ne has purchased a few members Of the
Montana legislature. The saving clause
is that Clark cannot buy a majority
that is already ssured. The result VIII
be that. as usual. several corrupt men
will get some OF Clark's money. and
likewise as usual. Clark himself will
get left.
In fact. II is an open secret, known
particularly well in Helena, that the
Clark senatorial brokers In that city
are themselves holding on TO the large
percentage Of the swa they are per-
suading him to put up.
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LAST LONE reN-ooLLAR NOTE.

Swift the dear. delicious dimples come and
20 when Masie smiles;
swifter still my hearts a-thumping as
she spins her gracious wiles;
But the swiftest thing l know OF In TINS
world OF feeting folk
Ia the way your money leaves you when
your last lone ten is broke.
Sadly slow Il quits your wallet, back
there comes a lot of change
Ever watch the summer lightning playing
the horizons ange?
Ever try totime the fancies OF a maiden
any one?
These are lame and halt and distanced by
the race those dollars run
Reasons why a maid was smiling. reasons
why a maiden frowned-
Mortal men these mysteries have given
up as too profound:
Bnt a deeper, darker question:: Wnere ;
the sage or saint WAC knows,
or who has the dimmest notion where 'he
'foresaid money goes?
I bet Masie that she daren't-wen' I'm
happy hat 1 lost;
Vet won-none of your business. none OF
mine TO count the cost:
she shall have the gloves this evening.
though 1 go through flame ana
smoke
AAhow. III see those dimples-thoush-
my-last-ten's-broke.
Philadelphia Record.
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Personal Mention.

Ex-Congressman Harry Libby of Nor
folk. Va. has just given his fourteenth
annual luncheon of oysters and accessor-
les to the press gallery. of the house of
representatives.
phia hospital the other day, was the old
est exponent of black face minstrelsy.
having been born In 1877. He was one of
the greatest natural wits in the world.
-
Sir Alexander Gollan, who has resign
ed his place as British consul general at
Havana and will not return to Cuba, has.
been honored will the order of X. c. NJ.
@. by the queen to show her approval of
his conduct of the affairs OF his office in
Havana and as an answer to the attacks
made upon him by certain American and
English ape
DIR. Conan Doyle. the author. is going
to give a Christmas eve entertainment at
his home i'm Hindhead. at which guests
will wear costumes representing the char
acters in the Doctors stories. The enter
tainment will consists chiefly of music
and dancing. and the foremost artists,
critics and musicians of London and
Edinburgh nave been invited.
$50
Though he has just passed his ninety
fifth birthday. Sidney Cooper. the Eng
lish artist, is still able to paint with ia
cility all his faculties except that OF
| hearing being as yet unimpaired. He does
not. however. equal the record OF Count
waldeck. the French painter, who died IN
1875 at the age of 109. The count had
two pictures in the French salon when
he was over 103.
Car Nicholas II. has the reputation OF
-. aGIz..N - aaxvarafuna mar
| ticularly I'm regard to tips, and II is stat
| ed that when on a visit his smallest
.pourboire' to the domestics Is never
less than q francs, even to servants VINO
have rendered him but the slightest SER
vice. while TO the coachmen and servants
I'm attendance upon his royal person the
tip often exceeds 200 francs. The German
kaiser Is Just the opposite OF this.
s
Needing a haircut while he was in
Paris. Senator Frye OF Maine carefully
Looked up his book of conversations
French and on entering the barber shop
told the barber what was wanted In the
best Partisan idiom he could command.
, The Frenchman bowed, but evidently die
Aot understand. Senator Frye made an
other vain attempt. whereupon the bar
her said I'm excellent English: Il beg
pardon. but l do not understand Dutch
DO you speak English"
The Rome correspondent OF the British
Medical Journal says: Notwithstanding
the somewhat alarming rumors which ap'
peared some time ago as to the health oi
Leo Kill. I am able TO state. on the au-
thority of Professor Lapponi. the pope''
physician, that he enjoys excellent healtf
al the present time. Professor Lappon
has told me that the only foundation FOL
the rumors was a slight gastro-enteri
catarrh from which the pope suffered OF
two occasions during the heat OF the sum
mer months"
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lis located In sight OF the monument
erected TO Custer n his brave followers
There are about 2l0o Indians on the res
ervauon. The Crows are sthl Blanket
Indians. but they come nearer being sen
supporting than any other of the western
tribes. lacy raised 6O.00 bushels OF
grain his year. md they have ~VD head
OF horses. They also have a great many
cattle. from which they get their own
beef supply. An Indian doesn't love 10
work. and consequently Il requires a lot
Of persistent urging to keep them engaged
In labor. For instance. they Will want 10
give a dance. which Is a big function
the Crows. but ! tel them that
they can't have the dance until "A certain
amount OF farm work has been done.
Then they go on and are as industrious a
lot or beings as exist till that particular
job has been finished. The problem OF the
young generation of Indians is a nara
one. Those of them who come East ana
acquire a higher education than tneir
fellows. after returning TO the reserva-
ton find little or no use for the learning
they have acquired. There Is nothing Tor
them to do but drift back into the old
camp life. which. of course, brings about
refrigeration. The best plan doubtless Is
to give them the rudiments Of an English
education in the places where they are
born and brought up. and make no EFFORT
to follow that with advanced instruction
In Eastern chools II they were going to
live In the East IL would be a inherent
matter. but nobody who understands the
subject will contend that the Indian can
find a congenial atmosphere in this sec
ton of the United States. Racial preJu-
dice Is something that cannot be argued
away. and the Indian in white commune
ties Is sure to be at a disadvantage"
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by them from the federal government.
Some states pay their volunteers enough
TO bring the total up to SIS a month
Unfortunately the condition of the state
treasury is not such as to warrant hold
ing out any such hope to the Montana
volunteers. Indeed. with a deficit star
ing the state I'm the face. II II not pos
sible to add a dollar to their pay. But
the volunteers have served their coun-
try faithfully and well. they have been
a credit to Montana. n there is no dis
position anywhere to treat them In a
niggardly spirit.
Some good ideas for a new National
Guard bill may possibly be borrowed
from New York's new law. The legis-
lature OF that state remained in session
after the war with Spain broke out and
passed a bill remodeling the state militia
in important regards. Under II, Cover
nor Roosevelt's staff. with the excep-
ton of four civil appointees. has been
selected not by himself but by the
proper military authorities with sole re-
gard to the merit of the men appointed.
The inconsist ency OF appointing to mill
tary distinction in a state men who
have never had any military experience
and who at the time of their appoint
ment from civil life know neither how
10 buckle their swords nor to repeat the
manual OF arms. is apparent. Governor
Rooseveit's stan will be composed of an
adjutant general with the rank Of briga
der general. one military secretary
with a rank not above that of colonel.
and fourteen aides. of whom tour may
be appointed from civil life, with such
grade as the governor may please to
bestow. while the other ten must be
appointed from among the commission
ed officers OF the National Guard in ac-
tive service at the time. and Of a grade
below that OF colonel. Their appoint
ment acts as a commission as aide. but
they are not relieved from service With
their respective organizations except
when actually on duty with the COVER
nor The fourteen aides hold their posi-
lions az the pleasure of the governor.
and their terms expire with his.
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The Christmas Standard.

The Christmas number of the Anaconda
Standard. containing Sc pages replete with
news and interestingly compiled articles,
set on. I'm many cases. by handsome Illus
trations. appeared Sunday. One page was
devoted to historic Virginia City. IL was
one of the most interesting pages in the
issue and contained a picture OF Bill
Fairweather. the discoverer Of the gulch;
handsome illustrations of the court
house. city hall, n birdseye view OF the
town, a street scene. July 4, 1865. the
building wherein five road agents were
oEce hung by the vigilantes. The story OF
the gulch Is interestingly told by w. w.
Chiefly. As usual, when its people set
their energies on any project. the Christ
mas Standard is in the van of all similar
efforts in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pa
per.
h Anaconda Standard Christmas edi-
ton consisted of Sc pages of interesting
matter. beautifully Illustrated. II is a
credit TO Montana. The bear stories by
Chief Justice Pemberton and Associate
Justices Hunt and Pigott are one of the
special features. and hould be read by
everybody who has a vivid Imagination
Glendive Independent.
The Christmas number of the Anaconda
Standard Is the best one yet, and not only
III aldnldlNH " NV "A,AN 'hNf
proud of II. Its Sc pages are made up, not
of plate or syndicate matter. but matter
specially prepared for IL alone. No other
town in the world the size OF Anaconda
can show a newspaper to compare with
the Standard in either its special or regu-
lar issues.-Kalispell Inter Lake.
The Christmas number OF the Anaconda
Standard is an exhibition of the highest
degree of perfection to which any news
paper I'm Montana has ever reached. To
speak of the special features of this mag
nifcent edition % a good paper would nj
columns of space, and then the reader
would be compelled to see the STANDARD
before its merits could be properly appre-
ciated.-Flathead Herald-Journal.
The Christmas number of the Anaconda
STANDARD is. as usual. without a competi'
tor i'm its field, and was a little larger ano
better than ever this year.-Garnet Min
ing News.
And now comes the Anaconda Standarc
with a Christmas number Of IS pages al
interesting "reminiscences. holiday storie;
and mining matters. We are glad to ge'
a copy of IL and expect to put in a par
of next Sunday I'm its perusal.-Big Hoi'
Breezes.
Judge Brantly has given his decision oil
the three bear stories In the Christian
Standard. holding that Justice Pigott Il
the guiltiest Of the three culprits. Judg'
Brantly's decision is also frst-class read
ing.-The Muscular.
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Butjer's Pension scheme.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Senator Butler has introduced n as
cordant note I'm the chorus OF mutual
rood will between the people of the North
and South hat has been one OF the most
benefcent results OF the recent war. HIS
proposition to pension eN-confederate
soldiers will jar upon the cordial feeling
that anImates the people OF both sec
lions. The men who sought to destroy
the union have no claim on the gratitude
OF the country. which is the reason Tor
giving pensions. and cannot possibly be
granted government rewards for the part
they took I'm the secession.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-27
The Montana National Guard.

IN the approaching session Of the leg
islative assembly the house and SEN
ate committees on military affairs
will have much more important bust
ness on their hands la ever fell To the
lot Of such committees since Montana
became a state. In the sessions OF 1888
and 1897 the populist members were
disposed to abolish the National Guard
entirely. The populistic argument was
advanced that II Is a needless expense
and that a state is better on without
any National Guard anyway. Had the
~populists beer In control at either OF
these sessions. Montana would have
been left without state militia OF any
kind. and there would nave been no
nucleus around which to organize the
Montana regiment for the war with
spain. At the session OF 1897 Senators
Riddell and Hoffman. in the interests
OF economy. spent some time In the
preparation Of a bill which curtailed the
expense OF the National Guar and left
| only enough OF the essential features Of
its organisation to continue its exist
ence. This bill. nobody having a thought
OF a foreign war. passed both houses
and received the approval Of the COVER
nor. the only objection to IL coming
from the radical ~populis;s who wished
TO do away with the National Guard
once for all.
The Montana volunteers In all prob
ability will be home in the spring. They
will be glad enough TO be mustered out
there is no doubt about that. Some
OF them, by all accounts. have had
enough OF military life. and, In fact.
have so soured towards II that they will
not look with favor upon any PROPOSE
ton looking towards a continuance OF
their individual companies as state
militia. Nor would there be good roa'
son To organize a National Guard 20
large as the companies now composing
the Montana regiment would create
But Montana win have a military es
adjustment OF some kind. and man,
OF the volunteers will take pleasure IL
going into IL and conducting H.
Particularly IL the expansion policy 4
carried out. with its attendant posi-
bilities OF foreign complications.
strong National Guard In all the state
is to be desired. Various schemes has'
been advanced for the organization o
the guaru throughout the country on
uniform basis. All these matters ar
coming up before the legislative assem-
bly,. together possibly with a suggestion
that the state give the volunteers re
Enumeration additional TO that receive'
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Current Comment.
Proposed shipping Bounty.

From the Kansas City Star.
At a time when foreign nations are or
dering ships built in the United States be-
cause M can get better and cheaper
vessels here than anywhere else; at a time
when American shipyards everywhere are
crowded with work and the American
sailor has established a reputation for SUI
perior seamanship and devotion TO duty
a time when money is more plentltul mere
than else in the world and Is
seeking Investment in , per cent. securi-
ties. the republican party proposes TO re-
yiye the antiquated system OF bounties
TO encourage American shipping. II pro-
poses TO apply the worst conscionable
and most palpably unfair feature OF the
protective system TO the ocean carrying
business.
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spoil. system In the Colonies.
n The PhuadelnhIa Record.

from INC FHIIdutIpHId fttCOfu.
President Mckinley has been n much
more stsnch civil service reformer I'm form
than In fact. SubseTvience on the part OF
the executive To the will of party bosses
might lead to most deplorable conse-
auences II Il should result In sending TO
the West and East Indies such political
harples as too often attain to places OF re-
s~ponslbility ana emolument In the United
States. This II precisely the kind OF ex-
ploitation which has lost to Spain every
vestige OF her vast colonial empire.
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to make human life secure in Butte-'n

TO make human life secure in Butte-on
the contrary.
So that the question that seriously
presents itself in Butte is this: how Ions
will things run on in their present most
unsatisfactory way before the people
take n hand and. by making a tele-
graph-pole object lesson OF a guilty one
or two accomplish that for the public
safety in Butte which miscarriages in
court have thus far failed TO accom-
plishg The Standard is not advocating
lynch law-not very earnestly at least;
but the fact remains that processes at
Law do not lessen the number OF hold
d or make any mans life secure.
The citizens can do that for them
selves which m local legal establish
ment has wretchedly failed to do. We
say they can do this: perhaps they'll
have to: possibly they ought to. II n
OF these days the citizens do that which
their judiciary most u~njustly fails to
do for them. these citizens will have
commendation-certainly not criticism
at least in the part OF the local press
that 4, represented in the Standards
pages,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-27
~HE California press is rejoicing

~HE California press IL rejoicing
over the report that James j.
Hill has secured control Of the
Pacific Coast Steamship company. The
report has not been verified. but the
Californians are hoping and praying
that II will be. At present there is no
competition along the coast between
the land and water carriers. The Pa
cihc Coast Steamship company and the
railroad companies are on terms Of
close Intimacy. Mr.. Huntington Is
said 10 be In complete control Of the
situation. OF couse. II Mr.. Hill goes to
California with a steamship or a rail
road line he II not going for his health.
He would make California a feeder for
the Great Northern. but 20 do that he
would necessarily precipitate competi-
ton with the Southern Pacific. Seattle
and the Northern trans-continental
lines" says the Los Angeles Express.
have been represented as a bugaboo
rival to the California coast cities and
the lower transcontinental route. but
the people. In their present situation.
are not likely 10 feel alarmed. The
competition Of James J. Hill will b.
substantial something 10 be felt and
remembered: and II does not just now
appear probable that he would enter
California on a non-competitive basis"
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Not "a Patriot.

From the st. Louis Dispatch.
~ Don Carlos were more OF a patriot
than n Carlist he could now give a SPLEEN
did manifestation Of his patriotism by re-
framing from inaugurating n struggle
that means almost Inevitably the ruin OF
his country. But such high generosity Is
not to he expected Of "A man cold. venge-
full and ambitious 20 a degree. The near
future OF the luckiess country H. dark
indeed. IL holds out but a threat OF ire
trieyable national disaster brought about
by her own sons
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Hanna on ~subsidIes.

From the Columbus Press-Post.
Mr.. Hanna has unioaded his beautiful
subsidy scheme on the senate ana hereat-
ter will wish to be regarded as the father
OF American shipping. as well as the par
ent OF the whole subsidy business in both
politics and statesmanship. Mr.. Hanna
went into the subsidy business early In
his political career. bringing IL to its
highest state OF development during the
session Of the late Ohio legislature. IL has
served his purposes so well that II Is per-
haps quite natural for him to extend II
indennifelN
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The Flag Argument.

From the P%ittsburg Post.
This flag argument f. the shaobiest of
claptrap. The United States gained In
honor and prestige when II pulled down
its flag in the City of Mexico and n dozen
other places in that republic and marched
away. III so minded we could have kept
our flag there. just as we can keep IL In
the Philippines. But the same reasons APP
ply as did to Mexico. Our highest interests
W.. be conserved by avoiding the calam-
ity of an imperial colonial policy.
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possibility Of being buried
alixa ,s AGAIN giving somep eoole

possibility OF being buried
alive is again giving some people
the shivers. Two cases a re-
Gently been reported of persons who
were supposed to be dead reviving just
before burial. John Clark. an inmate
of the Soldiers hon at Dodge City.
Kan. who was pronounced dead by a
physician. kicked the lid of his coffin
the night before the day set for his
burial and appeared among his com
rades in his grave clothes. In Chicago
an undertaken refused to prepare the
body OF Mrs. j. L. Thomas for burial.
declaring she was not dead. although
she had been SC pronounced by two ply
sicians. N body was laid in a tenn
porary vault AND watched: subsequent
" the revived and was brought
home. Several similar cases have come
to light within recent months. At a
meeting of medical men in New York
the other day the subject was discussed
and the charge made that undertakers
not infrequcntly kill persons supposed
TO be lead in emblaming OF otherwise
preparing bodies for burial. But the
blame. of course. attaches not to the
undertaken. but to the physician who
has pronounced life extinct. And it Is
infinitely preferable TO be killed by an
undertaken than to wake up in ones
coffin with five feet Of earth on top.
There seems to be only one infallible
test OF death-decomposition.
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Black Outlook for Quay.

From the Washington Times.
II looks as though Senator Quay is a
rascal who is unfit to sit In the highest
legislative body in the land. Why any re-
publican senator. in the face of the doc
uments in the case, should declare Quay's
innocence and predict his acquittal Is a
puzzle. AS far as any knowledge they
have warrants an opinion. 1t Is exactly
the reverse. IL is a frightful scandal for
the republicans. but they only make IL
worse by their course.
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IN general. the Southern pres. resen,s

IN general. the Southern press resents
Senator Buffers proposal to open
the pension rolls 20 the confederate
veterans and their families. II has been
the proud boast OF the confederates
hat they have rebuilt their homes and
their fortunes. aid waste by the civil
a without receiving any financial
aid from the government. They asked
no avors from the North and they re-
ceived none. Some - $50 manned and
helpless have been the recipients Of
state charity. but the great mass Of
the men who wore the gray have de-
pended entirely on their own exertions
I'm life and now that they have sue
ceeded. they spurn such "A proposal as
enator Buffers. For thirty years
and more says the Houston Post. the
ex-confederates have 1--we without be-
coming pensioners. or even desiring or
dreaming OF becoming such. and II Is
hardly possible at this late day that
they would so surrender their man
hood and self-respect as To attempt 20
feed o h national treasury as II
they were a lot Of hungry mendicants.'