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Bribery and the Senate.

n CORRESPONDENT of the New
York Journal proposes a plan
by which he thinks bribery can
be effectually stopped. 1t is an open
secret that many of our lawmakers
have secured their positions through
the use of money. He suggests that the
law punish only the giver of the bride
Let the receiver of the bride be exempt
provided he voluntarily expose the
giver. Should, however, the detection
be other than voluntary, then the bride
taker should receive the same punish
ment as the briber. The correspondent
suggests that the punishment be five
years Imprisonment, disfranchisement
for life and disqualification for office
1t might be that the plan offered in
the Journal would have a beneficial ef-
feet, but the plan was not altogether
successful in the Montana legislature
Some gentlemen of unquestioned char
there was manifested among the men,
bers of the legislature a sentiment that
the criminal is not the man who gives
bride nor the man who takes a bride
but the one who exposes bribery. That
sentiment, it is true, does not hold
among people generally but there is
bound to be such a sentiment in a legis-
lature composed of men a large number
of whom want to be bribed and are
anxious for it, and who secured their
nominations and elections for no other
purpose
If seats in the senate must be sold,
why would it not be proper to auction
them off to the highest bidder, letting
the state have the proceeds instead of
individual members of the legislature?
The legislators are elected as servants
of the state and are paid salaries for
their services. If the state has a valu-
able office within its gift it should re-
ceive the value for it rather than the
servants. 1t should be required by law
that the legislature elect the candidate
who makes the highest bid, the entire
sum. however. to so to the state and
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After the Ratification,

slIH the ratification by the
w United States senate yester-
day of the FACE treaty new
ana grave responsibilities face This
-sfaVer responsibilities than
perhaps have confronted if since tba
outbreak of the civil war, This cou,,
Try mas undertaken a most serious
business, the outcome of which M ono
can foretell. But the deed is done tho
policy has been adopted and while the
future may show that a terrible oir-
take mas been made, while the cost in
coming years may amount to thou-
sands of precious lives and millions of
treasure, yet it is now the duty of
patriotic people to lay aside discussion
ana, as in the Spanish war, join hands
TO see the nation through When
American blood has been spilled the
time for discussion is past and the first
duty of this government and of the
American people is TO see that the SOL
d1er boys on the other side of the globe
are amply supported.
First of all it may be doubted if the
number of troops provided for in the
army bill is large enough after all. The
number, fifty thousand. would be
amply large but for the fact that it
had been decided to conquer and hold
in subsection Asiatic islands which
nave population Of ten million in
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY Z, 1899.
TWELVE PAGES.
Give 1t to the Soldiers.

l1HAT thirty thousand dollars
which was turned into the state
treasury and which three men
nave sworn was given them to vote for
'" A Clark for United States senator
is still unclaimed and undisposed of.
MI. Clark and his campaign assistants
insist still that the money is not theirs
and intimate that it may be Daly's. Mr..
DAILY declares the money isn't his and
never was. So far the only claimant for
the money is the editor of the Bozeman
Chronicle. who declares outright that
the money is his and he wants it back.
No one, however, is supporting the edi-
tors claim.
The remaining thing to do is to dis
pose of the money where it will do the
most good to those who most deserve it
1t has been variously proposed to start
an orphan asylum with it, to divide 1t
among the various state educational in
situations, etc.
Why not send the money to the Phil
ippines to be used for the benefit and
the comfort Of the Montana regiment
or volunteers? AS a matter of fact.
Montana has been a little neglectful
lately of her soldier boys. She gave
chem great send-off at the start, but
| after the war closed lost interest in
! them to some extent. Very few Christ
/, mas boxes were sent to the Philippines
dor the Montana soldiers. while other
! states were much more mindful of their
sons at the front.
The pay of the soldiers is a miserable
: pittance. 1t is hard thing for a man
! to have to go to the other side of the
globe to be shot at by half-civilized
barbarians for SIS or SIS per month.
Inc legislatures OF several states have
voted extra pay to the volunte GERS of
their respective states No such pro-
posal has been made in the Montana
Legislature
The 100000 would greatly advance the
comfort of the Montana regiment if
properly expended. If divided among
them each would receive only $50 which
Is not much per man, although more
than some of the state legislatures have
appropriated for their volunteers IF
might be better to place the money in
proper hands to be expended judiciously
for the care of the Montana wounded
and sick, for the decent and honorable
burial of the Montana dead and for
THE purchase of luxuries which SHAH
enhance the general comfort of the
Montana regiment.
IL Is bad money; let it be put to a
good purpose. Give it to the soldiers,
send it as far away from Montana as
possible.
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The American Seaman Practically a
Slave.

AAASAAS"A IIdCtkCdLy
Slave.
BY Walter Macarthur in the February
Forum
The personal treatment accorded the
seaman by American ships officers is the
most oppressive, because the most. acute,
feature of his life. Extreme brutality is
the rule, almost without exception. 1t is
a standing charge against our maritime
law that 1t requfresxno qualification other
than that of citizenship on the part of
sailing ship officers.n In this respect the
United States stands alone among mari
time nations of any consequence. The
result is that the men in authority on
board American ships are chosen for their
ability to drive" Lee, to beat, the men
under them, rather than for their ability
as seamen and navigators. The reputa-
ton thus attained finds it's sequence in
an esprit de corps leading to the commits
sion of the most wanton brutalities con-
ceivable by minds trained to ingenious
methods of inflicting torture upon their
subordinates, and undeterred by the fear
of consequences, social or legal.
The frequent recurrence of scamens
charges against ships officers, and the
monotonous regularity with which these
charges are dismissed by the courts, has
created a feeling of Indifference, and
even skeptcsm, on the part of the pub
lie. The charges made by the seamen
appear incredible when judged by the
standard of conduct prevailing on land
But it must be remembered that the
standard prevailing at sea is one of prac-
teal slavery, in which a Legree is an ac-
tual personification.
An investigation shows that during the
past II years more than 100 ships crews
have brought charges against their Off
GERS in ports of the United States alone.
This list includes only those cases that
have come most prominently before the
public. Characteristic features of this
record are: Fifteen deaths resulted from
suited in the loss of limbs, eyes or teeth,
and in other injuries of a permanent
character, including insanity; several SUI
icides are attributed to persecution; only
seven convictions were obtained, and,
with one exception. the penalties inflicted
were merely nominal; the name of certain
ships and their officers recur frequently in
the list.
At the present moment an American
boy named Amos Stone, native of Bos-
ton. and the son of respectable parents,
is an inmate of a lunatic asylum at Sc
attic, WASH. as the result of treatment
received at the hands of the officers of
an American ship. Another American
boy. Ephraim w. Clark. has been con-
fined in Thomaston, Me-. penitentiary for
more than 20 years for mutiny under cir
cumstances of the most extreme provo
cation. Such cases contain a sufficient
explanation of the native Americans
aversion to the sea
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MONTANA WAS IN THE FRAY
Continued from Page Four.)

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not had the canvas laced to them vet
The Sheridan finished coaling last night
and also received q good part of her
ballast. The latter was transferred to
her from barges. 1t is said that the
date for sailing is Feb. IA The troop
ship will carry the 18th infantry, which
is now at Jefferson barracks, st. Louis.
and the third battalion Of the 18th in
fantry. at Columbus, Ohio. The arrival
of the third battalion in Manila will re-
unite the regiment and bring it up to its
full strength. The 18th regiment is ex-
pected here on Feb. 8. Quartermaster
M. L. Hersey and Quartermaster Ser
geant c. L. Lindsay have arrived to
arrange for the reception of the regi-
ment on the Sheridan. The transport
OLDHAM, which came up from West In
dian waters few days ago, will return
on Wednesday. She will touch at San
Juan and Santiago, and her passenger
list has been filled for some time.
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The Next Census.

TT is expected that the bill providing
for the census of 1900 will be brought
up before the house for final pas
sage this week. 1t is provided in this
bill that the information collated must
be published within two years of the
time of taking the census. Much of the
information gathered in the census of
1890 was not published until eight years
thereafter when it had lost it's practical
value. In order that it may be possible
to collate all the statistics in two years,
the bill provides that the questions ask
ed by enumerators shall be simpler in
form and less in number than was the
case in the census of 1890. Much of the
industrial data heretofore compiled is
quite useless, or at least was of no
value by the time it got into print
Montana will take great interest in
the taking of this census, for if prop
erly taken in this state it will move
Montana up a good many notches. In
states and in cities where growth is
slow or has been attained, the census
may be looked on with comparative in
difference. But new states and grow
ing cities are sensitive On the question
of their relative size and population
and do not like to find themselves rated
in 1899 on the basis of what they were
in 1890 1t is not pleasant for Mon
tana people to find in this years alma
macs the population of the state placed
at 1S2,159, which was the number as
signed it by the census of 1890 1t is not
pleasant for a resident of Butte, the
population of which certainly exceeds
$4,000, to find the population placed at
1923. Anaconda prides itself on hav-
ing population of some $4,000, where
as it is credited by the census of 1890
with much less than 5000. Great Falls,
too, is credited With much less than
half it's actual population.
In some parts of Montana, and par
ticularly, in Butte, the census in 1880
was taken with such lack of thorough
ness as to be unjust and worthless It
is to be hoped that the enumerators
selected for this census in Montana will
do their work so Systematically and SO
carefully that there will be no cause
for complaint.
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A Way They Have in Spain.

~ HERE is one lesson of the war
which the Spaniards do not
seem to have learned yet-they
have not gotten over this idea that ev-
cry time they hear shot fired the
Americans are whipped.
1t was so when Dewey gained
his world-famous victory in the harbor
of Manila. The reports went to Mad
rid that Dewey was. whipped and had
retreated and great was the rejoicing.
All Madrid went wild while Dewey and
his men ate breakfast before finishing
up their job. For several days Madrid
refused to believe that the entire Span
ish fleet at Cavite had been annihilated
with no damage whatever to the Amer
leans.
1t was so at Santiago. All Madrid
celebrated the reported escape of the
bottled up Spanish ships in the harbor
and the reported defeat of the Ameri-
can blockading fleet 1t was a cruel
awakening when the truth was learned
that the prides of their navy We're all
sunk or burned, with no damage to the
Americans.
And now it is so again. Madrid re-
joiced yesterday once more on receipt
of the telegram from General Rios, the
Spanish commander in the Philippines
in which he says: 1.-The insurgents
have violently attacked and captured
almost the whole of the exterior Amer
lean line
Some day Spain's pipe will go out
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ktPLlNG'S NEW POEM.

Take up the White Mans burden
Send forth the best ye breed
Go. bind your sons to exile
To serve your captive's need.
To wait in heavy harness.
On fluttered folk and wild .
Your new caught sulen peoples,
Half devil and half child.
Take up the White Mans burden
The savage wars of peace
FIJI full the mouth of famine,
And bid the sickness cease;
The ports We shall not enter,
The roads We shall not tread,
Go. make them with your living
And mark them with your dead.
BY all We will or whisper,
BY all We leave or do
The silent. sullen peoples
Shall weigh your God and you.
-Rudyard Kipling in February M
Clure's.
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venerated the Wrong Document.

After long years of veneration Con-
necticut people are now forced to &C
knowledge that the English charter of
the colony preserved in the state secre-
tarys office in the capitol is not the
original document, but a duplicate, the
ing in the possession of the Connecticut
Historical society. Until now the lat
ter was supposed to be the duplicate
The facts came out through an investi-
cation conducted by Rev. DR.. W. d.
Love of Hartford,
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Pay the Cubans.

From the Duluth Herald.
The Cubans want the Cuban revenues to
pay the Cuban soldiers. The revenues are
at present in the hands of the United
States and it is but natural that they
should ask us to advance the money to
pay off the troops. II the sources of rev.
enue were in their own hands they could
borrow the money themselves. AS it is
they cannot. There Is nothing unfair
about the proposition that they should be
paid; in fact, it is nothing more than jus
tice. But the disbursement should be
made by American paymasters.
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Louise Beaudet in "Mlle. Fiji"
an Dale in New York Journal.

Alan Dale in New York Journal
Miss Louise Beaudet as a sort of star
and garter lady, played Mile. Fiji remark
ably we'll. Little Beaudet never fails. She
throws herself heart and soul into every
thing, and she Is conscientiousness per-
sonifed. 1t wasn't a pleasant part to
play. | am sure she couldn't have en-
ioyed lolling upon that sofa and allowing
the curtain to rise upon her garters Miss
Beaudet talked a kiss song and made vio-
lent love to Aubrey Boucicault-which
must have required all the arts of acting,
l should say-and then she vanished
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Current Comment.
Carriers Case.

From the Boston Herald.
Captain Carter of the army engineers
was tried six months ago and there is
every reason to believe found guilty OF
the dishonest management of the public
works in his charge. The evidence made
no other verdict possible He had fair,
full trial, and now it is announced, with
a great flourish of trumpets, that Secre-
tary Alger has offered to pay out of his
own pocket a fee of 5000 to Mr.. Ed
munds for reviewing the evidence. with a
view, presumably, to changing the YER
dict Where does the glory come in here,
and what Is the little game?
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Iowa to Go to Manila.

San Francisco, Feb. 6.-It is under
stood here that the battleship Iowa. due
to arrive here from Magdalena bay to-
morrow or wednesday, will be imme-
diately prepared for a trip to Manila.
She will stay here long enough to take
on an immense supply of ammunition
for Dewey's fleet and to await dispatches
from washington.
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Provisions for Philippines.

San francisco Feb. 6.-The United
States freight steamer Centennial will
probably sail tonight or tomorrow
with 1,SO0 tons Of supplies for the United
States forces in the Philippines. The
Centennial will carry but one passenger,
James r. Realton of the Smithsonian
institute who gees ito the Philippines
to collect data for the institution.
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The Judgment of God.

Madrid. Feb. 6.--The Impartial says
"The attack on Manila was the judg-
ment of God upon the Americans, who
after despoiling Spain, are beginning to
feel the consequences. If only the Span
ish prisoners had been released, we
should regard the matter with complete
Indifference. The insurgents number
$4,000 men, of which 1000 are armed
with Mausers, and 10000 are armed with
Remfngtons. II they continue the
struggle, the Americans will be driven
out of the Philippine islands,"
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Afraid of Talk,

From the Duluth Herald
The charge that General Miles has talk
edd too much is most vociferousiy voiced
by those republican party patriots who
fear the political effects of his talk The
contractors who furnished the army with
worthless goods are also considerably
concerned over the matter. But honest
men have no fear if Miles talks all the
time.
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James r. Fraser.
Special Dispatch to the STANDARD.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 6.-Private James
r. Fraser of Company B was among
those of the Idaho regiment killed at
Manila and not reported last night. He
was 80 years of age and was born in
Tucson, Ariz His nearest living rela-
tive is William Fraser of Minneapolis.
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Driven Rack Ten Miles.

Hong Kong, Feb. 6.--The latest ad-
vices from Manila say that the rebel
forces have been driven back 10 miles
and their losses are estimated at 1900
killed or wounded.
During the fighting the United States
warships shelled a railroad train load
ed with insurgents. Col William Smith
of the LIST Tennessee was in the thick
of the fight when attacked By apoplexy
and fell from his horse.
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Horse and Horse.

From the Detroit Tribune.
General Shafter has expressed his belief
that newspaper correspondents should not
be allowed to accompany an army, and
most of the correspondents have express
ed their belief. that General Shafter
should not be allowed to accompany an
army. either
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pewAy.s cahlerram.

Washington, Feb. 6.-Admiral Dewey
cabled the navy department to-day:
Manila, Feb. 6.-Secretary Of the Ma
Wy at Washington: Insurgents have
attacked Manila. The Boston leaves to-
day for Iloilo to relieve the Baltimore,
which will return to Manila.
Two men were wounded on board
the Monadnock, one seriously.
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As received BY til. Governo,

AS Received ny the Governor.
Special Dispatch to the Standard
Helena, Feb. 6.--The following list of
Montana wounded as received by
Governor Smith is
Corporal I. j. Hayes, Company H,
Kalispell.
John Sorehson, Company L. East
Helena. & E@~-@
William r. Meyersich, Company I,
of LeWistown.
Corporal Edward l.. Skinner Com
pany I. of Lewistown
Charles Runel, Company H, of Kali
ispell.
Private George Reynolds, Company c,
of Bozerllgn,
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Will They Tell

From the Carbon County Sentinel
The general impression seems to be
that. notwithstanding statements to the
contrary. the motives which could induce
a republican legislator to vote for dem
ocrat for senator can best be discovered
by the Intelligent paying or receiving tel
Ter of some bank.
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Tried and True.

From the Glendive Independent.
Hon. William lindsay. who represents
Dawson county, and his tried and true
colleagues, Messrs. Mckay. Worden and
Hedges. deserve the merited praise of ev-
cry man in the state of Montana who be-
lieves in party principle.
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O'Brien All Right.


From the SheTIuan Paper.
The Paper desires to commend the stand
taken by the Hon. William OBren, our
home representative, during the senatorial
contest. By his action in voting for Mar
tin Maginnis from start to finish he show
ell that he belonged to no clique or fac
ton, and that he sought neither calumny
nor nOtorietV
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Investigating Miles.

From the Deseret News
Now it is General Miles, and not the
complaints he made at the war depart
ment furnishing bad beef, that is to be
investigated. The scheme bears the APP
pearance Of a desperate effort on the part
of Secretary of War Alger to cover up
corruption and incompetency in his own
department
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"UncIe Tom Bergerac."

From the Minneapolis Journal.
What this country is anxious to see is
combination of 'Unce Tom and 'Cy-
rano de Bergerac" companies starring In
Uncle Tom Bergerac'
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Not Like George Washington.

From the st. Louis Gobe-Democrat.
When he accepted bride from Spain to
go out of business as an insurgent Aguin-
aldo placed himself on a level which de-
bars him from receiving any special con-
ssderation from the United States.
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To Influence the Vote.

Hong Kong, Feb. 6-The Filipino
junta has issued statement setting
forth the fighting at Manila was only
an outpost snirmish designed to in
fluence the vote In the United States
senate to-day on the peace treaty.
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No Occasion for Alarm.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. 6.---The fol-
lowing message was received by Gov
ernor Lind from Colonel Ames of the
18th Minnesota at Manila:
The regiment still acting as provost
guard. There is no occasion for alarm.
NO casualties. City quiet
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LOSSES VERY HEAVY.

Filipinos Lose 1000 Killed; $500
Wounded and 5000 Taken Prisoners.
Manila. Feb. 6.-Careful estimates
place the Filipino losses up to date at
1000 dead; $500 wounded, and 5000
taken prisoners.
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The Standard has branch offices at
Butte. Missoula and Great Falls, where
advertising rates will be furnished on APP
plfcaticn.
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Should Not Have Done 1t.

From the Lewistown Democrat.
1t was little short of crime for the re-
publicans of this county to even think of
nominating Charley Long for the legisla-
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New York Offices Tribune Building.
Chicago Office-469 The Rookery.
The s. c. Beckwith Special Agency,
Sole Agents Foreign Advertising.
Washington Bureau-1415 C street, N.
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ture. See what they have done by such
li-advised work-destroyed their party
and condemned Charley to henceforth be
denied the company Of honest men.
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