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Legislation in Other States.
~ HE Montana legislature

~ HE Montana legislature has
made little progress so far as
actually passing bills is con-
cerned and it is the general opinion that
the fewer bills passed the better it will
be. In other states the legislatures are
at work this winter but few have as
yet passed laws and it is probable that
1t will be the last week of the sessions
before many laws are enacted The on
ly states which have annual sessions of
the legislature are New York, New Jer-
sey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Georgia and South Carolina 1t is prob
able that New York will this year
adopt the biennial session system
The question of taxation is being CIV
en- consideration in many states. Mas
sachusetts and Illinois, particularly, are
endeavoring to reform the present I'M
satisfactory general property tax. In
Massachusetts the state tax commits
sioner has been authorized to appoint
a deputy who may visit any city or
town and inspect the work of its as
SCISSORS and require of them such action
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as will tend to secure uniformity in
assessments throughout the common
wealth. Illinois has thoroughly revised
it's very unsatisfactory system of as
sessments. Twelve states have passed
laws requiring that bicycles be carried
as baggage. Virginia, Maryland, Mas
sachusetts and Vermont have passed
laws prohibiting the use of trading
stamps.
In number of southern states educa-
tional qualifications as to suffrage have
been adopted, South Carolina being the
latest to pass such legislation. Della
ware has discarded the Australian bal
of voting. South Dakota has adopted
a constitutional amendment providing
for the initiative and referendum in
municipal and state legislation. This is
the first application of this principle in
state affairs.
In Pennsylvania the Quay jury bill
has passed the senate. The bill is un-
doubtedly intended for special applica-
tion to the Quay cases. The legislature
is asked to upset the practice of CEN
turtles for the particular benefit of
defendant who declares his innocence
of the charges for which he stands in
dicted.
In California little has been accomp-
lished owing to the warmth of the sem
atorial fight. The Morehouse bill for
the slaughter of newspaper men is an
outgrowth of the criticism which San
Francisco newspaper men have heaped
on some members of the legislature
The bill provides that if a man who has
been criticised in the press kills the
newspaper man who wrote him up it
shall not be deemed crime. The bill
has already been amended by provis-
ion allowing a closed season of 20 days,
This is kind and thoughtful, as it will
give surviving newspaper men chance
to rest up and bury their dead.
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The Election of Senators.

The San Francisco Call says: Never
before in our history has the demand
for change in the method of electing
United States senators been SO univer-
sal or SO emphatic as at this Juncture.
The scandals of the contests going on
in all parts Of the union, from Della
ware and Pennsylvania to Montana
ana Nevada, have aroused public sent
iment throughout the country, and
newspapers representing all shades Of
popular opinion unite in urging the de-
sired reform.
The New York Commercial Advertfs-
er says: "These deadlocks are pro-
ductive of corruption and scandal.
They create opportunities for use of
| improper influences which would not
otherwise exist The Chicago Times
Herald says: "We cannot mistrust the
honesty of the whole people, as we are
forced to admit the corruption Of legis-
latures. 1t is impossible to carry a
popular election by such open and no-
torious bribery as is making the SEN
atorial fights in Montana, Delaware
and California a stencil in the nostrils
of the republic"
The Philadelphia Record says: There
is always danger that legislatures may
be improperly controlled. The irrup-
ton in late years in the United States
senate Ol SO many lel LAT III purse
and lean in intellect is not result of
mere mischance. There is sinister
and forbidding reason behind it. The
st. Louis Republic says: LAS the po-
sition of United States senator shall be-
come priced for its dignity by men of
wealth, or by constituencies politicians
for the chances of trafficking in legis-
lation, the evil is bound to spread"
The Washington Star says: I'm an
election Of senators by the people the
advantage would be in bringing every
body out into the open. in having all
claims to distinction brought under the
white light of public discussion. Dark
horses would be barred, and the dan
ger of dark lantern proceedings would
be minimized.' The st. Paul Pioneer
Press says: Legislative elections of
United States senators are a prolific
source of legislative corruption. They
have done more to create factional ami
mosities in the majority party thar all
other causes combined. The SPRING
field (Mass.) Republican says: The
legislative plan of election has become
practically unavoidable and should give
way to election by the people before it
inflicts more serious damage upon fit
and orderly procedure"
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The Revenue Stamp VIII Stay.

~HE Standard has received in
quiries from a number of CORE
spondents as to how long the war
tax is to be continued and how long
revenue stamps must be licked. There
is no indication of the intention of the
administration to stop the tax, although
the war has stopped. and it is probable
that the people will have to lick rev.
enue stamps as long as Mckinley re-
mains president The expenditures of
the government are greater than ever
before since the civil war, and although
the war with Spain is over, the ex-
penses are increasing.
Among new bills which have been in
troduced in congress providing for I'M
usual expenditures may be mentioned
the subsidy bill, which is for the pur-
pose of establishing an American mer-
chant marine and which calls for
S161 100000. The new army bill calls
for $s5, 100000 a year The sum of $751;
100000 is appropriated for the new
navy. The river and harbor bill calls
for $2s,OO0,0oo. The sum of $4,000 900
has been donated to Spain as a balm
for her hurt feelings. There are public
building estimates calling for $2O,0OO,-
900. These are all in addition to the
enormous pension bill and the other
regular appropriation bills.
So the revenue stamp bids fair to
stick with us for years to come
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Personal Notes.

Senators Beveridge and Foraker were
born on neighboring farms.
Admiral Sampson has been elected an
active member of the Naval Veterans as
ISOLATION.
Congressman Joseph A Norman Of Ohio
has fondness for pink carnations and
nearly always wears one in his coat.
George w. Wilson, who has just been
appointed commissioner of internal reVe-
nue., entered that service as gauger and
worked his way up.
Governor Shaw of Iowa has Just pur-
chased 1900 acres Of land in Woodbury.
county, thus becoming one Of the largest
land owners in that state.
Mrs. BENJAMIN Harrison will accompany
her husband when the ex-president goes
abroad this spring in the interest of the
Venezuelan commission.
Bishop Potter of New York, though a
skillful horseman. prefers when in the
city to ride in a street car rather than to
drive. He is, however, a great walker.
Major General Guy V. Henry. COM
manding in Porto Rico, has a crippled
left hand, which was frozen in 1874 rid
ing through blizzard in pursuit of the
Cheyenne Indians.
Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, widow of Cen
eral Grant, is now more than 70 years old,
and having grown quite feeble, rarely
leaves her Washington home. Her sight
is rapidly failing.
Count and Countess Bondi de Castellane
have just leased for three years, with
the option of purchase. the Chateau du
Marias, belonging to the Due de Noailles.
Three million dollars will be spent in re-
storing the estate.
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Look Out for IIoilO.

TT is likely that the next news of con-
flict in which Americans will par
ticipate will come from Iloilo. The
insurgents in the vicinity of Manila
seem to be pretty well demoralized
with the whipping they have received
and it may be some time before Aguin-
aldo collects his scattered forces and
comes up for more. Meanwhile Iloilo
is to be attacked at once. Dewey has
dispatched the Baltimore to that point
to assist the Boston, Petrol and Con-
cord. These ships will cooperate with
the city.
Iloilo is the second city in size in the
Philippines, and is located at the south
ern extremity of the island of Pana
which in size is next to the island of
Luzon on which Manila is situated. The
island Of Pana is almost at the south
ern limit of the Philippine group and
the city of Iloilo is due southeast of
Manila, and about 200 miles distant.
General Miller has about 5000 soldiers
at his command off Iloilo, and about TO-
900 natives are holding the town. The
natives are poorly armed and as Cen
eral Miller will receive telling assis-
tance from the ships in the harbor
there can be no doubt of the result If
the Filipinos must be whipped, it
should be done well, thoroughly and
quickly. News from Iloilo may be ex-
pected soon.
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~THE Washington Post states that
there is no doubt that within a
few days General Nelson A.
Miles, commanding general Of the army.
will be deposed by President Mckinley
and General Wesley A. Merritt placed
at the head of the army in his stead.
SO far as known the only offense
which General Miles has committed is
in giving newspapers of New York
city interviews in which he reiterated
the charges about supply of unfit beef
having been furnished the army during
the war with Spain. This it is claimed
by the administrator supporters is
unsoldierly conduct and particularly un-
becoming the head of the army.
1t is the general sentiment of the
country that the president will commit
a serious mistake if he relieves General
Miles at this time for no other offense
than denouncing the embalmed beef
which rascally contractors palmed off
on an incompetent war department as
food for the men who were fighting the
battles of their country. General Miles
asserts that he has reports from thirty
regimental commanders all showing
that this beef had been embalmed and
was unfit for men or dogs. The proper
course for the president would seem to
be to ascertain first whether the charges
made by Miles and others are true. If
they are true then it is plain that the
beef trust people should be adequately
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OLD MAHOGANY DISEASE.
1t Begins with a Chest of Drawers ant
Makes Trouble for Families.


froIn the view iofh gun
"A friend of mine who has been too
busy with the problem of ways and
means to pay much attention to the
adornment of his house asked me yes
terday to selct for him a good piece of
colonial mahogany, as he wanted to
have one such piece in his house, and
declined to do until 1 had explained
to him the cost" said scenic artist
whose house is one of the show places
in a town near New York. Il knew
stored stuff, and that just so sure as
he placed with it good example Of old
mahogany his troubles would begin.
The mahogany would kill his oak, and
in course of time it would mean the
refurnishing of his house.
His was a case of ignorance being
bliss and I did not propose to upset his
household. l have seen the oldma-
hogany disease work its way into many
households, and in many cases the re-
suits have been disastrous, Talk about
having a mortgage on your house, why
that is nothing compared to the annoy
ance of finding that you have a lot of
modern oak furniture on your hands,
too good to throw away, when you
have once begun to collect old pieces.
1t has taken me nearly ten years to live
down collection of oak furniture
which I made in ST. Louis and which
has hung over me like the shadow of a
great sorrow, I was boarding In St
Louis and doing work on a big produce
ton, when nv wife and I decided that
we didn't like boarding and that we
would try housekeeping. had no time
to spend in looking for house SO we
took the first one that we could and
We spent lust one afternoon in furnish.
ing It completely. dishes draneries
rugs. and an outfit of very new oak
furniture Tbe result was met what
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Arrows VS.. Artillery.

:: s.a,sy s:ss?:s y Y; .s q:
Ygorotes, one of the Filipino
tribes who, armed only with bows and
arrows, faced unfiinchingly the artil-
lery of the Americans. The chief of
the Ygorotes was captured and is in
the hospital with a shattered thigh.
He says that he never knew what artil
lery was like until he went up against
it and he doesn't feel kindly towards
Aguinaldo for assigning them to posi-
ton in front of the American bat
terry.
The Ygorotes are the tribe which
sent word to the Spaniards that they
still owed allegiance to Spain and that
they would fight until they had driven
the Americans from the islands. They
are considered the worst and most nm
civilized of all the tribes on the Philip
pine islands. Still they must be given
credit for bravery, for they held their
ground for some time. sending back ar
rows for cannon balls.
The unpleasant feature about this
conflict with the Filipinos from a pat
riotic standpoint is that there is little
glory to be gained from it. The Ameri-
can instinctively likes to see fair play
and fair fight But the policy of i'm
perialism demands that the natives be
whipped and the conquest completed.
And after all America can claim as
much glory in pitting artillery against
bows and arrows as any of the Euro
pean nations can claim in their wars
of recent years. Great Britain has
been using the Maxim guns against
tribes of blacks in Africa and the
Mahdists in Upper Egypt. France has
been feeding her martial spirit by con-
quering Madagascar and subduing
tribes along the Congo. Italy has been
trying to whip the Abyssinians without
much success and Russia has been in
dulging in petty prosecutions of Persia
and China.
But the grave feature Of it all is that
the entrance of the United States into
Asiatic waters will inevitably draw this
country into European quarrels The
time will surely come when it will no
longer be artillery against arrows or
Maxim guns against assegais. It will
teship against battleship. That is part
of the inheritance which this country
gets with the Philippines and it must
amply prepare for what will inevitably
come
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Peculiar and Pertinent.

minister at Pulaski, Pa, has been dis
missed by his congregation because he in
sisted in sermon that the rainbow ex-
listed before the flood.
More than half the lord chancellors of
England during the past so years were
the sons of poor men. One of them was
the son of country barber, and the faith
er of another was a Newcastle coal
HEAVIER
The intimate relations of Japan and the
CEited States are illustrated in the forma-
ton of Harvard club in the capital of
the Oriental empire. At the organization
there were "a Harvard men present-12
Japanese and u Americans.
An eminent Indian medical officer is sat
isfied that the growth Of sunfowers in
malarial soil is better than eucalyptus as
preventive Of malaria. The government
of India is making extensive experiments
to determine this point.
American foreign trade is growing, but
1t has made little Roadway with Turkey.
of whose $105, 932, 900 imports last year only
$780, 979 were from the United States, Eng
land sending to Turkey merchandise
next with p, 600. s4
Three municipalities-Cham Les
Touches and st. Gervais-are fighting in
the Swiss courts for the ownership of the
top of Mount Blanc and the right to let
concessions to SPECTATORS for the enter
tainment of tourists. The olu maps only
mark divisions on the lower part of the
mountain.
The British Museum contains the com
plete manuscript of Pope's translation Of
the "Iliad' and odyssey" Much of the
copy is written on the backs of letters,
and among them are epistles from Steele,
Addison Rowe, Young and other celebri-
ties
A stalwart young fellow in a theater
at Armagh, Ireland, intoxicated by
melodrama, and probably something be-
sides, sprang on the stage, knocked down
the principal villain of the play and
dragged the heroine from guillotlne. He
had to be removed by policemen before
the performance could go on.
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Proof of the Beef.

From the New York Journal
Why cannot the administration settle
the embalmed beef question in this fash
ion: Let General Eagan and Secretary
Alger each eat can of beef for dinner. If
it kills them let them be adjudged guilty
If, on the other hand, it has no evil effect,
let them eat another can. We submit this
for the governments consideration.
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Current Comment.
Connecticut Blue LAWS.

From the Boston Herald.
1t is seriously proposed at this late day
to repeal the Connecticut blue laws. and a
bill for that purpose has been introduced
in the Connecticut legislature 1t seems
almost proclamation to disturb such an
interesting collection of legislative bric-
a-brac. 1t is something unique. as well
as ancient, and it does no particular harm.
1t Is simply needed as a curiosity
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The Man Who Bolts Is Lost

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Members of the legislature who were
elected as republicans are expected to act
Ike republicans. The faith of republican,
ism is founded upon the right of the ma
jority to rule. The republican who bolts
from his party is lost. for he can no long
er appeal to his republican constituents
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She Wants 1t Now.

From the Sioux City Journal.
Spain is said 10 desire the independence
of the Philippines. Spain is always too
slow. She could have secured their indie
pendence a year ago without any objec-
ton from this country
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From the Omaha World-Herald
The next census will reveal the presence
of about 100000 Ohioans and a few scat
tering millions of "also citizens"
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that Rear Admiral Dewey had requested
that he be made an admiral has been
promptly denied The hero of Manila
would not himself ask for such an honor
but the American people demand 1t for
him and will see that he gets it.
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Charity Begins at Home.

From the Omaha Bee
The New York charitable organization
that last year spent on the needy poor
$1,000 and $4,000 for officers salaries was
evidently proceeding upon the assumption
that charity begins at home.
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Couldn't Lick the Editor,

From the Los Angeles Express.
Senator Morehouse, who introduced
bill legalizing the murder of newspaper
men, must be one of those wabby pillars
of the universe who have tried to lick the
editor and failed
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From the Sioux City Journal.
Senator Elect Clark of Montana is sill
YER man, but according to reports he be-
leves in the use of all kinds of money.
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From the Washington Post
1t is believed that the members Of the
Montana legislature will be able to de-
clare handsome dividends this year.
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Only a Few.

From the Detroit Tribune.
A few persons who did not participate
in the war with Spain managed to sneak
articles into the February numbers of the
magazines.
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The Standard has branch Offices at
Butte. Missoula and Great Falls. where
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And 1t viii Get Worse.

From the Salt Lake Herald.
Governing a heterogeneous people of
the Polynesan family isn't what it is
cracked up to be.
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New York Offices Tribune Building.
Chicago Office-469 The Rookery.
The s. c. Beckwith Special Agency,
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Washington Bureau-1.4l5 G street, N.
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ada and Mexico. Elsewhere
postage added.
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The People Demand II.

From the New York Herald
As might have been expected, the story
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Only One Disturbing Peculiarly, and
Even That for the Common Good
From the N Y Cur,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-23
IN - 3 OR'S
RaazH q a N 3 @ z -

The action taken by the pl9sterers' I'M
ion at Monday evenings meeting In call
ing cut the men said to be working On
the federal building, in the face of a sign
eG agreement with the boss plasterers
association by which they pledged them
selves not to do so as long as the bosses
kept their word, meets with the hearty
approval of the members of the associa-
ton. The 2lasterers, according to the
statement of prominent member of the
association, have been receiving s. a Gay
since the agreement went into effect, with
the promise that next season they would
receive $3.50 for a days work. The fine
of $3.50 assessed against each member of
the union failing to respond to the call
to quit the job, it is claimed "sc&bs'' the
building so far as union plasterers are
concerned, and that circulars 20 that eff
feet will be sent to organizations of the
craft throughout the country. 1t is also
asserted that the contractor on the fed
eral building has it in for the boss plas-
terers' association, and in order to get
even will attempt to disrupt the union,
even if he has TO pay men So per day.
Only one of the four men whom it is
claimed violated their agreement once are
now working on the federal building is
receiving more than g a day, the wages
paid by the boss plasterers, and he, it
is said, was OF cred $3.50 per diem, with
the promise of foremanship, if lie would
assist in breaking up the union.
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tent, but owing to the nearness of fall,
when colder weather, 1t is believed, will
check the propagation of the germs, there
Is little apprehension of a dangerous cpl
demie The disease is frequently hard on
horses, but If the afflicted animals are
gwen proper treatment 1t seldom results
FATALLY. So far 1t is prevalent among
local horses only in mild form.
PINK eye" among horses is practically
what Influenza is among human beings.
Ihe disease starts from a cold and affects
the pulmonary organs, as well as produc-
ing a discharge at the nose and the eyes.
sometimes when not checked, pink eye"
VIII develop into CHAMBERS, in which case
II is at once necessary to kill the afflicted
animals
There is one horse belonging to the fire
department suffering from pink eye"
ana nearly every livery stable has a sick
morse or two. Most Of the animals are
being cared for by veterinarians, how
ever and 1t is believed that the spread of
the disease will soon be checked.