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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15

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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15
CLEWS ON THE PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE.

The weekly financial review Of
Henry Clews says of the presidents
message:
The presidents message has Won
more approval than usual. His clear
utterance for the gold standard. his
prudent yet progressive attitude on
foreign affairs, and his advice to con-
gress to give the monopolistic trusts
careful attentiOn-the three most i'm
pOrtant topics, treated without a par
tisan touch-all show that he is fully
entitled to the confidence of the people.
The present session of congress has
mucn important work before it. For
eign questions will occupy much of it's
time, and domestic problems will re-
qllire some serious thought. AS a
disturber of business this congress,
however, promises to be less serious
than usual. On the contrary. it is
probable that one of its first acts will
be to put the country squarely on the
gold standard and take the first steps
towards securing a scientific currency
system. When this is accomplished.
t4.ere will be renewed cause for con-
tidence regarding the future. The pas
sage of such Il bill will certainly be
favorable to all business interests. I'm
til rates for money are in sight, how
ever, buying Of securities should be
conducted with extra caution.
The presidents message is a well
written and conservative document
and should be satisfactory to the great
mass Of the American people. All the
questions to which he refers are pre-
sented in a full and comprehensive
manner. The most important of these
is the relative to the gold stand
ard and upon which lie declares him
self in words so clear and expressive
as to leave no oom for misunderstand-
ing.
The president has now fulfilled his
election pledges and conformed to every
rendition of the policy to which he
committed himself when nominated
for the position which he has thus far
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15

Happy Editor Mcclure Of the Minot
Optic! Last week he was rambling
by the placid waters of the historic
Mouse river gathering wild flowers,
and he expresses himself as believing
that there is gold somewhere near the
stream. Flowers on the hillsides and
gold in prospect and all in midwinter
in North Dakota. Happy Editor Nc
Clure!
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15
THE RIVER AND PROHIBITION.

THE RIVER AND PROHIBITION.
Editor Mcclure of the Minot Optic
not long ago delivered an epigram to
the effect tina, 1Ae prohibition law was
successful where it had a bridge at
tachment. Editor Packard of the
.Mandun Times Celebrates on the idea
therein contained in the following:
Whenever the editors of the Fargo
and Grand Forks papers run short of
subjects for their editorials they fall
back on the prohibition question and
proceed to call attention to the lawless
towns in the interior of the state and
contrast them with their own towns
where, they say, the prohibition law is
enforced.
1t is not our purpose to question
the statement that this law is enforced
in Grand Forks and Fargo. but we
would ask why SHOULD it not be. For
instance. Grand Forks is in this state
and East Grand Forks is in Minnesota.
They are separated only by the narrow
Red river and cough under different
one city. Several of the saloon
Keepers of East Grand Forks live in
Grand Forks.
Last week Il murder was committed
in Dan Sullivan'S saloon in East Grand
\ orkS. This saloon is less than three
blocks from the main business streets
member of the Grand Forks baseball
club, walked across the river and sur
rendered himself to North Dakota
~+}s,n, nn, C,11;.oo Tho ,,,sc1,;ofor
of the saloon, lives in Grand Forks
People from the latter city walk ovel
to the saloon suburb in crowds every
evening. The Grand Forks Herald is
raising the alarm cry that young girls
go across the river and visit the sa'
looms at night. aiandan may not bt
very good. but girls are not allowed
to do such things here.
In Fargo it is much the same. 1t:
citizens go to Moorhead for thei.
drinks. Fargo papers say that 20 pc
cent of boys 16 years of age make :
practice of fr%equenting the SALOONS
across the river. THESE statement
are made from observation and from
the testimony of Fargo and Crane
Forks papers.
Is it not Il sham, then. for the paper
Of those cities to claim superior virtu
over interior towns? No one vii
claim that the average citizen of Gram
Forks consumes less Intoxicating
liquors than the average citizen 0
Mandan. East Grand Forks saloon
keepers say that they could not d
business if it were not for the Gran
Forks custom. Any man who Wi
look over the two towns will admi
that they tell the truth. The sam
will apply to Moorhead and Fargo.
So long as these conditions exist W
submit that it is in poor taste for til
newspapers of The towns on the Re
:, river TO heap opprobrium on towns i
the interior Of the state for not bein
l able to enforce the prohibition law.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15

Hon. Bill Mason Of Illinois, official
blusher for the administration and the
country, has introduced his Boer reso-
tuition in the senate. Up to the pres
ent time, W. cannot see that the Beers
need sympathy. They appear to have
been holding their own. We are of
the opinion that the resolution Of the
Hon. Bill is premature.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15
An Interesting oninion of tha Roe,

An interesting opinion of the Beers
as fighters is n given by q former
officer in the army, who is familiar
with them-R. r. Smith of Cheyenne,
a mining engineer who has put in some
time in South Africa. He says:
4 have been frequently asked
Of late what sort of soldiers the Beers
make, and where and how they got
any military training, and I have seen
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15

Senator McCumber has introduced
his first bill authorizing the president
to appoint q commission to investigate
the commercial and Industrial condi-
tions of China and Japan.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15

many articles in the press to the effect
that the trained English troops would
cut them up when they brought a COM
bination Of infantry. artillery and cav:
airy against them. 1t is a difficult
question to answer us to what cOnsti-
tutes Il soldier, and as to what constf-
tutes the proper training Of one. From
a European or an American point of
view, perhaps, the Beers are not a
trained soldiery, and yet from their
W point of view they are, for they
have all their lives been training and
preparing for this very war, in which
they " now engaged. They are the
finest shots l have ever seen, and the
tremendous losses they have inflicted
on the British forces in every fight SO
far completely eXplodes the theory that
they had lost their Skill as shots IN
account of the disappearance of game
from the Transvaal country, and the
consequent necessary giving over to
their favOrite sport of hunting. Game
in abundance still lies near. to hand in
that part of South Africa, and the
Beers, Independently of hunting. are
assiduOus in their rifle practice, which
they carry on all the time. 1t is be-
gun with Them as soon as they can
walk, and l have e innumerable
little Beers shooting at marks on the
veldt there. some Of whom could not
have been over five years of age. Then
they are trained from their youth up
to endure all kinds of weather, to sub
sist on the smallest possible amount Of
food when necessary and to go with
out water for long periods. AS a con-
sequence. they can live and thrive
where Tommy Atkins would starve
and parch, and can get along with a
cOmmissariat of such small dimensions
as would give the average European
pangs of hunger only to think how
little it must contain.
''rhen, too, they have horses as
hardy and enduring as themselves,
capable of doing a hundred mile march
and this gives them great advantage,
both for attack and retreat. They
know the country lney are fighting in,
every pass through the mountains, and
where the fewest men can be used to
the greatest possible advantage. And
in their cavalry work they are mex
celled. They understand open order
work-that is. each individual relying
to a large extent on himself-and you
will notice that after each fight they
manage to retreat with but few losses
due to capture. and with their arms
and ammunition generally intact. TO
sum it up, ! should say that. with the
geographical and climatic conditions
under which they are fighting taken
into consideration, they are No. 1 SOL
diers. Transport them to another
country and confront them with differ
ent conditions, and the story of their
fighting would probably read differ
emily, but under existing circum-
stances l should say that they We're
fully us good soldiers as. if not better
than. were the Indians in the old days
on our western plains"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15

Secretary Root is confident that
Aguinaldo is surrounded and tnat he
cannot possibly escape unless he gets
away, which is encouraging.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15

Senator McCumber's first bill intro
duced in the senate is of Importance
to North Dakota. 1t provides for the
appointment OF two commissioners to
investigate the feasibility Of introduce
ing American products into China and
Japan, with a particular reference to
the introduction Of American flour and
farm products therein. With the pos
session Of Il gateway into the far east,
in the Philippine Islands and the har-
Dor Of Manila. and with the conven-
fence of the Pacific coast shipping
points. the trend of American pro-
ducts in the neal future will he largely
to the orient, via the Pacific ocean.
The Introduction of American flour into
China and Japan and its use by only a
fraction of the immense population of
those densely pe0pled countries would
he al advance of the greatest import
alce to the American farmer. as it
would afford him Il competitive mar
ket for his wheat and grain products.
At present grain traffic is eastward.
With millions of people in the orient
educated to the use of American flour
the benefit to the American farmer
would he vast.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15

Many persons have been receiving
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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15

If the capture of British soldiers pro-
crosses as heretofore, indications are
that Dom Paul will have to enlarge
the Pretoria fair grounds.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15

One mor financial month like No
vember will bring the total Of money
in circulation in the United States past
the two h1Aion dollar line. On No
vember l the total money in circula-
ton was 81 1903, 71G,14S, and on Deem
Der 1 81, 9S5, $50. 964, an increase Of $22,-
214,S16 in the month. A gain Of ever
two-thirds this amount in the present
month would bring the total money in
circulation in the United States past
the two billion dollar line, for the FIRST
time in American history.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15
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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15

Senator Hansbrough has introduced
a number of bills Of interest to North
Dakota. He introduced the bin for
the ratification of the treaty between
the Turtle Mountain band of Indians
and the United States; another extend
ing ne privileges given under the Re-
vised Statutes to- the soldiers and sail
ors Of the war of the rebellion to those
VINO served in the late war with Spain.
Where soldiers have served in the
army for year or more. such time will
be allowed them in proving up claims
for homestead. The senator also pre-
scented a bill for the construction Of Il
bridge across the Red River of the
North at Drayton. which bill has
passed the SENATE three times; also Il
bill giving to North Dakota for school
purposes the lands embraced within
the Fort Pembina military reservation
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15
ANNIVERSARY OF WASuINGTON'S
DEATH.

SAY . ullC ANCN AOlN AAttAN
patriotic societies throughout the coun-
try are preparing to commemorate the
hundredth university of Washing
toms death on Thursday, December II.
A birthday is usually the time selected
to honor the life and deeds of Il worthy
citizen, and in the case of Washington
February % has been celebrated ever
since 1888. but now, as the centennial
of his death is approaching, it has
seemed good to commemorate that day.
Washington has always been quoted
more or less vaguely to sustain the
theory of territorial and political iso-
lation exploited by the leaders of the
Little American faction. He is con-
tinually credited with having sounded
Il solemn and prophetic alarm against
'~'entangling foreign alliances" The
phrase is not an authentic one: for in
the farewell address the retiring presi-
dent simply puts the question: ''Why
by Interviewing Il destiny with that
of any part of Europe, entangle our
peace and prosperity in the tolls of
European ambition, riyalslip. interest,
humor or caprice?" The danger
which Washington contemplated was
that of a sentimental alliance with
France, the fever for which was just
beginning to work in the veins of do
nestle agitatOrs, who were blazing
the way for the advent of Jefferson,
Washington was not unmindful of the
services Of the French monarchy in
wrestling independence from England
But his policy was to hold an even
keel amid the European disturbances
which followed the French revolution
and he was willing to fight the French
republic rather than endure the arbi-
trlry restrictions it had tried to put
upon American shipping and commerce
Why, then. he argued, should the
United States be drawn into a perma.
nent political alliance with France OF
any other European state, especially
as ''our detached and distant situation
invites and enables lis to pursue Il diff.
ferent course" Europe a hundred
years ago was absorbed in contrOver.
sizes the causes of which were lessen.
italy foreign to our concerns" Hence
justly reasoned the first president, III
must he unwise in us to implicate
ourselves by artificial ties in the ordi-
nary vicissitudes of her politics or the
ordinary combinations and collisions
of her friendship and enemies"
Only the political casuist, certainly
can distort Washington's hostility to
permanent alliances with distant Eu-
ropean powers into an appeal for polit-
ical and territorial isolation. The ex-
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15

..
The proposed conversion of Ignite
coal into a better grade of fuel by a
process to drive off the sulphur and
water, and compress the remainder
into briquettes, has been knocked into
Il cooked hat. Editor futile says it
can't be done, that the scheme is nom
sensical, and this settles it. There is
no appeal. We had INDUCED a lingcr-
ing hope that perhaps Editor Tuttle
would not veto the establishment of
converting plants, but it was all in vain.
The versatile Mandan editor has been
experimenting with Ignite, and he puts
forth two propositions-tirst that there
isn't enough carbon in the coal, and
second. that I'LL this nonsense about
driving off the sulphur isn't worth con-
sidering. We do not know how Editor
futile reached the second conclusion,
but perhaps he hitched up a tom Of lig-
mite in single harness ard went ct it
with a buggy whip, in an effort to drive
off the sulphur. Thus he reached an
accurate conclusion, which should be
duly recorded and preserved in the in
terest of science. Editor futile re-
cedes from his original proposition
that there are no Ignite fields in the
vicinity of Bismarck, but claims this
week that it will take a railroad to
develop them, and that the coal isn't
any good anyway. After entangling
Editor Tuttle's stand on the Ignite
question, and getting it all Strengthened
out, we are reminded of the man who
was sued for having borrowed a valu-
able pitcher and having returned it
broken, who put up the following de-
Tense:
1. I did not borrow the pitcher.
:. 1t was broken when l got it.
3. 1t was whole when l returned it.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15

The decisive check of General Me-
thuen's advance to the relief of Kim
berly indicates that the first battle Of
MOuder river, of which it was said q
week or so ago that it was a great Brit
ish victory, was no more than 4 drawn
battle and that in the resumption Of
hOstilities the Beers were the victor
ious army. The New York Tribune
APPLY observes of the indications for IL
stern conflict:
There is no more talk of British
troops eating their Christmas dinner
in Pretoria. 1t is now doubtful if
that meal is tasted by them on Boer
soil. The present prospect is that I'M
til some time after Christmas they
will be kept busy at the task OF clear
ing British soil of Boer invaders and of
relieving besieged British garrisons on
British soil. In Natal the Beers have
advanced from Charlestown to the
Mooi river, Il distance of 125 miles. It
will take some time to drive them
back. In Cape Colony they have
reached and annexed Dordrecht. That
place is fifty miles south of the Orange
river. 1t will take some time to drive
them back so far. especially since the
Dutch residents of that region are aid
ing and joining the invaders in large
numbers. Over ut the MOdder river
the dashing advance Of Lord Methuen
came to a dead halt a week and more
ago, we We're told, with Kimberly still
twenty miles away. If his advance
has now been renewed, even if KIM
berly has been or is soon to be relieved.
still Mafeking is far beyond. And
beyond all these it is a weary march
to either Pretoria Of BlOemfonteiu.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15

1. I did not borrow the pitcher.
?. 1t was broken when l got it.
3. 1t was whole when l returned it
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-20
THE MANILA CENSORSHIP.

The decree Of censorship over tele-
graphic communications from Manila
gives rise % ccnjectures as o. the reason
for the decree. In active hostile military
operations such orders are Issued IN pre-
vent communications with tho enemy.
Warlike operations are not going ON az
Manih,, and In case Of hostilltiesAguinal-
do would obtain Information on tho thea
ire Of war Information gained from
Hong Kong or the United States would
have no value for him.
On the other hand, it Is not possible
that Gen. Otis could be disturbed, nor
could his fortunes be affected by the char.
acter or contents Of dispatches sent out
from Manila
The reason for the decree must be found
I'M some other circumstance. Two ais
turbng rumors are abroad. IL is said
that the morale Of the army Is Impaired
seriously, and that members OF the voiun-
teer force avoided the expedition to lloilo,
and that other refused 90 take part In y
contemplated aggressive movement. a
more serious rumor IL the rumor that tine
physical condition Of the army Is sucn as
TO excite the ersyest apprthensions IN
the absence of military reasons lor tne
decree, and in the absence OF speoiho
and satisfactory reason for the decree, the
country must accept the view that con-
cealment of the condition of the army Is
the reason for the decree.
Al any rate the country Is deprived OF
all means of Information In regard 10
the army, except such as may be fur.
nisheu by the war Department. AT the
present moment the war department does
not command the unlimited confidence OF
the country.
The country has u right to know the
condition at Manila, not only through the
dispatches that the war department may
give out. but also by the free use oil the
mails and the telegraph system
Whatever may have been the reason Tor
the decree. the existence of the decree,
huts tho country out from frequent
knowledge of the condition OF N 600
American citizens who are In the Phillip
pine Islands
The country will submit to this only
upon very adequate reasons, which reason
do not now appear.