The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-03
MOUNTAINS SHARE OF IT
The Patronage Which Is Allotted
to This State.
THERE WILL BE FEW SNAPS
Senator Carter Seems to Prefer the
Smaller Places-The Peace Jubilee
in May-Bodies of Dead Sol
diers to Be Brought Home.
Washington Bureau of the Standard,

| Washington Bureau of the Standard,
| No. 1145 G. Street N. w.
Washington, March Ex-senator Car
| ter is still in the city with his ''eyes
| ajar and his ears pinned back look
| ing for more patronage, chiefly in con-
| nection with the census office. As
| chairman of the senate committee on
the census he naturally has a great
deal of influence with the director and
his associates. His pull at the white
house is well known. Thus far Mon
tana has not been recognized in any
| of the census appointments. AS the
larger places are now mostly disposed
| of 1t is probable that the senator pre-
| fers small places for several of his con-
| stituents to one'or two places Of great
| er magnitude. It may as well be I'M
| derstood at the beginning by all Mon
| tana aspirants that the places in the
| census bureau are far better than those
connected with the collection of census
returns in the state. The first mention
ed are permanent and have comforta-
BILE salaries, while the latter are of the
| most temporary character.
Montana will undoubtedly be divided
into two census districts, each of which
will have a supervisor. These are good
places while they last, but they do not
last long. There are already a dozen
| known candidates for supervisor and
| at least hundred Montana republicans
have already picked out the places OF
local enumera tors as particularly soft
and desirable. There are many bitter
disappointments ahead for these can
didates. First and foremost, most of
them will fail to get there, and, second,
those who are appointed will find the
positions very lean picking. Wide cir
culation has been given to exaggerated
stories concerning these places, which
nave described them as lasting indet-
initely and paying comfortable salaries.
The cold fact is the enumerators will
be required to complete their work in
| very few days and their employment
throughout the service will not average
one week, and their compensation not
more than $25 each. 1t is altogether
probable that every Montana aspirant
for enumerator fondly imagines the job
worth at least $500 or $500
This makes round dozen places to
be divided equally between the two
senator's There are also numerous
candidates for special agents, the i'm
preston appearing to be that these
places are particularly good things. AS
a matter of fact the duties of the spe-
cial agents will be to gather accurate
data concerning industrial enterprises
and Will require high degree of spe
cial knowledge. While political consid-
erations will doubtless have ,considera-
BILE weight, it is the purpose of the
census officials to give these places to
men who are recognized as experts in
the various lines of manufacture con-
corning which statistics are to be gath
cred. 1t Is realized that even the big
| gest sort of a political pull will not
necessarily furnish man with ability
to handle the important technical fea-
lures of the proposed Industrial sched-
| ules.
Washington Is now much interested
in the proposed peace Jubilee late in
May. 1t promises to be great sue
cess, as many very active and public
spirited citizens are concerned in it's
management. But many persons are
puzzled to know what peace it is that
will be celebrated. There is little doubt
that the Philippine war will still be in
progress in May. Just at present 1t
is the only armed conflict of imcor-
lance going on anywhere upon the
globe. 1t is interesting to note that
many officials of the war department
will take part in the peace celebration,
and presumably they will rush back
from the public parade to their offices
to ascertain If there has been more
lighting in the American East Indies
The movement for the celebration is in
the hands of public spirited citizens and
its success is assured but it is likely
to occur in the very midst of the final
struggles of the mountain boys in the
Philippines, and in that sense at least
be very premature.
1t is stated that the government
means to bring home from Luzon the
bodies of all the American dead, as
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Antilles This, of course, cannot take
place until after the tranquilization,
either of all the islands or of that por-
ton Of Luzon surrounding Manila and
in which the fighting has taken place
AS IN the cases of the Cuba and Porto
Rico victims the families or friends of
the dead soldiers will be expected to
indicate the disposition they desire to
have made of the bodies. If any should
not be claimed they will be held pend
ing inquiry by the department. The
bodies will be placed in sealed metal
baskets and the health authorities de-
clare without hesitation that no posi-
bic danger of infection can follow their
return. The shipment of the dead from
the East Indies, if thus undertaken.
VIII be one of far more magnitude than
the home coming of the West India
heroes. not only in distance traversed
and expense, buff the Filipinos hold
out-ln the number of dead to be trans
ported.
The secretary of agriculture is now
shipping to the various states enor-
nous quantities of beet seed, but the
stock is still so large that many re-
quests may yet be filled. They can be
made through the Montana senators or
Congressman Campbell, but not of the
secretary. He is anxious that all re-
quests for seed should be sent in at the
earliest possible date. so that the STOCK
on hand may be distributed before the
beginning of the planting season..
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