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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Additional Local.

Sweaters-a fine line-just received
at Kingsbury's.
First class job printing at Tag
ACANTHA office.
For Sale-Twenty-fi five or thirty .ol.s
of good hay. j. w. MCKNIGHT,
Kingsbury has in fine new line of
gents furnishing goods.
For SALE-Horses (includlng 0 a
two year old thoroughbred stallio..
wagon and harness. Will be sold che.
for cash if taken at once.
w. F. CAMP
$500 Reward-One Black Clyde hor +,
6 years old, weight about 1900 poul 1,
branded 0 ON right shoulder,
Acantha Office.
Dupuyeg
A. A. DLoYo
Old Grow, sMcBrayer, A. B. c., PA
and Elevator Rye, the best bottled 60 4
ever sold in Teton county for met,.,,
and family use, at the Medicine L.
saloon.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
NEWS or The COUNTY.
PONDERA
A. @. WARNER,
Clerk of the board.
[Too late for last week.

| Too late for last week.
August s, 1899.
Terrific electrial storm Friday night.
| Morrisons fence was struck several
times near the section house. Cloud
burst about Il miles west and caused a
rush Of water in the Pondera coulee,
which washed out the draws all along
its course.
Mr.. G. Lytle, who has been in Great
Falls for the last 20 days, has just re-
turned and was met by Mrs. Lytle and
Miss Hathorn, who report the lightning
having killed about 10 sheep in their
flock.
Mr.. A. K. Prescott is putting gaso-
line engine and pump, also hot air pump
in to take the place of the two wind
mills on the south Pondera coulee.
The sheep sheds of Pearson Bros. near
the Marias was struck and com pletely
destroyed by lightning.
S. j. Oglesby and daughter were
guests of G. R. Scoffin, Sunday.
Mrs. T. w. Perry has arrived from the
east and is making her home at E. D.
Jones ranch on the Dry Forks.
Mrs. F. Hughes is very ill., DR. Clark
of Shelby was attending her. She was
slightly relieved and out of danger to-
day.
NJ. S. Darling has gone to Fort Benton
to remain for month.
Mr.. Geo Mel. Peppard has dug a we'll
on his ranch and has struck beautiful
water at 80 feet deep. He will now build
a large reservoir ill the Pondera coulee
from which he will irrigate all the land
between Darling and Mathews ranches
TO r. Lytle's sheep ranch. George is an
enserprising young man and is putting
money in this irrigating
scleme. We wish him every success.
Jas. Lytle formerly OF Sun River, but
now OF Los Angles, California, is visiting
with his brothers and will remain a few
weeks in the state.
Mrs. Ira Kropp and Mrs. Montray |
were in town Sunday.
1t is reported that Mr. VIM. Hickey,
of this place has gone to meet his wife at
Great Falls, she having just arrived |
from Canada, Mr. Hickey has been in
terested in various enterprises in this
vicinity for the last six years and we
viii be pleased to welcome Mrs. Hickey
and their family and hope they may de
cice to make Pondera their home.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Shelby.

A brutal and disgraceful fight oc-
cured here last Saturday betweem
Gopher Dick and Jack Mclaughlin.
Gopher Dick got his ear bitten off and a
careful search was made for. it, but it,
could not be found. 1t is presu med that
Mclaughlin swallowed it.
G. E Trescott passed through here ON
Thursday to Browning where the u. s.
authorizes have Frank Pollinger
under arrest for selling whisky to-
Indians.
Hugh benson has closed deal with
Slim Wall for the latter's ranch. Mr..
Wall intendes to move to the Pnndera
coulee.
County Commissioner Connolly was
here the 9th to receive the jall bui ding.
Contractor Mosley made good job of it.
The petit larceny thieves have been
getting in their work here lately, several
small thiefts Of clothes being reported.
A band of Crees from Butte are camp
ed here. They are a perfect nuisance and
something ought to be done with them
either put them on preservation or
make them leave the country.
Painting seems to be all the go. Guth
IS having all OF his buildings painted
throughout and Parrott 6 Snead are
following suit.
The agent of the Mackay Chemical
Fire Extinguisher Co., gave a free ex-
hibition in the street Friday with his
machine. It proved to be all that was
claimed FOR it. He piled up stack Of
empty cases to the height OF u feet then
saturated the pile with five gall ons OF
keresone oil, set fire to fhe pile and let
= get startedin goo1 shape and with
h III a gallonso tlo contents OF his
engine compleseiy ex;inguished the fire.
John Mi tcheil of 90 A Montana Vol.
is here from the PhilH in IS. He says that
the Islands are paradise and if there
was anybody ex eept Otis in command
that the war wou d soon come to an end
Jas. Nc Doyitt has been in town on
business the first four days. The Grea'
Falls & Canada r. r having had such
an Incompetent force on the transfe5
they have put him and every one that
has had lumber and goods transferred b}
them to great deal OF trouble and en-
pense to get their goods.
II. Kingsbury is doing business again
at his old stand. He has been induced ts
accept the position OF night operator ae
the r. r. station
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
SPECIAL MEETING.

Choteau Mont, August IA, 1899
Pursuant to the provisions of section
1925 OF the Political code OF the state of
Montana, the board of county commits
sioners of Teton county met at the Office
of the county clerk at 10 a. m., for the
purpose Of fixing the tax levy for the
year 1899.
Present, Chairman 9. 3. Perkins,
Commissioners M. Connolly and w. Nj.
Foster and the clerk.
A communication was presenqed from
the trustees o. school district No. 1, re
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

In the matter of Arnett & Cowell, it
was ordered that the raise made by the
board be sustained, and that the num-
Der of yearling cattle remain as listed by
the assessor.
Adinirnnd 70 10 n -. A A.......A -
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

Assessment of Peter O'Laughlin, $3.50,
erroneously made on personal property,
he having removed from Teton county
prior to the first Monday of March, 1899,
was ordered stricken from assessment
1;of
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19
NEED SUCH PATRIOTS AS M'LEAN.

Ex-Chairman Blacker has given
out an interview indorsing the Demo-
cratic state ticket and predicting Dem
ocratic success. Among other things he
says:
"As to the Republican claims that
John r. Mclean is a political boss,
there is no truth whatever in the state
ment. Our candidate for governor is
not a political boss. He is a loyal
Chicago platform Democrat; honest,
capable and fearless, a firm believer
in the rights of the people, and although
financially able to cross swords with
Marcus A. Hanna or maintain the high
est social standing in the nation, his
name shines like a morning star in the
humble home of every man who was
ever employed by him, and his mag
unanimous gifts to charity will long live
after he has gone. 1t is true that Mr..
Mclean is rich man, but he has OBJ
tained his riches honorably, and this
being so why should he be the object of
Republican slander and abuse because
he has successfully managed his busi-
ness affairs?
Let me tell you that I have seen
enough to convince me that John R.
Mclean will not be injured by the
slanderous attacks Of cheap news
papers.
HE is a devoted man to his home,
loves his wife and family, and is en-
tirely free from the vices so prevalent
in this world today"
"Do we need such patriots as John
r. Mclean to assist us in the great
battle now before the American people
Let us see what the supporters and
defenders Of the Mckinley administra-
ton are saying: Gen. Merritt, in a
speech in New York, last January
said:
s" What If imperialism is unconsti-
tutional? This republic has outgrowr
the constitution, and that instrument
is no longer worth discussing
"Whitelaw Reid in a speech to the
Marquette club, of Chicago, said:
" 1T is time to teach the American
people the absurdity of the statement
in the Declaration of Independence
that governments derive their just
powers from the consent Of the govern.
ed
"These men are fullfledged represen.
tatives of the Mckinley administration
and the imperialistic party. No con.
stitution, no Declaration Of Independ.
ence.
"How long will the government stand
with these self-constituted leaders ad.
vocating the destruction of the Consti
tuition and trampelling under foot o!
the Declaration of Independence?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19

Ex- Governor Foster, of Ohio, is an
other Republican who wears the Hanna
collar. In the Chicago trust conven-
tion he defended the trusts and said:
"Denounce trusts as we may, they
have come to stay Why? Because the
gigantic business operations of the
future cannot. be carried on with
out them. Through the trusts the
enormous waste that is entailed upon
business competition is saved. The
product and the service performed is
cheapened. Labor will have the better
opportunity to enhance wages and
shorten the hours of toll as is so signally
| illustrated in the railroad service of
the country"
Labor will have a better oppor-
tunity," says Mr.. Foster. Ask the
thousands and tens of thousands of
laboring men of the country who have
been thrown out of employment on
account of these enormous combina-
tions, how they have been benefited,
Ask the hundred thousand or more of
commercial travellers, who have been
discharged, how they have been benefit
ted by the trusts. Let them make
! ocuar
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19
M,LEAN's GENEROSITY.

The following from the Columbus
Press-Post discloses the generous
character of John r. Mclean:
'In the spring of 1898 when that Sec
tion of the city known as the West Side
was devastated by the most disastrous
flood in the history Of central Ohio,
John r. Mclean, without solicitation.
sent to Mayor Black his check for $500
to swell the fund raised for the relief of
the sufferers. Mr.. McLean's contribu
tion was not only the largest single
subscription made to the fund but the
only one that came from nonresident.
1t is true that the response made to
the appeal for aid was generous on the
part of the citizens of Columbus; but
each local contributor however disin-
| terested his motives, received a certain
| personal benefit from his contribution
| by thus promoting the almost ruined
prosperity of an important section of
the community in which he resided.
Mr.. Mclean was the only contributor
whose donation had no reference to his
| citizenship.
This generous act was never exploited
| by Mr.. Mclean or any of his friends,
for neither he nor any of them is ac-
customed to use his benevolence for
| personal ends. The gift was made un-
ostentatiously and never acknowledged
in any public way. The giver did not
desire special attention called to it,
and in this his wishes were respected.
The people of Columbus, however, have
every reason to hold his prompt action
in grateful remembrance. They see
in it an indication of the mans charac-
| ter, which to them is more admirable
than the act of giving itself.
| There is no disposition now on the
part of the Press-Post or any supporter
of Mclean in this vicinity, to make
political capital out Of a donation that
was purely non-political, impersonal
and charitable; but, it is entirely proper
at this time, without Mr.. McLean's S
knowledge and perhaps even against
his probable disapprovel of the intention
if he had knowledge of it, to give eX-
preston of the kindly feeling toward
him which is unsolicited generosity in
spired in this city and especially among
| the people of the West Side. When a
man is a candidate for public office
his personal character is as much an
| issue in the campaign as any other,
and the people who propose to vote for
or against him have a right to deter
mine for themselves what that charac-
ter is by an examination of the good
deeds he has performed in private life,
as we'll as his attitude touching public
questions.
| Judging by the standard laid down in
the admonition, "By their works ye
shall know them," Columbus has
particular reason to entertain a favor
able opinion Of the character Of John
r. Mclean"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19

opposed to Hanna or any other politi-
cal boss. am for Mclean because he
has always accorded fair and consider
ate treatement to the laboring classes.
Hanna, although an employer, will not
treat with or recognize labor unions
"Our union has had occasion to note
the position of John r. Mclean in ac-
tual business life. We also had occasion
to test Mr.. Hanna on the matter OF
political principles. At the Republican
convention Mr.. Hanna caused the reso-
lutions of the labor convention to be
ignored. In the recent local primaries
here the Republican machine knocked
out every labor candidate on the legis-
lative ticket. They put on the slate only
men whom they were confident of con-
trolling. The labor vote in this section
will be felt, and the labor vote has
nothing to offer in criticism of Mclean
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19

"Put the Industrial system of this
nation In the hands of a few men and
let them determine the price of all
the material, let them determine the
price of finished products. and the wages
of labor, and you will have an indus
trial aristocracy besides which land
ed aristocracy would be an innocent
thing in my judgement. Place the food
and clothing and all that we eat and
wear in the hands of a few people, and
it will be a government of the syndi-
Gates, by the syndicates' and for the
syndlcates. Establish such govern
ment and the people will soon be pow
erless to secure a legislative remedy for
any abuse.
Establish such system and on the
night before election a man will be noti-
fed to come back on the day after cleo
tion unless the policy Of e. trusts can
didate is successful.
"For one hundred years the best of all
nations have looked to this nation for
hope and instruction. Let us settle
these great questions that we have; let
government that comes from the people
and let us show them how happy and
how prosperous people can be. I be-
lieve the doctrine that God made all
men and the same dust and did not
make some to crawl on hands and
knees and others to ride upon their
backs. Let us show what can be done
when we put into actual practice those
g. at doctrines of human equality and
of equal rights and make this govern
ment what our fathers intended SC
that we shall lead the world step by
step into higher ground" cloud and
continued applause)
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19
A POLITICAL WAR.
Needless Slaughter in the Philippines Co
Sustain the Administration.
New York Evening Post }


(New York Evening Post.)
The phrase, this accursed war" is
Gen. Lawton's and the first thought
which 1t suggests is how frightful a
thing it is to set soldiers to a task
against which their reason and cons
cience rebel What Lawton says is
only what thousands of returned volun-
| teers have said. officers and privates
agree that the Philippine war is a hate
full thing, not only because It is cruel.
but because 1t is unnecessary unjust
and un-American, and that to take part
in it adds new horrors to the soldier,s
life and new pangs to his death.
The war which Mckinley is waginp
In the Philippines, without having ever
asked authority of congress to do It,
is an accursed war, because il now has
the trail Of partisan politics over it
all. This is coming to be more and
more plainly avowed. "My instruc-
tions," said the censor of Manila, "are
to let nothing go that can hurt the
administration" Later on he varied
the phrase: my instructions are to
shut Off everything that could hurt Nc
| kinleys administration" In other
words, this is political war. 1t must
be made to help the Republican party
and promote McKinley's reelection.
All the feverish haste to put a force
afeld, even before the rainy season Is
over, is simply a move in the Ohio
campaign. The presidents own state
is in danger. If military operations
are delayed to the middle or end of
| October 1t may be lost. Hence the
hurry orders to Otis to fire, in Manila,
the guns Of the Ohio campaign. A war
thus smirched by partisan politics is
truly accursed
Already we see the news from the
Philippines treated as political news.
The trembling newspaper supporters
of Mckinley regularly suppress the most
important information bearing on the
situation. Lawton's interview, the
| 'amning exposure of the Philippine CEN
sorship, the fact that Mckinley has
taken slavery and polygamy under his
protection in the Sulu archipelago
none of these things do they dare print.
They might hurt the party" In short,
the so-called military campaign is
really political campaign. The presi-
dent does not so much want to beat
the Filipinos as to beat the Democrats.
1t certainly behooves Mr.. Mckinley
to be uncommonly careful in this Phil
ippine business. 1t is big with political
and personal disaster for him. We
know, in fact, that official circles in
Washington are in a state of semi panic
over the situation.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19
WILLIAM AND BROTHER ABNER. a.:
washington Times.)

1t Is an old and sound principle in
Republican campaign tactics that the
nominee for president must be a man
who can command a following, while his
"segundo" should be one who can buy
any votes needed to make up shortage.
The choice of a running mate for Nc
Kinley next year is painfully narrowed
by the necessity Of getting the greatest
amount of loose money without the
least aggregation of obnoxious repu-
tation for plutocracy. In this dilemma
we will make bold to suggest that there
is wise, successful and self-made man
who would exactly fit the emergency!
He is person Of high legal and finan-
cial requirements, and in an unobstru-
sive way has been connected with the
inside counsels and commentaries of
the administration from it's birth. True,
he is an Ohio man, and would violate
the law to take two candidates from
the same state. But where a party has
regularly practiced swallowing camels
what would be the use in straining at a
gnat?
In brief, we fancy that the vice presi-
Dental candidate Hanna and the syndi-
cate ought to take up Brother Abner!
He can pay the freight. He Is said to
have been likened unto Jobs turkey in
the matter of pecuniosity before the
Spanish war; bu, since that time he
has contracted habits of thrift and
economy which are said to have made
him a millionaire. His weelknowr
liberality and his undoubted ability to
fill the check, If not the bill, ought to
recommend him warmly to those who
hold candidatures as in the hollow OF
their hands. What rally of the faith
full there would be to the 1900 banner
of "W. g. A. Mckinley"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19

Labor leaders all over the state are
indorsing John r. Mclean and the
entire Democratic ticket. The candi-
dates suit and so does the platform.
Jacob Faulk, labor leader at Green
field says:
John r. Mclean has proved himself
to be a friend Of labor, and can be trust
ed to take care of its interests. The
initiative and referendum plank in the
Democratic platform is very pleasing
to union labor people, which, with Mr..
McLean's strong following of working
men, will bring him many thousands
of votes, and, in my opinion, will in
sure a sweeping Democratic victory"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19
FOR M'LEAN.

Union labor will not indorse the trusts.
The workingmen Of Ohio know their
friends. They have had enough of the
brutality of Hanna, the labor crusher.
Frank Cameron, the well known Typo
graphical union leader Of Columbus,
is Republican but is enthusiastically
for Mclean and gives his reason for II
in no uncertain way. He says:
IT am for Mclean because I am
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19

The workingmen of the country can
not see how they will be benefited by
the presidents Philippine policy. They
can understand how it will open our
doors to cheap and slave labor.
In his Labor Day speech Samuel
Gompers president of the American
Federation of Labor, told the laboring-
men how the policy of the admins
tration will not benefit them. Mr.
Gompers said:
"On this occasion have no desire and
shall not inject an inharmonious word
but circumstances demand plain speak
ing. The veterans now assembled in
your city, who taught for the abolition
of human slavery, must feel that the
fates have been unkind to them. Dur
ing their lives they are called upon to
witness our republic using it's marvellous
resources and power to conquer a for
eign people struggling for the inde-
pendence Of their own country. Our
country is engaged in stamping out
the only republican form Of govern
ment ever attempted in the Orient.
II submit that the most ardent i'm
perialist cannot dispute these facts.
We cannot annex the Philippines
without large increase in our standing
army. A large standing army Is a
menace to our republican institutions
and tothe liberty of our own people.
Annexation means conquest and the
denial Of the right Of self-government.
Annexation will force us into Europe
and Asiatic entanglements implying
at least preparation for war. We
shall become a militant instead of a
peace loving nation. We shall seek
to conquer by force of arms instead of
by our own superior mentality and
civilization. The Constitution forbids
the Introduction of the free entry of
men and their products between our
states and territories and we shall be
compelled to open our gates to cheap
and slave labor. Our Constitution re-
quires federal courts to make general
decisions applicable to all states and
territories and contracts for the speci-
fic enforcement of labor will necessarily
have to be interpreted in the light OF
these laws. Expansion of trade abroad
has for its basis the contraction of the
stomachs Of men at home. Expansion
is based on the idea that we manufac-
ture more than we can consume. and
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19

The leading weekly English reviews,
irrespective Of party are unanimous In
indorsing President McKinley's Pitts
burg declaration of the Philippines
Massillon Independent.
OF course they are. Charles Grosven-
or, Harry Garfield, and other Hanna
satellites who have been hobnobing
with the British have told us that the
British 'laugh and scoff' at the idea
of our abandoning the Philippines. The
English usually endorse that which is
English. Mr.. McKinley's Philippine
policy is the British policy. Too much
so to suit the American people.
But then. this is only additional evil
dence OF the secret English alliance.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19

A few Republican politicians of Can
ton are industriously engaged in an
effort to create dissensions within the
Democratic ranks in Stark county, hop
ing thereby to elect the Republican
county ticket. We do not believe that
any Democrat in Canton or Stark coun-
ty will allow himself to become the tool
of designing Republican politicians.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19

The sheriff's office is very important
one. 1t requires business methods for
it's successful management.
Those who know the history Of its
management for the past two years.,
think a change would be to the best
interests of the office and the citizens
of the county. Democrats and Republi-
cans, alike, who know Frank Schlahy,
believe him to be just the man for
this office. He is a good, plain honest
business man. He will conduct the
sheriff's office on business principles.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19

The drummers have a multitude of
friends. They are a power in cam
paigns and they cast many votes
Cleveland Leader.
The only consistent thing the drum
mers and their multitude of friends
can do this fall is to vote the straight
Democratic ticket. BY doing this they
can rebuke the party of trusts, which
promised them so much in 1896.