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The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1900-10-24
Birthday Party.

The little sons of Mrs. Emma Marr,
who are attending school at Missoula
were up over Sunday and entertained
their little friends at party Saturday
afternoon. Games were played and
refreshments were served. Mrs. Cor
coran, Mrs. Shannon and Mrs. Ladd
assisted Mrs. MARI in entertaining
The following were in attendance:
Howard Marr, Paul Marr, Willie
McCrackin, Jimmy Coffey, Pearl Cof
fey, Ursula Hork. Raymond Hork
Ellsworth Gage, Gladys Shannon
Mamie Rawlins. Margurite Rawlins
Henry Bishop, Gladys Philips, Ralpi
Parmenter, Chalmer Chilson, Herber
Chiison, Justin Shannon, Bl lake Shan
non, Temple Grady, Harvey Ladd.
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1900-10-24
A Workingman's Views.
Butte, Mont. October 22nd, 1900

Butte, Mont. October 22nd, 1900.
EDITOR WESTERN News: F.. d.
Mats, kerosene heller was making
speech here the other night and he got
to going so hard and fast, t,telling what
a great friend of labor Marcus Daily
had been, that he had not time to stop
and explain, when asked to by man
in the audience, why it was that in
1894 Daily had said he would let his hay
rot before he would pay more than 96
cents per day for harvest hands, not
withstanding it is the custom the
country over to pay extra wages in
harvest time, and everybody who
knows anything about the situation at
all, knows that the poor farmers in the
vicinity of Daly's ranch have paid
ST. so and in some instances even more
per day for the same labor that Daily
and his penny wise and pound foolish
superintendents have declared was
worth only 60 cents.
And this same bombastic heeler who
had just come from Anaconda scould
not tell why his generous master only
paid s.. so for II to 13 hours of. labor
in his smelters, while 28 miles away
men doing the same work in the smell
tiers of Clark and Heinze, receive S;
for 10 hours.
am sick unto death of hearing I
few suckers pirate OF the virtues and
generosity of Marcus Daily. Did yo,
ever notice how his newspapers ant
heelers always shout bribery, fraud
and corruption when they are opposes
in any of their political schemes, AM
what a wonderful solicitude they ex
hibit for the morals of the young me,
of the state, when as matter ot fac
this man together with his politica
bunco steerers, the booze department
of his big stores and race tracks, ha
debauched the morals of more youn
men, in the same length of time tina
any other man that ever struck tn
J northwest.
ii notice the dependent" democrat
! placed the Bryan electors on the
\ ticket. thus endorsing Bryan. We
Bryan is in the east exhorting the pc
pie at the rate of Is to so speeches
7 day, to destroy the trusts, while II
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1900-10-24

For the frs. time during the cam
paign was q real live interest demon
strated here when the announcement
was made that Hon. Joseph K.
Toole, former governor of Montana,
was to address the people of Hamil-
ton, and on Monday evening large
and enthusiastic audience had con-
gregated at the Lucas opera house
to welcome this popular orator. Peo-
pie from all parts of the valley being
present.
Owing to the late arrival of the
train there were not so many present
as there would have been under more
favorable conditions but the pa
eience manifested by this large and
representative body of citizens show
ed the great interest that is being
taken in political affairs bots state
and national by the people OF thu.
section.
Gov. Toole's address at this plac
was necessarily short but wa
applauded to the echo and the mum
erous complimentary remarks hear
after the address was proof of th
spirit in which it was received.
On Tuesday morning at 10 o'cloc
Gov. Toole addressed large aud
ience at Coz Wallis and at 2 p. m. b
faced one of the largest and most 81
thusiastic audiences ever known
have congregated in the prospero'
little village of Victor. In the eve
ing he spoke at Steyepsville and W
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1900-10-24

The taxpayers Of Montana are pay
ing their public servants, the state
officers, the muuificent sum of SIC, 500
per annum to attend to the business of
the commonwealth, and not wishing
to overtax the energies of these gentle
men the additional sum of about $25,
600 year is expended for clerk hire,
! and then from 5000 to $1,000 each
year is paid out of the state treasury
to enable these public servants to do
work with the luxuriant surroundings
betting the dignity of the positions
they occupy.
| Under these conditions the nat
| ural presumption is that the state
officers ought to respect their oaths
of office sufficiently to devote their
time and energies, as we'll as their tai
ents-when they have any-to the du-
ties assigned them.
1 Such, however, is not the case, and
[during thepresent state administration
the confidence of the people has been
so outrageously abused that there is
widespread sentiment throughout Mon
tana in favor of suitable Legislation to
Icorrect the evils complained of.
i While these criticisms do not, by any
neans, apply to all the state officers
as some have unquestionably done their
Eduty faithfully and well-they are di'
rected with force toward others who
have ignored many of the solemn obli
lgations resting upon them.
Governor Smith himself has set at
object lesson in dereliction that calls
for the most severe reprimands on thu
part of the people, and despite his few
apologists, his course has been one tha
has made plain the necessity Of legis
lation that will protect the common
wealth from it's repetition.
While drawing salary from tn
state of SIS, 900 per annum, he has give,
personal attention to mining broker
|age which called him, ont of the stat
and required his personal attention
practiced law with apparently create
regularity than when he was an ordin
ary attorney looking for business, an
giving his personal attention to grea
n1ising snits that usually involv
weeks and months of close study an
analysis on the part Of counsel.
It is not hard for the public to be
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1900-10-24

met by packed house, many not
beng able to gain admittance to the
hall.
He was accompanied by Hon. w. G.
Jones, of Spokane, a forceful and
polished orator, and their progress
through the valley was continuous
ovation.
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1900-10-24

Anaconda gang is begging the people
of Montana to help the trust.
l tell you boys the thing to do when
election comes, is to hoist the fusion
ticket as our banner and in ''mutu al
well-beseeming ranks march all ore
way"
TOM EAST.
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1900-10-24

At Maynard's second hand store you
can get all kinds of bargains in secon d
hand goods and furniture new and
old. We pay cash for rubber, copper
and brass. Give US call. Lou May
nard, proprietor. 51-tf
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1900-10-24
A Rousing
Demonstration
Hon. Joseph K. Toole Addresses the
People of Hamilton on the
Issues of the Day.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN,

Also Delivered Addresses at Corvallis,
Victor and Stevensville---Met by Large
and Enthusiastic Audiences at Every
Stopping Place.
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1900-10-24

Any person who fails to receive the
paper on time will confer favor by
notifying this Office.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08
NEWS OF A DAY IN BRIEF

Ruenos Ayres-The residents or BuenoS
Avres have never experienced such IN
tense heat as that of Saturday, SUNDAY
end yesterday. They were greatly alarm
cd nv the number of deaths from sun
stroke.
I,ondon-The statement Of the board OF
increases of 900 In imports and s3,-
2364O0 In exports
wy,Jamsport, Pa.lThe large machine
shops of Sprout. Waldron IL Co., the
urincipal industry of Muncy, Pa, We're
totally destroyed by fire today and much
valuable machinery. wrecked.
New York-At thu st. Luke's hospital
Roland Reed was reported today to be
very much improved, with good prospects
of ultimate recovery
Bombay-Thsl mortality in this ~, city
was q total of 1903 deaths.
Boston-The large clothing firm of
Miner Inc, Beal & Co. of this city. assigned
today with liabilities placed at $4,000.
Boston-Henry AZ Holcomb, New
ton in bankruptcy in the United States
placed at s., So, 43S, and there are no as
sets. IN Id
Wabash, Ind.-A combination of all
manufacturers of whips in the country.
it is said. will be accomplished during
the next sixty days
Notwithstanding National Woman Suf-
frage association will begin It's sessions
here tomorrow to last for week.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08

To the Editor of the Globe:
Your editorial has just caught my eye,
THE Progress of Benencence." You make
but little comment, doubtless believing
ity toward the crippled, the homeless, the
suffering, more eloquent than any word
you might have added.
The world grows better as creeds and
dogmas grow less, and the evolution of
silent and public charity grows more and
more Deeds were the greater part of
Christ's life. Mercy, pity. love were the
magnets that drew all men. unto Him
He taught little doctrine, and never gave
His precious years to great theological
discussions. No. He rebuked the dis
e eiI who found fault with "a man that
creeds and doctrines could not he fitted
to any age. and that the creed of today
must be expanded to fit the needs Of to.
morrow. He knew that the God aveng-
Ing would give place to the God of love
He saw as man never saw that the
march was onward into light and truth
Evolution is in religion, as in science,
the. moving power that will Danish ali
darkness and give us truth and light
The God of our early fathers Is the same
God. only, we now see Him In higher at
tributes. love and mercy. Even the devil
idea. and is no longer at the bottom Of
all devilishness that crops out in our car
nal natures. Your editorial had more
real Christ In It,. in its record Of loving
straight-laced creeds.
Not the charity of an ''oil king" that
gives a million to an hospital or college,
and then wrings it out of the very poor
by advancing oil five cents No, not that.
but the charity that comes through the
Christ in man. and is Christ In that de-
gree. Not every man that saith Lord
Lord, but he that doeth the works of Ny
Father in heaven, and tnasmuch as
ye have done unto one of these, my suf-
fering children, We have done 1t unto
Me-
r. G. Mackay
ST. Paul, MINI. Feb s.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08
the beaties of Jay Gould's will he un-
derstands there is no occasion for rest
lessness in the last resting place Of the
late Wall street wizard.
CHAOTIC TAXATION.

The wise men of New York are wrest-
ling with the old and familiar problem
of the taxation of mortgages. The meas
ure pending in the legislature imposing
a specific tax on mortgages is meeting
with the usual diversity of opinion. One
class insists, Of course, that the mort
gage should be taxed on its face value
In the hands of the mortgage, the other
that the tax, If made upon the basis of
the mortgage at all, should be made to
fall upon the mortgagor. The more gen.
eral " Nw appears to be, as 1t always has
been that the realty effected by the
mortgage should bear the tax on the
basis of its face value and that the tax
should be paid by the owner of the prop
erty.
The discussion Of this subject will go
on indefinitely. There is no greater pros
pect today than there ever was that
there will he anything like a general
agreement upon the subject. There are
many men in financial circles owning
mortgage securities, however, who be-
lieve that uniform low rate Of taxation
of such instruments would not be inju-
rious and would not seriously affect the
value of the securities nor increase the
prevailing rates Of interest. AS long,
however, as self-interest remains the
great controlling factor with men In the
! formation of their opinions, the great d.
versity of views which prevails today will
continue 1t is hardly needful to add
| that the time will never come when self
interest will cease to be the dominant
| force with men in reaching their conclu>
sions.
The question is, of course, difficult
one. 1t is neither more nor less difficult,
however, than many of the great variety
of questions relating to taxation which
come up for consideration from time to
time Indeed its difficulty is not so
much inherent as it is the result of the
utterly chaotic condition in which the
laws governing taxation are in every
state and community of the country. 1t
has been asked why, If the mortgagor
receive the amount of money represents
ed by the face of his mortgage, taxation
should not follow that money into his
hands; and it has been asked, too, why
| anything but what may be called the
equity of the mortgage in the hands OF
the MORTGAGE should under any equita-
Bile taxation system be subjected to any
public burden. Real property is taxed
by the authorities of its immediate local
| ity: the incumbrance being against that
/ property in whatever place and whatever
hands 1t may be. Mortgaged realty IN
! Minnesota may be taxed to Its full value
! in the hands of its owner, and the mort
| gage upon it also taxed in New York
! in the hands of the mortgage.
| All these inequalities will continue as
| long as no uniform taxing method pre-
walls. Indeed, one of the most urgent
demands of political life today, although
less frequently given expression to than
others not so urgent is the establish
ment of an equitable and uniform system
of taxation all over the United States.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08
SHY OF FUNDS.
Lincoln Banquet subscriptions Com
ing In Slowly.

ing In Slowly.
Members of the committee from the
Lincoln club having in charge the raising
of funds for the banquet to be given by
the organization are meeting with some
trouble. The tickets are selling rapidly
enough to the politicians at 81 each, at
least, so the officials of the club say, but
the special tickets at S. each are not
being called for as fast as was expected.
A list of about fifty of the prominent Re-
publican officeholders in the city and
county was made up by the committee
and letters sent asking that the recipients
pay S. instead of 81 for the tickets. This
was asked on the ground that the ex-
penditures for ''extras" would be more
than the club could raise by the sale Of
tickets at 81 each. Some Of the politicians
responded, but others contended that 81
was all they would pay. Among those
who objected to the extra S. touch were
Messrs. Pottgieser, Ames and Mabon. Of
the board Of public works. At meeting
of the club last Monday night an effort
was made to pass a resolution authorizing
the return of the 81 each of the gent e.
men had paid for a banquet ticket coup
led with a request that they do not at
tend the banquet. The resolution did not
pass, but Yesterday Aid. Knauft visited
the office of the board and endeavored to
have the three members each take SIS
ticket. The Second ward alderman was
not successful, however. President Pott-
gieser said the members OF the board had
discussed informally the request for an
extra donation of So each and decided not
to respond.
eff the members of the Lincoln club
want to get mad about a little thing like
that they can go to the dickens" was the
statement Of President Pottgleser.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08
SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE.

OF all the remedies thus far suggested
for the destruction of the trust evil the
enc which appears to be the simplest and
most likely to prove effective is that
suggested by Mr.. James ]. Hill, accord
ing to a recent news dispatch:
Says Mr. Hill:
1.-THE way to abolish trusts is to
when organized were compelled to dem
onstrate to the legal authorities that
every share of stock issued had been
fully paid up ON par basis a very long
step would be taken in g remedial way.
I'm addition thereto, the stockholders
in every trust organization should pc
made responsible for ultimate losses IN
double the amount of the par value OF
their stock, precisely as banking institu-
tons are now organized
'"Thus it would happen that every time
man of property put, out a share OF
stock from an organized trust he would
be liable not only for the money winch
he had already put in, but for as much
more, in case any loss was sustained by
ton
Mr.. Hill is further quoted as declaring
very properly, that trusts are parasitic.
He believes that If congress We're to pass
a law thus establishing the special la
| bility of stockholders the organization of
| trusts would cease forthwith.
OF course these organizations represent
one form of expression of the desire to
obtain fabulous profits from financial in
vestments. Many business men, other
wise Of sound judgment and discretion,
have accepted the belief that trust or
ganization offers opportunities for invest
| ment out of ALI proportion in point Of
profitableness to the ordinary business
venture. Indeed this idea may be said
to underlie the entire movement Those
who have actual knowledge and expert
ence of the productiveness Of the indus
tries which are merged In trust organiza-
| ton know how vain are most of the eX-
pectations which grow out of them. But
| those who put their money into the stock
of such institutions without anything like
| an intelligent estimate Of the relation
| which the entire Issue of the stock Of a
| given enterprise bears to the value of the
| enterprise itself, or to its recognized net
profit, are bound. sooner or later. In most
cases, to find that they have paid dear
for their whistle.
| With an enlarged liability on the part
| of purchasers Of trust stock. such as
Mr.. Hid suggests, there would be less Of
the insane disposition on the part Of in
vestors to rush into such undertakings,
| and the element of mere chance and
speculation would soon disappear in the
organization Of great industrial enter
prises. There can be but little doubt
that the immediate future will witness
the collapse of many of the overcapital-
| lied trust enterprises which have been
| floated within the past few years But
| the plan outlined would operate to bring
to an end those of such enterprises as
| appear on their face to embody excep-
tional chance of profit and which in their
nature are inirnical to the general we'll
| heinP
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08
NATIONAL PARKS FRIEND.
Charles CristadorO Makes Noon
Hour Address at Commercial Club.

The noon hour address at the Com
mercial club yesterday was made by
Charles Cristadoro. His topic was the
proposed forest reserve and national park
in Northern Minnesota. Mr.. Cristadolo
directed attention to the baneful effects
on the Mississippi river caused by de-
nuding it's headwaters of timber. AL
ready the volume of water had shrunk
materially. Benefits of a national park
were numerous 1t would create a game
reserve. A national sanitarium would
also be established among the pines. 1t
was stated by the speaker that nearly
the entire Minnesota congressional deie-
cation was opposed to the scheme and
that senators and congressman were
openly working in behalf of the lumber
men who wanted to cut the timber Sen
ator Nelson had attached a rider to tile
Indian appropriation bill which would
permit all the timber to be sold off.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08
AT THE THEATERs.
METROPOLITAN.

Julia Arthur, in More Than Queen,
closed her engagement at the Metropoi-
itan opera house In Minneapolis, paying
70 the biggest audience of the engagement
and IF the season At the Metropolitan
In this city, where Miss Arthur opens
her engagement tonight. hundreds or OF
ders for tickets have been received from
Minneapolis, as well as saltwater, Hast
ings. Duluth, West Superior, Ashland.
Baldwin, Wis; Red Wing. Morris and
other cities In Minnesota, Wisconsin and
the Dakotas. In spite of the big sale.
however, there are still plenty OF good
seats for every performance. me en-
gagement Is for Thursday. Friday and
Saturday nights and Saturday matinee
Owing to the length of the performance,
the curtain will rise In the evening
promptly at 8 o'clock, and for the
matinee at o'clock. Carriage call,
nights, Ills; matinee, 5:i5
GRAND.
In her Sorrows of Satan" Marie Corelll
has made a distinct personality OF the
devil. and brought him to earth, clothed
as a nineteenth century man OF fashion
of wealth and culture, gambling for men S
souls, yet hoping he may lose, for each
defeat brings him nearer to his FORMER
place. next to Deity itself, in heaven. The
dramatized form of the sensational mar
rative contains all the successful elements
of the story 1t will be given mere for
the first time at the Grand opera h5uSe
next Sunday night.
Through the Breakers" with its thrill
ling scenes of sea life seems to please
theater goers in goodly measure at the
Grand opera house the present week.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08
BROKE HER PAROLE.
Mill City Girl Locked Up to Await
Further Action.

Mary French. sixteen-year-old girl.
whose parents live at 1922 Twenty-fifth
street south. Minneapolis, was taken in
charge by Sergeant Mccarthy. at the
saloon at SO East Seventh street last
evening and locked up to await the ac-
ton of the Mill City authorities. whom 1t
Is said, requested the girl detained.
1t is said the girl has been out on parole
from the state training school, where she
is alleged to have been confined for four
years The training school authorities
were notified and informed the police they
would take the girl back to the school on
the charge of having broken her parole.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08
u1tnoi. Central tn Ct. Pan,

CHICAGO. Feb Arrangements are
said to be completed by which the Illinois
ten ~ VIII secure an ndepen S outlet
its trains over the tracks of the Mime
apolis & st. Louis. The Burlington, Cedar
Rapids & Northern, which now uses the
Minneapolis & st. Louis, Is said to be
making arrangements for the extension
of its line from Albert Lea to st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08
Roy Jones Recapturea.

PERU DEPOT, Ind, Feb. Roy
Jones. the alleged abductor Of innocent
girls. who escaped from Jail here last
night, was arrested at Rem. a small
town sixteen miles north Of here tonight
will be returned here tomorrow Jones
did not offer any resistance. He was cap
tured only four miles from the point
where Lille Berger, his alleged victim,
lies dying.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08
Funeral of John s. Wood.

At meeting of the st. Paul Turner
Verein held last evening. arrangements
were made for members Of the organiza-
late John 8. Wood, of the Thirteenth
Minnesota volunteers. The deceased was
an active member of the verein, and
members are requested to meet at the
hall at AS this afternoon to take part in
the ObSeOufes,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08
Republican Disagreement

WASHINGTON, Feb. Tt developed
today in connection with the Puerto Rico
tariff bill that the Republican majority
not unanimous for the measure or for
the principle it involved az to the govern
ment OF territorial acquisitions. and that
Representative Mccall Republican mem
Der of the committee of Massachusetts,
had prepared strong dissenting report.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08
To Set Aside preferences.

him in the federal court the case of Sam.
uel Frank, as trustee in bankruptcy OK
Charles Contain. against the First Ma
tional Bank of saltwater, and Charles
Conhain, as assignee of a. G.
Schuttinger. The action is brought to
set aside an alleged preference of $2,5Oe
to the Schuttinger estate.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08
Against the Company.

Judge Kelly yesterday filed an order in
the district court in the cases of Ed
mund Durose. George Durose and Thomas
pany denying the motion of the defend
ant for Judgment, notwithstanding the
verdict or for new trial. The Duroses
legged to have been sustained in a coilt-
SION