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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
ABANDONING FREE TRADE.

Their occupation being gone in this
country, the free trade advocates
should organize a foreign mission So
clety and make England the special
field of their endeavor. Unless they
do something Of the sort they are in
imminent danger of being deprived Of
the source of all their inspiration, for
the Britishers are seriously consider
ing an experiment along the line of a
protective tariff. While it is true that
the list of articles to be protected is
not SO comprehensive as that con-
tanned in the Dingley schedule, the
manifest desire for a list, no matter
how small, is evidence of the exist
ence of a leaven that in time may be
productive of much greater results.
A strong movement is on foot in the
island to induce the government to re-
cele from it's free trade policy TO the
exent of placing a tax on raw sugar.
The advocates of the measure admit
that such a tax would be protection,
but they confess their inability to see
any way of avoiding it. Of course, the
~refiners are at the head of the move.
ment. They insist that such a tax il
absolutely necessary if England does
not wish to see it's last remaining re.
fineries shut down. In asking for q
tax they want it clearly understood
that a mere import duty will be Of
no avail. Such a duty, they argue,
would leave them but little better of
than before. They want protection
against the European producers Of
cheap sugar, a tax that will nullify
the bounties paid by France, Germany
and some of the other countries on the
continent. Their demand for the tar
is. prompted by the instinct Of self,
preservation. The continental sugar.
are sold in England at prices SO low
that the English manufacturers are
unable to meet them in anything like
fair competition. Assisting the refinert
are the West Indies, who also have fel,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
AN UNUSUAL PROCEEDING.

Butte Inter Mountain: The people
OF Montana generally would like to
know by what constitutional right, or
upon what parliamentary rule or au-
thority, Lieutenant-G Governor Higgins,
who is the presiding officer of the
state senate, refuses to sign a bill
which after due consideration and
regular procedure, has passed both
houses Of the Legislature. The action
Of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is not only
unusual and extreme, but, with the
information SO far at hand, it would
appear to be an arbitrary usurpation
of authority.
Senate bill 81, with it's considera-
tion has been marked with extreme
bitterness and its passage fought by
every parliamentary weapon possible
or available, has nevertheless finally
passed in the same manner as other
bills, and there is 10 reason why it
should not have received the signature
of the presiding officer of the senate.
It is wholly unsafe to 60 outside Of
regular order and to violate rule and
precedent to crafty personal or fac
tional feeling, OF to secure party adj
vantage. Such conduct is sure to
return to plague those who resort to
it; besides, it is vlolative of every
principle of justice and brings the
whole legislative function into disre-
pute.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
MAKES IT PLAIN
United States Addresses Note to
Denmark Concerning Its
Islands.

London, March THE United
States government has addressed a
note to the Danish government most
threatening in tone, says the Copen-
hagen correspondent of the Daily
Mail. It is to the effect that it will
not permit the transfer of the Danish
West Indies to any foreign power and
in the event of Denmark failing to sell
to the United States will require that
island and maritime neutrality shall
be properly guaranteed and the
United States sphere of influence be
respected.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08

to receive recognition, some of the
western senators, including those from
this state, decided upon a filibuster
and if possible force the conference
committee into an acceptance of the
amendment. They kept up their fight
uutil the hour for final adjournment
had almost been reached, when they
surrendered, promise being given that
at the next session the west would re-
ceive proper recognition. Notice was
given by the western members that
while they gave in then unless they
received better treatment the next
time they would continue their oppo-
sition to the river and harbor bill, if
necessary to the extent of defeating
it. The next time came and again
the house objected to the amendment
and again the senate conferees, forget
full of promises, consented to an elimi-
nation of the amendment. The sequel
to the bad faith of the senator's is nov
history.
While senators may forget promises,
they are not likely to forget results
and effects, and when the next river
and harbor bill comes up it is only
reasonable to suppose more considera-
tion will be accorded the west in its
just demands. While Senator Carter
may not be there to participate i'll the
battle, others fully as loyal and deter
mined will be present to continue, if
need he, where he left off.
Aside from displaying steadfast and
stanch devotion to the people of his
own state, Senator Carter in his last
official act also rendered the nation a
service. While the river and harbor
bill contained provisions for needed
and commedable works, the bulk of
the contemplated appropriations were
in aid of schemes without merit O,
aught else to commend them, and
more or less of a steal was prevented
by the death OF the bill.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08

The boquets which since last Mon
day have been finding their way in
the direction of the Hon. Thomas H.
Carter are of sufficient amount to
make the distinguished Montanan ex-
cusable should he show slight symp-
toms of ar increased cranial circum-
ference. A. noteworthy fact in con-
nection with their Offering Is that they
are not wholly composed Of flowers
indigenous to the country west of the
Missouri. Many that find growth in
the east are prominently conspicuous
in the collection.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
GOOD WORK.

Senator Carter is the sort OF lob
structionist" that the people of the
west admire and applaud. In prevent
ing passage of the river and harbor
appropriation bill in the closing hours
of the last congress, by literally "talk-
ing it to death, he rendered the states
of the arid regions a service that will
not soon be forgotten. He also gave
those of the east something to think of
and On their representatives he served
notice that the time has passed when
the west will have to be content with
whatever treatment the east may see
fit to accord it.
Year after year the western states,
those on this side of the Missouri,
have been strenuous in their effort to
secure recognition for their claim Oh
the general government for aid in re-
claiming the arid lands, an aid, which
if extended, would inure to the bene-
fit of the entire nation. Their people
have spent money out of their own
purses i'll holding conventions and con-
crosses and in the compilation of state
menst and figures showing the results
that would follow a systematic, reas-
enable effort in the direction of irriga-
tion. Promises in plenty have been
made by senators and representatives
to aid the project, only to be disre-
garded when the time for their fulfill
ment arrived Under the pretext of
economy measures for appropriating
money to inaugurate a system Of irri-
CATION have repeatedly been defeated
in order that the money asked might
be devoted to other schemes which
promised greater rewards politically
to members of both houses. Thus
large sums have been voted for the i'm.
provement of rivers barely rising te
the dignity of creeks and extensive
works have been instituted in local..
ties and directions where the money
expended was worse than wasted.
Two years ago the senator's from
the arid states secured incorporation
in the river and harbor bill of an
amendment appropriating money fol
the construction of one or two storage
reservoirs as a beginning of a pro
posed irrigation system. After reach.
ing conference the house oonfereet
objected to the amendment and the
senate conferees yielded without
struggle, several of them being op
posed to the proposition. Determined
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
WOLVES N O
Both Cause Great Loss of Life in
Hungary.

London, March THE Vienna cor
respondent of the Daily Express says
that several Hungarian villages, have
been isolated by floods. All along the
banks of the Danube and it's tribu-
taries great damage has been done.
The lower quarter Of Buda Pest is
flooded to a depth of five feet. Cold
weather is driving wolves from the
Carpathian mountains to the villages
below. They have killed 10 people
during the last four weeks.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
DUKE Is MOVED.

BRUSSELS, March 1.-THE Naples cor
respondent of the La Refoma says that
the duke of Orleans, moved by the
insults offered to the royalist party,
intends to repair to Bussells with a
view to intervening in the controversy
provoked by the De Roulede. Buffet
affair.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08

and Justice that sent it's echoes around
the world. Congress, painting for
war, without pickering or cavil voted
him the necessary moneys and author
ity and the war was fought, speedier
and more successfully than any other
war of which history makes record.
Those who first denounced him for
refusing to heed their demands for
war and stigmatized him as cowardly
for attempting to effect. peaceful solu-
tion Of the difficulties later adjusted
for all time by the arbitrament of war,
are the ones now vilifying and abusing
him for the manliness he exhibits in
abiding by results inevitable and the
acceptance Of consequences from
which there was no escape. While
some will continue their v~illification
and denunciation the great heart of
the nation is with him, as bis trium-
phal Inauguration of last Monday
showed, and will stand by the results
and support him in the aggressive pol
icy instituted for furthering the great
ness and power of the nation. The
promises of liberty and the pursuit of
happiness made to the people of the
islands of the sea, who for centuries
groaned and sweated under the tyran-
ny of Spain, will be fulfilled as were
the promises made to the people of
this land that they should be freed
from the oppression and tyranny fol-
lowing democratic rule.
Under Mckinley the country has
had a clean and pure administration
and it's influence has spread until now
it may be said to extend to the farther
most confines of the globe. In China
that influence has made itself felt as
that of no other power, The first to
announce a definite policy with refer
ence to that unfortunate land, its adj
vice and recommendations have been
received with considerations of respect
and in many instances followed. The
first to inaugulate a movement for the
rescue of it's imperfect citizens, the
United States also announced its I'M
alterable opposition to any attempt at
dismemberment of the Chinese empire
/ and in that policy received acquies-
cence from the other nations. Assent
was likewise given to it's policy for the
maintenance of commercial treaties
and the rights acquired through them.
While settlement of the Chinese ques-
ton does not seem near, it may be
relied upon that the influence Of this
nation will be noticeable throughout
all the channels leading up to a final
solution of the problem. ..
In the four years to come other and
grave problems will present them
selves, but the president may be relied
upon with full confidence in his abil'
ity to meet and solve them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
VOICE FROM THE DEAD.

A sort of grim fate seems ever
ready to confute the democratic press
and parry whenever they undertake to
make a point against the administra-
tion. Illustration of this is afforded
in the case of the late Rounseville
Wildman. AS soon as it became
went down with the ill sfated steamer
Rio de .Janeiro, some of the demo-
cratic papers asserted that had he
lived to reach shore he would have
justified Aguinaldo in his war on the
United States by statements he would
probably have made public. On this
theory they bewailed the death IF Mr..
Wildman as a great misfortune to
truth and history.
Unfortunately for the gentlemen and
their m~endacious proclivities there
happens to be a stopping place between
the ports of the orient and the west
ern coast Of the United Safes. Thanks
to the same administration they are
seeking SO strenuously to discredit and
bring into contempt that stopping
place is American territory and as a
consequence has live,- reliable news
papers, fully as alert to the import.
ance of giving their readers the news
as are those of the main land. One
of those papers, the Honolulu Repub-
lican, dated February IA, arrived at
San Francisco on the ship following
the Rio de Janeiro and contains this
article:
Among the more prominent passen.
gers who are passing through Homo.
lulu on the City of Rio de Janeiro ls
Rounseville Wildman, the present
United States consul general al
Hong Kong. Mr.. Wildman is return.
ing to the United States, "just to see
how things are looking after a four
years absence" as he expressed it.
When asked concerning the situation
in the Philippines, Mr.. Wildman said
Before answering your question, lei
me say these words in a predatory
way: Our present administration
has acted most wisely in handling this
matter. Ths Philippine question il
practically at an end. II u forces
can keep the insurgents under contro
during the rainy season, and I believe
they can, the matter will solve itself
The insurgents are being cut off from
all external communication. They
find it harder and harder to secure fool
stuffs. They long ago were prevented
from receiving anything in the way
of firearms. They have scarcely any
powder, and, in order to carry oul
their warfare, filled their shells will
the heads of matches. The force
generated by the defamation Of thil
material is of sufficient force to drive
a ball through an inch plank. Agui
naldo, I believe is dead. There il
considerable dispute as to this, bu'
from Indications I am inclined to be
lieve that he. is no more. Genera.
Sandico, the chief of Aguinaldo'l
staff, is trading Aguinaldo's name, ani
is in a very unhappy plight. 1t was HI
who issued the proclamation to thu
insurgents to kill all foreign womer
and children. We have the proolama'
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08

tion in his own hand writing. He is
making threats over A~guinaldo's
name, and seeking for peace at the
same time, declaring that if terms adj
vantageous to the rebel foreign pro-
tectorate were not made the war
severity
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
EDWARD QUITS RACING.

London. March THE Racing CAL
endar today announces that King Ed
ward has leased Diamond Jubilee. the
winner of last years derby, 90, 900
guinea sweep stakes, the Eclipse
stakes and st. Legar stakes. and IL
other horses to the duke of DevOnshire.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08

greater splendor and ceremony than
attended McKinley's second induc-
ton, that is if the country shall con-
tinue to advances and. grow in the
same ratio that has marked its al
vancement during the past century.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
WEATHER.

Washington, March Montana !:
Clearing and colder Friday. Saturday
fair; westerly winds.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-08-15
VW, G. e. ID.
Edited by the UNION.

I am but one, but I an ono; l cannot do
everything. but I can do something; what
lean do, l ought to do and what l ought
to do, by the grace of God, 1 will dc.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-08-15
A Happy Meeting.

R. B. Cunninghame Graham, the au-
thor of those travelling experiences in
the tropics which he calls Thirteen
Stories" says that in his South Amer
lean journeyings he one day rode to
see a village where, report limited,
some valuable old books had been pre-
served. He adds: / got lost and
passed the night in a small clearing
where a fat and handsome roam horse
was tied. On seeing me the animal
broke his picket rope, ran furiously
round He for or five times in circles,
and then advancing put his nostrils
close to the nostrils of my horse and
seemed to talk to him. His owner, an
old ~Paraguayan, told me that the crea-
ture had been with him far into the
interior and for a year had never seen
another horse. But" said he, God
has given every animal speech after its
kind, and he is glad to see your horse.
No doubt he is asking him the news"
During the night / cannot say exactly
what the two horses talked about; but
in the morning my host rode with me
a league upon the way, and when we
parted, his horse reared once or twice
and plunged. 1t was a farewell.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-08-15
it eyer occur to the men

Ibid it ever occur to the men
who request a newspaper not to
publish a certain item that it
would be just as reasonable to
ask a merchant not to make a
certain sale? You are asking the
newspaper to omit it's most at
tractive feature and to become
tedious, and perhaps tiresome,
merelyf for your benefit. Possibly
you may have business relations
with the newspaper. That cer-
tainly gives you no right to make
exactions which amount to the
same thing asst someone demand
ed that you dispense with the
most desirable part CT your bus
mess. The newspapers get tir-
ed and sick of beingimportunated
to keep things out. The report
.ers get discouraged, the news
paper readers, hearing of some
thing which ought to have appear
ed on time, make derogaiory re-
marks at the apparent lack of en-
tcrprise manifested by the jour
nal that has been worked and
imposed upon.'-Newspaper
Maker.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-08-15

What an argument for the teach
ing of total abstinence in child
hood.
"Thc only society devoted to
the scientific teaching Of tn, dis
astrous effects Of alcohol and mar
cotics on the body, is the Loyal
Temperance Legion: our strong
est ally in the fight for a strong
brain and a pure heart.
One of the papersof the Liquor
nrecentlv pub
lished a statement of the falling
off Of their sales, and after theor-
izing on the probable cause said:
"PlainlY, then, we must devote
more time to the children and
create appetite" How dark and
subtle are their schemes to create
Appetite. Those who have to
contend with the brandy drops"
and all sorts of adulterated candy
and chewing gum-set as traps
for the unWary youth-can test
ify. Shall we be less vigilaEt
than they? Is not the purity of
our boys and girls worth more to
us than the financial gain can
possibly be to them?
A we'll known politician once
said to one of our workers: "Mad-
am, if your organization had TAX
enthe same pains to win the boys
as the saloon and old political
parties took, you might have had
National Prohibition to-day"
We need to be aroused to the
truth Of these statements"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-08-15
p.t,o,en,n Well. i, can.s..

The production Of petroleum in Can
ada is practically confined at present
to the counties CT Lambton, Kent and
Boutwell,, in the southwestern part
of the province of Ontario. The town
of Petrolia, il Lambton county, is the
center Of the principal district Of pro-
duction, while the work of refining is
carried on in sarnia, about fourteen
miles distant, the crude oil being
pumped through pipes to the refine-ies.
In this Ontario oil district, there are
about nine thousand oil wells in cper-
alton. and the average monthly yield
is nearly 10000 barrels,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-08-15

lean do, 1 ought to do and what I ought
to do, by the grace of God, l will dc.
The Ribbon Whitc-Oh type of
all that's best;
Worn faithfully on many cdloyal
breast.
hheartache sanctiied, by tears
made pure;
Its telling powers forever shall
endure.
A beacon to the wanderers home
sick eyes;
AS sweet as ray of light from
para Use
Hope Of the helpless, safeguard
ofthe weak;
To many a sin-tossed soul a sure
retreat.
Atiay link that binds with VOL
drous power;
An influence growing stronger
every hour,
An emblem of the pure and good
and right:
God bless US all wLo wear The
Ribbon White.
The Twelfth Annual Conyen-
ton Of the North Dakota State
Womans Christian Temperance
Union meets at Lisbon, Sept. 10
TO n, 1851.
One hundred volunteer medical
inspectors from the ranks of
20 ing hysicans and workers in
social settlements are soing into
the Sums of Chicago under the
direction ofthe health department
topreachth the gospelofcleanlincss,
sunshine andfresh air.
Each of them will carry book
lets, printed in seven languages,
on " Hot Weather CareofInfants."
They will enter the homes, talk
TO the mothers, show them the
proper way to care for babi, S,
and caution them to AVOID the
things which swell the averages
of infant mortality in July and
August.
Miss Bena Halcrow of Bowes.
mont. N. ID, read fine paper at
the Pembina County Coaven on
on Why We Have An Z. 7. T.
The following are extracts from
III
) proven that Of every loo
men wllosign the Llcdgc9oretnrr
tpoEI habits again; while of every
100 aildl'csl who sign the pledge
oor min true to it through life
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-08-15
Geo. 4. Warner,
Farm lmpleDeDts,

It's a mans solemn duty to himself and all those de
pendent upon him to buy his goods of the firm that will give
hin the best returns for his money. Buy the line Of goods
handled by me and you will lay the foundation Of ease and
plenty for yourself and those dependent upon you. When
in need Of Farm Machinery call and see me can save you
money and will show you the finest line Of farm machinery
in the market.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-08-15
An exchange saws the cost of

An exchange says the cost of
the averaged 10y WHO'S dependent
upon his parents for a livelihood
until bercaches thcage oftwenty-
one years, has been figured out
by an interested party to be ST.
600, and an eastern paper gues-
tons whether it pays to raise
boys at that price especially when
the boy turns out to be acigarette
fend with a breath like a turkey
and an untrammeled and uncon-
qucrable desire to AVOID work.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-08-15

The only til ny that 10 Us VI
the courage of those Hope editors
is the fact that Hillsborv beat our
boys twice at Hope. Coopers-
town couldn't win against nine
kids in that town, Joe. Bury your
jealousy and forgetit. ~ Coopers-
town Conrier
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-08-15
Italy,s National pebt.

Italy's present national debt amounts
to $2,572,6ss,491, with a yearly inter-
est Of $11o, 81 OILS. The yearly revenue
OF the kingdom is entirely absorbed
by the current expenditure and in fur
nishing the interest Of the debt, with
ont leaving any margin for a sinking
fund.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-06

Mr.. Leo Bullock, a young man, VINO
with his family moved from the hills a
few years ago, and who has been plant
ing on the Edgwood place, died on
Sunday night last, after an illness OF
about ten days. The death OF Mr..
Bullock is indeed sad, leaving wife
and three children, the oldest only flve
years of age, who are in destitute cir-
cumstances. The hearl-broken lady
has the sincere sympathy OF our COM
mupi,y. who will see that che will not
want for anything. The burial SER
vice was conducted by Rev.. Engler
benson of the Methodist Church, and
the iuterment took place in the Provi-
dence Cemetery at IL O'Clock on Mon
daV