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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-05-10

He is Caught R0bbing Lawyers Office
and Makes Full Breast of the Whole
Matter lie States that there is an
Organized 6nng at at Work Where
They Have Operated.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
TIE N EAT

Minneapolis Journal: Washington
reports that the negotiations between
our government and Great Britain for
a new canal treaty to take the place
of the one rejected by the senate,
have resulted in an agreement to abro-
gate the hindering treaty of 1850, and
leave the United States to construct
an Isthmian ship canal open in time
of peace on equal terms to all the
maritime nations, but none of the lat
ter are to participate in the guaran-
tee Of neutrality, that guarantee de-
volving upon the United States alone,
while Great Britain as a party to the
treaty is practically a neutrality guar
antor also and unavoidably so. 1t is
also provided in the new treaty, &C
cording to the report, that in the
event of war our government reserves
the right to protect itself as it deems
best.
1t is not disclosed whether the text
Of the treaty permits the fertilization
of the canal permanently by our gov
eminent or not, but it is a great gain
for the c of the treaty in the.
senate to have the other maritime ma
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
GREAT FALLS IDEA.

Still the expression of opinion as to
for a Montana exhibit at the st.
Louis exposition goes on, and the
same unanimity as regards the abso-
lutte necessity for such an exhibit
still prevails. Great Falls has taken
the initiative in a movement which as
has the element of feasibility to rec
ommend it. A melting of the Business
Mems association of that city was
held a few nights ago and it was
decided to ask Governor Toole to in
wife the business organizations of the
different cities of the state, as well as
the county commissioners, to appoint
not fewer than five representatives
from each county to meet at Helena at
a date to be named by the governor
to consider a plan for raising the
much needed fund.
The only objection which seemingly
can be urged against the proposition
is the unweildiness Of the meeting
which would follow were all Of the del
egates to attend, particularly in view
of the diversity of opinion which pre-
walls on the subject. AS not all, or
even a large percentage of those sell
ected might be depended upon to be
there, the melting would probably num-
rically not be so very large and
some plan Of action would likely be
adopted.
From Butte comes the suggestion
that a special meeting of the legisla-
ture should be called for the purpose
OF making an appropriation. The sug-
gestion carries with it an assurance
not without comfort t the people
OF the state-the session would not Gov
er a period greater in length than a
week, including the time required for
the legislators to go and return. AS
opposed to this suggestion is the state
ment of one member of the legisla-
ture, Mr.. Fine, who introduced the
measure for an appropriation, last
winter. He still entertains a vivid rec
objection of the manner in which the
bill Jared. No sooner had it been in
troduced than a motion prevailed to
strike out the enacting clause and
the measure was killed without a
moment being given to it's considera-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11

ton, of former Governor Jones Of Ala
bama to be a federal Judge there lies
the completest vindication and justi-
fcation of Booker Washington's negro
policy. The great educator Of the
blacks never interested himself in
politics, eve took any partizan
stand, never thrust himself upon the
whites, but went ahead %resolutely,
modestly and prayerfully in his chos-
en- work for the authorization of his
race. Around him were the noisy pol
iticians of his own people, clamoring
for office. complaining that the negro
is deprived Of his political rights,
restless, agitating. disconnected, an
happy. Yet this man, who knows moth
ing of politics, is sent for when a
high and honorable federal appoint
ment is to be made, his advice is as
siducusly sought by the powerful
president of 10000, 900 people, and.
being reluctantly given, is acted upon.
The slave boy is become a maker of
magistrates. What he sought not has
been granted him. Without desire for
political influence he has become more
powerful than the politicians.
The lesson in this for Booker Wash
ington's people is the lesson of prepa-
ration, the w%elldoing of humble
things. the concentration of attention
on the work that lies at hand, the up
building of character, the demonstra-
ton of their utility to the community.
When the negro becomes a success.
an Indispensable factor in the indus
trial progress Of the south, when he
becomes a property-owner and tax
payer, a Woodworking, thrifty citizen,
he will not have to contend for politi-
cal rights. He will have them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11

ton. Three or four members had the
temerity to vote for its reference to a
committee. Not without some feeling
Mr.. Fine adds that among those who
are now clamoring the loudest for the
raising of a fund are some of the very
men who were most active in murder
ing his bill.
But with all the feeling that exists
in reference to the matter it may be
taken for granted that some means
will be devised for saving the states
name and sparing it the humiliation
of not being represented, when all
the other states which have been
framed from the land bought of the
French will be there with their best
foot forward.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
OPINIONS

Everybody is agreed that Montana
should be fittingly represented at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition, but
that is about as far as it may be
said unanimity exists. Opinion is
greatly divided as to the proper man
mel to be pursued in raising the funds
required to make such a display as
Tie state wants and which would be
a credit to a commonwealth possess
ing the and diversity of in
dustries of Montana.
Some of the newspapers Of I'll q state.
IN order to get a proper guage Of
public opinion, have undertaken to in
teryieW some of the more prominent
men and asked them to say what in
their judgment would be the right
thing to do in the way of raising the
money. The result is interesting, but
it cannot be said to be very salts
factory. No two seem to be agreed on
ANYTHING, except the necessity for an
exhibit. Some believe that the people
should be asked to subscribe outright
without any expectation of being re-
imbursed by the state, while others
adhere to the proposition of Senator
Clark that inasmuch as it is a state
matter the people should be expected
to do no more than make a loan to
the state and insist upon being paid
back. The advocates of the outright
gift claim that at best the only obliga-
ton which would be imposed upon the
legislature by accepting the Clark
idea would be a moral one and consid-
er it extremely doubtful whether a
legislative body could be found that
would for a moment consider the pro-
position of discharging a moral obi
cation.
A few believe that the money should
be raised at public expense through
the various boards of county COM
missioners. Their plan is for the
boards to agree to provide their pro-
portion OF the amount which may be
decided upon as needed, such proper
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
PASSING OF

st. Paul Dispatch: We are about to
lose a, noted American landmark.
Nothing can be done to save it. It
is not an old palace which is crum-
bling away and can be saved by iron
braces and new cement. 1t is not a
spot, a historic SPOT, which is in dan
ger of being turned into a sheep pas
ture, or a subscription. 1t is a man
a statesman. 1t is our Chauncey.
Our ChaHncey is no longer to be
u Chauncey. He who for years has
been the chief adornment of our social
and political life, who has been frills
and Fittings and embroideries and en-
b%ossings and appliques and antima-
CAESARS, who has been the Old Relia-
BILE at all receptions and balls and
even at Newport in the dearth of men,
has bravely performed his part, who
has, above all others, made the Amer
lean dinner party the equal in wit and
wisdom Of those given by our English
cousins across the water, has spark
led more than sparkling Burgundy,
payne, whose --latest bon mot has
been carried from table to table,
whose latest storiette has occupied a
more prominent place in the press
than reciprocity treaties or cabinet
changes and whose ultra tamales
have ever been cabled across the wat
er ahead of ultimatums-"our Chaun-
cey" is to become "my Chauncey," is
to sink into the great indistinguishable
mass of the married.
1t is a matter of great regret. Mr..
Depew was an institution. He was so
regarded at home and abroad He was
to be given the position in our Hall of
Fame similar to thai occupied by
Chesterfield on the other side. But
without a moments warning, and we
fear in a moment of alteration, Mr..
Depew his degree, forsakes
his proud eminence and consents to
become Mrs. Depew's husband. We
were quite ~unprepared. 1t was but a
few months ago that our Chauncey
came out in favor of third terms, but
we little thought it meant individual
second terms. 1t was but a few weeks
ago that our Chauncey adjured for
ever the interview, but even then we
did not understand that he was to sub
stitute the perpetual interview. We
speak with a grief, equaled only by
that of the Fifth avenue widows when
We say that it is unkind, unjust, I'M
fair. The only adequate punishment
will be to hasten Mr.. Chauncey De-
pew as rapidly as possible into that
limbo Of perpetual night which awaits
those who have been faithless to a
trust.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11

lions excluded as neutrality guaran-
tors, although, from a practical bust
ness standpoint, it would be better for
the complete protection Of the canal
to have them occupy the position of
guarantors. The prejudice against
such an arrangement cropped out very
violently during the discussion of the
former Hay-Pauncefote treaty in and
out of the senate.
It is to be hoped that the new
treaty does not directly provide for
permanent Notifications by the gov
eminent. They are not needed. The
cost Of constructing them and main
tanning them would be very large and,
in case of war with a European pow
er, u opponents would use much of
their fighting strength to capture
them. The new treaty is likely to re-
ceive nor favorable attention in the
senate than the former one did. Much
unreasonableness was shown during
the discussion in the senate and in a
portion of the press, notably b} dem
ocratic journals which have h 'wled
ceaselessly about the perils of mill
tarism," because our national arr'y
has; been increased to meet the coun-
try's real needs, and yet call for a
fortified canal and strong garrisons
which will necessitate further army
increase.
It is to be hoped that President
McKinley's last earnest injunction to
the nation to build the Isthmian canal,
in his Buffalo speech, will be carried
out and that no more time will be
wasted in fruitless quarrels over
routes and control. The Walker COM
mission will ere long report to con-
gress the results of their careful sur
veys of routes, notably the Nicaragua
and Panama routes, with estimates of
the cost of each. The cost of COM
plotting the Panama canal and the re-
port on the engineering features of
the route may be found so favorable,
as compared with the Nicaragua route
that congress. looking at the subject
from'a purely business standpoint,
will decide in the interest of public
economy and national necessities to
adopt that route. Gentlemen who
have been calling for the arbitrary re.
%pudiation Of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
by u government, regardless of the
rights of the other party to the treaty
ought, by this time, to see the neces-
sity of doing things decently and in
order.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
FRIDAY, OCTOBER II, 1901.
BLAMABLE INDIFFERENCE,

Although one of the richest and
best of the states that have been
carved out of the Louisiana Purchase,
it begins to look as though Montana
will have no representation at the
OPPOSITION which is to commemorate
the purchase. The failure of the leg
islature to make an appropriation for
that purpose makes it necessary for
individuals to come to the relief of
the state, and somehow individuals
who are willing to help it out are not.
very plentiful. Only one of the many
rich men which the state numbers
amongst it's Inhabitants has signified
his willingness to play the part of
angel to the commonwealth. Sena-
tor Clark has offered to subscribe lib
orally to a fund and take his chances
on being reimbursed by the state by
legislative enactment when next the
legislature shall meet. His PROPOSE
ton is to advance %one-fourth of a
fund of $50, 600 or one-fifth of a fund
of 500, 600, conditional upon others
advancing the balance. His colleague,
Senator Gibson, has said he would
do what he could toward inducing the
legislature to reimburse the citizens
who might subscribe to the fund, and
here the matter rests.
If it is intended that the state shall
not be the only one not having a prop
er exhibit at the exposition it seems
as though it were time that some
thing be done. Governor Toole has
done his share and is now waiting
for the people who can afford to do
so to act. A month has passed since
he laid his plan before the people, but
aside from the offer Of Mr. Clark no
response has been received The in
difference manifested by the people
OF the state is remarkable and also
deplorable in view of the %undouBted
benefits that would follow such an ex-
hibit as can be made of the diversified
riches of the state Apparently those
who are able to help in the matter
are Of the opinion that the state re-
quires no special advertising and are
content to let the world find out the
best way it can what we have to
offer to the investor and the man seek
ing a home This may be commend
able as exhibiting a rare degree of
in keeping with the modern spirit of
progress. Modesty is all we'll enough
in some instances, but the one under
discussion is not one Of those
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
GENERAL ALGER'S BOOK.

Butte Miner: General Ayers book
on the Spanish-American wal will be
issued this week, and in the meantime
advance sheets of the work have been
furnished the Associated Press. From
the review of this volume sent out
Saturday night by telegraph it does
not appear that will prove of historic
interest. 1t would not seem to convey
any new information on the conflict
in Cuba. AS a matter of fact, it is
simply an attempt of the former sec
rotary of war to vindicate himself
and to get even with some people high
in the military and naval service of
the United States with whom he is
not on friendly terms.
The people of this country sized up
General Alger three years ago and it
is not at all likely that anything that
change their opinion of him. In JUS
tice it should be said that he was
somewhat unfortunate. When he took
office and the portfolio of secretary of
war there did not appear to be much
chance of this nation engaging in hos
tilities with any other country. Had
there been no conflict during his term
of Office he would likely enough have
retired from the cabinet with a very
fair reputation. He was very we'll fit
ted to be a secretary of war in time of
peace, when the army only consisted
of $4,000 men. What he lacked in mil
itary accomplishment he made up
pretty well in social qualities. He
held up his end in Washington So
ciety, and the chances are that when
he went into the cabinet he never
dreamed of being called upon to take
upon himself the brunt of the respon-
sibility for conducting a big war.
The truth is, the position suddenly
became too large for him. He was cap
able in a quite passable way of direct
ing al army the size OF the old n
in time Of peace, but when he vas
called upon to organize a force of over
200,0 900 soldiers the country was ask
ing too much of him. When he took
office he did not expect to have any
such demands made upon him OF
course, some men would have arisen
to the occasion and would have been
pleased of the opportunity to make a
record for themselves 1t was not in
General Alger, and instead of honestly
admitting his own shortcomings and
keeping quiet and giving the people a
chance to forget them, he feels that
he has a grievance against some of
those who were more or less closely
associated with him at the breaking
out of the war, and he wants to tell
everybody about it.
A story told during the time that
General Alger was in the war Office
about illustrates the manner in which
the affairs of that department were
administered. 1t. was related that
President Roosevelt, then second in
command of the rough riders, getting
tired of waiting for horses, which, by
the way, he never did obtain, conclud-
ed to go to Washington and look into
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
STORY OF TWO MEN.

Minneapolis Journal: This is the
story of two men-Thomas Goode
Jones and Booker T. Washington.
The former is of an old southern fam
lily of the superior and ruling ace.
The latter, the son of a nameless
father, is of the inferior, despised and
helot race of the south. Forty years
ago Jones was a dashing young con-
federate soldier, adjutant to General
John B. Gordon in the war of the
states. At this time Washington was
an uncared for little pickaninny with
not a friend in the world except his
old black slave mother.
The years pass. The black boy,
born in humility and poverty, become
the Moses of his people, ordained to
lead them out of the Egypt Of their
bondage by the road of industrial
usefulness, comes to the white man,
now grown old and decked with many
arrogant race, accepts h commits
sion for the latter as a federal judge.
The latter, though Of the proud and
arrogant race, accepts thief commits
sion at the hands Of the black man,
and finds additional honor in the Of
flee because it comes to him through
a man of the humble race which he
has ever helped and defended.
In this appointment, upon the diff
fident advice Of Booker T. Washing
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11

ton to be based upon the last assess
ment. While admitting that the COM
missioners have no legal right to do
/ is, they assume the general right
of commissioners to represent their
counties. By adopting this scheme
the advocates of it argue the money
could be speedily and ~effectually rails
ed and the levy justly made up on
all the people.
Fortunately the advocates Of this
method are so far in the minority.
The scheme is illegal and should not
find countenance with those who are
really earnest in their desire to see
the state represented. No possible
stretching of the law will give the
county commissioners of any county
the authority to vote money for the
purpose indicated, and it is safe to
say no board will be found willing to
make the experiment, for it's members
know that any attempt to divert pub
lie funds entrusted to their care into
such channels would be speedily fol
lowed by injunction proceedings re-
straining them from carrying out their
designs. The only authority Of com
missioners in this respect is that pos
sessed by all people-the right as in
%dividuals to subscribe whatever
amounts they see fit to give. But fur
Their discussion Of the question is
useless, for on the face of it the pro-
position is impractical and not hav-
ing a shadow of law for it's basis
should not be entertained for a NOM
ent with any degree of seriousness.
To The Gazette Secretary of State
Hays has made the most sensible sug-
gestion of the many which have been
published. The first thing in order,
according to his mind, is to decide
upon the amountitis desiredto have to
properly represent the state and then
apportion the total among the differ
ent counties. Next local boards should
be organized to whom should be en-
trusted the duty of raising the money,
permitting them to be the judges of
the best way to accomplish the pur-
pose. In only n direction is the
suggestion of the secretary open to
criticism; the amount which he thinks
should be raised is too large. One
hundred and fifty thousand dollars is
more than could be honestly and prop
erly expended. Only 100000 was used
in making an exhibit at Omaha and
all who saw it say it was, in point of
size and as representative of the
states industries and resurces, about
all that could be desired. In view of
the greater magnitude of the coming
exposition at St. Louis, it would, per-
haps, De wise to raise a larger sum
than was expended at Omaha. but the
amount stated by Mr.. Hays is alto
gether too large, especially when it
is considered that whatever amount is
raised it must be obtained by appeal
ing to individual generosity and lib
erality. 1t is but just to Mr.. Hays to
add, however, that he says one half
of the sum that he believes is re-
quired should be donated by the peo-
pie and the other half by the state.
In this manner he evidently thinks
the burden could be justly apportioned
so as not to work too great a hard
ship upon the people either as indi-
viduals or collectively as a state.