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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26

follow that Custer county, he says,
would appear to have two instead Of
one, as provided for by the bill, and
Rosebud would have one as a newly
created county.
In conclusion the governor says:
While this inequality resulting in
giving Custer county two where one is
proper, and giving DAILY six where
four is proper, must follow the failure
of this bill to become a law, it, seems
altogether more commendable and just
than to approve a bill which ignores a
county Of 90, 900 or more people and
other wise complexities the law and
makes doubtful the validity of the rep
resentation of all the other counties
in the state, the result of which could
only be known at the end Of a lawsuit
more or less partisan in character.
I have awaited until the last day
in which I could act, in the hope that
/ could see my way clear to approve
this measure without detriment to the
best interests of the state, but the
difficulties appear to multiply rather
than diminish.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26

Maryland that there was not enough
decency in the party to prevent the
contamination Of IN outrage dictated
solely by personal ambition and reck-
less machine politics!
According to the latest computation
there are about DO, 900 i~lliterate voters
in Maryland, and ~, 900 Of these are
colored and republican in their SYM
pathies and affiliations. They have
been able to vote straight" by the
signs and emblems on the ballot, and
they have had the legal assistance Of
the election clerks. Under Germans
bill this guidance will be taken away
from them, and they will lose their
votes through inability to read the
names of the candidates. How desper-
ate the scheme is may be judged from
the fact that German and his tools are
ready to sacrifice 10, 900 votes of the
illiterate whites! They believe that
a 'tgain" of 5000 votes insures the
permanent restoration of Maryland to
the democratic column. At any rate,
German is certain that under his bill
the next legislature will be democratic
and that he will be sent back to the
federal senate.
Quay's triumph in |,ss-ridden
Pennsylvania was bad enough, but
Gurman's successful campaign in his
own interest renders Quay's coup
paltry and Insignificant in comparison
Herewith!
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26

feelings have been damaged by an
article that the Argus recently pub
lislhed in its news columns. Being
busilv engaged in getting.out a special
edition of his paper, the editor says he
has not time to attend to the matter
and is advertising for bids for defend
ing libel suits. In addition to tile
usual reservation, the advertisement
specifies that none but lawyers need
submit proposals and that no less than
six bids will be entertained. Another
unusual specification is that the award
will be made to the highest bidder.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26

The ''divine right" sees to be hav-
ing a rather hard time of it these
i%conclastic and irreveren days. In
Russia a lot of students are making
life decidedly uncomfortable for one
of the "annointed,' while in Ger.
many, where the diety and the head
of the government are supposed 10 be
in particularly close utilization, a sac
religious press is telling its mind to
the kaiser in words SO plain that they
closely trench on lese majesty. No
wonder that Wilhelm is beginning to
show signs of i'll temper and scolds in
a manner that detracts from his dig.
nifty as the special emmisary of the
ruler of all kings. The times are
sadly out Of joint, it would seem, for
men engaged in the business of ruling
under a right supposed to have its
origin in the realms above.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1901.
COMPANY STORE BILL.

If it affords any satisfaction to the
Butte Miner and the other organs of
the late fusion aggregation, The Ga
zette and every other republican news
paper of the state will acknowledge
that the fusion legislature passed the
company store' bill and redeemed
it's pledge in that respect, and that the
measure will do all it's champions
claim for it. That concession being
made, The Gazette would like to ask
a question: How does the bill pre-
vent the evil that most Of the victims
Of the company stores complained Of
the necessity Of buying their goods
at such stores as the price of keeping
their positions? The bill does not
contain any provision to remove that
evil and men will still be discharged
unless the books show that they are
regular customers of the stores owned
and operated by companies. The
Miner knows, or should know what
The Gazette means and should also
know that the old rule of trade at
company stores, or no work in company
mines still obtains, despite the law
recently enacted and will continue to
prevail until some other method Of
dealing with the subject under con-
sideration is invented. AS long as
companies employing large numbers
of men wish to maintain stores and
demand the trade of their employees all
the laws that a fusion legislature may
possibly enact will prove useless and
men will have to do their buying
where they are told to if they desire
to retain their positions. Until COM
panies are satisfied with the profit
they derive from the toll of their men
and do not seek to increase that profit
by a system Of mercantile ventures
legitimate competition is an impossi-
bility in communities where company
stores preavil and the Miner knows it,
as the merchants of Butte have learned
to know a long time ago.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
SHAMEFUL DECEIT.

1t would seem that the administra-
tion is bound to carry out its deception
in reference to the status in the Phil
ippines and has about decided to re-
duce the strength of the army kept in
the islands for the purpose Of main
tanning peace. Such deceit is IN
pardonable and the democratic press
of the country owes it to itself and to
the people not to tolerate it. Of
course, the scheme is so apparent that
all who make the slightest pretense to
the possession of common sense must
see through it. The ants know it
better than anyone else, and while the
Filipinos and the general public OH
this side of the water may be fooled,
the democratic press and the Others
who are opposing the president cannot
be deceived. The rebellion in the
Philippines is as strong as it ever was
and the reported surrenders are only
the creatures of the imaginative army
officers and commissioners over there.
The war is still on and the president is
merely taking advantage of his au-
thority to reduce the strength Of the
different garrisons to better carry on
his deep game of hoodwinking the
people and "jollying' those who were
foolish enough to vote for him last
fall. The fact that it is the intention
to recruit the army up to the full
strength allowed under the reorgania-
tion bill and by discharges that will
mature during the summer keep it
down to about 70, 900 is another part
of the plot to deceive. Such base and
unnecessary deception was never
practiced upon any people. But the
country has entered upon a mad
career of imperialism and there is no
telling what may not occur. d.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
NEED OF

1t is now Austria's turn to become
frightened at American competition
and the Austrian Manufacturers asso-
citation is calling on the government
to amend it's laws SO as to make i'm
portation of Yankee made goods and
agricultural products a little more
difficult for the importers; it even
went further and before the final mo-
tion to adjourn vas put a resolution
was adopted to exclude the pernicious
foreigners altogether. If American
thrift and enterprise continue to ex-
pand and develop as they have been
doing during the past few years we
stand in danger of finding the larger
part of the foreign markets closed to us
or SO hedged in by the restrictions of
tariff and other obstacles as to serious
ly threaten the commercial supremacy
that we are now enjoying and which
10 dIOuS1uS tuo 1cdI huu envy VI VIC
rest of the world. It may be possible
that congress will be made to under
stand the situation in time and carry
out the policy of the republican party
in reference to reciprocity and by the
fair exchange of treaties insure us the
position which we are occupying in
regard to the commerce of the world.
BY doing SO the principles of protec-
ton need not be surrendered and none
of the advantages which it possesses
need be yielded. The treaties negoti-
ated by the Kasson commission and
which the senate refused to ratify
were all remarkable for the advantages
they gave to this country and for the
very small concessions we we're to
make in return for the benefits that
would have accrued to us had they
been ratified.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26

was possessed, !" etc. It will be seen
that the law makes an implied provi-
sion for the killing of the purchaser,
but it fails to, state whether he shall
be killed before or after he has secured
possession of the game. Probably
that is a matter discretionary with the
officer making the sale and if he is in
vited to partake of the luxury of a
game dinner secured by the purchase
from the state Of the main constituents
the chances are that he will not insist
upon ~inflicting the death punishment
until after the meal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26

If, as stated, an attempt will be
made at the coming session Of con-
gress to secure passage Of a law PEN
sioning the widow of the late General
Harrison the promoters Of the measure
will find themselves met by a very Wig
orous opposition. Those who are said
to favor the proposition point out that
the widows of General Grant and Gar
field are receiving pensions and argue
that Mrs. Harrison is entitled to one.
The positions of the ladies under son
sideration are not analogous. Mrs.
Garfield became a widow while her
husband was in the service Of the
country, while Mrs. Grant was pen
stoned because of the great service
rendered the country by the general
and because of the rather straight
ened circumstances in which she was
left by the death of her husband.
When Mrs. Dimmick married General
Harrison he was a private citizen,
and, besides, he died leaving her amply
provided for, so the argument of need
cannot be advanced in her favor.
This nation has ever shown the utmost
liberality to those who have rendered
it great and distinguished service and
may be relied upon to do SO in the fu-
ture, but there is reason in all things
and the case under consideration does
not seem to justify the desires of those
who have begun the agitation in favor
of governmental aid to Mrs. Harrison.
Furthermore, it is extremely doubtful
whether the lady would accept the
pension, even if rendered her. She
needs no assistance from the nation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26

The king of Portugal will no longer
be compelled to 20 around bareheaded.
During his recent visit to England he
managed to "touch" the English gov
eminent to the extent of getting his
crown out Of pawn. Beside the crown
he also redeemed a job lot of other
jewelry that had been hypothetical
with London collateral loan institu-
tions for a number of years. The aid
he received was in part recognition of
the services rendered Great Britain
since the South African war began.
Only for the privileges England has
been enjoying in Portuguese South
Africa the war might have resulted
altogether differently than 1t has so
far.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26

The Pennsylvania justice of the
peace who thrashed a wife beaten and
then sent him to Jail on the charge Of
wife beating, contempt of court and
threatening to kill, may have stretched
the law a little, but all will admit
that he gave the fellow no more than
he deserved. If all courts would treat
wife beaters that way it is safe to say
the brutes who whip their wives
would speedily decrease in numbers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
MORE FUSION LAUNDERING.

AS time passes on and the oppor-
tunlty for reviewing the work accom-
plished by the recent fusion aggrega-
ton which assembled at Helena to
make laws for the state becomes better
the more is the mind impressed with
the wonderful and fearful creations
for which that unique and rare body
must be held responsible. Some of its
feats in the way of laws have already
been noticed in these columns, but
more remain to be mentioned.
The discovery has just been made
that the game law passed is calculated
to make the Office of state treasurer
much less sought after than hereto
fore, if the exact provisions of that
piece of legislation are care out. AS it
now stands the law threatens to make
inroads into the salary of that off
cial SO serious that if the game warden
and his deputies are at all diligent and
efficient he will find himself forced to
take advantage of the bankruptcy
laws. AS enrolled the law says
"All fines collected + = 4 shall
be paid by the state treasurer and by
him placed in the fish and game
fund.-" -
Probably the Trainer of the law had
in mind the fact that the appointive
power lay in democratic hands and
depended upon the we'll known demo-
cratic proclivity to appoint men who
would be relied upon to pay more
attention to the matter of the collec.
ton of their salaries than the enforce.
ment of the laws, and reasoned that
the treasurer was in no great or i'm.
minent danger Of being forced to ask
for legislative relief to save himself
from falling into the hands of the
sheriff.
Another section, is, which makes
provisions for disposing of game
seized by officers is liable to be very
unpopular with the people looking TO,
bargains in delicacies. It declares
that all such game shall be sold to the
highest bidder and the officer selling
the same shall issue a certificate to the
purchaser setting forth that the game
was legally obtained and anyone SC
acquiring tine same within this state
shall have the right to deal Herewith
the same as il he had been killed and
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26

The Butte Inter Mountain celebrat-
ed it's twentieth anniversary last Satur-
day and in honor of the occasion came
out in a splendidly illustrated edition,
all printed and engraved at home, for
the Inter Mountain is one of the few
newspapers in this part of the country
that has a lithographing and illustrat-
ing plant Of it's own. In celebrating
the event that brings it so neal to the
age of mans estate, the Inter Noun
tain did not overlook it's old neighbors,
for il yrinted excellent pictures Of a
number of the old settlers of the city
in which it is at home, and who have
seen it grow from a very small con-
Germ to its present exalted position
among the newspapers of the state.
The special number, like everything
else that the Inter Mountain under
takes, was good and a credit to the
Office responsible for it, as we'll as to
the press of the state. The Gazette
wishes it's Butte contemporary joy and
success and hopes that when the occa-
sion arrives for the lex anniversary
edition to be printed it will have
grown and p%rospered to even a greater
degree. AS an evening paper the In
ter Mountain is the equal of any pub
lished west Of the Rockies.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26

Instead of making fun of the sena-
tors and representatives who have an
nounced their decision to take advant-
age of the congressional recess to
make a visit to the recently acquired
insular possessions, the newspapers of
the country should commend them for
the evident desire to learn personally
the conditions that obtain there and
the legislative needs of the islands.
While reports have been made and
commissions have submitted the re-
suits of their Investigations, personal
acquaintance with the field will result
in the acquisition of knowledge of de-
tails that could not be acquired in
any other way. No matter what the
decision of the supreme court may be
in reference to the islands, much legis-
lation directly affecting and concern
ing them will have to be enacted next
winter and the congressman who has
visited the islands and made intelli-
gent inquiry into the conditions and
situation is far better equipped to leg
islate OIL the diversity of subjects that
require attention than the one
who remained at home and gained his
knowledge from reading reports and
hearing others talk. It ia a wise de-
cision, that of the representatives and
senators to visit the Philippines and
the other islands.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26

More misery is in store for those
who have been insisting that the pres
emit area of unprecedented prosperity
is only apparent and not real. In a
short time the treasury department
will make public a statement showing
the condition Of every national bank
in the country and the figures that it
will show will be the greatest in the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26

The Fergus County Argus calls at
tention to a we'll developed libel suit it
has on hand as another evidence of the
growth ands prosperity of Lewistown.
A lady of the city has sued the Argus
for a paltry $40, 900, which ia the
amount she alleges her reputation and
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
APPoRT1oNMENr BILL VETOED.

After carefully considering the mat
ter, Governor Toole has arrived at the
conclusion that to veto the apportion-
ment bill passed by the recent legisla-
ture is the easiest way out of the diff
Guilty created by the laundering Of the
two houses. He points out that Deer
Lodge county, forcibly Powell, has
four representatives, while Powell, a
county not in existence, has one. To
make this clear it is perhaps neces-
sary to explain that while Powell
county did have an existence it had
ceased when the apportionment bill was
passed, as the name of the county had
been changed back to Deer Lodge when
the apportionment bill was enacted,
while Deer Lodge county, on the same
day that Powell county, in name,
ceased to have an existence became
DAILY county. BY this changing of
names a county, DAILY, finds itself out
in the cold, 10 far as representation is
concerned, while n county that finds
no place on the map has one represent
alive.
Authorities are ample" says the
governor in his veto, "to show that an
apportionment, which provides repre-
sentation for a county not in existence,
is not an apportionment of the several
counties of the state, as indicated by
the title of the bill, or as provided for
by the constitution. If this alleged
apportionment fails the inequalities of
representation will not be as fragrant
as it would be if it became a law.
Under the old apportionment Deer
Loge had six representatives, and
every new county created was entitled
to one representative until otherwise
provided for by law"
After stating that this law remained
in force until the apportionment was
made, the governor quotes from the
bill changing the name Of Deer Lodge
county to DAILY, whereby the laws ap-
plicable to the former are made to APP
ply to the latter, and also calls atten-
tion to the section which specifies that
''the change of name herein provided
for shall not impair or work a forfeit
ture or alteration of any vested rights
and all laws Of a general OF special
nature now affecting O. applying to
Deer Lodge county shall hereafter APP
ply with equal force and effect to said
DAILY county," The same section is
contained in the bill changing the
name Of Powell county to Deer Lodge.
The result will be, points out the
governor, that what is now DAILY coun-
ty will appear to have six representa-
ives in the next house, and what is
now Deer Lodge county will have one
representative as a newly created
county. Next the governor refers to
the constitutionaliy Of the bills chang
ing the names of the counties, a ques-
ton that has already been raised, and
says that whether constitutional or
not, the result would be the same.
The old law would apply. It would
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26

The law requiring registration as
one of the prerequisites to voting Is
still in full force and effect. Unless
you are registered you cannot vote.
The Delta independent., 1901-04-19

The German army has furnished an
other terrible illustration Of what duel
ing means. An infantry captain pres
ent at an officers dinner took offense
at the innocent but rough horse-play
of an army surgeon. and struck him.
He then retired to his quarters. In a
little while two officers representing
the surgeon appeared with challenge.
Before they could deliver 1t brother
of the surgeon entered and shot the
captain dead. His excuse was that ne
sacrificed himself to save his brother.
the surgeon, who had wife and chill
dren,. and could hardly hope to sur
vive duel with the offended captain.
a noted pistol-shot. Such an incident
must come home with peculiar force
to the emperor, who has frankly com
mended dueling in the army as the
proper way for a soldier to protect his
honor"
The Delta independent., 1901-04-19
Irrigation sup-r,n,.nd.n,..

Denver, Colo. April 15.--Governor
Orman hns appointed six superintend-
ents OF irrigation for the six districts
OF the state. The former number OF
districts was five, but n new district
was created to comprise Routt county.
The superintendent appointed are:
District No. flames j. Armstrong,
Greeley. Weld county.
District No. 2-E. X. Chew, Pueblo,
Pueblo county.
District No. 3-Weslcy Staley, Hoop
er. Costilla county.
District No. 4-E. ID. Semnin, Du.
range, In Plata county.
District No. GA. +. Reeves, Mont
rose, Montrose county.
District No. G-Peter +. Reinhardt,
Steamboat Springs. Routt county.
Each superintendent receives sal.
ary OF So day for the time he is nc.
tually employed. In the first two dis.
trlcts the salaries average $500 n
year.
The Delta independent., 1901-04-19

A recent Importation Of foreigners
against which NO one will be likely to
take exceptions. except. perhaps. the
natives they have come to destroy. has
been graciously received and welcomed
by the quarantine officer Of the Cali
fornia State Board Of Agriculture at
San Francisco. The newcomers are a
consignment of taehina flies from
the grasshopper tribe-their wholesale
exterminators, in fact. wherever found.
They came as cold storage passengers
and with them came a large number Of
ladybugs, for service in clearing the
orchards of red scale-the pest Of fruit
growers. The flies are to be released
in May. They will make short work
of the grasshoppers, which swarm at
that time.