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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26

separate columns. each with a circle
on top, voting under the Australian
system ceased to be one of the institu.
tions of the state. Best of all, the
law should be changed back to its
original form. Tt would then certain
ly place it beyond the ability of the
''shift boss'' to longer continue a
dominating power in Montana cleo
tions and all voters capable of reading
would be left to exercise what the law
SAYS they shall-their free and unin-
fuenced choice. The only ones de-
barred would be the i~lliterate or the
class of foreigners who usually exercise
the right of franchise only because
it insures them employment with GER
tain concerns who demand as a pre-
requisite to such employment willing
ness on the part of those seeking it to
submit to the political dictatorship
of the men placed in AUTHORITY over
them. It cannot be said that abridg-
ment Of franchise in either of those
cases would threaten seriously the
state or general government OF the in
they represent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
INTEMPERATE ADVOCACY.

Under the above heading the Ana
coDda Standard, which has heretofore
endorsed everything the a%narchistic
ghoul has cared to say concerning the
administration, treats Lentz's latest
utterance in the house as follows:
Congressman Lent did neither him
self nor the cause Of anti-imperialism
any good by two outbursts in the
house of representatives the day be-
fore yesterday. OF his reference to
the deceased New Mexico judge whom
he charged with having been appoint
ed as q reward for supporting Mark
Hanna in the Ohio legislature, the
most that can be said is that it was in
bad taste. The main purpose of Mr..
Lentz, as everybody understands, was
to pour some hot shot into Mark Han
ma; but under the circumstances he
could not do it without rejecting
upon a dead man, and, as nothing
could be accomplished by attacking
Mr.. Hanna in the house, it would
have been much better for Lentz to
have allowed the matter to pass with
out comment.
The remarks of the Ohio congress-
nan On the subject Of assertions were
much more reprehensible. They we're
%uncalled for, they were grounded upon
false principles, and he put himself in
such a position that his opponents
were enabled to strike back at hin,
viciously and effectively. While he
did not actually advise soldiers to de-
sert, he used expressions that easily
might be 81 interpreted. This no man
can afford to do, whatever may be his
opinions concerning the adminisra-
tion's Philippine policy. The soldiers
of the army have voluntarily enlisted
and taken a solemn oath to perform
their service faithfully for a certain
term. During that term they are both
legally and morally bound to serve;
and, if under any extreme circumstan-
ces an individual desertion might be
extenuated, Mr.. Lentz presented no
such case. He spoke of cruelties al
legged to have been perpetrated upon
Filipinos by American soldiers. The
alleged facts certainly furnish good
grounding for an investigation, but by
nc forced or strained Interpretation
can they be considered as in the slight
est degree an xouse for desertion by
other American soldiers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
MAKE IT AS IT WAS.

The legislature should lose no time
in passing the law eliminating the
circle from the official ballot. It
should do more-cut out of the Kill
gallon bill the right to take marked
dummy ballots into voting booths. If
it is the intent and desire to continue
the Australian method of voting all
attractions Of that sytem should be
done away with. To permit marked
ballots to be taken into polling booths
is in violation Of the principles of the
system and should no more have a
place in the law than the present
modification by which a circle ia
placed at the top. When the various
tis&ets were permitted to be placed in
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26

It must give unbounded satisfaction
to the anti-administration people that
they have the profound assurance Of
Senior Cisneros of his hearty co-opera-
ton in their efforts to stir up trouble
between Cuba and the United States.
The gentleman's attempts in that di-
rection, however, promise to be no
more fruitful Of results than their
own, a knowledge that probably does
not I'LL them with hilarious glee.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
FUSION LEGISLATIVE ODD1TY.

When the lower house of the legis:
lature took up the matter of reducing
the mileage Of certain state officers to
n basis commensurate with the amount
it would actually cost them to travel
if they were required to pay railroad
fare, the people of the state applauded
the act as indicating a desire on the
part. of the representatives to effect
a saving to the taxpayers. According
ly the newspapers and the public were
not slow in expressing their approval
of the measure and urging it's passage.
Now, however, it seems that when
the representatives proposed the re-
duction it was not, as the public fool
lshly believed, to effect q saving to
the taxpayers, but for the purpose of
using the gain to be made by the re-
duction in the direction of giving
more liberal conversation to another
class Of officials. In the opinion of
the members Of the house the patriots
who are called to assembled biennial
~ to make laws for the state are VIC
TINS OF parsimony and do not receive
the reward their labors and towering
ability entitle them to. To remedy
the evil and remove the outrage it is
now proposed to increase the pay of
the legislators to $40 per day and in
stead of compelling them to be salts
ned with the niggardly allowance of
10 cents for each mile travelled between
their homes and the state capital to
allow them 20 cents.
Just why members of the leeisla.
ture should be given travel allowances
almost three times the amount of the
actual cost, assuming that they pay
1are' an assumption not borne ont by
'ne 1aots' only a fusion member of
'nae body can tell. The bill has re.
celved favorable report in committee
ana unless sufficient pressure from the
PUBIC can be brought to bear against
it, it will probably be rushed through
IN the hurry and confusion of the clos.
ing days of the session.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
HOW TO ELECT SENATORS.

Chicago Tribune: The Wisconsin
legislature has asked congress to SUBJ
NIT to the states a constitutional
amendment providing for the election
of senators by popular vote. The pres
emit method Of election has not worked
badly in Wisconsin. Under it men
have been elected who have as a rule
enjoyed the full respect and confidence
Of their constituents and who would
have found it as easy to get a nomina-
tion in a convention as in a caucus.
Legislative deadlocks have not hap
pened often. Yet there is a strong
sentiment among the people Of the
state in favor of a change in the
method Of choosing senators. This
being the case, how much stronger
should that sentiment be in Oregon,
Montana, Nebraska and Delaware,
whose legislatures have for weeks
been vainly e~ndeavoring to choose
senators. If the last two Legislatures
do not arrive at a conclusion in a few
weeks neither Delaware nor Nebraska
will be represented in the senate when
congress shall meet in special session
to consider the Cuban question. That
will not please the citizens Of the
states in question. They will regret
that they were not permitted to select
at the polls last November the men
whom they wished to represent them
in the senate. Two causes are work
ing together to create in the public
mind the belief that the present meth
cd Of electing senators must be aband-
oned. One of them is the greater fire.
quency of legislative snarls and
tangles, which leave states unrepresent-
ed. The other and more cause is the
growing conviction that better men,
who will not look on themselves as far
removed from and not answerable to
the people, will be sent to Washington
when senators are chosen by the peo-
pie at first hand and not, as now, at
second hand.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26

And now the state is threatened
with another infiction of Charleyhart-
man. From Helena comes the news
that the late lamented political acrobat
is to be resurrected and sprung on the
legislature rs a candidate for short
term senator. Montana has sinned
often and ~grievously, but not to the
extent of meriting punishment to the
degree implied by the Helena story.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26

tion of human life. Worked to the
pitch they usually are when engaged
on a mission of that sort, they are not
in a mental condition to brook inter.
ference with their plans and designs
and the commission of murder is TO,
them an easy matter. The fact that
in every case where men have gone or
smashing" expeditions they took
with them fire arms goes to prove this.
To wreck a saloon and it's contents
does not require shotguns or guns OF
any description. The weapons are
taken along for another and more SER
ious purpose. They are to be used in
case resistance is offered, something
likely to occur at every n of those
raids undertaken. That they are SO
used is proved by the wanton murder
Of Mrs. Hudson, who was guilty of
nothing more than the womanly action
of rushing to the side of her husband,
whom she believed to have been shot
during the fusilade that signaled entry
into the place by the raiders.
1t is a wonder only that other MUIR
ders have not resulted since the craze
for total abstinence has taken hold of
the people Of the state. While the
advocates of prohibition may be
prompted by every good motive, it
cannot be denied that they have al
lowed their zeal to overstep the
bounds of reason and when they shall
again attain their good sense, as they
probably will, they will be among the
first to realize it and deplore the re-
suits for which they are responsible.
In the abstract "joint" wrecking may
be all very we'll, but when viewed
from the standpoint of cold blooded,
dispassionate reasoning the conse-
quences it may lead to should cause
all who contemplate engaging in the
exciting diversion to think hard and
well before they undertake it. The
life Of the murdered woman in the
eyes Of the Maker was of more value
than all the possible good the Nation
ties may hope to accomplish by their
efforts. Instead Of becom-
ing lawless themselves they should
compel the officers whom they elected
for that purpose to enforce the law.
II the present set will not do their
duty the time is not so far off when
they can be replaced by others that
will. Better do this than do that
which may end in murder and heart
breaking.
But after all, is prohibition so over
whelmingly popular in Kansas? The
fact that SO many men find it profit
able to engage in the saloon business,
not only in certain places, but all over
the state, would suggest a very strong
ans wer in the negative.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
A LOGICAL SEQUENCE.

While the recent murder in Kansas
of an innocent woman by a mob which
had gathered to wreck a saloon prob
ably shocked those who read the story
of the atrocity, it certainly could not
have been the cause Of surprise. The
act was but a logical sequence of
those that proceeded it. When Mrs.
Nation and her followers resorted to
lawlessness for the purpose Of suppress
sing lawlessness in another form they
opened the way that leads to anarchy
and ruin. They infamed a lot of fer
vents and by example and appeal in
duced them likewise to become law
less. In others with, perhaps, no
pronounced views on the subject which
started the first to defy the statutory
and moral laws, they aroused the
mate desire to wreak destruction
dormant in SO many and they, too,
joined in the crusade, finding in it a
good excuse for allowing themselves
to yield to their propensity for de-
struotiveness. In a case Of that kind
men are very often prone'to disregard
the distinction which exists between
the mere destruction of chattels, IMAM
innate objects, and the wilful destruc-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
LITTLE OVER Minimum
Hamilton Sentenced to Seven
Years Imprisonment for
Killing Day.

Minneapolis, Feb. 25-Frank H.
Hamilton, convicted of manslaughter
in the first degree, was brought into
court after the regular course at $3.50
this afternoon. It was hoped in this
way to escape the curious crowds.
Judge Brooks sentenced the prisoner
to seven years at hard labor in tthe
state prison at Saltwater.
Hamilton, while he had been hoping
for the shortest sentence allowed under
the law, five years, does not seem
greatly surprised at the length of the
term given him. For a moment only
his face showed dismay and gain and
then he turned to his attorneys with
half a smile and dropped back into his
seat.
In the roo were a number of
women, who began to cry when the
sentence was pronounced. The situa-
ton was dramatic from this stand
point, but Hamilton failed to notice
any Of the women. and confined his
attention to his attorneys and his
newspaper friends.
As loon as sentence was passed the
prisoner was remanded to the custody
of the sheriff. The commitment pa
pers will probably be made out tomor-
row morning and Hamilton taken to
Saltwater to begin serving his sent
ence.
Petitions asking for his pardon are
already in circulation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26

At various times The Gazette has
been inclined to believe that much
which has been said against the gen.
tleman, if not absolutely untrue, was
greatly overdrawn, but since the Hell
ena Herald has seen fit to come out in
his defense, it is free to confess that it
believes everything ever charged
against F. Aug. Heinze, and much
that he has never been accused of.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26

We're 1t not for the fact that the
name of Montana's own capital APP
pears in the date line, the dispatch
from Helena announcing the introduce
ton by Senator Mahon of a bill to
compel railroads to run their trains
on time, might be mistaken for a stray
item recounting legislative proceed
ings in Kansas during the days of pop
ulism.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26

The two may not have any connec-
ton, but it appears very much as
though China's sudden manifestation
of willingness to comply with the
demands of the foreign ENJOYS was not
entirely uninf1uenced by the Waldersee
announcement of another punitive ex-
petition.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
WEATHER.

Washington, Feb. 25-Montana:
Fair Tuesday and probably Wednes-
day; variable winds.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26

tional pride might be aroused. By
subscribing to a general principle this
would be obviated, as it promises to
maintain the rights of all against sell
fish individual efforts.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-10-19
DULUTH AND SUPERIOR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER

vious to the opening Of the convention,
and will report Immediately upon the
opening thereof; hence secretaries will
observe the necessity Of having the
duplicate credentials OF their respective
delegates at headquarters at the earl
lest possible moment. The executive
council will meet three days previous to
the convention. ~:
Delegates canSobtain Accommodation
on the eAmericanAplan as follows: Hotel
Jermyn. 50 and $3.50: The Coyne Hotel.
$. per day. two In room; ST. Charles
Hotel, 81 per day, two in a room; Lack
awanna Valley House, 81 per day, two
in a room; The Irving Hotel, SITS, one
in a room: $1.5osstwo in room; Hotel
Terrace, 81 perday. two in room.
Headquarters wiz be at the Hotel Jer-
myn. If other h6tel arrangements are
made or additional notice regarding the
convention is necessary. to be given or
required, it will be furnished by cor
respondence, circular, the Amarican
Federation of Labor and the labor press
Special railroa4 rates have been Sc
cured, the term1 and conditions Of
which will be communicated in another
circular. Fraternally yours,
SAMUEL GOMPERS, \
FRANK MORRISON, President.
.la- Secretary. ~.,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-10-19
HEIGHTS ON WARPATH.
Do Not Get Sufficient Protection
From the City.

Do Not Get Sufficient Protection
From the City.
The citizens of Duluth Heights are
up in arms, and it Is not against the
street car company either. They feel
that they are Untitled to better treat
men from the city council. The man
who gets their votes for alderman this
year has got to make them certain
pledges, and give assurance that he will
keep them. For the last few years the
city has not spent, q dollar on Duluth
department has repaired the county
road for the benefit Of the farmers
and pleasure parties going to Pike
Lake. Electric lights that burn only
on moonlight nights, were given in
August and that is all. This little
suburb pays into the county treasurer
for taxes every year sum amounting
to only $3,5Oo. Small though this may
seen, yet one-fifth of 1t. is not expended
on the Heights. ..E....5.. E;..ss =
We pay taxes for schools, fire and
police protection, and public mainten-
ance. There is beautiful school there.
that sustains three teachers, and this
is all. Police and fire protection is out
Of the question entirely, and there does
not seem to be any hope for any in the
near future. "A good fire would in one
night wipe the entire suburb off the
map, together with the life savings Of
a hundred workingmen, who have not
another thing in this world. 1T appears
that some parts of the city are getting
more than their share. or there Is an
immense leakage some where, for the
people there are entitled to more prs
teton than they are getting. .:: ss 1,..o Sz
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-10-19
D| ON =
CRUDE OIL co.
OF Beaumont, Texas.
= II a Share ( s,.oo.

ready to harvest its product at once.
we will arrange for tanks next, and
then will be able to supply oil to con-
sumers upon terms equal to the larg-
est and best equipped companies.
"A considerable asset OF the Diamond
Lake. Saratoga Springs, and at Big
Hill: These properties have been over
snadOWed by the great success at Spin
die. Top. but they are very valuable
and we'll worth development.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
The officers and directors Of the Dia-
mond Crude Oil company are all men
whom the public has every right to feel
confident in. The list follows:
President-C. w. Ransom, of Albert
Lea. Mimi. for over 20 years the head
OF the Wholesale grocery house of Ran
som Bros. president of the Consoli-
dated Fire and Marine Insurance COM
pany OF Albert Lea. director In the AL
First Vice President-Frank T.
Locke, of sibley. Iowa, president of the
Melvin Gowa> National bank, presi-
dent of the Bank Of Harris, Harris.
Iowa, and cashier of the Sibley Qowa)
State bank.
Second vice Prestdent-Hon. M. IN
Everett of Waterville. Minn.. a state
senator and president of the Everett
City Bank Of Watervi1le, Mimi
secretary-A. w. Harris, Of sibley.
Iowa. secretary. and treasurer of the A.
W.. Harris Grain company. OF Sibley,
ard president of the A. w. Harris Gas
Light company. Of Sibley. Iowa.
Treasurer-A. H. Gale, of Mason
City. Iowa. cashier Of the City National
Bank of Mason City, Iowa.
Other Directors-Elias FitterlinE,
of Minneapolis. Minn., capitalist and
owner Of the valuable property on Mic
ollet avenue now occupied by the New
Store. G. II. Nance, Of Duluth. Mimi,
!umberman. W. NJ. McAlister. Of Al
bert Lea. Minn..i creditman Ut the
Western Grocery company. Albert Dol.
lcnlnayer, Of the Dollenmayer Ajver-
tising Agency, Minneapolis. Minn.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-10-19
GET THE INFORMATION.

A copy of the National Oil Reporter
has just come to hand containing a
Writeup of the Beaumont oil fields.
This is superbly y Illustrated magaz-
Inc and full of interesting information.
Persons interested in Texas oil as an
than to study its contents. We have
a copy at our office, and will be glad
to have those interested see it:
But in the entire magazine of oil fact
there e. is nothing that does not : tell you you
mond Crude oil stock The more you
you will be convinced that this is the
thing to do.
Texas oil offers more for the investor
big or little-thao any other form
Of investment we know Of. The Oil
Reporter advances the bold assertion
that Is per cent Of the fuel of the in
few years. This statement is hard to
believe, but even II it is discounted
many times it still makes Texas oil
the greatest industrial proposition in
the world. next to the iron industry
Think Of it, one Of the large southern
railroads. after an experime mental test.
pronounced oil IS per cent. cheaper
than coal. and this did not take into
consideration the fact that it would
Of the firemen upon locomotives.
READ THE FACTS.
The problem Ia so great that it can
not be covered in any mere announce
ment of this character. Our prospectus
has been carefully written and is alb.
:, ,.Irtely accurate In tts statements. II
will be sent you on request Better
still. call at the office. If possible.
The Diamond Crude Oi! company
owns lot on Spindle Top: where all
the great sushers are. We have a well
(uow dr,linE) about 400 feet deep
which is In the hands Of one Of the best
tlrillers III the BeaumorH field. That
we'll is likely to b.. gushing OIL within
two weeks, and our company needs ad-
ditional funds TO put its oil on the mar.
ket. Considerable money Is necessary
tc buy tanks. pipelines nnd othe,
equipment to harvest the oil crop. Our
company has profited bv the experience
Of others. ard is now contracting fo1
q pipeline from the Diamond we'll tc
the railroad tank loading track, to b<
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-10-19
GETS A Benefit

Employe Of Freimuth Profits ~
Membershipr In Association.
The Freimuth Beneficiary associa-
ton, limited to the employees Of Ffei-
muth's department store, has paid ito
first benefit. One of the salesladies
having been i'll for over three weeks,
was voted SIG. The organization was
formed last June, but this is the first
case where it has had to; extend tts
benefits. ,rr sEi..s, u
At a meeting of the directors the
following committee was selected to
look after the social side Of the assoc
citation during the winter months Miss
Jane .Everington. Miss Margaret Scan
lon, Miss Olga stahlbush, Hugo Hirsch-
man. E. Sattler, J. Medley.