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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-19
CoNGREssMEN-AT-LARGE.
The Measure Which Provides Five
 Congressmen for Connecticut.

A
 Congressmen for Connecticut
 In the senate Monday, Senator Kenealy presented the bill which pro- vides for an additional congressman from Connecticut by electing one at large. He explained the matter briefly and the bill was pissed without further comment by a unanimous vote. The House concurred. Governor Mclean subsequently approved the bill. The bill is as follows:
 Section l. At the electors meeting to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, l9U2 and biennially thereafter tnere shall be elected from this state live representa- tives in the Congress of the United States, one of whom shall be voted for at all of said meetings and who shall be designated as ''representative-at-large. The others of said representatives shall be chosen respectively one from each of the following districts, viz: District number one to consist of the counties of Hartford and Holland. District number two to consist of the counties of New Haven and Middlesex. District num- Der three to consist of. the counties of New London and Windham. District number four to consist of the counties of Fairfield and Litchfeld.
 Sec ?. Votes cast for representa- tiyes=at-large" shall be on the ballot with state officers and said office and the name of the candidate voted for shall be placed on said ballot next be- fore representative in congress" Votes cast for representatives t-large" shall not be counted for candidate for district representative, nor shall votes cast for a district representative be counted for candidate for representa- tive-at-large.
 Sec 3. The electors in each of the towns in the state, at the electors meetings on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1902, and bien- nially thereafter, shall bring in their ballots for a representative-at-lar from this state in the congress of the United States. And the electors in the several towns in each congressional district, at said electors meetings shall bring in their ballots for a representa- tive in said congress for such district, who shall reside therein, to represent this state in said congress.
 Sec A. The provisions of Section 225, 263 and 264 of the General Stat t1tes as amended by Chapter LXII. of the Public Acts of 1889 are hereby ex- tended to any vacancy in the office of presentative-at-large except that the writ of election shall be directed to the town clerks and assistant town clerks of the several towns in the state and that said writ shall be conveyed to all of the sheriffs in this state and that each sheriff receiving said writ shall transmit it to the several town clerks county.
 Sec 5. The provisions of chapter CLXXXVIII. of the Public Acts of 195 and of Chapter CXCIV. of the Public Acts of 1897 are hereby extend ed to votes cast for representative-at- large, in so far as said provisions relate to representatives in congress.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-19

board of education at San Juan. He was secretary of the interior for Porto Rico by appointment of Gen. Henry. Though born in 1862, and therefore only 39 years. of age, Senor Degetan
 has long been recognized as leader among his people. His aspirations were republican, and in 1896 he was one of the four commissioners sent to Spain to ask for autonomy. In 1898 he was elected a deputy to the cortez at Madrid. He is the author of number of books, consisting of essays, novels and short stories. Political, educa- tiona1 and sociological questions have SO deeply interested him that they form the central problems of even his lighter essays in the field of fiction. 'What Quixote' is a protest against the indifference of modern society; .'The Redemption of Conscript" deals with the question of philanthropy;
 two others with the social slavery of children, one circus boy and the oth- CT little negro attached to Porto Rican sugar plantation. Tales for the Voyage" (Cuentos Vara el Viage) is collection of short stories more or less concerned with. the problems of
 environment and education; and "Youth',-these latter two forming the latest and most mature of his writings consists of "a series of pictures in the life of young men whose fundamental aspiration is the abolition of capital punishment. This last work is in spirit if not in letter aut tobiographical, and is ra{1 antive in a vivid way of the aI1- thor's experience while studying in Madrid. "The. A, B. c, of; the Froebel System" is study of those methods of instruction linked with. the name of the Great German educator. This work has given Senor Degetan wide reputation in educational circles.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-19
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1901.
Boss Platt's new commissioner ot

T patents has evidently taken public office as a private snap' for his motto, and thereby he is likely to get himself and the administration in hot water, unless some of his superiors in office are wise enough to make him with draw his outrageous order, suspending hearings before himself and the assist ant commissioner of patents for the months of July and August thereby delaying for two months the business of every inventor whose case requires hearing. The business of the United States patent office is conducted at a large profit to the government, and the idea that any official, even the president himself, should assume the right to suspend any branch of that business for long sixth of year, IS ridiculous, and this arrogant commis- sioner of patents cannot be taught too soon that the United States patent office is not his private property run for his personal comfort or conven- fence.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-19
PATRIOT AND SCHOLAR.
Porto Rico's First Commissioners to the United States Congress a
 Man of Many Parts.

Hon. F. Degetan y Gonzales, the com missioner to the congress of the Unit ed States from Porto Rico, is man of much learning and wide acquaint ince with public. affairs. He is law yer and graduate of the Central uni. versity at Madrid. While yet a very young man he was elected by the acad emy of anthropological sciences a Madrid to the presidency of the de partment of moral and political sci ences. He also studied at the Sala manca and Granada universities. is member of number of scientif
 societies, and is president of the loca
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-19
TWO MEAN OLD THINGS.
why n Progressive Young Woman Is Down on the Town Barber and
 the New Minister.

There is new minister in a suburb an town and he is charming" All the girls agree to that. When he first came, however, there was one objec- tion made-he wore his hair too long.
 The matter was discussed at the sew ing society, says the Chicago Daily News, and committee of one was ap- pointed to attend to it. Thus it hap pened that pretty girl visited the town barber. and said: "Please get
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-19
COULD NOT ESCAPE BLAME.
FruitIess Attempt of sIanderer ts sRift the Responsibility on
 Monograph.


 A sewing machine agent in Germany wanted to slander an employe whom he had quarreled with and discharged He did not call it slander, but he knew that his enemy would, and possibly the courts also, and as the penalties for that offense are likely to be heavy in the kaiser's realm he sought out a way in which he could gain the desired end without endangering his owr safety. An inspiration came to him. and purchasing 9 photograph roll he went to the village inn, placed it into the instrument which was in the tap room and talked it full of things about his sometime friend, relates the New York Commercial Advertiser.
 Later in the day the patrons of the inn came in to have their beer, and, as was their custom, some of. them dropped coins into the photograph and set it a-talking. The result was appalling to them. The photograph told the most shocking tales about one whom they had considered hitherto much respected and altogether to be praised if not admired fellow citizen tales they knew not to be true. They hurried to the slandered man, and in the course of time he brought an ac- tion against his former employer. The latter pleaded that he had not in- suited the plaintiff, but that the phonograph was the guilty one. The phonograph was brought into court and turned on to give it's testimony, but it refused to work. However, the judge decided that the defendant was at least an active accomplice in the islanders afld fined him 50 marks.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-19

hold of the new minister and cut his hair"
 So the town barber visited the min ister and said: "Let me cut your hair, sir. A pretty girl says it is too long. She asked me to speak to you about it."
 The minister reluctantly consented and,his hair was accordingly shortened by two inches.
 Then said the minister to the bar Der: dust charge this to the pretty girl"
 Then said the barber to the pretty girl; ''I have 25 cents charged against you for the new minister's hair cut.''
 Now the pretty girl says they are both mean old things and she won't pay.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-19
Mans unculturea sense of sme11.


 A Awriter, discussing the rise of the new chemical industry of producing artificial perfumes, makes a signifi- cant remark concerning the sense of smell in human beings. He declares that it is, as yet, wholly uncultured. Tn walking through the country he says, i've can rarely identify a particular odor caught until the sight of the plant from which it emanates makes us wonder at our hesitation He suggests that the growth of the perfume industry, which results in the continual pro- duction of new odors, may lead to a cultivation of the neglected sense of smell, which may be capable of as artistic development as that which color perception has attained.-Na- ture.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-19
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Ivy temple, R. s.
 Court E. K. Crosby. Winona lodge, D. of R. Steuben lodge, D. O. H. Court Harmony, A. O. F. Eureka chapter, R. A. M. Toantick tribe, I. O. R. NJ. Court Fruitful Vine, F. of A. Mattatuck lodge, N. B. o. P. Court Fruitful Vine, A. O. F. Excelsior council, O. U. A. M. Waterbury Company, No 20, U. R <. F.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-19
Diplomacy.

Little Willie-say, pa, what's diplo- macy?
 Pa-Diplomacy, my son, is the art of making people believe that you be- lieve that they believe what you say when you know they don't. Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-19
The Kaiser as a Farmer.

The kaiser has an estate in Cadinen, small country place in Pomerania. where he is displaying his genius as a farmer. During his residence there in the future an entire regiment of infantry will be stationed at Brauns- berg to insure his safety.-N. Y Herald.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29
VERDICT ALREADY IN,

st. Paul Dispatch: There is one
feature of the Schley INJURY, or, rath-
er, one aspect of it, that seems to
have escaped public scrutiny, or, if
noted, has been passed over without
the condemnation it deserves. It is
but a fair assumption that the gov
eminent and the navy department are
seeking but the truth, the fact. Ad-
miral Schley requested a court Of in
quiry, and his request was granted,
and Immediately all of the power of
the government is exerted to prove
him guilty. This is not, it must be
borne in mind, a courtmartial, before
which an officer is hauled
to answer Official charges, but a court
of inquiry granted to n Of the high
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29
MILES CITY VIEW.

Yellowstone Journal: Miles City
congratulates it's neighbor Billings
on the seemingly warranted presump-
ton that the Burlington road is to
extend it's line in the near future
from Huntley toward the northwest.
These congratulations are forthcom-
ing because Billings seems to be very
much pleased over the prospect and
whatever pleases Billings pleases its
friends here, for Miles City has no
ignoble feeling of jealousy in it's
make up. 1t has it's OWL future to
carve out and does not for a NOM
ent think that the merited prosper
ity Of Alkali Flat can in any sense
work adversely to the venerable
mother of all Yellowstone towns. Still
there is something to be thought of
that may or may not have occurred
to the people of Billings. Heretofore
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29
SCHLEY is INDICATED.

The end of the Schley case is in
sight and the people of the nation
have reason for soon expecting a ver-
dict from the court of inquiry which
has been hearing the testimony. I'm
less a nation is greatly mistaken and
is incapable of weighing and under
standing the evidence which has been
submitted the verdict that will be
rendered must be favorable to the
admiral and n of not guilty" The
charges of cowardice and insubordi-
nation preferred by the clique unfav-
orable to the admiral and uttered
through it's mouthpiece, the discredit-
ed historian Maclay, have been ut
terly disproved and Schley, whom the
people have w regarded as innocent
stands more completely v~indicated
than even his most earnest friends
and pronounced partisans could have
hoped for. A Washington correspond
ent who is usually close to sources
of reliable information writes that
without b%etraying any condolences or
assuming to speak for any of the
members of the court it is now posi-
BILE to sum up the results. A verdict
OF acquittal, he declares, will be re.
turned. The worst that the evi.
dence has brought against Schley, he
says. is that the admiral, then com
modore, may have been guilty of an
error OF judgment in turning back
toward Key West and worrying about
his coal supply for a few hours, and
that it might also be said he would
have done better had he made swift.
er progress from Cienfuegos to San.
tiago. But that this was a question
for him to decide at the time and
That in doing what he did he acted
within the margin. of discretion nee.
essarily allowed to the commando,
OF a squadron engaged in the actiyi.
ties OF a campaign. No evidence has
been adduced to show that his con.
duct was inspired by fear or a DUR
pose to disregard the orders of his
superiors.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29

est officers Of the navy, and its very
title indicates that 1t is to inquire
into, to Investigate, to ascertain. Why,
then, should the navy department be
placed in the position of an accuser,
a prosecutor, instead of an investiga-
tor? Why should not the great pow
err and machinery of the government
be exerted to get at the truth, in
stead Of clouding it and belonging it?
schley is the applicant" not the "ac-
cused" and yet he is placed in the
p~redicament o f a prisoner in the dock
Of a court of justice. He introduces
witnesses to prove his actions, and
Immediately the paid attorneys of the
government proceed to discredit and
impeach the witness! Whatever may
be said, there cannot be the slightest
doubt that Lemley and Hanna feel
and believe they are there to-not to
develop the truth and ascertain the
fact, but to condemn, convict and
damn Schley; and it is equally impos-
sible that this feeling can come from
aught but the Instructions they re-
ceived when placed in charge Of the
case. When the great world sees and
knows this, what else can it do but
join in the chorus in declaring the
entire affair a conspiracy against
Schley? The proceedings have be-
come a farce, and, the country has
only the saving congratulation that
Dewey, Benham and Ramsey may be
trusted to voice, in their findings, the
verdict the country at large has long
ago returned.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29
LESSON IN ECONOMY.

Those newspapers and individuals
that seem to think it would be folly
Tor Montana to make an attempt at
participation in the st. Louis eyposi.
ton with less than $1,000 600 apparent
~ are not as well informed concern,
ing such matters as they might be.
Having become accustomed to the
reckless and lavish expenditures
which mark the individual monetary
transactions of many persons of the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29

J. Pierpont Morgan is probably fully
conscious of the fact that as a con-
testant in a beauty show he could not
hope to gain greater honors than to
be mentioned among the "also rams"
but for all that he is touchy on the
matter Of his personal appearance.
He has engaged a firm of lawyers to
look up the law in regard to libel with
a view to proceeding against an
Omaha newspaper that referred to
him as a "meaty individual"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29
A VICTORY.

I--HT
When the school teachers of I'LL
nois began their war against tn,
State board of equalization to compe
that body to properly and honestl.
assess some of the larger and more
wealthy of the Chicago corporations
the board and the companies were
inclined to make light of the matter
and sought to bluff them out of theil
intentions. The first move of the
teachers was to appeal to the board
and ask it to assess the capital stock
and franchises and met with a refusal
as was expected. Having laid the
proper foundation, through the states
attorney Of Sangamon county IT, sy
began proceedings in the circuit court
of that county for a writ of manda-
mus compelling the board to make
the assessment. Here they were sue
cessful and the board took an appeal.
Decision on the appeal was rendered
by the supreme court last Thursday
and vas adverse to the appellants.
The decision of the court of last re-
sort is interesting because of the
nicely of wording it displays in init
mating that the board had acted
fraudulently, while at the sametime
not directly charging it with fraud.
AS the case now stands the board
must assess the capital stock, as we'll
as the franchises Of the companies
and this will mean the addition of
many million dollars to the funds of
the state, of which amount. Cook
county alone will receive something
in the neighborhood of two millions.
1t was for this that the teachers
fought. While all the teachers of the
state were interested in the matter,
the credit for bringing about the
changed condition of affairs is due
to the teachers Of Chicago, who be-
gan the proceedings in order that
the schools of that city might not be
deprived of what is justly their due.
Hitherto the board of equalization
has assessed the corporations only
nominally, thereby reducing the
amount Of the school tax to such a
degree that it has been found impos-
sible to maintain the number of
schools the city needed and many
children were forced to grow up in
ignorance and roam the streets be-
of the absence of schools that
they might attend.
The fight the teachers made against
such seeming odds and opposed by
the millions Of the corporations and
all the influence that immense wealth
could WELD is all the more remarka-
Bile because of the success which has
attended it and the unselfsh purpose
for which it was inaugurated. All
honor and credit is due to the noble
band of determined men and brave
women and the service they have rem
dered the parents of Chicago and the
entire state of Illinois is such as
should cause all to hold them in CRATE
full and lasting remembrance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29

Just to emphasize their protests
against honoring a negro to the ex-
tent of inviting him to dine in the
white house, the people Of Mississippi
have burned at the stake another
member OF the race.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29

The people Of a proud and mighty
state are still demanding answer to
the burning question, what about
st. Louis?"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29
liME TABLE,
Billings, Mont.
|f;iFKS5|
KANSAS CITY,
ST. LOUIS,
SAN FRA CISCO
LINCOLN,
OMAHA,
CHICAGO,

A2A
SALT LAKE,
and all points east. south and wet.
Trains ARRIVE AND DEPART AS Follow
No ~. Passenger, daily, Chicago, st.
Louis, Kansas City, st. JO-
seph, Atchison, Omaha, Lin =
coin. Denver, California, Col
orado and Texas points.
No. Al. Passenger, daily from above
points. Arrive. ............. 1:55 am
No. 40. Freight daily, Sheridan and
=, intermediate points. Leave. 1000 am.
No. -. Freight, daily, from Sheridan
and intermediate points.
Arrive 6D0a.m
Sleeping, dining and reclining chair
cars (seats free) on through trains.
Tickets sold and baggage checked to
any point in the United States or Can
ada.
For information, maps, tables, and
tickets call on or address ]. l.. Har-
rington, agent, H. B. Segur, general
agent, Billings. Mont, or ]. Francis.
general passenger agent. Omaha, Neb.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29

When it comes to the man behind
the gun Express Messenger Charles
modestly begans the attention Of the
grandstand for a few minutes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29
WIDOW OF GENERAL GRANT ILL

Confined to House But Not Consid.
cred Serious.
Washington, Oct. 2S.-Mrs. Julia
Dent Grant, widow of General u. S.
Grant is i'll at her home here. She
has been confined to her house since
days ago. AZ present her illness Is
not regarded as critical
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29

All the same Admiral Schley must
acknowledge that even the witnesses
for the defense have failed to estab-
fish his ability to canter to the post
Evans when the gong rings for an
exhibition of vigorous profanity. AS
yet the best that has been proved
for him in that direction does not
enable him to take down the card hors
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29
sAMAR PROBLEM.

Chicago Inter-Ocean: The people
who send out annually 21,000,000
pounds of hemp and make large ship
ments Of sugar, rice, coffee, choco-
late and tobacco, are not slaughter
ing American soldiers. The refugees
from Luzon, the brigands and out
laws driven from the northern is
lands, supported by the savages of
the Samar mountains, are fighting
the Americans. The situation de-
mands that the outlaws and savages
be crushed, and that the work of civ
ilization go forward. This is the
problem of Samar. @
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-11-06
Obituary..

Philomelia Hawkins was born in st.
Lawrence County, New York, April
18th, 1888. At the age of sixteen she
removed with her parents TO Illinois
and settled near Antioch, Lake Coun-
ty. She was married at Salem, Ken
osha County, Wis, to Alfred Little on
the 9Th of January, 1853. Eleven years
later she with her husband and family
came to Burr Oak, in this county,
where they lived until 1888, when they
moved to Minnesota and settled in
Minnesota.
She died in the triumph of firm
trust in Jesus as her personal Savior,
at her home in Minnesota, October 9th
last. Her husband having proceeded
her to the Glory land by seven years.
There are five children left to mourn
her loss, three sons and two daughters.
Mr.. M. B. Little, of Rockford, ILL.,, Mr..
III. T. Little, of Burr Oak, Mrs. Frank
Peacock, of this city, Mr.. George A.
Little, of Cherokee, Ia, and Miss Mile
Little, of Minnesota.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-11-06
President Roosevelt's Policy.

Unless a man is honest, we have no
right to keep him in public life, it
matters not how brilliant his capacity /;
it hardly matters how great his rover
of doing service on certain lines may
he. No man who condones corruption
in others, can possibly do his duty by
the community. am going to select
the best men for public positions. Men
appointed to high public places must
be high in morals and in many other
respects. If the American people care
to show their approval of my course as
president during the three years and
half have to serve by placing me at
the head of the Republican ticket i'm
1904, | should feel deeply grateful. 1t
would be an honor it would be difficult
for any man to decline. But if have
to pander to cliques, combinations on
movements for their approval would
not give rap of my finger for it, or
nomination for it under such circum-
stances. My Endorsement must come
from the people of the country.
President Roosevelt.