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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-30
PATTERSON, HIS RECORD.

The Denver Post, published in the
home of Senator Patterson. has come
to the rescue of its tcwnsmen and to
show what he has accomplished since
he became a member of the senate
publishes the following as his record,
taken from a source no less author
itative than the Congressional Record
itself:
Mr.. Patterson defended the motion
vigorously. The motion was lost
50 to S.
Senator Patterson bitterly denounc-
ed the amendment, which was then
carried-68 to I.
Senator Patterson made a brilliant
speech favoring the notion. The mo-
ton was defeated-76 to 8.
Senator Patterson moved an amend
ment to the substitute. Lcst-74 to 8.
Senator Patterson then arose to
address the senate. 1t was moved to
adjourn-94 to O.
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While Wilhelm is taking no pains
10 conceal hissconten.r. of Potts, the
man who testified Il. the roMrI Of in
quiry that Schley exhibited actual
fear at the battle of Santiago harbor,
by declining to receive him in the
usual manner, thus deliberately snub-
bling the naval attache of embas-
sy at Berlin, he goes out of his way
to give proof that it is a case of snub
direct of the individual and not in
tended as a slight upon the nation he
represents. To make this plain the
kaiser has given instructions to ex-
tend every possible courtesy to Ad-
miral O'Neill, who is to visit Germany
next month, directing that every facil-
ity be given him to investigate all the
government navy yards, gun factories
and arsenals. It is very evident that
Wilhelm has read the reports of the
court of inquiry and is open to the
suspicion Of being a partisan of
Schley.
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STEERS N POLITICS..

New York Commercial: That there
is a real shortage ct beef ..attle" at
the sources of supply in the west is.
getting daily demonstration as au-
thentic reports from the ranges and
farms come forward.
AS long ago as last September and
October the cattlemen realized that a
scarcity ct prime beef steers this
spring was inevitable on account Of
the heavy cost of wintering stock,
due to the advance in the price of
corn and hay, and the far-sighted
among them are now reaping their re
wards. Only a few of the cattlemen
comparatively were able, however, to
take advantage of the situation six
months ago. Most of them were COM
PEELED to market their stock in the
late fall. Those with capital and
those who could secure the co-opera-
ton Of commission men in getting
money with which to winter their
holdings are the fortunate ones. Sew
en- cents a pound on the hoof for cat
tie means Dig profits to some of them.
And, strangely enough it is having
an influence on western politics. Out
in the cattle country of Nebraska, for
instance, the voters were once al
most solidly fusionists-that is anti
republican, anti-railroads, antitrust,
anti-monopoly, anti-money power,
anti" almost everything that had any
substance of stability in it. But it is
noted that at a meeting of the fusion
state central committee last week
some democrats in that body yearned
to take a-fall out of the beef trust
in the shape of a denunciatory resolu-
ton. But their populist brethren
cried "Nay, nay" and promptly vot-
ed the proposition down. with beef
steers at Z cents a pound on the hoof,"
they argued, 'it isn't safe, it isn't
polite, to make that particular trust
the target Of any political attacks"
There are CLEANS of intelligence, it
thus appears. " in a Nebraska
fusionists. He knows a good trust"
from a bad one.
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in its demand for a canal ana
having it's wishes and desires thwart-
ed by it's own servants must be. an
amusing and edifying one. Until
perjudice and unreasonableness give
way to fairness and common sense,
the tiresome quarrel in congress owe
the. relative merits Of the routes un-
der consideration may be expected to
continue and the transcontinental
railway lines may continue to con-
graduate themselves on the kindly
manner in which fortune is playing
the cards into their hands.
Some day the nation will grow tired
Of the child's play in congress and
some of the men who are now OBJ
structing the wishes Of the people will
find themselves out of jobs and their
places filled by men who will do the
bidding OF those whom they are serv-
ing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-30
R U OF TUNE.

The love of contention and dispute
is in born in every democratic editor.
If he cannot find one CT the opposite
faith with whom to engage in a wordy
wal he tackles one of the fellows on
his own side of the political fence.
This remark is prompted by the man
ner in which the newspapers OF that
party in this state are just now treat
ing the Philippine situation. While
all are agreed that we should turn
tail and leave the islands at the very
first opportunity, and make the oppor-
tunity ourselves, they cannot arrive
at an understanding as to whom. they
should hold responsible for the actions
of Major Waller and a few other Of
ficers who seemingly have over step
ped the rules of wal IN their dealing
with some of the rebellious natives.
One paper is unrestricted in it's declar-
ations that responsibility for the acts
Of th.so men rests solely with the ad-
ministration and that they were
prompted by the administration into
the commission of the deeds for which
they have been tried by courts-mar-
tial, while another, not quite so hide
bound, is fair enough to say that the
president is honest in his assertions
that he does.not only not countenance
those things, but that he is determin-
ed the guilty ones shall be punished.
The first appeals to partisan prejudice
and insists that because the president
is republican the party he represents
must be held responsible for things
he himself deprecates and condemns,
and that he and through him his par
ty are the ones that must be held to
account for individual acts. The other
is honest enough to- admit that what
has been done has neither the sane
ton o approval of the president nor
of his party. 1t does charge some re-
publicans with having sought to con-
ceal and eve approve some of the
things that have been done in isolated
instances in the islands. but adds that
they get cold comfort and no encour
agement from the president himself;
that he is honest and sincere in his
condemnation of the outrages and his
promises that these guilty of them
shall be punished if possible. One
paper is attempting to make political
capital out of a question beyond the
sphere Of politics, while the other dis
cusses the matter as it really exists
and lays the blame where it belongs,
upon the individuals who have com
mitted the offenses. While it is no
less a partisan paper than the other,
it has more width between it's eyes
and it's mind is not so warped by par.
ty prejudice and political non as
to be incapable of being fair and hon.
est with an enemy.
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HARD TO BELIEVE.

The Gazette deplores the fact that
there should be men in. Yellowstone
county who would go to the extreme
in the chase for the dollar of which
they stand accused by the register Of
the state land Office.
To fence lands belonging to the gen
eral government and thereby deprive
Others from the enjoyment of the heri-
comes to fencing lands belonging to
the state of Montana the offense is
magnifed. These lands have been
set aside for a most laudable and
patriotic purpose-the education OF
the youth of the state. To do aught
calculated to reduce the income from
those lands is in effect robbing the
children of the state of what is justly
theirs and Withholding what the state
and people gave them under the most
sacred pledge. Yet if what is charged
against them is true, the men who
have without permission or shadow
of right fenced state lands and are
using them for their own profit and
benefit are doing this very thing, rob-
bling the children and defrauding them
of their right. 1t is not necessary
that those who wish to utilize them
should buy those lands. The state
has inaugurated a very generous sys-
tenn of leasing, asking a mer p~ittance
for the right of using the lands for
grazing purposes and extending those
leases over a tenure sufficiently great
to satisfy almost anybody.
Cupidity SO great as is suggested
by the charges Of the register is hard
to realize and it seems almost impos-
sib1e that men could be found guilty
of the offense laid up against them
by that official. 1t is to be hoped that
a full investigation will be made OF
the matter and if there are men who
are guilty of the petty meanness and
dishonesty alleged that they will be
made to pay for the land they are u.s.
ing or be forced to remove their
fences. Not only should they be com
PEELED to enter into leases guarantee.
ing payment for future use of the
land, but should also. if possible, be
compelled to pay all a~rrearages, dat.
ing back to the very first day of their
unlawful occupancy. They should
not be permitted to enjoy their ill
gotten gains without enforced resti.
tuition.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-30
CHEAP EXCURSION HATES.

National convention Travellers
Protective Association of America, at
Portland, Oregon, June 8 to z, 1902.
Supreme Lodge Ancient Order Unit
ed Workmen, Portland, Oregon, June
10 to 20, 1902.
Annual meeting Young Peoples
Christian Union Society of the United
Presbyterian church, Tacoma, Wash.
On sale June Fl to Is.
Rate-T. P. A. and A. O. U. Nv. to
Portland and return, n and one
third fare for the round trip. Y. P.
C. U. to Tacoma and return, one and
one-third fare.
Date sales-T. P. A., sell June l
to 5, inclusive, limit June 10. A. o.
wv, sell June 8 to Is, limit June %.
Y. P. G. u, sell June 81 to 25, limit
July 80. Call on Or address
M. L. HOYT, Agent.
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APPLYING %THESTEsT.

Chicago Inter Ocean: In the pres
ent hurly-burly over the Philippines
the issues have become mixed in the
minds Of many American citizens.
The democratic denunciations Of the
army are made ostensibly for the sake
of national honor and humanity-hu-
manity to u soldiers as well as to
the Fflipinos. The republican replies
are also made ostensibly for the sake
Of national honor and humanity.
In this confusion Of contentious the
Hon. Joseph G.. Cannon has done Vi
real public service In directing atten-
ton to a concrete act which illum-
mates the whole situation.
The question before the house of
representatives concerned an appro-
priation:
For the proper shelter and protec.
ton of officers and enlisted men Of
the army of the United States, law
fully on duty in the Philippines, to be
expended in the discretion of the
president, $5O0,O
There was a roll call. Every re.
publican voted for this appropriation.
Every democrat. save seven, voted
against it.
That is. every democrat, save even,
%ostensibly for the sake of humanity,
voted against protecting and shelter
ing American soldiers in the Phil
ippines, voted to expose these soldiers
to the burning sun and torrential
rains Of the tropics, voted to let them
be racked with fever and enfeebled
by disease. and finally conquered, ii
not exterminated, by act of the Unit
ed States congress.
There is the record" as Mr.. Can.
non has said, mot in 1861-65, but in
January. 1902, and all the waters OF
the cannot wash it out"
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PLAIN AND

Up at Butte Is a newspaper known
as the Times, the editor of which
seems to be qualifying himself for the
leading role in a f~irstclass funeral.
Jim" Brown is his name and he is
never s. happy as when touching up
the agitatcrs and the men responsible
for some CT the economic ills that
find place there. Jim. at one time
was a miner himself and is therefore
supposed to be more or less familiar
with the conditions and men CT whom
he writes. His diction may not be
of the most elegant and his grammar
at times shows evidence of contempt
for the rules of Lindley Murray, but
for force and vigor and plainness of
speech he certainly takes one or more
Of the buns ornamenting the pile.
For several years the Times has
been a warm proposition and as
"Marse Henry" would say has been
'hurling hell and damnation into the
serried ranks of the enemy" who in
this instance are the walking dele
gates and the men responsible for
much of the labor trouble that has at
times acted as a blight on the ccmmun-
ity in which the Times is printed.
Here is a sample ct Colonel "Jim's"
way of paying his respects to those
gentlemen:
"A bunch of drunken, deformed,
idotic walking delegates have ruined
Butte. Booze is king. The king die
tates. He runs the town. Anarchy
and whiskey go arm in arm. Rum.
ruin and riot, walking delegates and
drunken, booze-guzzling committees
have made the district a waste. We
want every one to know the truth.
The r~um-guzzling. drunken loafer has
never been born that. will cause us to
shut up or suspend the publication of
the only newspaper in this town that
dares to- tell these red-handed cut
Threats what they are, and who they
are"
The colonel may be putting it just
a trif1e strong, but there is much
truth in what he says.
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NEW FOUND ALLIES.

1t would be hardly fair to accuse
the opponents of an isthmian canal
of being in collision with nature, but
for all that it must be admitted that
if they had had the ordering of things
it is doubtful whether the seismic dis.
turbances of the past few weeks could
have been sandwiched in at a more
opportune time. Between the conten.
ton relative to routes and the earth.
quakes and volcanoes the prospects
for the construction of a canal with
in a reasonable time have grown de.
cidedly slim. To the rest of the
world the spectacle presented by the
American nation practically unani-
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THE REAL TAMMANY.

New York Evening Post: Mr..
Lewis Nixon's selection as leader of
Tammany hall always seemed to us
as, absurd as the appointment of a
New England deacon to the command
of a pirate ship. Yet with his ideas
Of naval discipline he seemed to think
that a good man on The quarterback
would speedily reform the cutthroats
in the forecastle. He ostentatiously
hauled down the black flag. He made
the crew throw away their c%utlasses
and piped them regularly aft to pray
ers. They entered heartily for a time
into the spirit of the joke-one of
the best of their late captains, Dead
eye Dick, they thought it-spruced
themselves up, left off their grog, plot
ted their piracies and murders only
between decks, and undertook to be
in public as sweet and submissive as
a Pirate of P%enzance. But this could
not last. The free life of the buc-
cancer en- the bounding wave, watch
ing for his prey, soon reasserted it's
power over them, and they promptly
notified their reforming commander
that the little farce of his nominal
leadership was over.
This is the real significance Of Mr..
Nixon's indignant retirement from
the headship of Tammany.
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SIMPLY GUESSED WRONG.

Nobody is cruel enough to accuse
Mr.. Matteson of downright thievery,
or to say that when he helped himself
to the funds of the Great Falls bank
of which he was cashier that he did
SO with the intention of stealing them.
He merely borrowed" the money, in
tending and expecting to return it
just as soon as he had realized on the
speculations in which he was engag.
ed and for the successful conclusion
of which he needed the money to
which he helped himself. He was un
fortunate; that's all. Like many 9th.
ers before him who thought they had
the right combination and knew ex-
actly how fortunes die would turn
he found he had been mistaken. In
stead of growing rich suddenly and
completely, he found he that he had
lost. In the %vernacular, he missed
the turn" Having lost and not being
able to make restitution he had to
face the consequences. In remaining
and not attempting by flight to escape
the consequences of his miscalcula,
tons, he did the most honorable thing
he could do-show that he was not
afraid to face whatever punishment
might be in store for him. In that he
was perhaps, more manly than some
other defaulters. Knowing his con.
viction was certain. he did the wis.
est thing possible for him to do under
the circumstances-pleaded guilty and
trusted that by making that plea he
would be dealt with in as lenient q
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POLES ANGRY.
They Leave the Reichstag in a Body
-Anti-PoIish Policy.

-Anti-PoIish Policy.
Berlin, May 28.-In a debate on the
bill providing for Strengthening the
German influence in the Polish prov
inces, the imperial chancellor said
any attempt to change the existing re-
lations of the two nationalities would
be vigorously suppressed. The gov
ernment's object was to continue the
policy inaugurated by Prince Bis
marck in 1886. Next winter further
measures would be introduced to
strengthen the German element in the
eastern provinces.
Herr Szuman, a Pole. bitterly de-
nounced the government for not keep
ing faith with the Poles, and at the
conclusion of his speech, the Polish
members left the house in a body.
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THERE ARE OTHERS.

Boston Herald: An ardent anti-im-
perialist writes to the editor of the
New York Times to disapprove of
that papers imperialistic tendencies,
and to say to the editor that he is only
a common, everyday mortal, subject
to tooth, belly and headache, like ev.
eryone else, and destined to die some
day and rot and decay and be eaten
by worms and other vermin, "just
like my dog, wohse modesty and kind.
less you don't possess" This illus
trates how the consideration of pub.
lie questions affects some people here
below.
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WE ARE PROGRESSING.

With the leaders of the Methodist
church, or many of them at least, on
record as ~favoring a modification of
h rules SO as to permit members so
inclined to indulge in some Of the
more worldly pastimes and recrea-
lions, and the general assembly of
the Presbyterian church asserting to
a complete revision of what may be
termed one of the cardinal tenets Of
belief of that organization, it may be
truly said that we are progressing
and that the influence of the zeitgeist
is making itself apparent in directions
hitherto undreamed of. After hold
ing out against the changed condi-
tions and sentiments that have arisen
since the church was founded by Cal
vim and continuing to cling to doc
trines and dogmas that are repugnant
to the modern spirit, it has finally
dawned upon the minds of the heads
Of the church that n change might be
advisable and keep the church m-re
in step with the progress that has
been made in the world during the
last century or SO.
The doctrine of infant damnation,
which has always appeared to those
outside of the church as a cruel and
fnhuman belief to subscribe to, has
been so modified that the confession
OF faith now declares the belief that
all dying in infancy are included in
the election of grace. Another change
on which the church is to be congratu-
lated is that made in reference to
the elect. The old belief was that
no matter what a man might do he
would not be saved unless especially
elected by God for salvation. AS now
taught the doctrine is that mo man
is condemned, except on the ground
OF his SIM" The dogma Of the select"
has been dropped. The pope. too, is
no longer to be regarded as the "anti-
christ-that man OF sin and perdi-
ton" He is simply dismissed with
the declaration that "the Claim Of
any man to be the vicar OF Christ and
the head Of the church is unspiritual."
The world ID, indeed. moving.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-30
3 ExPERIM EMIT.

Louisville Courier-Journal: 1t was
a. spectacle never before witnessed
in republic-buildings and n that may
never, be witnessed again.
The experimentation such the Re-
public of Cuba undoubtedly is-has
been placed on the best foundation
that we could help it to. Whether it
succeed or fail, we have done more
than our duty. The logical destiny of
the country is annexation to the Unit
ed States, but that must come on Gu
ba's initiative, not ours. There is
a large and substantial element in
the island which opposed u with
drawal, preferring annexation at once.
On the other hand, the factions which
insisted on independence are diverse
and heterogeneous. 1t is questionable
if they can fuse for the permanent
maintenance Of democratic govern
ment. The most sanguine cannot be-
1ieve that the new star among nations
dawns in a cloudless sky. But what
ever may be the future ct the infant
republic it is better that the expert
ment should have been made. It is
better that the Cubans should have
had this trial in free government for
themselves. Ultimately, when they
come to us, they will come without
self-delusions and with practical unan-
unity.
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manner as possible. Then. too, 1t
saved him lots OF trouble. TO stand
trial on Al Indictment containing al
most a hundred counts would have
been a tedious and tiresome matter.
BY pleading guilty to the first in the
list and cutting out the rest he saved
time and trouble and probably also
shortened his enforced stay at Deer
Lodge.
Ten years is not such a very long
time, reckoned as time goes, but to
a man in Matteson's position it
seems an eternity.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-30
MANUFACTURERS OF LAW.

Washington Post: There is quite
a ccmic-opera element in the incar-
ceration or Gaynor and Greene. They
have had themselves placed in Jail
in order that they may be safe from
the clutches of the law. But such
things will be possible as long as the
lawyers monopolize the business Of
law-making.
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Trustee Of Orphans Home.

Helena, May 2s.-Martin Elser Of
Sheridan was today appointed by the
governor a member of the board of
trustees of the state orphans home.
He succeeds John w. Brook. who died
recently.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-30
MORE TREASON?

New York Sun. The democrats of
the Seventh Kansas congress district
reafirm the Kansas City platform so
far as it refers to tissues now before
the people," What does Colonel Bryan
think of that? Is not the whole plat
form sacred and to be taken entire?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-30
CAPTAIN RUSSELL e A
Victim Of Cholera at Maniia-Twenty
Deaths Among Americans.

Manila, May 28.-Captain Charles
E. Russell, of the Eighth infantry, is
dead. He was the first officer to die
of cholera. 4-5
Up to- the present, in Manila, there
have been Is cases of cholera and
20 deaths among the Americans, and
10 cases and 10 deaths among the
European population. The cholera
totals to date are as follows: Manila,
1,165 cases and 935 deaths; provinces,
5,OO1 cases and 2,878 deaths.
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A Revelation.

If you will make inquiry it will be a
revelation to you how many succumb
to kidney or bladder troubles in n
form or another. If the patient is
not beyond medical aid, Foley's Kid
ney Cure will cure. 1t neve disap-
points. Sold by Holmes & Rixon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-30
N AS A

Philadelphia Ledger: BY the time
the court of last appeals has decided
the question raised in the District of
Columbia whether a Filipino may be-
come an American citizen the uues-
ton will probably have decided it.
self.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-30
coNvEN,ENcEs.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The mis-
cellaneous appropriation bill includes
an item for the purchase of a medi,
cine chest for the house Of repre-
sentatives. BY this means the mem
bers hope to obviate the necessity Of
borrowing each others c~orkscrews.