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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-22
THE NEW PARTY.

Washington Star: When it was an
nounced that ex-senator Allen Of Ne
braska would attend the political con-
vention at Louisville, Mr.. Bryan's
hand was Immediately detected in the
movement, and the prediction made
that he would in time enjoy the usu-
fruct of the new party. It turns out,
however, that Mr.. Allen did not at
tend and does not approve of the
movement. He is quoted to that ef-
feet in a telegram from his home re-
plying to an inquiry on the subject.
He is still a populist and ices no rea-
o for the formation of a new party.
That his heart is still true to Mr..
Bryan may safely be taken for grant
ed. The country needs no fresh as
surance on that point.
Why a new party at this time? The
populists party grew out of a series of
poor crops and great depression Of
the agricultural interests. The farm
ers, north, south, east and west, fell
into the dumps and fancied that some
Of the ills with which they were af-
ficted could be cured by legislation.
So, large numbers of them drew away
from the two old parties and chose
a name for operating on their own
hook. They captured several states
and made a formidable showing over
a wide stretch OF territory. They
were strong enough to impress their
views on the democratic party in 1896
and fused with that organization in
support of Mr.. Bryan for president.
But there lie little left Of the popu.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-22
OLD LAW

The original exclusion act prepared
by the representatives from the Pa
cific coast has been killed in the SEN
ate and in it's stead the Plat substi-
tue, extending the provisions of the
Geary law, has been adopted. While
the disappointment to the western
members and their constituents is bit
ter, they derive some consolation from
the fact that the worst did not hap
pen and that the bars have not been
ordered removed in their entirety, as
some of the eastern senators some
time ago said should be done.
By adopting several sections of the
original bill, notably the ones requir-
ing registration of the Chinese in the
Philippines and the issuing of certii-
Gates to those already there, the
friends of that measure scored a very
unexpected victory. By making the
substitute apply to the islands and
prohibiting the emigration of Chinese
from them to the mainland territory
of the United States another very
important point was scored, as under
this provision the fear that has been
entertained that a bill would be pass
ed allowing unrestricted immigration
between the islands and the mainland
has been removed. Taken all together,
the measure as passed by the senate
is much more favorable for the side
of the exclusionists than at one time
it appeared possible of enactment.
The railroads and steamship COM
panies had large and powerful Hobbies
at work for the Plat substitute and
whether rightly or not, it is held in
some quarters that this had much to
do with the success of the measure.
Commenting a few days ago on the
outlook for the original bill SO far as
the senate was concerned a usually
well informed correspondent of an
eastern newspaper gave 1T as his opin-
ion that the measure would not pass
but would have to give way to the
Plat substitute. In this he was Joined
by some of the friends of the original
bill. but they declared that when the
substitute went to conference it
would be amended so that the friends
of the original would get
what they wanted. They Furthermore
expressed it IS their belief that the
house would not accept a re-enact-
ment Of the Geary law.
If these surmises prove correct it
would seem that the Pacific coast men
are still a considerable way from final
and ultimate defeat, Notwithstanding
that so far things have gone against
them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-22
DAWES BAD BEGINNING.

Minneapolis journal: David B. Hill
who opposed Bryan i'll 1896, but voted
for him to keep his record clear and
was equally opposed to him in 1900
but this time worked and voted for his
success; assumed at the Jefferson
banquet in New York last night to &C
cuse President Roosevelt Of having
no conscientious convictions. Of "wob.
bling" upon every public question, and
of having no policy in opposition to
congress. It is hardly necessary to
say that criticism of the president
comes with poor grace from such a
source-from a politician who is a
time-server, and unfaithful to his pro-
fessed political principles.
But what foundation is there for the
charges made against the president?
In what respect is he a wobbler and
wherein has he wobbled? What presi-
dent has ever given more proof of
conscientious scruples? What presi-
dent has more emphatically expressed
his disagreement with congress?
What president has made appoint
ments with less regard to the congress
sional oficemongers than, Roosevelt?
If Cuba gets any concession it will
be because the president insisted on
it against the wishes of congress.
Even he has aroused the senate
to opposition by his appointments and
by his determination to pursue what
he considers a correct policy with re-
gard to appointments. He is in con-
flict with congress on the question of
army reorganization.
There are enough topics which Mr.
Hill and his associates can prof1tably
use to galvanize their party into new
and useful existence without picking
up such absurd charges as those made
by Mr.. Hill against the president.
The rebuilding of the democratic par
ty must be begun on sensible founda-
tions. Buncombe will not do. The
people know and appreciate President
Roosevelt too well to be deceived by
such nonsense as Mr.. Hill gave them
last night. In tariff reform, in the
matter of the management of the
Philippines problem, in the Cuban
question, the democrats have material
enough for legitimate issues without
making impossible scarecrows. And
If they persist in making these bogeys
they will frighten away voters just
when they are striving to attract
them.
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till a great deal said and written con

still a great deal said and written con
corning them ia. not always tair and
correct. Mr.. Cuchman of Washing
ton may be n Of the men to whom
the rules have been unfairly and un-
justly applied, but if he is he has
given ample evidence Of being able to
take care of himself and the matters
which he is DESTROYS of brin ring e.
fore the body of which he is a mem
Der.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-22
RATIFY kAssoN TREATIES.

st. Paul Dispatch: The determine.
ton Of the tariff reform insurgents to
s their influence to oppose the pro
posed ratification of the Kasson reel
procity treaties, if the Cuban reci.
procity measure passes, is neither
good policy o good politics.
The fight for tariff revision is back.
ed by the entire west, but that revi,
sion must be made within the party,
and can be made within the party.
The fourteen reciprocity treaties ne.
gotiated by Commissioner Kasson,
and the ratification of which has been
urged in three presidential messages,
are in no way antagonistic to the prin.
ciples Of protection. The insurgents
r on the right track, so far as re-
vision is concerned, and to be con.
sistent ought to support the admins.
tration in its attempt to secure the
ratification of the pending treaties.
In this action there would be no
concession to the high tariff donoth.
ings. Nor would the ratification of
these treaties act as a sedative on
the general demand for a general tar
if revision.
The Dingley schedule was placed
high in many cases that the the 20
per cent might be removed in case
of reciprocity treaties and still leave
ample protection to American indus
tries affected. The holding up of the
Kasson treaties in the senate has
been in direct violation of the party
pledge to the supporters of the Ding
ley measure. Their ratification at
this time, even If the result did not
affect materially the condition Of for
eign trade, would at least place the
party right before the people.
We sincerely hope that the report,
ascribing q hostile intention on the
part Of our western representatives.
10 not well founded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-22
A TO ~"HoLLER."

Minneapolis Journal: Missourians
are more attached to their mules than
to the Beers. They were ready to
'holler" for the Beers as long as
it didn't cost anything, but when there
is a prospect that strict enforcement
Of neutrality may keep the British
from buying their mules they suddenly
discover that on the whole they never
did have much of an opinion of the
Beers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-22
MUCH ANXIETY RANIsHED.

Kansas City Star: america is
good enough for mel" exclaimed J..
P%ierpont Morgan. This will be re-
assuring to persons who have enter
tanned the fear that Mr.. Morgan might
be tempted to syndicate the country
and sell it.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-22
IRRIGATION LEGISLATION.

st. Paul Dispatch: When on the
first day of March the senate passed.
without a dissenting voice, . bill dedi-
eating the receipts from the sale Of all
public lands : in Arizona, California,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-22
AMERICAN %sTANp.oFF.

Philadelphia Ledger: Within a
few years Venezuela has "stood of"
Great Britain, France, Germany and
the Asphalt trust, and yet it is peace
ably inclined.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-22

Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada, Utah. Oklahoma,
Oregon, New Mexico, Washington and
North and South Dakota to the re-
demption of the arid lands, it was
understood that the cause Of irriga-
ton had won a decided victory. Such,
however, was not the case. And the
friends of western irrigation saw at
once that a new foe was in the field
the land grabber. With the earnest
Endorsement of the president and the
secretary of agriculture, the redemp-
ton of the arid lands Of the west
seemed a possibility: The prejudices
of the east had been overcome, only to
develop the fine Italian hand of the
professional CRATER.
The senate, ever ready to listen to
the siren voice Of the promoter, haa
SO mutilated the original Newlands-
Hansbrough bill as to allow the specu-
lator to come in and possess the new
Canaan.
The National Irrigation association,
which has been laboring to secure tho
remaining fraction Of the public do
main to actual settlers, saw the trap
laid for the friends of irrigation, and
at once denounced the bill, and set
about to either amend 1t or defeat
it in the house of representatives.
On March 4 the senate bill was re-
.ferred to the house committee on ir-
rigation and arid lands, and there,
after a hot fight, it was amended SO
as to eliminate the Objectionable fea-
lures by securing to- the actual settlers
alone the redeemeds domain.
The bill as amended and reported
to the house makes it impossible for
syndicates of spectators to secure
the lands to be irrigated by the nation
al irrigation works.
The secretary of the interior is d.
rected to determine by survey the
lands capable of irrigation, and, prior
to ordering such survey, to withdraw
from entry, except under the home
stead act, all such lands. This will
prevent SPECTATORS and ranchmen
from entering the land under the
desert act, or taking them up with
scrip.
The fight which was made on the
senate bill was solely in the interest
~ thu horoo poo1>or orI oroivct Tho "
spectators. The west has been al
ready robbed of the best part of it's
domain. Congress has squandered
the public domain without conscience.
favorites have waxed
rich out of the national inheritance,
and not a voice has been raised
against the iniquity. Had it not been
for the body of business men known
as the National Irrigation association,
the last and finishing touches to the
scheme of national land plundering
would have been an accomplished
fact.
The amended bill provides that the
money received from the sale of pub
lie lands shall be applied to a fund tc
build reservoirs and canals under the
direction of the secretary Of the in
terror. The cost of the enterprise
Is to be added to the price of the lands
and paid in ten annual payments.
Lands already taken up and in private
hands will be charged their proper
ton for water rights. After the cost
II reservoirs has been %liquidated, the
water right becomes appurtenant to
the land.
The irrigation bill, as it % stands
amended, deserves the united support
If every fair-minded representative.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-22


Der.
DRAWING THE LONG BOW.
Minneapolis Journal: One OF the
arguments in use by Canadian immi-
grafton officials, who are doing their
best to attract settlers to the broad
prairies of their west, is that Canada
is prominently a land Of law and or
der, and the possible settler is pref
ty broadly given to understand that
The chances for preserving life and
property in the Canadian west are
much better than across the line.
From some of these arguments one
might infer that the whole of the
United States was a region in which
the criminal law had broken down,
where anarchy reigned and whence
the people were fleeing in the fear Of
violence. N
The same conception of civil disor-
der in the United States exists in
England. An Englishman now resid-
ing in Minneapolis says that when he
left England he was compelled at
first to settle in Canada through the
fears of his wife, who was certain
that, being a man of quick temDe.,
he would soon be shot in SUCH a dis
orderly country as the United States.
After some years of residence in
the United States the wife has lost
somewhat of her absurd notions.
The foundation for this exaggerated
claim by the Canadians is to be found
in the admittedly superior manner in
which in mining communities and new
regions the Canadians have preserved
the peace. In the United States a pc
riod of disorder and a reign Of crime
have been accepted as the inevitable
concomitants of a new mining con
munity. In Canada splendid order
has been preserved in the newest and
most distant regions. This difference
is due to the fact that in the newest
the Dominion government
takes upon itself the duty of preserv-
ing order and utilities for that purpose
the northwest mounted police, a
superb body of men. In this country
everything, except martial law be pro-
claimed, is left to the local author
tiles, who are naturally not very like
ly to be efficient in a new and raw
In the southern states
we have, of course, the undeniable
crimes by and against negroes, which
cannot be explained away.
But it is to the inhabitants of such
states as Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa..
Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska that
the Canadians look for most of their
In those states order is as
we'll preserved and life and property
are as secure as even where the
mounted police are supreme. In fact,
now, throughout the whole of the
United States, excepting some of the
southern states, where the race prob
lem is a serious one-eve in distant
is as well maintained
in Canada. Violent crimes occur
in all nations. 1t is not the exception,
but the rule, that interests. Recent
ly there have been some particularly
atrocious murders committed in Man
ftoba. They are no o. a reflection
on the spirit of law and order that OBJ
tains in that province than is an oc-
casional murder in Minneapolis IN in
dication that this is not a good city to
live in.
For the Canadians to continue to
talk about their superior administra-
ton of justice does them no good, for
The American farmer knows what a
full measure of protection he enjoys,
and it merely serves to keep alive an
generalization.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-22
Philippine ARMY SCANDAL.

of Secretary Root, on the approval Of
the PRESIDENT, sending instructions
to General Chaffee to have General
j. H. Smith court-martialed immedi-
ately, if he finds foundation for the
statement Of Major Waller during the
late trial at Manila, that Smith gave
orders for the indiscriminate massa-
ere of natives, is commendable. The
secretary includes in his instructions
for court-martial all the officers who
the torture of natives by the so-called
water cure
Waller testified that he had shot
natives without trial because he had
been ordered to do so by General
Smith, and, if so, Smith, as we'll as
the waters cure" inquisitiors, will
have a fair chance to disprove the
stories of inhumanity if they can,
with a good prospect of prompt and Sc
we're punishment if they fail to clear
themselves. The war department has
notified the senate investigating COM
mittee that it will be glad to receive
the earliest practicable information
of other evidence fixing responsibility
upon any one in the military service
for violation ct any Of the laws of war
or order governing the operations OF
army in the field. The charges
made by Governor Gardener Of Taya-
has province, recently, touching bru-
tally and inhuman conduct Of our
troops toward the natives, will re-
ceive proper attention also.
The administration will no doubt
push the inquiry to the utmost limit.
If the alleged inhumanity exists, life
Imprisonment or the death penalty
would not be too severe punishment
for the perpetrators. The democratic
organs have been calling upon their
party leaders to make the army scan
dals in the Philippines the dominant
issue, including the alleged conceal
ment of documents and what they call
war department tyranny" It is in
teresting to note the vigor with which
the democratic organs expatiate upon
the alleged atrocities of our officers
in the Philippines, while they pass
over with Indifference the reports by
our officers of atrocities inflicted upon
Americana, even multilating their
dead bodies and burning live soldiers
to death by slow fires. The testimony
of Colonel Dickmen of the Twenty
sixth volunteer infantry on this site
of the question is interesting.
The fact, however, that the Malayan
element opposing us in the Philip
pines is to a great extent scarce
emerging from the influence OF an
cestral savagery, furnishes no justifi-
cation for the violation by our Off
GERS and troops of the laws of war
and our own army regulations. The
president looks at the matter in that
way and, whatever may be proven
against the insurrectos, he is not go
ing to let it be possible that the
charge of permitted atrocities in war
fare shall have any ground to stand
IN, so far as his administration is
concerned.
Fairminded men, however, will not
forget that the army is made up of
American citizens who have not been
bred to barbarism and that the pre-
sumption is that the officers are hui
name until the opposite is proven.
IRRIGATION LEclsLArloN.
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-08
ART MEDALLIONS.

Fotografer Dean is always original
ing something new in the photo
graphic art. He is never content to
lie. we'll enough alone, but something
new, something original must be
evolved from his brain. He has n
machine which is used solely for
turning out art medallions of views
of this country and section. One of
the beautiful medalloins was seen by a
Sentinel reporter this morning, it is a
sunset scene in this county and it is
rare and beautiful. Mr.. Dean can
manufacture these medallions now in
any quantity and they are very hand
some for gifts to be placed in your
home. We have said repeatedly it is
worth something to have an artist of
the capacity of Mr.. Dean, located
here
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-08
ROAD TO BE IMPROVED.

The board of county commissioners
the roadway at the south end of the
state bridge at the foot of Fifth street.
The bids will be opened November
18th. 1t is proposed to widen the
roadway so that the bottom will be
twenty five feet in width in the clear.
How much the roadway will be
heightened is uncertain. This is a
most excellent move on the part of the
board of county commissioners as
there is no road in the county quite
so dangerous as the one which leads
up on Orchard mesa.
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-08
ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS.

A. L. Sampliner, of Cleveland,
Ohio, brother of Mayor J. NJ. Sam
plner, who is spending few weeks
in this city, is quite Photographic
enthusiast. Mr.. SaInpliner has come
west for few months for the benefit
of his health and has brought with
him his camera and is making the
most of his opportunities for securing
photographs of the splendid scenery
in the vicinity. Mr.. Sampliner has
been travelling around considerable
and has more than hundred views
which he will take home with him
and which will do considerable mis-
sionary work for the Grand Valley.
as he exhibits them to his friends
back east. He very thoroughly can
vassed the extent of the Marlborough
fare canon last week and also other
prominent points of interest in the
valley. Mr.. Sampliner is much
pleased whit the western part of Colo
RADIO and thinks thai here above other
places he has ever visited nature is
profuse in her gifts and here those
who are sickly may find q mecca
which will restore health and strength.
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-08
WILL REMOVE STORE.

Fleming & Lamb have secured a
lease on the room now occupied as a
wagon repository by the Grand juno
tion Feed company and will take pos
session of same as soon as the large
new building being erected by the
Feed company is finished
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-08
THANKSGIVING.

Thursday, November 9th has been
set aside as the day upon which the
American people will return thanks
for the BILE essings and comforts of life
which they enjoy. The day is one of
the most generally observed of all the
holidays, and certainly there is enough
this year. to cause every man, woman
and child in this great country of
ours, to return thanks to the All Wise
providence that directs the affairs of
our home land
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-08

DR.. Ivan Hards, brother Of the
Hards brothers. is in Hotchkiss and
Paonia on a business visit. DR.. Hards
is looking for a suitable place to 10
cate, in this part of the state.
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-08

may be fleeting, but when
recorded by Fotografer
Dean on some of his new
Fhoto Buttons, its there
to stay. The buttons
have come to stay too,
and you can get them of
Fotografer Dean, at 2o1
N. 5th Street.
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-08

Otto Barton, Denver & Rio Grande
express agent at Glenwood Springs.
came in yesterday for a few days visit
with friends and relatives.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-05
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Schedule corrected to May >. 1872
Trains leave from Pennsylvania Station


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SIS p. N. Daily. New York and Atlanta Elk
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