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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14

1t is very seldom, indeed, that an
election occurs anywhere that gives
satisfaction in it's results to all the
political parties and factions of par
ties involved. Montana, conspicuous
in many things, presents this anomal-
ly. The republicans are rejoicing be-
cause they carried the state; the dem
ocrats are happy that here and there a
candidate Of the party escaped the
almost universal slaughter that befell
the others; Heinze is said to be up
r%oa,iously glad because he scored on
Clark and the Amalgamated and the
latter powerful corporation is said to
be more than pleased because the re-
publicans were so overwhelmingly
successful. Taking the matter all
around, it seems that about the only
ones who are not joining in the
grand chorus of happiness are the in
dividual candidates who got no further
than the starting post. But as they
are a very small body, as an element
Of dissatisfied mes they probably are
not worthy of serious consideration
and in the general feeling of joy and
mirthfulness their walls are not
heard.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14

.ataHt.L. -# HLeeeIaE G
at Fort Riley, Kan, and with both
sides to that sanguinary conflict COM
memorating It. it is not likely to be
forgotten, although the circumstances
have already faded from the memory
of nearly everyone.
Should the Indians generally take to
setting up monuments where they
have met their white adversaries in
tattle the country would be pretty
thickly sprinkled with them. Those
who doubt that they will ever fall into
the customs and modes of thought of
the whites ought to find something
convincing in this project of the Sioux
Indians. 1t is less than half a genera
ton since they were in blankets and
turkey feathers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
MAKE 1T SHORT,

Advice of the right kind and from
quarters making it worthy of serious
and earnest consideration is continu-
ing to be offered to the incoming leg
islature, particularly to the republi-
can end of it.. Mr.. Dixon, congress-
man-elect, is one of those who has
fit to add a few words of we'll
intended and kindly admonition to
those spoken by others who are en-
titled to respectful hearing from the
party. He urges that the session be
made as short as possible and that
party well the republican legislators
%sideration of true economy should be
manifested by the republicans in their
deliberations. Thirty days, he thinks,
is long enough for the legislature to
transact all needed business that may
come before it. He also recommends
that every source of needless expense
to the state should be eliminated and
that a sweeping reform in the direc-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
A FEW r LEFT.

Springfield Republican,: Uncle Sam
appears still to have considerable land
to sell at low prices or give away.
Some 1~9,488,739 acres were disposed
of last year, according to the report
of the land office commissioner. This
altogether is a large area, nearly as
large as half of England. The farm
and ranch emigration into the north
west from the central Mississippi
states accounts doubtless for the in
crease in sales over those of the previ-
GUS year. There is going on in con
nection with this migration a lively
land speculation such asshas not been
seen in the west since the boom of
fifteen years or SO ago.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
READ BETWEEN THE LINES.

Some OF those who have carefully
read and pondered his e~xcellency's
Thanksgiving proclamation believe
that they are able to see some very
nicely yelled sarcasm in Governor
Toole's request that the people of
Montana do something beside eat
turkey on the last Thursday of the
present month. They regard his ref
erence to the happy preservation of
u civic pride and the continued Sc
curity of personal and property rights
as being not altogether disconnected
with the results of the election on the
first Tuesday Of the same month.
AS the states civic pride has in
creased since that event and the re-
suits of the election have been to as
sure all of greater security and the
continued maintenance of personal
and property rights, it is possible that
the construction placed upon that par
tirular part of the proclamation is
not so far from wrong as it might be.
At all events, if never before, since
then the people of Montana have ev-
cry reason for giving thanks to an all
wise providence and if they do not &C,
cord complete compliance with the
expressed wish of the governor they
are, indeed, an %ungrateful lot.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14

AS was to be expected, already
there is a good sized objection aris-
ing from democrats to the proposition
ton Of the republicans to make the
coming session of the legislature as
short as possible. Up at Butte a man
referred to by a paper of his party as
a ''prospective' legislator is out with
a statement that the members of the
legislature may have something to
say concerning the length Of the SEES
sion that should be held and says the
members from his county may be de-
pended upon to object to a t~hirty-day
session, when n of sixty days can
just as easily be held. They will pro-
test against being held to a chance of
earning Sc for only thirty days when
they can double the amount in sixty
days. Despite his idea of the utter
absr,dity of throwing away an OPP
portunity for graft he is patriotic
enough to sag he will abide by the de-
cision OF the majority and that if the
republicans say thirty days, it shall be
thirty days.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14

OF it's policies are not even approx
mately in a condition of moribundity.
1t then proceeds to tell the committee
what real socialism is and how it
originated, and, notwithstanding its
own occasional plunges in that di-
rection, assures the members that So
cialism Las lis tactical dangers, dan
gers that have been tasted by the
world, and that it must grovel in the
dust, "the political property of the
ignorant, the weapon of the vicious"
If after this last blow there still
remains a socialist at Butte they must
be a hard lot to kill and for the flu
ture safety of the democrats George
Casey should import a gang Of an
archists and give them the keys to
the Anacoda company's magazine
and bid them exercise on their first
cousins, the socialists.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14

Knowing that after January 1, next,
they will not dare to make remarks
of that kind, some of the democratic
newspapers of the state are making
the most of the intervening time to
continue their abuse of Judge Hollo-
way and are charging him with about
everything in derogation of his pri-
vate and professional character short
of downright murder. After the judge
takes his seat his present traducers
may be relied upon to sing small, for
then he will not be as helpless against
their malicious and u~nwarranted at
lacks as he now is. Still, as the cleo
ton is over common decency should
prompt them to let up on their abuse
of a most estimable and upright gen
tleman and excellent Judge.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14

The democratic newspapers which
at first blush were unequivocal in their
assertions that President Roosevclt's
intervention in the anthracite strike
had proved a failure probably now
realize the f~orcefulness of the old
making haste slowly. The larger part
of the individual operators in the an
thracite regions have notified the re-
corder of the commission appointed
by the president of their intention to
abide by the decision of that body.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14

What may be a suspicion on the
part of a certain estimable democratic
newspaper Of Butte relative to the in
competency Of the men who are usual
ly selected there to act as judges
and clerks of elections has long ago
been accepted as a fact by about the
rest of the state. The only surprise
is that the paper in question should
be so long in learning the truth.
1t is very probable that had a GER
tain distinguished gentleman who fig
ured more or less prominently in the
recent campaign adhered more closely
, traditions and customs Of the
party to which he but a short time g
declared allegiance he would have es-
capped much of the adverse r~:'.-'
to which he has been subjected for
several weeks past by some Of those
with whom he aligned himself. In
stead of buying beer he should have
entered into a contract with a distil-
lery. The democratic drink has al
ways been whiskey and any attempt
on his part to change the taste of it's
members in the direction of eschew
ing their favorite tipple will be re-
scented by the party, individually and
collectively.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
DECIDED FOR OTHERS,

Judging from the comments heard
since that event. the election OF les
day, November :, decided not only the
fate of those who we're candidate di-
rectly and by nomination, but it also
made hard shedding for some whose
candidacy was regarded as in the
prospective. Especially is this con
sidered as applicable to the presi-
Dental candidates. of some very es-
Unable gentlemen and according to
the reckoning of those who like to
deal in such matters several presi-
dental elections were decided by the
same vote. From the way things went
in Ohio, Tom Johnson is regarded as
good as dead sc far as the next ma
party is concerned, while Odell's re-
election in New York caused Coler to
be removed to a seat so far in the
rear that he may not hope to again
ever "catch the speakers eye" BY
the same circumstance Hills chances
were not improved to any ~perceptible
degree, and "Uncle Horace Boies
will have to remain content with the
honors he achieved in the past back
in Iowa. Though he may be depend
ed upon to be willing to sacrifice him
self, should the demand be made of
him, Bryan reluctantly admits that
the west is growing more strongly
republican and he sees but little on
which to base any hope for the party
in the region this side of the Missis-
sippi.
Considered all around, the election
vas cruel in it's results to quite a
few men who had aspirations and
some very promising prospects were
ruthlessly destroyed thereby. Even
though it was an off year and not
withstanding the assertion made by
some optimistic newspapers of the
party that the general landslide only
argurs for democratic success two
years hence, it does look as if the
people had merely given warning of
what to look for from them the next
time
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
Entered at the Billings Postoff1ce as Second
Glass Matter.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Il, 1902.
HEED HIS ADVICE.

BY accepting the wise counsel Of
the state chairman and allowing
themselves to be directed by him dur
ing the successful campaign which
ended last Tuesday the republicans of
Montana no doubt owe much of their
success to that gentleman. 1t now
only remains for them to accept his
advice still further and act upon the
suggestions he has made in regard to
the coming session of the legislature,
to lay the foundation for another glori-
GUS victory two years hence. He
urges hat the session be made as
shore as possible; that there shall not
be the expenditure of a single penny
unnecessarily and that the temptation
to encumber the statutes with useless
and needless laws shall be resisted
and that existing faulty and needless
laws be amended or repealed.
All must agree that this is advice
Of the soundest and most sensible
kind and if acted on is bound to inure
to the benefit of the party in the next
campaign. But it all depends upon the
republicans who have been elected to
the legislature whether the party will
again be entrusted with the RESPONSE
hility devolved upon it as a result of
the late election. The people have
given unmistakable evidence of hav-
ing grown tired of democratic incom-
potency and mismanagement. Let it
be demonstrated to their satisfaction
that they nave made no mistake and
instead of an occasional, sparodic re-
publican victory, the chain will be-
come continuous and unbroken.
There are several laws that are in
iced of inst such sensible revision as
g reput llcan legislature can make in
them and there are also others that
should he repealed. Both should re-
ceive the attention of the legislature.
Eeing in full charge of both houses
lac. of successful and competent az
TN iii tLat direction cannot be laid
to the q Grge of an obstr citing oppo-
sition.
The people have made their choice
and it now only remains for the sue
cessful party to prove the wisdom of
that choice.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
WELL FIXED FOR WINTER.

New York Tribune: With a cash
balance in the treasury of almost
5000, 600, 900 Uncle Sam may look for
ward to the coming winter with COM
posure, Notwithstanding that his fur
bearing animals of all sorts are TAX
ing on thick overcoats, betokening
that the season is to be a severe one.
But with so much money ahead and
coal down to it's customary prices he
ought to ride out it's rigors without
the least injury to his constitution
and with little invasion of his comfort.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
vAGARIEs OF THE LAW.

Baltimore American: Justice may
well stand puzzled and mystified be-
fore the vagaries of law. A woman
in Maine was lately fined $500 for
shooting a moose because she had no
license, the fact that she shot to save
her own life from the animals at
ton at all. Such absurdities in the
enforcement of laws + enough to
bring disrepute on all communities
which tolerate such ignorant and RI
diculous officers, and in the interest
of common sense, if nothing else, such
cases should be stoutly contested.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
QUICK AND THE DEAD,

They are in a frame of mind up
Butte way. 1t has just come to light
there that a great many men voted
for a candidate who is dead and in
the grave. The man had been named
by the socialists for a county office.
Before the election he went on a
pleasure trip to the coast and while
there died. His body was shipped
back and buried. Instead of causing
the mans name to be erased from
the ticket, the central committee of
the socialist party kept decidedly
mum and outside of a few members Of
the party, friends of the late lamented,
no II seems to have known of his
demise
OF course, it was a scaly trick to
play and a democratic OF
that city has taken up the cudgel and
has given the socialists some pretty
hard blows for what it declares to
have been their deceitfulness and ut
ter lack of candor and honesty. The
socialists cen to have drawn toler-
ably heavy from the democratic ranks
in the election and the paper referred
to claims that by practicing the deceit
they were responsible for the
loss OF many votes the democratic
candidate for the Office would have re-
ceiyed had it been generally known
that his socialist opponent was dead
To this the men responsible for the
trick make the witty reply that they
permitted the dead mans name to re-
main on the ticket on the theory that
1t was better to vote for a dead can
didate on a live issue than to vote for
a live candidate on a dead issue.
While admitting the wit of the re-
joinder and that it is a fitting finale
to the gruesome joke of the socialist
committee in trying to elect a corpse
to Office, the paper in question refuses
to be notified and after once more de-
nouncing the unfairness of the thing
tells the socialists that no matter
what they may think of the tissue
they are representative of. it is not
capable q being appropriately desig-
mated as safyer and that the anthiteses
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
UNDERSTANDS THEIR WISHES.

1t is very evident that Congressman
elect Dixon fully understands the
wishes of the people of Montana as
expressed in his election. He has
made a statement in which he out
lines the policy he intends to pursue
as regards national affairs after his
induction into the vacant chair which
has represented the state for about
gress. He declares that he will fol
low and support the presidents pol
icy, as he has been in sympathy with
Roosevelt and his every official act
since he became president and because
of the faith he has in him with refer
ence to the future.
No declaration Of purposes that Mr..
Dixon could have made would please
the people more. 1t was because of
the good results they have seen &C.
/ u to the nation since Mr.. Roose-
welt became it's president and because
of the honest, fearless and patriotic
attitude he has assumed on all import
ant national questions that they de-
termined to send as representative
from Montana a man who could be
relied upon to strengthen the presi-
dents hand and aid him in still fur
Their carrying out the plan of proceed
ire he has mapped out. The people of
Montana admire the energetic, virile
and patriotic administration Presi-
dent Roosevelt is giving the nation
and by their vote have %signefied their
desire of giving him all the help they
can.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
THEY ARE PROGRESSING.

St. Louis Globe Democrat: Civil
cation of the Indian seems pretty
close when we read that marble deal
ers of Omaha have just closed a o
tract whereby they are to erect for
the Cheyenne and Ogallala Sioux In
dams a monument to be placed on
the BATTLEFIELD of Wounded Knee, in
South Dakota, which the InA;a2s in
sist on regarding as a massacre.
There is already a monument to the
United States soldiers who fell there
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
eRAsPs THE VAIN IDEA.

Minneapolis Journal: Ex-Governor
Hauser of Montana has been atempt-
ing to explain Montana politics in
New York. 1t is thought that there
are several people in Montana who un-
derstand it, but east of the Missouri
the ignorance on the subject is a sea.
Only one thing is definitely known.
Anybody who votes in Montana with
out getting j, 1000 cash and a wad
of mining stock for his trouble is sus-
pected Of having a queer spot some
where.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14

ton of removing democratic abuses
and extravaganza can be instituted
with lasting benefit to the taxpayers
and the party responsible for the
change. By needing the advice of
those who wish the members and the
party well the republican legislature
can ave the state many thousands
of dollars, beside earning the endur-
ing gratitude of those whom they
serve.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
HIS SUIT.

Indianapolis Journal: Senator
Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the
democratic national committee, thinks
the recent election presages demo-
cratic victory in 1904. He is the cham
pion rainbow chaser.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
INSULTING THE DEAD.

Philadelphia Record (dem.): The
process of elimination goes on
Bryan, Croker, Hill, German, Johnson
shelved.. Meantime the democratic
party survives and grows stronger
east and west.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
THE INSPIRATION REMAINS.

Indianapolis News: AS the Dis.
trict of Columbia court of appeals has
decided that the district liquor laws
do not apply to the capital, no deter
ioration in the eloquence for which
congress is so justly celebrated is
feared. ..
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14

Since the election a revision of the
category of different kinds of demo-
Gratis who had an existence prior to
that event might not be out of order.
All can now be classed under the same
head, in Montana the same as else
where-Dennis."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14

Washington Post: We are going to
introduce the trolley into the Phil
ippines. It might not be a bad idea
to send owe a few Of the Pittsfield
motormen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-13

Northwest Territories the average was IS
bushels % pounds per acre.
In two-rowed barley, with six varieties,
the average yield at the Manitoba farm
for three years was ~ bushels 81 pounds
per acre; in the Northwest Territories
farm the average was Sc bushels 26 pounds
per acre.
In spring wheat, twelve varieties, the
average yield in Manitoba was IS bushels
28 pounds per acre; in the Territories, Al
bushels Al pounds per acre.
In potatoes, the average yield from
twelve varieties during the three years
was 343 bushels SO pounds per acre in
Manitoba in the Territories, 800 BUSH
els l6 pounds per acre. These averages
for three years cannot be surpassed any,
where
Roots and Vegetables.
Apropos of roots and vegetable it is
admitted by all who have any knowledge
of the matter, that in the growth of these
products Western Canada has no superior
In the middle of September ripe tomatoes
may be seen In great profusion, while thew
have been known to ripen as early as the
hrst OF July. A gentleman from Ohio
visiting one Of the agricultural fairs, said
he had never seen anything in his state
equal the exhibit. Three cabbages weighed
together 1875 pounds, solid, sound and fine
grained as though they had weighed but
SIX pounds each Prize potatoes weighed
~ pounds each, while those weighing
three pounds were so plentiful that they
attracted 10 attention. Beets, carrots,
turn1pS, etc., also grow to an exception
ally large size; waternelons reach rs
pounds and citrons rs pounds. 49,.
T .s.:t Dairying. . .a...
With regard to dairying, the season just
past has in many respects been an i'm
provement on it's predecessors There
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-13

whose total cost did not exceed more than
few dollars realizes from $50 to $50. In
many sections of the country, where there
is a considerable quantity of wood, cattle
and sometimes horses are kept out Of
doors all winter. In fact, in some parts
of Saskatchewan, Assiniboia and Alberta
cattle are prepared for market that have
never seen the inside of stable. On
most Manitoba farms they are stabbed
from about the middle or end Of Novem-
Der to the middle or end of March. In
some instances they are turned out and
allowed to run in the yards and rustic"
around the straw stacks.
AS regards the prices realized for live
stock this year, they have f1uctuated very
little. The export markets opened at
about Aye off cars Winnipeg, and has
ranged from that price down to 31zc for
choice steers. For while in the spring
as high as &c was being paid for Stalled
animals for local consumption, owing to
fears Of scarcity. Stocker cattle sold at
from s12 to SIG per head for yearlings, SIS
to SO for 2-year- olds. Most of the year.
lings realized $14.50 per head. For sheep
the market opened at from sc to 51hc and
has ranged from these figures down to &c,
and for hogs the market has ranged from
41&c to sc, selected weights. Horses have
been selling throughout the season at from
$125 to $175 each for working grades.
Prices for Canadian cattle at Liverpool
ranged throughout the season from 10kC
to 12c per pound, estimated dressed
weight. A very profitable export business