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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-02-26
Her Gentle Hint.

"Yes, proposed to her by letter"
"And what was her reply"
"She simply referred me to n certain
chapter and page in The Life of Lord
Nelson"
"And what did you findT
'It says, After fruitlessly applying
for command of the ship by letter, he
went In person to see about 1t. and
then he secured it. t.'"-London Tele-
graph.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-02-26

"I understand" said the customer
"that you keep photygrafts of all the
prominent men,"
Eyes, sir; we do" replied the dealer.
"Well, my names Hon. Jabez Per
kins, mayor Of Pettyyille, Illinoy. Lem
me have one O. mine."-Philadelphia
Press. ...-----.- -. .----.--.. -
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22
A FORCED SALE.
Hsith's Parchase of His own For.
trait Painted by Himself.

Fpith's Parchase of His own Por-
trait Painted by Himself.
Here Is the astonishing history Of
one of Frith's own portraits painted by
himself. The celebrated X. A. had en-
tirely forgotten its existence until q
friend entered his studio one morning
and asserted that capital picture of
himself was on view In small shop
In Great Portland street. Its not a
bit like what you are now," observed
the friend, "but 1t may have resembled
you some years ago. Go and look at
It,"
Mr.. Firth went and found his own
image after an estrangement Of forty
Eve years. He determined to buy 1t,
though he had not the faintest recollec-
ton Of having painted it. 'Ah, por-
traitw said Firth to the woman in
charge Of the shop after he had pre-
tended to examine several other works.
"Whose likeness is that?" "That," said
the lady, sis a portrait Of the celebrat-
ed artist, Firth, painted by himself"
"Why, he must be an elderly man."
put I'm the artist. The woman remark
ed that he was young once. "Humph!"
quoth the genial W. p. F. "Not much
of picture"
To this the woman demurred and
asked EGO for the canvas. 1t was
Frith's turn to appear surprised.
"Well." replied the shopkeeper with
out moving a muscle, ''it cost US nearly
as much. We shall make very small
profit. You see, it y very valuable be-
cause the artist is deceasedw "De-
ceasedw exclaimed the astonished
painter. "Dead, do you mean?" "Yes,
sir: died Of drink. My husband attend
ed the funeral"
Firth bought the picture, but did not
revive for some time.-Chambers' Jour-
nal,
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22
END OF COAL STRIKE.

There will be universal rejoicing
over the ending of the great anthra-
cite coal strike, and especially over
the victory of the men. The latter
have shown great strength and a COM
mendable spirit in refraining from vio-
lence. There have been some infrac.
tions of the law and few lives have
been lost. but not many. considering
the long and severe tension and the
thousands OF men engaged in the
strike. The position Oh .he operators
in refusing TO arbitrate was untenable
and the defiant and imperious atti
tude of President Baer toward Presi.
dent Roosevelt and Governor Odell
only tended to uniyersalize the sym
pathy of the country in behalf of the
men. They had the same right to
combine that the operators had and as
to the merits of their contention hat
no hesitancy in submitting them to
a board of arbitration.
The coal miners are fortunate In
having for their president and lead
er a man like John Mitchell. Fortifi
ed in the justice of his cause, he has
moved cautiously. but resolutely, pro
testing against violence and urging
absolute obedience to the law. A less
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22

What the Republican party has done
and is doing for labor is a matter of
history.
Aside from its great national in,
dustrial policies which produce work
for all at good wages
1t has established labor bureaus in
twenty-one of the northern states.
II has established the eight hour
labor law in sixteen northern states.
1t has abolished child labor in fac
tories in eighteen of the northern
states, and child labor in the mines
in sixteen states.
It has protected woman labor in
twenty-three states.
It has abolished sweat shops in ten
states.
1t has abolished the truck system
and the company store in thirteen
states, and has regulated the sale Of
convict goods in eleven states.
Works stand for more than empty
words. One positive gain is worth
more than a thousand promises.
There are more laboring men in the
ranks of the Republican party than
in any other party that ever had an
existence. For its first president 1t
went to the prairies OF Illinois for
Lincoln, the rail-spntter and man of
the people; Garfield worked on the
toepath and supported widowed
mother; as youth t.e lamented Nc.
Kinley taught school and at the age
og II went to the defense Of his
country's flag. Though more fortun.
ate than his predecessors in pecu-
mary sense, President Roosevelt has
always been great worker. He has
been a hard student of all public
questions and his voice and pen have
always been used to fur,ner the wei.
fare of the masses.
The demagogic plea that the Demo.
cratic party is the party of the poor
man will not bear close inspection.
That its policies have made men poor
ana would do so again If puC into prac-
tice, is certain.
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22
booze and Doodle.

booze and Doodle.
All these divisions, with the incon-
gruous memberships, come together
when the trough is full and there is
something to get This year the
Clark Democrats got gay because of
the coming In of the Amalgamated
Democrats, and refused % divy with
their former pals-the Heinzes and
irregulars--and as consequence
there is trouble in the camp, the
frmer co-conspirators and pals have
fiocked by themselves.
The result will be for the benefit
of the people of the state, who have
ridden and controlled by the Demo
cratic aggregation, which includes all
the elements now pulling apart, and
the rag, tag and bobtail of the state,
who were in search of revenue.
Republican victory will unhorse this
motley and disreputable gang and
give the people of Montana cause for
rejoicing to "see the kuss removed"
and forever, from control of the po-
litical destinies of the state.-Helena
Record.
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22

prudent leader would have lost the
battle and the sympathy of the Amer
lean people.
However, to President Roosevelt,
we believe the greatest credit will be
given in ending the strike. Although
he has acted in behalf of all of the
American people there is no doubt as
to where his sympathies lie. There
was no resentment at the proaered
insult OF the railroad presidents, but
the people can well believe that there
was a silent resolve on the part of the
president to end the strike if IL was in
his power to do so.
The committee of arbitration is a
god one and there can be no doubt that
its decision will be eminently fair to
both the miners and the operators.
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22

How do the Republicans of Fergus
county relish the idea of County Treas
urer Croft importing a deputy from
the east, and Is ii not a gratuitous
insult upon the part OF Mr.. Croft to
ignore the more deserving party work
ers in his selection OF an assistant
Democrat.
During his temporary absence and
in sending out tax notices Rev. Albert
Pfaus is assisting Mr.. Croft. Mr.
Pfaus has been a resident of Fergus
county for a number OF years. He re
turned from the east over a month age
and was not absent rom the county
with any intention of remaining away
To the qualification of many friends
he intends to make Lewistown his
| home
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22

The Democratic press and ora.
tors are trying to make an issue
out of the fact that some of our manu-.
factures are sold abroad at lower
prices than at home. But the figures
show that such sales are a mere bag
atelle when the great volume of our
foreign sales are taken into consider
alton. In the fiscal year of 1902 we
manufactured $13.001. .iOi 900. of which
we sold abroad siOS. $50, 763. and of
that great amount only SS,9S2,OOO was
so" at lower prices than at home.
In other words of all our sales abroad
OF manufactured products only one
per cent was reduced in price. and of
our total manufacture 1913. .0O0, ,00O, 900
the proportion sold was less than one
thirtieth of one per cent. Surely, this
bug-a-boo of "cut prices" will frighten
no one when IL is considered that g.
100000 wage-earners were working
full time during this period. Com
pare present conditions with those
during the years of 1896, when we
had the beautiful mixture of low tariff
and free trade. Is a much of an issue.
after all?
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22
A MOTLEY GANG.

In his eloquent address at the audi
torium, former Senator Mantle turn
ed his attention to the Democratic
party, showing how it is torn by fac
tional strife and the desire for spoils.
He pointed out these divisions and
subdivisions of the party as follows:
To-day there are the Clark Demo
Gratis, there are the Amalgamated
Democrats, there are the Heinze Dem
ocrats. there are the regular Demo
Gratis, there are the irregular Demo
Gratis, and there are the real simon
pure, unterrified and unwashed Dem
ocrats."
Mr.. Mantle's classification is cor
rect and very nearly complete. How
ever, it is hard for even so smart a
man as Mantle to keep track of the
divisions and ramifications OF the
Democracy in this state, and the To-
cation of the membership.
The speaker should have followed
up his classification OF the different
divisions with something regarding
their personnel. and he would have
been able to show, as was suggested
when the candidates for the office of
attorney general were married, that
politics makes strange bedfellows.
Selecting only "a few of the best
of EN-" in these different divisions.
it naturally occurs that the leadership
of the wings would consist of the fol-
lowing named Montanians, who have
become well known IN the political
schemes that have been carried on In
this state during the last few years:
Clark Democrats am a rebel
Evans 1.-THE friend OF the Chinks)
Sam Hauser. Charley Clark and Geo.
Casey.
Amalgamated Democrats-John r.
| lOOlt, ~. y. fltuutoss ohu Shh"S
Campbell.
Heinze ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lin
person., Cissy Lotus, Honorable j,
X. Toole. George Cresap, Don Carlos
Warfield and John s. NJ. Nell.
Regular Democrats-Major Martin
Maglnniss and Paris uioson. tit Is
noted that regulars" are few.)
Irregular Democrats-Un t..is should
be included occasional" Democrats)
Honorable John MacGinniss, Jimmy
Donovan. Calderhead, and many 9th
ers too numerous to mention. whc
sit in and take hand when the ante
is low and the percentage Of Offices
Is high.
AS to the ''unterrified and unwash
ea they may be counted sure for the
faction with the biggest barrel o.
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22
You VIII Have to Wait.

II we are to wait for tariff revision un-
til the friends of the tariff" do the re-
vising, we shall have to wait until the
trust Samson Is willing to shear his own
iocks.-New York Journal (Yellow Free
Trade).
No matter how long they may wait,
the people of the United States are not
likely to ! ace the work Of tariff re-
vision in the hands of free trade pros
perity wreckers. When revision comes
1t will be done by friends Of the
tariff" God help the country IL 1t be
done by other than friendly hands.
Business men and wage earners do not
need to be told what would happen to
all industry, all labor, all trade. all
commerce, IL in moment of blind for
getfulness the privilege Of smashing
the tariff" should be intrusted to tariff
reformers." Memories Of past results
Of tariff ripping by tariff enemies are
too fresh. we hope. for that.
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22

Speaking of the settlement OF the
Grcat coal strike the Helena Record
aavs. "ln this President Roosevelt
has shown himself the firm and prac-
teal friend of the people and the
miners. and did not hesitate to read
the riot act to Morgan and Baer and
he rest Of the magnates. 1t was an
Ecl reqr!ring courage and firmness.
3n those are the distinguishing traits
o, the man who is at the head of this
government. He has shown by his
a Is that he is the friend of the peo.
pie. and the people will reciprocate
II he lives until lSd4, Teddy Roose
welt will be elected president of the
United States by the greatest popu
lar vote ever cast for any man in this
country-and he has earned such an
endorsement, If he never does any
thing more than the settlement of tn,
great coal strike"
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22
A CANARD SoUEuCHED.

In an attempt to Offset the unsav-
ory labor record of J. Morgan Evans.
the Democratic candidate for congress,
the Helena Independent contained a
statement to the effect that Mr.. Dixon
was a patron of Chinese laundries.
Hearing of this Mr.. Dixon sent the
following letter to the Independent
requesting its publication:
Editor Helena independents see
in today's Independent an editorial.
quoting the Butte Miner as authority,
saying that | had been a patron of
Chinese laundries. The statement ia
an absolute untruth. Never in my life.
whether single or married. has Chi
nese laundry ever SO nuch as hand.
led one piece OF clothing for myself
or family. The person making such
statement must nave done so deliber.
ately, knowing the talsity Of the story
at the time.
"As matter of fairness will you
give the same editorial publicity to
this as your printed statement in to-
days Independent.
JOSEPH VI. DIXON"
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22

The Butte Miner in trying to make
a little Democratic capital out of Gov.
ernor Cummins' recent address in Chi
cago. particularly as it dealt with the
Iowa idea OF tariff revision, overlook
ed an important utterance of the gov
ernor The latter evidently would not
trust the Democratic party for one
moment with the delicate work of re.
vision, for he says the Democratic
party has never confronted a serious
difficulty from which it did not recoil,
never met a duty II did not shirk.
and never encountered a responsible.
ity II did not evade."
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22

Judge Birdsall, who has been nomi.
mated in Speaker Henderson's district
says in his letter of acceptance: RE.
publican success means assurance OF
the maintenance of Republican prin.
ciples and policies; protection OF
American labor; sound money: the
extension OF American commerce; the
civilization of the Orient prosperity
and equal rights to ali. Republican
defeat means the reversal OF all these
al tAc institution of the policies anu
the political action promulgated by
the Democratic party in their last ma
tienal convention" Such sound utter
ances do not carry the hope expected
to those Democrats who expressed
such elation over General Hender
sons retirement.
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22
They Smashed Things.

The Democrats tried to smash the
trusts by reducing the tariff In 1898.
A few OF the weaker trusts were
smashed, but the general experience
was that the trusts stood the strain
better than anything else. Certainly
all the urorganized business in the
country went to smash. That expert
ence gave everybody enough Of the
free trode style Of trust smashing ex-
cept the Democratic leaders aDd even
they seemed to have enough ut the
time, since they allowed Bryan with
his free silver hobby to take possession
Of the party rather than go before the
country I'm defense Of their record
Buffalo ExDresa
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22
An Important Question.

How would q Democratic house affect
business? Would not the threat Of free
trade or of a drastic revision Of the
tariff involved In Democratic trt
umph become a disturbing factor the
the moment the result was known?
Fear seized the men Of commerce the
day after Cleveland's election in 1892,
and prices Immediately began to fall.
panic and business reverses following
quickly after. Do the people desire a
repetition of those days? Do they wish
to endanger the widespread prosperity
that now prevails? AS the campaign
goes on that will daily become more
and more clearly the real ISSUE
Brooklyn Standard Union.
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22

We manufactured more last yeaI
than all the shops and all the factories
OF any other two countries on the face
of the earth by more tnan S3,OOO,OO0,
600. Our people consume more food
wear better clothes. live in more com
Portable homes, and enjoy better edu.
cational advantages than any OF which
the world bears record. Our markets
are the envy of all nations and our
productive capacity the astonishment
Of all peoples secretary Shaw.
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22
A WORD TO REPUBLICANS.

Every Republican an every voter
who desires a continuance of the pol
icies of the Republican party and the
prosperity which prevails from ocean
TO ocean should not only register but
cast his vote on November 4th. In
order that President Roosevelt may
take an aggressive stand upon some
Of the vital questions now before the
people II is important that he has a
supporting majority In both houses of
congress. The senate is now safely
Republican and will be for some years
TO come, but Democratic majority in
the lower house would mean a check
to legislation of great import to the
people of the United States. The
Democratic party is simply negative
force; it could not hope to do any
thing in the way of legislation but
would content itself in obstructing
legislation by the Republicans. This
Is the chief aim when in the minority
as has been evidenced by its filibuster-
ing tactics in the past. If in control
OF the lower house 1t woulu be In po-
sition to defeat any legislation, how
ever meritorious. that would rebound
to the credit of President Roosevelt
and the great party of which he is the
acknowledged leader.
1t is hardly probable that the voters
of Fergus county are longing for even
partial return of the Democratic
party to power in the nation, ana con-
sidering the shame and disgrace ii has
heaped upon the state OF Montana in
the past tour years it has no claim
for recognition upon any grounds.
II the state is to be redeemed from
the cesspool of filth and corruption
in which 1t has been placed by bood.
ling millionaires, now is the time to
begin the work which can be finished
two years hence.
In order to make secure Republican
policies which stand for prosperity
see that your cross is placed opposite
the name of Joseph NJ. Dixon, the
Republican nominee for congress.
II you want an upright and able
Judge on the bench, cneck opposite
the name of w. l.. Holloway.
To secure for Montana two years
hence a United States senator who
will have some influence in Washing.
ton and who will be in harmony with
the Republican national administra.
tion. vote for Hon. John ID. Waite for
state senator. He will be free to act
for the best man and for the best
interests of the party and the state.
Ii you want men who will legislate
for the interests of all vote for Messrs.
Smith and King. the candidates for
representatives.
See that your vote is registered and
cast
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22

After quoting the ARGUS our con.
temporary says: There is hot ar.
gument for you. Just as though Mr..
Waite. II he should happen to be elect.
ed to the state senate OF Montana,
would have anything to do with mould
ing national policies" If elected Mr.
Waite two years hence. will vote for
a United States Senator to replace
Democratic senator who now mis-.
represents the sentiments and the peo.
pie OF this state on national issues.
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22

II John Bebb had been sheriff OF
Fergus county he would not have been
playing "ping-pong" and ten pins
and standing on the street corners
waiting for slippery Bill" to come in
and surrender. The sheriff's force Is
wholly at fault in letting this criminal
escape after he had gone into camp
for two days in less than one mile
from town. There was nothing hand.
some" or creditable in this transac.
tion
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22
THE TRUE FRIENu OF LABOR.

Along with its hypocritical pleading
for the purity Of the judiciary the
Clark Democratic press of this state
is constantly prating about the friend
ship of that party for the laboring
man. In its dire straits it is attempt.
ing to arouse class prejudice and ha-
tired. which is the next thing to an
archy.
It is well known that all the con.
cessions w. A. Clark has made to
labor In this state or elsewhere have
been forced. In his ambition to be.
come United States senator he was
forced to yield to a just demand in
favoring the eight hour law.
In broader sense, in the affairs
OF the nation. in its domestic policies,
II would be interesting to know what
the Democratic party has ever done
or ever offered to do that would have
bettered the condition oil the laboring
man. AS an opposition party it has
offered spurious remedies for fancied
evils-nostrums which the millions
of toilers themselves have repudiated
at the polls as too dangerous for ex.
pertinent. There was one exception,
however. In an unguarded hour they
listened to the siren songs of the
Democracy and cast their votes for
free trade. Did they better their con-
dition by so doing? Were Democratic
campaign promises made good? No
man now living ever saw worse indus
trial conditions than those which pre-
vailed from 1888 TO 1896. under Grov-
er Cleveland, and il is to be hoped
that the youngest child now born
will not live to witness their repe-
tition. And what does Democracy Of
fer now in behalf oil labor? Nothing
whatever.
The record of the Republican party
only needs recital to show what that
party has done for LABOR. 1t was In
defense of the oppressed that the Re-
publican party was born. After sever
ing the chains OF the blach man and
placing value upon his labor II es-
tablished the protective system which
has been the bulwark of the nations
industries, giving labor to millions at
a wage scale uneQualled in any 9th
Ell country beneath the sun. Realiz'
ing this. the millions Of artizens, after
a single lapse in their support Of the
protective system, stand like a solid
wall against the avowed enemies OF
the protective policy.
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22
SHYLOCk

Shylock was the man who
wanted a pound of human
flesh. There are many
Shylocks now, the GONZALES
cent, the consumptive, the
sickly child, the pale young
woman, all want human flesh
and they can get it-take
SCOTS Emulsion.
SCOTS Emulsion is flesh
and blood, bone and muscle.
Itfeeds the nerves, strengthens
the digestive organs and they
feed the whole body.
For nearly thirty years
SCOTS Emulsion has been the
great giver of human flesh.
We will send you a couple Of
ounces free.
SCOTT g. BOVINE, Chemists.
4oe-4l5 Pearl Street. New York.
sec. and tI.OoI all druggists.
Fergus County argus., 1902-10-22

The Democratic party is always long
on promises and short on performan.
ccs. When out of power it has a
panacea Tor all national ills, but when
by chance or misplaced confidence IL
gains control OF the government its
remedies prove worse Ian the disease
During the war period the Democratic
party was properly termed a conspir
aCy against human rights; at the pres
cnt time II is a menace to national
and industrial prosperity.