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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-31
VERY WRONG BUT

st. Paul Dispatch: 1t is, of course,
very wrong to admire a bandit, weth-
err in Macedonia or Montana, but af-
ter acknowledging that it is wrong,
surely we may be permitted to re-
main to admire. We have rested in
much awe Of the modern railway
train. 1t seems to us the nearest ap-
proach to deity which man has devils
ed. AS it hurried across it's endless
miles Of steel orbit, belching forth
steam and o~mnipotence, speeding
over plains and painting up mountain
ranges, those monstrous mountain en-
gines with eyes of flame, coming like
the Jobberwock-how could man
stand forth and defy? But enc man,
n desperado. a fearless one, stood
on the lonely track in the heart of
a mountain wilderness and command
ed, as Joshua the sun, that the North
Coast limited stand and deliver. The
train obeyed, matter paused before
= I'D and the ".Dber y:,n bis: reward.
1t makes the pulse a trile faster
but, of course, it is all wrong. He
was not Agamemnon, but a highway
%! Der ard ! murderer
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-31
JUDICIAL PURITY,

The news that has come from Butte
during the past few days is of the
sort calculated to make people think.
One judge of the district court makes
an affidavit that he was offered a
fortune to wrongfully and dishonesty
decide a case on trial before him, and
another is served with a warrant that
makes him the defendant in a suit for
criminal libel, his arrest following al
affidavit of much the same sort made
by him. All this happened in the
place in which a coterie of men have
set themselves up as the special cham
pions of judicial purity. What makes
it all the more interesting is the fact
that some of the champions them
selves are mixed up in the nasty mess.
In both instances the affidavits
charge that the alleged offers of
brides. were made by or came through
men who are now posing as the de-
tenders of the bench and who are try
llS ~ Iluht Tic pCoplS ECl1FNG t'iHt
unless they Tally to thor support :i,c
judiciary Of the state vii become cor
rupt beyond reclaim. Il should also
be borne in mind that both o. the
accusing judges We're elected by the
democrats and that the charges they
are making are gainst men of that
party.
1t would strike the average person
that this is a pretty severe blow to
the men and party who are asking
support for their ticket because OF
the patriotic and noble in
which they have thrown themselves
into the breach to save the courts
and keep cleaI for the y" lc the
tribunals upon which they are com
PEELED to rely for justice and the en-,
forcement of their rights. Charged
right at home by judges of their
selection with attempts at bribery of
the judiciary, these men and tl-eir
party continue their senseless attacks
and accusations against the republi-
cans and claim that the latter are in
league with those who would make
the courts of the state instruments
for the accomplishment of their
wicked and dishonest purposes.
After the sensational events of the
last few days at Butte would the peo-
pie of the state not better stop and
consider what they are doing before
permitting themselves to be deceived
by the claims and assertions of the
men who have appointed themselves
sole judges of judicial purity.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-31
ELEVEN GOOD REASONS.

The Great Falls Leader gives
eleven good reasons why the men
Of Montana should vote the republi-
can ticket. Read them:
First-Because the republican party
made Montana a state in the union.
Second-Because the republican
party has given well-paid employment
to the laboring men of the state and
nation.
Third--Because the republican par
ty has given security to capital and
confidence to the investor.
Fourth-Because the republican
party passed the national irrigation
law, the effect of which will be to
put vast tracts of the arid lands of
the state under irrigation and prepare
it for settlement.
Fifth-Because the republican par
ty placed a tariff en- lead ores the eff
feet of which is to add enormously to
the value of the ~lead-bearing mines
of the state.
Sixth-Because the republican ar
ty placed a tariff on wool, which since
1897 has added twenty-three millions
to the wealth of the state.
Seventh-Because the republican
party pledges itself to economy and
retrenchment in public expenditures,
in both state and county government.
Eighth-Because the republican par-
ty has been and is the unfailing
friend of the laboring men, both in
Montana and the nation, and has done
and will do more to advance their in
terest than any other party.
Ninth-Because the republican par
ty has brought unparalleled prosper
ity to the country, which had been
left bankrupt and PROSTATE by the
rule of the democratic party.
Tenth-Because the republican par
ty has established the United States
in a position at the head of the worlds
trade and commerce, without a single
rival on earth.
observation-disclosures the republican
party has brought honor to the flag
of the republic, and made the United
States the greatest power among the
nations of the world.
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and felt that he was in every way IT.
ted for the place and that his election
would be an honor to the party and a
credit to the state.
SOME COMPARISONS,

Much has been said in behalf of
the democratic candidate for county
treasurer as to his special fitness to
the place to which he %aspires; but
that Mr.. Burla is competent to fill
the Office to which he aspires; but
what special learning is necessary
beyond that of a fair knowledge of
mathematics? Both the candidates
are qualified insofar as knowledge in
that direction is concerned AMI both
would be able to perform the duties
of the Office without the employment
by the county of a deputy.
But the opposition would lead the
voters to believe that, in the event of
the election of the republican candi-
date, Mr.. Deverill, the county would
be obliged to employ a deputy in or
der to conduct the affairs of the
~treasurer's Office satisfactory to the
taxpayers.
Under the law the county commits
sioners are prohibited from employing
a deputy in the treasurer's office, with
the exception of three months in the
year and this during the period when
taxes are payable. The law also linn
it's the appropriation for this purpose
to $500 a year. So the argument COM
ing from Mr.. Burla's side that the
county would be feeced for the sal
airy of a high-priced deputy, in the
event of Mr.. Deverill's election, falls
as fiat as Mr.. Burla's appeal to the
voters when he proclaimed that he
the county, should the electors place
him in charge Of the county funds.
AS a matter of fact if the question
of competency were weighed relative
to the two aspirants for the office
The Gazette believes that Mr.. Burla
would be found lacking when COM
pared with Mr. Deverill. The latter
has had a large range in business ex-
p%erience, while the business career. of
Mr.. Burla has been of a very limited
and uncertain quantity.
Mr.. Deverill's record as a business
man, together with that as a county
commissioner, county assessor, and
in any other public or private capac-
ity is open to inspection and the more
the voters scrutinize it the worse
will appear the chances of his op.
ponent's success
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-31
SILLY AS THE FIRST.

Having begun to realize that the
people are not to be deceived by their
false and absurd charge that Judge
Holloway is other than the candidate
Of his party and that his ascension
to the supreme bench will be a move
in the interest of a certain individual
and the corporation he represents,
some of the democratic newspapers Of
of attack and now say that he is not
possessed OF the requisite learning
and ability to perform the duties Of
associate justice. They charge him
with being too young and lacking in
experience and declare that his &C.
ceptable and able occupancy of the
bench OF the district of which he is
now the judge has been solely a mat
ter of luck" They claim that he is
wanting in legal training and that he
is not mature enough to aspire to the
position for which he has been nomi-
mated.
This assertion is as silly and unten-
able as the one that his candidacy
is furthered by a faction of their own
party through base and dishonest mo-
tives. Nobody has as yet shown
wherein his democratic opponent is
better qualified for the position than
hn ic T,loo T oc1in orrororf1v &c
nc better lawyer and certainly the
reputation he has gained on the bench
of his district is no greater than that
gained by Judge Holloway. The de-
tractors of Judge Holloway have fail
ed to establish the fact that he, is
any more learned in the law or is a
better reasoner than is the gentleman
who is opposing him. The mere fact
that he may be older in years should
not be permitted to cut any figure in
estimating the professional worth of
the two. This is eminently an age
of young men and years no longer
count as they were wont to. Judge
Holloway has shown himself in every
respect the equal of the democratic
candidate and his standing with the
lawyers of the state as an able, up
right, conscientious and careful judge
is the equal of that of any magistrate
in the state.
This second argument advanced
by the opposition has no more weight
or foundation than the base and ma
licious charges that have been made
against him by the same parties.
Judge Holloway was nominated be-
cause his party has confidence in him
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-31
TIE BILLINGS GAZETTE.

the charges they have made against
each other in the past. They must
have had proof, and they produced it,
as some people still sorrowfully re-
call, or they would not have been SO
insistent and persistent in their ac-
cusations. If the interests of the
state were then endangered by sue
cess Of either of those factions why
are they now not equally in danger,
ever though there may have been a
change Of front SO far al some of
the factions are concerned. There
has been no change in the men; they
have changed positions only. The
~rascals, the boodlers, the bribers, the
p%erjurers and the %traffickers in votes
that then were in the democratic par
ty, quoting only democratic testimony,
are still in it and still directing it's
affairs. In the event of democratic
success therefore the people have rea
son for expecting no relief from past
ills and dangers. Simply because it
was another that bolted this year and
that the boilers of two years ago this
time extended their necks and accept
ed the yoke they then rejected is no
proof that truth is any less true than
then and that facts are not as stub
born as always.
1t is not necessary to take the state.
ment of any individual or newspaper
in the republican party in substantial
ton CT all the charges contained in
the Indictment against the democratic
party of Montana. To obtain proof
only the speeches delivered from
democratic platforms two years 6
and the editorials that appeared in
leading democratic newspapers two
years ago need be read. Any thinking
person who will read either and then
be not convinced that it is time the
people were asserting themselves and
bury the entire ~nauseating crew un-
der a landslide of public disapproval
must be callous indeed, or blinded to
the best interests of all by the hope
Or promise of personal reward.
Relief lies in the success of
the republican party next Tuesday.
If it's candidates are elected there
will be an end to the scandals that
have disgraced the state and honest
men will be put at the helm. Then
nothing more will be heard Of at
tempted bribing of courts and there
will be no more of the disgusting
stories that now cause suspicion to
attach to the judiciary in some parts
and have forced litigants to approach
them in fear of being robbed of their
rights and the protection the law says
shall be- theirs unless they are pos
sessed Of wealth enough to give them
''standing."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-31

But she took her time, over thirty
years. and has all Of theatrical
Berlin at her feet with the promise
that the kaiser and kaiserin will at
tend one Of her matinees. In view of
the greatness of her artistic and inan-
cial victory owe the traditional enc
mics of her country Sarah could af-
ford to say IF statesmen can forget,
so a l." With the same receipts at
the box Office almost anyone else
would have been equally magnan-
imous.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-31
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1902.
Mr.. euRLA AN INCOMPETENT.

No matter what the gentleman
himself may think, or how his friends
may regard the matter, the sta ,ement
of the trustees of Federal Labor
union No. 1873, which appeared in yes
terday's issue of The Gazette, is not
to the credit of MI. Burla, neither is
it calculated to assist him in his can
didacy for the treasureship of the
county. 1t is a plain Indictment of
him and unmistakable proof of his
incompetency. This may sound harsh,
but it is a fact.
While the statement apparently
clears him Of any charge of dishon-
esty, it emphasizes stronger than
anything else could his unfitness for
the position of custodian of public
funds, and does so in at least two
ways. First, it shows him to be care
less in the matter of supervising the
work Of his subordinates and given
to laXity Of method in the conduct
of business entrusted to him. In the
next place it shows that he has small
the responsibility of handling large
sums of money and to be possessed
of a carelessness OF disposition not
to be expected or tolerated in one
occupying a place of trust. Like all
careless persons he seeks shelter by
laying the blame on some one else,
and very fortunately has two such
persons. one the bookkeeper of the
bank and the other the man who made
Out the deposit slip. Also very fortu-
nately for him both are obliging
enough to say that the blame for the
transaction was theirs But this does
not clear him of the double charge
OF incompetency and ca~relessness.
Were Mr.. Burla the competent and
reliable man his friends say he is
he would not have permitted the bust
ness of the bank for that date to have
been closed until his books balanced
to a cent, much less to have allowed
so glaring an error as that implied
by the presence of so great an amount
as one hundred dollars, for the pres
ence of which he could not account,
to remain on hand until it's rightful
owner OF purpose had been ac-
counted for. This is o saying that
he is dishonest or that he was
prompted by questionable motives.
1t was sheer ~carelessness and incom-
potency.
A careless or incompetent person
need not be dishonest to cause grave
and troublesome complications to
arise and bring loss and distress to
others, especially where money mat
tiers are involved. Carelessness and
incompetency on the part of superiors
have often led to dishonesty on the
part of subordinates. They, if at all
inclined to be dishonest, are prone
to take advantage of the weakness
and fault of the superior to steal and
embezzle. 1t is true that it may be
said that should he be elected Mr..
Burla would not have any n under
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-31

However little he may like it, Pres.
ident Baer no doubt has arrived at
the conclusion that his wishes will
be consulted but little by the arbi-
tration commission assembled at the
request Of President Roosevelt to
look into the matter in dispute be-
tween the operators and operatives in
the anthracite region. He has been
given to understand that it is the in
tention Of the commission to do more
than merely recommend some method
CT temporary relief. The men COM
posing the commission are determin-
ed to get at the bottom Of the diff
ficulty, if possible, and then advise
what in their opinion will work for a
permanent cure of the evils both sides
to the controversy admit exist under
present conditions. Although posi-
bly, a little premature to suggest i,
but from what has transpired SC far
and from remarks allowed to be drop
Jet IL lleeu not ne SURPRISING lHdl IL
the commission finds that unionizing
is advantageous to the operators and
they are to be permitted to continue
it hereafter as in the past it will also
find that they should not be the only
Cnes left in the enjoyment of that
advantages. Certain it is SO far at
least the miners have no cause of
complaint at anything the arbitrators
have done.
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OLD CHARGES STILL STAND.

While maintaining a pretense Of
harmony and of working together for
the success Of their party, it is no.
ticeable that none of the factions of
Montana's democracy has seen fit to
retract a single charge of the many
that it made against the other two
years age. The accusations of brib-
cry, corruption, boodling and all the
other offenses then charged still
stand. Nothing has occurred since
then to warrant the people in believ-
ing that the party has reformed and
that the men now in control are any
better than they were then. The many
charges then made still stand and
no evidence has ever been furnished
to prove their falsity. 1t must be
accepted that they were true. The
only difference in the present cam
paign is a realignment of forces. Some
Of the men that were standing togeth-
er in the last campaign are now -op-
posed to one another, while some that
were opposed are now on the sane
side. The old war continues, how
ever, and democrat still charges dem
ocrat with violation of every law,
whether divine or profane, and offers
the proof.
In the campaign of two years ago
it was the independent democrats
against Clark and Heinze. This time
it is Clark and the Independents
against Heinze. The charges that the
independents then made against
the other two are now made against
Heinze alcne, Clark and the independ-
ents having come together, just how
does not seem to be clear, but they
are together and both are doing their
utmost to destroy him. They accuse
him of the things of which he and his
late ally formerly accused the indie
pendents. That is the only difference.
The fact still remains that it is dem
ocratic testimony that proves deme-
CldLlC VSldllIy.
Since the alignment the peo-
pie, the ones who are most interest
ed, are asked to believe that if the
new combination is given control of
the legislature and it's candidates for
the judiciary are elected the welfare
and safety of the state are assured.
They are asked to entrust their af-
fairs to a party that by the testimony
of its cwn members stands convicted
as utterly unworthy of trust or con
fidence. The fact that there has been
no retraction and nothing disproved
must not be lost sight of. Though
they may now seemingly be in har-
mony, if they were honest then and
are honest now each of the elements
CT the new force must entertain only
supreme and ineradicable contempt
for each other. No matter what their
outward appearance may be, inward
ly they are the anne as ever and only
~expediency has forced them together.
1t must not be thought that men of
the standing of the erstwhile clash
ing, but now apparently united inter-
ests would frivolously and idly make
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-31

when it to harboring a patriotic
grudge she is a much better slayer
than the statesmen of La Belle
France. But she has finally relented.
The coin of the despised Prl;ssians
has proved 200 80, ng an argument
against longer c%herishing a pet hatred
and she has been forced to surrender.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-31

u1ul IL dAu IAcIS WDulu
be no opportunity for dishonesty on
the part of a subordinate. Bun it
should be remembered that during the
busy season, the time when taxes are
due, the county treasurer has an as
sistant. Mr.. l;ulla might be so for
tunate as to nave enc then who is
absolutely honest and in~corruptible,
and he might not. There is always
the element of chance to be consider
ed. Should he be otherwise than
fortunate at such a time, somebody
would be the loser. But even were
this not to occur, there would still
remain the likelihood of serious er-
rors on his own part and the finances
of the county would always be in
danger because of his proved incom-
potency and carelessness.
Plainly Mr.. Burla is shown in IN
unenviable light and much as his
friends may deplore the unfortunate
circumstance, SO long as it did occur
it is best that the facts shall be
known. The people have a right to
become acquainted with everything
pertaining to a man who seeks office.
They should know whether he is
honest or whether he is not; whether
competent and careful, or whether
incompetent and careless; whether he
is a man to be trusted under any and
all circumstances, or whether because
of faults or habits he is not worthy
of such trust. In this instance it is
clearly demonstrated that no matter
what may be said in praise of him
otherwise, Mr.. Burla is not the man
the people want as custodian of their
public money. His unfitness is too
manifest.
II may not be amiss to state that
it was at the suggestion of Mr.. Bur-
las republican opponent, MI. S. K.
Deveriil, that Mr.. Burla has been
enabled to clear himself of the more
serious charge that has been made
against him in connection with the
unfortunate matter of which this ar
ticle treats. AS originally made pub
lie the story was calculated to reflect
on the gentleman's honesty. AS the
facts are given it shows that he was
simply wanting in the desired amount
of ability required of him in the po-
sition he occupied. Mr.. Deverill dDcs
not believe in the dirty in politics
and consequently advised Mr.. Burla
that a statement in accordance with
the version of the matter, signed by
the trustees of the union, or a COM
mittee appointed by that body to in
vestigate the affair, would disprove
anything that might have been said
rejecting on his honesty.
Further comment is unnecessary.
The card of the trustees of the union
explains all and is the best proof of
the charge of incompetency which
The Gazette makes against Mr.. Bur-
la. If the people still desire him for
county treasurer they will probably
tote for him, but in doing SO it is
with the full knowledge that he should
not be given the place and that they
assume serious risk in electing him.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-19
Accident at the wharf.

Yesterday while the Eisenbarth
show boat was landing at this city
the bell rope broke, so 1t was I'm
possible for the pilot to signal to
the engineer to back tire boat, and
as a result the engine was working
under a full head of steam and ran
the boat Into crafts of various kinds
that were lying along the upper
wharf. The boat of John Brooks
had a gunnel In 1t broken, for
which Mr.. Eisenbarth paid $35.
The captain also paid c. B. Mccoy
IS for ipjuring his yacht float. The
collision made things crack for a
few moments and many wild re-
ports were started about the acci-
dent, but the above were the only
injuries In the accident.