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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26

lished with safety to its own people
and the rest of the world. While in
a broad sense one of them, yet he
is not in sympathy with the aanti-
i~nperalists" of the Lake George
school, who would have us turn tail
and leave the islands to their own
fate. to civil strife, anarchy and
chaos, ultimately to be seized by
some European power or powers.
A former attorney general Of Mas.
sachusetts is quoted as saying that
Judge Holmes has always been a
profound leader in uplifting the dig
nifty and power of government, and
his construction Of constitutional pro
visions has been invariably in the di-
rection of the LIBERAL exercise of leg
islative and executive functions"
This being so there can be no doubt
that he will entertain the same views
on territorial questions and the pow
ers of the national government under
the constitution as were entertained
by his predecessor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26
EXPANDING AMERlcANFlNANcEs

Boston Transcript: The listing Of
the Russian rents upon the New York
stock exchange is significant as show:
ing how wide a market the United
States is becoming. Probably it will
not be many years before the secur-
Nities of all the leading foreign gov
ernments will be listed in this coun-
try. This offers a new field for. in
vestment of the American capitalist,
and it also opens the way for foreign
governments to secure loans at better
rates. These particular Russian Sc
curities have been listed in Holland,
Germany, France and England, and
the action of the United States is only
in the way of widening the financial
operations of the foreign govern
ments.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26
RESTRAINT AND PUBLICITY.

Perusal of his Providence speech
shows no change in the opinion OF
the president as to the proper meth
cd of dealing with the trusts. He
still believes in governmental super
vision and publicity. Because Of the
peculiar division of governmental
power, he along with many others,
thinks the supervising power should
be vested in the federal government,
rather than is advocated by some
in the different states. Well does
he say that experience has shown
state action to be entirely insufficient,
the questions involved are too great
fer solution by action of the states as
individuals of the whole. The pow
er to deal with the problem must be
greater, it must be vested in one SOW
ereign. The sovereign should and
must be the national government.
Clothed with this power then that
power can be exercised to control
the evil influences now said to be at
work to the manifest injury and detri-
ment of the nation. =
While firmly believing that the ma
tional government should be vested
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26
NOT FOR PROFIT.

The people of the arid west are in
accord with the Great Northern pres
ident in everything he says concern,
ing the Importance of the reclamation
Of the arid lands of the west and the
benefit such reclamation would prove
to the entire country, but they will
withhold their endorsement when it
comes to adopting the plan he sug.
gests in regard to the payments that
should be made for those lands, after
they have been reclaimed. The gov.
eminent should not go into the bus
mess of retaining waste lands for
the purpose of making a profit on
them, as Mr.. Hill would have it do.
If it cost IS or $40 to reclaim an acre
of arid land, the government should
not ask the settler two or three times
that amount for it. All that should
equal to that which the government
has expended. BY using the land for
the production of whatever may be
best raised upon it and by his energy
and toll add to the general wealth Of
the nation the settler is paying a
profit to the government far great
er than any fixed rate of interest
would amount to-. He at once be-
comes a producer and as such is con-
tributing to the wealth of the whole.
The taxes he pays should be consider
ed enough profit.
To create a fund for the extension
of irrigation schemes it is not neces-
sary to compel the settler to pay sew
eral times mere for land than it cost
the government. BY paying the act
ual cost he advances money to the
government with which to do further
work along the line Ct re '!aRation.
But the authors of the present irriga-
ton law have provided for all this
and Mr.. Hills way of doing it is not
the way adopted under the law.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26
HOW DO.

Philadelphia Record: Syndicate
underwriting of schemes of %consolida-
ton attained perfection in the financ-
ing of the recent purchase of the Mo-
non road-the Chicago, Indianapolis
& Louisville railroad-by a southern
railway combination. The syndicate
members were not called upon for any
cash contribution, and divided over
100000 in profits. The investing pub
lie bought all the securities offered
for sale, and there was nothing left
to underwrite. Thus all concerned
in actual buying and selling worked
for the syndicate and paid their own
expenses and1a heavy commission be
sides.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26
A RETURN

Along with all it's other contem-
poraries of the same faith, The Ga
zette is glad to bid welcome once
more to the Meagher County Repub-
lican after it's retirement of almost
two years. The Republican was start
ed as a campaign paper and having
fulfilled it's mission decided to retire,
much to the regret of every repub-
lican in the state, for during it's brief
existence it was one of the brightest
and ablest, as well as cleanest news
papers published in the state. It's
second advent is to be permanent.
Feeling the need of a republican news
paper in their county, some ct the
leading members of the party met
recently and organized a stock com
pany. The money was promptly forth
coming and an entire new plant was
bought and the Republican is n of
the institutions CT the state.
Particularly pleasing is that por-
ton of the first editorial announce
ment that appears in the new Republi-
can which declares that the editorial
columns will be under the same man
agement as the old, which means that
the new, like the old, will be re-
markable for it's brilliancy and clean
cut, sterling r~epublicanism. Long
may the Republican flourish and as
during it's brief life of the past may
it always continue to be ar enemy
of the evil-doer and champion of all
that is good and calculated to bene'
fit those among whom it is published
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26

ed to read the item in the newspa-
pers the other day to the effect that
the banks of North Dakota are adding
to their business a department of
horse trading. That would have fill
ed David's soul with delight and have
been esteemed by him the fitting rec
ognition of a clever career. Horse
trading has laid the modest base of
many a fortune, and we do not see
that it is any less respectable than
swapping railroads or s%yndicating
steel plants. 1t is not the magnitude
of the thing, but the way in which it
is done that determines the ethics OF
it. David Harum got the better Of
some of his fellow men, but managed
to command the sympathies of a large
circle of readers after his death. The
banks, of course, will find horses less
convenient by the way of deposit
or collateral than potatoes or oats
would be, but, nevertheless, the next
convention of the populist party ought
to tender them a. vote Of thanks for
affording the first practical exhibit
Of its principles. Every bank will
necessarily have its horse safe, but
the receiving teller will have to stipu-
late that no horses not personally en-
dorsed with at least two negotiable
names will be accepted. North Da-
kota is still a favorite haunt Of horse
thieves, who will now probably go in
for a mastery Of the fine art Of burg
larry.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26
THE BILLINGS GAZETTE.
NO LONGER

Memphis Commercial Appeal
(dem.): AS an issue, imperialism
every day becomes more remote. Free
silver ragged red through the country
in 1896, and was as a dying ember
in 1900. Imperialism was stuffed
with hot air in 1900 and set up as q
stern, commanding scarecrow, and to.
day with ninety-nine men out Of q
hundred 1t is a dreary and insuffer;
able bore. The retention Of the Phil.
ippines has been removed from the
arena Of debate. We have got them,
and we will keep them.
There are three insuperable objec-
tions to the injection Of imperialism
into the coming campaign. III the
first place it has already led the par
ty to overwhelming disaster. In the
second place it is ln,.lo mics away.
And in the last place it is dead. For
the democratic party to- go Cabling
about Auginaldo, the injustice of re-
tanning a territory that we have paid
for and the general infamy of a shad-
owy Imperialism, when there is a
burning issue right here, affecting ev-
cry man, woman and child in the re-
public; affecting the, safety Of demo
cratic institutions and imperiling
those principles which had been es-
tablished by the wisdom of the ages
and which are about to be overthrow
by the brutal philosophy of a coterie
of vulgar parvenus, is to make the de-
feat of the democratic party a moral
certainty.
The people of the United States
without regard to party are demand
ing relief from the trusts; and while
they are complaining of the criminal
exactions of the meat trusts, what do
they care about phantoms in the Phil
ippines? When they are demanding
bread, how will it profit the demo-
cratic party to give them a stone?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26
Tuesday, August 2s, 1902.

Walker, a well.known young man
about town, had ]. C. Gillian arrested
for threats to kill, and was appearing
as a prosecuting witness. .@
This man." he said, pointing to
Gillian, 'swore to kill me-.
Now Gillian has a young and very
pretty wife. Rumor has it that Walk
er has been paying her assiduous at
tention. :
What did he say he was going to
kill you far?" asked the Judge.
He told me that he would kill me
II | didn't leave his wife alone and
he told other people that, too
Then leave his wife alone, and
keep from getting killed" said the
court. "Mr. Gilman, you are discharg-
ed" ~
Walker says he will take the courts
advice. He hadn't thought OF 1t in
that light before the 1atter-day Solo
mon rendered his Judgment.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26
eoRToN's M,NsTRELs.
Highly creditah,e Performance Civ
en- to Well pleased Audience.

s''S''y ~
en- to Well Pleased Audience.
With the exception of two acts,
those Of the tumblers and the hoop
roller and club swinger, the perform
ance given at the opera house last
Saturday evening by Gorton's min
strels brought back pleasant mem
cries of the days when negro min
strels were in reality such and not
hodgepodge, variety shows" of the
kind that are new travelling about the
country obtaining money under false
pretense. The singing was exceptio-
ally good, while the instrumental
music was of an order seldom heard
here. What pleased the lovers of
the old style of m%instrelsy, perhaps,
the most was the clog dancing by
Welby and Pearl. Although neither
enc is any longer a youngster and
Jake Welby is taking on the flesh
that comes with comfortable middle
age, they are as nimble of foot and
graceful in their every move as any
dancers who have ever entertained an
audience.
The full house that greeted the min
strels was we'll deserved and should
they ever come this way again they
may depend upon another just as
good.
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At THE TROUGH.

Portland Oregonian: ALASKA may
now be regarded as definitely install
ed at the government appropriate Ii
trough. The first harbor work in that
territory is to be done in Wrangel
Narrows, a survey of which has been
authorized. The commerce of Alaska
is of sufficient magnitude to justify
government attention to the naviga-
tion channels, and it will pay to re-
move some Of the dangers that
ships in those waters. Alas
ka, which has already become a polit-
icaf factor Of some pretensions, may
be expected to come up for regular
rations hereafter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2e, 1902.
ONE couNTY's PLIGHT.

.MissOula county made a heroic eff
fort to decrease it's debt, but the state
board of equalization, which claims
to have the power of interference,
says 1t shall not do so.
When the assessment roll was COM
pleted the commissioners of the coun-
ty found that under the law they
would be entitled to- a higher rating
than formerly and to prevent a change
in the classification ordered a 5 per
cent reduction in the assessment.
Their object was to save to the county
the increased expense in the way of
higher salaries for county officers, an
increase made possible under the
ley classification without any pro-
portionate increase in the labors of
the b~ene1ciaries. The saving calcu-
lated upon was to be turned into the
sinking fund and used for the. re-
demption of bonds and warrants. The
plan locked feasible and to the un-
sophisticated minds of the county
commissioners had much to commend
it.
= Now comes the state board of
equalization and declares that no
matter what they may wish or think,
the commissioners have exceeded
their authority and orders them to
restore the amount of the reduction.
The board claims that in making this
order it only discharges it's duty to
the state and sees that the state gets
what belongs to it. Under the order
of the beard the people of Missoula
county will be compelled to pay to
the state something like about $15,-
600 more than if the reduction had
must also pay $500 more in salaries
to their officers than If the beard had
not interfered. But this is not all.
Under the county's new classification
a number of additional deputies may
be appointed and the salary list in
creased to the extent of their pay,
thereby adding to the burden of the
taxpayers.
But for the interference of the state
board a material reduction of taxes
would have been possible in Missoula
county, while at the same time a gen.
erous amount of the county's Eve
nues could have been put aside an
nually for the payment of it's indebt-
edness.
The state board probablys has the
power to order the restoration. but
it is a faulty law that gives it that
power and a poorer law that will per-
NIT obstacles to be placed in the way
of a board of county commissioners
that is seeking to decrease taxation
and prevent incurment ct increased
expenditures. especially when that in
crease is to be made without any COM
%pensating returns.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26
HUNDRED MILES ANeHouR.
Electrical Train for, Illinois Road That
VIII Annihilate Distance.

% ST. aN 80 Ea
New York, Aug. 24.--An electrical
company at Lynn, Mass, is building a
train which is soon to be used in I'LL
npis, and which the engineers esti,
mate will make 80 to 100 miles an
hour. It is added that the track for
the train in Illinois is almost COM
pleted, that the line is about $50
miles long and is remarkable for
solidity and strength. AS far as pos
5sible, grades have been eliminated.
Electricity will be the motive power,
and the third rail system will be used.
A train Of three cars has been built
for the first trials. The train will be
equipped with II motors, Ct 100 horse.
power each. Instead Of the high
speed increasing the danger, 1t is
claimed that the train will be safer
and run less risk Of leaving the rails
than an ordinary street car. The
theory held by electricians is that the
train is practically electrically welded
to the track, and cannot leave it while
the power is on The location Of the
track is not given.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26
AN ABSURD CHARGE.

Because it is known that ahe is in
accord with the views Of the admin
istration On the constitutional aspects
of expansion, it is charged by some
Of the democratic newspapers that
the appointment of Judge Holmes to
fill the vacancy caused on the bench
of the supreme court by the resigna-
ton of Justice Gray was nothing
more than a determination on the
part OF the president to pack" the
court. 1t is not denied, in fact it is
conceded by those who presumably
know that the president before decid-
ing upon the nomination, was care
full to make inquiry as the judges
opinion relative to the question. 1t
would have been strange had the
president not done so and manifestly
absurd to expect him to appoint some
one to the position not in accord with
the governments policy. This, how
ever, should not be characterized as
packing" the court.
Whlle SUSTAINING n contention OF
the administration az regards the
power of the government to legislate
for the islands without giving them
the same standing and recognition
as are accorded other portions of the
country, in other words, while he does
not believe that 'the constitution fol
lows the flag in the meaning of
those who are opposed to the admin
istration, he is still what is popular
" known as an '.anti-imperialist." He
Is known to be antagonistic to any
policy Of final and complete retention
Of the islands, but he does believe in
the right OF thesUnited States to re-
tain the archipelago until such time
as . Filipino republic may be estab-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26
WHERE SHAW STANDS.

OF course, Secretary Shaw favors
REIMBURSEMENT of the tariff, so do al.
most all republicans, but they want
that readjustment made by the friends
of the tariff, by the party RESPONSE
BILE for the existence of that which it
is desired to amend or readjust. With
possibly a few exceptions, the repub-
licans have arrived at the conclusion
that the time has come when some
changes in the tariff may be made
with benefit to the country and with
out serious injury to any of the in
dustries that have been built up un
der the existing schedules. They do
not want the enemy Of the system of
protection to make those changes.
They want their own party to make
them, for then they know the changes
made will be conservative, just and
equitable, and that instead of tear.
ing down and destroying the fabric
it will be modified and improved. To
attempt a complete revision, as de
manded by the democrats, would mean
a period of uncertainty and fear and
utter paralysis of almost all branches
of business for months.
Although effort is made by demo.
cratic newspapers to make it appear
that the secretary is in opposition
to his party in that he opposes con.
tinuance of the protective tariff, he
is in accord with his party on that
subject as on every other. He is in
harmony with the platform of the re,
publicans Of his state. Like them he
is Gin favor Of such changes in the
tariff from time to time as become
advisable through the progress of our
industries and their changed rela-
lions to the commerce of the world
This certainly is not a declaration
for the free trade Of democracy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26
A GRACEFUL ACT.

Baltimore American: Families of
private soldiers in the Philippines will
gratefully approve the new regulation
to send home the names of soldiers
who die there as well as those of Of
icers. Especially will they appre-
'ciate the fact that the cost to their
feelings of a narrowing uncertainty
has been consulted before the cost
of the cables.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26
FAIRLY s%oLoMoNlc.
Advice to Young Man in a Case In
N.
volv;nn = Norman

New Orleans, La, Aug. 24.-Judge
A. M. Auction Of the Second criminal
court enacted the role of a Solomon
in one Of the queerest cases tried in
New Orleans for a long time. Pen
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26

/ pFCSlu0uC Fl6lllully IulukS LQ8C tina
power should not be used a~rbitraril,
or vindictively. Too much should no
be attempted, he says, neither shoult
legislation too stringent be adopted
He we'll summed up the situation
when he said: 'sThe mechanism q
modern business is as delicate ant
complicated as it is vast, and ncthins
would be more productive Of evil .tt
all of u.s., and especially to those least
well off in this worlds goods, thar
ignorant meddling with this mechan
ism, and above all, If the meddline
was done in a spirit Of class or sec
tional rancor."
This is putting the matter APPLY
and clearly. While realizing the ne
cessity of some method of handling
the subject and conserving the rights
of the people, the president recog
nizes nc less the delicacy of the ques
ton and the need of careful, sensible
and deliberate action to effect a cure
Proper regulation and restraint with
the fullest Of publicity
among the great corporations doing
an international business is the rem
edy he suggests as the best that can
be recommended fer a situation that
has reached what may be designated
as the acute stage. ''The full light of
day is a great discourager of evil,'
says the president. "Such publicity
would, by itself tend to correct the
evils of which there is just complaint,
and where the alleged evils are imag-
mary it would tend to show that such
was the case"
This is an axiom and never was a
matter put more fcrcibly or clearer
in SO few words. Evil .thrives only
in darkness and abhors the light.
If the publicity recommended by the
president is forced upon the trusts
they will be careful as to how they
will attempt to deceive the public.
Stock jobbing schemes will be un-
successful and the business of the
promoter will suffer. Where the
operations of any concern are carried
on legitimately and honestly such con-
cern has nothing to fear. On the
contrary, it will be benefited. The
suspicion that something may be
wrong which may attach to it's opera
tions will vanish and the enmity that
may exist against it will be removed.
But above all, care, moderation and
good should be displayed in
whatever is undertaken for thes cure
of the .evil of which the president
speaks. Even trusts, much as we may
dislike them and arrogant as they
may be, have some rights. Aside
from the question of rights there re-
mains the other n of public policy.
In attempting to cure the evil we
must go about the cure in a manner
so as to bring no harm to the people.
Says the president: IN !,
II see no promise of a complete
solution for all the problems we
group together, when we speak Of the
trust question. But we can make a
beginning in solving these problems,
and a good beginning if only we ap-
proach the subject with a suf1iciency
of resolution, of honesty and CT that
hard common n which is n Of
the most valuable and unfortunately
not n of the most common assets
in the equipment of any people.