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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16
ENTITLED TO A HEARING.

Some of the democratic newspapers
that may be suspected of still enter.
tanning a sort of sneaking regard for
"the peerless" one from Nebraska
are gently Gliding that estimable gen
tleman for what they say was an ill
chosen expression used by him in an
address down south some days ago.
The great man declared that he did
not r to be hereafter the Moses of
the democratic party, but would will
ingly be the Aaron under any new and
competent Moses the party might
elect. They call his attention to the
fact that Aaron stands accused in
holy history of having had a hand in
the manufacture of a golden calf to
which the Isrealites are said to have
attributed the powers of divinity and
accordingly bowed down in alteration
and worship of the insensate thing of
their own make.
Because of this presumable ignor-
nce of the old testament some of his
party's newspapers are now accusing
him of having undergone a change of
mind and turned traitor to the cause
he has been c%hampioning for 10, these
many years. But before condemning
him utterly his accusers should learn
the facts. Perhaps Mr.. Bryan's
bible has it a silver, instead Of a gold
calf that the Aaronian contingent
Who knows?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16
A NATIONAL HUMILIATION.

Indianapolis News: South Caro-.
lima has never done anything more
obnoxious to the country, and that is
saying a good deal, than sending Till
mar to the senate. No one objects
to any views he may have on a public
question, or to how he. may cast his
vote. Nor does anyone object to free
speech. But we all have a pride to
u name as a nation, and to have a
senator Of the United States deliver
ing himself, of such billingsgate as
Senator Tillman does every time he
opens his mouth is becoming a nation
al humiliation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16
A MARKED DIFFERENCE,

Saturday Evening Post: Much is
being said in congress and in the
newspapers about the Americans in
the Philippines following the example
of Weyler in Cuba and establishing
reconcentrado camps. But, though
the general fact is true, the differ
ence is great and important. In Wey-
ler's camps the people suffered out
RACES and starvation; in the Ameri-
can camps the streets and houses are
kept clean and the people are we'll
fed. Death stalked in the Weyler
camps; health flourishes in the Amer.
lean camps.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16
PROFITS OF s~yNpIcAr,Nc.

San Francisco Call: 1t is believed
that nothing is easier than syndicat-
ing and nothing pays better. For
financing the steel trust the profits
were $50, 100000; for combining the
steamship lines they were $12, 500, 900;
for converting the steel trusts $780,
100000 into bonds and raising $780,
100000 cash for the corporation they
were $4,000, 900. The profits to Nor
gan and his associates from the
Northern Securities merger are yet
to be heard from.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16
AN APOLOGY DUE.

Pittsburg Times: 1t would appear
from details coming from Italy that
the locking up of the American naval
officers was not nearly so justifable
as some of the earlier reports made
out. Instead of being grateful for the
royal clemency these reports say an
apology ought to be demanded. 1t
takes some time to filter through.
but in the long u truth, like MUIR
der, will out.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16

Possibly the exciting news that has
filled their columns of late and the
attention they are compelled to give
to the administration has for the time
being diverted their minds into other
channels. but all the same it is notice
able that none of the democratic news
papers has had anything to say for a
long time In regard to the supposed
afinity existing between silver and
wheat SO far as prices are concerned.
Notwithstanding the assertion SO com
mon during the past presidential cam
paigns, which was something like this,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16
FRIDAY, MAY is, 1902.

Until something more authentic is
heard from the Beers than appears
to have been made public concerning
the peace negotiations in South Afri-
Ca it may be just as we'll to take all
such reports with a good deal of al
lowance This is not intended as a re-
Election on the veracity of some of the
have been the authors of much Of the
peace news that has been received
from there lately, but simply as a
cas- of precaution against posi-
BILE serious disappointment later on.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16
THE BILLINGS GAZETTE.

see the probability Of a too great uni.
flying Of the race, which 1t declares
would be highly dangerous to the vel.
fare and. stability of society, saving
the race is complex and demands de.
nominations and differences. Differ.
ences. 1t says. must be preserved to
command development. After the
height of development shall have
been reached then the millennium
but not before.
1t is barely possible that such q
danger as the st. Paul paper pro
fesses to see may have It's possible ex.
istence, but it is so remote that no
fear of it need be entertained. When
a merger along the lines outlined
shall become possible the millennium
will have been attained and there will,
be no more strife or dissention Of anv
kind and all will dwell in peace and
amity on all subjects. A religious
merger is much harder to form than
n having railroads, ocean steamship
lines and packing houses for it's sub
jects of consolidation, as those who
are attempting it will probably soon
learn. Even though they may have
less of it than anything else in the
world, men and women will yield all
else before they will surrender their
religion. If differences command de-
then the good work Of
developing the race will continue in
definitely. If we err not history re-
cords several instances where a uni
fcation of belief was sought to be es-
tablished, the unifiers in their zeal
going even to the extent of burning
and torturing those whom they sought
% bring to their way of thinking and
believing, and yet those attempts at
'orming religious mergers failed and
there is a greater diversity of
than ever and the number of
lew religions is constantly growing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16
FAIRNESS IMPOSSIBLE.

Detroit Free Press (dem.): 1t is
simply impossible to have the reveal
tions from the Philippines dealt with
under that judicial directness which
puts aside all Interior considerations.
Politics intervenes because the mi
nority in congress is stimulated by
the prospect of making capital for it's
party and has double cause for it's
most aggressive treatment of the sit
uation. The majority has the task of
%vindicating the administration policy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16
WE MUST HAVE THEM.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The es-
timated cost of the six new ships in
cluded in the naval program, consisting
of two battleships. two first-class
armored cruisers and two gunboats,
is $29, soc, 900. Not many nations in
these times can afford to keep in the
naval swim.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16
QUITE AS MUCH.

Philadelphia Ledger: Just how
much of a boost the convention of
Women's clubs gave this weary old
earth is not apparent now, but doubt
less it was quite rs much as is given
by the average convention Of men.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16
NEVADA AND STATEHOOD.

NEVADA AND STATEHOOD.
Great Falls Tribune: The princi
pal objection urged in congress to the
admission of the proposed new states
is based on a belief that their popula
ton is not stable and their industries
permanent; and the horrible example
continually cited is Nevada.
There is not the slightest reaso to
doubt the permanency of the indus.
tries and population of either of these
territories. Arizona, which is the
most sparsely settled of the three,
has had a regular and gradual growth,
and that growth has been largely by
the. development Of its agricultural
resources, which guarantees it's
permanency.
The trouble with Nevada has been
in the past, and is today, that it's agri-
cultural possibilities have been left
dormant and the opportunity for their
development frittered away by un-
wise legislation brought about by the
selfish desires of a few individuals,
while the rest Of the states inhab-
itants stood by and watched the fritz
tering with seeming indifference.
Nevada was settled rapidly on &C
count of it's rich mines. The whole
thought of the people was to dig
wealth for themselves from the
ground. The Comstock was Nevada,
and Nevada vas the Comstock, in
their minds. Nothing else in the
state was worthy Of attention.
But among these early Corners to
Nevada there were a few shrewd men
who saw the possibilities of cattle
and sheep raising in the new state.
While the vast majority of the popu-
lation was delving for the fortune
which only a few of them found, these
were, by getting hold of the
land, laying the foundations for for
that were surer and greater
than were being taken from the
mountains.
They succeeded in getting the land
made to suit themselves; they
Industrious in applying these
avs, and before the people of the
state woke up to the riches that were
20 be found in the lands Of the state,
best of these lands-those which
we're possible of agricultural develop
nent-had passed into the hands of
men who cared nothing for the states
Development; nothing for whether it
vent back o r forwards; only that they
night be uninterrupted in the feeding
# their cattle and the enjoyment of
heir dividends.
The result is that Nevada has gone
backwards. 1t is owned today by a
eW miners and a few cattle owners.
The weather. of them don't live in
he state, and a result stagnation and
worse is the afaiction of the state.
There is much good agricultural
and in Nevada which can be reclaim
d by irrigation. Much of it could
ave been reclaimed by private en-
just as it has been in the
Their states. But it had passed into
he hands of men who did not want
!, reclaimed; who fought all efforts
, make any part of the state thickly
for fear that such settlement
'ould interfere with their business; ]
nd who succeeded in getting the t
lwmakers in their own legislature {
nd in Washington to aid them in the l
fort. The result is that Nevada is t
,sing it's population, but that is not {
much from lack Of resources with |
the state as it is the result of un- 7
Use legislation. {
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16
YES, ALMOST.

Cleveland Leader: The son of an
Irish immigrant and a day laborer
became an admiral in the United
States navy and was celebrated
throughout the world as a master in
his profession. Almost anything is
possible in a free country.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16
SHOULD CHECK THEM.

Washington Post: 1t is too bad
that certain democratic senators can
not be induced to deposit their voices
in the cloakroom when there is an
important hen on.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16

1t cannot be said that in refusing to
act as a pallbearer at the funeral of
the late Admiral Sampson General
Miles gave an exhibition of the great
est good taste or even tact and that
he is not likely to suffer so far as the
good opinion of the people of the ma
ton is concerned. While he may have
had grievance against Sampson alive,
he should not have permitted his
enmity to extend to SIMPSONS life
less clay. He was asked as the head
of M branch of the governments
military family to participate in pay
ing tribute to the memory of one who
was prominent in the other. Unfortu-
nately for Miles he seemed to be I'M
able to understand that it was the
general and not the man who was in
vited and that it was the admiral
and not Sampson whom it was intend
ed to honor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16

Judging from reports the assessors
of Dawson and Custer counties are
about to form a Community of inter-
ests" that will undoubtedly prove
popular with a large majority of their
respective baliwicks. They intend to
go after a class of tax dodgers which
it seems it has been heretofore i'm
possible to reach. The men they have
in view are the owners of large bands
of sheep grazing in those counties
and who by the simple process of
crossing and r~ecrossing imaginary
lines have managed to escape listing
and consequent payment of taxes. BY
working in conjunction the assessors
believe they car circumvent the fell
lows and compel them to pay their
just proportions of the burdens borne
by others.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-03-31
NORWEGIAN INTELLIGENCE OF
FICE..

Following is a reprint of a circular
letter which describes a new bureau
i'll the state department of the, Nor
wegian government:
"The object of the trade in
telJigence bureau of Norway is TO
procure from abroad information
which may contribute to promote the
welfare of Norwegian commerce,
navigation, industry, agriculture, the
fisheries and handicraft, and likewise
to furnish foreign countries with in
telligence which may be of service to
Norwegian trade. The bureau which
shall be established at Christiania
shall assist all branches of trade hy
providing them with detailed par
ticulars as to markets for Norwegian
goods, duty, freight and everything
relating to transport and credit
shipping dues and charges, state of
and conditions existing at seaports,
consular fees compulsory certificates
OF origin, making up and methods of
packing of wares, ETC., and, like
wise as to where and how the various
branches of Norwegian trade can
obtain their requirements. The
bureau shall, until otherwise Or
dained, forward all reports of general
interest to Norwegian trade to all the
bourses and guilds throughout the
country. Information will, as a rule,
be supplied free of charge. Special
expenses Except POSTAGE, such as
those entailed in procuring informa-
ton respecting credit, analyses, pro
curing samples, kilograms, etc., shall
be repaid to the bureau by the in
Quiref"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-03-31
EvENTIpE.

The afternoon is Wearin' faSt away,
Back yonder at the turnin' of the road
| left the throng; they passed the
4 time O. day,
An | went wanderin' westward with
my load.
They're hurryin' on in mornins rosy
light,
An am tryin' to get home fore night.
Now here an there 1 see the glim-
merin' lamps.
I'm glad good folk, you leave the cur
tains wide;
1t looks so cheerful in the evenin'
damps-
Jist like a picture home, an me out
side.
In scenes like this used to have a
part.
My freside now? All, well, Tis in
the heart.
Now there'll be supper when the men
folks come;
Then they may jine an sing some old
time air,
Like "Eventide, or maybe Home,
Sweet Home"
All, me- the music's more than I can
bear,
Fast Falls the Eventide," they're
singin', bark!
abide With Me" then TIL git home
fore dark.
HONEYWELL, it amt place with open
door;
It's jist memory of the past, you see;
It's jist hope that beckons on before,
Light from an upper window shines
for me
The dear folk that are gone will keep
it bright
An I'll be gittin' home toward yonder
light.
Lizzie York Case.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-03-31
ALExANDRA'S PETS.
The Queen of England Has Kennels
That are Famous

The Queen of England Has Kennels
That are Famous.
Queen Alexandra has a catholic
taste in pets, and her four-footed and
feathered pets at Sandringham range
all the way from Arab steeds to cen
tenarian cockatoos. Her kennels are
famous and her dogs have won laurels
at many bench show.
They live as royal dogs should,
not in enervating ease and luxury but
according to the best precepts and
training that moYEy can supply To
be sure, Billy and Punchy do have silk
cushions in the royal dressing room
and are more or less cOddled but they
are Japanese spaniels and too small
to be taken seriously.
Out in the Queens kenneN there
are all sorts and conditions of dogs,
many of them gifts; others bred at
Sandringham The crowd is as cos
mopolitan as is a table d'hote at a
foreign spa.
Mr.. Budson has for many years had
entire charge of Queen Alexandra's
herself makes the rounds of the ken
nels. She puts on a big white apron,
takes baskets of bread, and begins her
visit
Pandemonium is turned loose for
every dog in the kennels adores her
and bursts into enthusiastic welcomes
at he sound of her voice. The most
stubborn and unmanageable of the big
dogs obeys her slightest word, and she
hasn't an idea of what the word fear
means in connection with dogs.
Each kennel has an inner room sup
piled with an iron bedstead and straw
mattress. Adjoining this room is an
open room, furnished with fresh
straw and water
Every sanitary precaution is taken
The kennels are built round a central
yard and behind them are liberal
grass runs. A kennel kitchen, where
meals for the dogs are boiled in huge
copper pots. and larder filed with
oatmeal biscuits and other supplies
adJoins the kennels.
There is big bathOuse, too, and at
stated intervals each dog is vigorous
ly tubbed. Meal Y5urs are absolutely
regular. The big dogs have one meal
day, the little dogs two meals and
each dog is exercised as religiously as
a prizefighter in training.
Two hours is the allotted time for
exercice and the hounds start the ball
rolling at o'clock in the morning.
The bassetts have their turn next, and
so it goes, until late in the day, the
small dogs are punched under the
head of miscellanies and taken out to-
gether.
There is dog hospital in the ken
nels, a delightfully."- sunny place fitted
out with invalid comforts and, dis
creetly retired, so that it may not
dampen the spirits of the living.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-03-31
Needed Precaution.

The giver of the banquet to the
distinguished foreign visitor surveyed
the long dining with their gilt.
tering array of queensware and other
necessary stuff and turned to the
chef.
Have you seen to it" he asked,
that all the knives and forks are of
the cheapest kind of plated ware?"
yes, sir" replied the chef
"And that the spoons are all tin?"
yes, sir
Have you been careful to see that
everything valuable on the table is too
bulky to be carried away undes
tected?"
Il have"
Then, said the giver of the ban.
quet, with an anxious glance about the
room to assure himself that the wax
adornments were securely fastened in
their places, eve are ready think, to
let the guests in
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-03-31
JUST A HINT.

Daughter, don't let mother do it;
Do not let her slave and toll,
While you sit useless idler,
Fearing your soft hands to soil:
Don't you see the heavy burdens
Daily she is wont to bear
Bring the lines upon her forehead,
Sprinkle silver in her hair?
Daughter, don't let mother do it,
Do not let her bake and broil
Through the long bright summe
hours
Share with her the heavy toll;
See, her eye has lost its brightness,
From the cheek the ruby glow,
And the step that once was buoyant
Now is feeble. weak, and slow
Daughter. don't let mother do it,
She has cared for you so long;
Is it right the weak and feeble
Should be toiling for the strong?
Waken from your listIess languor.
Seek her side to cheer and bless,
And your grief will be less bitter
When the sods above her press.
Daughter. don't let mother do it.
You will never, never know
What was home without a mother,
Till that mother lieth low;
Low beneath the budding daisies,
Free from earthly care and pain,
To the home so SAD without her
Never to return again.
II. Harty.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-03-31
SCANDIA
@a,ssssssssssssssssssss
iatters of Moment From the
Far-Off NOrthland
Convention at Stockholm Decides
70 OrnaniZe One.
A LIBERAL PARTY.

Convention at Stockholm Decides
to Organize One.
Sweden is finally to have liberal
artv. At convention recently held
{ Stockholm, at which all parts OF
le country were represented, it was
ecided to organize a liberal party.
Thile the members of the riksdag
ad been divided into numerous
roups, there has been no opposition
arty in Sweden since 1772, condi-
on Of affairs which has naturally
-eated much comment, inasmuch as
weden is one of the most en-
ghtened and progressive countries
! the world.
Naturally there have been many
iksdag members with very liberal,
OF to say radical, views, but there
Tho have voted in opposition to the
as been no party organization such
S is generally recognized as such.
he present members of the riksdag
government are prominently iden-
flied with the new movement.
The plan of organization is pat
erned after that of the liberal party
u Great Britain and there will be a
rational committee with branches in
very Iaen or district.
That the new party will be heartily
supported and will WELD great in
Iuence from the start, seems certain.
There is no lack of linberal political
sentiment in Sweded, but it's in
1uence from the start, seems certain.
There is no lack of liberal political
sentiment in Sweden, but it's in
6uence has not been as strongly felt
as it might be by reason of che
failure of concerted action which
lack Of organization has hitherto
prevented. Now that the machinery
for effective work has been supplied,
the world may hear of some active
politics in Sweden. Such questions
as the extension of the elective
franchise to women and others will
doubtless have a capable and de-
termined champion in the new party.
Though the relations between
Sweden and Norway are for the time
being most satisfactory, Norway will
be greatly interested in the new
party, as the most liberal men i'll the
brother kingdom have usually been
very friendly to Norway and disposed
10 consider the Norwegians as a
people rather than de-
pendent on Sweden.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-03-31
Tea Gown Materials.

The thin. gauzy effect in tea
gowns are immensely becoming and
effective, but are. of course. far the
most perishable and while the first
cost may be the same it is in the
difference of the wear that the heavy
material is the most economical and
in these days of extravaganza it Is
annoying to have gown look shabby
after only few times of wearing.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-03-31
A LITERARY DUEL.
Reported for the London Globe Feb
ruary 10, 1921.

Reported for the London Globe Feb
ruary 10, 1921.
duel attended with dangerous con-
sequences, took place on Friday even
ing last, at o'clock in a field between
Chalk Farm tavern and Primrose hill.
The parties in this unhappy conflict
were Mr.. John Scott, the avowed
editor of the London Magazine and
Mr.. Christie, friend of the supposed
zine, Mr., John Gibson Lockhart. of
Edinburgh. The original cause OF the
quarrel between these two gentlemen
we understand, had it's rise in series
of three articles which appeared in
The London Magazine, discussing the
conduct and management OF Black
woods Magazine and regarded by
Mr.. Lockwood as offensive to his feel
ings and injurious to his honor.
Mr.. Scott was attended by his
friend, Mr.. Patmore, and by Mr.. Pet
tigrew, medical gentleman of Spring
Gardens. The moon ShOne with
brightness, so that the party had a
full opportunity of seeing each other,
and, having taken their ground, they
fired together. The result was fatal
to Mr.. Scott, who received his antag-
onist's ball in his groin and fell Upon
inquiry at late hour last night we
were happy to learn that favorable
symptoms had made their appearance
the ball had been extracted.-Th
Globe, February 1902