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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1902.
H ELKINs VIEW.

If the view of Chairman Elkins OF
the senate committee On interstate
is correct then the govern.
ors of the northwestern states and
every one else antagonistic to the Hill
Morgan merger are powerless to help
themselves. He holds to the opinion
that neither congress nor state legis-
lation can interfere with the capital
lists, who, as individuals, secure a
majority OF stock in several corpora
tons so as to make harmonious &C
ton possible. In his opinion it is not
illegal for railroads to combine and
for that reason cannot see how con-
gress can legislate for conditions that
have been created by the merging of
the great northwestern roads. Should
the other members of his committee
concur in his view the probability is
that the committee will decide that
until the interstate commerce law is
violated the merging of the roads can
not be reached by congress.
With Chandler in retirement, the
railroads have no active opponent in
the majority of the comittee. Tilman
may be relied upon, it is believed, to
propose hostile legislation, but he will
be SO largely outvoted in committee
that his efforts will prove futile.
Notwithstanding the views and opin-
ion of Elkins the conference of gov
ernors has created a great deal of new
interest in congressional circles at
Washington and the very apparent
earnest of the executives and the peo-
pie of the states they represent is &C
cepted as evidence that congress will
be looked to for some action c%alculat-
ed to be effective in the direction of
affording the relief which is asked by
the northwest. 1t is therefore not IN
reasonable to look for the introduc.
ton of some bill or bills within a short
time intended to cover the situation.
Whether such measures will ever get
beyond the committee stage is an.
other thing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03
FOOL FRIENDS At WORK.

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Detroit Free Press (dem.): Demo
critic boomers should be choppeu on
short in their efforts to boom Heh
like Schley and Miles for a piesf
Dental candidate in 1904. Dewey sur
fered at the hands of this same class
of mistaken enthusiasts and the les-
son taught in his case should be heed
ed by the principals in this latest
movement. Regardless OF "heIner
Schley has suffered an inJus1lce VI
Miles has been rebuked with D1tter-
ness beyond his deserts, the move
ment by their misguided friends is a
most foolish one. The presidency ol
the United States is not a consolation
prize. The position is not maintained
for the purpose of vindicating a popu-
lar favorite or in other way usurplng
the functions of the judiciary. me IN
~terests Of the nation cannot be sacrl-
feed for the carrying on Of a quarrel
many features of which are so petty
as to excite contempt. 1t would be a
base prostitution of the high office n
a treacherous menace to the perman-
ency of our institutions.
Neither Schley nor Miles is fitted by
education, training or experience Tor
the presidency. They are brave men
of war and, within their respective
limitations, are distinguished leaders.
But it has never been demonstrated
that they know anything about states
manship or would be any more at
home in the white house than a raw
recruit at the head of an army or
a l%and-lubber in command of a fight
ing ship in battle. The idea of enter
ing such men for a presidential race
at the head Of a great party is not
only absurd, but tends to dee1igh1t the
hearts of their worst enemies. Schley
would probably be the stronger nomi-
nation of the two, but he could not
come within speaking distance of cleo
ton.
The popular tide running his way
will soon subside. In the hurly-burly
of current events no one of them
makes a lasting impression and too
many demands are made upon public
sympathy to have it fixed Upon any
point OF any individual. More than
this, it is impossible to run a presi-
Dental campaign upon a collateral is
sue. The majority Of those who ia
vor Schley would only have to take
second thought to decide that because,
in their judgment, he has been too
harshly dealt with by a court of in
quiry as to his actions as commodore
of the navy, was no reason why he
was competent to become head of the
government or had any valid claim
upon the place. There could at best
be but an unseemly fight over the
mooted question and the Wofld woulu
laugh at such a mockery of American
sovereignty. The true and sensible
friends of the admiral will tell him
to shake himself clear of his hare
Drained advisers. It would be ruin
Gus for him to stake his laurels on the
outcome Of a run for the presidency.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03

/ few shells among the ~Venezuelans
as a gentle reminder of her presence
and her determination to collect that
little bill" In order to be prepared
for such an emergency she is collect
ing a respectable sized fleet off the
coast of Venezuela and giving OTHER
evidence of being very much in earn
est.
The question that some people
would like to have explained to them
is the probable result that would fol-
low persistent refusal on the
part of Venezuela to meet
the demand. If, as Castro
says will be done the govern
ment declares the port seized by Ger
many to be a free port, thereby stop
ping the collection of customs duties,
Germany will find herself simply hold
ing the sack without anything drop
ping into it. Should she move on and
seize another port apparently moth
ing exists to prevent Castro from pur-
suing the same tactics as in the case
of the first. In this way he could EN-
der collection of the claim by Ger
many in the I'M proposed by that
country almost m i~mpossibility. Find
ing herself foiled in her effort to col
lect a debt in the n nations us
ual1y employ in cases of that sort,
Germany might simply hang onto
whatever territory she may have seiz-
ed and then it would be time for the
Monroe doctrine to do a little work.
In the event of such a contingency
this nation would perforce be dragged
into the controversy and the long
talked of trouble between the kaiser
and your Uncle Sam would be near
at hand, if it did not actually occur.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03

Journal knows whereof it speaks. If
1t is right General Miles has been hui
inflated in a way that the regulations
do not permit to the humblest non-
commissioned officer, and without re-
gard to military courtesy and consid-
Grafton, which lie at the foundation of
military discipline; and in disregard
of the just and formal method of pro-
cedure. He was severely punished
without trial. An offense that requires
a public reprimand also requires "a
court-martial; one that calls memely
for censure by the commanding Of
ficer should be administered in pri-
vate.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03
ALL ARE INTERESTED,

With the information al hand at
present writing it is impossible to ex-
press any opinion as to the probable
outcome of the conference of govern
ors or comment on the plan of action
they may adopt, for as yet nothing is
known as to what will be done. The
subject of the conference is one of
the utmost Importance to the people
of this state and to about every other
one OF the northwestern group. 1t is
true that Mr.. Hills word is out for if
that the merger will not be used to
the disadvantage of the states through
which the allied roads run and that
there will be no raising of either
freight or passenger rates. The con-
trary is to be the case, according to
his latest statement. He declares that
because of the great saving that can
be made by a more economical man
agement of the roads rates can be re-
duced, and gives it out that a very
material reduction is now under con-
temptation and that a new schedule
is to be made public as soon as it can
be prepared. In defense of the merger
he declares that it was made absolute
ly necessary because of the attempts
of the Union Pacific to secure control
of the Northern Pacific, a movement,
which if successful, would have elimi-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03

mated all competition between those
two roads, as they would have then
been practically one.
Just why Mr.. Hill affects to believe
the northwest would have been injur.
ed by such a consolidation, while on
the other hand it is to be benefited by
the n he brought about, nobody
seems to understand. Only in the
matter of through transcontinental
traffic can the Union Pacific and
Northern Pacific be considered as
competing lines. Because of the great
distance that separates them they can
by no possible stretch Of the imagi-
nation be considered as competing
roads SO far as local or intermediate
business is concerned. The same can
not be said Of the Great Northern and
the Northern Pacific roads. They are
to all intents and purposes competing,
parallel lines and by being merged
under n management the element
Of competition is eliminated. If the
gentlemen who are at the head of the
combine can lower rates by the same
parity of power and reasoning they
can raise them, and what is more, the
people have no assurance, beyond the
mere promise of a few individuals,
that this will not be done.
One consideration that appeals
strongly to all who have given the
subject any thought whatever is the
fact that despite the assurances of
good and b%eneficent intentions toward
the public which have been so freely
made by the men engineering the
merger they are openly hostile to all
who have in any identified
themselves with the movement inaug-
by the governor Of Minnesota
tt" prevent the success Of their sciner1
for consolidation. To take them at
their word, the gentlemen would have
the public understand that the govern
ors of some of the northwestern
states are occupying the position of
men who propose to take advantage
of what power they may possess in the
premises to prevent a few philanthropy
lists and humanitarians from confer
ring vast and lasting benefits on the
people. If such proves to be the case
then the governor of North Dakota
alone seems to have a thorough grasp
on the situation. He absolutely de-
clines to have anything to do with
the conference and denounces the
meeting of the governors to be moth
ing more or less than one in open
hostility to the railroads regardless
of the laws and the rights of the COM
panies. For himself he is unable to
see what harm, if any can be done
by the merger and expresses willing
ness to wait and see what the future
may have in store before taking ac-
ton of any kind.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03
CUBAN
What the Newspapers of Island Say
About 1t.

Havana, Jan. 1.-THE indications
are that the entire Palma ticket will
be elected, that Thomas Estrada Pal
ma, the nationalist candidate for the
presidency of Cuba will receive the
unanimous vote of the electoral col
lege.
The adherants of General Bartol-
ONE Maso, democratic candidate who
recently withdrew from the campaign,
not only withdrew their candidates
but refused to go to the polls. A re-
markably light vote was polled
throughout the island. La Discussion
ascribes this Indifference to the GER
tainty on the part of Palmaists of be-
ing victorious and that consequently
the majority of them remained at
home and did not vote. La Lucia says
that this light vote can be taken as
a protest from the Cuban people
against the imposition Of official car
didates. The Diario de La Marina
says that the result is an indication
that the Cuban democracy may look
upon the American policy as inevita-
Die.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03
BY oRMAN

If Senator Morgan is to have his
way the proposition of the Panama
company to sell it's property and
franchise rights to the United States
will receive scant consideration when
formally submitted. He is not sur
prised at the activity of the lobby
at work in the interests of that con
Germ, but expects nothing formidable
to happen. He also predicts that the
Hepburn bill will pass the house by a
majority larger than it had in the
last congress and that it will be
promptly reported from the senate
committee. So far no open Cpposi-
ton has developed in the senate and
Morgan thinks the bill will certainly
pass the senate at the present session.
While not doubling that an agent
of the French company will make an
offer to the president to sell the Pan
anna canal at a price which it is an
nounced the company is willing to ac-
cept, the senator fails to see how any
official notice of the offer can be
taken. He declares that this govern
ment cannot enter into any agree
ment in the matter without consult
ing the French government, as the af-
fairs of the company are now in the
French courts, and besides there are
many other obstacles in the way, he
says, "even if we wanted to effect the
purchase, which we do not"
The last portion of the senator's re-
marks makes it very plain that he
would rather see the government pro-
coed with the Nicaraguan scheme, re-
CARELESS Of the advantages of cheap
ness of construction and shortness of
distance that appear to be on the side
of the Panama proposition. To fortify
himself in his position of antagonism
to the Panama route he says he is
prepared to shoW that the route is
impracticable. The sea-level canal,
he claims has been abandoned, and
three levels, the highest nearly a
hundred feet above the sea, are now
planned. To supply these levels, he
says, it is proposed to utilize the
waters of the Chagres river, a stream
that goes dry for three months in the
year. The only way in which this
drouth can be overcome is by the con-
struction Of two immense dams, one
of which necessitates flooding some
thirty-five square miles of territory.
This he declares to be practically
impossible because repeated borings
have shown that solid rock cannot be
reached, except at a distance of 1873
feet below the sea level.
AS another obstacle to the accept
ance of the French offer the senator
calls attention to the fact that the
concession to the company from Co
lombia provided that it should never
be transferred.
1t is never difficult to find excuses
to justify any course of action and
Senator German is simply availing
himself of the opportunity offered
to make excuse for his opposition to
the Panama route, knowing that in
view of the turn of events recently
taken a large sentiment has devel-
oped in favor of that route and that
in order to have a pretense for his
position he must present some ground
on which he may stand.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03
Voluntary Bankrupts.

Philadelphia, Dec. 31.-Geo. Walk
inson and Irving Walkinson, trading
as Geo. Wilkinson & Co, of this city,
We're today %adjudged voluntary bank
rupts in United States district court.
Me liabilities of the firm are estimat-
at $1,447,186 and assets at $685.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-02-20
GA B. ozIA.
Bear, thu 1Ths Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature Of &X2ZzzM
Going into Blast.

The sale of the Catoct,n Furnace property
advertised to take place on Friday last hav-
ing been postponed. the Blue Mountain Iron
aud Steel Company is preparing to put the
furnace in blast, f ling having been begun
yesterday.
Ii would seem, however, that 1t has not
gotten safely through the maze OF compiled.
tions that nave comprised it about, rs we
read In the Baltimore Nesos of Tuesday that
another application has been filed by one
Charles B. Burdette asking that receiver
b. appointed for the b. NJ. |, 4 s. Co, aleg.
ing that 'the corporation owes him $654.48
on promissory note, which 1t has failed to
pay and is unable to pay, and that it is hope.
lcssly insolvent."
We are informed. however, that negota.
tons are in progrts IS whereby all outstanding
Indebtedness will be met and a sufficient
working cash capital be provided for proper
conduct of the business and for very material
improvements, conditioned upon a test run
OF The furnace for thirty days. Every local
interest here awaits with anxiety the solution
of the problem of CalOclin, as upon its
favorable determination depends the chief
labor interest of this immediate section.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-02-20

most wildly thrilling moving picture that
the stage has ever known. A rumble 10
heard In the background, the hurryiug clat-
ter of horses feet. Two chariots, each drawn
By four horses, form the center Of the picture.
The animals with far stretched necks ant
dllated nostris, run like mad. urged on BY
the whips of the charloteers. Ben Hur and
his deadly enemy, Messiah. The wheels Of
the chariots rumble and sway. Now Hur is
ahead. now MESSIAH, then Hur again, and the
race is won.
The last scene is fitting climax to tine
brilliant stage pictures. 1t represents the
Vale of Hinnon, which becomes transparent,
revealing the Mount Of Olives and the City
ofJerusalem. Great multtudes come out to
greet the Nazarene, singing hymns Of praise
and alteration. The miracle Of the cleansing
of the lepers IS performed, but the Christ's
personality is not represented. His pres-
ence Is indicated BY great shaft Of white
light, which tradition says Was reflected from
His person. Hen Hur, his mother and sister
are united and amid great chorus of thanks.
giving, swelling out from the hillsides all
around, as the final curtains falls.
The music which Edgar Stillman Kelley
has composed for the production, has much
to do with The success of "Ben Hur." 1t is
scholarly and creditable alike for its dignity
and serious purpose.
To present the remarkable play no less
than $50 people are required. In the chariot
race there are twelve horses conteeting, but
four more trained animals are always kept
close by in case of accident
Patrons of this fine dramatic spectacle are
earnestly requested TO be in their saats at
eight o'clock, promptly, IN the evening and
two o'clock In the afternoon. The spectacle
of tho appearance OF the Star Of Bethlehem
requires the entire auditorium to be dark
ened and it will be impossible to seat any
one until after the prelude is over.
"Ben Hur" will remain at the Academy of
Music, Baltimore, for a limited engagement
only. The management will I'll orders for
seats for any Of the performances, If accom-
panied by check or money order, in the
order of their receipt after tho opening of
sale. The box Office sale of tickets opens
Tuesday, Feb. 18th. The engagement begins
Monday, Feb. Gath.
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Local Correspondence.

Accidents occasioned by icy walks have
serious nature. Mrs. Benjamin Biggs. Carroll
Street, fell while carry basket containing
eggs; result, n badly SCARED face, han lie OF
basket dslocated, eggs intact. Upon Vert
NJ lin Street Mr.. and Mrs Parish received
falls and slight Injuries but are still able to
tell You how it was"
For ten days Curtis Damuth has been
house bound and very sick boy
According to a Baltimore daily Hagers-
town rails devour people.
An epidemical disorder has taken hold Of
many of the pumps in this nelphborhood,
and but for the services of the "Lidie Bros"
much inconvenience would have been expert
fence. Affable clever AMI obliging, always
cheer fully responding to calls for aid and
relief. The fact is the presence of Lidie Bros.
this community is simply indispensable
If IT'S your home you want vhitewashed,
papered or painted by them the work will be
done ar,lstcally and with despatch. If you
want well dug, walled and ceilcd the job
vii. be performed to completeness. Your
pump out of order and needs doctoring, that
also will be attended to experty and to your
sa,isfaction-it matters not about weather
couditions-and 20 on to the end of your
needs.
1t is with patience and pleasure that we
are looking forward to the season when home
grown parsnips and water cress will be avail
able. Both, wife thinks, possess life prolong-
ing qualities, and Pm inclined TO agree with
her.
Having tailed In his efforts to secure the
appointment of superintendent of Montevue
Hospital, Mr.. Jeremiah Dutrow will continue
to operate Franklin Mills until April LIST,
after which he expects to engage in business
10 some locality better suited to his inclina-
tions.
Mr.. Alonzo McLain, who had rented and
was to take possession of Josiah Flohr's farm
on the LIST of April, died at his home in AID.
ans Co., Pa, recently.
Harry E. Kriee has sold his -four and grist
mill situated on Owens Creek near Monocacy
to Jacob Eichelberger, for $4,000 80. If l
mistake not this m,l was built nearly hun.
dred years ago by one Mr.. Eichelberger and
without intermssion, remained in that family
until the 70's.
Remember that the ground has been snow
and ice bound for four weeks, and that the
birds and rabbits will surely perish If We do
not place grain and vegetables where they
can get them. Two bushels of screenings
worth 100 cents and few bushels Of turhips
worth to us will keep all the birds and
rabbits alive in this election district
One of the greatest egg famines Of which
we have any history now prevails and the
price Is soaring toward the third of a dollar
per dozen.