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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03
ONE YEARS

Philadelphia Press: The proper
ton OF men in business who failed in
1902, according to Bradstreet's, was
the smallest in twenty years. which
speaks we'll for the country. The fail
ures in the entire country decreased
675, as compared with the preceding
year. In the south the failures in
creased Is per cent, while they de-
creased in other parts Of the country
as follows: IA per cent in the middle
state, 16 per cent in the eastern
states, 6 per cent in the west, Is per
cent in the northwest and 5 per cent
in the Pacific states. OF the 11,O68
failures in the United States and Can
ada, 10,2S9, of SO per cent, did not have
to exceed $4,000 capital in any case,
and 76 per cent of the failures were
due to the faults of those failing, the
remainder being due to circumstances
beyond their control.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03
X A MISTAKE.

To suggest that the friends of
Judge Harvey are pursuing a poor
course when they attempt to impede
and delay the inquiry now making
by a committee of the legislature into
the official conduct of the judge does
not necessarily invite the charge of
prejudice Or bias. If, as it is claimed
by them, the Investigation now on
foot is the result of the Vaccinations
OF his political and personal
enemies his friends are not helping
his case any by attempting to prevent
that investigation from being as
Hroad, searching and comprehensive
as possible. If he is the victim ii II
conspiracy his innocence cannot be
we'll proved by delaying the proceed
ings instituted against him nor by the
employment of methods and tactics
calculated to keep the charges from
reaching the body that is to sit in
final judgment on him. 1t is usually
customary for innocent men accused
of an offense to demand as speedy a
trial as possible, so that they may
all the sooner establish their limo
cence and clear themselves of the
charge made against them. The
friends of Judge Harvey do not seem
to have the proper idea of what is
demanded in the present instance and
by. their policy of obstruction and de.
lay are really injuring him in the esti
nation of the people.
A tolerably well defined belief al.
ready prevails throughout the
state that some basis exists
for the accusations made against
the judge and if the mo
who are appearing as his frienus
insist upon pursuing the course seem.
ingly adopted by them that belief will
gain in strength, even if the senate
is prevented from passing on the mat.
ter at the present session. Viewed
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03
THE UNITED NATION.

Minneapolis Journal, How far we
are getting away from the civa war
it's hatreds and it's bitterness, and
how near We are getting to Tits
heroism and it's grandeur.
Last night in New York southern
ers toasted Lincoln, and northerners
toasted Jefferson Davis; now and for
many years both sides have honored
Grant and Lee. Tonight that veteran
journalist and statesman, A. K. Nc
Clure, is to appear before Pennsyl-
vania legislative committees in favor
of a bill providing that Pennsylvania
and Virginia shall unite to erect an
equestrian statue to Robert E. Lee
on Seminary Hill.
One of the speakers at the thir-
teenth annual banquet of the New
York Confederate Veterans encamp-
ment last night was Charles Francis
Adams, himself a veteran of the union
army, who praised in the highest
terms that noble American whom we
have all come to love and respect
Robert E. Lee.
A few weeks ago in a speech in
Charleston, Mr.. Adams made the point
that in a sense both sides were right
in the civil war. Slavery, of course,
was wrong, and emancipation was
right, but the war commenced over a
question of constitutional in%terpreta-
ton and of conflicting views OF the
nature of the federal republic. The
south held the state above the union;
the north held the union above the
state. 1t was truly an inevitable strug-
gle.
There was no way to decide it
peaceably, no way to decide it but by
the arbitrament of arms. Here
might was right. The irrepressible
conflict came, and the nation prevail
ed over the states. Viewed from a
political as we'll as from the moral
standpoint, the right side That
is felt everywhere now, and the proof
of it is that in no southern state
could a corporal's guard be mustered
today to rebuild the south on state
supremacy lines, even if the north
were to remain passive and let the
south go it's way. AS Henry Waiter
son said last night, the irrepressible
conflict found us a huddle OF petty
sovereignties, held together by a rope
of sand. It made and left us a nation.
Esto perpetua."
The day has come at last when we
can all look back on the great epic
struggle, not as n~ortherners or as
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03
Representative Gagner of Deer Lodg

Representative, Gagner of Deer Lodge
county will learn before he is much
older as a lawmaker that while it
may be all right to assail a boulder
with a sledge hammer the use of that
implement is not advisable in dealing
with a committee. If he will but read
his Congressional Record faithfully
he will ascertain that even a pitchfork
vigorously welded is no more pro-
ductive of fruitful results in the same
direction than is a sledge. He should
have left the implements of manual
toll at home and cultivated the ways
of a gentleman a little more. It is not
too late yet for him to take a few les
sons in legislative courtesy and if he
profits therefrom may be able to &C.
complish more for his constituency
than if he insists upon adhering to
the methods he gave evidence of
favoring a day Dr. two ago.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03
RIBUT

Kansas City Star: President Roose-
velts address on the personal and Of
fetal career of President Mckinley.
delivered On the occasion of the eel
ebration at Canton of the anniver-
sary of McKinley's birth, was only in
cidentally a eulogy in the accepted
understanding of that term. Mr..
Roosevelt is not given to the use of
extravagant terms. He is not an
emotional word painter in any sense.
His public speeches and state papers
are instinct with fact, with reason
and with sense. What he had to say
of Mckinley was more in the nature
of a dispassionate estimate than of
an obvious eulogy, and yet it was both
sincere and sympathetic.
Probably no one who has not been
called upon to discharge the duties
and meet the issues of the presidential
Office can do absolute justice to an
other who has filled the same posi-
ton. President Roosevelt's esti-
mate Of Mckinley is doubtless high
er and more positive than it would
have been if he had not viewed the
late presidents career from the stand
point of personal experience as we'll
as that of long observation.
Summed up, the tribute of the pres
ent chief magistrate to his immedi-
ate predecessor is that McKinley's
career was in no wise due to political
accident or extra ordinary %opportun-
ity; that it was Ct continual growth,
ending logically with the bestowal of
the highest honor of the country; that
in it's last stages it had to do with
great and menacing events, and that
in these stages it was marked by the
singular success that had attended
the less eventful steps; that a record
made in such historic times and mark
ed by results such as have followed
the Mckinley policies; and finally
that the proof of this conclusion may
be found in the sincere grief of the
whole nation when President McKin-
ley was struck down
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

Owing to the greater attraction af-
forded by the Butte contribution to
the hilarity of things at Helena but
little attention is paid to the perform
ance it has kept at home, just to keep
up interest and prevent the capital
from being the whole thing sup
posedly. Another one of the legal
gentlemen with which the big mining
camp is literally supplied is undergo
ing the ordeal of a disbarment action.
Some ugly charges have been made
against him by those who say he
should be Invested of his license to
practice before the courts, and we're
it not for the more important proceed
ings at Helena great interest would
undoubtedly attach>to the case. Judg.
ing from the number of disbarment
proceedings instituted there within
the last few months and the dark
hints and limitations thrown out con-
corning so many of the lawyers of
Butte it is very apparent that there
is something decidedly wrong with
quite a few of the men who pass there
as advocates and that instead of being
lawyers of standing they are mere
skirmishers along the %borderland of
crime.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03
ONE WAY TO KEEP WARM.

Washington Post: Coal oil that
was retailed at 10 cents a gallon last
June has been for some weeks selling
at Is cents. AS everybody knows,
the former price, and even the lowest
price that prevailed at various prior
periods, yielded enormous profits and.
piled up fabulous fortunes for a few
men. The Post has never failed to
recognize all the good points of the
oil trust. That it sold an excellent
quality of oil at a seemingly low
price we cheerfully conceded, and we,
paid due tribute to the splendid bus
mess capacity of Mr.. Rockefeller and
his associates. But this rushing up
of the cost of fuel in order to augment
profits that already exceeded "the
heartless oppression of the poor.
When one remembers that all of
those millions go to the Golfers into
which hundreds of millions had been
gathered before this time Of distress
began, when one reads of or hears or
sees the sickness and death and cruel
sufferings incident to lack of fuel, n
cannot help thinking thoughts That
had better not be printed. The only
advantage of such thoughts is that
they warm one up.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

While rejoicing with him that the
ministry has seen fit not to permit
him to form the acquaintance of the
hangman in the latter's official capac-
ity, yet the friends of Colonel Lynch
must admit that he seemed to consid-
err his Boer naturalization in the ma
ture of a joke. Good adopted citizen
of the Transvaal though he may have
been, his remuneration of allegiance
to Great Britain was not sincere
enough to permit him to decline the
opportunity held out to occupy a seat
in the English parliament. But the
colonel displayed no more in con
sistency than many of the men who
are made n~aturalized citizens of this
country. They take out papers, be-
cause it is convenient to do SO at
times.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

distribution of her blessings. While
the people of this state are deeply
concerned in the matter Of digging
bitches for the purpose of getting
water onto some of their land, those
of the ~neighboring state of Minnesota
are strugg,ins Nth a ditch lroposi-
ton il.talvirg the expenditure of an
immense sum, rut for the purpose of
getting rid of the water tnat too gen
more regard for proporsi Il had been
manifested by the old dame probably
the people of both states would be
better satisfied.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

Even though the law that bears mis-
name is repealed and another substi-
tuted in it's place, the gentleman re-
sponsible for it's existence Of the
statutes of Montana need not fear
that oblivion, the bed of so many
names once luminous in American
history, is his lot. So long as there
are transoms he is assured of fame
and a place in history.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03
STOP THE

Philadelphia, Press: The bill to
amend the interstate commerce law,
which Mr.. Elkin introduced in the
senate, is one that might we'll be con
sidered and passed at this session OF
congress. 1t provides for the punish
ment u those who receive as we'll as
those who give rebates, as recon
mended by Attorney General Knox.
That clause alone, if placed on the
statute books, would do much to stop
the wholesale notification of existing
laws by both the railroads and certain
large shippers.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion had no difficulty in getting testl-
mony last year to show that every
railroad shipping goods cas- from
Kansas City and other places violat-
ed the law and secretly cut rates and
gave rebates. But not a person was
punished. A dishonest railroad man
by pursuing that course may force
all of his competitors practically to do
the same thing. The shippers, who
are chiefly to blame, should be punish
ed as well as the railroads who give
the rebates. There might be some
hope then of stopping this gross in
justice.
The bill provides for the punish
ment of corporations by fines instead
of Imprisonment and fixes rules for
obtaining injunctions to prevent dis
examinations, although there should
be such punishment inflicted as o
make injunctions unnecessary. n
measure does not provide for all the
needed legislation on this subject
but that is where the senate has for
years failed to do anything. The de-
sire has been to secure a bill covering
all of the points on which legislation
is required and as a result nothing
has been done, and nothing will be
done if that policy is pursued.
This bill covers a few points to
which there can be no objection. Pass
such a bill and leave the contested
points for a separate MEASURE Then
something may be accomplished.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

1t is very apparent that if the SEN
ate committee on naval affairs is
needed der kaiser will run against
something more than a pair of jacks
should he take the notion to bluff
his Uncle Sam in the little game in
which he has sat down Venezuela
way. By the way, Secretary Moody
seems to be determined that he will
see that the old gentleman has as
good a hand as the deck affords
should the time come for him to
Call
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

The fact that Alton B. Parker is un-
known outside of his own state and
is possessed of all the negative quail
tiles essential to make him one of its
great men, eminently fits him for the
nomination by the democratic party
as it's candidate for the presidency
next year. All factions and claims
may unite on him, for he has v
done anything to draw attention to
him and is said to be a man without
an opinion on any question Of nation
al Importance. Even Bryan could
support him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

If the combined knowledge of the
county attorneys and county commits
sioners of the state, as expressed in
several hundred pages of typewriter
manuscript, may be accepted as stand
ing for something good, then the pro-
posed change in the road laws should
receive the hearty support of every
legislator who draws pay at Helena
during the present session. Even the
worst that the combination of learn
ing and experience could offer would
not be any poorer than the travesty
which now passes as a law for the
promotion and regulation OF good
highways in Montana.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

Just for the purpose. of maintain
ing good feeling all around, perhaps,
a majority of those who have been
reading accounts of the proceedings
before the house naval committee
during the last few days will admit
that both of the distinguished gentle
men Messrs. Doblin and Lessler, have
displayed so much regard for truth
that they have been very sparing in
it's use.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

1t is becoming very evident that
Chairman Gray of the anthracite arbl-
tration commission is on the verge OF
conversion to belief in the accuracy
and fitness of the classification OF
liars as accepted by many men OF
prominence in the legal and judicial
world. From remarks attributed TO
him during the last few days it is
apparent that the chairman is OF the
opinion that the expert witness" is
the liar superlative.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

Brooklyn Eagle: Senator HOar
does not like it because the president
expresses opinions on bills before
they are passed. 1t is often an ad-
vantage, not only to the nation, but
to the senate, to have "a man in the
white house who has a mind, and is
not afraid to let it be known.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03
Awarded

southerners but as Americans, pro-
foundly proud of the heroes of that
greatest of wars, whether they wore
the blue of the gray. whether they
marched at the command of Grant
or of Lee, whether they died facing
the north or facing the south.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

The fact that William ]. has de-
clared that Mexico must stick to-
her silver currency may be accepted
as the best proof of the speedy con-
version of the southern republic to
the sound money doctrine which has
been adopted by all the other enlight-
ened and progressive nations of the
earth.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03
A Mothers Recommendation.

l have used C~hamberlain's Cough
Remedy for a number of years and
have no hesitaacy in saying that 1t is
the best remedy for coughs, colds and
Group l have ever used in my family.
l have not words to express my con-
fidence in this remedy.-Mrs. ]. A..
all druggists.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

About the only consolation John
Bull seems able to derive from the
situation is afforded by the knowl-
edge that he is not the first old mar
who has got himself into trouble by
needing a thoughtless young fellow
bent on making mischief.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

from the standpoint of pure disin-
teredness, the. opinion forces itself
upon the. mind that Judge Harney's
friends are making a grievous mis-.
take and instead of helping are really
injuring him in a material way.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

Much as has been said and written
ON the beneficence and wisdom of
nature. it seems she has been guilty
OF q few mistakes, especially in the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03
TUESDAY,, FEBRUARY 8, 1908.

Accepting report as true, Levi
Ankeny affords another splendid ex-
ample of what persistency and a bar
rel large enough may accomplish.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-03

Entered at the Billings Postoface as Second
Glass Matter.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

Yesterday there were up before the
may or the following large number
of offenders: One unlawful drunk,
four crap shooters, all niggers, three
for profanity, one for carrying con-
cealed weapons, two for fighting, one
little coon for stealing. They were
all made to ante up freely, the finest
aggregating a considerable sum.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

In police court this morning the
following cases were disposed of
One for carrying concealed weapons.
$25 and costs. O.E. Hunt for selling
blind tiger liquor, $50 and the costs.
Rex Blackwell, who seems to have de-
veloped an alarming propensity foI
pugilistic performances, upon being
brought before the mayor, was fined
SO and cost supplement-.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

This morning the Northeastern
switch engine jumped the track and
came near occasioning a serious acct
dent. After several hours work,
however, it was again placed on the
rails, not, though, until considerable
damage had resulted to the engine,
which will have to go to the shop
for repairs.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

A. J. Paxton, with the Magnolia
cream parlors, left this morning for
Atlanta, where he is called by the
illness of his mother.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

Hon. III. V Leverett is in Brook :
Ign today and will be in the southern
part of the county for few days in
the interest of his candidacy for
representative.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16
Horse and Buggy for Sale.

Horse weighs about 100 pounds, color
black, fine condition, perfectly gentle,
suitable for ladies and children to drive
Light TOP buggy, and hsrness. Apply
at 116 New Orleans street. june13 St
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

Mrs ID. n Robertson from Canada
reached the city yesterday afternoon
and will be here for some time with
friends and relatives
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

G. W. Champlain, editor Of the
Mississippi Journal at Gulfport, was
in the city yesterday in the interest
of that publication.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

Hon. D. M. Graham, a promi-
nent attorney of Gulfport, is in the
city and will be here for few days
on business.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

The trial of the state VS.. Crit Nc
Innis on the charge of embezzlement,
is set to be held before Judge Robert
son this afternoon
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

H. B. Tucker of Lumberton was
in the city on business yesterday and
registered at the European.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

B. S. Grant, citizen of Enter
prise, visited our city yesterday on
business.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

T. w. Longer is on the streets
again after having been Ill for sew
eral days.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

J. r. Holcomb, prominent attOr-
ney of Purvis. is in the city on profess
sional business.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

E. l.. Faucette, representing Hop
kins & Bethea, druggists, of Meridian,
was in the city yesterday.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

Attorney D. NJ. Graham of Gulf
port spent yesterday in the city
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

w. S. David of Vicksburg spent
yesterday in the city on business.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-06-16

]. III. Faulkner and Mrs. Annie d.
Thompson were married this morn
ing at $3.50 o'clock, Rev. I. p.
TrOtter officiating.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-04-25
PUT AWAY YOUR POVERTY.
Stirring Letter to May Thousands
of Inhabitants of Rural Homes
in the south.

Many thousands Of the inhabitants
OF rural homes are living and work
ing hard while non-producers reap
the profits of the labor and live in
luxury while attention to few side
industries would tighten labor and
give better health and happier homes.
The much neglected Irish later"
contains the nutritye elements of
meat and bread to a greater extent
than any other one article, and no
food is more wholesome: but ig-
norance of these facts, with the diff.
ticulties connected with raising and
preserving them are dscouraging.
and especially ease we don't love
EN-" most people plant only few
to "grabble" in earliest season as q
rarity" The surplus over this
meager supply rots and not even seed
Is saved, So it results that the poor
farmer runs round with pack of
corn bought on time, to exchange for
seed Eaters" Now, learn how to
overcome the difficulties. First, adj
NIT the fact that you love" the
hlthy Fat Becks" because you were
raised" that way. Second, read the
.armers' columns in The Constitution
1nd you need have little trouble with