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The Washington times., 1903-01-16
Known on the Prairie.

Not much perhaps has been heard na-
tionally of the Hon. James Bob VIII
liams, but they know him right we'll"
out on the prairie, and they must have
a strong admiration for him and his
abilities, as witness this fact: The Re
Dublicans in the State Legislature,
catching sight OF the Williams cloudlet
upon the political horizon. planned TO
dispel it once and for all. So in their
gerrymander of the Congress districts
OF the state they selected a fine as
5ortment Of Republican counties and
placed them IN the Williams district.
When they had piled VI something like
8.o0e majority against him they rested
content and proud OF their work. But
the Hon. James Bob Williams, after the
session Of Congress was over. went back
to Carmi and removed his wearing ap-
Darel to the extent Of taking of his
coat and rolling up his sleeves.
The Washington times., 1903-01-16
GREATER DAWN.

Wrinkles and gray" you say, herald
the end Of day
Herald the cold?
Young courage done to death, phan-
toms with fatal breath
Grin when you're oId?''
What, there beside the sea, lit by eter-
nifty,
There grow forlorn.
Blessed by a sunset far brighter than
matin-star,
Richer than morn?
Nay! If the dipping sun look on a
truly-run
Course to thy goal,
Back from the brine OF night shall it in
larger light
Rise on thy soul!
Robert Haven Schauffier, in the In-
dependent
The Washington times., 1903-01-16
TASK OF SPANS NEW PREMIER.
m2o.aat GovenmeaaL Problems for senor SIC to soe

The death OF Senior Sagasta. the veter-
an leader Of the Spanish Liberals, ap-
pareutly assures to the Conservatives =
long lease OF power at Madrid. It VIII
20 far, also, TO extinguish the hopes OF
bon jaime, who is now the head Of the
Carlist party. So long as Sagasta lived
there was always a chance that the Lib
erals would speedily recover Office and
would take such steps TO subordinate the
church 10 the civil power IS would ex p
asperate the Vatican and impel it to IA
yor a revival Of the Carlist movement
The Conservatives may check the exces-
siye growth OF the religious orders, but
they viii never quarrel with the Papacy
In Seuor SlveIa. the present premier
the Conservatives have the ablest and
most trusted leader that they have had
siaca the assassination Of Canovas del
Castillo His views with regard to the
internal and external policy OF Spain
nave long been known and he now has an
opportunity Of carrying them out un-
sFaumeIed
It viii be long before The discordant
factions which the astute sagasta was
able TO weld into a so-caHed Liberal
parly are again persuaded TO act to-
gether. It is fortunate that silvela is
to have 3 relatively free hand. for many
and dlmcult are the problems which he
VIII be called upon 10 solve.
There is an agrarian question in An
dalusia and a labor question in Cata-
Ionia- The army needs to be reorgan-
lied ard purged OF innumerable super
nemerary marshals and generals. A
new navy must be built If Spain is to
The Washington times., 1903-01-16
Edwards Economies Do Not Economic

Edwards Economies Do Not Economic.
It would seem that the economies at
court which characterized the outset of
King Edwards reign are not being main
tanned The household. it may be re
membered, was subjected 10 a very Sc
we're cutting down process. ana guam
titles of so-caIed 'deadwood'' were
quite ruthlessIy Topped OF. Yet today
The sovereign s household is far larger
than that OF Queen Victoria at any tina
Of her reign, and the official list just
published shows that during the past
year the number OF Kings equerries
alone has been almost doubled. Indeed
it is difficult to see how the former estI-
mates can be adhered to, or how the
civil list can suffice TO meet the ex-
penditures, and It IS regarded in London
as by no means improbable that an ap-
plicatiOn to parliament nay be made
ere long for an increase In the civil
list vote.
The Washington times., 1903-01-16
One Virtue in Insanity.

1t is in the well known private insane
asylum of St Gtlgeuberg near Anspach
in Bavaria that the septuagenaTian soy
ereign of the principaIity of Lippe has
been under restraint since his accession
to his brothers throne nearly a decade
ago. Although his dementia is incur
able he is in excellent physical health
and his physicians express the opinion
that his life is good for another ten years
at least, and that he VIII thus survive
the regent OF Lippe, who is in a very poor
state Of health. In the same way the
crazy King Otto, of Bavaria, who is un-
der restraint in the chateau of Fursten-
ried, bids fair TO outlive his octogeuarfau
uncle. the regent Insanity as already
shown in the ease of King George III 9f
England. is frequently conducive 10 ad-
yanced old age.
MARQUISE DE FONIENOY.
The Washington times., 1903-01-16
Americans Are Content With Results.

Americans Are Content With Results.
The detectives in question devote their
chief attention to keeping track Of the
anarchist movement, and at least two
attempts on the lives of monarchs are
known TO have been frustrated through
their instrumentaIity. Bringing Ameri-
can aIertness Of mind and acumen TO
bear upon their work, and recruited
from an Infinitely more highly educated
class than the average European police
official, they possess advantages which
the latter do not possess. added 20
which they are satisfied when they can
crush plot at its inception, whereas
the average European police official pre-
fcrs to let the conspiracy mature and
to intervene only at the moment Of the
perpetration Of the outrage in order 20
earn in the fullest measure the gratitude
of the people, Of the government, and
Of the monarch, for having dramatically
preserved the Iatter's life.
The Washington times., 1903-01-16
Guarding Their Own risks"

Guarding Their Own risks"
Old World monarchs have Of late been
enjoying a safeguard from assassination
of which the existence is ignored, not
merely by the general public. but also
by both court and the official world
This safeguard is furnished By The in
surance companies
In recent years there has been an
extraordinary development in the insur-
ance of the lives of royal personages-
Some Of them are insured for enormous
amounts. especially by American con-
panies. The premiums, In view Of the
temptation which every crowned head
seems to offer to the regicidal instincts
Of homicidal eranks are extremely
heavy. and consequently the American
insurance companies, not wholly salts
fed with the efficiency of the European
official police are now employing de
tectives Of their own-Americans in
most eases-to watch over the safety
Of their royal risks
The Washington times., 1903-01-16

regain any part Of her former influence
IN the Mediterranean. The mineral re-
sources Of the country need TO be Wig
orously exploited. and treaties Of com
merce must enlarge the vent for its sur
plus agricultural products and thus pro
vide substitute for the markets lost
through the cesBion Of the trausmarine
colonies 10 the United States.
If SPANS historical claims upon a
section Of Morocco are ever to obtain
recognition, she must secure the sup
port OF France, which otherwise. as
the owner of Algeria, would be rival.
Whether the Madrid government will
formally enter into the Franco-Rus-
sian league Is one Of the grave ques-
tions which sIveIa viii have to answer.
New York Sun
The Washington times., 1903-01-16
Heir to McCaImont.

There is no truth in the story cabled
to this country to the effect that Col
Harry McCaimont left his Erie Railroad
millions 10 his children He had no -
sue by his first OF by his second wife
He has splendidIy provided for his
widow "a sister-in-law Of Mrs Langtry
de Bathe) and Of his widows daughter
by her first husband. She is a Miss Fan
ming, and her mother was not widow
when she married Harry MCCalmout, but
the divorced wife of Atmar Tanning The
principal heir of Harry McCaImont's i'm
mense fortune is young Dermott Ne
Caimont. son of his cousin. Gen Sir
Hugh McCalmont, now commanding the
army in ireland during the absence in
India of the Duke of Connaught.
The Washington times., 1903-01-16
Amazed His Friends.

Then he proceeded to get even with
the gerrymanders by giving their 5000
majority a complete flop and turning it
upside down, much to the bewilderment
and amazement of the other fellows and
the delight of his own friends. He. came
back to Congress, not by a large ma
jority but by safe plurality This has
given him a conspicuous position out in
Illinois. and attracted the attention of
the politicians elsewhere Williams
never was a poser. but he will stand
for the Presidential talk As for per-
sonal appearance he never did consider
himself a refgning beauty. rather con-
sidering himself IN the Hon Frank
Marion Eddy and the David Highbaugh
Smith class, but when it comes to a
question of popularity and ability he
ranks with the best Of them So it is
that the Hon. James Bob Williams. now
elected for his sixth term in Congress.
is to have launched Presidential boom.
The Washington times., 1903-01-16
TrifleS
These Troublous Times.

Il guess. said the gloomy man from
St. Louis. that nobody's reputation IS
free from calumny nowadays, One by
one the millionaires are being sent to
the penitentiary, and now"
Now what?" broke in the living in
-terrogation point from Cincinnati
And now" resumed the St Lou,san.
with tears IN his eyes. "a Judge has
given a formal opinion that the Missouri
mule is tTeacherous." - Baltimore
American.
The Washington times., 1903-01-16
Wroth Over a Clock.

Lord Curzon has incurred the wrath Of
the religious papers in England by pre-
senting a magnificent new cIcck to the
Golden Temple at Amritzar. the chief
shrine of the Sikhs. Lord Curzon's as
sailants in England denounce it as mi
quitous that the Christian viceroy of a
Christian monarch should thus officially
and publicly make donation and pay
homage to q heather palace Of worship.
The Washington times., 1903-01-16

Nine. Napoleon Ney, widow of the
grandson Of the great marshal, has
refused large sum for the official
document, issued by the Second Re
public, rehabilitating the memory OF
Marshal Ney. Marshal Ney was
shot after the battle Of Waterloo.
when the English and Prussians held
Paris and brought back Louis XVIII.
He was shot because Louis sent him out
to capture Napoleon when returning
from EIba, and instead Of trying to cap
ture he embraced his old leader. Nine.
Ney refuses all offers for the precious
The Washington times., 1903-01-16
Retrospective

NOrton-I noticed you were very
quick to give up your seat in the street
car to that lady in black.
spInk-Yes. since chiIdhood's days I
never have felt easy when I saw wo-
man with a strap in her hand.-BostoH
Transcript.
The Washington times., 1903-01-16
In the Public Eue.

The two grand old men of Germany
just now are Profs. Theodor Mommsen
and Adolf Menzel, whose united ages
reach the imposing total of 173 years.
of which eighty-seven go to Menzel,
Mommseu being a year younger.
The Washington times., 1903-01-16

document, for it was the wish of her
husband that it should be left to the
Museum of the Army after her death.
The Washington times., 1903-01-16
Anxious Eye on Delaware.

aHAIuuS Eye UH DsEa"aLe-
The proclamation Of the Democrats Of
Delaware and their invitation to the
anti-Addfcksites to join with them in the
election Of two Senators. one a Repub-
lican and the other a Democrat, has
caused much speculation as to what ba-
sis Of agreement they have reached
among themselves in regard tt , candi-
The Washington times., 1903-01-16

american Companies
TIM Amer -CutBo
LstLmd DbavOr Because Innocent Clock
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-11-18

Governor Chatterton, of Wyoming,
in refusing to commute the sentence
of Tom Horn. the condemned murder.
er of Willie Nickel. undoubtedly act.
ed from conscientious motives. Al
though Horn admitted the killing, he
did II at the instance Of some Wyom.
ing cattle men. who have spared no
efforts to get him clear and failing In
that to lessen his punishment as much
as possible. Perhaps their efforts
may be as much due TO fear that Horn
will peach on them as it Is to a guilty
conscience. Inasmuch as Horn was
only a tool in carrying out their des-
perate designs il seems a pity that he
should hang alone. Apparently there
are a good many cattlemen In Wyom.
ing who are not much better than the
desperadoes who have found the at.
mosphere of that state congenial in
past years. In some instances II
might be difficult to tell which is
which, Threats of an attack upon the
Jail in which Horn is confined for the
purpose Of releasing him have been
made and although Friday next Is the
day set for his execution there Is
some danger OF interference by his
friends, who have boosted that he
never would be hanged.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-11-18

Governor C%hatterton, Of Wyoming
IN a published statement. to
the defense of the sheriff's posse
which had a fight with a small band
OF Sioux Indians who resisted arrest
for violating the game laws of that
state. In the fight Sheriff Miller and
a deputy were killed and half a doz.
en- Indians sent to the happy hunting
grounds. The governor, after inyestl-
cation, finds that the sheriff was simp.
ly doing his duty under the law and
that the Indians not only resisted ar.
rest but were the first to open fire.
He pays a tribute TO the dead officers
who died in the discharge OF duty and
courts full investigation of the AFFAIR.
AS usual, some Of the eastern papers,
published a thousand miles away from
the scene OF the fight, are taking up
the defense Of the Indians. These
maudlin sentimentalists evidently
would have me law for the Indians
and another for the white men. II
would seem to be sufficient TO main.
tain the redmen in idIeness without
permitting them TO violate the game
laws of a state with impunity. 1t is
remarkable, too. how easily those
heightened moralists could have avert,
ed any ~bloodshed in gathering in the
red l~awbreakers. One must infer that
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-11-18
SOME BAD DREAMS OF ART.

When a Montana man, who knows
his state, picks up a copy of Miss
Frances Parker's really excellent
new novel. Marie of the Lower
Ranch" he is moved to profane Ian.
guage or even to tears by the char
acter of the illustrations that deface
the book. Here is a cleverly told tale
of Montana life, in which the charac-
ters are true Il life and the pathos
and the sentiment and the humor
genuine and clean. but the pictures
that attempt to illustrate the text are
denominations in the sight OF the true
artist and of the man who knows the
region where the scene is laid.
They are elaborate pictures, too,
all done in fine color printing; but
the good mechanical work is utterly
lost sight of in the crudites perpe.
trated by the artist. First of all
fault must be found with his horses.
They run through most of the pic.
lures, but not one of them would ever
be recognized as a native on a Mon.
tana hill or plain. There are some
high-bred Kentucky horses in the lot.
and several that were apparently
snatched from the plebian occupation
of yanking a cross-town car in lower
New York. but none of them bears a
resemblance to a genuine Montana
cow.horse-and that is the sort OF
horse they are supposed to repre-
sent.
Indictment No. . lies against the
artists men and their costuming.
Here we hayr a Montana outlaw
wearing a blue flannel shirt with a
sailor collar. That collar is enough
10 damn the picture at the start. but
when the artist tucks the trousers ol
this nan and Of all his other men in
TO high. s~tage-yillian boots. this par
%ticuIar artist courts l~y;:ching at tho
hands of any roundup in northern Of
eastern Montana. But he goes furth
er wen than this; he has his "bat
men" wearing bowie knives in sheath.
at the right Of their belt and revolv
ers al the LETT. Wouldn't that make
a cowboy or a rancher blasphem'
from one end of the Milk river vale.
TO the other?
To sum up, every picture in tn
book looks as If il might have bee
made as a poster for that famous oil
and sanguinary drama. The Danites,
and not n of them at all illustrates
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-11-18
BoYcoTTiNG THE BOYCOTT.

An anti-boycott law just passed by
the Alabama legislature has attracted
wide attention by virtue of its drastic
warfare on all the mean and coward.
ly practices OF industrial intimidation.
Laws can be found on our statute
books against conspiracy to destroy a
merchants or a manufacturers bust
ness. or to deprive any man of the
to sell his labor in the open mar
ket. But few enactments go the
length of the new Alabama measure.
or prohibit so explicitly the abuses of
the boycott and the blacklist.
The measure just signed by Cover
nor Jelks was drawn and championed
by the Citizens Alliance OF Birming-
ham, Alabama's chief manufacturing
center and the e a of most of its
strikes and labor disturbances. The
aim avowed by its authors was ito
promote the stability of business and
the steady employment of labor,
whether organized or unorganized.'
The new law forbids two or more per.
sons to conspire together for the pur.
pose of preventing any person, firm
or corporation from carrying on any
lawful business within the state of
Alabama. 1t prohibits "picketing" the
place OF business of any person, firm
or corporation, or lettering about such
places Of business for the purpose of
influencing or inducing others not to
trade with, buy from. sell to or have
business dealings with such person,
firm or corporation" The new law
makes illegal the printing or circulat-
ing Of boycott notices, cards, stickers
and dogers, or of blacklists putting a
ban on any persons engaged In lawful
business or on any judicial officer or
other public official because OF his
lawful official acts. 1t proscribes the
publication or maintenance by any
employer Of a labor blacklist, or the
use Of such a blacklist 10 prevent any
person or persons from obtaining EN-.
ploymcnt. Offences against the anti
boycott law are to be punishable by
fines OF from $50 to $500, or by i'm
"prisonment at hard labor for sixty
days.
In adopting such a statute Alabama
takes a long step forward In the path
OF social order and industrial pro,
gress. The boycott and other kin.
dred expedients OF intimidation have
been defended by labor leaders and
asltators as a legitimate means of
warfare against capital. But the most
intelligent labor leaders themselves
realize that the boycott Is a crude
and cowardly weapon, as dangerous
10 those who WELD it as to those
against whom 1t is drawn. In so far
as II oyerrides by violence the right
oil the individual to dispose OF his
own labor in his own way, the boy.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-11-18

According to Henry Bratnober the
continual and expensive mining litiga.
ton in Silver Bow county is frighten-
ing capitalists away from this state.
Except for the reasons assigned Mon
tana offers splendid inducements to
those who have money to invest in
mines but capitalists will seek other
states rather than take the chances of
being embroiled in law suits, which
would much OF the earnings
and capital employed. Suspicion, too.
regarding the integrity of the judo,
larry Of the state will tend ia brighten
investors. These impediments should
b. removed as swiftly as possible.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-11-18

The work entitled. Birds OF Fer
gus County" by Prof. p. NJ. Silloway,
principal of Fergus County High
School. is creating much favorable
comment. The work Is a revelation
Ia those who had not given the sub.
iect OF birds any special thought. In
fact a great many had reached the
conclusion that central Montana was
almost destitute of birds. especially
warblers. But Mr.. Silloway has
found a dozen or more of the latter
variety. His work will help to famil.
arize everyone with the names of
birds of this region. his description
and illustration of each one being so
accurate and comprehensive, Surely
the valleys and plains Of Fergus coun'
ty should not be altogether cherries
in the summer season with these lit.
tie songsters to cheer the weary
traveller.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-11-18
DID THE WISE THING.


Even Governor Toole must o feel
that he did the wise thing In calling
a special Session of the legislature
whatever may have been the consid-
erations that made him hesitate. But
that the appeal for action on his pat
came with greater strength each sue
ceeding day there is no doubt.
IL was an appeal that no mar rep
resenting the people could well re-
sist. And il was not in behalf Of the
Amalgamated Copper Co. that he was
urged to act. It may be true that
ii was lot necessary for the Amalga-
mated to close down, but that 10 Meth
er here nor there, the works had clos
ed and thousands were doomed to suf-
fer before a wheel again turned or
smoke issued from a chimney.
Some will say that it was a great
lever used by the Amalgamated Co.
to get what it wanted. Even so. They
ask for nothing but a fair chance
before the courts of this state and
that they are entitled TO. But conced-
ing that they resorted 10 drastic meas.
ures ii does not alter the fact that "a
condition. not a theory" existed and
one that had to be met promptly to
apart q calamity
How is il now?
There is rejoicing over one-half of
this state, and satisfaction throughout
the balance. Men by the thousands
have gone back to work. women and
children are wearing a smile of JOY
and gladness, and business men who
were threatened with bankruptcy are
seeing the clouds with silver and cop.
per lining in the great mining and
smelling camps of Butte and Amazon.
da.
Not only there, but i'm other camps,
cities and towns of the state affected
comes the glad tidings of great joy,
The right and chance TO carr a living
is guaranteed and that is what the
petitioners were asking for. The
courts can settle the disputes of liti
giants.
AS a matter OF fact the closing down
OF the great works would have been
felt all over the state in a short time
in the way of extending credits. What
affects the great banking institutions
OF the state affects all more or less
Governor Toole has pursued a wise
course and Mr.. Scallon. of the Anal
gamated company. has acted prompt
ly in the belief that the Legislature
would enact laws that will protect
the interests OF the company in thi'
state.
The legislature will be asked tc
pass a law. if it can be done. that will
provide for fair trials in districI
courts. also that the law be changed
SO that In equity cases the suprem,
court shall be required to review tn,
evidence introduced in the lowe
court. Both are reasonable and jus
demands. Give all litigants a fai
and impartial hearing. Nothing NOR
and nothing less. That Is all the pee
pie demand and that is as far as thei
interests go. But this much the.
should insist upon.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-11-18

colt subverts order and offends JUS
tice: and in so doing it weakens the
very foundations on which the de-
mands of labor for greater recognition
and compensation must always rest.
No cause can prosper through bru-
tally and intimidation. and every ap-
peal made to the yengeful spirit of
the blacklist is an invitation to vlo-
lence and crime. A resort to the re-
taliatory methods now outlawed in
Alabama should be everywhere dis
couraged. The example set at Mont
gomery might be wisely and profitably
followed in every other state.-New
York Tribune.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-11-18

The Great Falls Tribune is protest,
ing against the pardoning Of one Sc
b~astian, sentenced from Cascade
county to state prison for life. Gov.
Toole having granted a pardon sub
ject to the approval of the board OF
pardons. II seems the mother of the
condemned man has been laboring
hard to secure the freedom of her
son and many have signed her petit.
ton on the score of sympathy. While
this Is creditable In a measure there
is danger of il being carried too far.
Possibly half of the inmates Of the
ponitentiary might be liberated on
the sympathy plea II properly made.
In such instances the crime for which