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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
WHERE THE DANGER LIES.

Des Moines Register and Leader:
Major Lacey is wholly right. me
danger to protection now lies in the
insistent %selfshness of localities
which will not see that a national
policy can only be sustained when 1t
works to national ends. The wooden
manufacturer who asks for r WOOL
and protected woolens is undermin-
ing protection. So also is the beet
sugar producer, who is willing to
cling to a tariff rate which he Is COM
pelled to admit is not necessary, even
though it deprives the entire nation
of a great and growing foreign mar
ket. The little fishing interests OF
the Maine coast, the cheap jewelry
manufactures of Rhode Island, ano
all the other local interests which are
insisting on the retention of tariff
rates that are not necessary to thell
| existence and which eminent repup
| licans have used for the purpose O
securing important concessions to ou
commerce abroad, are doing their III
most to create a sentiment which II
the end may sweep away all barrier
to foreign trade.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
LESSON WELL LEARNED

Louisville Courier Journal: Anoth-
err striking evidence of American con-
servatism in the midst of all sorts OF
temptations to speculate is found in
the practice of the public to let the
stock market severely alone ever
since the memorable stock panic OF
May 9, 1901 The Wall street pace
had become too rapid at that time,
and it needed this severe loss to pre-
vent it from going to mad excess.
The lesson was taken to heart, as is
proved by the fact that with nearly
two years of the best sort of business
and a vast increase of wealth, 1t has
been impossible to have any more
markets of three millions shares daily
The public has remained aloof, and
the speculation has been done by the
millionaires associated in pools and
banking syndicates. AS a conse
oence, there has been a remarkable
stability of values in securities, while,
on the other hand, there has bee an
enormous growth Aof all legitimate
business.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
F FROM MAC.

In marked contrast to the bill intro
duced in the senate of this state by
a distinguished gentleman from Sill
yer Bow is that pending in the legisla-
ture of Indiana. While the Montana
statesman would have a law making
compulsory the publicity OF about ev-
erything connected with the manage
ment and publication OF newspapers
in the state and requiring all articles
To heal the signatures of the different
authors, the mover of the "Hoosler"
measure believes that a certain
amount of secrecy at times is proper
and iustifiable. His bill provides that
information given. to a newspaper re-
norter as to the commission OF crime
shall be privileged. In other words,
if a reporter is placed on h witness
stand he may not be forced to dlvulge
the source of his information and
thereby compelled to betray a con-
fdence. This would place him on an
equality with the members OF some
of the other professions. The doc
tor, priest and lawyer are accorded
such protection and if it were to be
extended to the newspaper reporter
much good would probably come OF
it, as it would often prove the means
of giving information to the pupllc
that it would be for the beneht OF
communities to have known. knowing
!, that a reporter could not be compelled
to divulge names might often induce
men in the possession of information
. to give it to the press, whereas nov IL
is withheld, some men being AFRAID
, to tell matters really important to the
, public without the guarantee OF
shield. Hardly a newspaper reporter
of experience but can easily recal
j, inst such cases. To the credit or tine
a craft it should be stated that III
stances of wilful violation OF conn
!. dence and trust are rare, but Wlthou
the power of the law to protect then
: reporters are often obliged to stat
r on the witness stand what could no
be obtained from them otherwise.
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remains unreserved and inappropriate
ed about 900, 100000 acres. OF this
the greater part consistes Of arid
plains, timber lands that cannot be
brought under cultivation except at
great expense and having a poor soil
at the best, mountain slopes and foot
hills that are rocky and barren.
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Indian Ter
ritory and Iowa have no public lands.
There are A. 900 acres in Arizona,
mostly of little worth except for linn
tied grazing. A small proportion OF
this area can be reclaimed by irriga-
ton. CALIFORNIA; Al, 200, 900 acres are
not at present adapted in any consid-
cradle degree to agricultural uses.
Some of it is mountainous, some OF it
timbered, and a considerable proper
ton mineral. The same may be said
of Colorado's SO, OO0, O0O acres, except
! that much more of it can be brought
under cultivation. Idaho has 42,OO0,-
| 600 acres. scarcely a rod OF 1t suit
able for farming. Montana has a lit
! tie good farming land left, though
practically all Of it's 61,000,OOO acres
may be described as of little or no
value for agricultural purposes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
HEADING OFF sPEcuLAToRs.

While congress seems to be in no
huI1J to repeal the desert land law
and the communication clause of the
homestead law, the government is
quietly going ahead and saving to the
| people Ct this state great tracts of the
remaining pubic do-iain n holding
it against the time when it shall be
wanted by actual settlers.
Three and a half million acres have
been withdrawn in the northern part
of the state and are now subject to
entry only as homesteads. The plea
is made that the land will in all prob
ability be irrigated by the proposed
irrigation system planned for Milk
ri~ver>valley. OF coulse, it is impossi-
BILE at this time to say just what pro-
portion of it can and will be reclaim
ed, but the government is very evil
IDENTIFY determined to make it impossi-
BILE for spectators to secure the land
and hold it in advance for the profits
that might be made when it shall be
reclaimed and become valuable for
immediate occupancy.
The latest order of withdrawal COW
ers a tract estimated to contain about
700, 900 acres, sufficient to provide
homes for a large number of actual
settlers and wealth producers, the
kind of land owners the state needs and
wants. Only those not familiar with
the situation and the spectators are
the ones who are heard to complain
at the action of the interior depart
ment. as it works no hardship on any
body; on the contrary it makes for the
good of the state and %conserves an i'm
mense area for the benefit of those
DESTROYS of procuring homes and add
ing to the wealth and progress of the
state.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
ENGINE ON WILD RUN.
Peculiar Accident on the Chicago q
Northwestern Road.

Belvidere, ILL.,, Feb. PAN lncom-
ing passenger train from GAINESVILLE
on the Chicago & Northwestern road
collided with a switch engine in the
local Yards last evening, partially de-
molishing both engines. The passen-
gers escaped with bruises.
The switch engine was cut loose
from the tender and ran wild through
the yards. After running over loo
feet on the ties the engine
the main line of the Northern Illinois
branch and left the city, running
south.
The train dispatcher in Chicago
wired the agent at Herbert to run the
wild engine into the ditch, as 1t en-
dangered incoming trains, and also
trains on the Chicago, Milwaukee &
| st. Paul and the Illinois Central
which cross the Northwestern south
of this city. Half an hour later the
escaped engine was caught stalled on
a hill three miles south of the city.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
THE ALASKAN COMMISSION.

Minneapolis Journal: Former Sec
rotary of State John w. Foster is to
represent the United States before the
commission that is to pass on the
Alaska boundary dispute. In some
way Mr.. Foster would have been a
better man to serve on the commits
sion. He more nearly satisfies the
common conception of the meaning of
the phrase eminent jurist" than any
of the three American commissioners.
On the other hand, Mr.. Foster is so
thoroughly we'll informed on the Alas
ka question that he could hardly be
spared as counsel.
The constitution of the American
half of the commission lends some
color to the stories that England has
already tacitly admitted the correct
ness of the main American contention,
and is merely going through some
formal motions for the sake of 'ler-
ting the Canadians down easy" All
three of the members may be accused
of being too aggressively American to
be able to see the other side of a
doubtful international question. Sen
ator Lodge and Secretary Root are
not the kind of men to give up Amer
lean territory, and Senator Turner
comes from Washington, a state where
they are opposed to any sort OF set
Element of the question other than
the status quo, with the disputed ter
ritory firmly in American possession.
Possibly it was only by assuring the
senate that he would appoint such
men that President Roosevelt was
able to secure a ratification of the
treaty. OF course, if the a Amer
lean contention as to an unbroken
strip of land along the panhandle OF
Alaska is as good as we all think it
is. it makes but little difference who
is appointed to the commission. AT
the same time, if evidence of which
we do not now know should make the
case a nicely balanced one, we should
dislike to be under the possible I'M
putation of being represented by com
missioners who consulted not the evil
dence but only national interest.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
FATAL DUEL ON THE STREETS.
One Man, After Being Shot, Walks
Home and Dies.

Dallas, Tex, Feb. PA special to
the News from Eureka Springs, Ark,
v In a pistol duel on the streets
of Jasper, Newton county, yesterday
Deputy United States Marshal J. u.
Keyes was killed and w. A. Hudson
fatally wounded. Hudson, who is a
resident of Jasper, was discharging a
pistol on the streets, when keyes ana
City Marshal William A. Allen at
tempted to arrest him. He opened
fire on Allen, who returned the nre'
shooting Hudson through the BODY.
Allen, though u%ninjured, as a use
| dropped to the ground. Hudson then
fred at Keyes, shooting him through
the body. Reyes walked several
blocks to his home and died a few
hours later.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

For the sake of the hitherto good
regulations of the gentlemen compos
ing that distinguished body it is to
be hoped that the legislative investi-
CATION into the methods OF the arlo
land commission will result in the
establishment of nothing more serious
than confirmation of the long enter
tanned belief that in the matter OF
rendering an equivalent for the salar
les drawn by them they have been
little backward.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
POPE LEo's JUBILEE.

Today a triple jubilee has been Gel
ebrated by the Roman Catlioile
church throughout the entire "oflu
where that body has a parish anu
pope Leo XIII. has been the central
figure of it. The following from the
spokane Spokesman-Review tells why
the Jubilee has been held, while al
the same time paying deserved trlp-
ute to a good man whose voice IS
ever for peace, whether Cathollc OF
Protestant nation is involved:
This triple jubilee is observed TO
celebrate three important events III
the life of the present pontlff. IL Is
thu silver jubilee of his pontlncate'
he having been elected pope Feoruafs
20. 1878; his golden jubilee as carol-
nal he having been proclaimed by
Pins TX. in the consistory of December
10. 1853; and his diamond jubilee Oh
~episcopacy, he having been proclaim
ed archbishop of Damietta by Gregory
, XVI 27, 1S43, and consecrat-
&c February 10 Of the same year. AL
If these were important incidents IN
the history of the church and because
tho celebration is of so unique a chaf'
acter it will be observed with unusual
nomn and ceremonial by Catholics eV
erywhere.
When Pope Leo e%nterer the vaticai
q years ago, from which, by the way
he has never since emerged, ne toof
I'm the church authority OF one wnos
later years had not been free iron
trouble and controversy. Plus TX.
inst before his death, had not close'
the contest waged against Prince BIS
marck, and his successor couid nav
made his rule a stormy one had n
heen so inclined. But as a cnurcn
man Leo was not a pointiff bent o.
: controversy, and as a mar ne mas d
, wavs held back those ~inclinations tina
affect mortal men, keeping IN cnec
his temper, his tongue ana MS pei
And so his p%ontificate has been a qua
ter century of peace. OF kinois
: thoughtful guarding of the churcn
interests, of deeds of charity ana e.
nressions Of good will. Taking u
. his work at the 6 of 81. when mo-
men are ready to lay down thelr Ill
tasks. his rule has been the pacin
one of a watchful, considerate, loVln
father. In all the time that ne Nc
o been at the head OF the largest
n Christian churches, not n mars
v word has been known to cross Il
, ~,;,s. a murmur has eve escape
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
ECLIPSE OF SILVER

Saturday Evening FOSL: Lie us
Of the silver question
from politics no longer appears mys-
FERROUS in the light of the statistics
of production of the precious metals
furnished by the director of the
minis. 1t appears that in the calendar
wear 1902 the mines of Nevada turn
ed out 81, 120, 600 in silver and $3,5l4,-
212 in gold. The original silver state
is now a golden safe. A few years
ago it appeared a safe prediction that,
if the fortunes of the white metal ever
became desperate, Senators n ana
Stewart would be seen looming above
+he wreck like Ney on the retreat
from Moscow.
marshal, where is the rear-guard?"
81 am the rear-guard.'
ZONES and Stewart show no inclina-
ton to be the rear-guard on this oc-
casion. With their state producing
more gold than silver they are r
sensibly occupying comfortable quar-
ters near the head of the procession.
Colorado used to be Nevada's twin
star in the silver armament. SIX
wears ago %'goldbugs'' were as scarce
there as bears in Mississippi. o
might have tramped with you gun
from the Kansas line to the Utah
desert without getting a shot at one
Now Colorado digs out S~27,5o2,4ZS IN
gold to SO, 0S5, ia in silver. She is by
far the greatest gold-producing state
in the union. And by a coincidence
the gold party won at the ate elec
ton.
CALIFORNIA; output of he precious
METALS is almost entirely gold-$l''
124 e41 to s48O,793 in silver. Arizona
and New Mexico produce more thai
twice as much gold as silver. I'M
production of South Dakota is Amos
exclusively gold. Wyoming, whlcl
some i%ll-informed people have classe'
, with the silver-mining states, turne'
: out only $2,75e worth of silver las
| year. The only states tnaI prouuo
any substantial excess of silver owe
gold were Idaho. Montana and otal
and even in these the gold ~furnlshe
a very respectable proportion OF IN
k total output.
For the United States as a whol
y the product was $%so,s5s,o7o in gol
and $31, 04O, O25 in silver. The valu
of our silver harvest was less tina
one.thirtieth that of the corn crop an
q a little over a twentieth OF that
. our hay. Both the precious meta
together are insignificant compare
n with any of the principal farm crop
!. It may be taken for granted, ther
II fore, that any financial policy W
II may adopt will be chosen on i
y merits and not under pressure FRO
p. any class Of miners.
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him. He has been disappointed in not
seeing his authority extended com
pletely owe Rome, but what seems
inevitable he has accepted with graci-
GUS resignation. The Catholic church
will, of course, pay him due. honor ON
the occasion of his reaching SO i'm
portant a milestone in his ecclestical
r and those not of his faith can
hardly withhold tribute to his many
noble qualities as a pontiff and a man.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

No matter what the opinion OF the
rest of the country may be as to the
urgent necessity for the new cablnet
Office, it is safe to assume that there
is at least one estimable gentleman
at Washington who is emphatlcally
of the belief that so far as he is con
cerned it ellis a long felt want" and
furthermore that he is capable of fill
ing the want created by it's establish
.ment.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

Judging from Wednesday nights
scenes in the senate the action OF the
committee on rules in trying to head
off further flibustering was taken not
q bit too soon. Some method snoulo
certainly exist by which a few stub
born and long winded persons can be
nrevented from thwarting the wishes
of the majority.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

Pending further information 1t
might be a good idea not to take the
confession of the man arrested at
baltimore that he recently followed
the business of holding up trains In
this state. 1t may turn out to be an
other case of confessing for a price
without any corroborating circum
stances to give the alleged COMES
sion any value, either as a news artl
Gle or as a basis upon which II
ground legal proceedings against tn
cOnfessor.
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e OF

Minneapolis Times: The import
ance of national aid to irrigation IS
emphasized by the fact that very III
tie of the remaining public land open
to settlement is susceptible OF pronta'
HE cultivation without clearing or IT.
rigation, and that which would nave
to be cleared is not, as a rule, deslr'
able.
William E. Curtis, who has been IN
yestigating the subject, says there
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

In sending to an ~expectant ana
world the important informa'
ton that "Charley" Schwab had start
cd ont or another cruise it was
thoughtful on the part of the CORE
spondent of the Associated Press &c
Law particular stress on the fact thai
it was to be one in which a yach'
figured. It may have prevented al
annoying and awkward mistake.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

The frequency and regularity with
which the Anaconda police arrest
venturing into that Dahl
wick on suspicion of being the per-
petrator of the Bearmouth train rop-
berry suggests the necessity of the es'
adjustment of a system OF passports
by other places for the protectlon "
their citizens.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

In boasting that he does not know
q newspaper man from a train robper
Chief REYNOLDS of Butte only confirm
ed a long harbored suspicion thai
when the city council of the "greatest
ming camp on earth looked about for
a head of it's police department IL
made a reauisition on the state instl'
tuition at Warm Springs.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

Viewed from a purely d~isinterested
standpoint, it seems to be the opinion
of the men who are opposing it that
the "fair trial. bill is just a trif1e too
fair in its provisions. That is for
their purpose.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

Fortunately for Edward the pro
tocols had been signed before he read
his address to his lords and gentle
men. otherwise it would have neeoeo
application of the blue pencil in tina
mart where reference is had to the
hannv condition of amity existing be
tween his empire and the rest OF tn
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

Should Mr.. MacGinnis succeed IN
securing passage of his bill relating to
published in the state ne
might have to answer for some oe-
cidedly picturesque and vigorous per-
iury. committed in an Office with the
inmates of which he may be said to
be at least on speaking terms. Still
If might clear up a long-standlng
mystery as to it's ownership.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

The knowledge that some of them
would probably be among the first to
feel the effects of Senator Mahon's
bill RELOCATING the sixshooter n
bowie as articles of dress may have
had something to do with the man
ner in which the gentlemen compos-
ing the lower house treated the meas
11re
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
AGAINST HOME INDUSTRY.

WQll6 dlulOSI every OIAO1 ANoA -
the state is bending his best efforts
in the direction of encouraging n
promoting home industries and the
employment and consumption OF
goods and wares produced in Mon
tana, Senator Anderson OF Meagher
county and some of his fellow sena-
| tors are working for the enactment
of a law almost mandatory in its pro-
visions for the bestowal of patronage
upon outside concerns. They may
deny this, but it is the truth, never
theless.
The bill introduced by the Meagher
statesman for the repeal OF the pres
ent law requiring county commission
ers to buy blank books, printed blanks
and all other supplies from publish
ers and printing houses of the state
is in effect a bill for a law to compel
the commissioners to sbuy from the
large houses of st. Louis, st. Paul,
Portland and others outside OF the
state. Those firms may be relled
upon to be able to underbid any pub
Usher of Montana and as the senator
would nave county supplies bought
from the lowest bidder, regardless OF
location, the money now annually ex-
pended in Montana for such goods
would 20 out of the state. 1t was Tor
: the purpose of preventing this and 10
> encourage home manufacture and in
dustrv that the law he would have
repaled was passed. Under its WORK
ines the concerns from he outside
II are barred from a field they ave long
. been anxious to exploit, to the mani
fest injury of the men and companies
that have invested their capital in the
state and are active contributors tt
lis progress and welfare. In Senator
5 Anderson they have evidently fount
a willing a%ccomplice to their designs
and if he and they are to have thel
way many a man who now finds lucra
tive employment in the state Will D.
compelled to go elsewhere and tn
state will not only lose in population
but in a monetary way.
It is useless for him and them t
- say that the printers OF
should fix their rates at a scale Wher
they may be able to enter into con
petition with outsiders. 1t cannot D
y--- - NI~-{oro fNr fhG
To class of labor are higher than eithe
in the east or the west, while all OIL
|e- er attached to the condue
er- CT not only the printing, but othe
he branches of business are create
to making it impossible for the home pr
ill Queer to compete with firms frol
ng abroad. This the eastern and Yves
ern concerns know and are eager
profit from the advantage they ha,
in that respect.
ma If the bill becomes a law SOM
lrt- the bookbinding and printing hous'
'as of the state will be forced to shut I
shop and Senator Anderson and tho
to voting with him should always be I
nat membered as the men who were Q
chit posed to the interest and good of the
an fellow citizens, a the most disloy
and unpatriotic Montanans ever pie
ed in public position.
it 1t has been very aptly suggest
the that the title of the bill should
at changed to read, "a bill to put certa
we'd printers and b~ookbinders in Monta
in out of business"
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Train Robber Cole should attribute
his failure to receive the promised
money for his confession to the lg-
norance of the Butte chief of police.
Mr.. Reynolds may have given 1t TO
a. newspaper man, for by his own
confession he is unable to d~ifferentlate
between a road agent and a neWspa'
ner repOrter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

When it comes to playing a shrewd
game of politics having an ns.erna-
tional application, President Castro
begs to be excused if he declines 10
enter in the novice class. He may
not be able to prevent the foreign
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

1t is a safe assumption that the
late lamented Dennis Sweenie is by
this time attuning his voice to the
heavenly chorus. A man of his abil-
ity as a fire fighter would speedily
transform. the lower regions into a
cold storage plant.