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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
WILL BE DISAPPOINTED.

No doubt the good people of Port
land are in earnest when they saw
that the s.aecs of the northwest will
reap more benefit by making displays
at the Lewis and Clark exposition
which the ''Webfeet" are preparing to
hold at their Chief city than they need
expect from exhibits made at st.
Louis, but this will not appeal very
forcibly to the residents of the states
farther removed from the Pacific than
those whose shores are laved by that
ocean For that reason it is not at
all likely that the urgent request for
a liberal appropriation by Montana
will arouse that unanimity of request
to the Legislature the Portlanders are
hoping for. The truth is that those
shows are becoming too numerous
and follow too quickly on the heels of
each other. Fifty thousand dollars
is the modest sum the gentlemen from
Portland say would be about right for
Montana to invest in an exhibit for
the exposition they are going to have.
To the Oregonians $4,000 may seem
a small amount and probably is, reck-
oning such matters from the present
day manner of regarding money, but
it is a trif1e more than the people of
this state care to appropriate, espec-
tally in view of the fact that there
is an able lot of hustlers down at
st. Louis who are also passing the hat
and want to be remembered when it
comes to voting money for exhibi-
tons. The amount asked by the men
Of Portland is larger than Montana
really cares to give to- st. Louis, and
1t is speaking only fair to say that of
two they hold the st. Louis cir
Gus in the higher esteem.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
IT COMES Bi.ENNiALLY.

AS was expected, the biennial in
spection of the insane asylum and
pen%itentiary is to be made by a COM
mittee of the legislature. The timing
was about due and so long as it had
to come it might as we'll be over with
as soon as possible, it is one of the
duties of the legislature, although no.
body can be found who is prepared
to say that good has ever come from
it.
Probably both of the institutions
that are to be visited are conducted
us they should be and that there is no
reasonable ground for complaint in
regard to either or both, but the fact
remains that there is too much mys-
terry connected with the management
of at least one of them-the asylum.
The people have not yet forgotten the
episode of two years ago, when the
representative from Yellowstone
county introduced a resolution de-
IitdllulAS VII lAFOoCl6olloA VI y SoAA
charges that had been made against
the government of the asylum. He
acted honestly and did what he be-
lieved to be right and just, but the
treatment he received was not what
he had a right to expect. Although
the introducer Of the resolution, he
was told by the speaker that he was
not to be one of the committee and
treated about as contemptuOusly and
oavilierly in every other way as it
was possible. There was a mere de-
NAL of the charges he preferred; no
effort was made to investigate them
and they were thrown aside as OF no
merit or consequence Whether the
present committee is to be guided
by precedent and after partaking of
the, hospitality of the men in charge
of the asylum return to the capital
and make the stereotyped report re-
mains to be seen.
This is not intended as meaning
that there is really anything wrong
with the manner in which the un-
fortunates confined there are treated,
but it is a protest against the absurd
and unreasonable secrecy maintained
there in regard to everything pertain
ing to the management OF the place
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
Will DO GOOD.

Portland Telegram: The San Fran.
cisco Chronicle is %censuring Senator
Perkins for changing his attitude on
the Cuban reciprocity treaty, by
which, it asserts, he sacrifices Cali
fornia Industries in order +" to curry
favor with the administration" and
1t adds, mighty is the sugar trust
But Senator Perkins need not worry
about the petulancy of the Chronicle.
The people of California, as well as
OF other Pacific coast states, are with
the president, and know that doing a
little of justice to Cuba will
not appreciably injure any industry,
but on the other hand will benefit the
American people as well as the Gu
pans. The remark about the sugar
trust is sheer hypocrisy, for it is
we'll known that the sugar trust con-
trolls the beet sugar industry, and
would prevent reciprocity with Cuba
II 1t could, just as it and other trusts
oppose free trade with the Philippines
or a reduction of duties on their pro-
ducts coming hither or ours entering
Manila. With characteristic. incon-
sistency and p~urblindness, the Chron-
icle clamors for the entry of our pro-
ducts into the Philippines duty free,
but as soon as sugar for export is
produced in the islands it will object
to admitting it to this country except
on the payment of about 100 per cent
duty. Lowering the duty on Cuban
sugar, and the free entry of Philip
pine sugar in the future, will not de-
stroy the beet sugar industry and will
be OF great advantage to the Ameri-
can people.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30

Undoubtedly it is selfish, but for
all that the reciprocity treaty with
Cuba the administration is DESTROYS
should be made is for the benefit of
the United States and not for the good
and welfare of the uropean nations.
Consequently England may as we'll
a her pouting and she must look
after the interests of her colonial
subjects the best way she IAN. Be-
side, as Secretary Hay has informed
the Britons, in urging the treaty this
nation is doing no more than keep
ing it's promise to the Cubans. If
the proposed treaty proves detri-
mental to the British West Indies
that is no concern of ours. For years
those islands have sold to us and done
their buying in England. Great
Britain may be considering retalia-
ton in the way of increasing the duty
on grain imported into the kingdom,
but in view of the business depres-
sion existing there and the great
amount Of poverty in consequence,
it is very doubtful whether even
English loyalty would calmly submit
to anything calculated to further in
suffering by raising the price
of breadStuffs.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30

without any proportionate or compen,
sating good to the general -government
IN making more efficient the steps
taken for the conservation of the for.
-ests.
No one familiar with the condi-
tions obtaining in some parts Of the
west will deny that the law in regard
to securing public lands has been
violated, and f1agrantly so, but all
the settlers are not violators nor do
they seek to fraudulently and dishon-
estly obtain title to lands still in the
possession of the government. Be-
cause of the dishonesty of some
the interior department seems
to have formed the idea that all set
tiers are bent upon cheating the gov
eminent and classifies them under
one general head. The decision of
Judge Marshall may prove produc-
tive of more good than that which the
sheep and cattle owners seem destin-
ed to derive from 1t, as it hay have the
effect of calling attention to other
in the west than the preserva-
ton of timbered areas.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
AN ABSURD DEMAND

1t seems a waste of breath to de
mand that Judge Harvey shall be Civ
en- a fair hearing and the opportunity
to make his defense. OF course. he
will have both. The mere fact that
he stands charged with being guilty
OF crimes and malfeasance" does
not debar him from the right to de-
fend himself, nor does it give the SEN
ate the power to declare him guilty
without having heard the testimony
that may be offered. Such matters
are not conducted in the manner one
Would think they are after reading
some of the editorial comments that
have been made since Mr.. Conner in
troduced his resolution in the house.
The right of trial is guaranteed all
persons charged with ~offenses against
the law and impeachment proceedings
are no exceptions. Nobody -presum-
ably knows this better than the Judge
himself and he may be relied upon
to use every effort to insure the ut
most fairness of proceedings and that
he will jealousy guard every right
and privilege the law gives him. His
profession is the law and the
fact that the people of his community
saw fit to elect him a judge should
he taken aS prnof af hic ability in h;c
profession and his fitness to sit in
judgment. Possessing that fitness it
is but fair to presume that he will
bring all his knowledge, learning and
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30

Butte is determined to be "it,"
against all corners. just now it has a
.nice little bit of sensation in the
shape of a written charge by one of
its aldermen against the clerk of the
police court in which the latter gen.
tleman is accused of grating" as
it is put in the classic language Of
East Park street. The aldermanic
u has it that the clerk of the
police court has been receiving mon
ey from men engaged in unlawful &C.
equations and placing it where it
would accomplish the most in prevent
ing interference from those whose
duty it is to e that such unlawful
occupations do not exist in the godly
city OF mines.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
A SLIGHT

Great Falls Leader: Representa-.
tive Tooley of Meagher county has
given notice of the introduction of
a bill to prevent the malicious cut
ting or breaking down of fences or
other enclosures of lands, or injuring
or destroying the same and making a
violation of the provisions of the pro-
posed laws a felony.
Representative Brownlee of Sweet
Grass has a similar bill already in
committee, the only difference being
that whereas Nh. Brownlee's bill only
refers to the malicious cutting or de-
struction of fences, where the proper
ty enclosed by such fence is owned
by private parties, the Tooley bill
will apply to all fences, whether en-
closing public or private lands.
1t is likely that there will be quite
a lively little discussion between the
advocates of the two bills, as Mr..
Tooley's measure is backed by some
of the large stockmen of the state
and was introduced at their re-
quest, while Mr.. Brownlee declares
that he will never agree to any bill
which will seemingly allow of fenc-
ing the public domain.
Mr.. Brownlee takes the position,
and it would certainly seem to be
dictated by common sense, that it
would be wrong to punish men for
cutting or breaking down a fence |
that is virtually an illegal obstruction
and thus protecting others in an H.
legal act. If the idea is to punish
men who destroy the legal fences of
others all right, but if the proposed
law is intended to protect men who
are themselves lawbreakers, it is all
wrong.
Stockmen should have all the pro-
lection of the law; their interests
in the country are great; they pay a
large proportion of the taxes Of the
state and are a great benefit to it.
But they should not be upheld in
fencing up country they are not en-
titled to under the law. Others have
as we'll as they and such
should be protected.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
KILLS A WOMAN RELATIVE
TERRIBLE DEED OF JOHN BRADY
in CALIFORNIA.
Refusal Of Loan the Cause-Mob At.
tennpts to Arrest AssaiIant He
Resists and Is Killed.


jacksonville, Cal, Jan. 2S.-Mary
Nugent, a wealthy young lady Of Pa
jaro Valley, vas shot and killed to-
day by John Brady, a distant relative.
Brady requested a loan of $50 and
when Miss Nugent refused Brady
seized a shotgun and shot her in the
abdomen.
When the killing became known
800 men surrounded the house where
Brady had taken refuge. Thirty or
40 shots were fired at the house and
Brady appeared at the door with his
gun leveled at the crowd. William
Valencia, "a member of the posse, SHOT
Brady under the chin, killing him in
stantly.
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MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE.

Cleveland Leader: The public will
be astonished to learn from the an
nual report of the treasurer of the
United Mine Workers Of America
that the organization has on hand
more than a million dollars. Coming
SO soon after the great anthracite
strike, when the miners of the hard
coal region seemed to be reduced to
extreme need, the condition of the
treasury of the union of mine work
ers is far better than outsiders could
have guessed.
The big figures simply show what
power there is in vast numbers unit
ed for a common purpose. 1t only
takes 81 or IS from every member OF
the miners union to make ST. 900 900,
and the American Federation of La
Dor could raise $1,000 900 by a tax
of 81 on every member.
The labor organizations of the Unit
ed States have become giants worthy
of comparison with the huge bust
ness corporations of the times. Both
labor and capital are being welded
into such immense masses that the
citizen who stands alone, as a work
er or as an investor, is conscious of
his littleness and his precarious posi-
ton whenever there are storms brew
ing in the business and industrial
world.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
THE RIGHT TO KNOW.

Benton River Press: The people
of Montana have a right to know, and
would like to know, the state sen
ators' reasons for rejecting the ap'
pointment of Judge lewart.
Were they in possession of evil
dence that the appointee was incom-
petent by reason of his ignorance OF
the law?
Has his professional record as a
practicing attorney been such as to
convince the state senate that his ele.
walton to the bench would be detri-
mental to the proper dispensation of
justice in the courts over which he
would preside?
Are there any we'll founded allega-
tions against Judge Stewart as a man
of %ill-repute among his neighbors and
fellow citizens?
If Judge Stewart is unworthy of the
high honor that Governor Toole
would confer upon him, was the state
executive aware of that fact when he
made the appointment?
If there is no evidence to show that
Judge Stewart is disqualified for the
judgeship by reason of lack of ability
or ~unitness morally, why was his ap-
pointment rejected by the state SEN
ate?
Was the rejection of Judge Stew
arts appointing accomplished by
republican or democratic votes, or a
combination of different political ele-
ments?
Was it an act of senatorial courtesy
to some member Of the senate who en-
tertained a personal dislike for the
Bozeman jurist?
What is the matter with Judge
Stewart, anyway?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30

At last, says a Helena correspond
ent, the "Heinze" democrats have
realized the absurdity of the PROPOSE
ton of maintaining a gang of lobby
lists of their party at the capital to
tell republican legislators now to
vote. The realization has thrown
some workers out of a soft job and
has removed the suspicion which pre-
vailed that the gentleman whose in
terests they were supposedly there
to conserve was suffering from
paresis.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30

II the present session of the legis.
lature extends over the full time al.
lowed by law, the democrats should
not attempt to make political capital
out of it. Whatever likelihood there
may have been of a shorter session
has been dissipated by the demo-
Gratis themselves. They have project
things into the assembly that were
not reckoned on when the time drew
a for the legislature to
First came the contests from Silver
Bow and then as if this would not he
a sufficient time consuming job a
democratic Judge of the district court
from the same county places himself
in a position where it is thought he is
a fit subject for impeachment proceed
ings. It is true that a republican was
the mover of the resolution which
resulted in the order for an inquiry,
but it is equally true that with a very
few exceptions the democrats of the
house voted for the resolution. The
fact that the resolution was adopted
without regard to party shows that
many beside the men on the republi-
can side of the house were of the
opinion that the time had arrived
when something very serious should
be done. Between the contests and
the impeachment proceedings what
time remains will be required for the
transaction of the regular business
of the session.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30

Considering what this nation has
done for others in time of distress it
looks as though the proper thing at
this time would be for congress to
vote a little of Uncle Sans spare
change for the alienation of hunger
and poverty we are told prevail in
Sweden to an extent never before
hard of outside of India. Sweden may
not be. as great and powerful as some
of the others we have assisted in
times gone by, but this should not be
permitted to be regarded as a consid.
Grafton at a time such as this.
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THE BILLINGS GAZETTE.

experience to bear when he himself
is the m being judged and that moth.
ing which is not right or proper shall
be introduced against him when he is
placed on the judgment seat. Even.
were he less we'll informed his rights
would not be threatened. The senate
OF the state of Montana is composed
OF fairminded and honorable men and
they will see to it that he receives
exact justice.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30

with 80, may &C democratic. This
leaves only the trifiing number of 40
votes to gain. These may be obtain
ed in New Jersey, Connecticut, In
diana, Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Is
land and Nevada. Why, certainly,
and if any of these are doubtful, just
to swell the soap-bubble count in Mas
sa%chusetts and Pennsylvania, and
Iowa, and Oregon. What's the matter
with Oregon? Didn't it elect a demo-
cratic governor last June?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
DIFFERENCES in MEN.

Chicago Chronicle: John Mitchell
has refused a $4,000 residence ten
dered to him by the miners union
a circumstance which will deepen
Deacon Baer's conviction that Mitchell
is a visionary and a crank. So far from
refusing anything that is offered to
him, the deacon is in the habit of
reaching forth and acquiring anything
that he wants whether it is submitted
to his acceptance or not.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
Greatest Of All Physicians.
Eminent Discoverer Of
PAINE'S CELERY
COMPOUND

Prof. Edward L. Phelps, NJ. d., IL. D.,
was born III Connecticut and graduated at
Yale.
His unusual talent soon brought him reputa-
ton and prominence. First he was elected to
the professorship of anatomy and surgery in
the Vernon University. Next he was APP
pointed lecturer in Dartmouth College. The
following year he was chosen to the most
important professorship in the country, a
place that he occupied when he made his
world famed discovery of Paine's Celery Com.
pound.
This infallible cure for those fearful ills that
result from an impaired nervous system and
impure blood, has endeared the great doctor
to the world.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30

If the Harvey impeachment resolu-
ton results in no greater good it has
had the effect of for once causing the
verbose county attorney of Silver
Bow county to keep his mouth shut.
He has absolutely declined for onca
to express himself, declaring he had
nothing to say on the subject, and
that, too, when he had the opportun-
ity to get his words into print.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30

But then Senator Teller is not yet
sworn in or seated on his second term
and there are those in Colorado who
may be relied upon to be on hand and
enter a vigorous protest when the
time mn next March for the aged
turncoat to hold up Ais hand and pre-
pare himself for another six years
stay at Washington.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30

and the treatment of the patients.
The asylum is a public institution,
maintained by the taxpayers and it
seems only reasonable that they
should be permitted to become more
familiar than they now are with the
way it is managed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
Canadian Railway Deal.

Montreal, Jan. 28.-It is asserted
here that William Mckenzie, one of
the promoters and builders of the
Canadian Northern, took with him to
England acceptances by the Grand
Trunk Pacific people of an offer for
all their railroad interests in Mani
toba and the Northwest,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
REALLY IMPORTANT DECISION.

In the opinion of Judge Marshall of
the United States district court of
Utah congress overstepped itself
when it attempted to delegate to the
secretary of the interior the authority
to promulgate rules and regulations,
the violation of which is punishable
as a criminal act. The opinion was
delivered in a case brought before
him in which the government was the
prosecutor and a sheepman named
Martinus the defendant. Martinus
was on trial for having violated the
rules made by the interior department
for the preservation of the forest re-
serves, he being charged with having
permitted a band of sheep to Craze
on N of the reserves. Martinus de.
INJURED to the proceedings on the
ground that the secretary of the inter
ior attempted to exercise a preroga-
tive he did not possess. Judge
Marshall sustained the demurrer and
ASio IAat Ia law uuuCl WHICH Tie az
ton was brought is not constitutional,
as congress had exceeded it's power
when it delegated to the secretary
of the interior authority to make and
enforce such rules as the ones alleged
to have been violated.
The effect of the decision is to
throw open to stockmen all of the for
est reserves and to render nugatory
all the elaborate rules and regulations
that have been framed by the, inter
ior department in regard to them SO
far as the grazing of stock is
ed. Having been beaten in the
courts, it is very probable that the
secretary of the interior will now at
tempt to induce congress to come to
his rescue by amending or changing
the law to the extent of the enact
ment of a measure by which congress
shall directly legislate for the govern
ment of the reservations. In this
name he might gain his end, but
this will not prove so easy as was
the PRONUNCIATION of rules by the de-
partment, for much opposition may be
looked for should he try the thing
The people of the west are as much
interested in the preservation of the
that still cover some of the
land west of the Missouri as are those |
of other regions, but they consider
some of the rules laid down by the
interior department as oppressive and
needlessly harsh and exacting. They
have in many instances been unfair
to the settlers and the decision of the
Utah judge will be received with
much satisfaction.
Another cause of complaint by the
people of the western states in which
such reserves have been established
is the seeming disregard that has
been shown in many cases for con-
filming the reserved areas to territory
actually given to the growth of tim
p0i AnoedASCo VI .Hio hiAu are AoI
by any means rare, and n need not
go very far from home to observe
them. The limits of some of the res
ervations are SO far extended beyond
the actual timber belts as to take in
great~sections of agricultural and
lands and by excluding set
Tiers and grazers from them a hard
has been worked on citizens
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
Claims to Be Arbitrated.

San Domingo, Jan. 28.-The propo-
sition presented by United States
Minister Powell to refer the disputed
claims of the Santo Domingo I'M
provement company of New York to
International arbitration, has been
accepted by the Dominican govern
ment: They involve $ 5,000,O OO.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30

With a dozen or more contests to
decide. IN impeachment on it's hands
sion to dispose of, the legislature Of
Montana may be properly said to be
doing a little stunt in the strenuous
line.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
BOTH GOOD Aso

Cleveland Leader (rep.): The
bosses do not like Roosevelt; neither
do the trusts. These are two and
sufficient why he will be
elected president in 1904.