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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02

Eo-called independe voters who
profess to zee little good in either Of
the great parties might probably fol-
low the wise maxim. "Of two evils,
choose the lesser" No man can be s.
blindly non-partisan as not to see that
the Republican party has done more
good for the country than the sDemoc-
racy. s3 III NJ .ssi &.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02

n Day after day the New York Times,
The New York World and the Brooklyn
Eagle repeat the lie that Chairman
sCortelyon has extorted contributions
from wealthy business enterprises on
pledges redeemable on the election
OF President Roosevelt. They have
heen urged and challenged to name a
single concrete case and have replied
By merely reiterating the SANDER. As
4 result the unfounded charge is recoil-
ing upon it's inventors with the proper
effect Of fmpairing their credibility on
every issue Of the campaign. v
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02

The thing for Republicans to do this
year is to vOTN. The Democrats have
the money 81 the trusts and can bring
out to the polls all the ignorant, pur-
BetAsable slement. But they cannot
bring out enough under any conditions
o. beat Roosevelt X Republicans
VOTE. sss3s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02
Special .Homeseekers Excursion, to
Points in the Southeast

F0IntS III the southeast.
The Chicago Great Western Railway
will on November 18th sell tickets to
points in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North and South Carolina, Tennessee
and Virginia, at greatly reduced rates
for the round trip. For further infor-
nation apply to H. L. Wyand, T. P. A.,
1854 Robert Street. st. Paul, MINI.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02

Get ont and vote on election day.
that's the only way yoq can help slect
10 Republicans ticket, nov.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02

Get your clothes cleaned and pressed
at the Boston.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02
LEGISLATIVE NOMINEES.
Complete List Of Legislative Nominees
Certified to the Secretary Of State,
Their Politics and Post ONCE Ad-

=, democrats; r, holdover republican; ID,
holdover democrat; id, Independent democrat;
s, socialist; p, prohibitionist; *i-d independent
democrat holdover; all other republicans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
A omEAr NEwapApEx ISSUE.

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 The present is truly the day of great things. We have great feats of engi- neerinS, of mechanics and of finance. Last, but certainly not least, we have great nswspapers-not merely great in their everyday issues, but very great Cn special occasions. We are continually re- celving specimens of newspaper work that would have been looked on as mir acles less than fifty years ago. They exhibit, as nothing else could. the won derfui progress made In the printing art.
 Decidedly the biggest thing in this line that has reached our table Is the Second Anniversary issue of The Seattle Sun day Times of February |. The issue con- tains 10e large pages, most of them beau- tifully illustrated in ali the colors of the rainbow. and every page a triumph of the engravers and printers art. The or dinary reader who sees mention made of Seattle thinks of 1t as an insignificant little town hidden among the mountains in the far-away State of Washington, out of reach of civilization. 4 small part OA Gudb ONahROAl WOuAu Dc lIuCs Ocattke lS in Washington, and 1t is among the mountains, but 1t is a city of more than s0.0Oe inhabitants. communicating by wa ter into the Pacific Ocean with the out side world, and by rail with all other portions of the Union. It is a city of great manufacturing enterprises. of won derful commercial interests. and full of energy and pluck. a city of schools and universities and banks. and of all else that goes to make a live town.
 And this issue of The Times-a paper only two years old. by the way-is a splend1dIy illustrated and detailed history Of Seattle, of Washington, and of the wonderful N0gthwsst. It tells of what has been dOhs, what is now being done and oe what is projected for the future. It is s VSrttable cyclopedla of inforun- ton sSout 2 great region Of which not enough To known
 Great is the Northwest, great is Seat tie and great is The Times!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
ANXIOUS TO TToHr.

A striking evidence of the inoorn pus.
 naeity of the American character ls the
 eagerness which many of our younger
 men are exhibiting to get Into the scrao in the East. It m&kes little difference where war Is, or between what power.
 the hot blood of the American commences to jingle and thrill throughout his sys- tenn. and he wants to mix himself in 1t. Even if he feels no sympathy with either of the eombatants. or if hs knows noth- ing of the right or wrong of it, he wants to get in q few hcks just to keep his hand in. Americans dearly love a scrap
 In the war now waging 1t Is not sur. prising that our people so largely side with the little brown fellows who are displaying such courage and skill In war If there were no other reasons for thIl preference 1t would be sufacient that Japan is a small nation and Russia q large one. The natural chivalry of the Americans will always enlist him on tho side of what Is considered the weaker side. and in the present instance they feel that they are backing the better people and the better cause. The Japan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
The Upbuilding of Baltimore.

Baitlmore sun.
 It Is gratifying to learn, on the author ity of the State Bureau of Industrial Sta tistics, that very large proportion of the persons who were thrown out of em- ployment by the connagratlon last week will soon be at work again in some capa- city. The Bureau estimates that 3o,0OO rapid rush of firms uptown" says an official of the Bureau. gives work to many of these persons, and the next month, I believe, will see half of those whose positions were lost at work in some capacity. Many mechanics who were in clerical positions will go back to their trades, and others will go to work as laborers. Tho employment agency Is open and so far 1t shows that there Is no rush for work"
 When the work of rebuilding the burn ed district begins there will be employ ment for laborers of all kinds-bith skill ed and unskilled. Labor leaders state that there is no disposition or intention oh the part of unionists to take advan- take of the situation that will be created by the demand for skilled workers in the various trades: This shows, a proper dences that a hopeful feeling pervades termination of all classes of citizens to do all in thenr power to make the new Baltimore an even greater and more prosperous city than the old. It will take time, of course. to do this. The transformation cannot be accomplished in day. But the spirit of enterprise and the will are here, and these are the main things. The means will be found when the way Is made clear.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
FEBRUARY 20, 1904.
A FOOL PROPOSITION.

Of all the fool legislation ever proposed in any iaw-making body, that of Con- gressman Thayer of. Massachusetts. is clearly entitled to wear the belt. His biil proposes an amendment to the Fed. erai Constitution which will provide that ''thU United States shall always keep its land equally divided among the people" |" Such a proposition goes far beyond the widest dreams of the socialists, and we wonder that the author of the bill did not finish his work and make it obligatory on Che Government to provide that all the people shall always have an equal amount of money.
 Mir. Thayer tries to relieve himself by claiming that he introduced the bill "by request" but that is a poor excuse If he did so introduce it without having read it. he was foolishly careless, and if he knew what its contents were he is in worse fix, for there is no reason why . member of Congress should carry his eomplaisance so far as to introduce such bill. It was probably prepared by some wtld-eyed Socialist who owns no land and wants the Government to supply him.
 We should like to see the machinery and the legal enactments which would be necessary to carry out the provisions of such a constitutional amendment. The first step. we imagine, would ba to take an exact census of the people and then ascertain the number of acres of land sn the United States. Then the division would be an easy mathematical problem, to start with. It would not be difacuis to ascertain the number of acres for each individual, but that would be merely A preliminary slrirmish. The real battle would come when the actual allotment was attempted. Of course there would be some who own more than their share but how can they be forced or induced to part with 1t? Would the Government confiscate all the land, throw 1t into A common heap and then apportion 1t among the people? It strikes us that Uncle Sam would have jolly time, both in getting possession of the lands and in dividing them.
 But supposing these difficulties success- fully overcome, would the Constitution and the laws prevent one man from buy. ing land from others and thus inereas. ing his holdings? If not. would there no, be need for new allotment and division at least once a year? And what would be done as immigrants came In and children were born? Would not they als1 be entitled to a share equal with all oth ers9 If not. where would be the equity However. it Is waste of time to argu over a matter that can neither be begun nor enforced. The only wonder Is tha a Congressman should make a spectacl of himself by introducing a measure 0 this kind. by request or otherwise. w propose that Mir. Thayer now introduc a bill to regulate the annual appearance of groundhogs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
An Indian Creation Myth.

Southern workman.
 The Dtesueno (Mission Indian) has no surmise concerning the creation of the earth. To him 1t is a primeval fact. Earth and sky existed in the beginning of things, but not as now, illumined by sun, moon, and stars, informed with pur- pose, and active with life. In the be- ginning all was shapeless. dark, inert, a chaos full of untried potencIes. The Sky Power. breeding mystery, rested upon the receptive Earth. Out of chaos came voice, a song. ending in a long drawn sigh, signifying accomplishment, rest at the end of achievement. Again, voice. cong, and sigh; and with each act of the First-Cause. an effect; the Earth Mother, Sin-yo-haunch, the mysterious name, brought forth to the Sky Power a and then Yo-ko-mat-is, the lesser. the brother. Then did Tu-chai-pa, with inc assistance of his brother, create man to inhabit the earth. and the sun. moon and stars to give light; first of all up- rearing from its primal prostrate state the sky to be the arch of the heavens as we see 1t now above our heads,
 The spirituality of this conception of creation, together with certain points oi l resemblance to the Hebrew story oi Genesis, dignihes the DIeeueno acsouni and places It In class by itself among Indian myths.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
RUssIA's INADEQUATE
 HALFWAY
What a Shanghai Customs ofacial Says of the Trans Siberian.

What @ Shanghai Customs omcial Says of the Trans Siberian.
 New York Times. AA
 Charles Kliene. an assistant Inspector in the Shanghai Customs House. who arrived here yesterday on the Cunard Line steamship Ivernia, and who spent several years in the section of Asia over which Japan and Russia are now fight ing, said on landing that he thought Japan would soon be in control of the entire situation because she was in a po- sition to cripple the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and even to destroy 1t.
 Japan was preparing for this fight when that road was being built" he said. and Japanese engineers know as , much about 1t now as do the Rus sians themselvec. These engineers work ed on the road disguised as coolies and observed all that took place. They know now where the road can be cut so as to be tied up en- tirely. and their information has already been used.
 Japanese have been scattered all through the Russian strongholds of Asia for many months, and I believe that the entire railroad from Port Arthur to | Lake Baikal has been mined and that as soon as Russia starts to move large forces of men over 1t the road will be i blown up.
 As far as the road itself is concerned. l think 1t Is the worst piece of engineering have ever seen. The seepers are placed very far apart. and are made from timber cut down along the route Some of the ties are too light for any | railroad, and some are placed round side up. The rails are entirely too light, and in many long sections are insecurely fas- ] tened to the ties The road Is so poor | that, should the Russian Government try to carry large and heavy shipments of troops or war materials over 1t, I pre- dict a great many accidents and break downs.
 The trains are very crude and the speed Is little better than that attained on our elevated roads where the trains are pulled by locomotives. I have heard of a five-car train which maintained a speed of twenty miles for several hours. but should several trains De sent out on it together, heavily laden. it would surely be tied up for long time. do not think that the Trans-Sjberian Rail- road will help Russia in the least in her | fight because with the poorness of 1t and the work of the Japanese, a train would not reach Port Arthur until the war was all over
 | Japan has a good ally in China, and although that country has proclaimed it's neutrality. the Chinese are bound to help the Japanese Almost all the lab- bring work in that section is done by coolies who are in touch with the Ja- panese and tell all they know"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
Political History.

Iuskegee News.
 The political history that Mir D. ". McIver it The Montg gomery Advertiser IS writing for the Sunday issue of that Pa" per. Is we'll worth the price of subscrtp- tion to that excellent paper. MT. Newer has had as wide and as extended q per sonal experience in Alabama politics m the last thirty years as any other ons man in the State and he Is doing a great service to the younger generation in 9lv- Ing them an opportunity of acqualntlne themselves with the conditions of tnoSs times which truly tried mems souls ano passing generations in perpetuating thelr many noble deeds of patriotic and per sonal daring. Every citizen of Alabema should read Mir. McIver's papers eno to user. If the author should see ht 70 Ie' produce them In book form there is " doubt that he could sAcuro q harB9 suS 0cription list in advance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
wHY yAPAwf

Ambassador Mccormick has with Che consent of our Government, undertaken to guard the interests of the Japaness
 at St. Petersburg. There is no risk in saying that the American people are al most . unit in wishing this to be so. Ali the signs by which public opinion is gaugsd, conversation. newspapers and books, put us on the side of the Japan. ese in this war. Why do we favor the little yellow man?
 Undoubtedly one reason, though by no means the principal one. Is admiration for undaunted courage. De Quincey speaks somewhere of Russia as a coun- try from whose lion vamp recoil alike baptised and inndel." The baptized did not recoil in the Crimea and now the in. fidel with unshaken firmness steps forth and batters the Russian ships right un- der the guns of what had been believed an Eastern Gibraltar. The little yellow infidel lands troops, proceeds to cut lines of communication and is evidently anx. ieus to close in death grapple with this dreaded creature.
 To compare Russia to a lion. however, is totally to nnisconceive her history. There is nothing of the lion in the Rus- sian temper. She has made her way to position amongst the great powers hy overlapping and crushing weaker neigh bors and by retreating behind her sno~s when threatened or attacked by an equal in strength.
 It Is the insidious ways in which her aggrandisement has been accomplished that makes the civilized world look ask ance at her every movement and that now makes the American people the friend of the dark-skinned race. Russia is in Manchuria under false pretenscs. She went. there and remains there under faise prstenses. shs is 50 conscious of this that twice a public statement has been made that Manchnria would be evacuated, the dates were fixed and the promise violated. She was crowding down upon Korea on the north. The Jap anese have not only large settlements, but extensive business interests in KO- req and unless the little island is to be choked with its fast increasing popula- tion an outlet must se found on the main. land. Korea Is adjacent and Is occupied by kindred race-they are half Japan ese-and the peaceable conquest and aS- sorption of the Hermit Kingdom would have come in the natural course of hue
 man events. No one would have suffered violence or wrong. This kingdom Was the natural indemnity to Japan on her victory over China. She was robbed of 1t. The might of the worlds good wishes. outside of Paris. win so with Japan m her present effort to compel the bear, not the lion. to turn upon his other side and leave in peace the little country that Is far more enlightened and progressive than Russia herself.
 There is a deeper feeling than sympathy for small, brave people, and oe dislike that country should aggrandixe itself by fpsce of lies. The eiav is not Teu- ton and deep in our Teutonic hearts, we suppose, Is a dread that the Slav power may become an overshadOwins danger to ell other races.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
Why Instructions,
NashvillA American.

Nashville American.
 The common sense thing to do Is to Louis. A delegation with its hand tied is not apt to have much voice in the selection of a candidate. The Demo- crats who are selected as delegates can best interests of the party as these are developed in the convention. If the Dem ocrats of the State are welded to the fortunes Of . paRtlcular candidate let them then i'm: instruct ths,r delegates to vote for So enthusiastically in favor of q par ticular candidate they are willing to in- struct their delegation to vote Tor him regardless of conditions or circum- ular in Tennessee than any Other pro6s- ble candidate, but there Is no enthusiasm or c.amorous demand for him. Senator Carmack has expressed preference for ton Is for him. The indications are that the New York delegation will go unln- structed. This Is the Tammany leaders idea, and there is wisdom in It.. The Tennessee deleeates may find that Par. find it advisable to vote for German or some other man. Let Democrats who can be trusted tc vote for an unobjec- gates. and let them 90 uninstructed. 1t Is not undemocratic to instruct the deie- gates; 1t is not undernocratic to send them upinstructed. It is merely a mat ter of judgment, of expediency. of policy. Sometimes 1t Is better to instruct: some times 1t is better not to instruct: looking at it always from party and not from a factional standpoint. This year, in the absence of aS favortte candidate and in view of the conditions, 1t seems to be much wiser to send an uninstructed dele 6ation. It ts not matter of vital im- portance with The American, however It Is to be reasonably assumed that the nominee will be one whom all Demo- crats can cheerfuliy support. So far as Tho American Is concerned, 1t will readily Olney, Mr. Gray or any Democrat who Is likely to be nominated. And it Is will ing to trust to the judgment of the Ten nessee delegation--and 1t has no idea who will be deleRateg
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
WANT CLEVELAND TO RUN.
New Jersey Democrats to Present His Name Unless He Eorbids. New York sraciaI

New Jersey Democrats to Present His Name Unless He Forbids. New York Special
 Unless Grover Cleveland specifically Ppnioits the use of his name, 1t Is al- most certain that New Jersey will ple- sent him to the St. Louis Convention as e$naidate for President. Powerful friends oL oeL his in the State hays not given up SlSr nope of making him the nominee. y.mer senator James Smith, Jr., one Vs ms closest friends, laughed today at MRe report that he was seeking to make Sieveiand candidate for Governor
 ,r,n, 70 not know where that report came ! nave said all that care to say at pres- ent apout the political situation. in a tn esk or ten days may have something TT MT. Cleveland would not run for hI hres,asnt would he run for Governorf'
 T don't know about that" was the re. ply. have not seen him recently"
 Mr. smith, who shares Mir Cleyeiand.s SonnqSnce, believes that no stronger man MT. cleveland. and he has aot given no could be named for the Presidencv fhsn Sne nope or his being named. William B Gourley. National Committeeman. is a,so 2 strong Cleveland msn, as are fornaes senator Herriy Little and Moses Y.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
THEY DO SAY
That ColoHado Women Voters Stuffed
 the Ballot Box.

the Ballot Box.
 Philadelphia Record.
 The noble danes who descant So elo- quently on woman right to the suffrage and on the purifying influence of the sex In political affairs are not likely to be much edified by the Shafroth election case in Colorado. In the way of stu aIng ballot boxes some of the women in Dem yer could probably equal the experts of the Philadelphia machine. As appears by the evidence a ward boss named Mrs. Alma Beswick especially dis .inguished herself by her ingenious devices for swell ing tae vote of her party. On the Sum day before the election, so goes the testi- mony, she held a business council at her home with some of the election officers and division workers. She had provided herself with a quantity of official ballots which were filled out with names on the registration lists. For one division she had L5 such ballots. The question then was how to get these bogus ballots into the box and have them counted. This was done simply by decoying away the oppo- sttion election judge and putting one of the conspirators in his place.
 There were other cases even more flag rant In the exercise of woman's suffrA ge in Denver. One of the active female poll ttcians hired carriages and brought in- mates or houses of til fame to the polls to vote on the names of other women. Take 1t all in all, the evidence contained In the report of this Colorado election case Is anything but calculated to keep up the enthusiasm of the propagandists of wo- man suffrage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
McClearv's Newspaper Mail,

Representative McCleary of Minnesota, nas a rural district. A large munger of country newspapers, Republicans as well tutents. About 100 ofthese newspapars of Republican politics come in his mall to Washington weekly T take a good num- Der of the Democratic papers also," MT. McCleary recently remarked. "I prize the Friendship of many Democratic editors in my district. like to read their papers" "
 But don't they attack you politically" "Oh, my. yes" replied MT. McCleary.
 And still you pay for these papers|'
 The Minnesota man smiled in a remi- niscent way as he replied: "Ah, you ought to see how they roast any Repub- lican who tries to beat me for the nomi- nation. That's worth a lot more than 1t costs me"