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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24

1t was to be expected that the Dem
ocratic press in referring to the death
of Senator Hanna would make the
point that it left President Roosevelt
without a rival for the presidential
nomination at Chicago. 1t is a mat
Ter hardly worthy of attention, how.
ever. Mr.. Hanna was not a candidate
and wouldn't have been. All of the
delegates so far named are for Roose-
welt and every northern state, with
the possible exception of Ohio. would
have sent delegations to the conven.
ton favorable to Roosevelt even
though they were not formally in
structed. Even the great state of
New York. regardless of Wall street
sentiment. would have been solidly in
line. Granting that Senator Hanna
was ambitious his ambition was OF
the very best kind and he would not
have accepted a nomination that was
not the hearty and spontaneous ex
preston Of his party. Intrigue was
foreign TO his nature and he was wise
enough to know that a nomination
dictated by special interests or al
the behest of Wall street would mean
certain defeat not only to him but to
anyone else. For a man who loved
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24

The free trade newspapers are APP
~parently much concerned just
over the alleged increase in prices
of wooden clothing, which, of course,
they attribute TO the protective tar.
III, But a great many Americans can
still remember when wool was free
under the late Democratic tariff law,
and few if any of them recall any es-
pecial cheapncss which resulted. And
the wage earncrs had a much slighter
opportunity TO get money with which
to pay for their clothing. Prices OF
cotton cloths have recently advanced.
owing to the combined effect of a fall,
ing off in production of cotton and
the operations Of bull spectators
There is no duty on cotton, and, &C
cording to the logic OF our free trade
friends, that article shuld be cheap
But here is a case where free trade
logic falls down, though the anti.pro
tectionists find il convenient to ignore
the facts.-Troy Times.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24

Will u contemporary kindly be a
little more definite and state as to
whether or not il favors the nomina.
ton of Mr.. King for lieutenant COVER
nor on the Republican ticket? Also
inform us that. in case OF his nomina-
lion, to which county would he he
accredited. Fergus or Gallatin.-Dem-
ocrat.
We are perfectly willing to abide
by the choice OF the Republican state
convention in the matter of candi,
dates on the state ticket. believing
that fitness and locality will be given
due consideration. We don't believe
that a better or stronger man than
Mr.. King could be named for ]lieuten.
ant governor and We would be pleased
TO see him nominated. Mr.. King has
established a residence in Gallatir
county but he still has large interest,
in Fergus and a host of friends.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24
The Horrors of War.

When the ~battleship Obslavsky
Meets the cruiser Okamuro
And the warship Pietropavsky
Bumps against the Shikoshuro.
All, the sea will then turn ruddy,
All the decks will then be bloody,
And the anxious world will waitsky,
for the ~newsovitch with dread;
There will then b aitch to paysky.
And the mes who getawaysky
Will have thrilling tales to tell of
the bloodovitch they shed.
When the mighty Shikoshimo
Rams the great Kovanokoff,
And the helpless Hakorimo
Gets 1t from the Horsemoff,
All, twill be a fearful fightsky,
Many a soul will take its fiightsky,
To the realmovitch, in which the
ones who go beforeoff dwell.
Who may guess the endomuro?
War Is hellskyvitch %forsureo,
Even though a rose may bloomsky
where a herovitch once fell.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24
UP TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.

The candidacy OF william X. tfedIs',
the yollow kid" for the presidential
nomination on the Democratic tick
Ell. is causing the conservative and
better element OF the party consider.
able anxiety just at the present time.
No one will deny that Hearst is a
young nan of great energy and ambi'
ton whatever else may be said about
him. He also inherited a fortune,
some of which he has invested in
newspapers of an unwnOlesome If not
~disreputable character. He Is the
chief promoter il not the discOverer
Of yellow journalism" in this country.
He believes in sensationalism and eX'
aggeration in the publishing of news.
Large red and black lines and infer.
ior illustrations take up columns in
his papers. Not because such things
have any merit from an artistic stand
point, for they are an a~bomination
but because they excite curiosity ant
increase the sale of his newspapers
Il is what might be called buncoC
journalism.
Hearst is a spectacular demagogu'
with plenty of money at his command
to purchase what he can not secur,
in any other way. Herein lies the dan
ger of his political ambition. Readil!
pe%rceiving the difficulty of his part.
in getting together on some candidate
that would unite all factions. he ha!
gone quietly at work TO buy up dele
cations in state after state that woult
be favorable to him. and II is salt
that he absolutely controls the stu
alton in a number of large western
states.
His strength may be overestimate'
but his activity is causing unconceal
ed alarm in some quarters lest tn
nomination is stolen or purchased an
only awaits the delivery of the goods
Hearst stands for all that is demon
alizing in journalism and as a cor
gresham he is hardly known to tn
doortender. BY practicing the arts O
demagogue he has something of
pull among the labor element
but as a presidential candidate h
could not rely upon a large following
He could not hope to get much NOR
than one-half of the Democratic vote
of the United States.
: While there is little danger of Nj
Hearst ever being president there
T a great chance of his turning up {
: st. Louis with enough votes to s.
cure the nomination. In an emergel
I cy Mr.. Bryan might give his supper
10 Hearst. IL il came to a choice b,
tween him and a mar named by tn
friends OF Mr.. Cleveland he woul
probably favor the former.
Mr.. Hearst may have played h
game too strong al the star, and
D now being checkmated but he mas e
the time and mean TO make an e
c citing finish and the outcome will I;
least be worth watching. II the nor
[ ination is for sale he will be ii
highest bidder.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24

Medical science has discovered a
new way to successfully treat appen.
dicitis in its early stages. The treat
ment consists in having the patient
get down on all tours and move about
the day. 1t is claimed that this posi-.
tion and exercise bring certain mus.
Giles into action that are not other.
wise taxed and afford relief. When.
ever you feel an acute pain in the
lower right side Of your anatomy has,
tily h%Orizontaliz2 your perpendicular.
ity and go il like n bear. You will
furnish amusement for the family ev-
IN if a cure is not effected.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24
A GOOD BUSIN ESS.
Park County Man Makes Money From
AnQora Goat Culture.

Park County Man Makes Money From
Angora Goat Culture.
Livingston. Feb. 19.-County Com
missioner Albert TRACER. of Park
county, has the only band of Angora
goats ranging in that county and the
success that he has had with them
during the past three years indicates
that section of Montana as being ad-
mirably adapted to the raising of
them. Three years ago Mr.. TRACER
secured a buch of 260 goats from To-
wa. He now has 500 on his ranch
forty miles south of Livingston and
in the meantime has sold $50 head.
In that short time the herd more than
doubled.
Mr.. TRACER shears about three and
one-half pounds of mohair from each
animal. The average will run fully
as high as the figures mentioned, and
the best feeces are from nine to ten
inches in length. Mr.. TRACER kept
records of the fleeces taken from Ger.
tain animals for three consecutive
years. as a test of the suitability OF
the Montana climate for the raising
Of the Angoras.
The first year the fieeces weighed
four and o%ne-quarter pounds: the sec.
ond year a gain OF three-quarters of
a pound was made. and the third year
the fieeces weighed five and one-quar-
ter pounds-which Mr.. TRACER declar-
es to be proof positive that the north
ern climate is much more suitable to
the industry than the southern, warm
climate.
No scab has ever been known in
Mr.. Trager's band or in any other
band in Montana. No dipping is re-
CURED.
Commissioner TRACER considers the
Angora goat business the coming live
stock interest of Montana. The state
is peculiarly adapted for the business.
Its climate and every other condition
make it an ideal state for the indus.
try.
Mr.. Trager has found il profitable
to keep his does until they are about
10 or II years old, at which age they
make the most delicate mutton. An,
CORA venison is the term applied the
dressed meat taken from these ami.
mails. The dressed pelts are worth
from SO to Sc each.
The success experienced by Mr.
TRACER in his experiment is encourag'
ing other farmers to look into the in
dustry. It is a very short time, 1t is
said. the business OF raising Angora
goats will have reached much larger
' proportions in Park county.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24

II would seem mat the Montana
merchants have a just complaint
against the railroads for the discrimi-
nation made against them in the mat
ter of freight charges. The merchant
doing business 500 or 1000 miles
farther west gets better rates than
they do on eastern shipments. The
roads may have a right to do this,
but il does not seem just. If a state
railroad commission would afford any
redress why wouldn't it be a good
thing TO have?
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24

The Hon. Pat Meany. of Butte. in
a letter published in the Democrat
last week. flashes a searchlight upon
some of the political doings in this
county two years ago, greatly to the
discontinue of the cheap bunch" of
socialists who have had headquarters
in Lewistown. The Hon. Pat intimates
that they were looking for the STUFF
and were willing to drop Alexander
had Mr.. Waite been anxious to pay
the price for their support. They al
so wanted to hold up Mr., Heinze II
the tune of $4,000 plunks. or course
this Is a Demo-sociallst controversy
and we know nothing of the facts
However. If Mr.. Mcany can prove his
charges it will place some of the
socialist agitators of Lewistown in a
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24
SYMPATHY WITH JAPAN.

A spirit of ungratefulness is shown
by Republicans when they so devout-
ly wish for the triumph of Japan over
Russia. In the civil war Russia was
an aggressive. devoted friend to the
Lincoln administration, and had it not
been for her attitude England would
undoubtedly have recognized the
southern observation-disclosures.
We fear our contemporary is max
ing a desperate effort to turn the war
between Japan and Russia to some
political account. If so ii will prove
4 fruitless task as Americans are al
most unanimous in their sympathy
for the japanese, Pagans though they
are. Granting that Russia was friend
ly to the north during the civil war,
ii does not follow that Republicans
or the people generally of the United
States should sympathize with her
when she is palpably in the wrong.
Russia is out for conquest, for empire,
and If victorious over Japan it would
not be surprising to e her attempt
the absorption of the whole of Asia,
at least nothing less than Korea and
China would satisfy her greed and
lust for power. were she allowed to
exercise it.
Although she invokes divine bless.
ing upon her acts Russia is the hypo.
critic and liar of all the nations. She
makes promises only to break them
at her pleasure or convenience.
AS a result of the war between Japan
and China in 1894 Manchuria was ced'
ed to Japan. But Russia. aided by
other powers. compelled Japan to re
linquish her control only to take pos
session of Port Arthur and place an
army in the abandoned territory her
self. Through deceit and lying and
perfidy she has held that country evel
since, and not only that, she has de
signs upon Korea, a country japan
has held suzerainty over for centuries
and which she must have to make
room for her rapidly increasing popu
lation.
Russia seems to have no other am
bition but expansion and conquest
If she had a thought of the welfare o.
a human being under her flag she would
stop with her eight million square
miles of contiguous territory and de-
something for the benefit of her sub
jects. who are the most illiterate
downtrodden and oppressed of any ma
tion on earth. II is just this yer!
condition among her subjects. from
which her soldiers are drawn. tina
may prove her downfall. The Min
neapolis Journal. in a recent editor
ial. gives the following very good rea
sons why American sympathy is will
Japan:
In this struggle the sympathy o
Christian America is with Pagan ia
pan. Not even the touching spectacle
of the car iourneying to Moscow al
ter the custom of his ancestors, t
pray in the cathedral there to thu
God of battles to give victor7 to thu
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24

Major Maginnis. in speaking of the
political situation in Montana, recent,
ly said: There is. it must be con.
ceded. considerable liking for Presi.
lent Roosevelt. and | think he is
stronger than his party in our sec
rion." Inasmuch as the Republican
party. under normal conditions, is in
the majority in this state. Major Ma
ginnis means that President Roose
welt will receive a good many Demo
cratic votes next November. which Ia
frIp
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24

the people and labored for their well
fare there was nothing of political
value that could come TO him from
any other source. He accepted the
situation and had he lived he would
have been one of the stanchest sup
porters of President Roosevelt in the
coming campaign.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24

~ticulture. is made use of by a cores
pendent Of the Great Northern Bul-
letin, a publication designed to pro-
mote immigration into the state ana
TO make a showing for the %opportuni'
ties presented in this state for the
consideration of prospective farmers.
This table shows that in the single
year of 1901 we imported vegetables
poultry and dairy products and other
articles that should have been raised
at home in the following quantities;
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24
Consumption

Salt pork is a famous old
fashioned remedy for con-
sumption. "Ea plenty of
pork" was the advice to the
~corSumptive 50 and 100
gears ago.
Salt pork is good if a man
can stomach it. The idea
behind it is that fat is the
iood the %conSumptive needs
Jn0Sr,
SCOTS mulsionisthemod-
ern method of feeding fat to
the c%onSumptive. Pork is too
rough for sensitive Stomachs.
SCOTS Emulsion is the most
refined of fats, especially
prepared for easy digestion.
Feeding him fat in this
way, which is often the only
way, is half the battle, but
SCOTS Emulsion does more
than that. There is ONE
thing about the combination
of cod liver oil and hypophos-
phites in SCOTS Emulsion
that puts new life into the
weak parts and has a special
action on the diseased lungs.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24
MONTANA'S NEGLECTED oPPoR
TuNITY.

No more impressive lesson in home
industry has ever been presented for
the consideration of Montanians than
the plain statement of the amount of
importations during a single year of
produce that could as well as no,
have been raised It home. Such a
statement. compiled by Secretary C,
II. Edwards of the state board of hor
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24

1t is said the japanese language
has no cuss words. Well, the Japs
haven't had occasion To use them Ii
the present war. \ few Montana eN'
pletfves might come handy TO team
sters connected with the tr%ansporta-
lion department.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24

Little is needed in addition to the
figures themselves, to clinch the ar
gument. There is a grand total of
importations of 75,569.997 pounds of
produce, with an approximate value
of six and a half million dollars. No
mention is made of the importations
of fruits of the class that Montana
can raise in as high a state of per-
lection as any of the states that are
sending them here.
For intending settlers upon the OPP
Ell lands of the state there is this
market to begin with, and after that
an ever expanding market. Montana
ought to be an exporter, and not an
importer, of every one of the articles
mentioned in the list. The expansion
of our market in the west, as well as
the east, is a guarantee of stable
prices for long years to cine
Helena Record.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24
I.EwIsTowN, MONT, Feb. "a, 1904.

1t is either a legal holiday or Sun
day when Faug. Heinze isn't getting
turned down by the courts. Evidently
there are some he does not control.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24

very bad light, considering that they
made such a strenuous effort to de-
prive Mr.. Waite of his seat in the
state senate on some flimsy charges
of corruption.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24

We hope our Democratic contempt
rary will not forget to count the
names of the Democratic senators
who voted for the Panama canal
treaty.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-24
OFFICIAL PAPER OF FERGUS COUNTY.

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
JOHN NJ. YR0OMAN, Editor and Proprietor
aALSEY R. WATSON, Business Manager.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-09
Select National Delegation Endorse
Denver COnfere News From
Other States. - - - - - -

any county will be entitled to cast
the full vote of that county on the
basis of one vote and one additional
vote for every 100 votes cast in such
county for Weaver for president IN
1892 Bear in mind that this Is mass
convention and any member OF the
peoples party of this state will have
right to take part in its proceed
ings. It is hoped that many will at
tend and that those who cannot Will
see that others do.
BY order of the state central com-
mittee of the peoples party.
J s. CANTRELL, J. H. HILLS,
Secretary. Chairman.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-09
MISSOURI.

Missouri has been in many ways
the banner state in pushing the Old
Guard enrolment. The Independent
is pleased to see the following call
made, and urges all the Old Guard to
be on hand at st. Louis, July 2, and
take part in selecting 81 delegates TO
Springfield and in nominating a state
ticket. The call follows:
A mass convention of the peoples
party of the state of Missouri is here
by called to convene at the st. James
hotel, in the City of st. Louis, Satur-
day, July 2, 1904, for the purpose OF
electing delegates to the national con-
vention of said party, nominating can
didates for governor and the other
state officers to be elected next No
yember, and transacting such other
business as may properly come before
the convention Those attending from
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-09
ILLINOIS POPULISTS

and, vice versa, ditto for "populistic
Bryanite." The populist thus has in
side and heartfelt information coming
and a-going.
At Dallas, Mr.. Bryan said: 1T is
not more democrats the party needs,
but better democrats. Hearst said
in his famous interview that he would
abide by the decision of the true dem
ccrats, but added tail TO the tale,
hot usually printed, that deserters and
traitors were not included or consid-
cred.
The populists hold their convention
two days ahead of the democrats and
the Illinois delegation at Springfield
Yesterday were unanimously in favor
of selecting candidates with the high
est degree of ability and the largest
amount of sense. The best men IN
fact for great emergencies. II the
democrats throw out the right party
there is "a possibility of such a shak-
ing up politically, such realignment
OF all parties as this generation has
never seen.
The Bryan element seems deter
mined upon progress, reform, better
democrats. 1t is radical element
farther away from Clevelandism than
it is from any other political factor.
Cleveland conservatism is not alone
conservative. 1t could find all the
conservatism in the republican camp
it's appetite Graves, but it is deter
mined to wipe out this Bryanism, this
menace to conservatism. 1t is war
| to the knife, and the knife to the hilt
The war is perfectly natural and
proper-and desirable.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-09

believe in their wisdom and practic-
ability. 1t is merely question OF or
ganization, and we therefore urge all
of our faith to use their best exertions
in an effort to make this year OF 1904,
turning point in American history.
The oppression of the producer is
world wide. The machinery turning
cut q grist so furiously for the trusts,
monopolies and specially favored
classes, must be reversed, and the
people, as whole, given equal prlvii-
eges in their efforts to obtain a liyeli-
hood and competence.
Our measures for relief are again
recited briefly:
First-We demand that congress
alone shall coin and issue money and
III volume sufficient for the demands
of industry and commerce. This
should be done without the interyen-,
Ltion of banks of issue.
Second-The government ownership
of public utilities-more fairly distri-
buting profits, checking corruption
and political domination.
Third-The abolition of alien own
eIsnlp of land, and the monopoly OF
land.
Fourth-Initiativ and referendum,
and,
| Fifth-We favor ali measures that
will make prosperity, culture and hap
plness more widespread, and lift up
the oppressed and downcast, in our
| belief that tie greater the prosperity
of the farmer. the miner and working
nan, the greater the government and
the more exalted the nation.
| j. S. FELTER.
| A. C. VAN TINE.
| JAMES II. FERRISS.
Committee.
/ Nc instructions were given the dele
cation, but the trend of sentiment in
| Illinois may be gathered from the
/ following editorial by James H. Fer
riss in his paper, the Joliet News:
PARTING OF THE WAYS.
From the best information pOpulists
can CLEAN it is merely question OF
physical strength between the adher-
ents of Bryan and the adherents OF
Cleveland. The strongest will stay
inside and do business at the old
stand. The other will go out through
the windows. 1t is war of exterml-
nation.
Through the south ana west their
adherents are both active and out
spoken. A Bryan man has more re-
spect for republican or a populist
Ian for ''traitorous Clevelandite,'
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-09
GEORGIA.

Hurrah for Georgia. Read Chair
man Meningitis call. Old Guard OF
Georgia, and see how many will be at
Atlanta the 25th.
AS the late state Chairman OF the
populist party of Georgia. at the re-
quest of number OF the party, call
mass convention of the populsts Of
Georgia to meet In Atlanta, at the
Cannon house. on June 25. at 10
o'clock a. IN. for the purpose of or
ganizing the state and electing dele
gates to the national convention TO
meet in Springfield, ILL.,. July 4. 1904.
$. J.. MCKNIGHT.
Dalton, Ga.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-09
HEADQUARTERS OPENED.

Editor Independent: Please say in
next issue that the national headquar-
ters will be opened UP at the st.
Nicholas hotel at Springfield, June rs,
and remain open until July Z, with 10
A. Parker and J. Fl. Edmisten in
charge.
All desiring information about ho-
tel and boarding house accommodate
tions will direct their letter to A. G.
Barton, st. Nicholas Hotel, Spring
field, H., who will give the matter
prompt attention.
COL. ]. S. FELTER.
Springfield, H.