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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01

Heinze's continued charge OF a
"muzzled press has had some effect.
The Great Falls Tribune is now
openly championing him as against
all the other democratic newspapers
of the state. 1t acknowledges that his
democracy is as genuine and that he
wears it as straight as Senator Clark
Or any OF the others VINO to
doubt the sincerity of his professions
of faith. That paper says he is do
ing good service in the common
and is willing to give him credit for
it. The Tribune apparently is experi-
encing an attack Of conscience and
wants to amend a wrong. At any
rate, it seems to be genuinely tired OF
the p~retense and deceit that has thus
far characterized the campaign waged
by the other democratic publications
of the state and will have no more OF
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01
ISSUES ARE GREAT.

Heartily do all concur in the state
ment OF an esteemed democratic CON
temporary that never before in the
history of the state have the issues
at stake in a political campaign been
of such Importance as those to be de.
clded next month. Admission is fur
thermore made that on the result de
ponds in a great degree the well be.
ing of every citizen, whatever his
calling or position may be. It re-
mains for the people to say whether
the corporations shall remain in con.
troll of the state or whether they
themselves shall conduct their public
AFFAIRS. If the result of the voting OF
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01

SO as to make them effective and
make impossible of success the at
tempts of designing and wicked per-
sons to have them set aside as in
valid?
If Illustration is wanted Of the re-
suits following tne passage OF laws
not "sately guarded" reference need
only be had to the alleged fellow
servant law now encumbering the
civil code of Montana. When that
measure was introduced in the legisla-
ture it was regarded as so carefully
drawn and that if put to the test it
would be upheld by the courts. A
democratic senator, a man VIGOROUSLY
subservient to a certain railway com
pany, under the p~retense of making
it stronger" skillfully inserted a
clause that rendered it invalid be-
cause unconstitutional. Had the bill
been safely guarded" under the
meaning of the plank in the republi-
can platform, those for whose sup
posed benefit it was given the effect
and force of something pretending to
be a law would not now find them
selves powerless to secure redress in
instances where they have a rightful
and under every moral
right should be accorded %reparation.
The people are not so dull minded
the democratic politicians take
them to be. They are intelligent
to interpret plain words and
understand the full meaning of the !
,erm which the first assume to de-
Tide.
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Only past liberality on the part o

Only past l~iberality on the part OF
republican voters has made it pos
sible for a democrat in Yellowstone
county to hold Office. The county is
strongly republican and with the party
voting it's full strength the ticket
nominated by the convention will be
elected. No reasonable excuse can
be offered by a republican this fall
for not supporting the ticket, hence
an injustice will be done them il ali
are not elected. Not a word can be
truthfully said against any nominee
OF the party. All are honest, com
petent and honorable men and no
aus of dissatisfaction will be found
to exist with their administration OF
the public's affairs if entrusted with
that duty.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01

lnasmuchSsas several hundred set
tiers, homes were saved to them by
the Dixon bill validating titles to GER
tain lands in the Bitter Root valley.
II becomes manifest that others than
the Amalgamated company we're CON
sldered when it was introduced. Then
there is undisputable evidence that
he introduced the bill at the urgent
request of the settlers themselves.
But this makes no difference to Mr.
Gormley and his coadjutors. He
wants MI. Dixon's place and such a
little matter as deviating from the
truth and INDUCING in Justification
will not deter them from repeating the
roorback unt14 the end of the cam
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01

Regardless of what effect his pres
ent words may have on the democrats
of the east who followed his leader
ship eight and four years ago, those
Of Montana have not yet forgotten
Bryan's d%enunciation of Parker at the
st. Louis convention and his repeated
assertions concerning him subse-
quently. No matter how much he may
now say in favor of the ticket, the
men of this state still remember his
repeated declaration that Parker is
not a fit man to be the candidate of
any party" When he made that as
sertion he spoke honestly and sin
cerely. What he now says on the
stump is prompted by something else
than conviction and sincerity.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01
Tuesday, November I, 1904,
A WHAT it SAYS.

Democratic speakers and writer's Of
the state continue to harp on the
promise of "safely guarded" legisla-
ton contained in the republican state
platform and affect to find under it a
hidden meaning. The words mean ex-
actly what they say. Is any sane per-
son silly enough to desire legislation
affecting public interest to be other
wise than safely g%uarded?" Does
the democrat or populist live, if he be
really honest and conscientious in his
demands for reforms and improve
ments capable of being brought about
~ : legislative body, who wants to
6ee laws enacted that are not cloaked
With every possible degree OF safety,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01
A VIEW OF MRS. MAVERICK.
Duchess of Bedford Writes OF Yrinci-
pal Character In Famous Case.

Duchess of Bedford Writes OF Yrinci-
pal. Character In Famous Case.
A few days before. her release. from.
the Cornish convent where she finished,
her term of imprisonment Mrs. Flor
ence Elizabeth Maybrick was visited
by the Duchess of Bedford. who wrote
Of her thus to- a friend, says; the
New York Globe: you cannot imag-
Inc how gentle and ladylike Mrs.
Maybrick is, Notwithstanding all those.
years Of heartbreaking imprisonment.
Nothing but the support of an approx
ing conscience could have preserved,
her character sc free. from bitterness,
and complaint.
''Over and yer again. Mrs. Maybriok
praised the kindness Of the wardressess
who had charge Of her, remarking that
If they were strict in enforcing. the
prison rules they were only doing their
duty and on nc, occasion were my Of
them unnecessarily v
Il believe that nothing but the BrierA
ley incident, Of which she will always
be ashamed, has; prevented Mrs. May
brick from producing much proof OF
her innocence, which is known to. her
self alone.
mot one word did she ever' speak
against her late husband. During the
trial she forbade Sir Charles Russell
to do So" -
It is said that several Of the "sisters''
Of the convent in Cornwall expressed
the wish to procure a photograph Of
Mrs. Maybrick, who had endeared her.
residence. among them.
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JUNGLE JOE" IN A FURRY.
Lively Time Mt the Waldorf Hotel
When the Speaker Lost His Grin.

Lively Time ut the Waldorf Hotel
When the Speaker Lost Ills Grip.
When Uncle Joe' Cannon came into
New York on the Dolphin the other
morning with Secretary Morton he was
anxious to get ashore, says the New
York World, and shouted to a good
looking fellow, Hi, there. my son, take
that up to my hotel"
The young man disappeared and
"Uncle Joe" went up to the Waldorf.
He intended to leave for Illinois In the
afternoon at 4:30. About 3 o'clock he
went to the desk and said, my boy,
where is my grip?"
The clerk at the desk looked Uncle
Joe" over. He was a new clerk, and
he did not know the speaker.
Il am sure l can't tell you," he re-
piled.
"Unclc Joe" ~sauntered around a BIT
n then came back and asked another
clerk about the grip. That clerk knew.
the speaker, but he had not seen the
grip. Then 'Uncle Joe" began to get
excited. Find itv' he shouted, issuing
orders to everybody in sight. II want
that grip, young man. and l want you
to find IT,
There was a scurrying of pages and
pOrters and maids and all sorts of en-
7loyees. "Uncle joe stood in the cen
ter of the lobby and directed opera
lions. Every person who went out on
the search came back empty handed.
by gravy" said "Uncle Joe'-only
he used another word-'I want that
grip. There's all the statistics about
the Republican campaign in it, and I
am taking it to the headquarters in
Illinois. If anybody tries to read those
statistics at once it Will be fatal, and
! will have homicide added to rnyo other
crimes. ! know how to put them out
in tnstallments, but they'll kill q stran-
ger sure"
The house detective came along and
asked Uncle Joe" questions. The
speaker answered q few and then took
hold Of things himself again. The po-
lice were notified, and the house. de-
tective turned UP everything In the
house. Just as the speaker was. be-
ginning to- think the bright looking
man had taken him for q eoun-
tryman the grip WAS found standing: in
corner Of the baggage room. The
young man had brought it I'M. and q
porter who, was, of in the afternoon
had taken it. in, charge.
''Uncle Joe" rummaged over his; sta
They're all. here" he, an
nounced %jubilantly. land nobody has,
suffered"
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To anxious Inquirer" The Gazette
will say that Heinze, Clark and the
Amalgamated could follow the ex-
ample of Russia and England and SUBJ
nit their dispute to a .d~isinterested
party for arbitration, but that would
upset their little game to deceive the
people. The two foreign powers have
a genuine difference, while the three
Montana powers have only a pretend.
ed difference. After a week from to-
morrow no more will be heard from
them concerning the quarrel they are
now pretending to keep up.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01

Now the democratic candidate for
governor is free with his promises of
reform legislation, but he failed to do
anything during all the years he was
in office and when both houses OF The
legislature were of his W party. He
neglected the opportunity when it was
presented, the voters will see to it
that he is given no chance to be guilty
OF further neglect Of the peoples in
terests.
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it's q Boy.

It's q Boy.
Throughout Russia there's rejoicing
It's a hoy.
All their happiness are voicing-
It's a boy.
From the lowest up to highest,
From the slowest to the spriest.
From the wettest to the driest-
It's a boy.
Guns in loud salutes are gloating-
It's a boy.
Banners everywhere are floating
It's a boy.
Hearty are congratulations
From the rulers Of great nations
And from people In all stations
It's a boy.
Happy is the czar, oft saddened-
It's a boy.
His czarina, too, is gl%addened-
It's a boy.
Happy dad and happy mother!
Happy girls smile at each other,
Fol they've got a little brother
It's a boy.
There's a gloomy shadow lifted
Scenes from dull to gay are shifted
It's a boy.
Hope that long had been illusion,
Causing sorrow and confusion,
Brings at last a glad conclusion
It's a boy.
Wal just now gets less attention
It's a boy.
There IL but one thing to mention
It's a boy.
Though the Russians are retreating.
And the Japanese are beating.
Auscovites are all repeating
It's q boy.
Theodore II. Boice In Pittsburg Chron
e-Telegraph.
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William Lindsay has in his time fol.
lowed a number of honest and honor
able occupations in a manly endeavor
to earn an honest livelihood, and all
were exacting of hard, manual labor,
yet democratic speakers and editors
would have the 1aboring men OF the
state believe that he is unfriendly to
them and if elected governor will use
his high Office to their manifest in
jury. Can his opponent truthfully
say that his hands were ever soileur
by real, hard, honest toll? OF course,
j. is nothing to his discredit that he
has been more fortunate in this re-
spect, that because of professional
spect that because of professional
knowledge and ability he has been
able to gain a living as a lawyer, at
times the attorney of immense cor
porations never resting under the sus-
picion of h%arboring too friendly regard
for the laboring men. Still, a man
who from experience knows what it
is to toll may be reasonably supposed
to having a kindly telling for those
to whom fortune has been less kind
and who are compelled to continue as
tOilers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01

Of course, there was a vacancy on
the republican state ticket and the
supreme court is emlnently right and
just in so declaring in it's decision
handed down in the Galen case. Only
q partisan attorney general would
have taken advantage OF a clerical
oversight to urge it as a ground for
keeping of the official ballot the name
OF a man nominated by a state con
vention.
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THEY CAN'T FORGIVE HIM.

Minneapolis Journal: The demo.
Gratis L never going to forgive Presi-
dent Roosevelt for not making a fail
ure, OF the isthmian canal project. One.
OF the distinguished democrats who
is still indulging resentment on that
account is Henry Watterson. Mr..
Watterson wrote a COMPANION
piece" to- an article by Charles Je-
rome Bonaparte on Roosevelt for the
current Golfers. He arrives in the.
course of his criticism, as do all. the
presidents critics of his canal policy,
at the question:
Why did not the president turn at
once, on the refusal OF the Bogota gov.
eminent to ratify the Hay-Herran
treaty, to the Nicaragua plan as the
alternative prescribed by congress- to
be adopted after giving Columbia. q
reasonable time within which to take.
favorable action?
Like Passos and the members OF
the Parker Constitution club, Mr..
Watterson insists that it was the duty
of the president to lose no time in
closing with Nicaragua and commit
ting the government to that route.
And yet Mr. Watterson ought to know
that to have dome so would have been
a monumental blunder, and such a
blunder would it have been as would
no doubt have afforded his partisan
opponents one of their dearest evil
dences of the presidents precipitancy
and impulsiveness and "unsafeness."
For the Nicaragua canal had been
all talked out and discarded by our
government as a very much less de-
sirable route. The engineers had
finally declared against it; volcanic
disturbances in that region had given
due warning that it was an exceeding.
ly imprudent thing to attempt to con-
struct and maintain such a great pub.
lie work in that place and practically
every public man in congress and out
of it, except the stubborn and immov-
able old senator from Alabama, had
long since reached the conclusion that
if the canal was v to be built any
where it would have to be built across
the Isthmus of Panama.
Without pretending to analyze the
motives of all the men in congress
who voted for the Nicaragua alterna-
tive, it is undoubtedly true that that
alternative was really incorporated in
the act ratifying the Hay-Herran
treaty more as a bluff than anything
elsa perfectly natural threat under
the circumstances, but doubtless with
out the slightest expectation that the
canal would ever be built through
Nicaragua.
Nobody understood the case better
than did the president and his arstute
secretary of state, and if they had not
acted with that remarkable wisdom
which has preserved the country from
em%barking upon IN enterprise almost
certainly foredoomed to failure they
would today be the objects OF the
severest criticism from their political
opponents, Mr.. Watterson included, !
for not having done just exactly that
which they have done.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01

This evening Governor Toole
will speak in Billings and he and those
with him will tell the laboring men
how much and ardently he has always
loved them and how he has striven
In and out of season to give tangible
evidence of this o~verweaning affec-
tion. He and they will also tell them
how dearly beloved they are of the
democratic party, but neither he nor
they will attempt to disprove the &C.
ord as 1t now stands. Nothing Will
be said concerning the contempt
shown the union men of the state in
ignoring their petition to recognize
union labor in awarding contracts for
supplying the furniture for the state
house. Absolute silence will be main
tanned concerning the protests from
the different labor organizations OF
Montana against awarding a contract
to a "scab" concern, and his excel
lency's disregard of them and his vote
to give the contract just the same.
Silence equally dense will be main
tanned on the subject of the COVER
two votes against organized la
Dor, first by voting against reconsid-
GRAFTON, when the state furnishing
board found that the Mitchell com.
pany was unfair; second, when he
voted against revoking the contract,
after the other two members had
to reconsider.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01

An esteemed democratic contem-
porary declares that the republicans
are only striving to secure offices, re.
CARELESS OF principles or policies,
while on the other hand the democrats
are actuated only by the highest mo
tlyes OF patriotism and a desire to
serve the state. If this be so why,
then, has the democratic candidate
for governor cen fit to become a
party to the ~'unnoly alliance ana
political prostitution" he so yigor-
ously denounced when he was not a
candidate for office? If the wish for
place does not enter into their cam
paign, why is it that the democratic
bosses have adopted the plan of or
ganizing alleged political parties al.
most without number, yet all support
ing the same nominees, and keeping
up a pretense of the bitterest enmity
between the putative leaders, when all
are working for the accomplishment
Of the same purpose. Just to be agree.
able, the republicans will admit that
their democratic friends are not seek
ing of1ce-they are merely making
desperate and forcible attempt to
iced at the public crib.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01

Meaning exactly what it says, the
republican state platform stands for
every reform demanded by the PEG.
pie. 1t commits the party to the ini-
tiatiye and referendum, an eight
hour law, a fellow servant law, a law
for the creation of a railroad commits
sion and for a primary election law.
The party's pledge has been given
and will be kept faithfully in every re-
spect, should the people see fit to
place it in a position where it can
do SO. The republicans as a party
were the first to officially express
themselves on the matter of initia-
tive legislation and only when forced
to do SO because of the action of the
Billings convention did the democrats
make declaration for the same re-
form.
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At last the chairman of the demo-
cratic state committee has been
smoked out and another scheme OF
the democrats has been exposed.
While the A~malgamated and Clarks
are d%enouncing Heinze and pretending
to believe that he is stumping the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01

II the men of Yellowstone. county
are DESTROYS that public business shall
be conducted in the same carexul,
paInstaking manner that is wont to- be
bestowed upon the management ct
private affairs then they should vote
the republican ticket.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01

A sure winner is the republican
county ticket. Its candidates are all
reputable, worthy citizens, men in
every respect qualified and fitted for
the position to which they aspire.
They will be elected by handsome ma.
jorities, for the people want them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01
THE BILLINGS GAZETTE.

November 8 is favorable to the repub.
licans the people will have the com.
fort and satisfaction Of knowing that
they are to be freed from the rule
of the political boss and that they will
be permitted to say whether they
shall have the power to initiate and
validate legislation or whether it
shall continue to be dictated by
wealthy men and powerful corpora
lions whose sole aims and motives are
selfish one They will Furthermore
have the satisfaction of knowing that
the states affairs will be honestly,
efficiently and ably managed and that
bribery and all forms of corruption
will find no place in it's government.
They may rest assured that all the
reforms promised by the republicans
and demanded by the people will be
instituted and that the interests OF
all, whether rich or poor, mighty or
lowly, will be guarded and cared for.
They may also take further comfort in
the knowledge that their rights will not
be bartered and that the elements
which have long dominated public
business will be relegated and their
voice will no longer be heard or
needed.
Truly are the issues at stake mo- |
ones and it is on this that
the republicans go before the voters
and ask their support and endorse
Eent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-01
A Society

skipping teas" to which guests OF
both sexes and all ages must bring
their own skipping ropes, are mention
ed in the columns of the Lady, a Lon
don fashion paper. Skipping is to DO
the fashionable ''cure."
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Elect the men on the republican
county ticket and there will be no
further reasons for complaint of care
%lessness, i~ncompetency and greed
that prompts violation of duty. Be-
cause of their exceptional fitness and
qualifications were they selected to
fill the respective places for which
they have been nominated.
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state for the purpose Of defeating the
ticket, the chairman gives instruc-
tons to the local leaders at the places
where the young Leonidas' is adj
vertised to speak to render him every
assistance possible. They obey or
,ders and occupy seats on the platform
as he tells entranced audiences what
he is doing to a v the commonwealth
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REPUBucAN.NATIoNAL TICKET.
For President:
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Of New York.
For Vice-President:
CHARLES w. FAIRBANKS
Of Indiana.
REPUBLICAN, STATE TICKET.

For Presidential Electors,
PAUL MCCORMICK
of Yellowstone.
THOMAS DUNCAN
of Madison.
\ A. W. MERRIFIELD
OF Flathead.
For Member of Congress,
4 JOSEPH M. DIXON
of Missoula.
For Governor,
WILLIAM LINDSAY
i ~ OF Dawson.
For Lieutenant Governor,
ERNEST w. KING
of Gallatin.
For Chief Justice,
\ THEODORE BRANTLY
* Of Powell.
For Clerk Of the Supreme Court,
JOHN T. ATHEY
OF Cascade.
! For Secretary Of State,
ABRAHAM N. YODER
Of Silver Bow.
II sFor attorney General,
ALBERT J.. GALEN
of Lewis and Clarke.
For State Auditor,
HARRY r. CUNNINGHAM
of Silver Bow.
For State Treasurer,
JAMES H. RICE
of Chouteau.
For Superintendent of Public Instruc-
WILLIAM e. HARMON
of Gallatin.
REPUBLICAN JUDICIAL TICKET.
For Judge of the Seventh Judicial
District,
CHARLES H. LOUD.
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REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.

For Representative,
CHAUNCEY c. BEvER.
For Sheriff,
WILLIAM P. ADAMS.
For Treasurer,
HENRY WHITE.
For Assessor,
WARREN A. EVANS.
For County Attorney,
HARRY L. WILSON.
For County Clerk,
JOHN W. FISH.
For Clerk of the District Court,
CASS PRUDHOMME.
Eor County Superintendent of Schools,
MRS. MARGUERITE M. STRANG.
For Public Administrator,
w. F. SYLVESTER.
For County Surveyor,
PHILIP M. GALLAHER.
For Coroner,
J. H. RINEHART.
For Justices of the Peace, Billings
Township,
A. FRASER,
A. P. HART.
For Constables, Billings Township,
c. E. MOWRE,
GEORGE w. STODDARD.