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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-22
Courtship In New Guinea.

Courtship in New Guinea is begun
on very different lines from those Of
the Caucasian. 1t is the girl who
takes the initiative instead of the
youth. When Il young man falls in
@ with 4 Papuan belle he does NOT
100 at her and whenever possible
shuis her company. If she apDears
grleyed at such Sights the sutton per-
forms various acrobatic feats when
ever he thinks she is watching. He
Will leap into the air, stand or his
head or knock down some smaller.
youth. Should the girl be Fascinated
by these performances she EMPLOYS a
little girl to carry Il nut to her lover
n on the nut she will paint certain
emblems indicative of her passion. The
nut will also tell where she will meet
mn that night. At this trysting place
the W Will eat the nut together and
such arrangements as are noe
essary for the marriage. All the diff
cu1tles Of proposing on the European
or American plan are done away with
New Guinea.
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THE BILLINGS e

wonder is that some n has NOT hear
punished for it long ago. for # was
boasted of by the men who originated
IL. ltd 1t not been for the u11arrel
existing in the party there il is very
likely this election would have been
permitted to pass off without tho
fraud being detected, the same as in
other years.
But nothing coming from Butte in
connection with questionable election,
methods is surprising to the people Of
the rest OF the state. They have he.
come accustomed to it and now do no
more than express wonder at what tha
democrats will do next to insure 4
continuation OF the large majorities
for their ticket. 1t is not a question
O how the vote will so, that is always
liked beforehand, but simply as to how
-LEE. ~ -
large a majority is required to over.
come the republican vote elsewhere.
Sometimes it becomes necessary to
shoot a a guarding the box contain
ina the votes and stealing the box,
then, again, at other times something
Use is done, but the results are al
Ways the same. Still Butte processes
lot to be able 70 understand why
'tt1er communities in the state do not
'ntertain a higher regard for it and !
Wy they are always inclined to be t
n%sp;cious OF anything and everything c
manating there. G
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SOUTH MAY sEcEpE AGAIN.

Things altogether unexpected and
remarkable are likely to occur as a
result of the recent presidential cleo.
lion and probably before the country
IS called upon four years hence to
I elect a successor to President Roose.
welt some strange and startling politi-
cal realignments will have been ac-
eomplished. In this connection comes
an interesting story from Washington.
An unusually well Informed and gener.
ally reliable newspapers correspond
{fent writes from there that every rea-
Son exists for believing that soon a
pail will be issued for a conference
ff political leaders Of the south the
Of which will be to consider
ahe political independence of the
tputhern states.
y The democrats below the Mason
/ "a Dixon line have become tired OF
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Governor vardaman in his Thanks.

Governor Vardaman in his Thanks
giving proclamation gives evidence OF
dlspleasure at the. choice OF the ma.
ton. He processes to see in the cleo.
ton OF Roosevelt a source OF genuine
danger to Mississippi and the south
and calls upon the people to exercise
the greatest wisdom, courage and pa
trlotism in meeting problems he pre-.
tends to believe will soon arise. Not.
with standing this, the people will
probably insist that the president
shall fill the term for which they have
elected him.
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AN OLD BUTTE TRICK,

very properly was Owen Burns DUN.
lshed by the Butte justice of the peace
for illegal voting. Burns did that
which deserved punishment, but it is
to be regretted that the case was
permitted to end with the conviction
OF Burns. He was but an ignorant
tool of a gang OF l~awbreakers much
worse and more dangerous than him.
self. and they should be punished ac-
cordingly.
Although this is the first time hat
any one was detected, the name OF
illegal voting practiced by Burns is
not new at Butte. 1t has been prac-
ticed there before, and then, as at the
recent election, for the benefit OF the
democrats. Almost at the very first
election held in Butte under the Aus
trallan system, were duplicates of the
official ballot secured by workers"
and given to men to vote, after they
been marked as desired, and the
omcial ballots handed to them in the
booths were carried out and
;urned over to the conspirators. The
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-22

1t is unwelcome news TO the demo
cratic editors that comes from Chi
cago. Orders have been issued at
Washington to proceed against some
OF the big trusts that have their head
quarters in the city on the shores OF
lake Michigan. The harvester com,
pine is down for an inning with the
department of justice and matters
have been shaped SO that the beer
trust will soon be prodded with a
sharp stick for having ignored the in
junction OF Judge Grosscup. And then
there is the United States steel,
against which testimony is said to
have been secured convictiug it OF
violating the EIkins law. Criminal. as
well as civil proceedings against the
lords OF the trusts promise soon to
be features Of litigation in Chicago.
This is only the beginning. The list
a large n and the prosecutor is
willing to go the limit.
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Toek HIS Meals In Ets c,h;,

An Australian millionaire, Mr.. James
Tyson, left behind him when he died
a fortune Of $4,000, 900. One of the
many stories concerning him tells how
on one occasion he was a passenger
on a Queensland coasting steamer. As
usual, Wien travelling he declined to
undfess ut night and lay in his bunk
fully clothed, boots and all. He had
taken tlither with him. moreover.
three loaves of bread upon which to
subsist for forty-cight hours in order
TO save the expense Of meals. The stew
ards complained to the purser Of the
crumbs which the millionaire's meth
eaused in the cabin. But nothing
would induce Tyson to eat his loayes
elsewhere than in his bunk. Great was
ms rage'When at the end of the VOYAGE
was charged not only full rate. but
one-fourth extra for having taken his
meals in his cabin"
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A BASIS FOR If.

While the Butte Inter Mountain il
lastlnea IN ~resenting as it does the
statement published in an eastern NM
llcation relative TO the illegal natural
~ization OF aliens by the thousands in
Butte, the esteemed contemporary
must admit that some basis exists for
charges in that direction which have
been made. Elections that are still
fresh in the minds of many can be re-
called, although antedating the ar
rival within the state Of the cultured
and distinguished gentleman who pre-
sides over the editorial columns Of
the Inter Mountain, when the courts
Silver Bow worked overtime natur-
allzlng men whose only qualification
Tor citizenship lay in the elacticity OF
conscience OF their witnesses and the
Vlvldness OF their Imagination. Ii the
gentleman has any doubts regarding
his he should ask some Of the good
'itizeps Of Butte who resided there
the days of capital elections
md the years when the STRIFE for mas.
cry between a couple OF eminent
lemocrats was at its neiga+. They
viii undoubtedly give him the neces-
airy enlightenment. !:
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No doubt the livestock shippers a,

No doubt the livestock shippers are
sorry now that they ever raised theic
voices in complaint against the rail
roads. A high officer of n OF the lat
ter calls attention to the fact thai not.
withstanding the alleged exorbitancy
Of the rates charged for hauling their
cattle to market, the stockmen con-
rinue in the business, showing plainly
that the roads do not take all they
make.
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Instead of lending a friendly ear to
the overtures for peace, Russia de-
clares that she has not yet begun to
fight and begs the grandstand to
watch her curves hereafter. Unless
she improves materially in her deliv.
cry her declaration will serve only to
intensity the boots coming from the
bleachers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-22

Charley" Towne, he OF fame as 4
political contortionist, has given out
a statement expressive of his belief
as to why Judge Parker failed to be
elected. He says six reasons con.
spired to bring about the defeat OF
the democratic candidate. These he
gives. Potent as all may seem to
him, that given by Taggart still main
tains the record for brevity and lucid.
ity-an insuficiency of democrats.
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The Last Thing He did

1t was said of Lord Palmerston that
nc never grew old and was as light
hearted as a boy to the very end.
When he was OF his deathbed and the
doctors told him that his time had
come he frightened up for a final Jest.
Die, my dear doctor! That's the last
thing l shall dor 1t was.
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Sleep.

10 sleep is to strain and purify our
emotions, to deposit the mud of life,
to calm the fever of the soul, to return
into the bosom of maternal nature.
thence to reissue, healed and strong.
Steep IS a sort of innocence and puri-
1lcaslon. Blessed is he who gave it to
the poor sons Of man as a sure and
faithful companion of life. our daily
healer n consoler.-M. Amiel.
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Ut would be just like a man from
Montana were Benbow to demonstrate
that his is the only airship seen at st.
Louis that is capable OF sustaining a
protracted flight, while at the same
time be under the complete control of
the mar navigating it.
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About all the football games bavins

About all the football games having
been played for the year, ii is to be
hoped that during the remainder OF
the Term enough time will be found
while preparing for those Of next year
to devote a little attention to studies.
There are still a few old fashioned
people left who believe that colleges
Il the other higher institutions Of
learning are maintained for the pur
pose OF educating the youth of the
land in other things than |punting',
and Kicking for goals, even though
some may regard the acquisition of an
education as merely incidental to an
athletic training.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-22

eugene F. Ware has resigned once
more. This time the report is given the
authenticity OF a personal confirma.
ton by the pension commissioner,
The resignation will become effective
January 1, after which date Iron
quill' will return to Kansas and re-
sumo the practice of law, something
more to his liking than the position
he is now filling.
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The Critical Arc

Don't be too hard on the boy. You
must remember that he hasn't reached
the age. of reason"
! know that. He's reached the age
q excuses."-Kansas City World.
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THE TARIFF AND THE EXTRA
SESSION.

: SESSION.
: Minneapolis Journal: IF there is
: ~ De any revision Of the tariff by. the
iepupllcans the time to begin the iol
5 VIII be about the first of April.
That revision is to be undertaken
ny the next congress seems to be al.
most certain. The republican party
IN spite of the attitude of the "stand.
} patterY and all the talk about letting
wei enough alone made during the
last campaign, will hardly care 70
come up to another election ,uit ho,,+
having done anything to meet the gen
eral expectation that the ineo1alitios
OIL the present tariff will be corrected
by the republican party. Already
iheinpefs-elect OF the next congress
are beginning to discuss tariff revis.
ION, and prominent men, both east ana
west. recognize the necessity Of fair
ana honest consideration of the sub.
Ject. Even Senator Aldrich is begin.
ilhs 70 recognize revision as newt
able.
mere is also considerable gossip
as TO the probable action of the nresi-
dent, and men who stand as close to
MIN as Francis Z. Leupp, his most
recent b~iogranher, as well as the
Jo'lrnals we'll informed Washington
correspondent, take the view that the
president is likely to favor the early
consideration of the tariff. and mail
probability will call an extra session
spring.
AS stated at the outset, if we are to
tariff revision by the nexa con
sfess, next spring is the time to un-
dertake it. Experience has proven
he work OF revising the tariff
should be taken up at a time ais far
selloVed from theg general election as
One reason is the one as. \
signed by the president for not favor ]
a revision at the last sessiop-be-
'ause revision undertaken on the eve
u an election is too likely to be indi,- \
need by political considerations q
ather than the commercial or indus- n
rial. A revision made on the eve of 0
lection is also likely to prove disas- Q
Q to the party that makes it. as in u
he case of the Mckinley bill Of 1890 =
men the revised tariff went into Of +.
9ct within sixty days Of election. Il
mere was not sufficient interval be- 81
Neen the effectuation of the new te
ohedules and the election for the u
'rllI 10 be correctly understood or q
VI business interests to adjust them "
ives TO changed conditions. The re- o1
ut was disastrous to the republicans. hi
though that tariff led to conditions he
great prosperity. Tariff revision OF
lould, therefore, be undertaken when m
IS possible for those engaged in the
ork OF revision to act with the least
lpafrassment on account of the eff ou
OF their action upon their indiyid. sn
\ fortunes or upon their party as lif
ndancy. xii
we do not believe that the republi- -
n party will undertake to say to the ~
untry that it proposes to let the 10.
'lff alone, and if it does not dare to raj
that position the time for action res
the tariff cannot be safely or wisely do
layed beyond next spring. IL
? - E1S
look for an extra session all for eas
1t purpose. ~.
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To the prohibitionist candidate for
president belongs the distinction OF
having accomplished what mas
hitherto been considered an impossi-
bility. He carried a Kentucky pre-.
cinct.
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ME IAzEE
Even with the change made in thu
returns Of one of the Butte precinct;
as a result of. the official v
Miles Romney, is still several hundred
votes behind A. N. Yoder in the race
Tor secretary of state. The figures
give out by the ~canvassing board did
surprise the republican candidate
or the chairman of the state commit
tee. They were in possession Of the
committee before the count was com
aieted by the board and allowance for
them had been made in the state
nients given to the public from repub-
headquarters almost Immediately
after the election. Much as the
friends OF that gentleman may denlore
It, the fact remains that Mr.. Romnev
defeated and any misleading renorts
the contrary car do no good and
serve to base false hopes.
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WILL BE RoosEvEL-T,AN.

@- " T. l. AtN.
Already enough has TRANSFERRED sine
Tuesday, November 8, to satisfy til
nation that after March A, 1905. a dis
tinctiyely R~ooseveltian administra
ton will direct the affairs of govern
ment. The president will then be I'M
hampered by pledges as to a continue
Ion OF the policies OF a predecessor
and he will be free to carry out his
ideas and execute plans original
ing with himself. He will be president
III every sense ~oftheword. BY the over
Whelming vote of his election he was
given assurance by the people Of their
confidence and trust in him. No one
understands this better than he does
and ne viii make every effort to
merit that confidence.
Already the announcement has
been made that he Will make 2 trin
ihfoash The south, that he will meet
The people Of the region antagonistic
to him, mingle with them and make
y possible for them to understand
him. He will seek to overcome thai,
Nrejadice and give them to know
Thai he is president OF all the unifad
o98les and not merely the president
@of q part. Ii possible he viii con.
VINCE them that he has no desire TO
fores The negro upon them as a social,
equal OF to establish a system of ne.
gro rule or race equality. But he viii
sise them to understand. that he in.
tends to recognize manly worth ana
-aaaks592 wherever found, whether un- !
der a black skin or a. white and that :
an showing respect to Booker T. Wash {
Ington he was solely prompted by a
that desire and to instil in the minds OF \
the colored citizens an ambition to r
acquire a higher degree OF manhood. i
But not only in the south will he en- +
deaFof to get closer to the people. In L
every other section he will consult a
thelf wishes TO the exclusion of the Il
wishes OF the politicians. both as re-
CARDS appointments and matters on s
policy. This may prove unwelcome TO D
the men who have come to consider Il
1t as one of their inalienable rights o.
20 dictate who shall be appointed and II
make it hard to fulfill campaign prom. b.
Ises II give reward for political ser q,
Vlces rendered, but it will make the n,
president all the more popular with in
masses. Party lines are likely to m
)e ignored to an extent that will fo
;ause many a protest, but this will oil
make no difference to the president in
derit and ability, coupled with a de- AZ
ire to please those who are to be SO
eryed, will be the principal factors nc
.etermining the filing of places. HAY ar
ng already declared that under no be
circumstances and under no condition ne
ill he consent t. become a candidate lie
the presidency again, Roosevelt co
as placed himself in a position OF alb.
olute independence and freedom DO.
tically to give the people an admin
'tration in complete consonance with Isl
is lofty ideas and sentiments. fol
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He Went.

BOOK Agent (entering)-Madam.
have a work of art to show Won. r ia
q book. Lady of the House (~reopenine
the door)-And | have a work of art
70 show you. It is a landscape.
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England having proved to a reason.
able certainty that she was in nowise
to blame for the mistake the Rus.
slams made in firing on a lot of fishing
boats, by permitting Japanese tor
pedo boats to leave any OF her har-
bors for the purpose of lying in wait
to Rojestvensky's fleet, it now re.
mains for Russia and it's admiral to
prove that every man on board was
strictly sober and that the mistake
was an optical illusion for which only
nature is to blame.
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being a mere adjunct to the norther
democracy. For years they have bee
expected to help the democrats of til,
north elect a president without re
celvlng what they consider thei.
rlghtful share of recognition. Then
too. the northern leadership of thu
party has been discredited, vide
the many inglorious defeats sustained
one plan said to be favorably consid-
cred by the southern leaders is
> enough to take away the breath. 1t
IS nothing more or less than to with
hold the southern electoral vote and
delivering it in a bunch to the candi-
date whose platform promises most
for southern advancement. This
would enable the solid south" to ex-
ert an immense influence in national
affairs, While at the same time bring
back some of the old-tilne self-respect
and put an end to the conditions that
have obtained in the south since the
Wal.
AS an indication Of what party the
south is beginning to regard as the
more likely to help it and to which
1t looks with the most confidence SO
far as future benefits are concerned
comes the request that President
Roosevelt name a southern man as a
member OF his cabinet next March
1t is held by those making the re-
quest that such an appointment
would show that the republican party
does not believe in the traditions ana
theories that have largely made the
south what it is. Virginia is urged as j
he state from which the president 5
select his southern cabinet Of |
lcer and the man selected for the il
'lace is Representative slemp, who I
las Just been reelected by a large ma Il
GRITTY, whereas his first election was c
y only a small plurality. He repre- b
ents the progressive element of the fl
and is a liberal type of the e
outhern re~publicanism. Already it ii
said that the matter has appealed al
,rongly to Roosevelt and that he is 81
wing the appointment of sllemp care tn
i consideration. of
leaders are not alone in their al
termination to cut loose from the 10
'rthern democracy. influential 90
newspapers are strongly vi
ling on the party there to sever &c
relations with the Tammany and tn
all street crowd that managed the cit
campaign and become once du
ore an important, yI,al force in ma an
nal politics. The presidents an tel
unced intention to visit the south is de-
20 beginning to exert an influence in VII
direction OF the proposed change. SAL
4 cn3nQn in GanfiJNnYt ic :. ~ .
lce the election. Leading newspa-
IS express editorial condemnation of
Tillmans, Vardamans and Others
the old crowd who would keen alive -
feeling OF animosity engendered
the war and the events immedi-
ly following it. Interviews with
men are freely published
which similar expressions are
An encouraging sign is the
t that the more liberal and better
OF the south's democracy is back
the movement for better things
conditions. Strange as it may
nd it need not be surprising when 90
t a presidential elections comes
und the hitherto solid south will
found to have been disintegrated,
and if not all in the repub.
n column many of the states now
lposing it will be found there
- is a
AM 81 n oIi--- -1,o -,
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Deduction.

singleton-How do you know her
age? Doubleton-By her pleased ex-
preston when I told her women were
their loveliest at thirty-fye,
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WIN a couple of weeks still before
MN IN Which to collect more money to
meet the other obligations that MAY
be held against his big show, Presi.
dent Francis a afford to breathe
easier. He has paid the last Install
lnent OF the government loan ana
stands clear on the books Of Uncle
Sam. Being a Missourian, he at no
time was willing to waive the right
OF the citizens Of his state and insist
at all times that those who doubted
his ability to pay up t SHOW" him.
He knew the merits OF the attraction
he was Offering and believed in the
willingness q the public to patronize
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All orders for cut flowers, designs,
etc, promptly filled at Miss Panton's.
Roses, $l.50; carnations, 75c. 3Oly
Montana avenue. Bell phone 62F. If
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We guarantee all our work and il
not satisfactory we will make it 80
or return you money.
BILLINGS STEAM LAUNDRY.
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Helped Hin out.

belle-Did You have to help him ont
when he proposeda .May-No; papa
6d-Town Topics.