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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-01

make it's earnings as large as posi-
bile. BY the action of the Spokane
SINNERS the O. R. & N. will be en-
abled to make a better showing at the
end of the year, but it will be at the
expense of allied lines and will not
mean one cent more or less to Hill and
Hartman, who will regard with con-
temptuous Indifference Spokane's eff
fort to coerce them.
The only hope for the Spokane
shippers lies in the honest enforce
ment of the interstate commerce law
and it is doubtful whether this will
afford relief until the law is strength
ened and the commission created by
it shall be given the power to enforce
it's decisions.
However, there will be no change in
this law until men are sent to con-
gress who will be free from the cor
rupting influence of the railroad lobby
at the national capital. Little can be
expected in this line from the present
congressional delegation from this
state. Cushman is the only one OF
Washington's five members Of con-
gress who has shown that he is his
own man. and so far even Cushman
has made no effort to have the inter-
state commerce laws amended in the
interest of shippers. The only legisla
ton seriously proposed regarding in
terstate commerce is the bill intro
duced in the house by Grosvenor and
in the senate by Foraker, repeating
the essential provisions of the Sher-
man antitrust law and allowing hte
railroad companies and other corpor-
atons to form combinations and mer-
gers in reasonable restraint of trade
1t is plain that Spokane shippers and
other shippers throughout the nation
can expect nothing in the way of re-
lief from q republican congress. On
the other hand the Foraker bill would
tighten the letters by which the rail-
way merger holds interstate commerce
under it's control.
1t is high time to turn the repub-
licanS out and give the democratic
party a chance to deal with this
question. The Spokane shippers
should help the good work along by
voting to send three democrats to con-
gress from this state at the next cleo
ton.
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and heroine and turned against the
villain, and after they had seen it all,
they had witnessed a strong lesson in
temperance.
Alvin Wycoff in the role of Joe Nor
gan, the drunken father, who sees his
child stricken down at the hands of the
saloon keeper, played his part well
He enacted the part of an intoxicated
man to perfection and he gave a most
realistic picture Of man afflicted with
delirium tremens. Little Florence
Stiff, as the daughter Of the drunk
with her sweetness and the interested
spectators breathed a sigh of relief at
gan, the drunkard. was seen in the
midst of his happy family, redeemed
from the clutches of drink and Simon
Slade, the saloon keeper, in the place
Of the ruined man.
Edna Clare, as Mehitable Cart
wright, a country lass, and Edgar l.
Schooley, as Sample Switgel, rural
product, furnished most of the comedy
and the audience enjoyed their humor
Harry LaMack made very good VIII
lain, while the others in the cast took
their parts acceptably.
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MAJORITY RULE.

Democracy is no less than the rule
of the majority. Majority rule makes
possible the expression of the popular
will in government and administration
conserves the greatest possible free
dom of the many, and is the corner
stone of the party of the people. The
fixed principle that the wish of the
minority shall bend to the will Of the
majority extends throughout all the
party's transactions, has to do with its
selection of issues and of men, and
may be relied upon to govern the par
tvs affairs in the future as in the past.
Without majority rule there cannot be
even a pretense to the other and sub
ordinate principles of democracy:
without majority rule there is nothing.
With it the broad structure of the par
ty is inseverable and strong for con-
certed movement.
Democrats may we'll give heed to
some of the essentials. We hold these
truths to be self -evident--that all
men are cerated equal" is no mere
platitude, but principle which the
followers Of Jefferson must recognize
and follow in party transactions to
nothing less than an expression OF
equality and equal rights and equal
of the essential democratic principles
I, to which the people must bind their
leaders. the party:s course will be
| marked by unison. There must be OBJ
servance of the majority principle in
, ascertaining the wishes of the people
in deliberations. in councils, in defin-
ing the party's position, in making the
fight.
T4 be g democrat means to stand
for the principle of ma jority rule first
Of all and to abide by the decision
reached by the party under that rule
| The democracy of the individual is al
express assumption of the party viii
as a fixed and unalterable rule of po-
/ litical conduct, and his obligation t.
abide by that will when properl!
voiced is equally strong whether HI
be of the majority or of the minority
All democrats may meet upon thu
essentials. There can be nothing blu
harmony upon the fundamentals. 1
genuine meaning of the principles ant
motives which they as democrat
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SOME THINK OTHERWISE.

The morning paper thinks that by
the holding of one state convention
early in May the republicans will END
fractional chickering's and personal
squabbles will soon be over" This is
an optimistic view of the situation that
is not shared by people who know how
deep-seated and implacable is the
hatred that the two republican fac
tons entertain for each other.
1t is a safe prediction that the re-
suit of the May convention will only
intensity this hatred, and, although
all appears peaceful and serene on the
surface, election day will reveal a
breach in the ranks that will make
republican success in the state eX-
tremely doubtful.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-01
MONEY SAVED BY COMPETITION

The city council could save a great
deal of money to the city by inviting
competitive bids in the purchase of
all supplies, apparatus, etc, requiring
large outlay of money. The States
man has shown how money might have
been saved by inviting competitive
bids on the new fire engine, and now
it would suggest that competition be
invited from rival manufacturers in
the purchase Of the combined chemi-
cal engine and hose wagon and other
apparatus wanted by the fire depart
ment. A provision of the city charter
requires the passage of an ordinance
as preliminary to the expenditure of
any amount in excess of one hundred
dollars by the city council and this
rule should be strictly observed. 9th
erwise any taxpayer might cause ser-
ious trouble by an injunction suit. The
council has no right to delegate its
powers to any purchasing agent no1
can the law be eVaded or the RESPONSE
bility be shifted in that way.
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pending such meeting, the work al
signing up the shippers of SPOKANE
will continue
Such is the resolution adopted h.,
the Shippers Association. which has IN
charge the fight against the merga,
railways.
The meeting was called at the ~.
quest of the railroad men and the roc
olution was the only reply to argn-
ments for delay on the part of rail.
road otticitls. ]. c. Eden. weston,
traffic manager of the Great Northern
at Seattle, IN company with r.
Jackman, the local Hill representa-.
tive. have been calling upon the Spo-
kane shippers and arguing that the
action of the local men was hasty.
The action shows that the shippers
are in earnest and intend to carry the
fight through to finish. Four more
big shippers have been added to the
list of those that have agreed to shin
all their goods over the o. r. & y.
The list of shippers who have signed
represents more than $1.25O,OO0 freish,
charges.
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ONLY FUN FOR THE MERGER.

The Spokane shippers who are
seeking TO secure reasonable trans
continental freight rates by combining
80 throw all their patronage to the
Oregon Hallway s. Navigation Cons
pany Will probably t1nd that tbs
Scheme wifi prove futile. The O. r. &
\. is now only one link in the Hill
Hartman system of merger railroads.
The earnings of these roads are pooled
and the profits divided among the
stockholders of the Northern Securi-
ties Company. To take business from
one branch of this system and give 1t
TO another is like taking money from
a mans coat and putting it in his
trousers pocket. So long as the mer-
ger gets the profits it cares little
about where they come from.
OF course il is a matter of pride tC
each branch of this great system te
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have avowed there will be in this
campaign of 1904 small room for dis
sension.
Republican papers the country over
are already deep in the business OF
promoting democratic discOrd. One or
two democratic organs have uttered
harsh notes But the significant and
promising fact is that in the general
and representative democratic press no
harshness Or discordancy is observed.
but a disposition to further a broader
spirit of harmony and concession. 1t
will be noticed that the 'reading-out
process has been generally stopped,
giving way to a genuine concern for
flying signs Of growing cooperation.
BY far the greatest opportunity for
the democratic press, however, would
seem to lie in directing the thought OF
democrats back toward the unalter-
able basic principles upon which dis
agreement is impossible. From these
as a starting point progression may
arrive without difference or disagree
ment at the momentouS issues which
actually confront us today.
Three issues so far have defined
themselves-the related issues of the
tariff, the trusts and official corrup-
tion Surely upon these, since the
republican party stands in the position
of defending the evils of them all. it
ought not to be difficult for democrats
to unite and to make the greatest fight
in the party's history. With union
there is small chance of demOcracy's
losing the battle.
For the voter there is but one cau-
tion-he should guard against follow
ing selfish leadership, and should de-
mand of the politician who assumes
to represent him loyalty to the es-
sen.ial. established democratic prin-
ciples. and a real and profound desire
to win. Democratic human nature is
weary of defeat. Give sound basis
of attack and dsinterested leadership
and the voter will do his part
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AmuSe m is
At the Opera House Tonight.

At the Opera House Tonight.
Ten Nights in a Bar Room" like
Uncle Toms Cabin" seems not to
have lost its attraction. These old
time plays appear now and then and
the people continue to patronize them.
The horrors of drink, the restitution
of the drunkard's home and the just
deserts of the rum seller were again
wildly depicted before two large au-
diences which thronged the Tacoma
theater yesterday to witness the old
temperance melo- drama.
Men, women and children, many OF
whom had evidently never seen the
alter before, laughed at the humor and
sympa thized with the poverty stricken
and down-trod in Ten Nights in a
Bar Room They applauded the hero
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THEY WILL TALK.

AS is inevitable in a free country
our army and navy officers talk too
much. Dewey was pretty discreet SO
long as he was on duty in the Philip
pines, but on the way back he gave
out an interview in which he did not
hesitate to say, much to the anger OF
the Germans, that Admiral Won Died
erich had been given his choice OF
peace or war in Manila harbor. Then
came Captain now Admiral Coghlan.
with his Hoch- der Kaiser .'Me-and-
Gott' song in a literary effort which
was very bad international taste even
if it was fairly good as humor song
or literature Then there was Cen
eral Macarthur telling the people of
Honolulu that the United States must
get ready for a war with Germany
Now comes General Chaffee, the
ranking officer Of the army and chief
Of the staff, with a speech that is GER
tain to arouse Russia's ire even if it
is certain to delight the japanese. In
an address at Albany, N. Y, the other
day General Chaffee said:
At the time of the Boxer rebel
lion, when the foreign diplomats
were shut up in Picking, and the
allied forces were moving against
the city in the effort to rescue
them, they halted one day at city
called Tung- chan. The English
the Russian officer in command
the necessity of proceeding i'm
mediately to the rescue of the be-
leagured ministers, but the Russian
said that his men were weary,
and could not resume the march
for two days.
When all requests to this end
had failed, we Termed a compact
with the Russian commander that
we would remain where We were
at Tung -chun-for two days, and
then march upon the city in con-
cert. Our surprise may be imag
ined when next morning, We
heard the firing of guns in the
direction Of Picking, and We're in
formed that the Russian had re-
moved his force under cover Of
darkness, and advanced upon the
city that same night. The other
commanders of the allied forces
were furious at this breach of
faith, but when we called upon
the Russian general and asked him
| to explain why he broke the COM
| pact. he merely shrugged his
| shoulders and smiled and would
| not reply.
| A newspaper dispatch says that the
| general implied that faithlessness O.
| this particular Russian officer was
characteristic of the whole Russian
nation.
| Unless the breach of faith by tn,
| Russian officer was made the sub
ject of an official report and remon
STRANGE at the time it was a serious
mistake for the head of the American
army to relate the occurrence in pub
lie, and it was objectionable for hin
to charge to the whole Russian ma
ton the duplicity shown by one Off
Ger.
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lehigh Mines Resume.

SHAMOKIN, Pa, March 1.-Alp
the colleries in this district belonging
to the Lehigh Valley Coal company
resumed operations today after a
shut down which has lasted since De-
tober 1. Employment is furnished to
two thousand men and boys.
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With the big commission he allows
himself on all sales to the city of Walla
Walla it is no wonder that the Port
land agent of eastern manufacturers
of fire engines and apparatus, street
Portland for the inspection of his
wares. He has a pudding.
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SPOKANE SHIPPERS IN EARNEST

SPOKANE, Wash, March 1--we
will be glad at any time to meet the
traffic men of the railroads entering
Spokane, if they come together. but
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WEATHER..

Tonight and Wednesday light rail-
or snow, colder tonight.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-09-14
REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
.t.5-l,E-,-
y National.

u -. 5a'@.' q National. h III. Il.
For President, /: v 81 III !.
Theodore Roosevelt, Of New York.
For Vice President Il NJ M S5 ~
G. W. Fairbanks, OF Indiana.
5ss. Congressional. rs ..,&
For Congress y II. 5.':z. :, ) !. II
Thos. F. Marshall. Cakes. ~.
A. J. Gronna. Lakota. 4
Legislative. y -.
For State Senator, 9th District
c. B. Little. Bismarck.
For Representatives
r. N. Stevens, Bismarck.
M. spapgberg, Slaughter.
State.
Presidential Electors
B. s. Russell, Stutsman.
Samuel Richardson, Ward.
Roger Allin. Walsh. .
j. #. ". Keibert, Oliver. s'
Justices Supreme Court
N. G. Young. Cass. ~ 81. ,-.<..
Edward Engerud. Cass. -.
Governor NJ 81; ~. ~. d.. A..
E. Y. ..Sarles, Trail.
Lieutenant Governor ,%}a - .
David Bartlett. Griggs. " .:.
Secretary Of State a. a.s&
e. F. Porter, Foster. .,.. 4. =.
Auditor .4E@}<.: -. 5~ss ....@
H. L. Holmes, Pembina.
Treasurer ,s-&'* Al. st. -.~.... ID.
A. Peterson. Sargent.
supt Of Public Instruction #. {.
w. L. Stockwell, Walsh. n ri" n
Attorney General &c - !.
c. N. Erich, Nelson. s$s. M
Commissioner of Insurance
e. G. Cooper, Grand Forks. sss
Com'r. Of Agriculture and Labor
w. G. Gilbreath. Morton.
Railroad Commissioners :.
G.. 8. Deisem. LaMoure.
John Christianson, McHenry.
Eric Stafne, Richland. 53S RI +
judicial. +,s.szl .a.,s 3
For Judge, 9Th District ,$ K.
w. II. Winchester. bismarck.
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Frank Curtis, = farmer at Oriska,
Barnes county, committed suicide BY
jumping Into wen. He had been
despondent as q result of crop condi-
.tions +. 545s3 III ri. sss S
Reports Of threshing from Walsn
county indicate that the yield is very
good in some instances. The hrst
wheat marketed at Grafton, from The
farm of George spangIer, went IS
bushels TO the acre ana. so oar y grad.
Ing No. if hard.
Ward county will have the largest
wheat yield in It's history. The total
acreage for 1904 il estimated at ovei
100 900 acres and the average yield IA
wheat IL twenty bushels, which means
that the wheat crop alone win be Abcul
1000, 900 bushels The wheat acreage
last year was IS, 900 acres, and Iii
Yield was sixteen bushels an srre
Rnst injured only q little o6 the whesi
IA Ward county
Pan1 Farnp. = sevenryearold stf q
4sld MI. Issnp ca mi
kiye not M, q - dsnt. shici
naay cripple him for ne while driy
ing With hi mother ana occupyinE
sest o. : stooi II TIE boz of III
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-09-14
4 GRAIN AND GRASS EXHIBIT

Fine Exhibit Has been Put in Place
in the North Dakota Booth at the
Worlds Fair. 2.. A, I.
Worlds Fair, st, Louis. Sept. IA
A very fine exhibit OF this years
grains and grasses has arrived at the
North Dakota booth In the Agricul-
cultural building and has been put into
place. The grains and grasses are
from the Missouri slope and are ex-
ceptionally fine specimens The col
lection was used at the Minnesota
state fair and was shipped from there
by R. J. Turner. secretary Of agricul-
ture and labor: +, :sS. +. n :. l&
The collection Of macaroni wheat
from BurIeigh county has attracted
a great dealof attention already. The
oats are better than any Of the states
that border on North Dakota are
showing. The fine samples Of alfalfa
in the collection are a surprise to
many Of the farmers who live in the
middle states. !,
North Dakota is the first Of the
northern states to put in place grains
raised the present year.
1Sa "
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-09-14
STATE IRRIGATION CONGRESS

STATE IRRIGATION CONGRESS d
z "A meeting Of the North Dakota
Irrigation Congress is hereby called to
be held ct the Opera House III the;
city Of Mamdan on the 27th day Of
September, 1904, being the opening
day Of the state fair. s. VII 5$i
5s The represents alton dn the Congress
will be as follows: All persons who
were members OF the First State Irri-
CATION Congress held at Bismarck,
October 20, 1903; all federal and state
officials Of North Dakota; all mayors
and aldermen OF cities. dn the state
and an members OF boards OF county
commissi "a .5.$s III 55s SIS,
In addition, a general Invitation is
extended to an residents Of the state
who are interested in the cause d
irrigation, to be present and they viii
be provided with seatsin the congress
3. "a. WILLIAMS, s
". 81 BROWN, President
|t5 Secretary.
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Annual Fail & lions 70 DetrpIt and
NJ suffaso and Intsrmsdlats Points 4.
On September 11th, 18th, 18th and
18th. the Duluth South Shore q Attain
TIC Railway. viii have tickets on sale
70 Detroit ana informed iate points and
return 1t rate 81 s12.oo 70 Cleveland
and return, 1880 10 Buffalo and e..
turn, .o0. Win the Duluth, South
Shore q Atlantic Railway % st. 3Ig-
mace, connecting there With the ever
popular Detroit Il Cleveland Nayiga-
ton Company ~ amers. Final rsturn
limits Tor the hrst excursion, ssptem-
ber soth; second excursion. October
3rd; third sxcarsion october II:
and fourth excursion. October 10th.
For full part iculars, sleeping csr d
stateroom reservot ton, apply 10.
MART Apeoll.
.eras n e 3ss
4so spaidins Hotsl Block Duisti B
ltnneaota
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IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE.

NJ ~ gNb a
lnterparliamertary Union Takes >yF
Important Matters. 5.
st. Louis, Sept. 14.-The interparlia
mentary union, whose mission to the
United States is to advance the cause
OF peace and bring about, II possible
universal International arbitration
has taken up in earnest the importan,
matters before it. i. 4. 4
The calling of another session of the
conference held at The Hague had all
ready caused, heated debate in the
executive council and its phraseology
was decided upon only after q compro
mise in which American wording pre-
ponderated. >,,,..-.--. ts5g5. ST; ss55 s5
Congressman Burton of Cleveland
was the spokesman of the council on
The Hague resolution. ~
The proposition to undertake 10 Sc
cure intervention in the Far East was
presented by lie Comte Goblet d'Al
viella of Belgium and DR.. Gobat Of
Switzerland submitted resolution
dealing with international agreements
No time was lost in reaching the
order of business and LIE Comte Goblet
d'Alviella presented the resolutions
calling for intervention in the Russo
Japanese war. He uN-ed its adoption
at some length ana in closing he urged
that the president Of the United States
was quite the proper person to tender
mediation. ~, I. &.s...
The only opposition to the resolu
ton was that it was not vigorous
enough, but the resolution was adopt
ed. #, go. A. ~; @4;s4.J,2
The new Hague conference PROPOSE
ton was next taken up Congressman
Burton of Cleveland presented the
resolution and urged its adoption. The
resolution was supported enthusiasts
tically and its adoption was unanj
mously voted. e <. =, -
BY this resolution President Rpose
velt Is asked to call q second session
Of The Hague conference.
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service 10 tihe oneateet show IN aart,
For threa, 1,,,nf1, Il, AMI t,ftv MAS
the :.R,rn,npto,n Elonta.: 4.,,,oux, +ba
east bank Of the Missdssinn,, rivea. ana
a ,lera,rt,,ra drom 4hs rwsn IN Ia, n T.,
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Home visitors Excursions ].

On September 6, -, 2o,; ~, and
October II; the Chicago Great Western
Railway will sell round trip tickets at
one fare plus $500 to points in Indiana,
Ohio and Kentucky. Good returning
80 days from date Of sale. For further
info' nation write to r. r. Jones. T. a.,
Fargo. N. D. 5. ss.s 4: I
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Teachers indexed Bibles, large
assortment, at The Capital Book Store.
sIds for Coal.

The Board pf Education Of the city
sof Bismarck requests bids for supply
ing 800 tdns more Of less, best lump
Ignite coal. delivered at the several
schools Of the city during season of
100 4-5. Bids to be opened at 8 p.9 a.
Monday. September Il, 1901, at the
clerks ONCE. Right being reserved to
reject any o. 5al bid.
BY order Of the board. s.sSFS
Richard Penwarden, Clerk.