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CRISIS II WILL CONTEST.
Handwriting Experts to Testify in
Crawford Case To-day.

Scranton Pa. O--. s.-T1e crucial Pc
riod in The Crawford VIII contest. in which
George 3. schoo-ey Of Philadelphia, is
seeking to get q million dollars from the
estate Of lis cousin. James l. Crawford.
win be reached Tomorrow morning. when
three experts VIII be- Dul ol The stand TO
testify as TO the signatures to the letter
and viii uuGe- which l--. ScE0oIey has
made his claim. The -Eper,s are David
X. Carv5la9. OF Etw York; William J.
Kinsley. 81 New York. and Albert s. Os-
borne. OF Rochester, n. r.
All tEis afternoon the experts have been
at work getting the Crawford letter to-
sether. This Was done under tue eye Of
Francis p Davis. ~ counsel fer Sch0oley.
so fearful axe tEe petitioners that some
tHius 1S-l .-Dgel To the precious papers
il tEe ls
The respondents Ete this afternoon per
mitted the fact 90 leak out that they VIII
seek TO establish tL1r the signatures 10
the VIII and letter furnished by Schooley
We're traced over the signature Of q rub
Der stamp. Sis sensational developments
are expected tomorrow.
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DID No4 close Schools.

Pupils OF the public schools did not
view the parade Of the Spanish War Vet
Grams yesterday. and considerable dis
appointment was the result Superin-
tendent Chancellor in the morning an
n0unced that no request had been made
by the local committee of the veterans
and that he would not close the schools
without such action
The Washington herald., 1906-10-10

Hogan. Of Brooklyn, pale blue broad
cloth; Mrs. Jennie Rudolf. white French
lawn. Mrs Campbell, white net;
Miss Harriet Hawley cream crepe de
chine; Mrs Galloway, white chiffon and
lace: SIrs Bennett Graham. OF Brook
lyn, white net. Mrs Bean, Of Los .Ange-
les. Cal. black lace and jet Mrs. Grace
=. Woodburn. black voile with. trimmings
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le-1I Temperatures.

s.- .-. q. ul.. 6>. q. H.. 60.
g.. p Ha4n IS: . p. m.. e.
B.. q. m.. 59- 10 D. m IS.
ra. .c- g. m. 20; s p.
t.rr % s-HshiH. s.. Pr
te last year-NaA.mmn. SO;
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sembrich and Gadsl,i Arri,c.

New York. Oct. 9.-Mesdames Sembrich
and Cadsld arrived here to-day on the
North German Lloyd liner Kaiser VIII
helm II. Both will sing again this season
at the metropolitan opera House.
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SIrrer i. scr I,rne

Richmond. Va. oct 9.-C-C. Chldress.
charged with the murder of =. b. Kelley.
a SeabOard Air Line engineer. several
days ago, was discharged at the preIim-
mary trial to-day. The cor0ner's Jury
had already retIreI O verdict of acci-
dental shooting. and the evidence to-day
confirmed Jhat decision
The Washington herald., 1906-10-10
CIVIL SERVICE FRAUDS.
Charges of Examinations BY ProzicS
Are Being Iuvcstieasca.

Frankfort. Ky, Oct. 9.-Dietllct civil
Service Secretary e. ". MCss. cf Cacin-
natl. has been nero Investigating ,He
charge Of alleged violation Of civil 81
Viee by certain of.cioIs- 1t is charged
that educated men qualified To- stand tae
name of others. who really sought tHe
place were inserted i1 the papers. and
that iR this way political debts had be %
paid 20 parties who could nos otherwise
have gotten into the government service
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Eatl-e WHs n hcr kiudest mood yes
t afaru0m during the parade of
Jae aiod Spanish War Veterans. and
i.e allyrE aaJ >emi-miHary organiza-
-uas --at turned oat 90 do honor TO the
a aHotsHiis.e- ia tAe cause OF Cuban
iadrp p.uI.ae. .igat years ago
f. Route ul tac parade was Il mass of
s1-ors-rea white. and blue ntermingIed
Ntrl tae red-and-ycilow of the order II
is estimated that uo less than l25.0oe per
I..- t.e sidewalks and occupied
phases a. advmuga il ihc windows and
un %. plrdeos and balconies OF building
..oa t.e lly of march. Everywhere the
s were sr.etsd with enthusiastic ap-
Iaa
uay was Auspicious.
1laH sEl IS due 20 the local com
Iu--.- VI citizens and soIdiery. whose
members arranged tile parade. There was
Io dsla ae .uy tmt. no break in the
ise. ua unfortunate Incidents 20 mar the
spectacle, -s sun shore bright. flags
huttea g.iIE .u the autumn breeze.
wt. tte .lr was rent with the olaudits
Of ..e watching hosts as volunteer aud
f-su.2r. any and navy. national guard
- l-Fi reserve. members If the Grand
Ef oi t1e Republic. and the younger
Fst.r-'s af taa Spanish war marched by
WIZ. regular rhythm. ruuct GJteJ with beat
e. lr"H and hleI.s barc.
H fH" mos, successful mill
'l #.t..s which Jle Capital City has
.... .t SD great iu point Of
sem" 1t past history. bat one
F..- served tr remind the oulo0ka rs
other, tUat tlo last vestigc
~ ...s PASSED away. and thut
l n. tre blue dEd gray stand
t "" t.. patriotic work in
a q. IS. r.. whose uronzed
veterans yesterday escorted
ranks apo composed uf mau
-s-l and south alike
Ere -touScnd 1.au I'm Line.
... .. numbers yesterdays pa
u.lu spectacle. II is
t rr. W.r. not less than
a Eua-tEe largest parade
rr-al ont under the nu-
g. ~. r. The line o.
l t.a Peace Monument up
avenue to washington Cir
rr. Col. NJ Emmett
ar-.--cIi-f =. W "
%. with -Ee follow
. eEe--iG-Ctief j. Warren
.HaE .r-iu-Chitf William
Ffsf CaumaEder-!u-Chief
rraU, Gen. =. ". Whita-
T. E1Is-- Alai. o.. C. Pierce. chap
AS Capt Benjamin =. Hyer.
ia rT. r. S. a., Capt Emil
O. Second Regiment. y. c. Y
G. .r- Robert Cook First Regiment.
i N-- 0.- Lieut.. Wilson b. Evans.
Battalion. ID. c. y c..
.' a.. [.uu.E.r. naval battalion d.
a- James Dawliug. naval battal-
L-- H- N- O.. Capt Harlow Street:
ta. @. A. r.. New Hampshire:
E.- N..H- r. g. Vols. Capt. Francis
f..- Capt. Trsd O. Cook; Capt.
E" s. H. Druar- Lieut.. Sheridan
t .-- Anthony TIolmead. J.
Costello. -I.s Camp: George A JONES.
Dewey Camp. John j. O'Brien. Harden
sullivan Astor Camp: John
d. r.... Bar. Camp. Walter 5 Hale.
a..-- co.. California. G. r. Rougeou.
-- . [arE tlipu, Past Department
CrH .fs- al Indiana c. b. Karr: Capt.
Guy o. HT... past adjutaut general
Tn .." '.s- division were four companies
l -.- artillery from Forts Washington
and H.u- 1870 Held batteries from Fort
ayer detachment from the Signal
CaruS d. S. As battalion OF naval re-
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Nature smiles Oh Soldiers Of
li>il-AmePican War.
GRAND 4BNY TURNS 0CT
Military Pageant Yesterday was
leafuEe OF EnCampment,

I;ce iar srmy ToEcS Part in Parade.
a=~ana~ i-inc Sidewalks TO Cheer
tar rciiers-}ioUnted Escort of
ti-sEeEs lead One DiviSion-LadieS'
Aaai'iars wins Hcarts Applause.
ircsident saw Only Rear Guard.
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DIED.

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Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07
q. J. tiOLYOAKE DEAD

British radicalism has lost one OF
its most noted figures by the death
of George Jacob Holvoake, last
Monday. Holyoake was born in
1877. While still a young man he
became known as an exponent OF
the ideas of Robert Owen. the great
est of the Utopians. Later he was
prominent as an exponent of secular
ism, which he defined as system
basing duty on purely human con-
siderations, regardless of religious
belief or unbelief. He was impris-
oned on a charge of Atheism, being
the last person to suffer under En-
glish law for that crime" He was
prosecuted also for persistant vio-
lation of the law taxing newspapers
the tax on knowledge, as it was
commonly called-and his convic-
ton virtually caused the repeal Of
the law. Later he devoted his en-
ergies to the cooperative move
ment. Worker.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07

Last September the United Mine
Workers entered into an agreement
with the Spring Greek Coal COM
pany. The owner of this property
is Mr.. Sam Gebo. The agreeme mt
between the Spring Creek Coal COM
pany and the local union of the
United Mine Workers of America
was signed by Superintendent Nc
Laughlin on behalf of the coal com
pany, and by John Morton on be-
half of the mine workers. The
agreement entered into was that the
company pay the miner by the day
instead of a tonnage rate, and the
pay that the miners were to receive
was So. 90 per day, the miner to fur
nish his own oil; or the company
furnish oil and pay the miner S.. so
per day of eight hours work.
This agreement was signed for
twelve months, but before this
agreement was reached the miners
of the Spring Creek Coal company
wished to renew their old agreement
with the Spring Greek Coal com
pany, which called for a tonnage
rate of 81. SO per ton mine run. but
this proposition the management
would not consider at all, but offer
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07

Ii does not look good to me.
After holding a conference with
Mr.. Gebo, he stated that unless the
present agreement is annulled and
one made more favorable to his
mind, he will be compelled to close
his mine. Our answer to this state
ment is: Close your mine; for we
will accept no other agreement than
the one we entered into"
Now l state these facts to the pub
lie. and can prove every statement
have made relating to this man Ge-
bo, who calls himself a business
man.
What if all the other coal oper-
ators in the state of Montana were
business men of this same sort as
Mr.. Gebo is, and paid as little at
tention to their word of honor as
Mr.. Gebo doesp 1t would not take
prophet of any great note to fore
cast what the harvest would be. Now
l do not think that there is an
other operator in the district who
would think for one moment of an
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07
Defends the
Barricade
Correspondent Thi IS Murray Kings
Idea" Is Toe lSlow''-Force
Must Supp It Ballot.

In the News of January ~, is an
article by Murray f. King on The
Real Revolution. 1t seems to me
the position taken by Comrade King
is fundamentally wrong, and if such
advise were generally followed it
would soon produce an entirely use
less socialist movement.
The theory of non-resistance is
very beautiful, and no one can be
more desirous than | of seeing it be-
come the law of universal inter
course. However, what we would
like to do and what we are forced
to do are sometimes two entirely diff
ferent things.
Comrade King says let us use
the ballot according to rule pre-
scribed by the constitution of the
United States and thus rise to power
within the law" That would be
all right if we could be told how to
use the ballot where we are distran-
chised, as in the seven southern
states where property, educational
and tax-paying qualifications are on
the statutes and so construed as
to shut out a large proportion of the
working class; or in North Dakota
where a residence of one year is re-
auired, thus debarring at least 20
per cent of the workers in the state
during September and October. II
some one will persuade the paid re-
tainers of capitalism to be good and
let US vote, then persuade them to
be good some more and count the
votes and announce the result, then
we may have a chance of appealing
to that indehnable something called
Public Sentiment"
Public Sentiment" is often con-
sidered TO be an impartial jury which
stands between capital and labor
and finally decides their disputes,
but it is an unknown quantity for
the reason that it does not exist.
Evrey member of The public
is for or against capitalism. Then
who shall we appeal tor To our
selves2 We are doing that now
To the capitalists, our enemies
That is absurd, The lamb had a:
we'll appeal to the wovles that sur
round it.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07

ed the day rate as quoted above,
which was accepted by the miners
of the Spring Greek Coal company
and signed by the contracting part
les, as stated before, for 0twelve
months. and has been in operation
from October /, 1905, to January
at, 1906,
On the a3d of this month / re-
ceived message from Lewistown
stating that there was some trouble
with the company in regard to the
agreement and wishing me to come.
On my arrival in Lewistown l was
surprised to learn Mr.. Gebo wish
ed to annul the agreement which we
had entered into for twelve months,
and substitute tonnage rate for a
day pay rate.
Mr.. Gebo states that his superin-
tendent entered into this agreement
with the miners without his knowl-
edge. Now will state right here
that / question Mr.. Gebo's veracity
in making the above statement. |
can't conceive the idea for a mo-
ment that his superintendent would
have the unlimited nerve to transact
important business without first con-
sulting the owner of the property.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07
Operator GebO RepudiateS Contract
With LeWiStOWn Miners.

another point; that the miners after
signing this agreement could not
make wages at the prices quoted and
came to Mr.. Gebo for change OF
agreement and stated that if they
did not get any change they would
strike. The result would be that they
would make a laughing stock out of
themselves, as Mr. Gebo has made
out of himself. But there would be
this difference, if these men did
strike after making an agreement,
the district board would protect Mr..
Gebo, yetoing the strike, and if
these men would not go back to work
the board would strainevery nerve to
procure men elsewhere to take the
places of those who refused to com
ply with the agreement. But in this
case this business man can play the
part of cur, and there is none to
say that he must keep his obligation.
| hope the coal operators which we
have agreements with will treat this
renegade, who has sweryed from the
straight and narrow way of business
principles, with absolute contempt,
for this gentleman will not play the
game fair. He won't sit in the game
unless he can cold deck it.
JOHN NORTON,
President of Dist. No. az, u. M.
w. of A.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07

the nomination of anybody on any
ticket where such tickets had re-
ceived no previous vote for presi.
dental elector.
Man With Money.
This law is one that compels the
man to hunt the Office, instead of
the Office hunting the man. The
man with money has the advantage.
The poor man has none. OF all
pieces of legislation passed by the
the legislative assembly of Mon
tana this Senate Bill No. 10 is che
most favorable to corporate inter-
ests. Its whole intent is 10 suppress
new parties, and prevent them from
entering the political arena. The
law hasn't got redeeming feature
about it. 1t does not undertake to
do away with any form of corrupt
practices.
Limitless Corruption.
The endless chain racket can be
used to advantage here. The men
who will be nominated under this di-
rect primary abortion will be the
INSCRIPTIONS tools who will spend
corporation funds for their nomina-
ton.
The republicans have gained one
advantage by this law and that is,
they have prevented the democrats
from fusing with the pops"
AS the labor party had no presi-
dental electors of their own, they
are scratched off the political map
under this bill. There were a doz-
en- labor" men in the House and
they couldn't see their doom. But
then there are none so blind as they
who will not see.
Suppose there are FIVE thousand
votes in certain county. Suppose
1000 are republican and 1000 demo
cratic and the other one thousand
non-committal. The non-commit-
tai fellows are the boys" who are out
for the dough-" The politicians
know this. They divide the one
thousand into two parts, and with
the aid of these surplus voters, they
can nominate at the primaries the
very tools whom the trusts desire.
Once they are on the tickets, you
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07

have Hobson's choice; and no mat
ter who wins, the corporations win.
Yes, there is a provision for a
non partisan" ticket. Who ever
heard of a non partisan ticket. In
other words there is a provision for
sore head ticket The nominees
OF the poor old soreheads must un-
der this act secure two per cent of
the votes cast for the highest presi-
dental elector as signers together
with as many afiidavits. The affi-
davit man seems 10 be a parsonage
of high degree under Senate Bill 7o.
Literally Construed.
The trainers of the bill did not
frame il for any love OF Justice. In
the first place they say that the
bill can be literally construed
by the courts, and then provide that
the courts themselves will not be
subject to any provisions of the act.
This means that if some clever in
terpreters should find anything favor
able to the masses in the bill that
the courts will have power to over
rule such interpretations under the
words of section I: This statute
shall be literally construed"
Chief Objections.
The chief objections to this bill
may be enumerated as follows:
Class Legislation.
I. 1t is class legislation, because
1t is not universal. 1t would never
do to place the direct nomination
of the governor, the attorney gener-
al and the judges in the hands of the
common people. The governor is
the head of the state militia; the at
torney general has the power of
prosecution ;and the judges have the
power of handing down decisions.
Such important instruments of gov
ernment can never be nominated
directly by the people.
Expensive.
q. The bill makes it expensive
for candidates to enter the race
for office. The intention is to cue
out the wage worker and make Office
holding the special prerogative of
the parasite. 1t is not necessary
for the parasite to have money, the
corporation will furnish it.
Suppress Reform.
3. The bill aims at suppressing
all kinds of reform movements.
Stimulates Corruption.
4. 1t does not prevent corruption
but stimulates it, 1t is much easier
to work the endless chain and the
Carbon" method under this bill
than in a mass primary or in a del
egate convention.
Makes Perjurers.
1t will make perjurers out of bad
men and thus tend to civic deprav-
ity more than ever before.
MuItiplies Red Tape.
6. There is so much red tape
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07

direct primaries in the various
counties Throughout the state of
Montana, is one of those safely
guarded" laws passed by the last leg
islative assembly that ought to be
embalmed and then placed on ex-
hibition on one of the walks leading
to the state capitol, as a monument
of the villany to which the repre-
sentatives of the people (1)" always
resort when endeavoring to fulfil
their ante-election pledges to the
public.
Direct" Promises.
Prior to the last election, most
parties in the state favored direct
primaries, direct legislation, and di-
rect railroad supervision. The dear
people took them at their word and
sent them to Helena to enact their
promises into law. When they got
to Helena they proceeded to hire all
the female clerks in the state to aid
them in their momentous undertak-
ing. After making all kinds Of ap-
preparations for their material CON-
forts at the capitol, they finally,
about the end of the session, got
down to a hurried fulfilment of their
pledges.
The dignifed and august Senate
tackled the direct primary propo.
sition. The House concurred in
their acion, and ]. X. Toole approx
ed it as governor of the state.
Senate a Fossil.
The Senate is a fossel of privi-
lege at best. and the common people
should always be suspicious of its
work. Nobody is surprised at Joe
Toole signing such bill as Senate
Bill No. 70. Joe went into a fu-
sion convention and promised that
convention everything on the calen-
dar. and after election never kept
a single promise. Why such an
imposter as that would sign Senate
Bill No. 7o is easy to comprehend
The Senate, the House and the gov
ernor were the creatures of corpor-
ations and special privileges. To
pass a direct primary law that would
be just and honest would never do
hence that abortive thing known
as Senate Bill No. 7o.
Not Apply to State.
The act does not apply to the
state but only to counties and cities.
United States senator's. congress
men, state officers, school officers,
and judges are exempt. These
must be nominated under the old
law. All others may be nominated
by direct primaries.
Under the direct primary act,
John Doe, for instance, must first
run around the community and Sc
cure a certain number of nomina-
ton papers. Each nomination pa
per must be sworn to. Here is a
graft for some tin-horn lawyer.
Three per cent of the total vote of
his party must be secured. If there
are ten thousand democratic votes
in Silver Bow the candidate for
coroner must secure three hundred
sworn nomination papers, each one
accompanied by an affidavit Sup
pose each affidavit cost half dol
lar poor old John Doe would be out
SIso for the privilege of having his
name placed upon the official ballot
to be voted on in the primary, and
then poor old John Doe may not be
able to get 10 votes in the primary.
II the 600 men who promised him
his support failed to vote for him
the law does not provide for their
punishment. 1t is a poor law that
cuts the poor man out of the race
for office-and Senate Bill 7o is the
poorest of the poor. Ii is rich
mans law. 1t abolishes nomina-
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07
Corporation Measure.

9. 1t is a pure graft bill, framed,
and given birth to by few corpor-
alton agents in the last legislature.
One of the peculiar facts about
Senate Bill 7o, is that nobody in the
state advocates its submission to
the people except a few Amalgam-
ated papers in Montana. The bill
was originated by a few agents OF
the copper trust, and nobody excep,
copper collared journals, is asking
for its adoption,
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07
Kill the Political Serpent.

Every voter in the state should
do his best to kill this political SER
pent. There are many reasons why
it should be killed as already emu
merated, but the fact that the Anal
gamated papers are crying for its
adoption should make every freeman
suspicious. These papers are not
advocating the adoption of direct
legislation, nor would they be advo-
eating direct primaries if there was
justice in the bill. Then let us
down this Standard Oil spawn.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07
Makes Delegates Nonenities.

8. 1t makes the ancient order of
delegates a mere coterie of noneni-
ties, whose only business will be to
select few chair-warmers to go to
a state convention and name a tool
of the trusts for head of the state
militia.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07

about it that 1t tends to cultivate
subserviency in the average breast.
The capitalist tool is paid to kill
the spirit of liberty if possible. His
motto is The end justifes the
means
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07
Fosters Ward-heeIers.

7. 1t gives the ward heeler a field
in which to earn a living. At last
it elevates the work of ward -heeling
into a profession. In the future the
ward-heeler will rank in prestige
with the wire puller and the ward
hose
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-02-07
Primary
Elections
Senate Bill No. 79 Impedes Free Choice
of the PeOple-..VOte
1t Down.

tions by mass meeting. 1t tabolishes
the nomination of anybody on any
ticket where such tickets had re-
ceived no previous vote for presi.
dental elector.