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is an outrage upon the rights OF
citizens who are entitled in civil
life to trial by jury, and in military
life to trial by court-martial.
ANY black man in any part OF
the United States who offers to en-
list in the United States Army to
fill the places of those innocent
but dishonorably discharged men
should be hated and spurned by all
the members of the Army in the
2sth Infantry, and by the Afro
American people at large; and any
member of the 25th Infantry
whose term expires should not
re-enlist in the service, which has
so little regard for him that it gives
him no promotion in the Army
however meritorious his service,
and no protection in his civilian
rights when a mob of hoodlums IN
a Southern town seeks to do him
bodily injury and he retaliates' as
he should, and as all Atro-Amerl-
cans should, under like circum-
stances. If we cannot have
change of policy in the War De
partment toward Afro-AmerIcah
troops in all directions, The Age
earnestly advises the members oi
the three remaining black regl-
ments not to re-enlist when then
term expires, and that Afro-Amerl-
cans everywhere refuse to enter
the Army unless conscriPted to dc
so. If we cannot get justice IN
the Army, we are not compelled to
enter it.-New York Age.
AS it was exclusively stated il
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Helena, l1Nontana, Friday, Nogsm6e, rs, 1906.
SQUARE-DEAL AND DOOROFHOPE POLICY
IS SUSPENDED
ALL RACE JOURNALS 50 DECLARE

the columns of The Broad AK
several weeks ago, which was
doubted by the loud-mouthed So
called Negro leaders Of the Repub-
lican Party in this city, that Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who has long since
proven himself traitor to the Ne
gro race and has gone back on
every pledge that he has made to
it, in the way Of reducing South
ern representation in Congress, on
account of the exclusion of the
Colored voters in those rebellious
states, would dishonorably dis
charge companies B, c and D of
the 18TH United States Colored
Infantry, who saved his life at Ell
Carney, assisting him to win his
great victory, and making it posi-
bic for him to become President of
the United States, unless they re-
vealed the names of it's members,
who participated in the shooting
affray at Fort Brown, Tex, August
18th, in which one white man was
killed, and another wounded, and
it is the first time in the history of
this country, and possibly in the
world in which its Chief Executive
Officer has resorted to such damna-
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Opinions of Other Exchanges

Opinions of Other Exchanges
This summary action of the
President will hardly commend
him to the sober judgment and
approval of his just and conscien-
tious countrymen, or justify him
according to the rules of military
ethics. There was, undoubtedly,
in this large number of enlisted
men and officers, some who knew
who the real perpetrators of the
crime were, and others who did
not know them; and to dismiss
these men in disgrace, and forever
debar them from re-enlistment in
the Army and Navy, OF employ
ment in any civil capacity under
the United States Government,
simply because they would not de-
liver up one of their comrades to
be burned alive by scoundrels, is
shameful in the extreme. If this
is military discipline, then we say,
to hell with military discipline!
The colored soldiers did right to
have nothing to do with it. We
commend them for it. Had Ithey
known and told who the guilty
ones were, and they had been de-
livered up to the Brownsville civil
authorities, there would have been
a lynching bee the next night, and
the United States would have been
the last to afford them military
protection. As it is, they will not
be disarmed, de-uniformed and
then turned over to the Browns
vile authorities. We pity them!
Excerpt Bee, Wash, D. c.
The President has issued orders
dishonorably discharging the men
of the Battalion of the Twenty-ffth
Infantry, stationed in Texas. This
was done because the men refused
to disclose the identity of the men
who were in the shooting scrape at
Brownsville. In this matter grave
injustice has been done the inno-
cent men of the Battalion who
would not perjure themselves to be
retained in the Service. One sig
nificant fact about the matter was
the publishing of the orders the
morning after the Election -Sa-
vannah Tribune.
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On the Move

The gentry who reside in the
tenderloin district are up in arms
at this time on account of the
city officials having the temerity
of leisure and shame. Some OF
them actually rebel and say that
it is entirely wrong to tax any
HIGHER the man that works, even
if he does live with "siren" in
that locality; but that is no news
70 tell Chief Flannery, and with
commendable zeal the campaign
against this vicious Citizenship ?
will be waged until they shall
find Helena not a very desirable
place for their vocation of leisure
and they will truly be on the
move.
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DON'T STOP WITH THE SOLDIERS

Tie discharge Of tie zaOeNty.f1fA Infantry,
as ordered BY the President may be necessary pro
ceedlng in A'u0y discipline. Tie troops haze re-
fused to qtOe the names of those of their number
aUhO are guilty Of the Brou asVte, Ieras riots Of
Augua r. There is something her0ac IN this
sta1dtng Of soldiers for their fr1endS and com
rades, e0eH If 1t is a ktnd Of heroism or loyalty
that may net safely be connte~anced IN tie army.
Bit ii does seem that If these Negro troops are
PUNISHED for refusing TO ans0Oer qneStfonS there
should be lit e more equitable a1blicafton Of the
system all along the line There sheuM be some
exbedtttOns qOay to make others teHhhe truth about
the violation of the AaqO Tie refuge Of "cOnStttn-
fonaI rights should not be aAOued to protect rich
pyafteys aUhen 1t may not be in0Oked to secure i'm
muntty for troops a0A0 haze vfolated Army dFSci-
bhne-KansaS City IfmeS
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glshOnOrable Discharge OF the
Twenty-f1fih Infantry

Twenty-fif,h Infantry
The sole topic of discussion for the
'ast few days, especially among the
nembers of the Colored Race, has
'een what has universally been
'ermed the harsh action of President
HOOSeVelti in dishonorably discharg-
'pg from the United States Army
companies B, c and D. whole Bat
'Alion of the famous 25th Infantry
us action has been so contrary to
sast has been the Presidents atti-
'poe toward struggling race, that
nave been overwhelmed in the
emises, and view with alarm the
D''iOle results to follow in its wake.
"'ie We have not at hand the min
c details of the Brownsville trouble
can think of no exigency that
1'u Oring down upon the head of
ee'fourths of the men of this Pat
nOn' who are entirely innocent of
extreme and humiliating dis
grace.
II
en who have spent the best years
'le'r lives, their ambition almost
"eu'-to retire after their thirty
OF service with only a few
more of service, entirely limo
"el as the black heroes who
the heights of EIcaney and
uan' and who have been awarded
Ais that heroes wear, for gal.
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In discharging in disgrace from
the United States Army an entire
battalion of the 25th Infantry
(colored) because the Company az
a whole would not divulge the
names of those soldiers guilty of
committing the riotous acts at
Brownsville, Texas, some months
ago, President Roosevelt evidently
thinks he is doing the right thing.
When a crime has been committed
the guilty one or ones should be
punished. 1t is the duty of the
innocent ones to inform against
the guilty ones even, though said
guilty ones be comrades and
friends, or even blood relations.
If those troopers really knew the
guilty ones it would have been the
act of good soldiers to have
handed them over to the law, but
of the battalion not perhaps to
exceed fifty knew anything of the
actual participants in the riot,
while the remainder of the soldiers
were probably in their hunks and
asleep, and yet they are to suffer
the same as the guilty ones because,
forsooth, they did not inform
against someone of whom they
knew nothing But a few days
ago and the world denounced the
Atlanta rioters for the wilful kill
ling of harmless and innocent Ne
groes because half a dozen GRIM
inal Negroes had attempted out
RACES. and yet in a milder form
President Roosevelt is doing ex-
actly what the Atlanta rioters did,
sacrificing the innocent for the
acts OF the criminals.
1t is rather remarkable that the
President waited until the last
vote had been cast before giving
out this bit of information, for
had it been made public day be-
fore the election, 80 per cent. of
the Negro votes would have been
snatched from the Republican
Party, and in many of the states a
different tale would have been told
on the various tally sheets at the
polls.
The above are excerpts from EditO.
rials of The Seattle Republican.
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up Dy the government ana de-
mand made on the companies in
volved to reveal the names of the
parties to the troubles. Fearing
they would be lynched, the soldiers
dehed the demands of their supe
rior officers, and stuck together,
mum. AS a result, the President,
the Commander-in-C Chief of the
Army, ordered the Companies dis
honorably discharged.
To a civilian who knows moth
ing Of the rigid discipline of the
Army this act Of the President
looks like a piece Of pure preju-
dice and Negro hatred, and cow
ardly catering to the proud, un
bridled passion of the bloodthirsty
element of the white South; but
Army rules and discipline are not
matters of mercy and sympathy,
and our judgment in such matters
may not always be just. We could
never understand why a man
should be shot to death for run
ming when he is frightened in bat
tie, but it is said the rules of the
Army requite it. The same Presi-
dent who issues this terrible order,
in the same breath issues an order
asking that a prominent white
colonel of the Army be punished
severely for using offensive Ian
guage about Negro soldiers at
Fort Sheridan, and the whole bus
mess may be a part of the great
play of Uncle Sans Army. The
President, in our opinion, did very
wrong, and played into the hands
of the worst element of the South
when he disgraced the men who
saved the flag for a people who
tried to shoot it full of holes. II
the soldiers did wrong they should
have been punished, but the wit
nesses upon whose testimony they
were punished should have beer
freer from race hatred and preju
dice than were the Texas wit
nesses.-Conservator.
We are surprised to learn tha
President Roosevelt has approved
the order for discharging one bat
TALON of the 25th Infantry, sta
toned at Fort Reno, because
few of the soldiers asserted thei1
rights as men in protecting one o.
their comrades against the inva
sion of few Texas rebels, where
they we're stationed. Some Of
these Negro men have been in the
service nearly thirty years, anc
had fought at San Juan Hill, say
ling Roosevelt's life, and prevent
ing his Rough Riders from being
WuT I Al =
entirely wiped out. We think thu
lis one of the unkindests cuts o
all, and President Roosevelt hat
lowered his dignity as a soldier
and a statesman in the estimation
of thousands of loyal American
citizens. We cannot understand
his attitute on the Negro question
at this time. 1t seems that sine
his trip South he has joined hand
with the Southern rebels to con
tinue the outrages on the Negro
1t was not right nor just to dismiss
all these soldiers for the action o
two or three, and we hope Con
gress will take this matter up, re
storing them to their rights.
Governor Hoch, when asked b,
the manager of The Topeka Plain
dealer to telegraph Presiden
Roosevelt, asking that he recal
the order discharging the soldiers
said. 81 did not know it, and vii
, rive the matter my most careful
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IN ustronizing the various firms
b, the necessities of life we urge
Il, readers to look over the adver-
ti,ements that appear in these col
nmns. 1t is a good barometer as
b the appreciation of your patron
ace and the progress of enterprise
conducted by our people.
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There has been quite a little senti'
nent expressed by some few OF our
progressive citizens regarding the
iOrming of Business Protective AS
lOciation, having for it's object the
promotion of business enterprises by
bur people. The movement is a
iplendid one, and has the active and
instituted support of THE PLAIN
DEALER. After certain matters of a
public nature, which we are busily
Engaged In at the time, are settled,
Pc shall do our utmost to assist in
putting such on Organiza tion on foot,
b which we shall asked for the united
hPpOrt of that part of our citizen
nip which is desirous of accomplish
ng something for the material ad-
Eancement of our race.
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II ia we'll for the complexion OF
~ Goth Congress that the order
w. I;sbonorably discharging the bat
.aIioD Of the 25th Infantry was
"ithb.ld until after the election.
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True to the spirit of the moss
hack democracy the Independent
laws let bygones be bygones. 1t
|. tba same old story in the same
I'D way.
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nm MONTANA PLAINDEALER.

INN MONTANA PLAlNDhALHO'
,,,.D.d weekly by The M0nt"n"
PaO"P PIsindeaIer Company
B. BASS, EDITOR
lion s,oo per year, Strictly in Ad-
saO'ehP''II ,Ir.r,isine Rates on Application.
Entered :, ..eona-el..' matter april April a.
hA'''s ., po,t Office at Helena, Montana,
ISo' : A., Of Congress of March 3, 1879.
,,,,,, ali Communications to The Montana
A''', D,.ird.sler, I9 South Main Street,
Helena, Montana.
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Evidently President Roosevelt
does not believe in the Book of
Books, wherein it teaches that it
/ better that ninety and nine
guilty escape than that one that
1 innocent shall be pun
|shed; but on the contrary ninety
snd nine innocent shall be pun
shed rather than one whom is
guilty shall escape.
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cOnslderatlon.
We next went to Congressman
Curtis and made the same request, I,
which was granted, and the mes
sage reached the President before
his departure for Pansma.-To
peka Plaindealer.
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PEACE !!

pRosPERITYl!
UNIONlll
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The Issue in Nebraska

Mr. Rsrge was the Democratic and Popust
ernor or Nebraska
wneng majority except for the Roosevelt landslide He
the raHr0ad question the OF his
the lobby bribery
insisted that
Whcn
Dy these
passenger rates and betay the
terests involved The without parallel
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THE COMMoNER

George W. Berge, of Lincoln, editor and pub.
Usher of the Nebraska Independent and fusion
candidate for Governor in 1904, has published
book entitled '.The Free Pass Bribery System
MIR. Berge deals with the pass bribery evil in
plain language, and points out with unerring
precision the evils that follow in the train of
this form of political corruption. lie is not
content with showing how politics is corrupted
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feet uron the great masses of the people. Rail-
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THE REPUBLICAN,.
SPRINGFIELD. MASS.

The Free Pass Bribery System" is book of
Nebraska production and consists of various
addresses, newspaper editorials and chapters
in vigorous denunciation of the free pass evil.
me author IS George w. Berge, lawyer of
Lincoln, and editor of the independent newspa-
per, who ran for governor of the state in 1904 on
the fusion ticket. Mr.. Berge speaks strongly,
and his handling of the politicians who accept
these little brides is scathing as it ought to be-
1t Is his opinion that the people will never Sc
cure through their legislative agencies an eff
fective control of the railroads as long as the
free pass control of politicians is tolerated.
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Ex-Lieutenant Governor Endorses II

York, Neb.--Hon. George w. Berge MY Dear
Sir: am reading your book. THE Free Pass
Bribery System and hasten to assure you of
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esting and instructive exposition of the inf1u-
ence of the pass in defeating wholesome rail-
road legislation and in mainta lining a most de-
testable railroad domination in this country
Your book is a timely and valuable contribu-
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YORK. NEB.. DEMOCRAT

THE contents of the book are highly salts
factory. As its title imparts, it is discussion
of the pass evil and Is forcibly and clearly writ
ten 1t shows up the methods by which the
railroad companies de- eat railroad legislation
and maintain their dominion over the state
through the instrumentality in the main by the
railroad pass The book strikes fearlessly and
powerfully at one of the greatest evils of our
time and ought to meet with a hearty reception
from the reading public
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ZION TO the discussion of the paramount issno If
tne hour and Will, no doubt have great inf1u-
ence In centering attention upon the most M
tent ana demoralizing agency of corruption in
existence. Everybody ought to read IT,
r. A. GILBERT.
Candidate Seeks Information
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ID the legislature and am hopeful of getting
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sos'ion = 'o-eleceeo' DAVID ELEY.
Values The Book Highly
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out 1t Tor four prices of it. G. e. CADwEII
Former Land Commits toner's View
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mucn satisfaction. 1t treats the subject in ali
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IL ought to be read by every voter in the whole
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ana TO many 1t will prove veritable reveIa.
ton. I Y W 1s1,a
Fighting the Pass Evil
Weatherford Tex.--I am making fight down
s"inoo 'nie esh. H. L.. STENNIS.
Texas Legislator Needs II
Waxohachie, TEXAS member of tho last
two legislatures of this state have striven for
anti Tree pass legislation and desire to road
what you nave to say inaSmuch as / eynaot r.,
renew my Efforts next session. j M AIDERnIcE
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State Institutions in Grip of Pass Bribery System
The Betrayal OF the People by Pass-Holding Oficias
NO Hope for Railroad Regulation From National Cong1
Until the Free Pass System is DESTROYED in the States
Serving Two Masters.
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Astounding Disclosures
ey. The
o { he
issoinsid

many unconscous creeping paralysis it
sea on the man and has him in its before he
that nearly state
mat Is used police force
tortonate freight and
pe and IN al other matters In dispute
people ~ VIVID and the
pass for ONCE how tsesup
pulls
% and That this Bribery Sys
wholesome touching control Of the rail-
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WHAT PHASE OF THE

road methods are exposed in scathing terms.
MI Berge made his campaign for governor
upon the railroad pass issue and the fact that
ne ran many thousands ahead of his ticket
shows in measure the deep interest the people
OF Nebraska are taking in this phase of the rail
road problem. THE Free Pass Bribery System"
is valuable contribution to current political
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among those who are interested in making the
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of the people
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Fighting the Pass Evil

Weatherford, Tex.-I am making fight dow
mere against tnls evll. r. l.. STENNIs
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The Free Pass-HOlderS Policing SQUAD
The Most Powerful Weapon of this Polio
Bribery System.
Professional Pass Distributors and Pass
The Seductive Influence of the Free Pas
Passes and Perjury.
The Lobbyists Organize the Legislature.
Pass Bribery leads to Graft.
The Free Pass System Leads to Double
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THE FREE PASS BRIBERY SYS7EM'|

Inc whole country shocked at the disclosures
cry put the author Of this
railroad bribery
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Eminent Educator Endorses II

Lincoln. Neb.--Hon. George W. Berge My
Dear Mr.. Berge: have just finished reading
THE Free Pass Bribery System, and close it
with the conviction that it will have career.
1t is the clearest and completest explanation of
current western politics that have ever seen.
Your style is terse, brilliant and effective, you
have avoided partisanship and you have ex-
pressed yourself with great moderation and
self-restraint. Although the book deals with
Nebraska conditions, it will no doubt attract
attention outside the state. | hope you will not
fail to send a copy to the Hon. James Bryce,
author of THE American Commonwea lth .
who always appreciates realistic studies of
American politics. With the best wishes for
hearty reception of your book, | remain
EDWARD A. Ross,