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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10
SOUNDS LIKE

Martin R. Preston, who is serving
a sentence Of twenty-five years in the
Nevada state penitentiary for murder,
Is the presidential nominee OF, the So
cialist labor party, according to press
dispatches. Think of It, a party Of
supposedly sane Americans, in con-
vention assembled, naming a felon as
their choice for the highest honor
in the gift Of the American people.
And the nomination was unanimous.
Worse still, Daniel McLeonl in plaac-
ing the candidate in nomination said
that Preston was in Jail for conduct
that is honorable and which no work
ing man should be ashamed Of. He
then went on to explain that the man,
whose name he proposed, had been
sentenced to twenty-five years in
prison for shooting a restaurant keep
er In Goldfield, three years ago during
a strike
Nominating a murderer for presi-
dent and endorsing his act, stamps the
seal Of approval of the socialist labor
party on disorder, lawlessness and
crime and the followers OF such doc
trines have no more right to %considera,
ton at the hands OF the American
people than the anarchist aliens, who
come to our shores and by their utter
ances place themselves in universal
contempt. Disfranchisement in this
case would be justifable.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10
PRACTICAL Mr.. MURPHY.

Judging from the press dispatches,
practical Mr.. Murphy of Tammany is
still in a receptive mood as to the de-
livery OF the seventy-eight votes Of
New York. During Wednesdays dem.
onstration after mention of Bryan's
name, when pandemonium reigned for
one hour and twenty-sevens minutes,
as a result OF the childish efforts Of
the Democrats to shade the Taft dem.
onstration, practical Mr.. Murphy and
the New York delegates remained in
their seats and took no part in the
scheduled and pre-arranged outburst
of enthusiasm; Even when nearly one
thousand cheering delegates gathered
around him and the band played THE
Gangs All Here" the Tammany lead
er and his followers retained their
composure and refused tosbecome en-
Unused.
Murphy is for his own organization,
Il Croker was for his own pocket,
this week and all the time. He has
no love for a loser. He has no par.
ticular love for Bryan; but the 'allies''
will have to show him before he takes
any chances OF missing a place on the
band wagon. He says SO himself. It
IS all m to Murphy, Sc long as Tam
many makes good for. Tammany.
I2Fa XIX ~
The defeat Of Colonel Guffey has
dealt a death. blow to the reports Of
the ability Of the "allies'' to put a
spoke In, Bryan's wheel with the two
thirds rule. The latest figures mot
only credit Bryan with q two-thirds
majority. but with % than four.
lfths Of the 1902 delegates. It ID. q
reasonably safe prediction that this
convention viii prove to be, like the
st. Louis gathering Of 1900 more Of
4 ratification meeting than q convea.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

To those who are planning decora-
ytions 1t may be well eeoughsto suggest
that the Eagles colors are red, white
and blue.-Daily Muscular.
Last week It was Pickett and Hull.
and the Carnival, hut for the next
ninety days 1t will be George and Pace
and the State Fair.-Helena 1ndepen-
dent.
II, as stated in the morning dis
patches from Denver, there are al
ready 80 candidates for the vice presi-
dency, Montana and Virginia will take
pleasure in making 1t an even 40.-s
Great Falls Leader.
Postmaster Malcolm Gillis Of Butte
came back from Chicago and made q
"holler" because a Windy City hotel
charged him SIS for a one night.
Aha! Butte knows hom 1t goes now.
Didn't a Butte hotel, last fall, charge
Editor Metcalf Of the Glendive Review
IS cents for a dish of cucumbers?-
Red Lodge Picket.
The, innocent bystander may be par
doned II, deep down in his heart, he
might wish that the city council pass
an ordinance regulating the speed and
general conduct OF automobiles, Of
which there are a million, more or
less, In the city at present, and every
driver in the bunch Is fast becoming
Ia speed maniac.-Bozeman Republic
can-Courier.
What a sad predicament the resolu-
tons committee at Denver would be
in II the telephone line between Lin
coin and Denver should go down. The
submission Of each plank to the peer
less One" before Its presentation to
the convention is setting q precedent
in national conventions which is q big
advance in political observation-disclosures
Daily Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10
why NOT 3 Loup7

AS the time for the Republican
State Convention draws near and the
party is casting about for candidates
for the various state ofices. we would
suggest Q candidate from eastern
Montana for the position Of Associate
Justice Of the Supreme Court to sue
coed Justice Holloway whose term OF
ONCE expires next January.
Eastern Montana has NJ represen.
tation ON the bench. From every con-
sheraton OF political expediency, as
we'll as geographical equality in the
distribution Of political favors, east
ern Montana is certainly entitled this
year to recognition, and is in a posi-.
ton, If necessary, to demand 1t Of the
republican party.
We have not consulted the gentle.
man and do not know that he would
accept the nomination II It were Of
fered him, but we are willing to take
a long chance in suggesting the name
Eof Hon. G. n. Loud Of Miles City for
the position mentioned.
No man ADLER than Judge Loud q
better equipped for this high and
honorable judicial once can be found
in the State. For more than eleven
years he has occupied the once 9
Judge Of the Seventh Judicial Dis
trict. and during this time has &C
quilted himself with honor. His I'm
partially. integrity. and judicial bear
ing, coupled with his uniform courtes,
to the bar and others having business
before him has won for him the dis
tincton Of being one Of the fatrest ant
most impartial jurists in the state.
Several times his name has BEEF
mentioned for the Supreme Court
but he has never sought the position
being contented to serve his constl
tuents where he resides.
Judge LIQUIDS long service - s3udg'
Of his district eminently qualities him
we believe for the supreme Court
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

Bryan expels Guffey and holds out
the olive branch to Hearst. This.
looks like discrimination, but 1t
must be remembered that Hearst
strength is in a state, that was close
last year. AZ
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

ton proper.
Murphy said q week ago that the.
Tammany delegates were going to
Denver to deliberate. The delibera-
tion will probably result in q Bryan
Tammany arrangement, to the mutual
advantage OF both high contrasting
parties.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

The marriage of Anna, Gould and
Prince Hello is the closing chapter in
a story, taken from real life, the de-
tails Of which foreign newspaper cor
respondents saw to it ERE not lack
ing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

Pessimists, knockers and skeptics,
take notice! Work on Billings new
union depot. which when completed
will be one Of the finest on the North u
ern Pacific railroad, has been started
and We have every assurance that the
structure will be completed this year.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

Alice Longworth ID no nide-bound
partisan at least. She cheered long
and loud for William Jennings Eryan
the other day at Omaha. 4
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

The Oyster Bay date line is not 50
CONSPICUOUS at is should be consider
ing that its popularity this summer
will be the last for at least four
years.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10
INTERESTING FACTS.

Seven Of the sons and daughters OF
the Merstham (England) c%ertenarian
Mrs. Maynard, married seven brothers
and sisters named King.
Guanajuato holds the worlds record
as a silver producer, having yielded
81, 1000, 00o, 1000 Mexicans in the last
three and a half centuries.
One hundred and three men were
killed and about 200 badly injured by
the explosion aboard the French
battleship Jena, March 10. 1907.
B5ats engaged in mackerel fishing
of Milford, England, have landed as
many as 10000 fish, and a hundred
FISH have been sold for a shilling.
According to Mitchell's Newspapers
Press directory there are now pub
lished in the Uninted Kidom alone
70 fewer than 1888 newspapers.
Two new electrical journals appear
cd recently about the same time bear
ing the same name One comes from
New York and the other from Chica-
go.
Georgina Ash,rn. q singer who was
fined at the Ea1ylebone (London)
police court for icing Intoxicated and
incapable, ce.c;a, I'd that she had bean
singing at a house in the West END,
aud that she was overpowered by the
scent Of the flowers with which the
room was fled.
Sleeplessness is often caused by the
head being exposed to the cold, while
the rest of the body is warm. In nine
cases out Of ten II the head is cover
ed with a silk handkerchief it will in
duce sleep.
The story is now going the rounds
Of the country papers about q man
who visited the paying-teller's win
dow in a bank and asked for one OF
the new coins with "God Bless Our
Home" left OF. e-
When the Pennsylvania Railroad
completes a two-mile section between
Vineyard and Newton Hamilton,
Mifflin County, it will have a com
plete four-track system between Phil
adelphia and P%ittsburg.
Take water in which walnut hulls
: have soaked over night and pour "
: on a spot Of ground. In a very few
hours the fishing worms will come
to the surface and can easily be SO
cured for your expedition.
t According to Edwin Warfield, lately
Governor OF Maryland, there's a differ
ence between Ex-Governor and former
I Governors. An Ex-Governor Is he who
went after the office again and didn't
r get it. A former Governor is he who
4 didn't seek reelection and returned t.
9 everyday life. $
The one hundredth anniversary o.
the birth OF General Manuel Lui'
9 Osorio, who vas commander-in-chie'
: of the Brazilian forces in the Para
' guayan war, was celebrated IN Rio
4 Janeiro. Twenty thousand children
= marched to the monument erected II
9 memory Of the famous general
+ According to statistics published II
y q leading coffee trade journal thu
l. worlds consumption Of coffee In 1870
amounted to 16,s25.000 sacks. o
which 6,980.0O0 sacks were consumed
in the United States, 3,050.000 sack
d in Germany, 1,625.0 900 sacks in France
It leaving $4,000 for consumption II
all other, countries.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

Pool room patrons had better get
their fill IN the next thirty days. The
members Of the city council have q
brick in their NIT for the bookies.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET
BAND WAGON OR STEAM ROLLER

M Climb aboard me rydH nduA was
on, or by staying OF, meet the fate OF
all the opponents OF the Peerless One
and be fattened ont by the big steam
roller. is the cryfrom far OF Denver
that in the press dispatches from the
convention city is echoing In all parts
sc the country. Every few minutes a
sizzling rocket sails across the prairies
from Lincoln, arousing new whoops OF
admiration from those who are firmly
seated on the wagon and another
chorus Of shrieks from the wounded,
who failed to move fast enough In
getting aboard. Explosion follows ex-
plosion until Longs peak wakes up
and asks of Pixies peak whether the
volcanic age has returned and one o.
their spiteful sisters Of the past ,ts
having d ut OF Mysteries.
The most notable feature Of the
news from Denver is the confused
ness of 1t. The correspondents are
undoubtedly like the historic piano
player Of Leadville. Therefore they
should not be shot, but sympathized
with. Every delegate seems to be
headed a different way from every
other delegate, except when cheers
for Bryan are scheduled. Then with
few exceptions, they all face n way,
like pious Mussulmans turning toward
Mecca, and recitet thesritual Of praise
In unison.
All accounts concur that there has
been all kinds of trouble in Denver.
And why shouldn't there be trouble.
The treatment accorded 70 the Pen.
n~sylvania delegates by which they
were all practically disfranchised by
the arbitrary ruling Of Temporary
Chairman Bell; the freezing out o.
McCarren and the marked lack q
courtesy shown to Judge Parker, thu
last democratic nominee, marks a.
least three unfortunate and disgracefu
incidents, that will not be forgotten
before next November.
Chairman Bell made a mess Of hi:
first public appearance as a ,parlimen
tartan, through a ruling, which it Il
said cannot be sustained by any posi-
BILE theory Of parliamentary law. I
is doubtful If any such arbitrary &C
ton can be found in the history Of an!
national convention and it is no won
der the Pennsylvania people and al
those who do not belong to the ruling
element are astonished that such &C
ton should be taken at the outset Q
what is "touted'' by the Democratic
press as an harmonious gathering
The despotic rule of Speaker Reed il
the house Of representatives or tn
domination Of the emperor OF Russi
over his newly created legislativ
chamber were as nothing compared t
the short shrift which was given t
Guffey and his followers, and the metl
DDS used by the Bryan men to fore
submission on the part of those VIII
refused to climb aboard the ban
wagon.
81 MGE& II EE[
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10
POLITICS AND BUSINESS.

Treasury officials are very much en-
couraged by the growing indications
that business is not going to suffer
as a result of the presidential cam
paign now at hand. From every part
Of the country comes evidences OF
improving business on the eve of a
presidential election.
The matter is one Of the utmost Inn
portance to Uncle Sans money box.
Had the summer been m OF business
Inactivity, following the depression of
last fall and winter, the treasury de:
felt for the year would have been
appalling. Renewed business activity
means increased treasury receipts,
both at the custom houses and through
the Offices Of the internal revenue col.
lectors. Even with the best Of bust
ness conditions it is said there will
be a deficit, but with receipts going
up instead OF down the deficit can be
viewed with more or. less equinimity.
The governments trade and statis-
tical experts are very much interested
in, and will make a careful study Of
a condition which shows business inn
provement at a time when by all Of
the rules Of precedent, trade should:
be timid and trembling and capital
hunting a hiding place. This condi-
ton becomes all the more mystifying
in view Of the fact that both parties
are advocating tariff revision. both
parties being pledged at least by i'm
plication, to a reduction of the Dingley
rates.
For years we have had 1t dinned
into us that any threat to monkey
with the tariff was bound to produce
hard times; yet when the country Is
faced with almost absolute assurance
that there will be an overhauling OF
the tariff, business begins to pick up
and show signs of rapid recovery with
the bringing about of which the tariff
had absolutely nothing to do.
Because Of this refusal Of business
to become panicky, as per- program
there are going to be a good many
incredulous Americans the next time
the cry of wolf is raised, to brighten
congress away from the enactment q
any particular legislation.
Not only are both parties committed
to a revision Of the tariff, but botI
will go before the public with the
promise that they will continue thu
war on business corruption inaugera
ted by President Roosevelt. AND
even this is not enough to throw bust
ness into a spasm Of fear. The crop.
are ripening without any regard tt
politics of today and taking their cue
men Of business are preparing to SOW
dollars wherever there is q possibilit!
, that more dollars will be harvested
Railroads and industries are putin,
men to work who have been idle, an,
in not a few instances wages are beinl
voluntarily advanced. So far as bust
: ness seems to taking any heed, tn
election Of a new president and a ney
2 congress might be twenty years hence
8 Many students OF economics ar
4 asking themselves II this mean tina
] the divorce OF! business and polite
is near at hand. All right minded an,
wise Americans devoutely hope sc
but many Of them fear at best tina
t 1t is but a limited separation and mo
an absolute divorce.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

Mr.. Bryan is avenged for the Jolt
which Colonel Guffey gave the "ora-
cle'' about q year ago at Pittsbure.
when he gave the Nebraskan's great
personal vanity It's first body thrust
by telling him that he ought not pc
a candidate again for the presidential
nomination.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

Anna Gould is no longer a merry
widow.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10
The mosquito is like the trust in
that he refuses to leave New Jersey

What a predicament Montana demo-
Gratis would have found themselves
in, IL contests were to be made about
seating delegates to the Denver meet
ing, chosen by them. Since they held
their convention less than a week be
fore the national convention was
called to order, there would have been
scarcely time to serve the notices ia
the event Of a contest, much less to
give each side an opportunity to ans
wer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

Human tanks attending the demo
cratic convention, should remember
that Denver is exactly n mile above
the 8 and heavy drinking often
proves fatal to newcomers in high
attitudes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

Judging from their start, the Demo
Gratis intend making the coming cam
paign one replete with Spectacular
features. Twelve years ago today
William Jennings Bryan made his ia
nous crown Of thorns and cross of
gold speech, before the Chicago con
vention and it was this speech that
secured for him the nomination in
1896. Today on the twelfth %anniver.
sary of this event the Democracy OF
the nation will undoubtedly name him
as their candidate again.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

The De sagan-G notwithstanding af-
fair has not ended vet. Count Boni
seeks to. get custody Of the children
and promises many salacious bits of
scandal. The lawyers are smacking
their lips in anticipation of fat fees
and the foreign newspaper CORE
spondents see a chance to keep the
trio in the lime light a little longer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

The democratic convention rose
early today and took his usual walk
before breakfast down the principal
street Of Lincoln.-Butte Inter Mount
ain.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

Seven OF the sons and daughters OF
the Merstham (England) c%ertenarian
Mrs. Maynard, married seven brothers
and sisters named King.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

More work for the BARRIERS in Ger
many. Emperor William has altered
the style Of wearing his moustache
and thirty million loyal Teutons are
affected, for to trim ones moustache
In the martial style tm~mortalized by
the emperor has become an unwritten
law Of masculine patriotism through
out the faderland.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10
STATE PRESS

II we could have q little more rain
right now what a benefit 1t would be
to the crops.-Manhattan Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

A walters strike is imminent in
Paris and unless their employers ac-
cede to their demands they threaten
to reveal the mysteries Of the kitch-
ems. Here is a tip for American wait
ers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

According to statistics published, in
q leading coffee trade journal the
worlds consumption Of coffee In 1907
amounted to 16.s25.ooo sacks, Of
which 6.980,00O sacks were consumed
in the United States, 3,050.000 sacks
In Germany, 1880 0 sacks in France,
leaving $4,000 for consumption In
all other, countries.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

Having heard that Montana is q su'
perior summer resort, summer is re
sorting to Montana-Anaconda Stand
ard.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

Montana's State Fair Is only ninety
days of, but now is the time to pre-
pare to make this years exhibition
the best in the history Of the state as
sociation.-Helena Independent. Il
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-15
- 90 a7--a
FOREIGN ECHOES.

London. April 14-After a brief sit
ting to-day. Parliament adjourned until
April - for the Easter recess
Rome, April Prince Bulow, the
Imperial German chancellor. arrived
here two days ago with his wife lie
Is about TO purchase = residence to
which he intends to retire on giving
up the chancellorship
Berlin, April "a. Emperor william
at luncheon given In honor of tina
officers of the British battleship I'm
placable at Corfu, made the following
toast: II drink TO our two flags, and |
wish that they may ever be united in
the welfare Of the worlds peace.
Barcelona April a. The sentences
upon jean Rull and his nceomplces
were handed down AT 3 o'clock this
morning. Rnl ana hts friends were
Yesterday found guilty of completely in
the recent series Of bomb explosions
and anarchist outrages. Three were
, sentenced to death and the others civ.
en- long terms al hard labor.
Copenhagen, April li--By vote ol
64 to IS the Folkething to-day passed
the government franchise NH 'rhiS
measure already has been adopted bS
the Landsthing. Under IT All taxpay.
ers, both male and female. oyer q
Years Of age and all married womei
whose husbands are taxpayers are on
/ titled to vote In all communal eleC.
/ tons.
Berlin. Anril 14--None Of the beau
/ tiful wood carvings nor any of tho
masterpieces Of arc illustrating tw.
/ centuries Of north German art witt
which the building was hlled, wer,
saved from the flames which last nigh
completely destroyed the historic gar
rison church in Berlin, out Of sixty
eight regmenta flags two Frenci
standards captured in 1913 were saved
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-15
PAY PROFESSORS MORE
Get the Rest al Any Price, Says Head
OF Western Reserve.

Boston, April li,-Dr. Charles f..
Thwlng, president of Western Reserve
university, Cleveland, o., who has been
on a ten months tour around the world
studying the colleges and universities
of many nations, arrived IN Boston on
the Cymric from Liverpool today, ac-
companied by Mrs. Thwing
II have found that all nations are
fast discovering mat education Is the
most powerful civilzing force In :he
world" said President Thwlng, "and
that the nations are internationallzing'
IN carrying on their work, that Is, in
Producing the processes, methods and
aims Of the institutions Of America,
England and Germany,
"rhe one great lesson they all teach
us is the Importance Of getting the hest
men at any price as teachers In our
colleges and universities. We must pay
more money to instructors and to Sc
cure finer equipment to secure the
greatest benefits"
President Thwing will resume his du-
ties at Western Reserve on Monday
next.