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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-11

made an extremely bitter speech
against the South. Among those who
congratulated the new member was
Elkins, and this so disgruntled his
southern friends that they changed
votes. and this defeated his bill. and
New Mexico still waits the fulfllment
of the treaty.
The three electoral votes Of Colora.
do made II possible to raise the qucs.
ton of Tilden's election. the electoral
controversy. and as most believe the
unjust counting In of Hayes. This
raised still greater antagonism to the
admission of new states. The eastern
hostility TO the admission Of new mem.
bers and new senators grew In favor
and the clamor of their press was
against IT, Still the territories were
ever trying to get in. Their dele.
gates labored hard. their press was In.
sistent and delegations of citizens con.
tinuously appeared before congress.
sional committees and labored with
their friends. But all in vain.
Montana's Efforts.
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-11
Major Martin Ma9innis Describ 20
Territorial Experiences
And Its Lessons

"Montanas grand old man." Major
Martin Maginnis, one of the pioneers
OF the great west and one time United
States Senator, Is now in HaWaii.
Major Magnnis has had varied and
Interesting career and occupied n
prominent place in the experimenting
ra.lroad operations of James J. HILL
Major Maginnis served In the civil
War with the First Minnesota regi.
nIent. Immediately after the war, the
gold mines were discovered In Mon.
tana and the district In which they
were located was looked uUon as the
Yukon OF that day. II was soon after
the discovery of these mines that
Major Maginnls organized IN. expedi.
ton Of $50 mCn to cross the pilins on
horseback from st. Paul, distant some
200 miles, to where the city Of fe.
cna now stand There were no roads
nor trails, so that this intrepid leader
had to find his way as best he could
On arrival at Helena the mines were
found 10 be In full blast
Montana hrd baan organized no n
Territory two years previous to his
arrival |. q. In 1866 Law and order
Icing maintained bv Vigilance CGm
mitiee by this tins q settled form
of government had been established
Very similar to the Territorial form oi
government which no% prevails In Via
wall.
For the next Sin years Major Magln.
MS was engaged N mining. lie csIlb
lished the Helena Gazette the i,gt
daily newspaper north OF Salt Lake
IN 1872 he was elected Us u relcgatc
to Congress. The Indians were very
hostile at tina, time.
Having served on military con-.
ml,tce for many years Major Mag.nnis
VAS instrumental In procuring nppro.
priations from Congress to build Fort :
Custer and kcogh which for long
time were commanded by General
Miles one of the most hrillrnt so iliurs
OF that day, ana one well vcrscI ~
indian warfare. Forts IGgm Asslua.
boine, Missoula and Harrison were
also established In such high esteem
WAS Major Mqginn!s held that the
Army named one of its forts after him.
During the building of the Northern
Pacific railway. In which Major Mn.
pinnis was Interested, the charter for
James j HiI Of the Creot Nnrtb.,n
Railway was framed by him. He a,so
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-11

drafted the charter for the Oregon
Short Line. under which nearly all OF
the late Mr.. Harrman's operations
were carried on. Nor was this all. He
framed and successfully carried
through Congress, general right.of.
way bill for all railroads to cross the
ublic lands. These. together with
the mining laws and general land laws
and the management of Indian affairs
constituted his principal work for Con.
gress.
During all these years, Montana and
other Territories were continually en-.
deavoring to be admitted as States.
with the exception of Colorado. which
was admitted In 1876 all these efforts
proved futile AM failed to receive the
recognition of Congress. In 1889 the
tiansconiinentnl rOaCs having been
burt and other in process ~ building
n kindlier feeling prevailed. SO that
Montana. the two Dakotas. Utah and
Washington were able to gain adms.
sion. Since then Wyoming and Idaho
have been admitted so that all the
mainland Territories are now States
With the e~ceptiCn OF Arizona and Now
Mexico. Major Maginnis declared that
the government could then turn its at.
tcntion to Alaska and the Hawaiian
Islan H. Ms he thought onr people
would not like to be left out In the
cold.
At The time Montana was admitted
william a. Clark and Major Maginnis
were elected 20 the Senate. but. as
there was a contest over the election
the con,estees won out afr a close
Ggh. Governor Smith. however. later
appointed Major Maginnis an adm
term Senator. pending the meeting OF
the Legislature
Major Maginnis lived In Montana
during the early days ana consequent.
~ knows very much of the life Of II
Territory o! the United States. Ere.
vious TO his departure for Honolulu he
wrote an article for the Anaconda
Standard In which he told many of the
exciting incidents OF Montana life and
particularly referred to the peculiar
and somewhat unsatisfactory status of
. Territory.
Anything that has To do with other
Territories IL of course interesting to
the peoNle Of Hawaii and the article
Is given In full as follows:
That peculiar form Of government
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-11

for the inchoate states Of the Amer.
lean Union which were admitted after
and added to the original 10 was call
/ ed the territorial. 1t had its origin in
h clause of the constitution. the mean.
ing Of which was afterwards much
disputed and the quarrel over which
finally ended In the greatest of wars.
II had It's beginning In the act Great.
ing the Northwest Territory out of the
lands coded by the state of Virginia
TO the United States. and called the
Northwest Territory. The state of
Ohio then was the Northwest, which
| extended to the lakes and the Missis.
sippi and, after the Louisiana pur.
chase. was still further extended be.
yond the uninhabitable deserts to the
shining mountains" as yet unknown
rs to their boundaries and topography.
While 1t was a great improvement on
other forms of pro.consuar govern
ment, 1t was never considered as q
final!ty by the American citizens who
t'NNI''' " Nv anu w DP
endured only unt'l such time "a they
could be admitted 10 the full plivi.
loges which they enjoved before they
stepped beyond the boundaries of tn =
etates which their enterprise and ON"
age had caused them to 'eave behind.
Indeed. II was claimed that II was
from a clause In the cons.',utinn rn'".
Ing to the public lands. but from the
Inherent right of sci. government that
they formed these new communities
and they resented the appointment of
nonresident otficiala. governors and
judges. claiming always that among
those who came without commissions
and for other purposes than holding
the Offices there were better men
However. there we're many applicants.
and the successive administrations
reeded the places. 20 they were gen
orally filed from the outside, which
was one of the main sources OF d.
cCntent IN the new communities. Fn"
Il time this did not rise to great pc
portions. for the new territories 4 v" %
NJ rapidly and were admitted viii
very limited populations. Thee wac :"
sort Of condition promulgated ~ ARG
ihat each incoming state should har"
enough people to entit,e II to one rop
resen.a'ive under the ratio allotted
to the first congressional dietrlcts---31..
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-11

OF the inequality that an equal vote
In that body gave to these smaller
communities.
New Ensland's Attitude.
Sectional interests also began to
take alarm. New England. having
with great foresight added to its orig.
inal number Of eight senators four
more by erecting Maine out Of cor.
ner of Massachusetts, and dividing
New Hampshire and Vermont. while
are together not as large as one OF
our Montana counties, mas steadily
voted by a majority OF its delegations
against the admission of any new state
ever since. Nevada was the possible
exception. and that was political
creation, necessary to ratify the two
last amendments to the constitution
The South was more liberal until the
slavery conflict began. and after that
the new states. like the animals in
Noah's ark, were to be admitted two
ty two--in pairs only--sO. as not to
disturb the balance Of power.
The discovery Of geld In California
created such q ruih nni rO,r. and the
people from North and South and
everywhere rushed In so like torrent
tat the state was admitted almost
before the news OF It's creation as a
territory had crossed tie pains or
Travelled around the Horn There was
u struggle when MiMesotl got In
The South which had abandoned
"ffiy.four. forty or fight " thought the
Northwest was growing too randy.
Senator Nelson who opposed the nd.
Mission Of Arizona ana New Mexico
could scarcely have lived In Minnesota
during the excitement og those days
AMI held the opinions which seem TO
suit the people there now though he
has nobly redeemed him ,elf as a
champion OF the West in this last ses.
sion Of congress.
AMER this came Kansas and NcbraG
ka. The cries Of popular sovereignty
On the one hand and the tlunt OF squat.
ter sovereignty on the other az TO the
right OF the people OF the territories
To admit or exclude slavery followed
AMI the great bombshell burst and
= ,hc"cd In the flame AMI war Of wars.
War for our rights In the terri. ories
said the South War for freed I'm In
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-11

slightest consideration from congress.
then engaged in the passions Of re.
construction Of the Union as II had
been before the fire. Nevada alone
was carved out of Utah and West Vir.
ginia out Of the old mother state, and
both undoubtedly to ratify the four.
teen and fifteenth amendments with
an unquestionable twothirds ma.
jority.
1t was not until 10 years after that
even the question of the admission
of any new state came up All the
delegates introduced bills. some to ac.
Cept constitutions voluntarily framed
and adopted In different territories.
and others to form enabling acts. Ar.
guments were male before the terri.
torial committees In the house and the
senate: statistics produced and dele.
cations often given courteous hear.
ing; and It may have been possible
that such bills were reported: but It
Is certain that no vote of either house
was reached on any one Of them.
Then Mr.. blaine speaker Of the
house. agreed with his friends. Mr.
Chaf!ee Of Colorado and Mr.. Elkins
then delegate from New Mexico, that
he would insist them to carry their
states into the Union before the cen.
tennial year. The bills were intro.
duced and passed the house went to
the senate and wore passed there, and
both came back with amendments that
had to be agreed to. II came on the
end of the session and It was evident
that neither could pass except under
suspension of the rules. The house
was more thir two.thirds republican
but the New England deleg atoms
except that from Maine, would not fol.
low Blaine In this matter. Elkins and
Chaffee were both popular delegates:
but Charfee was III and Elkins did
most Of the work and secured the
promises of enough southern and west.
ern democrats to make up for the
eastern detection.
Elkins Was indisereet.
A few days ago a man told President
TAFT at the dinner In New Mexico that
the treaty by which New Mexico was
secured expressly provided that New
Mexico should be immediately ad.
mitted as state. Mr.. Taft's reply
excused the broken treaty 10y answer.
Ing that 1t was impossible that New
Mexico should pass ahead Of 10 other
territories and be admitted In 1sis.
II was thought that Colorado had
the weaker case. aud the vote was
taken on that first and was carried
bv 4 small majority. Another question
interviewed when Senator burroughs,
then new member of the house
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-30

only have about $1,000 to my name, so
I will have to get some one to go IN
the Zeal with me. You two can come
in for SIS 900 each. Are you on' Ana
wait a minute, you needn't agree rlsh'
now, but meet me at ten o'clock IN the
morning and go with me to the Nine
teenth National and see my friend for
yourself"
The two agreed to meet Cleland on
the morrow and said goodnight. Ana
what do you think of it?' inquired
Floyd as they went down on the eie'
vator. I'm little afraid OF 1t"
We'll, let's look into it, anyway, re-
turned Solomon. IF there's a chance
to pick up some easy money,
want it."
On the following morning they were
convinced that the deal was 9ood
one when they went to the Nineteenth
National with Cleland, and visiting
tho safety vault section of the BANK
met Danny Roberts as that young man
came out of small compartment ID
his shirt sleeves with a package OF
papers in his hands and pencil De-
hind his ear. Danny looked the part
of a busy clerk and they heard him
! whisper nervously to Cleland that III
was all right" He added that ne
would be at the appointed place at
precisely y o'clock.
The appointed place was smali
dingy office of dilapidated build
ing on New street. Cleland eX'
planned that it was the office OF a
friend who dealt in curb stocks and
was seldom in but allowed him free
use of the place. The trio were wait
ing when Danny Roberts, carrying a
! suit case, entered. He Immediately
took from the case two packages, ex'
actly alike in appearance and as to
outer signs and seals. Quickly cutting
one of them open, he disclosed large
bundles of money. 1t took half hour
to count this out and ascertain that
there was 100000 in the lot. Fifteen
thousand dollars in large bills were
placed in the hands Of Danny, who
hurried away. In five minutes the
old bills of perfectly good money
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-30
"Take Them!" the Voice Inside Of
Me Commanded.

stand it any longer, and I just took
them-some lovely diamond pins, a
couple of watches and some pretty
clothes-as much as | could put to-
gether and conveniently carry. Then
| skipped out.
Il decided to go to Atlantic City
and try my luck on Broadway, but
on my way stopped to see a friend
at Pottstown, and there ] was caught
by a policeman and the doctor, who
came down from Reading in the doc
tors big automobile. | was taken
back to Reading and given a hearing
by the mayor, who was a very kind
and good-looking gentleman, but the
doctor was kind, too, and he actually
took me back to his house and decided
to give me another chance.
What did | do but return evil for
good by stealing again. Oh, just
couldn't help myself when that voice
said Take them seemed to reach
out involuntarily and appropriate
whatever attracted me. Most of the
things | took this time were articles
of clothing. | finally succeeded in
getting away without being caught
and went to Philadelphia. | got a
place at hotel in Camden through an
employment agency. | was there only
four days, when, while busting the
landlords room | found two big fine
diamonds on his dresser.
Take Them the voice inside me
commanded, and take them did.
But | ran away then. | couIdn'
bear the thought of being arrested
again, like at Pottstown | went t(
a restaurant on Seventh street. /,
/ Philadelphia, and there | took some
| pretty dishes, though | had no earthl,
use for them, and then | went to tn,
New Bingham hotel as chamber
maid after aspiring to be chorus
girl 1t was all because | hadn't vii
power enough to conquer tempta
tons,
Il was cleaning room when | cam
across lovely lorgnette of pearl, an,
took that. A jeweler said it wa
worth $50. Then came back to Read
ing and was arrested. They say m
father wants me to be kept penned u
here till | am 81. That means fou
years of it, but am satisfied. Wit
the help of these kind sisters l hop
to be able to resist that queer sma
7oice inside me by that time"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-30

were divided into three
equal amounts and tied up into neS
paper-bound parcels on the roll-top
desk
Just at that moment there was a
knock on the locked door of the Of
flee and Cleland slammed down the
top of the desk and kicked the waste
paper underneath before he went to
answer the summons.
1T was only customer looking for
my friend" he remarked, as he re-
turned and raised the top Of the desk,
disclosing the three neatly tied par.
cells. You fellows had better take
your bundles and separate. We will
all meet at the hotel for dinner"
Solomon and Floyd, acting like two
conspirators, agreed to take separate
conveyances uptown to their hotel and
to meet there later and drink to their
good luck.
Two hours later when Floyd had
not put in appearance, Solomon began
to feel nervous. He was afraid some
thing had happened to Floyd and Gle
land, but for another half hour he
did not suspicion anything further
and then he suddenly decided to 60 tc
his room and investigate his newly
acquired wealth.
"Stung!" yelled Solomon when he
undid the parcel and found a tightly
bound package of tissue paper with {
dollar bill on each outer side. And
never once thought of the old greer
goods game."
Copyright. by w. G. Chapman.)
! Copyright in Great Brittany
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-30

see sure and quick profit, and asked
for particulars.
Its perfectly simple explained
Cleland. Il once did a young fellow a
good turn and kept him out of lot of
trouble. He's the trusted messenger
in the Nineteenth National bank here
now. This bank is the clearing house
for lot of smaller banks and also
gets the biggest part of the city's de-
posits. They get thousands of dollars
in old and dirty money every week
which they turn in to the subtreasury
on Wall street, getting new bills in re-
turn. This young friend of mine has
been the messenger and made the ex-
changes. He says they never even
open the sealed packages of bills that
he takes to them and which have been
certified to by the officers of the bank.
| The subtreasury simply o KS the
| amount on the back of the package
and forwards it with a lot of similar
bundles to Washington, where the old
and dirty money is never counted, but
just ground up and destroyed. He has
thought the whole plan out and says
he can substitute a phony package for
the one with the old bills in it. He
has to have some one in the deal with
him, for he would never dare to try tC
get rid of the old money. | saw him
this afternoon and tomorrow he will
have to make his regular weekly trip
and the package already is made VI
with 100000 in good money in it. AL
he wants is half for his share and
can give him $4,000 in 800 and $500
clean bills and take the package.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-30

part Of the Westerner, who proposed to
make some one else pay his expenses
if he could Cleland already had found
the drummer S telephone number and
invited him to dine and join them IN
another little friendly game.
Again Solomon won, but his WIN
nings were small. The salesman, also,
was allowed to carry away few dol
lars for his evenings work. Floyd.
however, made heavy winning and
Cleland lost $4,000, playing with the
feverish recklessness that comes to
the average loser at cards. The game
broke up when the salesman an
| nounced that he would have to quit
and get a few hours sleep before ap-
'pearing at his place of business. Gle,
| land went off to his room with a
crouch, refusing even to take a
"night.cap" drink Solomon, however
readily accepted Floyds invitation to
take in some of the all-night restaur.
! ants.
81 wonder if our friend has left town
without saying g0od-by," remarked
Solomon to Doc Floyd two days after
the poker game in which Cleland haC
/ lost his money to Floyd. He had MOI
appeared since that time,
Il wonder" replied Floyd. Lets
inquire of the clerk at the desk ant
see If he's gone" Acting upon this sug
gestion they learned that Mr.. "McCle
land" the name under which Gle
land was known to them, was still il
town, and in sact was in his room a
| that moment
| Lets go up and see what ails him,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-30
Gambling in Green Goods
By JOHN IRVING DAY
Garnering the Gold by Unique Method, Originated
and Practced by doc" Floyd

Whats the game, Floyd? inquired
Jack Cteland who had visited his
friends room in the hotel ten minutes
after they had reached the big Broad
way hotel.
We'll, old top, you know what we
are on here for" was the reply.
you've got to sell an order Of green
goods to some one. You are lucky
because I've already found your man
for you 1t must be some one, so why
not our friend Solomon? He's already
delivered himself"
The trio met in the lobby Of the
hotel a few moments later and Solo,
mon insisted on having just one drink
before they parted company for the
day and then also insisted that they
dine together that evening. The only
dissipation Cleland would indulge in
that evening after dinner was the the
alter to which he consented to accom-
pany Floyd and Solomon. After the
theater however, Floyd was indeed
the gay man Of law away from home
for a good time and he put Solomon
through such PAGES as to endear him
to the heart of that boisterous person.
This journey through the tenderloin
was followed by another Solomon
liked the gay life but was beginning
to have a pain In his pocketbook, so
that when the third evening after his
arrival In Gotham, Cleland proposed
another game of cards, saying that he
wanted revenge for his loss on the
train, there was ready consent on the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-30
SAYS INNER VOICE
MADE HER A Thief
c,RI "RAFFLEs" DECLARES KLEP
TOMANlA THWARTED Am6'-
HITloN FOR STAGE.
STEALS FROM BENEFACTOR
pretty Florence Albright, Arrested IN
Reading, Pa, Has Morbid I'M
pulse to Take Everything
She Fancies.

Reading, Pal don't know why
can't help stealing pretty things, SOD
5ingly confessed pretty Florence Al
fright, the girl .'Raftles," at the House
Of Good Shepherd, to which lnstitu-
ion she was committed by Mayor
Rick after her arrest on the charge or
saving committed numerous petty
theftS.
The girl appears to be a klepto-
maniac having morbid impulse 10
steal everything she fancies. She IS
enly II years old, though she looks
older
Il was never happy at home III
Reading" said the little prisoner
and | wanted to get out into the
great world and make name for
myself. | had an ambition to 60 on
the stage and took position IN
Reading until l could get enough
money together to see ME through
few weeks in New York, while
would be looking for place as
chorus girl, as knew would have to
begin at the beginning.
Well, | found place at a doc
tors house on North Fifth street
where | was waitress and answered
the doorbell. 1t was a big house and
they had lots Of pretty jewels and
bric-a- brac, and every time l looked
at them, something within me seemed
to say to me:
Take them
81 resisted the impulse to steal then
for that's what | call it; plain steal
ing; even though folks do call me
kleptomaniac-bu at last | couldn1