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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-02

HELENA, Feb. 24.-Indemnity selec-
tions aggregating $4,000 acres on the
Flathead Indian reservation were Sc.
lected at q meeting of the state board
of land commissioners today. In re.
ality the selections we're made some
time ago by the field force which has
just returned from the reservation,
and today the selections were ap-
proved. This land was selected in
lieu OF land embraced within sections
l6 and 36, which in some instances
were selected by the Indians for their
allotmeuts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-02
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE.

The agitation that has been aroused
owe former Vice President Fairbanks
visit to Rome shows that the prejudices
of the human heart concerning matters
of religion are not yet wholly q thing
of the past. True, men no longer burn
each other alive because of differences
in their religious belief, and happily
the consequences in Mr.. Fairbanks
case are not as tragical and bloody
as they might have been in a former
gener alton, owing 10 the fact that so.
ciety has become more humane in the
Manifestations of it's beliefs. But re-
ligious prejudice still crops out &C.
casionally and sometimes in a very
marked form.
1t seems that Mr.. Fairbanks had ar
ranged to pay his respects to the pope
and to King Victor Emmanuel upon
successive days. He had also accepted
al invitation to address the local
branch of the American Methodist
church, of which he is a strong pro-
Tossing member, on a previous day.
When these facts were made public, it
was politely intimated to the distin.
guished American that if he kept his
ngagement to address the Protestant
churchmen his visit to the pope would
be highly distasteful-in fact, would
have to be Cancelled. True to the Am.
erican principle of free speech and
freedom of action in matters of relig.
ion, Mr.. Fairbanks promptly decided
to keep his engagement to deliver the
promised address, even at the risk of
exciting the pontiff's d%ispleasure. 10.
deed, as a man of honor it would seem
impossible for him to have pursued
any other course. He had given his
word and there was nothing left to be
done but to keep it.
1t appears, however, that the Am.
erican society of Methodist Protestants
had been making some inroads into
the ranks of the Catholics by prose
lyting and converting some of their
members, and this fact lay at the roo,
of the urgings of some of the devou,
Catholics to the pope to cancel his in'
vitation to the American statesman,
10 his address Mr.. Fairbanks gave a
toast to all Christians, regardless OF
denomin ational creeds, according te
the universally accepted observance
in such matters in this country.
Catholics In Rome, under the shadow
of the Vatican's walls, may be easily
pardoned for an excess of religioui
fervor, as was shown in this case; bu
it is q matter OF congrstulation tina,
here In free America we have. vel
nigh outgrown such narrowness, ant
Catholics a. we'll as Protestants joil
in q declaration of freedom OF speecl
and action in religious matters. Th'
incident has really been given NOR,
prominence than it deserves, but it /
instructive in demonstrating how ia
the American people are ahead o
other nations In their social develop
ment, and in the broadness aud liber
ality Of their religious views. It woul'
= be impossible for such an event T.
occur In this country. Catholics an
, Protestants alike would ridicule tn
ides.-Kansss City Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-02
Court Logic.

Court Logic.
Lawyer-My client, your honor, has
confessed that he committed the bur-
glary. You will admit this an eloquent
proof of my clients love Of truth and
of his upright conscience, and, yous
honor, a man with such a delicate con-
science should not be accused of hav.
ing broken into a house to steal. Never,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-02

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues It's own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-02

Victories that are easy are cheap.
Those only are worth having which
come as the result of hard fighting
Beecher.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-02

Fine Book and Job Printing a spe
cialtv at the RIVER PRESS office
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-02
Quite Satisfactory.

Quite Satisfactory.
Stern Father-Young man. the lights
In this house are put out at 10 o'clock!
Young Man-That suits me. Don't de-
lay on my account.-New York Times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-02

Local Securities = Speciality.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-16

q0as, that they ecere AFRAID to haze record
cote, so that you might tell your friends from
yOur enemies.
When the rascals gave themselves $4,000
of our money as pay for about nine months
of work, they kept the vote off the record.
This PROBES that their c0mscienceS told. them
they acere doing aOr0ng.
When these same rascals refused you rea-
sonable advance in pay, they acted in the same
discreditable manner They stabbed you IN
the dark.
Now, men, FIGHT BACK! Help us put
the rascals out. Come to the aid of Old Man
Peepul Let us have New Brooms
IF you will aid us in getting straight, So
Der, earnest Congressman, in the place of these
whiskey barrels and card players, [ pledge
you my word of honor to do all In my power,
with these new Congressman, to have you
more literally paid
You deserve more and ought to have it.
Don't yOW haze the least fear Of these De-
serters and Do-m0thdmgs. An r. F. D. carrier
is the one office holder whom a Congressman
can neither put in, or take out.
[ know that the Livingstons, and Howards
and Brantleys, ETC., pretend differently. [
am aware of the fact that many Rural rider
believes that his Congressman can GUST him
But it isn't so. Your Representatives and
Senators are absolutely without power to ap-
point or remove you.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-16
The Colonel Is Coming Home

GENERALS GRANT and LEE used to travel
about, after the War; and no especial racket
was kicked up. So it was with Sherman,
Sheridan Longstreet, Beauregard and John
ston. These we're real soldiers who had
ridden the storms of great battles. But they
were quiet gentlemen to whom notoriety was
distasteful To deliberately put themselves
on exhibition as World Wonders, and to 90
whooping and hurrahing all over creation,
was something that you couldn't imagine
Grant and Lee capable of doing.
But here comes Roosevelt, who won a name
in Cuban skirmish; and who, by series Of
accidents, becomes President, and he is the
Leading Attraction and the Deafening Roar
of the entire habitable globe.
Which proves?
That 1t pays TO advertise.
Bryan is a cracker ack self-advertiser him
self; but he isn't in the same class with Theo-
dore.
During our brush with Spain, the letters
which told us how Roosevelt was doing gal
liant deeds were prepared in his own tent
At least, that is the tale they tell on him.
And there is every indication that his faith
full Secretary edits the advertising matter
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-16
Calico Charley Takes to His Heels

DID you ever see anybody kerfummux as
completely as Edwards did?
If you were defending your character from
direct charges, made by a responsible person,
eoouzd yOu mind saoear5ng to the truth of
yOuT ANSWERS?
Certainly not.
But Calico Charley is different. He de-
MES, glibly enough; but you can't get him to
make oath to his denials. He is afraid to
face witnesses before court. Edwards knew
that if he came to Georgia and swore to his
statements, as I dared him to do, he a0ouzd
have to meet q criminal prosecutions IM1IE-
DIATELY.
His Savannah friends are pretending that,
if he had sworn to his statements, a prosecu-
ton at some distant time, after the primary,
would have been the result
Not at all. [ meant to have him arrested
at once. The commitment trial would have
followed Just as soon as Edwards announced
"ready'.
Let him 90 to Millen, a convenient place
for all concerned, and make oath, as he has
been challenged to do. If he goes, warrant
for false-swearing will be sworn out, 4iqbt
0aU0y.
He paid Claude Bennett, not for hunting
up data and statistics, but for writing a
speech. This speech was never delivered by
Edwards, nor read by the Clerk. Yet he sent
it out, as speech which he had made on the
floor of the House; and it was interlarded
with applause" and "great applause, to
make his constituents believe that his col
leagues had literally cheered him q0bize he
a0as speaking.
Does the First District and the proud old
city of Savannah mean to continue to sup
port Representative q0ho has to hire Claude
Bennett to q01ite has speeches? Did he not
practise fraud upon his constituents, when
he mailed them a document which was ut
terly false? 1t was not his speech; it had not
been delivered in Congress; ii had not been
the recipient of applause" and 'great ap-
plause'-as he pretended.
In other words, he deliberately praotised q
deception on his district. He imposed upon
them a document which was spurious and
false.
And when dare him to deny it, he shufaes
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-16
ATLANTA, GA, JUNE 16, 1910.


You are not rolling In riches, are you, Son?
You don't have a three-months' vacation,
in a lovely mountain resort, every year, do
you?
cat least three servants, the missionaries
in China must employ; but you get along
without any at ALL don't you?
Rain or shine, you have to ride. Hot or
cold, you must 60. The wind may blow and
the sleet may drive but you must do your
errand just the same.
You risk your health, your life, by ex-
posure to all kinds of weather. Some time,
you will come in from your daily round, with
a cold or a fever; and down you go, to bed
of pain-never to rise from it, perhaps.
Now LISTEN!
A short while back, there came up, in Con
gress, measure to increase your meagre
wages. The cost of living has gone up, in
consequence of this internal new tariff law,
which Democratic deserters made it possible
for the Republicans to impose upon us. Be
cause of these advancing prices, there has
been a tendency to increase salaries.
But the proposition to increase yourS, was
voted down.
By q0h0m?
By THE VERY DESERTERS AND
DO-NOTHINGS WHO VOTED THEM
SELVES AN INCREASE OF FIVE
IHOOSAND DOLLAHO EEh IEhM,
FOR NINE MONTHS WORK!
Yes, Sir: these shameless salary -grabbers
took so per cent raise in wages, for theno-
sezves, and then refused the modest, equitable
demand of the r. F. d. carriers.
These perfdious Congressman run up their
own pay, and enable the Republicans to run
up the cost of living, and then refuse the I'M
der dog fair wage for actual and continuous
hard work.
And the mean, coa0ard1y thing about it
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-16

and evades and gives a rlgamorole about
Benefits Information Bureau.
Whether other Congressman pay this Blu
reau to get up INFORMATION for them,
was not the question. The plain, direct
charge was that Bennett wrote a speech for
Edwards; that Edwards paid Bennett $40
for it; and that the speech was distributed
as being one aohdch had been dezivered By
Edwards IN Congress. He represented that
he had not only made the speech, but had
been applauded while doing so!
A man who will deceive his people in that
manner, will not hesitate to do it in other
ways.
The story about the Bennett Speech came
to me from the same source that the ''calico''
incident came from. Edwards as good as ad-
mits the truth of the Bennett speech and the
$40. He evades, but does not deny, and aOiW
not deny.
He is compelled to denounce the 'calico"
incident, because evasion there would be IA
tai. But he had the woman on his lap, just
as charged-and it was on the Sabbath day,
IN his office in the Capitol building
1t | were to "give away" people who tell
me things about the double lives of these
public men, would never be able to keep up
with the Pussy foot Towards, the Lon Liv-
ingstons, the Hardwicks and the Calico
Charleys. These things came to me in con-
fidence and [ cannot violate it. By using the
information, make myself responsible.
1t had not adhered strictly to facts, these
Deserters and Do-nothings would ruin me
with damage suits and indictments
Edwards is a married man. ostentatious
In religious observances. I would not have
dared to accuse him of that calico incident if
the evidence had not been convincing
The man who asserts that he is innocent,
but refuses to swear to it, virtually confesses
his guilt. [ stand ready to produce my evil
dence en- court the moment that Edwards
gives me the chance
[ wonder if Edwards is the Congressman
who practically ruined the cashier of coun-
try bank in his district, by wheedling him
out of loan of $4,000?
[ wonder if Edwards is the pious fraud
who, after getting the trustful cashier into
that scrape, turned deaf ear to his appeals
leaving the debt unpaid and the cashier in
the lurch
Partner! we must drop Calico Charley.
He's a bad egg.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-16
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-16
TRAVELLING AGENTS

The Jeffs now have the following trav-
cling representatives in the field. They
are all good men and true, and We ask our
friends to give them their hearty co-opera-
ton in the work:
GEORGIA.. DAVIDSON.
FLORIDA-A. G. Howard.
SOUTH CAROLINA-J. M. SwindIer.
OKLAHOMA-G. w. McCoo1e.
TEXAS-G. w. McCOole, j. M Per1ue.
ALABAMA-R. A. S. Freeman.
KENTUCKY-Dr. I. A. WessOn.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-16

Entered at the Postofdce, Atlanta, Ca. January H.
1907, as second-class mail matter.
The wageworker., 1910-02-26

firms which manufacture and retail.
The two big firms are manufacturers
only. Work in this craft ise by the
piece, and the new scale asks for a
slight increase over and above the
present scale, based on the eight-hour
day instead of the nine-hour day In
creased cost of living" is urged as a
reason for an increased wage, and ad-
vancing civilization might well be
urged as a reason for demanding the
shorter day.
To date nothing definite has been
decided upon in Lincoln, but all ru-
mors to the effect that strike is
likely may we'll be discounted. Such
rumors always bob up every time a
new scale is mentioned. The relations
between employers and employees in
the horse goods industry in Lincoln
have been very pleasant for the past
two years, and there is every reason
to believe that there friendly relations
will be continued.
The wageworker., 1910-02-26

An increase in membership of 300
per cent inside of month! That is
the record set by Carpenters Union
No 1855 of Lincoln. On February 1
No. 1855 had an even fifty members.
On February 25 the membership was
POI, with thirty applications for mem
bership on file. At the meeting last
Monday evening thirty-five members
We're obligated. At the meeting next
Monday night as many more will be
obligated. Recruits are had from the
suburbs, several joining from Have
lock- University Place and Bethany.
Organizer Michler is devoting his
entire time and energy to the work of
building up the Lincoln local. and he
is being assisted by live committee.
One of the startling facts revealed
by the campaign for membership is
the number of carpenters in Lincoln
who had never heard about the bene-
fit of unionism, and who had become
imbued with the idea that the union
merely meant trouble. These carpen-
ters came from the country towns
during the last two years, any until
this month had never been asked to
join the union, nor had the matter
been explained to them. Now that the
The wageworker., 1910-02-26
CONVENTIONS OF 1910.
Where the Big Meetings Will BE Held

Where the Big Meetings Will BE Held
This Year.
April 4, st. Paul, Minn., Internation-
all Association of Fur Workers.
April 1928, New Orleans, La, Broth
erhood of Railway Clerks.
May 2, Philadelphia, Pa, Chartered
Society of Amalgamated Lace Opera
tives of America.
May 9, Louisville, KY, Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Of
North America.
May -, Cincinnati, Ohio, Tin Plate
Workers International Protective As
sociation.
May II. Cincinnati, Ohio, American
Federation of Musicians.
May %, Buffalo, N. Y. National
Print Cutters Association of America.
June 6, Chicago, ILL.,, International
Association of Marble Workers.
June 13, st. Louis, Mo-, International
brotherhood Of Boilermakers, Iron Ship
The wageworker., 1910-02-26
CARPENTERS & JOINERS

campaign of education is progressing
it is learned that these men are union
men at heart and only need little in
formation to induce them to become
members in fact.
The carpenters of the Pixies Peak
district, which includes Colorado
Springs, Pueblo and neighboring
cities, have secured an increase
amounting to so cents per day, max
ing the days wage $3.50. This in
crease for the carpenters was immedi-
ately followed by an increase of 25
cents day for the building laborers.
More than 600 carpenters are bene-
fitted ID the increase.
The short/ warm spell enabled
masons to finish up several walls,
with the result that when the cold
snap came carpenters were able to
work on the inside. The Lindell hotel
job is keeping big bunch of carpen
ters employed.
If No. 1855 grows much more it will
be necessary to permanently engage
the big hall on the ground floor of the
Temple. The carpenters union is
once more at the head of the list in
regards to membership.
The wageworker., 1910-02-26

What lot of anarchists" those
cause eggs are selling for 60 cents a
dozen those BARRIERS have the nerve to
kick because their wages permit them
to purchase only a dozen eggs with
three hours labor. What do they
want anyhow? They get twelve eggs
for three hours hard work, and it
takes hen twenty-four hours to lay
one egg. Those BARRIERS ought to be
ashamed to look virtuous hen in the
face!
The wageworker., 1910-02-26

greasy mechanics" if you please,
who will have something to say about
that charter.
Keep that fact we'll in mind, Messrs.
Committeeman!
And if you really mean we'll towards
Any charter which contemplates pre-
venting an electrical worker, or a
printer. or a mason, or a ditch digger
from aspiring to a commissionership
will be knocked galleywest and
crooked.
We beg to suggest to the charter
committee that it hold a session or
two in the Labor Temple, and there
get the opinions of the men who are
making Lincoln-the men who keep
the furniture dealers and the real es-
tate dealers, the lawyers, the doctors
and grocers in business. The men
who make Lincoln are not all mem
bers of the Commercial Club-not by
about 'steen thousand. Enough, any
how, to put the rollers under any char,
ter dream that follows the lines indi-
Gated by what has so far leaked from
the "star chamber" charter committee
sessions.
The men who are framing up Lin
coins new charter will have to reckon
with the workingmen-the mechanics
and laborers-of this city.
Don't forget that little fact!
The wageworker., 1910-02-26
TO LABOR UNIONS.

VIII you assist US by ap-
pointing some one in your
union to furnish US with news?
The Waeeworker wants to pub
lish the news Of your local, and
in order to do SO must have
your assistance. 1t is our aim
to give our readers all the la
Dor news that is to be had and
we wish to do it properly, SO
that you will be satisfied. BY
helping us in this way, you not
only make this paper more val
uablc and complete, but your
knowledge Of what is going on
in the labor movement is bet
ter and the good feeling among
the various crafts is more
strongly eemented. When this
fellowship idea is instilied thor
ouehiy among US there is less
likelihood Of a break in the
ranks and It is certainly need
ed at the present time.
The wageworker., 1910-02-26
DREAMS, IDLE DREAMS.

/: seems that the eminent pub
licists who are now engaged in the
work of preparing a commission char
ter for the city of Lincoln are en-
gagged in the pleasant task of dream
ing.
They are dreaming that "star
chamber" charter is going to meet
with the approval of the workers of
this city.
They dream that a charter which
fails to fix beyond cavil all response
bilities upon the commissioners will
be acceptable.
They dream that the workingmen of
Lincoln will swallow charter that
permits only rich men or antiquated
fossils to become the business man.
ayers of the city.
They dream of Legislative coun-
Gil" that will meet every two or three
months and solemnly look over the
work that has been done by a lot OF
appointees who are not subject to re-
call. ...-
AS a matter of fact, from what lit
tie has been permitted to leak out of
the star chamber" sessions of the
self-appointed committee, it seems that
the committeeman are dreaming OF
making a charter that will be the
wonder and admiration of all future
generations. and carve the names OF
the trainers upon memory's tablets
more enduring than bronze and gran.
ite.
1t is time for the committee to
wake up,
There are a lot of us fellows in
Lincoln who pay taxes, who are vitally
interested in responsible and re
sponsive municipal government, who
may not be "dreamers, but we are
possessed of little "hoss sense" And
there are few things we are going
to have in any old charter that is
adopted by this city-and don't you
forget it,
We are going to have a charter tha,
absolutely fixes responsibility on ths
commissioners.
And We are going to have the initi
ative. referendum and recall.
And we are not going to allow I:
continuance of the contract system O
public works
And we are going to refuse to lie
any old commission have the absolut,
say about where paving shall or shall
not be done.
And we are going to insist on tn
eight-hour day.
And we are going to have a sal
aried eommission-good salaries; sal
aries that will warrant clear-heade
men in devoting their time to tn
city's business.
No dream about all that, Messr.
Committeeman.
That charter will have to be sui
mitted to the voters OF this city.
it isn't it will meet the same fate tha
was accorded that other commissio
charter.
Men who sell furniture and practic
law and deal in real estate are nc
the only men who can frame charter
nor are they the only men who kno,
all about municipal government.
There are several thousand con
mon, ordinary workingmen in Lincol
The wageworker., 1910-02-26
THE LEATHERWORKERS

The last convention of the Brother
hood of Leatherwofkers on Horse
Goods decided to make a demand for
the eight-hour day in the craft, and
1910 was selected as a good time for
making the beginning. The Toronto
convention of the A. F. of l.. voted
unanimously to endorse the demand
and pledged the support of the organ
The wageworker., 1910-02-26

ization to the makers of horse mil
linery.
The Lincoln local has prepared its
new scale on the basis of the eight
hour day and has presented it to the
employers of the city for their consid-
Grafton. There are two big employing
firms in Lincoln, Harpham Bros. and
Buckstaff Bros. There are smaller
The wageworker., 1910-02-26

What's this? Likelihood of a settle
ment of the differences the city has
with the gas company. If that should
happen wouldn't some journalistic
stockholders in another public service
corporation be deprived of a "good
enough Morgan" to talk about when
their pet corporation is under fire?
The wageworker., 1910-02-26

No, the workers of Lincoln are not
going to demand higher wages. They
are merely going to ask for little
larger share of the protection" men,
toned by the advocates of the Aldrich-
Cannon tariff law. It's very simple
proposition.