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LEWISTOWN, MONTANA,.
..JUNE 6, 1911.
It has recognized in Nebraska's Great!
SHOULD TAKE REAR SEAT.
This paper has ever supported Wil
liam Jennings Bryan with enthusiasm.
Commoner one of the most vital
forces for good which the political
life of this nation has known for the
past half century, and it is with re
gret that we now feel called upon to
disagree with him on a question re
lating to the welfare of the party and
of the nation.
After thoroughly considering the
question from every angle, the ma
jority of the democratic ways and
means committee in the lower house
of congress decided upon a course of
action to be pursued with reference
to the proposed revision of the wool
schedule of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
law.
This action has not met with the
approval of Mr. Bryan and he
promptly calls such men as Chair
man Underwood of the committee,
Speaker Champ Clark, Claud Kitchin
and other leaders of the party traitors
to their party and their constituents.
While we do not for a moment ques
tion the democracy of the former
Peerless Leader, we hold it, in no
wise, superior in quality and sincerity
to that of Clark, Underwood, Kitchin
and other members of congress, who
have been fighting the battles of the
party quite as long and as effectively
as Mr. Bryan. These nten have sup
ported Bryan throughout his stormy
political career, going down with him
to defeat, rejoicing with hint in vic
tory.
Three times the party has entrust
ed Mr. Bryan with its leadership.
Every honor that any political organ
ization can give has been his. That
the great doctrines of free govern
ment which he has advocated have
been given a standing before the
American people is due no more to
the erstwhile "hoy orator of the |
Platte" than to the faithful labors,
the sacrifices of such men as lie now
brands indiscriminately as traitors.
It appears that Mr. Bryan is guilty
notnot only of his all too frequent
lack of political foresight, but also- of
ingratitude toward the men who have
helped him to bear the burdens of an
oft-defeated party.
The democratic leaders in congress j
'have shown that they appreciate the
responsibility which rests upon them.
They have in their keeping the des
tinies of the party, not to mention
the hope of the nation for reforms
which have long been desired and
which they are quickly putting into 1
effect so far as they are able. If the
senate and president take favorable
action on all of the measures which
shall be passed up to them by the i
•lower house, the present extra session
of congress shall boast a record of
accomplishment seldom equalled at
any previous session.
In times past, Mr. Bryan has been!
accused by his opponents of pursuing
a "rule or ruin" policy. He has been
accused of selfishness, and his pres
ent attitude will have a decided ten
dency to promote the spread of just
that sort of a sentiment among thou
sands of those who have loyally sup
ported him in fair weather anil foul
during the past fourteen years. For
one, we do not question his sincerity
of purpose, his tremendous influence
for good, but feel that he is strain
ing to the breaking point the unques
tioned support of a vast army of dem
ocrats when he rushes into print with
unwarranted attacks such as lie has
just made against co-workers in the
ranks.
The wool schedule is one of the
most perplexing with which the dem
ocratic majority will have to con
tend in their efforts to revise the
present tariff law. The opinion un -'
doubtedly prevails among a large
majority of American citizens that
Schedule K is badly in need of radical
revision. The manner in which it was
adopted, the dark lantern bargainings,
the subterranean influences used, the
scandal which has inevitably grown
out of the entire transaction, made im
perative some action by the present
coneress. Clark, Underwood and otll
congress.
er democratic leaders, who
served in the last congress, are m
position to know the situation with
also
reference to this schedule. They are
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in an even better situation than Mr
Bryan to know the sentiment of the
nation and their labors have been di
rected toward making a revision
which shall correct present evils
without damaging any of the indus
tries effected. Their action while
showing no abandonment of demo-;
cratic principles, will demonstrate to
the nation the ability of the present
leaders to solve the intricate problems
of tariff building with equal justice to
all concerned.
SCHOOL BONDS CARRY.
By a decisive majority, the voters
of School District No. 1 last Thurs
day declared themselves in favor of
issuing bonds in the sum of $67,000,
for the purpose of erecting a fine cen
tral school building. Anticipating
this result, the board has already en
tered into a contract for the plans
and specifications and will lose no
time in getting actual building opera
tions started. It is the hope of the
board to have the new building ready
for use by the time school opens in
1912.
Theie has been considerable discus
sion as to the intentions of the board
with reference to the old Lincoln
building, near the site of which the
new school house is to be erected.
Various suggestions have been made
and some patrons of the school
strongly object to the destruction of
the building even after the new struc
ture is completed.
As a matter of fact, the school
board has not yet definitely decided
just what disposition shall be made
of the old building. When the new
building is finished, the old one will
be in the way, in addition to prevent
ing such improvements as are contem
plated for the premises. Its demoli
tion would appear to be the logical
course to pursue even on these
grounds and without taking into con
sideration the fact that the structure
has amply served its purpose, is an
tiquated in every respect, if not a
positive menace to the safety of the
hundreds of students and the teach
ers who- have to use it. Its ultimate
disposition is something which, how
ever, the board will take up when the
proper time arrives, and, in the mean
while, welcomes any suggestions
which taxpayers or patrons of the
school have to offer.
With the completion of the new
central school house, the board will
next be confronted by the necessity
of providing yet additional room.
Lewistown has reached such propor
tions as to make necessary buildings
which can be more conveniently
reached by the smaller children re
siding both above and below town.
The next step will be the construc
tion of a smaller but equally modern
building at each end of town. These,
with the three centrally located school
houses, should serve the needs of the
listrict for several years to- come. It
is highly probable that the brick and
other material in the old Lincoln
building can be used to advantage in
these smaller houses.
At present, the members of the
board of trustees now in charge of
the district animated by a common
desire to give the people a new cen
tral building which shall be a model
in every particular and one which
shall show tin honest value for every
dollar expended. To that end, they
are willing to give freely of their
time and energy during the next fif
teen months.
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THE GOOD ROADS FAD.
Sam Gordon, in Stockgrowers'
Journal: The Journal has been
asked to whoop it up for the "Good
Roads Congress" soon to assemble in
Missoula. It would' be very pleasing
for us to do so if we knew that the
movement has the approval of Sena
gress
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tor Donlan, of Missoula county, and
further, to be able to say that at the
congress, the Missoula senator would
explain why it was that the last leg
islature utterly ignored all demands
for good roads notwithstanding the
fact that a committee of zealous cit
izens, appointed for the purpose by
Gov. Norris, had laboriously and
conscientiously prepared a road bill
for the consideration of the legisla
ture.
It is doubtful if the Missoula con
will surpass in energy and ef
fort the one held at Billings a time
ago, but what came of that? Can
any one point out one beneficial re
sult of that splendid gathering of en
thusiasts? As a matter of fact, this
paper has a strong hunch that these
congresses and conventions are main
ly for the benefit of prominent citi
zens who have other and personal
interests to serve, and who welcome
these functions as a means of getting
before, and keeping before, the peo
ple in the character of useful people
when as a matter of fact, after they
have had their hour or two on the
platform, they dismiss the whole sub
j j e ct from mind but use the notoriety
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gained for their own selfish purposes,
The plain fact is that we are being
exploited by promoters of all kinds,
and it seems to be a chilly day in
er
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June when some interest or another
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cannot fake up a congress or a con
vention for some altruistic purpose.
The effort to get a good road law
in this state followed the Billings
convention consistently. The gov
ernor appointed a competent com
mittee to draft a bill that would be
to lnl P CI 'vious to criticism and he further
ur S c u actmn °n this subject in his in
au f?ural. Why so important a sub
to
of
ject was utterly ignored by the as
sembly, outsiders do not know and
probably never will know, but the
men who run the machine know; and
one of them, the gentleman from
Missoula, Senator Donlan, may be a
booster fo r good roads at this Mis
soula congress. It would be emi
nently proper that he be there and
tell why the Twelfth legislative as
sembly did not want to monkey with
a road bill.
WILL TRY AGAIN.
The United States senate last
Thursday adopted a resolution call
ing for another investigation of the
manner in which William Lorimer,
of Illinois, was sent to that body as a
member. There was a lively discus
sion over the personnel of the in
vestigating committee. Senator Mar
tin, the democratic leader, introduced
the resolution which was adopted and
which calls for a sub-committee to
consist of four senators who voted
for Lorimer and four who> voted
against him following the report ot
the committee which made the first
investigation. Senator LaFollette
wanted the investigating done by a
committee made up entirely of new
members.
The second investigation shows the
power of public opinion when prop
erly directed. Lorimer was once
acquitted by his colleagues, but this
result was so manifestly illogical and
improper that the senate has been
compelled to confess that it was
wrong and order a second scrutiny of
that famous "jack-pot" legislature a:
Springfield two years ago.
There is little doubt in the minds
of any right-thinking person but that
Lorimer's seat was purchased, openly
and brazenly purchased for him by
the lumber trust, which certainly is
now in sore need of a few friends at
court. That the "blond boss" did not
know of the deal is inconceivable. If
ever a man deserved to be kicked,
bag and baggage, out of the United
States senate, that man is Lorimer.
After having had a taste of public
sentiment on the subject, it is highly
probable that several senators who
upported Lorimer before will wel
come an opportunity of getting par
tially back into the good graces of
their constituents by changing their
votes when the present investigation
concluded. Even Joe Bailey has
shown symptoms of deserting Lori
mer, and when things get so hot that
Joe has to be half-way decent, it is
certain indication that quite a
rumpus has been kicked up.
With the changed complexion of
the senate, a change due in no small
egree to the issue of Lorimerism,
it looks as if that body may make
ome amends for previous delin
quencies by sending the "blond boss"
back to his Illinois home stripped of
a title which was given him as a re
ult of one of the most putrid epi
oilcs in the political history of this
nation.
WILL CAUSE LOSS.
Dakota Farmer: The main reason
put forth for the removal of the tariff
front Canadian farm products is that
it will lower the cost of food to the
consumer.
"Cheaper bread" is the slogan. A
bushel of wheat will make sixty loaves
of bread, therefore a reduction of 10
cents per bushel in the price of wheat
would reduce the cost of bread one
and six-tenths mills per loaf. The
dinner-pail man in Pittsburg would
not benefit by even this slight reduc
tion but the wheat growers of the
Dakotas and Montana would be
filched out of $15.01X1,000 annually.
The removal of the tariff on wheat
will lower the American price at least
10 cents per bushel and yet not re
duce the cost of bread to the con
umer. Who will benefit? The wheat
carrying railways and the big millers.
Based on comparative prices be
tween North Dakota and Manitoba
points, free wheat will reduce our
prices at least 10 cents per bushel or
$15,000,000 annually: our barley 20
cents per bushel or $8,700,000 annually,
and our flax 25 cents per bushel or
$7,000,000; a total loss of nearly $30,
000,000 per year on a normal crop.
It will even do more—it will stimu
late wonderfully our already large
emigration to the virgin prairies of
Canada and eventually result in low
er world prices for the main money
producing crops of our territory.
The Canadian Northwest has been
barely opened. One hundred thou
sand American farmers settled there
in 1910, taking with them $100,000,000
in money. Officials estimate that, at
least, 130,000 will settle there in 1911.
Prof. Carleton, of the United States
Department of Agriculture, estimates
the ultimate wheat production of
northwestern Canada at 750,000,000
bushels.
Dakota and Montana farmers are.
under this so-called reciprocity act.
forced to accept an annual loss of mil
lions to the sole end that Canadian
prosperity may flourish. From the
standpoint of the plain American cit
izen no reason exists for this treaty,
and when no reason can be given why
a thing should be done, it furnishes
tile best of reasons why it should not
be done.
There are over five hundred thou
sand autos in use in the United
States and their value is $750,000,000
That is quite an item in considering
the much discussed subject of the in
creased cost of living. Just how
many mortgages have been recorded
connection with the half million
autos would be another interesting
item.
Asleep at His Post
Colonel Fred Hale, of Portland,
Maine, son of former Senator Eugene
Hale, of that state, came to Washing
ton and called on his old friend H
C. Emery, of the Tariff Board, 'also
from Maine.
Emery s office is in the Treasury
building; and Emery showed Hal
not without pride, the long row of
granite monoliths on the Fifteenth
Street side of that building, explain
in- that there were thirty-six in the
'oL recently put up to replace the
old limestone columns, and that they
cost ten thousand dollars apiece
"Ten thousand dollars each?'
peated Hale.
"Yes."
"And
they came from
the Maine
"And
they came from
quarries, I suppose?"
"No," replied Emery;
from the New Hampshire quarries!
"From New Hampshire'''
"Yes."
"You don't mean it!" said
"Where the deuce was father?'
the Maine
they came
Hale
DEPOSED PRESIDENT
QUITS NATIVE LAND
PORFIRIO DIAZ BOARDS SHIP
FOR SPAIN, WHERE HE
WILL LIVE.
Vera Cruz, Mex., May 31.—General
Porfiri i Diaz said his farewell to
Mexico today. With his wife and
other members of the Diaz party he
boarded the steamer Ypiranga, bound
for Sp. in.
To his country General Diaz de
livered a warning. Speaking to a lit
tle group of soldiers who had served
as a guard on his trip from the cap
ital, the old man who governed Mex
ixo for more than 30 years by mili
tary strength, said the present gov
ernment must yet resort to his meth
ods if peace is to be re-established.
Wearing the same uniforms they
had on when they served as the gen
eral's guard, the soldiers drew up in
front of the home of J. B. Body,
where the ex-president has been quar
tered since his arrival in Vera Cruz,
under command of General Vic
toriano Huerta, an old friend of Gen
eral Diaz.
The men stood facing the veranda
of the house, which is located near
the terminal yards. Back of them
stood a row of freight cars. Noisy
engines puffed about the wharves.
About the veranda a small detach
ment of the guards were lined up.
When General Diaz stepped forward
there was a buzz of interest but no
applause. The moment was too
solemn for such an expression, and
even the little g'roup of peons re
pressed their feelings until the speech
making and embracings were con
cluded. Their applause was then
brief. ,
General Diaz showed almost no
signs of his recent illness. He was
dressed in an ordinary sack suit of
black and carried in his hands a
panama hat.
In the name of the army General
Huerta addressed him, telling his old
chief "that he could always count on
these men, notwithstanding what
everyone said."
He declared that he and his men
and the army in general were sorry
to see General Diaz leave Mexico,
but that there was also reason for
gratification inasmuch as foreigners
would be given an opportunity to
know the man who had made his
country famous. Throughout all Gen
eral Huerta's talk Diaz stood like a
soldier on parade, with eyes front
and never a twitch of muscles. Brave
ly he began his reply, but before many
minutes lie was having great dif
ficulty in mastering his emotion.
"I am grateful to the army," he
said, "that I could count on it to the
last moment of leaving Mexican ter
ritory. It is the only defense the
country has, and to re-establish peace
in this republic its services will have
to be called on in this crisis."
Tears were slowly rolling down hi:
face now and his voice was broken
But he continued, telling his hearers
that should the country at any time
become involved in trouble he \
be willing to return.
Pointing to the colors of Mexico,
the general added:
"I would then place myself at the
head of the loyal forces and un
shadow of that flag I would kr
how toi conquer as in times past.''
forward and each was embraced
General Diaz and told good-bye.
General Diaz turned to enter
>use and the officers gave the cc
mand to match. The troops went di
rectly to the cars of a special
on which they began their jourr
the capital.
The Guilty Party.
"Who signed Magna Cliarta?"
asked the school inspector, thun
derously.
The village class sat mute.
"Who signed Magna Charta?"
roared the inspector again.
'P-please, sir," wailed little Billy
Smith, "it worn't me."
The inspector snorted. The class
was the most ignorant it had ever
been his lot to examine. He strode
from the room and outside met the
schoolmistress. Angrily he narrated
the last incident.
"Who d'ye say said that, sir?"
queried the mistress.
"William Smith!'' snorted the in
spector.
"Billy Smith," replied the teacher.
" Then don t ver believe 'm, sir. 'E's
the biggest liar here! Yer take my
word for it 'e done it.—The House
keeper.
Couldn't Spell the Name.
A short man wandered into the
Hotel Savoy at Kansas City and
asked for the typewriter's studio. He
lived in Kansas and,wanted to stay
another week, but his wife expected
him home, so he was in search of a
typewriter to send home a letter to
serve as an apology for his absence.
"Kansas City this date,' he mut
tered to the typewriter.
"I have that."
"My dear wife."
"Yes."
"Very important business will re
quire my presence in Osawatomie for
a few days—"
"Let's see," interrupted the artist,
bhow do you spell that Osawatomie?"
"Spell it yourself, it's your type
writer."
"I can't."
"Can't spell Osawatomie?" he asked
in disgust.
"No."
"Then I'll go to Fort Scott."
—Inland Stationer.
and everything in
What's the use of living unless you en
It is an in
Brighten up your house,
joy life.
Good paint will also keep ytour house from rotting,
vestment—as well as a luxury.
Ask your good wife if she doesn't want the house newly painted.
You owe something to> her, really, don't you?
Your neighbor is painting his house with Minnesota ready-mixed
paint—the good kind. Why not you? Call in and get it at the
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block or two and get fresh goods. You do it in buying your groc
eries, meats or bread.
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Phone
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