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SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 9. 1899.
DREYFUS FOUND GUILTY.
The Inter Mountain's advices from
France today state that Captain Alfred
Dreyfus has been found guilty of selling
the military secrets of his government,
and sentenced to imprisonment for ten
years. The verdict of the court was not
unexpected. From the outset the con
clusion of the trial was in sight. The
judges exhibited a bias that was unmis
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takabie. and which would have disquali- \
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The Fiench sj stem of weighing the!
guilt or innocence of an accused man is j
faulty at best, as he is presumed to be ;
guilty until his innocence is established '
by a preponderance of evidence. No rules j
restrict the introduction of irrelevant tes- 1
fled them in an American court. At no |
time, from the inception of the trial to
its conclusion, did the French court be
tray a disposition to accord the prisoner !
a fair and impartial hearing.
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timonv and the personal opinions of the
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From an incoherent mass of :
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witnesses, r rom an incoherent mass
rubbish, having no direct or positive f
bearing on the status of the case, the !
judges are presumed to extract and hon- !
orabie and conscientious verdict I
Dreyfus was not only made the victim '
of abominable judicial methods that |
ought to damn France in the eves of
the civilized world, but he was condemn- j
ed in advance of a hearing by as cor
rupt a gang of pirates as ever sat in judg
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tain expressed the opinion that Dreyfu
would be found guilty, regardless of the !
evidence, in order to preserve the stand- |
ing and prestige of the army, for his ac- j
m^nt over an honest man. In predicting
the outcome of the trial, the Inter Moun
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qui.tal would adveitise to the world the.
possibilities for conspiracy, crime and j
corruption in the military service of that j ;
unfortunate country, J
■i his paper expressed the further opin
ion that his conviction would be followed ;
by a pardon, thus relieving Dreyfus of j
any punishment beyond the disgrace of
conviction. The sentence of ten years,
instead of an Indefinite period of exile,
would see to indicate that the court is
looking for the timely interference of the
president of the French republic, and
that a free and unconditional pardon is
among Uk still unwritten chapters of this
celebrated case.
Had Dreyfus been given a fair trial, by
honest judges, the world would have ac
quiesced in the result and reversed its
opinion as to his innocence. But too
much interest has been awakened in this
famous judicial procedure, and the evi
dent injustice done a long-suffering man
through a conspiracy hatched up by the
pin-beaded swashbuekles of the standing
army of France, for mankind to look
with approval on the findings of the
court. The world may be powerless to
protect Dreyfus from the vengeance of
his enemies, but It can and will visit its
condemnation upe-n a country that bru
talizes the functions of justice and makes
a farce of the rights of man.
But if the world makes a martyr of
Alfred Dreyfus, as the victim of French
injustice, what can be said of his noble
w ife? A sweeter picture of exalted wo
manhood does not adorn the century in
which we live. For four long years she
struggled to secure a rehearing for her
almost forgotten husband, in exile upon
the inhospitable shores of Devil's island,
and by dint or persistent energy and the
tireless promptings of a loving heart,
finally won her point. Again called upon
to suffer the unutterable pangs of defeat,
■he_ will doubtless rise to the sublime
heights of the occasion and renew her
contest for the liberty of her lover and
the honor of his name.
In Lucy Dreyfus and her persecuted
husband, history repeats Itself. It was
120 years ago that Captain Antoine Du
boise de Bellegarde, of the French army
—a man who won his spurs in many a
hard fought conflict—was made the vic
tim of forged documents and sent to the
galleys, because he exposed his fellow
officers in a scheme to sw indle his coun
try in the furnishing of military supplies.
His noble wife, who also bore the name
•f Lucy, worked for years iu his behalf
and finally secured a rehearing and an
acquittal. It was one of the famous eases
of tlie past, to which the Dreyfus perse
cution bears a most striking parallel in
all respects, except as to the final verdict
of the court.
POLITICAL MILLIONAIRES.
A\ hethcr published in Montana or else
where. newspapers that are owned by
multi-millionaires quite naturally stand
by the political aspirations of that class.
They are inclined to the view that at
tempts are made to arouse prejudices
against such men. merely because they
are rich. In this they mistake. It is not
the possession of wealth that invites
criticism, but the manner of its acquire
ment. The man who becomes a multi
millionaire through mining investments,
for instance, nature yielding her gracious
bounties into his outstretched hand, at
tains wealth through no injustice
others. His gain represents no loss on
the part of other human bein
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thougii less lucky, do not suffer from his
increase. To the financial successes of
such an one no legitimate prejudices
w bo ' !
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attach.
But I
j the toil
bina tio
he millions that are wrung from
ng masses, through unholy com- I
is of capital for speculative pur
poses, represent another side of the case. ;
Human energy and ability is incapable I
of converting - a man into a multi-million- j
aire through the ordinary lines of legiti- j
I mate business speculation, as'the affairs |
\ of the workl are now . adju , ted . Great |
mate business speculation, as'the affairs
are now adjusted. Great
wealth acquired in this way means a I
corresponding loss on the part of the J
producers who represent tlie sources from j
which it is drawn. This principle is so J
, well understood that the masses of the j
people have a right to feel that the multi- j
j millionaire, who has reaped golden har- [
; vests through speculative lines that have j
' circumscribed and crippled the efforts of
j others, is an enemy to society, in that
1 be has ridden rough-shod over the less
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[ Abou Ben Adhem, love their fellow-men.
When one of the latter type of multi
,
fortunate individuals who have stood in !
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: h:s pathway to affluence and power. [.
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f Thus, while the bonanza mining king
! ma - v have done no one a wrong, in wrest
! în S from nature her golden gifts of pre
I cious metals, it is clear that the tyrant
' who i,as builded himself up on the sruffer
| in « s and ^-sacrifice of others, through j
pure!> ' 9peculative ,ines of work - is en - !
j ticIed to no respect from those who ' Iike
millionaires enters the political arena,
with his aristocratic tendencies keyed
up to a point of utter indifference to the
lhe land t0 the otber .
rights of the "common herd," it is time
for a protest to go up from one end of
By education and
experience lie is totally unfitted to grasp
tbe geeptre of political power. He is in
touch with the masses only through his
; ron heei.
Such a man is John R. McLean, the
democratic nominee for governor of Ohio
; —the man whose election is to be fol
j lowed by the proffer of the vice presi
dency next year at the hands of his
party! Representing all that is cold and
clammy on the so-called higher planes of
social life, belonging to the public-be
danined class of men, McLean is a man
who looks upon the common people as
cattle, to be rounded up and disposed of
at so much per head. That idea he will
carry into politics; and he was nomi
nated to serve notice an the multi-mil
lionaires of his type that while the de
mocracy preaches the simplicity
Thomas Jefferson it is anxious to be in
touch with every barrel that can be
sighted within the horizon of political
life.
The election of McLean in Ohio would
be the triumph of a trust king—the sub
jugation of the people to the dictation of
wealth. May heaven preserve the people
from the fateful day when a multi-mil
lionaire can be elected to an office of re
sponsibility and power, on no higher
grounds than that he is the possessor of
unlimited wealth, and is walling to pur
chase political preferment from the beg
gars and sycophants who wallow in the
mud at his feet.
The recent democratic candidate for
mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. A. H.
Weed, expresses his opinion of John R.
McLean as follows: "There is nothing
left for the loyal democrats to do but to
vote for Judge Nash or Mayor Jones of
Toledo, or remain away from the polls."
As usual, the Inter Mountain is the
first to give the news. The advices from
France announcing the verdict in the
Dreyfus case are first given the publio
through the columns of this paper. If
you want the news of the day, on the
same day, read the Inter Mountain.
Though both England and the Trans
vaal are actively preparing for war, the
renewal of diplomatic relations between
the two countries indicate the possibility
of a settlement of their misunderstand
ing without a final recourse to arms.
Among those prominent democratic
newspapers in Ohio which have repudi
ated McLean 13 the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. 'But Mac needn't mind that—the
of j
Butte Miner and the Anaconda Standard i
still stand by him.
IN A PARAGRAPH
The position taken by the Atlanta Con
stitution .that the Chicago platform
should be' "affirmed in a paragraph" is
approvingly quoted by the democratic
press of Montana. Not long since the
editor of the Constitution, in a letter to
the New York Journal, defined his views
in favor of affirming the platform of 1S9C
in general terms, taking occasion to pro
test against a reference to such details
as the free coinage ratio of 16 to 1. as
inimical to the interests of the party.
The plan of the Pennsylvania democrats,
who endorsed the Chicago platform but
voted down a resolution in favor of 16
to 1, is the plan of the Atlanta 'Constitu
tion, namely, bimetallism without" free
coinage!
The chairman of the democratic pfirty
in Iowa has publicly announced that the
I silver issue will be placed in the baek
[ground in that state, and evidently (W 0, 'd
! is being passed around among the t*dith
j ful to "double switch the turn" in the
j treatment of the white metal. Bryan's
I * ba * " as
refusal to discuss the 16 to 1 proposition
in California, and his remark fn Nevada
unnecessary" to talk silver
in t lia t state, when he was fully conscious
; of the fact that he was ta!kin * to the
I American public, and especially to the
j men who will draft the next national
j Platform of his party, quite as much as j
| to the inhabitants of Carson City, por- i
| tend democracy's inevitable drift away
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I from the fundamental principles of free
J coinage.
j To avoid a specific declaration in favor
J of the free coinage ratio, without appear
j jpg to have abandoned silver to its fate,
j j 3 the aim of the democratic leaders,
[ This course of procedure will enable them
to so interpret their platform utterances
as to make a campaign for free coinage
in the silver states, on the theory that the
Chicago platform has been "affirmed,"
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thereby indicating that the democracy
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has maintained the position taken on the
financial question in 1896, while in the
single standard states it will be held
that the platform merely endorses the
underlying principle of bimetallism, as
in 1892 when Grover Cleveland was elect
ed, the details of Us application being left
to congress. '
la this way the democratic leaders hope
to transfer the elementals of a first clas3
party row from the activities of the jtext
campaign into the indefinite future action
of the national legislature at Washington.
Fundamentally, the proposed plan of
compromise is dishonet. It is an attempt
to go before the people on false pre
tences, and to secure their votes through
misrepresentation. The fact that, the
democrats of such states as Pennsylvania
and Iowa have drawn a long, deep line of
demarkation between "affirming" the
Chicago platform and endorsing the free
coinage ratio of 16 to 1, ought to open the
eyes of every honest silver democrat in
the land to the scope and purpose of the
platform jugglery that is to be under
taken.
HELENA AND REPUDIATION.
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Not long since the Inter Mountain pub
lished an editorial expressing its regrets
at the official action of the city' authori
ties of Helena, in seeking to repudiate
the honest debts of that municipality,
j showing wherein such a course pursued
by the capital of the state would be a
reflection on the good name of the com
monwealth abroad. The statements made
by this paper are fully confirmed by the
Helena Herald in the following article,
which also shows that the Inter Moun
tain was right when it said the good citi
zens of that enterprising city do not en
dorse the disgraceful course which has
been undertaken by its officiary:
The mayor and certain members of
the city council appear to take offense
at statements which recently appeared
in public print to the effect that ^the
city of Helena is guilty of repudiation.
The charge of repudiation is indeed a
harsh one, and it is not surprising that
those who are responsible for the aqtion
taken by the city should feel ceiled Upon
to say something. With the façls before
us, however, we can find no word in the
English language which so fully and
completely describes the attitude of the
city as the word "repudiation."
There has been a long existing legal
controversy between the city' and water |
company, which resulted in the recovery I
of a judgment against the city by the |
water company for water furnished at j
the rate of about $24,006 per year. |
With this judgment in force a compro- !
mise was effected between the receiver j
of the water company and the city, which
resulted in the passage of an ordinance
providing that the city would pay for
water furnished at the rate of $18,000 per
year, and would consent to the entry of
a judgment for water theretofore fur
nished at the same rate per year. The
provisions of this ordinance were accept- j
ed by the receiver. Thereupon the re- I
ceiver, in compliance with the provisions j
of the contract resulting from the ac- j
ceptance of the ordinance, obtained a 1
judgment in the United States court for !
about the sum of $111,000—the amount 1
then due at the rate of $18,000 per year i
for water theretofore furnished. Upon !
the entry of this judgment the judgment !
which had theretofore been obtained by j
the water company against tha city in ;
the state court was cancelled. At the 1
time this compromise was made no one ;
gainsaid the wisdom and good business j
judgment of the city council, and its |
honesty and integrity in effecting the
sam( '- No <?■"'>« is made but that the re
ceiver has strictly and fully complied
with his part of the contract. The city
has had and used the water furnished
and made payments under the contract
tor several months, and until there was
a change of administration, when the
obligation on tbe part of the citv to pav
according to the contract was denied,
l he receiver commenced an action in the
l hi ted states court to recover according
to the contract. The city filed its answer
to toe complaint, admitting the making
fmle°tu? t !' af ' t ' bl ! t sett; "8' up as a de
le ,' he tyty had exceeded the limit
\ ! nue *ted iu 8s pi i'seribed by the consti
tution at the time the ordinance was
passed and the contract made, and for
that reason there was no liability on the
pai t of the. city to pay for water fur
nished.
An application was recently made to
the I luted States court for a mandamus
to compel the city to apply in payment of
the judgment recovered by the receiver
against the city the amount of the tax
''J" c f h . i,as hi en levied and collected, to
I a> the same. The city in its answer to
the application for the writ of mandamus ,
th . e r eoVl ' ry of the Judgment, and j
pav t tm sa m,''" m, , leV ,' e ? an ? co,lp eted to
I;,,,,'.'' but states th *t the judg
In \ t .i t e , cover . ed for water furnished. 1
and at the time the water was furnished
the city had
pudiators.
acting ffi^ood faith''llm îwll the city is
alld a Purpose
, .... exceeded the limit of in
debtedness prescribed by the constitu
non. and therefore there was no obliga
tion or liability on the part of the city to
pay the amount for which judgment was
recovered.
Those facts are all a matter of public
record. They stamp the action of the
city as repudiation and nothing else.
1 he claim of the mayor and certain mem
bers of the city council that the city
stands ready to pay the amount due for
water furnished is puerile in the extreme
1 he statement is belied by the action of
tiie city in its defense of the litigation
now pending to enforce payment. We
cannot characterize the officials of the
city who are responsible for the position
the .city lias assumed as other than re
to subserve the interests of the citizens,
when it shields itself behind the pro
visions of the constitution limiting the
amount of the indebtedness 1 of the city,
and in order to do so incurs an indebted
ness by employing attorneys, and treats
such debts as a valid obligation and pays
the same.
A- Rood name is rather to be chosen
than great, riches." This is as applicable
to a city as to an individual. Much de
pends upon the good name of the capital
cf the state of Montana. Its welfare and
prosperity will be affected to a great ex
tent by the name it bears in the financial
centers of the country. Can the city af
tord to sacrifice its name by repudiating
its contracts and obligations?
NO USE FOR IT.
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Idle Ike—I wisht I had a comer on all
de w hiskey in de world. I could make all
kinds of money den.
Weary Tags—What would yer want
money fer if yer owned ail de whiskey?
THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE
it Is to Laugh"
3 Nignts Commencing: Sunday, Sept. 10
THE NEWEST REVIEW
"Vanity Fair
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High Class—
BURLESQUE
VAUDEVILLE
EXTRAVAGANZA.
All of the Very Latest Musical Hits.
Entirely new wardrobe, and an Admir
able Company.
Seat sale opens Saturday.
WATCH
THE BUTTE & BINGHAM
COPPEB MINING COMPANY
Forty-three dollars per ton in Copper, Gold, Silver and Lead is what
the ore assays in the new strike recently made in one of the mines now
being developed by the Butte & Bingham Copper Mining Company. This
now strike shows up a body of ore fully four feet in width. The vein pro
per is over 12 feet between walls. This new discovery was made at a
depth of 156 feet in the west crosscut tunnel, and only 300 feet from the
Utah Consolidated Mining Company's wagon road and on the same side
of Car Fork Canyon as the Utah Consolidated Mining Company, Peltro,
Condor Mining Company, Poenix Mining Company and Rew Wing Mining
Company, and only 3.800 feet from the Rio Grande Western Railway. The
superintendent, Mr. O. Roberts, reports
75 Tons of a fair grade of shipping ore on the
dump which will be shipped as soon as the ore
chute is completed.
Besides the large vein there are three small cross veins that average
from 10 inches up to two feet, that assay from $5 to $12 in gblcl. 2Vi to C,%
per cent copper and six ounces of silver. This grade or ore will concen
trate from three to five tons of ore into one ton of concentrates. The
superintendent writes that the mine will be shipping enough ore by the
15th or 20th of September to more than pay all running expenses. The
stock is selling fast at 30 cents per share and the next block will go on
the market at not less than 50 cents, and possibly $1.00 per share. Now
is the right time for one to invest. Don't wait until the stock has made
another big advance. Call on or address
W. H. NICHOLS
Secretary and Official Broker for the Butte & Bingham Copper Mining
Company, at
No. 1 Welt Broadway, Butte, Montana
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will.
Mr. Bruin—No, indeed. Jane, and the
leaders
AFTER AN EX 1*1,ORATION.
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Mrs. Bruin—These exploring parties
don't always turn out as they think they
always smoke bad cigars.
DILLON RACES—SEPT. Sth AND 9th.
For above races the Short Line will sell
round trip tickets at rate $2.80, good to
return until Sept. 10th.
$20 sets of teeth $10. Dr. Wix.
SALE OF LIVE STOCK.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, Baptiste Guay, will cause to be
sold at public auction to the highest
bidder, for cash, the following-described
property, to-wit:
One (1) sorrel running mare, bald face
and without brand, and about 4 years old,
for the purpose of satisfying the claim
of the undersigned for care and pastur-
ing. the said mare having been placed
with the undersigned by the owner, one
--- Miller, whose first name is to the
undersigned unknown, on the 1st day of
September, 1897, at the agreed rate of
five dollars per month, the said pasturing
to continue for a period of one year; that
the said owner lias never returned to call
for the said mare or pay charges there
for, and that his address is now to the
undersigned unknown; that there is now
duet the undersigned for said pasturing
and care the sum of one hundred and
twenty ($120.00) dollars, no part of which
has been paid.
The said sale will take place at the
front door of the court house, in Butte',
Silver Bow county, Montana, on the 20th
day of September, 1899, at the hour of 2
o'clock p. m. on said day.
BAPTISTE GUAY.
Dated Butte, Mont., Sept. 5, 1899.
NOTICE TO CO-OWNERS.
To Patrick W. Murray and the estate of
Nicholas Ayers, your heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the under
signed. your co-owners, in accordance
with the provisions of section 2324 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States,
expended in labor and improvements otî
the Lottie quartz lode mining claim, situ
ate in the Summit Valley mining district
Sliver Bow county, Montana, the notice
of which is recorded In book "G." at page
138, of the records of lode ciaims of said
county, the sum of twenty-fine ($25) dol
lars in the years 1895. 1896, 1897 and 1898,
in representing the said lode claim for the
said years, said payment covering the
portion of the representation of said
claim, which belong to your interest, and
that of the undersigned. And If within
90 days after the completion of the ser
vice of this notice by publication, you
fail or refuse to pay the undersigned your
proportion of the said representation
work, your share (P. W. Murray) $100,
and the estate of Nicholas Ayers $25, for
representing work in the year 1898, ac
cording to your interest in the said min
ing claim, that your interest in the said
lode claim will become the property of
the undersigned in accordance with the
provisions of said section 2324 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States.
MICHAEL WARD.
Butte. Mont., June 1. 1899.
THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE
G. Ö. McFarland, Manager.
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14 W. Broadway.
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Under State Supervision.
Pays 5 per cent, on savings depos
its. interest compounded quarterly.
Pays 7 per cent, on time certifi
cates of deposit, not subject to
check.
Issues savings certificates on build- .
, ing and loan plan with definite time &
{c maturity and definite payments. At
gij Loans on real estate to be repaid ',v
- monthly installments running i
from One to Ten Years, to suit bor- .*»
rower.
Trustees—Lee Mantle, president; &
Chas. Schatzlein, vice president; &
Fayette Harrington, treasurer; i
Charles R. Leonard, attorney; A. B. 5
Clements,secretary; F. Aug. Heinz« ?
Henry Mueiler, Frank W. Haskins, sf
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