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THE MONTANIAN. Published Every Friday Evening at Choteau, Choteau Co., Montana. S. M. CORSON, Editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. « V M AIL— POSTAGE PREPAID. One copy, one year (In Advance) Rix Months ........ “ “ Three Mouths... “ “ Single Copies— “ * .$yno. ..150. ..10<h .. 10. Advertising Kates on Application. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1892. NEWSPAPER LAW. A postmaster is reqnircd to give official notice (returning a paper uoee not satisfy the law) when ft so Seen ber does not take hi« paper from the office, and to state the reason*« for ;ts being taken, and a neglect to do no makes the pos - master responsible to the publisher for the payment. Any person who takes a paper from the post- office, whether directed in his uameor in that of another, or whe ther lie has subscribed or not, is responsible for the pay. If a person orders his paper discontinued, he must pay all arrearages, or the publisher may continue to send it. until payment is made, and collect the whole amount wi.ether it be taken from the office or not. There con be no legal discontinuance until the payment is made. If the subscriber orders his paper to be stop ped at a certain time, and the publisher con tinues to send it, the subscriber is boatid to pay for it if lie takes it out o f the oflica. The law proceeds upon the ground that a man musi pay for what he uses. The courts have decided that refasing to take newspapers and periodicals from the postoilice is pnmn facie evidence o f intontioual fraud. G reat F alls wants the earth; she’s got the wind and water, and from what we hear, a good share of the land in that vicinity. But this is not enough for her 'greedy maw. She now want a land office and state capital, but most of all: she don’t want the Missouri river dammed at Stubbs’ Ferry; nor a railroad from Helena to Castle; nor another from Helena to Clio tean; nor a land office at Fort Benton; nor any of these things. In fact, she is very modest, and don’t want anything but the heavens and the earth and all things that in them is. And an other thing about her acquisitive ness is, that the end is taken as a justification of the means to be employed in secureing it. T h at the republicans are infora campaign of education is eviden ced by the fact that the Republi can National Committee is offer ing from $50 to $100 each for articles written by workingmen— of the field, forge, or shop—on the benefits of the policy of Protection from the standpoint of the work ingman and his home and its interests. The committee offers $1,600 in prizes for articles from the pens of workingmen on the different phases of the tariff, and on the policies of the two great political parties as it affects them. This gives responsible workingmen a chance to speak out in meeting. A high tariff on wool has failed to pro duce an American manufacturer who can make a piece of goods fit to make a suit of clothes from. IV hat is the reason?— Missoula Gazette. The above query is a fair sample ot the questions asked by demo cratic teachers in their attempts at schooling the public mind on the tariff. Ye god, what sophistry is attempted here! What is the reason? sure enough. THE INDIAN’S LEGAL STATUS. Editor M ontanian : In your issue of Feb. 12th I notice an editorial upon the legal status of Indians in which you say: “ The Constitution unequivo cally says that ‘ all persons Oorn in the United Slates are citizens thereof.’ This establishes the citi zenship of every Indian in this country,” etc. I think this latter statement is wide of the truth. Congress limited the right to take lands in severalty to Indians born in this country in order lo prevent foreign-born Indians from avail ing themselves of the same privil eges. But are domestic-born In dians citizens of the Uni ed states? The fourteenth amendment reads in part as follows: “ All persons born or naturalized in the Utided Slates, and dubject to the juris diction thereof, are citizens of the United «States and of the states wherein they reside.” This should be read in connection with a part of «Sec. 2, which I quote: “ Repre sentatives shall be apporl oned among the several States accord ing to their numbers, counting the whole number o f persons in each State excluding Indians not taxed.” It is evident from this that tribal Indians were not intended to be included in the words “ all per sons,” as used in the first section. It is well known that the 14th amendment, was proposed for the purpose of conferring citizenship on the colored race and also se cureing to them equal political privileges with the whites, such as voting, etc. But, as the extreme Slates Rights democrats had al ways denied that there was any such thing as “ national citizen ship,” the republicans, who had a majority, framed the amendment so as to settle both questions at the same time. That the amend ment was never meant to apply to Indians can be shown by many acts of Congress, several treaties, and numerous deeissions of ihe highest courts. Congress has de fined citizenship in Sec. 1992, R e vised Statutes: “ All persons born in the United States and not sub ject to any foreign power, exclud ing Indians not taxed, are declared to be citizens of the United * * States.” There are many acts of Congress and several treaties in which it is provided that at cer tain dates the members o f given tribes,or such as choose,should be come citizens. Congress has pass ed acts providing a simple mode of naturalization by which any individual Indian may become a citizen. One of the ben fits to be conferred on the fcallotte s under the allotment acts is citizenship. W h y all this if the Constitution itself confers citizenship? Accord ing to an authority referred to in “ Paschall’s Annotated Constitu tion,” tribal Indians are “ aliens and foreigners.” That their posi tion among us is anomalous, all will admit. S e e -K l l -B ee . BYRON CORSON, d- . * r AND DEALER IN W A T C H E S . S t a t io E L e r s r , 3 S T u . t s , O o r a . f e c t i o n . e 13 r , C i g ' a . z s Tombacco, ¿ z I L T o t i o n s , CHOTEAU. MONT. F i m h l iic U p p *r M u Uly. Walter S. Clark has returned from his visit to the East. As this is leap year, Walter must have done some tall scheme- ing to escape the snares of- the fair and ambitious belles of the Empire State. Aaron Nuttall expects his family over from England in the near future. A verry pleasaut party was given,last week <*t the residence of Mr. and Mrs. .las. Collins, where the fantastic toe was tipped until midnight, when a sumptu ous supper was served, after, which daucitig was resumed and kept up thro’ tiie sma’ hours o ’ the morn, then all de parted conscious of having enjoyed a pleasant night aud wishing the host and hostess many happy days in their new residence. Siuce the suow Max Grottbus may be seen at almost any time on a dog trot pace on some jack rabbit track, and if he strikes one less than twenty-four hours old he is sure of rabbit for dinner. The many friends of Jim Flynn were sorry to learu of his death at Great Fails last wuek. Jim was well aud fa vorably known along tbe Muddy. As be was not feeliug well, he went to the Falls for treatment, but he died suddenly of dropsy tUree days after his arrival at the Milwaukee house. Jack Shaw, the energetic hustler ami foreman for Clark Bros. & Co., can be seen in all kiuds of weather making the rounds of the Bheep camps, looking af ter the interests of the ranch. We are pleased to note that Fred Per ry’s orokeu K g has sufficiently healed to allow him to be around once more. By making the sound leg do double duty, he can yet “ welt the flare” in good style. Henry Germ has bought the Yeager ranch and is now ou tbe lookout to capture some fair maid to manage his household affairs. John Geusman and Charlie Storms arc busy sinking a shaft on a lead they located last fall. We hope they will strike it rich. We understand that Frank Dolpratt is becomiug quite an expert broncho buster. The buys on the rauch declare that the print of Frank’s form on the sand measured eight feet, four iuches. John McGovern is preparing to farm quite extensively next spring. J a y E y e S e e . During tbe last two years of the Cleve land Administration patents were issued to agricultural settlers to the number of 44.443. During the years 1890 and 1391 patents were issued to agricultural settlers under the Harrison Administra tion to the number of 231,607. The difference here—187,164—is a shining illustration of the difference that exists between the Democratic and Republican parties in their attitude towards the west. The Democratic party under Cleveland and Sparks openly charged that the settlers of the entire western country, from the Missouri to the sea, were a lot of ¿windling land-grabbers, and accordingly they never issued a pat ent until it was pulied from them by main force on an appeal to the courts. The Republican L «.nd Commissioners have, ou tbe other hand, assumed that the farmers o f the west, who were build ing up new and great empires on virgin soil, were men of integrity and character until the contrary as to individual cases was proved. There is not a farm er west of the Ohio river who would vote the Democratic ticket if he fairly under stood the operations of the land office at Washington under the Democratic Administration of Grover Cleveland. / . ............. t » l 1 thought I could lie happy, If she’d consent to marriage; , But now she calls me “ Pappy,” Makes me jog the baby carriage. Thera ie a moral to this wail, That must be plain t o all; But I haven’t time to write it, For I hear the baby squall. —Smith, Gray & Co.’s Monthly. CHEZUM & BRCUE, •X* w *K* w * -X -K* B T J T C H E E S , 3 P x o d . - u . e e d * < S c d - a o r r x r x x i s s i o x i . MERCHANTS. MAIN ST. - - - CHOTEAU. Beginning Feb. 1st, we will be prepared to SUPPLY customers with F B E S H JIBIEIEF, M U T T O N F O E M j and everything in that line. ------- -------------- Will also handle H AY, GRAINS VEGETABLES, And all kinds of Farm Produce. S. C . C h ezu m - A ngus B ruce
