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Till? QKEGON MIST. k 1 J VOL. XXIV. 8T. HELENS, OBEGON, FRIDAY, '., DECEMJIEK , 1907. NO. 52. 0. T. PBC8C0TT K. K. Tmg Columbia County ABSTRACT AND TRUST CO. Titles Examined y Non-Rksidunt Real Kstatu St. Johns!! r : : sit .... -ii AQIL.T EDQEO INVE8TMENTI Situated trctwecu the rivers, with deep water frontage & on all sides, surrounded and crossed by five transconti- ffi a nciuat ruwMys, it must ih.-i.ouic uic uianuiaciunnK ana snipping center o. rortiaua, & - MONTHLY PAYROLL SSaOOOl Invest now, you w ill double your money in two years, (jj I H. HENDERSON I xo Philadelphia St St. Johns.Oregou pfnrrryTrrrTTixijuAYryrrTrtTrrirm im tmn srrr kjorosis ihoes W,N-? You will Hud Style, Wearing Qualities, Size, and the Comfort You Want ! Sorosis Fall Shoes Have All Arrived. Everything, from the Heavy, Flexible Shoes to the Dainyy Evening Slippers. S. fl Appropriate for OrOSIS AlOSiery Evry Occasion KNIGHT SHOE CO., i THIRD AND WASHINGTON. POWTLANO. OBC. J juimmumn i ujutin,j.t at iiiimi ts ., j DART & Carry a Complete Stock of the lkHt in General Merchandise at Lowfcst Prices Consistent with Quality Country Produce Bought and Sold. When in Need of Groceries, Dry Goods, Hardware, Boots or jShoes We Solicit Your Patronngc ai'j'Ag: snrc YonCourteou8j freatuient ST. HELENS, vsvevki JOB PRINTING T IS OUR WE have the best and most fully cqnipped Job Print ing Ofllce in (Xilumbia County And we are prepared M do all kinds of Printing on short notice and at most reasonable prices A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE OREGON IU1IST QUICK. F. B. ritlsSCOTT Abstracts Madk Taxks Paid y Vr Loans, f.Tc : t. St. Johns!! 1 MUCKLE D OREOON BUSINESS 4' RESUME OF MESSAGE resident's Commonlcatlon Is Consenratlva Document. AIMS TO PLEASE ALL CLASSES Would Delay Tariff Legislation Unlit Afl.r lh. Presidential Election Wants Currency Change. Wo nation haa gr.atar raaourraa than nur. nd I, ink It ran U truthfully lt mat ha 1'itit.tia or no nation poaaaa. graal.r an- r.jr anil tnduatrlal ability. In nt nation ara tha fundam.nlat bu.ln.a condition. tind.r than In aura at thla vary mcm.nl; and it la foollah, wli.n aurh la tlia raaa. for p.opla ta hoard Irnmay Inftt.ad of kaaplng In aotind hank.; for it la aurh hoarding hat la tha tmm.dlata ocraalon of monay alrtna.nry Muraovar, aa a rule, tha tiualo, of nur pr-npla la rohdurt.d wtlh non.aiy and probity, and thla appll.. allha lo farm, and factories, tw railroad, and bank,, t. all our laglttmata rnmiti.fi la I .nt.rprt.aa. In tli. nffnrl to punlan tlia guilty It ta both wta and prop., in .nd..vor ao far aa tMJMlhla lo mtnlmlca tha dlatraaa of thoaa who hav. h.n tfilalad by tha .ullty. Tat it la nt ivoMlljl. ta r.frnla haraua. of aurh dlatroaa from atrtvtng to put an and to tha iHlfl.dt that ar. tha ultimata .auaaa or tlia utf.rln.. and, aa a m.ana lo thla nd, whar. aoaalbla to punlah thoaa rvaponatbla fur th.m. Thar, may ha honaat diffaranraa of opinion aa to many Oovarnmantal nolltrlaa; but aur.lr th.r ratt ba no aueh din.ranraa a to tha n.d of unfllnrhtnf paraavoranca a lh. war a.aln.t aurroa.ful dtihonraty. No amall part of tha trmibla that hava comaa from c.rrlni to an .xtcma ha National vlrtua of aaif rallanta, of Ind'- pandanm in Initially, and action. It la laa lo maun, thla ylrlua and to provlda for Ita fullaal lurrlo, rnmpotlhl. tt aaa- nf that llb.rly not baroma linrriy a wron. alhara. I .for tunataly. thla ta lha kind of llborir that th. larh of .11 altacllta r.ulllon tnayltahly br.da. Th. fouod.ra of tit. t'onaillulkn provtdMl that th. Na tional aov.rnm.nt ahnuld ha, eompl.ta and aola control of intaralnta rommarra. 1h.ra a. than ptaftlr.lly no tnt.ratat. buatnaM aava ourh aa waa randurtad by al.r. and thla tha National tlov.rnm.nt a' one. proraod to raculata In Ihoroutlhiioln. and alfortlva faahlon. Condltlona haa no ao wholly rhan.cd that ih. Int.ratato mm rnwrt liy ojalar la laat.ntncanl romparort llh tha amount that foaa by laml. and ai moat all h bualnaa. roneorn. .r. now an s.4 la Intatnta rommari. Aa . rwilt. it ran o kut portially and Imparfactly oontrailad rr raaulatad by lha action of any on. of tha aavarat autaa; aurh action In .vltatilr t.ndlaa to b. otthar too draatle ar o too laa. and In alih.r raa. in.norurr foa urooooa of luallo. Only th. (.allonai OonromMil ean In lhorouhiolnt faahlon aaarolaa th. nr.d.d aontrol. Thla doaa not moan that tha ahouid fea any ait.nnon 01 rad.tnl authority, for aurh authority al ready .tl.ia und.r th. ConMltutlon In aniDlrat and moat fr-rrtilna form; but It dm m.an that th.ra ahouid ha an axtrn loa of rl.rl arilrlty. Thla la not ad- orallna ernlrallaallon. It la maraiy toon Ina for" m h 'ar.. and roalialoi that cnlrallaatlon In hualnaaa haa alraady coma and rami.it b. .yoldad or ndon., and that lha putillr at lar. ran only prolan ltalf from r.tlaln ll at. of thla bualn.aa rontrallaallon br irovldln bailor m.tliodi .... in. .a.rrtaa of ronlrol throuah th aulhortiy alraady oantrallard In tha National Uornam.nt y tha con.iiiuuon iwit. inndantallv. In th. Maaaa. of th. pur.- food law th. anion of tho varloua atata food and dairy rommlaalon.r. ahowad la .irtklna; faahlon how macn rood for tha whola poopia rMUlta from ih haarty ro oporntlon of lh. fdrral and atat oltlrtala In aurlttg a aiVM1 rotorm- II la primarily to Ih. action of thoaa atata rnmmiaalonar. that . ow. th .Dartm.nl or thla law; for Ihoy arouaad tha poH.. nr.i to damand th. .nartmanl nd .nforc.manl of atat. law. on lha auM.et, and Ih.n tha .nan- nnl of lha rad.rnl law, wnnoui wmtn k. .lata lawa war. larl.ly Inalfocllv.. Than muat b th. loat ro -op. ration ba twaan lha National and alat. (ovarnmant. la admlnnt.tlni thua lawa In my maaaaa. ta t'ongraaa a yr ago I poh. a. follow a .a Ih. curraney : f .aerially call four attanllon to tha con dition of our curramy lawa. Tha National bank an haa ably aarvad a raat purpoa In aldlna lha .normoua bualn.aa d.valopmanl ... ii.. .unirv. and within laa yaara th.r. ha. ba.a an inrroaM in circulation p.r cap ita from 11 41 to S(. for a..r.l yaara avid. nr. haa baaa accumulating that addl- lonal l.gl.lauon no. r- at aarb crop aoaaon io.m..i. - of lha pr.a.nt lawa. Th.ro mut aoon ba a ravlalon of th.m. barauaa to la th.m aa h.y ara triaaoa lo incur iiaoin.r o -"" ai... Mur imdv adlournod -th.ra haa baan a f uctuation in no mi"" .T.- a ..... com to .tu r rant, and th. fluctuation waa .van gr.at.r during lha prr.lmg ' monih. Th. sacralary of tha TrM.ury had to atao In and by wIm action out a atop to Ih. moat vtolanl period of oa "n ation. Kvan woraa than aurh fluctuation i, th. ad.anra In rommarcia rataa and tha mon'y from Ih. H.t.rlnr bank. !"" ; ulatlva flald Thla doplatM tha fund that wou d oth"rl b. ava.l.bla for conun.rcl.l u, ana. romm.rciai nor-. pay '-.. ioi.r..l ?h".V I. "acad Ta th. "whol. romm.rc iv.. vnumrv. 1 .gain urg. on tn. t ongr.- ""- . j..i. .11. niton lo nil. m.ii.i. " - . ..,.. .i.ailrltv In our rurrancyl nrovldd of cur.., that wa rarognla. lh. proviooo. . . cur eur. r , z.,. .i.v. m m. mMt "." . min.tlon by tha National aulhor Iti.a I'rovlalon ahouid ba mada for an "margoncy curr.nry. Th. .m.rg.ney laaua Ihould. of tur.a, b. mad. with an off.ctlv. iuaraniy. and upon condltlona carafully pr- SEXZai ,:--'Th..i.u.d m.nt a. lh. aaa-M RtSTtSSS ."n'd ' dlr". Jr.' .? National b.nk. ah.ul4 .r bi , allnwa lo loan to thar..l... Tru.1 rnpanl .houl b. .uhjl to lha Jama auparvl.lon a. -hank.; l.gUlatloa I. thla arf.ci ahouid b. mm' ; " o. t-olumbla and Ih. T.rrlt.rt ,h. prolyl v. a". - d l: . "adorn b.VJh.-n..d. "hu. la a f-V .'en ,.h.-.',i l ss.vjrta ?rin law. ahouid U. caraflly rutlnlail U. . . that aa agcaaalv. or lmprop.r bln.Si. ar . .onf."d I th.r.,. thai prop.r "".... .m.il .ad that our forolgn rav.nua --- ,., .i-.y. ha trada la ancouragao. ' ' ;,. " T -iw lr. ' ..i... . tariff which will not only Slaw far IM coll.ctlon of aa ampla v.nu. Sir. ."w;.-tt: "uaaiSTn Kould b. p"'a'"'i "m . at.ndpolnt, both tha lma M mannar of lha .hang. J "."'J. "a ,Xnr.nm inish and feo the lt P'X ti.tnat motives. The sol eonsidsratlon that th turn Wtai thould be to change rsprsesnts th public good. i. mnl that th ubjct cannot with dom be dealt with n th yaar precein of Thli -V.n to tiaat Tl from tha atandpolnl of tha io da.l with tha matt.r l.1mm.dlal.ly aft.r a-h. congraa. ahouia aonalaar t. t.al(.B "'oiiaXn. ani th. tmpr.m..o..,l ha. "VVf- thai If. ll ' ' Th: Con Tjr: P".r a.hr , pun. r.- - .,..hla hoitld a. rapwiy aao -r ;. VhlT" To'va nn an. I and" th. praaant . Si , am.ad.4 ta atnbrac. aualr.ot. thAt public work which Oit prnt word in tit th ot hfta bn contru4 to lud. Th gnrl introduotlon of the Kbt'hnur dy nhould hm th ! tawttrd which w ahouid ataMdily tnd, and the Uovrnmmt ahotild ft th iuimpl tn thla rCHlMrCt. KtrlkM and locbouu, with their attendant Iom and uffurtrif conttnu to Incr. Vnr th flv yre endlhf iMcamher HI, JW)5, th nuintr of atrlko wa a;rmitr- than tho In any previous ten yeara and waa double th number In tha prsredtny flv year. Thee figure Indicate the Increasing need of providing ftm machinery to deal with thl claaa f diituihance in the Interest llhe tt the employer, th employ and th general public. 1 renew my previous recom mendation that the rongrae favorably con liiajf, Ibe matter ot rreetlng the marhtnery for cotnpulnory Investigation of eurh in dustrial ronirnverslfis a ar of sufficient magnitude and of surTlrlont concern to th people of th country as a, whol to warrant ine rori tiovernment in tssing action, i The grain-producing Industry of thej country, one of th most Important In thej I'nlted Mtales, -erves special contMr- ailon at the hands of th ongree. Our: grain 1 sold alinont exrluelvely y grade. I To secure sallKfactory resulM in our Home mnrlfaM and to facilitate our trad abroad. ! he gradfii ahouid s parol (mat the high- : t dgre f uniformity and certainty. The present dtverpe methods of lnpH.on and! rsdina throughom the country unaer air- : ferent law and hoards, result In ronfu- I Inn and lark of unlfnrmtty, destroying thtt conhdance which Is neresesry for health- ful trade. Complaints against the present i method hav continued for year and they , re gnming In volume and intensity, nor : only In thla country but abroad. I there. , re auaaest tn the Cwnaress th adv. hiltiy of National system of Inspection nd rail In a of atain entertaa into inter- tats and foreign cantmrc as remedy for th present evils. rriaatton stiouin i rar mora aienaiveiy developed than t pressnt, not only In th tales of the great lain and th Ror-ky Mountains, but In many others, as. for In tsnre. In lerse nor t Ions of tn Kouth At lantic and tiulf Ktsies. where-tt ahouid go hand In hand wHh th reclamation of aimp land. Th Federal uovrnment should seriously devote Itself to thl task, realising thai utilisation of waterway nd waterpnwer. forestry, irrigaiton ana me re- lamatlen of land threatened wun overnow. are all interdependent parts of th same problem. Th work of th Reclamation Hervlre In d'loplng tn iarger opportunl- tlss or lha western naif or our country ror irrigation la more important than almost any other movement. The constant purpoa of th (lovemmenl In connection with the kcmnietlon Hrice ha been to use tna wster resource of the public land for th ultimate area test good of the grvatest num ber: In other words, to put upon th land permanent home-makers, to use and de- eiop it ror tuemssivs ana tor ine,r vntt iren and chlldren'a children. There has been, of cmiree, oppoalt ion to thla work ; opposition from some Interested men who U.ire to exhsust tha land fr their own Immediate profit without regard to th wel fare of the nat eneratlon. and opposition from honest and well-meaning men who did not fully understand lh subject of who did not look far enough ahead. Thla opposition I think, dyina sway, aao our people are nderstandln that it would be utterly wrong to allow a few Individuals to hsust for thsir own temporary personal profit the roaources which ought to be de veloped through ue so aa to b conserved for the permanent common advantage of th petpl aa a whol. Th effort of ih Government to deal with the public lend haa been based upon th same principle ae that of the Reclamation Hervice. The land law system which was designed to meet the needs of the fertile end ellwatared re tons of tha ' Middle West has largely broken down when ap plied to th dryer regions of th great plains, lha mountains and much of the fw-tflc giopa, wnere a rarrn 01 ivu acres cs fimdsouata for atf-autiort. In lhes region th system lent lias-lf to fraud, end much land passed out of th hands of th t.overnment without passing Into ih hand of th home-maker. The le pert men t of th Interior and tit Department uf Justice joined tn prosecuting th offenders against the law; tney nav tctompinnea mucn, while where the administration of th law has been defective It haa been changed. Hut the laws themes ma are defective. Three yar ago a public land commission was appointed to acrutlnla th law. and de fects, and recommend a remedy. Their a- amlnallon BpeclAcally ahowsd tho s tsten.ee of great fraud upon th public domain, and heir recommendations ior rnans ia n law were made with tn design of conserv ing the natural resource of every pan or he public tanas oy puuing ko us owmi Ksneclal attention waa canea 10 in pre ...... vention of settlement by lh passage of great areas of public land into th hands or a few men, and to th normoua waste caused by unreeirlcted grating upon h onen ranaa. Th recommends! Ions or ths rub 1c Manos t orn mission are eouoo, xor fh.w ar SDrially In th Interest Of lb actual home-maker; and where the small home-maker cannot at present uwnae tn land they nrorlde that th government shall keep control of It so that It may not be monopolised by a few men. Tho Congress has not yet acted upon the recommenda tions; but they are eo just and proper, ao assent!! to our National welfare, that I feel confident, if the Congress will take imi to con ei ier tnem. mat tney win uiu MBtelv he sdooted. ..ntimtsm la a snod characteristic, but If o.rriatd tn an eicees It becomes foolishness We are prone to speak of the resources of this, country as Inexhaustible; thle Is not o. The mineral wealth of the country, the coal, iron, oil. gas, and th ilk, doe not reproduce Itself, and therefore Is certain 10 If esnsumea "iunini, , "r'ui n.M in fleBttna- with It today means that our descendants will feel the exhaustion a generation or two oeror tney oinerwiae avmiM Hut there are certain other forms of waste which could be entirely stoppeu th taraaiio of soil iiv wastiinc. ror insianc. which Is among the most dsngerous of alt wastes now in progress in me innw oiii, la easily preventable, so that this present enormous loss or fertility Is entirely un naKauuifv. The nreeervatlon of replacement of the forests Is one of tha ml important means or preventing tms toss. we nave ad a betnmng in roreet preerviioo, uu it ia. - hf.ii i tin I us- At reeent lumber- in i ih fourth areatett Industry In the United mates; ana ei. so rwpiu dm owm'" rats of exhaustion or umoer in mm innt i Rtates In the pant, and so rapidly Is the remainder being exhausted, that tha coun try Is unquestionably on th verg or a limber famine which will be felt In every k...uh tin in tha land. There haa already teen a rtss in the prlc of lumbeev but there 1 certain to be a moro rapid and heavier rise In the futura. Th prevent annual consumption of lum ber Is certainly three tlmea as great aa the annual growth; ana ir tne consumption au growth continue unchanged, practically all tumher will be exhausted In another generation, while long before th limit to complete exnauswon is n?i.ny " scarcity will make Itself felt In many blight ing ways upon our National welfare. About 30 per cent of our forest territory Is now re served in National foreats; but these do not iHAi,.4aa lha mitii valuable timber lands. and In any ynt the proportion 1 too amwll to xpct that tn reserves eso more than a mitigation of tho troubla which ta ahead for the Nation. Far more drastlr ..iA. ia naariaii iarsts can b lumber ed so aa to glv to th public th full us of their mercantit timoer wunou ai.a eat detriment to th foreat, any moro than It Is a detriment to farm to furnish a harvest; ao that tnr t no pari a mrA mlnal which Dill OHlY b COm- utetely used by exhaustion. l)ut forests, if UMd a all our forests hav been used In the past ana as most oi tnem bi a.-. .hi V. a.nh.a whoiiv destroyed, or ao dsm atred that many decadee hav to pass before effective us ean b mad of them again. All these facts ar so obvious that It ta xtra ordinary that U should b necessary to ro- V,l ...l.rn llnltad RtatM th. mth.ral fual. hav. alraady paaaad Inte tha handa of larga prlvata ownara. and thai, of th. Wt nr. rapioiy i" . ... . . . - - 7". ' .k...id h. Mn.trv.il and not L..I.V .nd it would h. w.ll ta protect th. i. ...init unJuat and aitortlonata nrlraa. ao far aa that caa .till b 4on. what ha, ban .ocompll.h.d In th. graal oil ;.1I, r.L. P.i.nrv hv tha aotloa of lha Admlnlatratlon. oflav. a '"Iking ampl th. good r..ult. of .uch a policy, la my Judgmanl lha Oo.arnm.nt .houldh.v. lha right to kaap th. f.. of th. coal, oil .nd gaa flald. In Ita own poaaaaalon an to laaaa tha right, lo d.y.lop th.m undar prop.r roguln t !na" or ala If tha Congraaa will not adopt iila mathod? lha coal d.poalta ahouid b. aold undar limitation., to conaarv. th.m a. .h. n.ht tn mill, coal being r.,:r.t.d from th. tltl. ta th. joll. Th. reaulat on. .nou a parmn oo.i t-o -"f..i i. .r.i,.i.nt .uantlty by lh. a.v.ral corpoMtlona. Tha pr.a.nt limitation, hav. h..n .b.urd, .gca.lv. and a. rv. o u.ful purpoaa. and oftan randar ""."' . ... k. .ith.r fraud or alea aban- donmoiii ut tha work or .ttln out th CWork on th. Panama Canal ! P";'nJ In a highly atlfactory mannsr. In March ! SiL'r. fltavaoa. ohalrm ot tt- Commission, and chief engineer, resigned).: and the Commission was reorganised and constituted ae follows; Lieutenant -Colonel (ieorge W. (loot hale, rorps of Englnasr t'nlted States Army, cbslrman and chtet feriilnesr; Major l) E. Ualllard, Corps oi rtriSlneers, t'ntted Htalo Army; Major Wil liam U Hi beet, Corp of Knglnn, United State Army; Civil Engineer H. H. Rous ssu, United States Navy, 4. C. I. Black burn; Colonel W, C Oorgas, United aiatee Army, and Jackson Umlth, Commissioner. This chang of authority and direction went Into effect on April I, without causing a per ceptlbl check in th progress of the work S com me nd to the favorsnle coneiileratloc of tho Uongreeo a postal saving bank ays tern, as recom men aed by the Poet mas ter (leneral. The primary object ie to encourag sinon nur peot-ia economy snd thrift, and b the use of postal savings banks lo glvs their an opportunity to husband their resources psrtlcularly those who have not" the feci 11 t lee st hsnd-. for de mM ting I heir money Ir as v in en banks. Viewed, hon.-ver, from th experience of th pajet few weeks, It Is ovl tent lost m aovan:sges or even an insu lt Ion are still more far-reaching. Titntc fDoeltors hav withdrawn trwir sa vines foi he time beir.g from National banks, trusi cimpanles and saving bank; individual have hoarded thlr easn and tha Working men their earnings; all of which money ha ben withheld and kept in hiding or In th safe depoelt box to th detriment of proe nerlty. Through lha agency of ih poata' mains banks such money would be re stored to th channels of trsde, to th tna usl beieftt of capital and labor, f further commend to the Conarree the con sideration of the Postmaeter-Cteneral'g recrn menftiitton for th extnslnn of th parceu poil, pvlally on tho rural routea. Therr sre now ui.xia mrai mutea, aorvmg nearij l&.fOif fSx oeutrio who do not hare the ad vantsges of tho Inhabitants of cities In ob alnina their supplies. Tneee rerogmiendationt have been drs wn no to benefit the fsrmei nd the country snopaeaper; otoorwtse, j nould not favor them, for I believe that It Is aord oollcy for our (lovemment to 6. verytntng ptaaainie to ao me smaii town ana the country dietrict. it ts aeeirmhit tnac tne country merchsnt sfioold not be crushed out. Oklahoma has n-x-om a siate, standing on full euuslliy with her elder sisters, snd hoi future ts asaured by her great natural rs snurcew. The duty of the National Govern ment to guard the personal and property rtghte of the Indians within her border re mains of course unchanged. I reiterate my recommendation or last year as regsras Aissas. nome lorm or, local seir government should b nrovi'led. as simple and Inexpensive ao poewlble: It to irr.poaeible for the Tongresa to devote ths neceawary time to all ths little detail! of necetamry Alaskan ieaiaisilon. Koad building and railway build ing should be encouraged. Tha Governor of Alaska should be given an ample coproprlatlon wherewllh to organ lie a force to preeerv the public prac. Whisky soiling to the natives should he mada a felony. The coal land lawe ehould be changvd so a Ui meet tho peculiar need of the territory. Thla should be at tended to at on; for tho present lawa permit individuals to locate large areas or tne pur- ii Soma in five anecilatlve ourooees. anJ f-auae an lmmnee amount of trouble, fraud nd I tiastton. There should be anotner ru dtrial divtelon estatilaihed. Aa oarly aa ooo- elbte lighthouses and bu.ya enouid be estoo hehed as aide to navigation, especially In and about Prince ill ism wound, ana the survey of the coset completed. There k need of iihersl aoorctmiatioiiaf for lighting and buoy Ing ths southern coast and Improving the aid to navigation In Aoutheaatera Alaska One of the great tnduetrlt-s of Alaska, as of Fusel Hound and tn troiumoia, ia salmon flehtng. Gradually, by reason of tack of proper lawe, this Industry Is being ruined; It should now be taken In chargo, and ef fectively protected, oy tne united etaies Govern men t. , A bureau of mine should be created under tha control and direction of the Recretarr of the Interior: tho bureau to have power to collect statistics snd make investigation In all ma t tere rertainl ng to min ing and par- Iculsrly to tne aoclti?nt and dangers or tne inriuatrr. If this cannot now b dona, al least additional approprlationa should be given the Interior Iwpartment to ba used for the etudy of mining conditions, for the prevention of fraudulent mining schemes, for carrying on the work of mapping the mining districts, for studvlna method for minlmlsine? lha ac cidents and dangers in the industry; In short. to aid m all proper way in development of the minlne? Industry. Not only there is not now, nut tnere never haa been, any other nation In tho world eo wholly free from the. evils of militarism a ia our. There never has been any other larg nation, not even China, which for o tons a period nas naa reiaiivviy to us sum bers so smstl a regular army as haa ours. Never at any time in our history baa this Nation Buffered from mill tartars. r been In he remotest danger of Buffering- from mill arlem. Never at any Km of our atatory has tho regular Army been of a else watch caused th slightest appreciable tax upon the ta spay ing citisena or in Nation. Al most always It haa been too small In size and underpaid. Never ta our emir history haa tha Nation Buffered la the loaat particu lar because too much car has been given to th Army, too mucn prominence given it. too much money spent upon It, or because It has been too large. But again and again we hav Buffered becaue enough car haa not been given to It, becaue It haa been too small, because tner naa not nwen autricieni preparation in advance for poartbla war. Every foreign war la which wo hav on gaged haa cost us many time th amount which, tf wisely expended during tne preced- lne? year of pac on the regular Army. would hav insured ine war snuing in out a fraction of the time and but for a fraction of the coat that waa actually th case. As a Nation w hav glway been shortsighted In providing for the efficiency of th Army In llm of peace, it la nobody a especial In terest to make auch provision and no om look ahead to war at any priod. no mat ter how remote, as being a serious possi bility: while an Improper economy, or rain er nleaardllneis. can be practiced at th ex pense of the Army with the certainty that thoss nractkina It will act be called to ac count therefor, but that tne price will be paid by the unfortunate persons who hap pen to be ta office when a war docs actually come. The atediral Corps snouid tt much larger than the needs of our regular Army in war Tet at preeent It ia smaller than tne neede of the service demand even in peer. The Spanh War occurred lees than ten years ago. Tho chief loss w suffered In It wae by disease among tne rcainnvnia wmcn nvw left the country. At the moment the Nation oemed deeply lmDressed by thl fact; yet seemingly tt has already been forgotten, for not tha alishtest effort has been mad to prepare a medical corpa of sufficient else to prevent tne repeiiiiwn oi aama yn- aster on, a much larger acala If we ahouid ever be engaged In a serious conflict. The trouble In th Spanish War waa not with tha then existing off I dale of th War De nartmnt it was with the representatives of the people aa a whol sh for the pre nadinar s vears. had declined to make the necessary provision tor tne Army, univw ample provision is now made by Congress to put the Medical Corpa where It should be pirt disaster In the next war la Inevitable, and the responsibility VH1 not 11 with those then in charge or tn war ueparimeni, out with those who now decline to tusk the necessary provision. ii waa honed Th Hex ue Conference mlgh deal with th question of th limitation oi armaments. But oven before It had assera bled Informal inquiries naa asyeiopea mat as re xsrds naval armaments, th only oner tn which thla country naa any latereat, i. was hopeless to try to devise any plan for which thai was th slightest possibility of securing assent ot th nations gathered at Tha Hague. No plan waa aveo proposed which would hav had th assent of more than on flret-clans power outside of the I'nlted Statee. Tna oniy pian max saemev at all feasible, that of limiting tn ais of battleship, met wttu no favor at all It Is evident, therefore, that tt la folly foi this Nation to base any hop of aecurlng peace on any International agreement aa ti the limitation of armaments. Such being th fact it would b moat unwise iot u to stop th upbuilding of Our Nary. To build on battleship of th beat and most advanced type a year would barely keep our fleet up to It preeent foro. Thla I not nough. la my Judgment, w ahouid this vsar nrovlde for four battleships. But It Is Idle tor build battleships unless In addition to providing th man, and the means for thorough training, wa provide the auxiliaries for thwm. unless w pro vide docks, th coaling station a. th coUlsrs and supply snip tnat tney nsea. we svra xtrmiy deficient la coaling station and docks on th Pacific, and this deficiency should not lons-er b permitted to exist Plenty of torpedo hoata and destroyers should be built. Both on the Atlantlo and Paclflo coasts fortification of th .best type should b provided for all our grsateat har- Untll our battt fleet ta much .arger than at present It ahouid never be split Into de tachment ao far apart that thay oould not In event of emergency b apeedlly united. Our coast line la on th pa inn ttiat aa much as on th Atlan tlo. Th Interests of California, Or ego a and Washington ara aa emphatically in in t.rrat. of lha whol. Union aa thoaa of Main, and N.w York? of Loutolana and Tagaa. Tlia battla ficat ahouid now and than a. movrd to th. l'aclflo, Juat aa at otner lima. It ahouid ba kapt In tha Atlantlo. Whan th, lathmlan Canal I. built lh. tranalt of th, battla fl.t from ona ooaan to th. othar will b. ompratlv.iy raay. Vntli It la built, 1 aarnaatly hopa that th. batll. flaat will b, th... .Kl..rf halmin tha tWO UMBI .V.rY yaar or two. Tha markmanMp on all our hip. haa Improyad ph.nomnally during th. ,", "V THBODOM ROOBBVBL. Tba Whit Houa, Paoanbar . uf. Brilliant Scene Marks Opening of Sixtieth Session. EHOCttATS DENOUNCE RULES Qiva Bpeakar of lha Hout Too Much Power Point It Lost and Cannon Choien. Wanhinii'OD, Dec. 3. A brilliant arena characterized tbe meeting of tba Sixtieth eoDRreto yesterday. In tha tenate and honeo of representatives there were notable gatherings in the X&lleriea ol representatives of the offi- ial society of tbe capital. Tbe striking scenes ot the day vera in tba bouse of representatives, where She formal selection of Joseph Q. Can non again to be speaker and the deeig- ation by the Democrats of John Bbarp Williams aa their leader, were oeca lions for ovations for those gentlemen. rhe speaker was given as waira a recep tion from tbe minority as from his own party. The appearance of William J. Bryan on she floor of the house also was tbe occasion for enthusiastic cheering. Wben tha adept ion of tbe rules for (he government ot the hoaee during the Sixtieth congress came up, tbe rales of he tost congress were opposed by w 11- liams and he was joined in the opposi tion by Democrats and by a tingle Be ooblican. Cooper of Wisconsin, lnetv. ild rules were declared to be too auto matic, placing too much power in the bands of the rpeaker, Dot alter a some what acrimonious dicostion tney were adopted by a party vote. Committees were appointed by both bouses to inform tbe president that songress had met and was ready to re ceive any message he might wish to communicate. New senatcrs and all the representatives were sworn in and loth boor eel adjourned out of respect to be memory of members wbo nave died lorirg receeabf congress.. Promptly at 12 o'clock Ulerk. Mc Dowell entered the chamber of repre sentatives jusompanied by the veteran Msistant tergeant-at-arms, fjolonet S. Fierce, bearing the mace, the em blem of order in executive bodies. The hum of conversation suddenly -rased and Mr. McDowell declared tbe body duly in session. Chaplain Oooden immediately ottered prayer, after which the roll was called. fbe roll call occupied zu nannies, ana ihowed 365 members present. The senate convened promptly ai aoon. After Vice rretiaeni airoanis wunded the gavel the proceedings were pened with prayer by tbe Kev. td- aid Everett Jfale, chaplain. La Follette was the Bret senator rec- igniied, and presented the credentials if Isaac Steventon, of Wisconsin. The vice president ordered that ine roll of senators-elect be called aipna- Teticallr. and they were sworn In and tacorted to their decks. All of the sen-Uors-elect were present except Bank- head, of Alabama, wbo ia ill. Under the form observed by the sen ite neither Bankhead nor Johnson will be sworn in until the deaths of Morgan ind Pettus have been acknowledged. Robert L. Owen and Thomas P. Gore, f Oklahoma, not having been elected to tbe senate by their legislature, were iot received by tbe senate and weir iredent ial will not be accepted until titer their election December 10. The roll call showed 85 senators present. Allison and Teller were de Una ted committee to Inform the pres i lent that congress bad assembled and Is ready to receive any communications re Her offered resolutions of respect to the memory of Morgan and Pettus, of Alabama, and they were adopted ana the senate adjourned at 12:Jtf p. m No Right to Buy Car Line. San Francifco. Dec. 8. Judge Sturte- vant. of the Superior court, yesterday lecided that the board ol supervisors had no right to appropriate $750,000 from the tax fund for the purchase of the Geary street railway. lha board of aunervisors instituted suit to ,. bae the ordinance declared invaucaon tne ground that the city's charter provides lor municipal operation ol public utili ties only by direct vote of the people, or when the citv's unexpended revenue will oerniit of such investments, ana neither provision prevails. Raca Under Lipton's Rules.4 New York. Deo. 3 Sir Thomas Lip ton and other famous foreign yachts men will be invited to come to Amer ica next year to sail fot a cup to ce presented by certain members oi tne Brooklyn Yacht club. The race will be for boats similar to those suggested by Sir Thomas in his challenge for the America'a cnn. whtcb obailenge waa ue- alined bv the New York Yacht club. A number of prominent yacnt oiuos in Europe will be Invited to compete. Insurance Company Falls. Llnooln, Neb., Deo. 8. Attorney Onneral Thompson yesterday prepared a petition asking tor a receiver for the National Mutual fire jnsuranca ram oanv. of Omaha. The attorney general alienee that the liabilities of the ccm- nanv are 1253.653 and the assets $116.- i-T79. T. M. Coffin is president of the company and J. L. Abbie secretary. Japan Recalls Her Envoy. Washington. Dec. 8. It was report ed here- early this morning that Vis count Aoki, the Japanese ambassador, nailed on the president and Secretary ot State Root yesterday and piesented his letters of recall, " MINERS ENTOMBED. No Hopa for at Least Twsnty-flva tn Pennsylvania Mine. Fayette City, Pa., Dec. 3. Between 25 and 30 miners, possibly more, ara entombed In the Naomi mine of tba United Coal company, located three miles west of this city, and there Is practically no hope tbit any of them are alive. The imprisonment is due to sn explosion of black damp about 8 o'clock Sunday night, soon after the night force went to work. It is ea hi a miner entering an old working with an open lamp cansed the explosion. Had the disaster occurred on any olber night than Sunday tbe number of victims would have been twice as large. Tbe mine employed from 275 to 300 regularly, about cne fourth ot them making entry at night, bat on Sunday nights only about one half the night force goes to work. The mine is, of the shaft type and the con crete sides of tbe entry were broken down ao as to close tbe pasfsge back a considerable distance. About 100 feet from tbe entrance is located the fliat air shaft and from this deadly gaa la p a ing in great volume. The gaa found in mines in this territory is so poiiounous thit no human being ean live in it fcr more than a few minutes, and for this reason it is believed not single one of the entombed men ia still alive. SIBERIAN REBELS ACTIVE. Pumors of Battla In Which 280 Ara Killed Many Arresta Made. Victoria. B. C. Dec. S. Tbe British trainer Port Maria, which arrived at Nagasaki shortly before the Moateagle sailed, with fugitives from Vladivostok, reported severe fighting, In which 280 had been killed or wounded, was in progress when she left and that Decem ber 12, the ciar'a birthday, had been v fixid for tbe outbreak which revolu tionaries on tbe Port Maria said wonld give Vladivostok a place In Buasian history. Eteamer Mongolia, wbicn also reacn. ed Nagasaki, brought fugitives who stated that the discovery of large quan tities of arms and explosives bad been made, and plans of the fortress and rolls of revolutionists had been unearthed by secret service officers In a Vladivostok shipyard, the finding of the enrollment of the rebels being followed by hun dreds of arresta, quickly succeeded by executions. A girl of 17 was among those shct. Two Russian engineers hava arrived at Vladivostok tc construct barracks to. accommodate twe additional division, and substantial increases are to be made to the Baikal forces to cope with the revolutionists. Arrivals from Habwo rovsk aay large fotts and barracks are also being built at the mouth ol the Amar. PAPER MONEY HARMFUL. Financiers Fear Evil Result From : Currency Tinkering;. . New York. Dec. 3. It is significant of the change in financial opinion that most of the discussion among financial men last week dealt with the dreaded effect of a state of inflation of the cur rency, into which it waa feared the country might merge with the passage of the effects of the Irrational distrust. Tbe bringing forward of this subject . into debate while the premium on cur rency was still being paid and measures were being taken to stop tbe famine wa due to plain lessons ot experience in pa.t crises of a similar condition. , In all of these the return of confidence and tbe re-establishment of credit have brought a condition of actual redund ancy of the money maiket. a heavy ac cumulation of backing reserves and a free export movement of gold While the enormous mass of gold that has flowed into the United Statee in response to t ie urgent reqnirement . developed by the crisis is admittedly in excess ot the normal requ iements of the period, tbe return flow of gold is bound to have an uniavnraoie enrol on financial sentiment snd in the event of its undue stimulation by any inflation bv Doner note issues, which would tend to force out gold, the danger of a check being administered to the recovery in commercial activity ta taken anxious ac count of. - Train Leaps Into Bay. San Francisco, Dec. 3 While round ing a sharp curve near Marshall, a tran I the Northwestern racioo isiiroad waa derailed, and after running over the ties for a distance f 200 feet, dash- ' ed down an embankment into Tomales bay, where nothing but the shallowness of tbe water raved the crew and passen geia from being drowned like rates in a trap. Owing to the fact that the train plunged into tne moauy oottom oi tne bay and failed to overturn, no one waa seriously Injured in the accident. Sev eral were painfully braised. Change City Government. New York, Deo. S.Sweepiogehang es Involving a remodeling of the entire present plan -of city government of Greater New York are feed nmended to Governor Hughes by the charter revla ion oomml tee. The recommendation inolude absolute home rule in regard to oity administration, a vice mayor, a smaller board of aldermen and the ex clusion from the city debt limit of all bonds Issued for revenue earning im provements. . ' i ', Thouaand Men Out of Work. Pittsburg, Dec. 8. The Isabella fur nace of the American Steel A Wire company at Etna, a suburb, baa been alnooJ Initoflnltalv- thmwina OVSI 1.000 IV v.' .muv -j , - r - - -men out oi employment. I