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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
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Real Kstatu
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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,
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Abstracts Madk
Taxks Paid y
Vr Loans, f.Tc
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BUSINESS
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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.
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