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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1900. AGAINST THE TRUSTS Another National Conference in Session in Chicago. MANY SPEECHES WERE DELIVERED Cause ef GemBiaatieas, Their Growth. KHd SBSgrestod Remedies for the Jtvil. CHICAGO. Feb. 12. Tonight, at the close of the ftrat day's proceedings of the anti-trust conference, catted by the Na tional Anti-Trust League, good progress had been made with the set speeches, of which a doeen or more -were delivered. Th resolutions committee was busy this afternoon and tonight while the main body of the delegates were listening to the speeches at Central Music hall. A set of resolution were formulated by the committee, covering the following points: Government ownership of all railways and telegraph lines; the abolition ef all special prlvtlges by legislative enactment; placing on the free lt of all trust goods, and direct legislation by petition from thr people. The discussion in committee was carried out on these lines. An amendment was offered for the taxation of all franchises, but was voted down on the ground that such action would sim ply legalise special 'privileges. President Lockwood, of the executive committee, called the conference to order. Mayor Harrison welcomed the delegates on behalf of the city. He denounced trusts In general as dangerous and threat ening the integrity of the nation. The time had come, he said, to do away with trusts. Already, he continued, the senate of the United States has been reduced to a small convention of owners and rep resentatives of trusts. A few years more would see the house and our judiciary reduced to the same condition. In con clusion, he called on the delegates to edu cate the people to elect a legislative body to force whatever scheme they decided upon for the abolition of monopolies, and to elect an executive with enough patriot ism to enforce the laws formulated. Ex-Judge Prentiss, of Illinois, was elected temporary chairman, and ad dressed the convention. In the course of his remarks ex-Judge Prentiss said: "We must arouse the people 'and edu cate them, that In truth as well as in theory, the government of the United States belongs to them; that they are the sovereigns of the country; that upon thorn rests the responsibility of rooting out the monopolies, and ere long they will find a remedy. We are here to de cide upon some remedy, and then to go forth among the people and convince them that they should start the work. In my opinion, the trust evil was caused by the failure of the- people to recognize what are their rights ,and what their powers are. Teach the -people the gov ernment is theirs that In them the rem edy lies. Teach them that the fundament al principles of the Declaration of Inde pendencethat all men are created equal have been violated. These violations are responsible for the situation that confronts us today. Let us say that every law which gives privileges to any class shall be wiped off the statute books." General K. B. Flnley, of Ohio, was rec ognised by the chairman on a question of personal privilege. He wished it un derstood, he said, that he was not here for the purpose of aiding in the organiza tion of a new political party. He feared that such a construction might be placed upon a portion ef the speech of President Lockwood in calling the conference to or der President Lockwood immediately ex plained that he was not here for the organisation of a new party. His belief was that att men showM, m the accom plishment of (he purpose before the con ference, rtee above the Interests of party. O nicer a and Committees. Franklin H. Wentworth, of Chicago, was selected temporary secretary. The following were appointed temporary vice presidents: Sx-Oovernor Altgeld. Illinois; John Crosby, New York; Richard Dalton, Kansas; Tom L. Johnson, Ohio; Judge Tuley, Chicago; General "Warner, Ohio; Judge Clegg. Louisiana; IS. R. Rigley, Jerry Sunpson. Kansas; Rev. Dr. Slade, Illinois, P. Van Voorhes, Indiana; Gov ernor Lee, South Dakota. On motion of General Weaver, the chair appointed a chairman from each state on the following committees: Pro gramme, permanent organization, resolu tions, ways and means, national organiza tion, and rules. The most important work of the conference will fall upon the reso lutions committee. The resolutions committee is made up as follows: Louis F. Poet. Illinois; Willis J. Abbott, Illinois; L. Lockwood, Pennsyl anla; Professor Wills, Kansas; W. D. B Bliss, Colorado; General J. B. Wea ver. Iowa; B. S. Crosby. George Fred W illfams, Maseachueetts; Tom L. John son Ohio; Henry F. George, Jr., New "irk, Richard Dalton, Jerry Simpson, Kansas; Congressman Sulaer. New York; C A. Stock well. Minnesota; Charles A. Towne, Minnesota; Judge J. C. Clegg, Louisiana; Joseph Shackley, Pennsylva nia. Governor Lee, South Dakota; John Z White. Illinois; Sam Jones, Toledo; Ignatius Donnelly, Minnesota; Frank S. Monnett, Ohio. A. P. McQuirk, Iowa; W. 1 Fleming. Kentucky; Professor J. R. Cmmons, New York; C. B. Matthews. New York; George H. ShlWey, New York; Milton Park, Texas; Dr. George H. Sher man. Michigan. T. J. Cole. Indiana; Gar r tt Drotters, of South Dakota university; J. hn P. Altgeld, Illinois; S. W. Bemls, New York; K. W. Rucker, Colorado; Clarence Darrow, Chicago. The committee on national organization, next in Importance to that on resolutions, follows M. L. Lockwood, Pennsylvania; C B Matthews, New York; J. R. Sov ereign, Arkansas; Judge Clegg, Louis iana, E. Q. Norton. Alabama; H. B. Mar 1 n New York: lorn L. Johnson. Ohio; .' T Bride, Ohio; George Fred Williams, Massachusetts; William L. Prentiss. 111 !i. s, Jerry SUwpsoa. Kansas; General J. I Weaver, Iowa. Congressman Sutser, 2vw York. K. R. Rigley, Kansas; A. P. M Quirk. Iowa; C. J. Bucil. Minnesota; Nathan Cole, Colorado; C. H. Howard, thuago. P. K. Dow. New York; Will iam Rann. New York; Louis Post, Chl c vr . R. Boddtnghouee. Chicago; W. D. B Bliss. Colorado: Willis J. Abbott. Chl t ikT Mrs. Luanda Chandler. Illinois. P was announced that, owing to the 111 rus of ex-Congressman Towne, of Min nesota, he will be unable to attend the coherence. His place on the resolutions lommittee was given to Frank D. Larra b e of Minnesota. Grewta ef Trusts. captain v. p. Black, of Illinois, then addressed the conference on the trust quction. He was entanetaettoally re ceded He said: The growth of conditions under our rn ernment which take away from the masses who toll the hope of advancement alike for themselves and their children; the economic status that, by the opera tion of the law of necessity compelling t! e toller to provide for himself and those d ,end nt upon him renders his condition a rtxed and unalterable condition and makes escape from the army of manual to'lers a matter dependent not upon in dividual earnestness, faithfulness, skill, but a matter resting In the favor of the employer, thus making of the toiler a de p ndent These conditions are Intolerable ;o men understanding and loving llverty nd resolved upon its maintenance above all things. The conditions. If tamely tol erated, are destructive alike of personal Independence and of free government. The trust ev. as It now exists among us has gmwn out of the corporate sys tem and Iks most msHgnnnt and bane ful fruitage Is the sssushiug ef pubnc sentiment consequent upon its practices." He suggested as a method "of check mating the corrupting practices of the managers and dependents of the corpora tion" the adoption of the initiative and referendum. Such reform, he believed, could be adopted and put in operation, and, once in operation, the people cNauld, by legislation which the courts could not annul, dominate the whole question. Black's speech aroused much enthusi asm. At Us conclusion the conference recessed. Governor Lee, of South Dakota, was the first speaker of the afternoon. He said: "We are face to face with a state of universal ownership of wealth and the sources of wealth-production by monop oly, supplemented with the universal slav ery of wealth-producers. In this view of the case, unexplained, need I argue that our future Is the most hopeless since the dawn of civilization? Need I remind you that, viewed elmply as a prospect whose scientific reason Is not generally under stood, and whose logical, and, I may say, Inevitable, outcome Is not yet seen, there is reason for the fear which is instinct ively felt by the people? "The groping after remedies and the WEBSTER DAVIS, 1 : Webster Davis, assistant secretary of the interior, la taking a voluntary trip through the Boer country. Official Washington- Is not worrying especially over hla movements, since his Journeylngs are purely as an Individual and nave no connection with the United States gov ernment. Three months ago he laid aside the departmental duties at the capital and set sail for South Africa. He has been entertained by President Kruger, has traveled In state from one point to another, and is now comfortably riding In the president's saloon carriage. discussion of purely surface facts, which characterized most of the record of the former cession of this conference, and which has been seen in all the newspaper and platform talk since this question be came of sudden and paramount impor tance, shows that most of the disputants are almost wholly lost or satisfied with the present aspect of the trust. Fear and frenzy on the part of the majority, and cunning sophistry by trust-owners and re tainers, has been the rule. But it is clear to me, after a calm view of the facts, that, having grown into this situation through the natural accumulations of wealth in the hands of a few men, under a legislative and commercial policy which has sacrificed everything to the cause of money-making and capital-creation, we should be able to find a simple, logical and orderly means of turning all these conditions to the advantage of the whole people without disarrangement or destruc tion of wealth or methods of wealth making. It Is plain to me that, having permitted a few men to take all but an existence from our farmers and laborers In exchange for the use of capital, until the few find themselves overloaded with money and the means of money-making, and the many find themselves with no money and no means of making a living, there is but one way out of the difficulty, and that lies in transferring the ownership and control of mines, machines and means of transportation and distribution from the few to the many. "The process of political and economic evolution through which the country must go before the crisis really comes will be marked by brutal exhibitions of trust practices. It will be marked by the smasWng of laws, the rising of endless antitrust nostrums, swiftly followed by their Judicial overthrow. The period will be red with a continued policy of foreign conquest and an attempt to substitute a political empire, with Its army and tin seled institutions of force, for the repub lice of Jefferson and Lincoln." Special Privilege. Jay D. Miller, of Illinois, was the first speaker at the afternoon session of the conference. He said: "The mischievous results of monopoly have caused most. If not all, of the Amer ican states, as well as the national gov ernment, to adopt civil and criminal laws to correct the evil, all of which laws have proved utterly futile. It Is the climax ot Inconsistency to enact a law placing in the hands of individuals or corporations the power to do a thing, and then, wh.le ocntlnuing such law In force, to enact another law prohibiting the full exercise of the power given by the first law, and yet expect both laws to be and remain In force and effect at the same time. We have enacted laws which breed monopoly, and then enacted other laws attempting to prohibit the thing we are breeding, and expect both to be effective. The one creates and propagates social disease, the other is empiricism and quackery. The result Is that we have been caught in our own trap. It is my belief that the lova of truth and fair play is so flimly Im planted In the human mind that when a great wrong has been revealed to the public eye, and a definite and adequate remedy pointed out, it is only necessary sufficiently to educate the masses In order to secure its adoption. There is no rea son why persons may not form a co partnership, and they again with others form a large copartnership, or they may Incorporate, and this Incorporation may be consolidated with other corporations, but so long as they enjoy no special privilege, cither directly or Indirectly, any attempt ed monopoly will be short-lived and suc cessfully overtaken by competition. "Special privilege exists In different forms, common among which are: "L Permission given to individuals or corporations to exercise functions olf gov ernment; such as railroads, telegraphs and pipe lines. "2. Second-hand privileges extended by those who exercise functions of govern, ment, such as discriminating railroad rates and other favors. "3. Privileges in natural resources, re sulting In land monopoly. ". Protective tariffs. "5. Patents. "The people should understand that the unfortunate consequences to the body pollt'-c which may result from permitting the selfish pirates of society to exercise functions of government can scarcely be overestimated." George Sherman, of Michigan, followed. He said: "Disease Is but a change: the one per meating this nation must soon reach vital I parts. The lancing of some bolls by means of Judiciary and legislative Investigations has not removed the evil, but only re vealed the nauseating corruption. Poli ticians, ever ready to serve vested rights and special privileges, are endeavoring to' hide the festering sores under Star-Spangled Banner plasters, stuck on with paper; they are applying their soothing lotions of a counterfeit prosperity, compounded cf bonds and war taxes; they are urging the nation to swallow their intoxicating drug of Imperialism, in order that. In the delirium thus produced, the nation may not feel the fatal change going on. "Shall we, as a peopl. retrace our steps In civilization Oi advance? These are really the questions now before us. Direct legislation will be the instrument in the hands of the people to create new forms and laws, not according to preconceived social theories, or the interests of any ruling class, , but according to the real wants of all the people as they make themselves felt. There Is only one way by which direct legislation can be brought about, and that lsbyamending the con stitution. This, then, is the remedy we seek. Hon. T. Carl Spelling, author of the OOM PAUL'S GUEST. California primary election law, followed. He criticised the anti-trust act of the 51st congress, known as the Sherman act, pointing out several particulars In which, he said, the act was vague and fatally defective In definitions and specifications. Mr. Spelling insisted that congress bad ample powers, under the constitution, to enact laws for the suppression of trusts and removal of monopoly evila generally, and criticised Presidents Cleveland and McKlnley for their "expressions of doubt as to such legislative power." He handed to the secretary a proposed hill, very elab orate in Its definition and severe In its restrictive and penal provisions. Frank R. Elliott, of Kansas, followed Mr. Spelling. t- B. .Matthews, of Buffalo, N. Y., followed in a discourse on the oil trade. He was given close attention, and created much enthusiasm. The paper prepared by Alexander Del mar, the political economist of New York, was read by Judge J. B. Fleming. Mr. Delmar was prevented from attending the conference on account ot illness. H. S. Blgelow was the first speaker at the night session. Conressman William Sulzer, of 'New York, received a hearty reception when presented to the audience. He said: "The law on the statute books against trusts is clear and plain, and the highest court in the land has passed upon Its val idity and sustained the constitutionality of its provisions. The anti-trust law of 1S90 declares that every contract or com bination in the nature of a trust in re straint of trade and commerce among the several states or with foreign nations is a conspiracy Illegal and void, and punish able by fine and imprisonment. Under' this act, it seems to me every trust in the United States can be prosecuted for violation of law, the charter annulled and the men behind it punished for conspiracy. Every trust, by its very nature, is in re straint of trade and commerce and In vio lation of this law. "In my opinion, the department of Jus tice under the present law can Institute and successfully maintain action against every trust doing business In the United States. The law Is clear and plain, and the facts are within the knowledge of all and too obvious for controversy. "The people who oppose and condemn trusts will receive no encouragement from this trust-ridden and trust-owned adminis tration. The republican attorney-general is the mere creature of the trust. The re publican party in all its power stands fearlessly for trusts, and Is openly and boldly supported by trusts. Every trust in the country was for William McKlnley for president In 1P96, and every trust will loyally and zealously aid him in 1900. If you ask what for, I answer for value re ceived, for the blessing of a pliable secre tary of the treasury, and a derelict attorney-general, for favors yet to come, and, above all and beyond all, for Mark Hanna, who runs the republican machine for the benefit of the trust, and who turned down In Ohio an honest and fearless attorney general, who was brave enough to do his duty, and courageous enough to enforce the law against the Standard Oil trust, the greatest, the most relentless and the most cold-blooded monopoly of them all." Bolton Hall, of New York, came next. Mr. Sovereign followed. William J. Strong, of Chicago, was the last speaker of the evening. He talked on "Railroad Blacklisting." The speaker illustrated his talk with stereopticon pictures. The committee on permanent organi zation will submit a report tomorrow, rec ommending Frank R. Monnett, formerly attorney-general of Ohio, for permanent chairman of the conference. Single Tax Men Defeated. CHICAGO, Feb. 12. At tonight's ses sion of the committee on resolutions, the single-tax advocates made a determined effort to capture the organization, but failed. An amendment was presented ask ing for legislation requiring owners of unworked coal mines and oil wells to pay a royalty to the government. The com mittee adjourned to meet at 11 o'clock to morrow morning. The report of the reso lutions committee will be presented to the conference tomorrow. Many requests have been made to ex tend the conference until Thursday in or der to give all the speakers who have pre pared papers an opportunity to be heard One hundred and two speakers have asked for places on the programme, but the managers have decided that as it will be impossible to accommodate all, it would be useless to continue the convention an other day. FOUR CLARK WITNESSES BUT ONE OF THEM TESTIFIED FOR THE PROSECUTION. John S. Xcill, of the Helena Inde pendent, Denied the Allega tions of Whiteside. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Four wit nesses testified before the senate com mittee on elections and privileges in its investigaiton of the election of Mr. Clark, on Montana, today. They were: D. R. Peeler, a banker of Kallspell, whose evi dence related to the bank account of Senator Gelger; W. H. Cochran, of Butte, who was called by the defense, but, who, before he concluded, was stigmatized by them as a witness for the prosecution; State Senator C. W. Hoffman, and John S. Nelll, proprietor of the Galena Inde pendent. Mr. Nelll had not concluded when the committee adjourned for the day. He denied categorically all the al legations of Whiteside involving his name, and the latters assertions conqernins the use of corrupt means to secure Clark's election. David R, Peeler, president of the First National bank, at Kallspell, Mont., was the first witness. Before Mr. Peeler be gan Senator Chandler again brousht up the question of the whereabouts of "Swede" Murphy, a witness wanted. The senator said the man had been here once, but had disappeared, and that he hoped that the newspapers would continue their efforts to locate him. Mr. Chandler said also that he wanted to know the where abouts of E. P. Woods, and D. G. War ner. He desired, he said, to have them all summoned. Mr. Hartman said he had been told that Mr. Murphy had re turned to Butte, and that the other two men were In California. Mr. PeeleT was questioned concerning the account of State Senator Gelger, with his bank, but he was not able to throw much light upon the subject. He con firmed Mr. Geiger's statement that he (Gelger) had borrowed $2300 at the bank, saying that Gelger had given him a deed to property as security. The witness was unable to give dates when various loans had been made, and he was taken sharply to task by Senator Chandler for his fail ure in this resnect. He protested that he was not trying to conceal anything, but that he was simply unable to remem ber. Mr. Peeler testified to conversations with Mr. Whiteside previous to the elec tion for state senator, In which the latter had shown that he was a friend of Mr. Daly. He also told of meeting Mr. Well come In Helena, and said that he had told him that he had better 'let Whiteside alone, because he knew that Whiteside was a "Daly man." The cross-examination brought out the fact that Mr. Gelger had made small loans of $200 or $300 previous to his elec tion to the legislature, but that he had always in such cases given Indorsed notes, whereas, after the election, notes of from $500 to $1200 were taken without indorse ment. He contradicted Mr. Geiger's statement that the Geiger note for $2300 had been, canceled, saying that he still held Geiger's property as security for it. Mr. Peeler stated that during the ses sion of the legislature Representative Garr had handed him a package of pa pers, but he said that he had never told any one that the package contained Mr. Garr"s boodle. Mr. Peeler said Mr. Garr told him that the package contained his election certificate, and a copy of a news paper containing a committee list. It was not enclosed in an envelope, but was simply laid in a pigebn-hole In the safely vault of the bank, and not locked up. He had returned the package to Mr. Garr after the adjournment of. the legislature. In the afternoon William H. Cochran, late editor of a weekly paper at Butte, testified to two conversations with Mark Hewitt, a- witness, .who testified for the prosecution early In the case. He said that in the first conversation Hewitt had said he knew nothing against Clark, but that In the second, which occurred last December. Hewitt had been very bitter against Clark, intimating that he had failed to keep faith with him In a mining deal. The witness told him he was com ing to Washington to testify in this case, and that while he knew of nothing against Clark, that "there was lots of time between Butte and Washington." On cross-examination, Cochran said he had sold his paper, and had been prepar ing to go to the Klondike. Under pres sure he said he had gone to see some per sons for the defense in this case, among them Representatives Paul and Metlen, of Beaverhead county, and Senator Nor ris. He said that on one occasion, when standing in the outer office of Jesse B. Root, partner of Mr. Wellcome, In Butte, he heard Mr. Root say to some one In the office, whom he did not know: "Here is the money; take it, and after you have testified we will pay you the balance." He supposed this referred to the Clark case, but he did not know. This statement was evidently a sucprlse to the counsel for the defense, who had called Mr. Cochran, in an attempt to im peach the testimony. The witness said he had seen Mr. Campbell, counsel for the prosecution, since his arrival In Wash ington, but had neither given him money nor made promises to give him any. "As It transpires," said Mr. Foster, "the witness is not ours." He added that Cochran had told a stronger state ment to him before taking the stand than he had told on the stand. Charles W. Hoffman, state senator, was the next witness. He said he was a dem ocrat, that he had been in the senate for 14 years; that when in the legislature In 1S9S It was largely antl-jDaly. Mr. Hoff man testified to a conversation with A. D. Matts, a fTlend of Mr. Daly, who said: "Clark will never get there. We'll run him out of- the state." Mr. Hoffman said he had known of no corruption In the state legislature In connection with Mr. Clark's election. On cross-examination Mr. Hartman asked: "Did you not say to me and others prior to the election that you considered him unfit?" "No, sir," was the Teply. "I never said that to you nor any one else." J. S. Nelll, proprietor of the Helena Independent covered a wide range In his testimony, principally relating to State Senator Whiteside's evidence. He said he had known Whiteside for 18 years, and had been friendly to him. He had had several conversations with Whiteside dur ing and after " the legislature; that at each of these meetings Whiteside had ex pressed himself as friendly to Mr. Clark. "He told me," said the witness, "when I met him first after the election, that of the &1 members elected to the legisla ture, none was a more earnest supporter of Clark than himself, adding that It was time to dump the Daly outfit." Mr. Nelll produced a letter from White side asking him (Nelll) to secure the serv ices of a lawyer, by nreference Mr. Day, to represent him (Whiteside) in his con test with Mr. GeUrer for a seat in the senate. He told of meeting Whiteside about the time of the meeting of the leg islature, when he had invited him to his house to meet W. C. Clark, son of the 'senator. This he had done at the request of Whiteside, who had said that he want ed personally to meet either W. A, Clark, his .son or his brother, Joseph K. Clark. He said that, introducing the two gen tlemen, he had told C. W. Clark that Mr. Whiteside, in becoming a supporter of his father, was liable to subject himself to the "tyranny of the MnUy Magulres, who were relentless In their pursuit of every man who opposed them," Informing him at the same time that Whiteside had the contract for the construction of a school building at Butte, where the trustees were Daly men. He had told Charles Clark that they would try to drive Whiteside out after his vote. Charles Clark had -eplled that "the Clarks are good stayers hemselves, and he need not have any fear 1 of being driven out" He at this time had Coughs O Grip Asthma IftiinofiiSfSc & No Fusel Oil. (Oil speedily cured by DUFFY'S PURE RULT WHISKEY. Its regular and continued use cures Consumption, because it kills the germs, it enriches the blood and tones up the system. Duffy's is the only whiskey taxed as a medicine by the Government. Gentlemen ; I suffer with hemorrhages of the lungs and have stomach trouble and kidney com plaint. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey has helped me to live these six years. Without it six months, I would go to my grav e, I believe. Very respectfully yoars, Joseph Collins, South Seaville, N. J. Prescriiied by over 7,000 doctors. All druggist "d Bracers, fi-oo a bottle. ValuaMe book of tnforroitioa free. C.t the genuine bewaie of substitutes. P'"'-"T MALT WHISKZT CO., Rochester, 17. T. also suggested to Charles Clark that he should give Whiteside a chance to bid upon the contract for putting Up a build ing the Clarks Were contemplating at Butte, and Mr. Clark had replied that he would give him an even chance with oth ers. This was the last talk he had had with Mr. Whiteside. Referring to the attitude of the legis lature, Mr. Nelll said the Clark people had carried the primaries, and that when the legislature was first elected, fully 50 of the democratic members were, for Clark. Seven of these ceased to be so afterward, and had since become em ployes of the Anaconda (Daly's) Com pany. Among the supporters were Mr. Campbell and Speaker Stiff, and he quot ed a speech made by Stiff two years ago. In which the latter had referred to Daly's men as ."copper-colored hirelings." Mr. Neill was then questioned with a view to bringing out explicit denials of Mr. Whiteside's statement Involving his name. He said he had never given Rep resentative Jacqueth money to vote for Clark, nor Whiteside money to hold for him; that he never gave Mr. Fine $5000 for his vote for Clark; that he never told Whiteside that $2000 had been sent to Hong Kong to bring State Senator Hanna home from the Philippines; that he never showed Whiteside $10,000, telling him that It was Intended for- him. Mr. Nelll also referred to the testimony of the witness, .Watson, concerning a let ter from himself to T. 3. Jones, of Lewis ton. He produced a copy of this letter from his impression-book, promising to iret the book from which the copy was taken. It proved to be a plea with Jones to make an appeal to the republican members of the legislature from that county to vote for Clark for the senate and prevent a deadlock. He said in the letter that Clark's election was absolutely assured, and spoke o : Clark as a bulwark against the "tyranny of the Anaconda Company." Mr. Neill declared emphat ically that he knew of no corrupt meth ods In securing Mr. Clark's election. The committee adjourned before the direct examination had been completed. NEW CABINET OFFICE. Dcpnrtment of Mines nnd Mining: Provided for by n House Bill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. A new cabi net officer, to be known as secretary of mines and mining, is provided for In a bill favorably acted on today by the house committee on mines and mining. The bill creates an executive department which shall have entire charge of affairs relat ing to mines, including geological sur veys, the proposed secretary of mines to have the same rank and same salary as other 'cabinet officers. Another mining measure favorably act ed upon establishes mining experiment stations in each of the mining states, sim ilar to the agricultural experiment sta tions, and provides for the appointment of a government geologist at $3500, and an assayist at $2500 in the several mining states. These officers are to furnish as says, issue public bulletins and conduct explorations of the mining regions. Foster's Cable Bill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. A bill was Introduced In the senate today by Senator Foster, of Washington, providing for the construction of a government cable line from the United States to the Philippines. The distinguishing feature of the bill Is that it requires the cable to be laid from some point on. the coast of Washington, and that it shall run via Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, to the Island of Attu, thenco to the boundary between Russia and Japan, and thence, with several stops, to the Philippines. An independent cable from San Francisco to Hawaii Is pro vided. Weather Bureau Forecasts. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. (To the Edi tor.) In your Issue of January 24, 1900, in your Washington correspondence occurs the following statement: "... None of the big storms of last winter were predicted by the weather bu reau. Several large hurricanes were pre dicted during the summer, which never came, and much of the prediction done by the weather service is now discounted and has little value. ..." This bureau Issued warning well in ad vance of every hurricane that occurred last summer and fall, while all the severe storms of last winter that were dangerous to navigation were successfully forecast and the information freely distributed. These are matters of record, and eo gen erally known among those affected by the forecasts that the assertions quoted from your columns are ridiculous to informed people. The statements do not agree with those of nearly the combined press of the United States. It is true that many fail ures are made In the ordinary tempera ture and rainfall forecast work of the bu reau; and many failures will be made in the future, as the present knowledge of storm phenomena renders it impossible to make an average of accuracy higher than 80 per cent, or a little over, in the predic tion of rain or snow, and moderate changes In temperature. But in the fore casts of severe storms and cold waves the bureau makes a very high degree of ac curacy, and these are the warnings which are of supreme importance. WILLIS L. MOORE, Chief U. S. Weather Bureau. e Fragrant Zarina cigarettes, sweeter and milder than all others. 10c for 10. Economical soap is one that a touch of cleanses. GooQ-yooo--oeae 'pes r o atGmEagrmmmwM c PiLLS worth living 3 Core BIBoisana NervsBS Disorders, c A lO cent and 25 cents, at drug- stores. 6 TREAT ALL A MISTAKEN IMPRESSION REGARDING THE COPELAND MEDICAL INSTITUTE. Their Work Is by No Means Confined to Any One Manifestation of Constitutional Dis order, but to AH Chronic Diseases. Drs. Copelnnd and Montgomery are specialists not In catarrh, alone, not In dyspepsia, or'rhetamatism, or ner vous troubles, or hlood troubles alone not in any single manifesta tion ot deep-seated constitutional disorder. They are specialists In all Ihose diseases, of a complex na ture, requirinc special skill, special education nnd special training:. To the family physician belongs the relief or care of acute diseases the averting: of Immediate and press ing: danger. To the specialist be longs the cure of chronic diseases, the lifting of the light and darkness and shadow of lite, long endured; the restoration, of courage and good cheer, health nnd happiness, from the permanent discouragement, morbid melancholy, -weakness and certain abnormal decline of chronic disease. Great specialists could not he re stricted to isolated manifestations ot constitutional malady. "So impres sion could he more erroneous than that the work of Drs. Copelnnd and Montgomery is confined to any one disorder, like catarrh or blood trou ble. Wherever such an impression prevails, it should he immediately corrected. Their xrork embraces all chronic diseases, which they treat with uniform success. Five dollars a month is the only fee, and includes all necessary medicines. Great numbers of people suffer from the malign poisons of catarrh, as from other subtle chronic mala dies, without any correct or definite idea of the nature of their affliction. The following symptoms have been carefully arranged, to enable many sufferers to understand just what it is that alls them. Many diseases, known under various specific names, are really of a catarrhal origin aad nnture. Every part of the mucous membrane, the nose, throat, eyes, ears, head, lungs, stomach, liver, bowels, kidneys nnd bladder, are subject to disease and blight by ca tarrh. The proper course for suffer ers is this: Read these symptoms carefully over, mark those that ap ply to your case, and bring this with you to Drs. Copeland and Montgom ery. If you live away from the city, send them by mail and ask for mall treatment. In cither instance, and whether by mull or office treatment, the patient may he assured of the speediest relief nnd cure possible to medical science. CATARRH OF HEAD AMD THROAT The head and throat become dis eased from nglected colds, causing Catarrh when the condition of the blood predisposes to this condition. "Is the voire husky?" "Do you spit up slime?" "Ho you ache all overt" "Do you snore at nlKhtt" "Do you blow out scabs at night?" "Is your nose stopped up?" "Does your nose discharge?" "Does the nooe bleed eaUy?" "Is there tlcklln in the throat?" "Is this Tvorue toward nlghtr "Does the nose Itch and burn?" "Do you hawk to clear the throat?" "la there pain across the eyes?" "Is there pain In front of head?" "Is your sens of smell Ieavlnsr?" "le the throat dry in the mornlne?" "Are you losing your onn of taste?" "Do you sleep with your mouth open?"' "Does your nose atop up toward ntrht?" CATARRH OF BRONCHIAL TUBES This condition often results from catarrh extending from the head and throat, and, if left unchecked, ex tends down the windpipe Into the bronchial tubes, and in time attacks the lungs. "Have you a cough?" "Are you loalng flesh?" "Do you couch at night?" "Have you a pain In aide?" "Do you take cold easily?" "Is your app'llte variable V "Have you stltcne 'n side?" "Do you cough until you gag?" ' Art you low-spirited at times?" "Do you raise frothy material T' "Do you cough on going to bed?" "Do you cough in the morning?" "Do you spit up yellow matter?" "Do you spit up little cheesy lumpa?" "Is your cough short and hacking?" "Have you pain behind the breastbone T' "Have you a disgust for fatty foods V "le there a tickling behind the palate V "Do you feel you are growing weaker?" "Is there a burning pain !U the throat?" "Do you cough worse night and morning?" "Do you have to sit up at night to gtl breath?" CATARRH OF THE STOMACH. This condition may result from sev eral causes, hut the usual cause is catarrh, the mucus dropping down into the throat and being swal lowed. "Is there nausea?" "Are you ccstlve?" "Is there vomiting?" "Do you belch up gas?" "Havr you waUrhr" "Are yoc ilghtneaded?" "Is your tongue coated?" "Do you hawk and spit?" "Is there pain after eating?" "Are you nervous and weak?" DOCTOR 88 Third Street Opposite Chamber of Commerce Hours O A. M. to S P. M.t evening, 7 to 0: Suadays, 19 to 2. DISEASES "Do you have stek he4ales?" "Do you Meat up after eattogl" "Is there disgust fr breakfast?" "Have you distress after eattog?" "Is your throat filled wss kHnir "Do you at tlraea have MarrbM&r' "I. there rush ef bfeed i the head?" "When you get up suddenly are you dlxayT" "la there gsawteg reAs&ttoa m stomach "" "Do yeu feel as If yew had lead in atomaohf "When sterna eh is mty d yu feel faint?" "Do you belch material that hums throatT "If stomach is full de yen fl oppressed!" SYMPTOMS OF EAR TROUBLES Deafness and ear troubles result from catarrh passing along the- 8i. tachlan tube that leads from the throat to the ear. "Is your hearing faHgT" "Do your ears discharge?" "Do your ears Itch and hwa?" "Are the ears dry awl sealy?" "Have you pain behind the ears?" "Is there throbbing m the ears?" "Is there a buzzing sound hearrtT "Do you have a ringing In tne ears?" "Are there crackling Mimes' heard r "Is your hearing bad etoudy days?' "Do you have earache oocastoMUar?" "Are there sounds like steam escaping?" "Do your ears hurt when y Maw yeut nose?" "Do you constantly hear noises la the ears? "Do ytm hear better some days than others" "Do the noises la yowr ears keep yott awake?" "Whn yeu Mew your now do the tars crack?" "Is hearing worse when yo have a cold?" "Is roaring Hka a waterfall In the head?" CATARRH OF THE LIVER. The liver becomes diseased by ca tarrh extending from the stomach into the tubes of the liver. "Are yeu fretful?" "Are you peevish?" "Do you get dizzy?" "Do you feel fatigued?" "Do you reel miserable?" "Do you have ecld ferr "Do you get tired easily?" "Is your eyesight blurred?" "Can't you explain where?" "Constant sense of depression?" "Is there a bloating after eating?" "Constant sense of pain In back?" "Have you gurgling In howeMr "T)o you have rumbling In bowels?" "Hav you pain under shoulder-blade ?" "Is there throbbing In the stomaohT' "Do you have sene of heat In bowels V "Do yeu suffer from pains ht temples r "Do yeu have palpitation of the heart? CATARRH OF THE KIDNEYS AND BLADDER. Catarrh of the kidneys and blad der results in two -ways, first by tak ing cold; second, by overworking; the kidneys in separating from the blood the poisons that have been ab sorbed from catarrh, which affeets all organs. "Do your hands and feet swetl?" "Is thla more notfceablo in the saoraisgs?" "Are they eoM and clammy?" "Is there pain m small of haekr "Is the urine dark and dottdy?" "Does a deposit form when loft standing?" "Is there a desire to get up at sight?" "Do you see spots floating before ike eyes" "Are the eyes dull and staring?" "Is there a bad taste in the mouth?" "Have you pain in top of head?" "Is your hair getting gray?" "If so, is it silvery whiter' "Is the skin dry and harsh V "la the hair dry and brittle?" "Is there nausea after eating?" "Has the perspiration a bad odor?" "Is there punlness under the eyes?" " "Are there dark rings around the eyes? "Is the skin pale and dry?" "Has the skin a. waxy look'" "Do you see unpleasant things while asieepr" "Have you chilly feelings down the back?" "Do the Joints pain and ache?" "Do the legi feel loo heavy?" toiesittttt(tietst. e Tho cost of treatment at the Copeland Medical Institute for any chronic ailment or malady O Is at the rate ef $5 Per Month. Q This fee- laclades all racdl- cines and the t'oastaat and J watchful care el all patients J to a final cure. I It you cannot come te the office, write for Home Treatment Symptom Blank: and Book and he eared at home. .CONSULTATION FREE. DR. COPELAND'S BOOK FREE TO ALL The Copeland Medical Institute mDEKWTWBIflffl WASATCH W. S. COPELAND. M. D. J. H. MOSTCOMEKT, M. D. OFFICE nOURS From 0 A. M. te 13 M.j from 1 to S P. M. EVTUfiNGS Tuesdays and Fridays. SIINDAY2 v rom lO A. M. to 12 M. DeYOUNG The Acknowledged Leading and Most Successful Physician and Surgeon The world has ever known for the treat ment of all private and chronic diseases of beta male and female. The following are among he troubles which, he will treat with skill, and guarantee a perfect and prempt cure of all curable diseases. We treat the following diseases with a spe cial treatment, which Is purely medical and scientific: PRIVATE 1fe. JPlett. gonor i itivniu rhoea, tendoMnjg, swell ing, quickly cured without pat or deten tion from business. I AniF wh ttvm asathy. in--ruiiJ difference, aervens debility or diseases peculiar to women, earn consult Dr. DeYeung-. SPECIALIST