The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-09-05
Nos. 40 & Al.

But there was something else at stake.
His great desire has been to lease the same
legacy tO his chlldreu, which he inherited
from his father: LAT the man had peUer
Liued that could say John Ml9wlce ever
wrDnged a man. H was called land
stealer, and ali that.
There was employed against him during
the continuance Of the SUIT, some of the
most eminent lawyers In the county all
well paid. The principal ones Of which
were at st. LouIs -SPdding, Tiffany a.
Sheply, Crockett a. Briggs, X. NJ Field,
BrittOn A. Hill, VIII. Wright; Judge
Barlnle, Of Mississippi at Washington,
before the Land Department: Col. Benton,
Wm. Carey Jones, Senator NInton, of
Ono; Thomas, OF Washington City; Abel
r. CorDIn, james Guthrie and Robert
Tyler, Of Louisville, KY; Judge Curtis,
ol Massachusetts,; Edwin NJ. Stanton,
Caleo Cushing, PnIip Philips, Of Wash
ington City, and others, whose names can
not now be recalled. Tris array Of law
yers appalled, ali ms friends, and they fire.
quenUIy begged Of hlln 70 abandon the case
on account VI the expense, etc. But when
ones reputation Is the stake to be lett to ms
children, the expense Is not OF the hrst
Importance.
Because of the gteat array of counsel
employed, the case became one OF pu0hc
notorIety. An otficer Of the Land De
/ partment, who was no land lawyer, the
attorneys confused hfn. and he Committed
/ an egreglous blunder IN decision made
regarding location, aad this confused the
courts for a nuInOer u years.
In delivering the opInIOn on the hnal
disposal Of the case, the court say: Tne
plaintiff, conscIUps tnat he had Just claim,
and undIsmayed by the Law 8 delays, has
pursued the case until this coUyt could
take jurisdiction, and do him justice.
Commenting on the other side Of the case,
the court say Extended comments on
their proceedings are not necessary, be-
cause they are obviously characterized by
fraud, error and IujusGlce from their IN
cIpIeney To the termination.
rms language Of the court, so unique,
must vlndIcaUe Mr.. MS course batlsIac-
tOriy To all honorable nIen.
FROM 1872 to 1880 he was the owner Of
the rIgnt u use ANA vend to others, u
construct and use WOodwOrth's planning
machine IN the city ot *. LOUIS, and ten
miles ot the surrounding territory. Tins
vas also involved In litigation, winch gave
an opportunity for knowing the patent
laws.
When the war broke out he organized
and was chairman Of the hrst Union Club
m the ciLy, aud Was At the same time ap-
pointed by Secretary Chase, one OF the
IucAI ms yecCUrs Ut steaai vessels tor tb rs
port He had to act IN a kind ~ quasi
mIIItary CAPACITY Ia administering the ia".
MnIIe nc acted as Oue OT the. Inspectors
Of steam vessels, licensing engineers and
pilots, and investigating tine cNas5 Of &C
cIdenLs-Mr NJ. rendsred a service Ol
great Importance ia saving human hfe,
1 alter the explosion OF the boilers of tins
e steamer Suitana, near Memphis IN 1866
. when over l, 100 lives we're lost.
He tnen set aUJUt investigating tn
= cause-DeIng we'll satisfied that steam boil
}. ers never explode when there Is a sum
: cieIIcy Of water the boiler. Boilers IA
! nnr-I AZ the presslrr of steamrl Ii too groa
Tor the streng th Of the IRON. In sucn III
stances the iron viii give way AZ IJs We ak
i est part, and the steam aud Mater escap
through the break, without dlsplaclng TN
BOILER But when Tor want VI suInClen
!, water the gas IN the boiler lgnItes, an e.
piOsIOn is inevitable, # the hre is KEEP
e up; and II twenty kegs Of gun pOwde
4 sere put III boiler, ana a match applied
the explosion could not he more dlsasJrUu
than such as have sent one boiler Of a boa
from the middle Of the Ohio river into tn
state Of Kentucky, ana another into liI
mons. Sucn as the steamer MOsvlle IA 1888
= winch ble~ SIXTY passengers IEGO fragments
one man body Ieii turOug gntns roof and II %
OF a house IN Newport, ny. snotner man
! head without a body, 1viI through a roof "a
e the Ohlo side. lie investigated with al
. the proofs to be had, every case Of explO
/. sIOn that mad happened from 1888, ANA Jn
evidence was Conclusive thautne water ha,
= gone out of the boiler. HIS culleagu
, John Schaffer excelle steam OUa
!. engineer, anu mad acted ia that capacity ~
" twenty years. He had buIll engines witt
his experience and assistance, aud was no
!, long IN nndIng out that by improper con
structIon ut boilers, hues, steam drums, stean
pipes, &c. the water would pass out un
der certain conditions, wlthstne steam un
! known to the engineer, and an explosion
!. follows. BY proper construction Of boil
N ers and machinery, this could be avoided
! He illustrated the question fully, pub
iished 1t IN the newspapers, and sentIt 70 en-
I Scientific american Tor Its criticism. Tn
. editor Of that journal fully endorsed tn
/, theory advanced, and paid y nigh cOmpl
ment TO the author for having dlscOvere
n. a remedy that the Board n United State
!. Supervising Inspectors had never tOun
4 out.
/. Results are the surest tests of theories
and the result Is, tnat sIuce the DUatms
have altered their boilers and machinery
ie 80 as u conform % the theory he laI
= down, no more lives have been lost Oy "a
- plusIun of boilers on the western waters.
In 1861, the gifted daughter Ut EIwdr
II Kellogg, Of New York, put into his name
II the book her father had COMPLIED, entltle'
~ \ Kellogg Monetary System" the stud
Of that book soon satIsned Mr. NJ that ii
:" founders Of our Republic had left wOI
, for the future Statesmen TO carry into e
VI feet, when they failed totdo. Afterwar,
Z I ne earnestly cO-OperAted with the n
!, tIOnai Labor Reform organization.
n The more he studied these question
as the simpler aud palmer It appeared, al
~ If he could have the same Influence tn
Al he exercised ia having stealn boiler pro
be- erly constructed, dOuOtlsss greater resul
d tor the common good wo0ld follow
,is the case OF steamboat BOILERS.
"a But 1t appears there Is no power to q
bv force correct monetary system, since Il
ns money power lies back Of and controls II
r.. sovereign power.
Al. 1t need not he wondered that his symp
ali thies here enlisted in behalf Of Mr.. X,
q. loggs ideas as he was familiar with ii
M harLships endured while carrying on d
an war OF the Revolution for want Of
80 nationallzed recognized currency.
I'll When pontIcaI trecdOm was establishe
and our independence reo,gnlzed by
re- the nations u the earth-the same haI
at ships and suffering continued Tor want
he q proper Anerlcsn Monetary Syste
,u- which II was the duty Of the Statesul