The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-11
THAT CONFERENCE WITH WINDOW.

Lead DIRE Quessiea VIII be Decided sasoa.
Special to the Denver Republican.
wAsHINGToN, Oct. 1O.-Therc was q
conference mt the treasury department.
this afternoon between Secretary Window
and three gentlemen interested i'm the lead
ore question. The three gentlemen were
Dennis Sheetiy, president OF the Globe
Smelling and Refining company and vice
president of the Denver National hank;
Edward A. Caswell. a lead broker of No.
100 John street, New York, and Hugh y.
Camp, of Hugh \. Camp sons, dealers
i'm cement at ss5 Liberty street. New York.
Mr.. Camp is also said tn Ia president of u
Missouri lead and mining company. These
three gentlemen met Secretary Window
by appointment, having televraphed from
New York Saturday to tho secretary,
asking for hearing, and receiving
f"y%rah. ,n; r"pSmssii ps%,i They ;S, rr,%S n%.i
met Secretary Window at his Office i'm the
treasury department mt I O'Clock this
, hern as ,rinn S%ix ,hs nrs. if
teen minutes at this conferences. Secrs"-
tary WINDOWS private SECRETARY. MIR;
Hentlley .sssys the visitors merely Presented
again what has become to Mr.. Window
am old story, and which, h. further says,
is but one side of question which has
ever. comes the astonishing ruInor that
the visit of Mr.. Shccdy and his friends
was for NO other purpose than that of inn
pressing MIR. Window with the necessity
and propriety OF immediately issuing
orders to collect the duties of SD per ton
NJ M,x;co s s is saiT I tina. % sh.. Visitors m",i,
fled Secretary Window that legal pals,rs
have, in fact, already been prepared tn be
District of Columbia, which court has
special jurisdiction i'm the matter, pray
ing for the issuance of writ of maii,iss-
treasury to- inforce the law which imposed
IA duty on lead ores. For some reason the
visitors were not anxious that their pres
NI.x.tn GIn m.
known. and il was only by the vcricst
chance that the Republican correspondent
learned Of the visit and by hard work sue
cccslesl in getting some facts in the case.
None of these visitors could Tx. found this
afternoon at any OF the ,atlinu hotels.
and it was thought they had returned tn
tunate as tn meet Siicedy on the street
He was reluctant to- say anything. and was
evidently not pleased at the discovery al
the purpose of his mission. He denied
that he and his friends had any intention
OF applying for IA writ OF Inantafius:
"Tou may say positively" he declared
with emphasis, "that this is not true"
''rhcrc is "a man in Washington. a lob
byist, who IL anxious that We should take
such "a course. He is lawyer and wants
the fees there are in IL, but We shalt no
follow his advice.
I'VE had a talk with the secretary ant
presented our arguments. He did not in
dictate what hi, decision would be. bu
gave us to understand that he would AN
n"uncc his decision soon, before the meet
Mr.. sShecsly went to New York tonight.
and will return to- Denver in "a few days
A later cstigation dscloss..s the fact tina
lvans 4. Michcls, secretary OF the senate
| committee on mines aud mining. has for 8
| long time past contemplated resorting t.
| the court for the issuance of nantiarnu
on his own application as rclator, but h;l'
withheld action for the reason that tiI'
question of abrogiting the treasury rHl'
| which admitted these Mexican ores free
of duty was under adviscmcnt of TIN
treasury department. Mr.. Michels wa
| found by your correspondent at the sen
| ate committee room on mines and frlnkl.
| admitted that he had the legal papers AL
ready prepared to submit to the court
| asking on his own relation that AN ortie
be issued citing the secretary of the treas
ury tn thow cause why "a writ of mandanu
| should not issue requiring him To collcc
| the duty imposed by law upon lead ore
| whenever such ores should he. presente,
| for entry. These papers Mr.. Michcls sais
| had been prepared for omc months, am
| when submitted to the supreme court a
| the district would raise all legal points in
| vulved.