The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-26

with the progress being made in ex-
| terminating the lawless element-in
other words, the members of organized
labor-but omits to quote Senator
Heltfeld. who owns property in the dis
| trlct and made a personal investigation
to satisfy himself; neither does he
| mention the resolutions of condemna-
| ton passed by the Spokane typograph-
ical union, which is the nearest union
of his craft to the Occur d'Alenes,'
| condemhing General Merriam for his
brutal treatment Of his prisoners and
| winch are in strange contrast with Mi.
Kennedy's statements. He also states
that the Standard Oil company does
not own one share of the Bunker Hill
| mining stock. but he fails to divuige
the names of the supposed stockhold-
ers, which proves his treachery. 1 do
| not make this statement in the hope
| OF influencing the industrial commits
| sion, for am well satisfied that it will
DO nothing for the laboring men of
| Idaho or any other state. 1t was not
created for that purpose. and the per-
| sonnet OF a majority of it's members
makes it doubly certain that its find
| lngs will be against the interests of
| the laboring people; but we should
show the world that the acts of a trait
| or IN the ranks of organized labor shall
not go unrebuked. In behalf of the
| imprisoned men and their families, who
are struggling for their rights in Idaho
| against oppression and greed l take
| this opportunity of conveying my sin
cere thanks to the individuals, organ-
cations, the labor papers and maya
| zines who have rendered us such Valu-
| able assistance. morally and financ-
| ally. These noble actions prove beyond
all doubt that the spirit of justice,
| freedom and equality still beats within
| hearts II
commissioner Kennedy has retorted
| IN a letter, which is just issued by
| the senate as public document. He
| says in his answer that Boyce has
and murder, and adds: Il am aware
that many labor organizations have
| passed resolutions which, in the light
| of the truth that will some day be
| known, are a conformation of anarchy
dynamiting and murder 1t is unfor-
| tunate for the cause of labor that this
| is true. Il the banners of labor be-
| come tainted with crime the cause is
| doomed to meet disaster. They may
| secure the interest of demagogues, but
the people who love law and order and
| are conservators of the free institu-
tons of America will stand like noun
| tain barriers in their pathway. No
| true union man who loves his country
can afford to indorse the crimes for
| which Edward Boyce is responsible.
| --''~loiG passing luflueF RESOLUTIONS ana
| smirching the name of labor thew
should seek diligently and honestly to
| know the truth"
| The most remarkable fact about this
| vltriollc exchange Of epithets is that
| the senate permitted the publicati ton Of
| either of the letters. They form no
| part of the senate debates and are not
| embraced i'll any government reports
| This sort of vindictive pamphleteering
| is certainly a gross abuse of the Gus
| tom OF leave to print that prevails in
| the senate Under this practice all
sorts of attacks on individuals find
their way into senate documents and
are not only printed free of cost to
their authors, but circulated under
frank at government expense. And
there is no end to it, apparently. Ed
Boyce can now retort, and he will do
it ably, and Kennedy can come back
again. And so on ad infinitun, as long
as any senator will ask to have their
screeds printed at public expense. 1t
may all be very interesting to Messrs. :.
Boyce and Kennedy and their respec-
tive friends. But what earthly excuse
is there for printing this kind of mat
ter as public documents?
The report Of Capt. James c. Sanford
of the corps of engineers who was in
charge of the work of constructing the
military road from Fort Washable to
the mouth of the Buffalo fork of the
Snake river, Wyoming. has been sub
mitted to congress. 1t shows that an
existing ranch road extended from
Fort Washable to Clark's ranch. about
rs miles; but the Rocky mountain di-
vide between Clarks and the Buffalo
Fork tJackson's Hole) could be crossed
only by the circuitOus and almost i'm
passable road through Union pass. The
project adopted Feb 2S, 1898, provided
for eXpending the above appropriation
in constructing a road between Clark'S
ranch and the mouth of Buffalo Fork
of Snake river. about 60 miles, the eX-
listing road from Fort Washable to
Clark's, about IS miles, being utilized
as portion of the proposed route from
Fort Washable to the mouth of Buffa-
10 Fork. To June 80, 1898, there had
been expended by the quartermaster's
department (Which was in charge of
purchasing tools and shipping them to
expenditures amounting to S9,123.07
have been made by the engineer de-
partment THE work has been COM
pleted and a road SIS miles in length
has been built from the mouth of Buff
falo Fork to a junction with existing
roads in the DE Noir valley about 3.3
miles above Clark's. The result Of the
work has been to furnish a passable
through route from Fort Washable to
Jackson's Hole and the Yellowstone
national park"
John B. Reid of the Butte Inter
Mountain, who has been passing a few
days pleasantly at the capital, has
gone to New York for the holidays.
HOSFORD.