The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-22
CHARGES AGAINST BRADY .
Governor of Alaska Under Fire
at Transmississippi Congress.
PRESIDENT OUTLINES OBJECTS.


PRESIDENT OUTLINES OBJECTS.
Movement to Merge Organizations
Working for West Believed Better
Results Can Be Obtained BY concen-
tration Than by Separate Activity.
st. Paul, Aug. 20.-Serious charges
against Governor Brady of Alaska
were made in the Transmississippi|
congress last night by Donald Fletch-
er Of Seattle, who asserted that the
governor was the exponent Of a pol
Icy of oppression and repression and
the active agent of the great CONNER
cial companies in delaying self-govern-
,ment while they "gobbled up the best
of a magnificent country"
ST He took issue with Governor
Brady's recommendations in his last
report to congress for the full extern
sion of the land laws to Alaska, as
sertiIeg that the recommendation had
an ulterior purpose and was in the In
terest Of the powerful elements domi-
mating the progress Of the territory.
Their application, he charged, would
be interminably delayed by quibbling
and filibustering in congress. Then
would follows years Of waiting and
waiting" continued the speaker,
while his bosses would go on gobbling
up the best Of that magnificent coun-
try, worth many times the entire ma
tional debt. And that is part of the
game. a5.s .ys
AS soon as his address was COM
#pleted, F.. b. Thurber presented reso,
slutions demanding an investigation Of
the charges. He took exception to-
i Mr.. Fletcher's structures upon Gov
ernors Brady, declaring that he knew
the latter well, and that he did not be,
4 lieve for a, moment that his actions
were dominated or dictated by any
selfish motive. ,sI$
Congress- Called to Order.
Representative Of the entire west
were present when the congress was
called to order. Archbishop Ireland
delivered an Invocation, after which
addresses Of welcome we're delivered
by Governor Van SAINT, D.sW. Lawler,
on behalf Of Mayor Smith; 3. c..
stringer, for the Commercial club,
and Rufus "A. Hoyt, Minnesota, vice
president Of the congress. The presi-
dent Of the congress, Mr.. Smith Of
Salt Lake then responded on behalf
Of the delegates and the morning ses.
sion closed with music. I
Objects Outlined by President.
# IN outlining the work of the con-
\ gress for the present session the pres
ident said The object of the Trans
mississippi congress is. to crystalize
the opinions Of the western country
\ in regard to the matters Of national
Legislation and to bring them before
congress iii such manner as to
effect the greatest good An effort
will be made at this session to bring
Y about a consideration of the differ
ences Of the west. There is now a
mining congress, q livestock congress,
Il an irrigation congress, a good roads
congress, all operating in harmony,
\ but separately. The idea that better
results could be obtained from con-
centration Of these is becoming more
4 and more widespread and it will re-
quire careful consid deration at the
y present session. Il q
! Changes in Program.
sss Owing to the non-arrivaI Of some OF
the speakers who had been placed
npssn the program for the afternoon
4 session, a number of changes were
necessitated. Colonel Browne Of As.
q pen, Colo, read a paper on Mines
/ and Mining in which he urged the
@ congress to take measures to secure
4 the creation OF q governmental de-
partments of mines and mining, whose
Z head shall be a member Of the presi.
dents cabinet. 81. r. Moses of the
executive committee discussed the
proposition to maintain secretary
I u 81 the congress at Washington, whose
duty it, shall be to advise trans.
s. mississippi interests of measures
] pending before the national Iegisla:
ture BY which they MAJ abe affected.
Thurber Creates a stir. s5s
r. B. Thurber Of Jew York created
i stir early In the afternoon session;
during the delivery Of aSscomprehen. a
siYe address upon the cattle industry
Il BY asserting that after three months
Of inyestig ation he has been unable
to- SUBJ tantiate the charges that there
is beef trust. Z, His opinion, he
q said, is that the large increase in the
cost 81 all meats is due to natural
causes, beef prices having been ad.
a5 yanced by the failure Of last years /
Il corn crop and the consequent increase
I'LL cost in fattening cattle. After
speaking exhaustively Of the processes
ich beef cattle reach the butcher
shops, ariaslrb rber asserted that
there is no meat combine
number of the delegates took Is
sue with MT. Thurber on this question
and the discnssto was quite animated
for some time.
sythians still At Work.
san Francisco. Aug. 20. The after