The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-20
DO NOT STACK
THE CARDS
Mr.. Haynes Advises Timber Men
to Follow ROOsevelt's
Advice
January 10, 1905.

We are told that it is the CALLED jade
of the Tribune on Sunday it would
seem to the casual observer that sus-
| tanning the timber combine has become
| their tenderest sore spot, or in other
| words it is at this time critically
weak point in the Tribune's lines of
general defenses of it's strange situa-
ton.
The charge that your humble sub
scriber has distorted the Tribune's
defenses of it's ma ter affords sufficient
grounds to reply thereto. I said in
my communication that so aroused the
Tribune's editorial composure that I
did not believe an extension of twenty
years as asked would actually hasten
the complete and final manufacture of
the timber involved and they have ma
liciously construed this to mean that
do not believe it will be manufactured
at all, whereas my contention was that
any activity that might be given by
these Blessed Barons' in exchange
for the special legislative privileges
sought (Which are not limited to the
time extension only would be on a
partial and therefore uncertain and
incomplete scale as compared with the
actual and final results that must come
within the time limit of twenty years
prescribed by the original contract
which should be left in full force and
effect
Then to make their position appear
more satisfactory to themselves at
least they proceed in Justification
thereof to juggle the already abused
square deal" slogan of President
Roosevelt and endeavor to explain that
it must therefore be considered only
in the future tense, whereas that char
acteristic plain spoken remark Of such
a deservedly popular servant was
meant to mean that square deals had
been given in all instances in the per-
formances of governmental duties par
ticularly in the past and at the pres
ent. but that in so far as the present is
concerned a renewed or additional eff
fort will be exerted in the future to
actually always have square deal.
AS my opponents have wandered
from the direct issue for the purpose
of applying or of attempting to apply
the aforesaid saying. too in turn will
quote from the speech of President
Roosevelt at Concord, New Hampshire,
wherein he referred to the ardous tasks
confronting him in the discharge of
his important official duties in
which he said: 1.-The most that can
he nf nv A.
ment is that it will see that the cards
are not stacked and it appears to me
| that the Tribune is trying to persuade
the state of Idaho to sit into game
with the Weyerhauser Timber syndi-
| cate wherein the latter named did the
dealing (square or otherwise) and had
| the cards safely and securely stacked.
| The inevitable outcome of which will
| be that the state will have the pottage
and Weyerhausers are sure to receive
the pot the value of which do not pre-
! tend to be capable of calculating. Fur
| Their let me call your attention to one
other item of special privileges that
are included with or accompany the
time extension application. The legis-
lature will also be asked ESQ Mr..
Deary informed the Moscow citizens
committee of inquiry to amend or al
ter the laws Of condemnation as now
existing, said change to provide for the
1 syndicate Combine trust or whatever
you prefer to call iD the privilege of
proceeding with their. operations dog
! ging railroading milling or otherwise)
upon or over the property of others
upon their having indemnified the
owner thereof lin manner not specifi-
cally stated thereby shifting the in
itiative or expense of instituting an
action of condemnation and assess
ment OF damages as required under ex
listing law from them to the property
owner who in no instance can be so
we'll prepared for such burden as
this combine reported to possess assets
of $150.0 900 according to the Tribune
their authorized organ. and instead Mr..
Individual will have to bring suit and
suffer the attendant delays and appeal
or accept whatever these magnami-
NOUS miiionaires may mete out to
him. 1t is even possible that ne will be
denied the present privilege of having
| HIS uitIli5SeS dSSesseu ny Il jury ol HIS
fellow citizens as his adversaries are
already assuming themselves entitled
to more latitude within and less respect
for law and equal privileges under 1t
than has ever been admitted by any
bona fide or former prospective citi-
zen of our fair state.
i Let us therefore hope that the cour-
ageOuS stand taken by our commend
able chief executive will be sustained
by our lawmakers now or hereafter to
be assembled. Respectfully
L, L. HAYNES.
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