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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1906-07-03

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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-24
Honor Among Gentlemen

''The other point to which / shall
refer is the cavalier way in which
Mr.. Moody discusses the idea of the
president not being bound.
While contradicting in no instance
however slight, my statement Of what
occurred, the attorney general seems
to think that the code Of honor
among gentlemen is not binding up-
on the executive and his cabinet.
"The president asked him to see
Mr.. Bailey and myself. We met by
appointment, made by Senator Chand-
Ter, and talked over the vital cues
tion. He wrote and sent to Mr.. Bal
ley his understanding of our views.
and when we met subsequently we
reached absolute agreement. both as
to the form and the substance Of a
proposed amendment, to which he
said the president would assent and
help get votes for.
of course, the president was not
bound not to change, but he was
bound under such circumstances to
give notice, and this was not done.
Even the attorney general himself
was not notified. The charge | made,
and still make, is that the president
is guilty of bad faith, and that the
rate bill, which will be, when enact
ed into law, much better and strong
er measure than we had hoped to get,
has been emasculated of one of it's
most valuable and essential features
by the presidents action.
Il am ready to leave the whole
question to the thoughtful and honor
able men Of the country"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-24
Y. w. c. A. CONFERENCE

Paris-The session of the third
worlds conference of the young wom-
ems Christian association which
opened here May Is, have included
SO far the reading of papers by Mrs.
Messrs of Chicago Elizabeth Wilson
OF Chicago, and Annie Reynolds of
Ohio.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-24
CONVICTED OF IMMORTALITY

Salt Lake City-Richard B. Shep-
ara, proprietor of book store in this
city and formerly a member of the
Kansas and Utah legislatures. has
been sentenced to serve thirteen
months in prison for sending cata.
logues OF immoral books through tha
mails. S
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-24

senator and that their cordial rela,
| lions had always existed. Articles
| OF this character were being sent
broadcast over the country, said Sem
! ator Tillman, at the instance of the
| republican machine, to "befuddle'' the
| situation. AS to the statement by
Attorney General Moody that he could
see no hope for an agreement on any
amendment unless it were drawn by
the senators themselves, Senator Till
man said that was an adroit effort to
give color to the presidents retreat
behind the Allison amendment.
i do not care to pursue this SUBJ
ject further" said Senator Tillman,
but that future historians may be
able to get at the truth as to who
lied, | shall make another contribu-
tion." He then had read the letter
sent him today by former Senator
Chandler in response to Senator
Lodges denial for the president OF
Senator Chambers former statement.
New York Publication Denounced
After the reading of Senator Chand-
ler's letter Senator Bailey again arose
and said that his attention had just
been called to a statement in the New
York Tribune substantially the same
as the statement in the Chicago
Tribune.
7 intend to put in the Record"
said Senator Bailey, upon the state
ment of more than one reputable
newspaper correspondent in that gal
lery, and as rule they are as hon.
orable as senators on this floor. on
their authority / state that the two
chief cuckOUs of this administration
are the correspondents of the New
York Tribune and the Chicago
Tribune.
And therefore it seems to me con-
elusive that this Islander proceeds
from the White House. l hope, for
the honor of my country, that it does
not proceed from the president him.
self.
But if he be man of high sense
OF honor he will see to it that SEN
ators are not slandered by his sub
ordinates, and the miserable wretch
who communicated to these newspa-
pers, and who sought through them
to communicate to the country a
SANDER on me which people might
discuss, rather than these issues that
have been raised, he is unfit for his
high office, and the man who perpet-
rated that infamy will pay for 1t with
his position; and if the man continues
to hold his Office it is to be assumed
that what he has done has been
with the approval of his chief"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-24
NAVAL BILL IN REIcHsTAc

Berlin-The reichstag passed the
hnal reading of the naval bill, pro-
viding for six new armored cruisers
and also adopted the new special
taxes, including the duties on lega-
cies, railway tickets and automobiles
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-24
ARCHBISHOP FARLEY SAILS

New York-The Most Rev. John M.
Farley, Roman Catholic archbishop Of
New York has sailed on the steamer
Moenigen Louise for Genoa.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-24

measure, that he should undertake,
under the circumstances, to assert
that sent any agent to him to begin
negotiations. The statement is alb
surb on its face.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-24
STIRRING Scene IN SENATE

1
Correspondents as Liars and
Administration Cuckoos
Neutrality-suspicious. highly sensa-
tional scene occurred in the senate
when Senator Bailey and Senator
Tillman took occasion to deny an art
icle appearing in yesterdays Chicago
Tribune from it's Washington cores
pendent. Although the denial was
aimed at the article and the principal
denunciation was directed at the cor
respondent who wrote it, there was
evident implication in the remark of
the two senators at some one higher
up.
First, Senator Bailey rose to a ques-
ton of personal privilege to make re-
ply to charge made in Chicago
paper by Washington correspond
ent to the effect that Mr.. Bailey had
been responsible for the failure of
the agreement between the president
and Senator Tillman. He had part
of the article read. Formerly Sen
ator Chandler was given as authority
for the statement that Tillman had
been suspicious of Bailey, who, 1t was
also stated, was really opposed to
rate legislation and was also in con-
slant conference with Senator Aid
rich with the purpose of defeating
the rate BILL
When the reading of the article by
the clerk was finished, Senator Bal
ley took the floor. His manner was
very composed, but he was in deadly
earnest, and he spoke with cold de-
liberation
The Correspondent Denounced
Il have taken no part in the ques-
ton of veracity between the president
and Mr.. Chandler he said, "and I
had not even given any public express
sion on the question of good faith
because | knew nothing about either
question. / had never conferred with
the president directly nor with Mr..
Chandler. 1t was therefore matter |
Of great surprise to me when SEN
ator called my attention to the ex-
tract which have had read. That
u,
was sent by correspondent who is
very close to the White House and is
presumed to speak with some degree
Of authority concerning transactions
there. I do not know as to the truth
of that, and l do not charge that this
statement was made with authority.
But / denounce the publication as
an unqualified, deliberate and mali
cious lie. I denounce that correspond
ent as an unqualified, deliberate and
malicious liar. I denounce the man
who inspired the statement as an un-
qualified, deliberate and malicious
liar, whoever he may be and however
high the Office he holds.'
The statement was made in mono
tone, but it was none the less impress
sive on that account. It was received
with absolute silence, and the silence
continued for few moments, until,
indeed, Senator Tillman had taken
the floor also on a question of per-
sonal privilege, because the article
quoted had stated that he had been
suspicious of Mr. Bailey.
Characterized as "Muck Rakinq"
Senator Tillman suggested that
the entire article ought to be read
Senator Bailey replied that he did not
feel at liberty to have read anything
in the article except that which re-
lated to himself Senator Tillman
thereupon took it upon himself to
have the entire article read, and then
with his statement, say
ing:
This correspondence is undoubted-
~ muck rake. Into whose house
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-24

ARCHBISHOP IRELAND AT PARIS
Paris-Archbishop Ireland Of st.
Paul, has arrived in this city.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

camps. In fact, IL Is as complete and e&
tensive as that Of good sized city.
1t would be a small estimate to place the
cost OF the improvements, the buildings
the milling plants and stables, repair shops
etc, and their contents, owned by the COM
pany at $2O,OOO,OOO.
ton Of electricity at a cost Of about $780,
Co., from which power is furnished for its
mills.
On the company's grounds in Lead are
machine shops capable of making any nee
essary repairs to the machinery in opera
ton, a foundry in which castings to the
weight OF ten or twelve tons can be made;
carpenter shops, repair shops of all kinds
and department buildings In which the bus
mess of the corporation is transacted, all
connected with private telephone system,
which includes in its ramifcations the most
distant parts of the underground and sur
face workings of the company, its wood
and timber camps it's lime and other
In the employ of the Homestake COM
pany are 200 men, who receive an average
wage Of 1925 a day. OF this number the
demand for an eight-hour day will AFFECT
Loo.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

The ore which is being mined and milled
by the company is OF very low grade, and
were 1t not for the fact that it is being
treated in SO large a quantity daily it
would be impossible to mine and mill It
at profit. To grant the eight-hour day,
it is asserted by the management, would
mean an increase in the company's pay
roll of about % per cent which would prac-
tically eliminate the small dividend which
1t is now paying monthly. This, the man
agement is not willing to do. believing that
the men who have invested their money
in the property are entitled to receive a
little profit for its use, and that the mine
should not be worked simply for the pur-
pose Of paying wages.
In it's treatment of the men working for
it the company has always been very fair,
and this is the first trouble of Importance
that has confronted its management during
the past twenty-eight years. In years gone
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
Nnfinn Am HIrht.

How about our business and political
morality? Many think we are honeycombed
with corruption and that our whole body
polite is fast on its way TO Gehenna?'
There is nothing In that idea" said the
vice president OF the United States. I'VE
have some dishonest men, but no more in
proportion than we had in the past II you
will go back to the time when our fathers
fought the revolutionary war and will
use the proper diligence you will find that
there were dishonest men then. There were
grafters and boOdlers in the days Of Wash
ington and Jefferson, and the newspapers
Of their times made no bones OF saying so.
Every day has its scandals and those days
were no exception. Many men were SLAM
dered unjustly and doubt not some rascals
escaped without censure. AS to unjust crit
ioisms. George Washington himself was de-
nOunoed again and again, and one paper
charged him with being dishonest and an
enemy 70 his-ceuntry. At the same time
other public men committed crimes which
were exposed. That was the case when We
had less than 10000 people. Now we
have thirty times that many and the tele-
graph and the newspaper do not let the
misdeeds OF our public men lie dormant &"
But are We growing better?"
Il think So" was the reply. Il believe
we are growing much better from year TO
year we are more patriotic ana we take
broader views OF men and things. I am an
optimist and 1 have little sympathy with
the pessimist. The trouble with many is
that they are looking at our country
through the wrong end OF the opera glass.
Que can Eot ts0 close to a big thing = sE-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

because It has been placed here and be-
cause Of the elements of which it is made.
Our founders were the best citizens of the
countries from which they came Had they
not had strong characters they would have
submitted to oppression and stayed at
home. They talk OF us Americans as being
the offspring Of the scum of Europe. The
truth is we come from the cream of
Europe, and the scum in this case is the
cream. The emigrant is always the cream
Of any population as far strength of
body and mind is concerned. The feeble
will not dare TO leave home and the weak
spirited always remain. During all the
years of our history we have been skim
ming the cream Of the Europeans and in
cooperating it into our national body
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

handsome and substantial business blocks;
one of the largest banks in the west; q
splendid water system, and many other
conveniences not enjoyed by cities nearer
the seaboards. 1t is substantially a city
OF homes and handsome residences which
are owned and occupied by employees Of the
Homestake company, or those who derive
indirect support from the working of It's
mines. All of the advantages and i'm
provements, all of this substantially has
been made possible by the operations Of
the Homestake Mining company, which dis
tributes something like $4,000 a month in
wages to its people Lead has population
of between 1000 and 5000, and of this num-
Der 1900 are school children, TO educate
whom it costs $4,000 a year. requiring q
corps OF fifty teachers. Mrs George
Hearst one of the principal owners Of the
Homestalte, at her own expense, main.
tains in the city a free library, the largest
and best appointed i'm the state. She also
maintains a free kindergarten school, con-
Quoted by one Of the most experienced
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
virtue OF Charity.

But are you not very charitable in that
view, Mr.. Vice PRESIDENT" said l.
81 am not overly So" was the reply II
believe what have said. Our country and
our people are in good condition, and such
corruption as we have we shall fight
against and conquer. The American people
are big enough TO handle thing like that.
They are long suffering and so busy that
they allow some evils 70 exist for period,
but when those evils grow large enough to
be really dangerous to the nation they al
ways rise and wipe them out. AS to
charity, / believe In that. There is no
nober attribute in mans makeup. You
may remember Crittendens story Of how
God created man. When He first thought
OF him He called unto Himself His three
angels, Truth. Justice and Mercy, and thus
addressed them: Shall we make manT
The first TO answer was Truth. She said
"oh, God, make him not, for he will pol
lutte Thy sanctuary"
Shall we make man?" The question was
asked again, and Justice replied: "Oh, God
make him not, for he will trample upon
Thy laws"
shall we make mani" Again the uues-
ton, and Mercy, falling upon her knees and
crying through her tears, said: "Oh, God
ma INC AAAiAs ahn 4 Will LpAlOW MN luNOuEu
the dark paths he may have to tread"
Upon that God made man and sent him
forth, saying: "Oh, man, thou art the son
OF Mercy. Go thou and deal mercifuuy
with thy fellow-man."
Indeed believe IN mercy and charity -
concluded the vice president
THAT means that you believe in the
square deal with the addition Of charity?''
said l.
To this the vice president did not reply.
During our conversation he spoke Of con
fdence as the basis OF our growth as a ma
ton, calling It the foundation OF society.
business ana government, and saying that
We must have faith in ourselves and others
If We would succeed.
1T was confidence said he, 'that led
Grant from the tannery 70 AppomRttoK
and Garfield from the tOWpath 70 the
White House and IL is confidence in ones
self and in ones fellows and I'm truth and
righteousness which conquers the world. "
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
Growth of the Property.

From time TO time the original eight
acres, the original Homestake claim. had
been added to, until at the present time
the company holdings In the immediate
vicinity Of Lead amount to 900 acres,
mostly all of II valuable mining property
upon which workings have been estab-
llshed.
Year BY year the company has been Inn
proving its property and its milling and
treatment plants, and from the first eighty
stamp mill there has grown up o system
of mills and cyanide plants and slime
treatment plants that cannot be equalled
by any other In the world. the mills hav-
ing daily capacity for treating 1000 tons
of ore;'-ths cyanide plants a capacity
for retreating the tailings from all OF the
1000 stamps dropping, and the slime treat
ment plant a capacity Of 1900 tons day.
All of the company's six mills are in daily
operation, three of these being located in
Lead, two i'm Terraville and one in Central
City, and all Of them connected with a net
work Of railroad lines, underground and
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

with such elements to work with the
United States has become strong because
of the difficulties its people have had to
overcome. Muscles grow with use, and we
have had to use our bodies and minds. We
have had to carve country out of will
derness, and We have built up our national
strength while fighting with the wilds.
This has given us self-conddence. 1t has
toughened US and strengthened US, and has
also developed certain characteristics in
which we are superior 70 any other people
"Take, for instance, the matter Of inven-
tions. The newest and best of machines
are made by US. We have thousands OF
patents granted every year, and we have
done more than any other nation to enable
man to do his work more easily and more
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

grounds leases being given without money
and without cost by the company, with a
clause giving the company the right to talns
possession Of the ground after sixty
days notice has been given its occupants.
One Of the strongest arguments for an
eight-hour day put forth by the men who
advocate II. is that ell OF the principal min
ing camps In the west are worked under
such an arrangement. To Offset this, those
who are opposed to the strike maintain
that in the camps where the eight-houF
day prevails copper is the principal metal
mined, and that during the past two years
its value has increased from cents TO u
cents per pound, while the value OF the
gold mined in Lead has remained Gnd will
remain the same. The company also points
to its annual report, which shows a de-
crease in the value Of its ore from that
mined last year OF cents a ton. which.
while IL might seem a small falling on,
amounts to considerable during a day, in
which 1000 tons OF ore is milled, which
averages In value but 1884 a ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
Some of the HomestaIse Activities.

some of the HOmestake Activities.
Established upon it's different properties
are hoisting works capable Of caring for
and handling all of the ore mined daily
In its underground workings. the largest
Of the hoists the Ellison, being next to the
largest in the world and costing with its
equipment in the neighborhood Of S7Oo,O)O.
In the first years Of its operations the
company built a system of narrow gauge
railroad lines, radiating from Lead through
the wooded sections of the Black Hills.
and connecting with the Northwestern sys-
tenn at Piedmont, forty miles distant In
all a trackage Of about 100 miles. Over
this system of roads the company hauled
its fuel, mining tmbers and other supplies
until few years ago, when 1t sold this
system Of roads to the Burlington, which
company is now operating it at a profit,
the company receiving for the same hand
come compensation.
1t has but recently completed system Of
water works, taking water from the Spear
fish river twenty miles distant At the town
OF Hanna, fifteen miles distant, the com
pany has established pumping station,
which lifts this water over a divide of so
feet, where It is delivered into a tiled ditch
and conveyed to reservoirs in Lead and dis
tributed to the cOmpany's mills and the city
OF Lead, Terraville and Central This is
but one of the company's water systems,
costing for the installation Of pumping ma
chInery, construction of ditch and labor
tl,GOO,000
On the line of the new water system the
company has recently completed and placed
In operation a power plant for the genera
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

refectively, "Our progress has been 30
great that IL amazes me. When I 20 back
to my old home In Ohio and think of the
conditions Of my boyhOod in contrast with
the present am astounded. II is fifty-odd
years since was born there and my baby
eyes looked out upon a wilderness covered
with giant trees. My father chopped down
the woods and built the log cabin where
spent my boyhood, and the same work
was going on for miles in every direction.
That country today is a great farm viii
lage with fine homes built of stones. bricks
and boards. During my boyhood the roads
were fun OF stumps and you could not drive
a wagon along them without danger OF
being overturned OF spending hours get
ting out OF the mud holes. The roads today
are equal TO the famed Appian way. and
electric cars are moving across the country
almost within hearing distance OF the old
farm. While was at home not long ago I
stood in the old house and talked through
our farm telephone to the governor Of IN
diana, at Indianapolis, more than 100 miles
away. Fifty years ago Indianapolis was a
village and Chicago. a. a city. had only
begun to be.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
How we 0royv.

'T4Gvs you considered how fast We are
growing as a natiOnT' the vice president
went on. "Our population is increasing Ge
the rate OF 100000 every year. In 1890 We
had only about 100000. In 1900 We had
more than 76,OOO,OOO and now. only six years
later, we number between $1,000 900 and 3D.
900, 600 and shall soon have 100. 900 900 souls.
Take that yearly increase of 10000. We
are getting about a 100000 a year by immi-
grafton now, and the increase r. probably
more than that. But even at 100000 IL Is
enormous Think what It means, Take
the city OF Washington with 10000, Indian
apOlis at 10000 and Kansas City equally az
large. Add Cleveland with its 400 900 and
san Francisco with 10000 more. Those
cities altogether contain Just about a
10000 people and our increase of ons
year would all them 20 bursting. Suppose
they could be wiped of the face OF ths
earth and rebuilt In one year and you
have our present condition Suppose that
you add that many consumers, that many
workers, that enormous composite muscle
and that mighty composite brain to our
nation this year. and then as usual the
amount next year. and the next, and tho
next. That Is what Is going on In the Uplted
States today. We are increasing At the rate
Of Philadelphia every twelve months. and
in some years almost % the extent OF ~
Chicago. We are growing in wealth as
u pidly as in IA nbers and or possibilities
ara. Il seems 70 me, almost beyond human
conception" FRANK q. CARPENTER