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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-01-05

ize that Idaho puts beneath th 4 sod
today her most illustrious son.
Frank Steunenberg was of the
rarest type of manhood. Open, sim
cere, modest and unassuming-he
was in his purposes and plans as in
flexible as honor itself. Rugged in
body, resolute in mind, almost mas
sive in the strength of his convic-
tions---he was of the granite hewn.
In all my acquaintance / have never
known one more unusually gifted in
moral will power. In moments when
he seemed to yield he had simply
ceased to argue, that all his silent,
invincible force might be gathered
for the final effort. BY these splen-
did qualities he endeared himself to
his adopted state and spread her
fame and standing abroad. There is
no place in Idaho today where affec-
! tion protects the home, where love
and thrift shield life and property.
but they will recount his strong and
manly virtues, his fearless and in
corruptible manhood, his singularly
brave and upright heart.
i "But there was another side TO his
nature-the one which makes our
grief SO unspeakable now. How full
and rich, how unselfish and complete
his friendship which he gave of so
generously to all. This man of un-
bending will, of iron determination.
was IN the quiet OF his friends az
: faithful and considerate as a woman.
Hlss lsscountless acts of friendship, his
leyotaon to the richest passion which
sheds ~ peri fume Il the nanaan
heart. .are teetili "a ID hy III .f;ef|
and tears or ti1oke xakli efc6 linSsss'
, every part of the state. His vas
, that genuine affection, that Kindness
! of heart, which, like an angel on an.
errand of love, touches the suffering
0 soul with the saving balm, and ia
/ gone-fed before are seen the tears
of coming joy-waitlng not for re-.
q ward, lingering not for praise. The
Il world at large, the state, has lost .
q splendid, manly man, . patriot, "a
e civic soldier without q stain upon
y his armor. But there are those who
!, feel that they have also lost friend.
Q perhaps never to be replaced. = =
"And now to those who would
y expect q detailed statement of the
st life and public services OF the dead
ID l must 1lsappoint you. The burden
10 is too great TO place SO soon upon
at one who felt so often the gracious
1T ness and friendship, of his noble
of nature. Perhaps ut some other time
.. and place this may be done. But
se in the simplicity of truth it may be
ls said now that his career is splen.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-01-05

Deadly Bomb Placed His Gate and Expes Upon His Entrance
Body Terribly Mangd by the Arm Torn Off and
Both Legs Badly Shattered Victim Lived Only Is MinutesO
Believe They Have the Peaor the Dastardy Deed
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-01-05

He was elected member of the con-
convention in 1889, and
assisted materially in framing the
document that has since served as
the Fundamental law OF the state.
He served one term as representative
IN the legislature from Ada county,
which then embraced all of what is
now Ada and Canyon counties.
In 1896 he was nominated by the
democratic party and endorsed by
the peoples party. for the governor
ship, and was elected by a large
majority. He was reelected to the
office IN 1898. During his service
as governor he became person Of
national reputation by his vigorous
handling of the troubles in the
Occur d'Alenes.
Governor Steunenberg ls survived
by his father, who resides at Cald
we'll; five brothers and sister, all
but one of whom live at Caldwell;
his wife and three children-Julian,
aged 90; Miss Frances, aged u, and
Frank, Jr., aged s.
The funeral of the martyred ex-
governor was held at Caldwell last
Tuesday morning and was attended
by representative men and women
from all parts Of the state, many of
whom travelled many miles to pay
their last respects to the honored
dead. The services were most sol
emn and impressive, the singing by
male qnartette, unaccompanied by
instrumental music, was most
beautiful feature of the services.
| The following named gentlemen
officiated as pail bearers: J. G. Rice
J. Fl. Lowell, CaldMell; Judge Al
fred Bulge, Paris; <. NJ. Wolfe
Mountain Home; J. II. Richards
VIM. Balderston, John Kincaid ant
Frank Martin of Boise.
The remains were consigned t.
their final resting place IN the Cald
we'll cemetery.
Many fine tributes have been pal,
to the deceased by men from al
walks of life and of all political an
religious beliefs. Among thes
eulogles. the Grafton delivered b
Hon. w. +. Borah at the funera
stands as the gem them all. W
; herewith publish portion of it:
ssIdaho consecrates her soil toda
with all that is mortal of her fir
martyr. In contrltion and angais
! our young state fingers for tin
! beside his open grave, not alone th'
honor may be given to the dead, b.
| that the citizenship and courage /
the living may catch the parting il
spiration Of his steadfast soul. Tho
> who count the cost when duty cal
~
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-01-05
EX-GOV. STEUNENBERG KILLED

Stricken Down at His Home Last Saturday Night
= Without Moments Warning.
BLACKLIST CRIME In HISTORY OF IDAHO
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10
sIDELIeHTs ON THE MESSAGE.

Minneapolis journal! The presldentt
message easily takes first place among the
six best sellers. In newspaper form It wa
sold to about SOOOO,OOO people, thus throw
ing Hall Game into the shade.
Baltimore American: The president con
cedes TO each individual the privilege OF
contributing to campaign funds as he de-
slres. This Is equivalent to saying that
the dollar-contribution idea was not 9
brilliant one.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat: 1T is not
wise" says the president in the message
that the nation should ALLEVIATE its re.
naming coal lands" The trusts so eager
TO complete their monopoly have struck q
snag in this new form Of government res.
ervation.
New York Sun: Those indolent citizens
who content themselves with summaries
in the belief that they know already the
general tenor of Mr. Roosevelts beliefs
defraud themselves Of instruction mingled
with entertainment. The message has
keen interest and charm, political. eco
monte, ethical and psychological.
Washington Herald: with the presidents
moral sentiments, as expressed in his re.
marks upon lynching and other social
evils, and in his dissertations on righteous
ness, peace and international unselhshness,
we cordially agree; and also do we
heartily endorse the inhibitons placed on
human conduct by the ten commandments
Portland Oregonian: The message as a
whole illustrates the change which has
taken place in politics and craftsmanship
within few years. Politics Is now so
GEOLOGY. Craftsmanship is an effort toward
international Justice. What Mr. Roosevelt
has to say about the moral obligations Of
nations is Illuminating and prophetic Hs
seeks first Of all peace and righteousness
but he does not forget that the best Sc
curity for both is the power to compel
the evilly disposed to respect them
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10
APPEAL FnR THE PEOPLE.

Attorney General Moody in his
annual report properly gives first place
to the recommendation, so emphatic
ally urged by the president in his
message, that the law be amended to
give to the United States the right of
appeal upon questions of law. Such
amendment as general facility for
justice is of great and growing inn
portance, but it is practically almost
vital to prompt and substantial prog
ress under those laws which bear espe-
cially upon the illegal acts of corpora
tons and their officers, agents and
confederates.
The Importance of judicial practice
in all these questions can hardly be
overestimated, and a very large part
of the success in subOrdinating cor
porations to public authority in the
last two years has been achieved by
decisions applying old principles of the
law to existing industrial and social
conditions. But among the still un-
corrected anachronisms of criminal
practice few are more irrational and
mischievous than the rule that blocks
review by the higher court of the trial
judges rulings on legal questions in
criminal trials. The least OF the mis-
chief is the effect of blunder in favor
OF the defendant 80 far as he alone
is concerned, but as. a precedent in
extensive jurisdictions incalculable
harm may be and in fact often is
inflicted against public interests.
1t is not proposed in the slightest to
put a defendant twice in jeopardy for
the same offense, but simply to pro-
tect the public in its right to have the
law certainly and promptly ascertained
and settled, to the end that erroneous
and pernicious rulings of the trial
courts may not faint and obstruct the
whole administration of the law. Not
withstanding the conservative tend
ency In criminal practice, this much
needed amendment has already been
made In a number of the states, with
salutary results. 1t is incomparably
more necessary to the efficiency of the
national criminal code.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10
LETTER CARRIERS HOME.
Institution for the Care of Broken
Down Members.
Philadelphia Press.

IullhuGlphlh EA6oS'
A project that is attracting the attention
OF the letter carriers OF the country is the
establishment of a home for those members
of the National Letter Carriers association
who may be attacked by consumption or
other pulmonary troubles A site has al
ready been secured in Colorado Springs and
the initial steps taken toward its establish
ment.
1t is gratifying to know that the letter
carriers themselves are laying the financial
foundation for this most pralseworthy in
stitutiOn. The Brooklyn, N. Y, carriers
have announced that they Will raise $4,000
and that when this sum in cash is In their
treasury a wealthy citizen of Brooklyn has
promised to add an additional $4,000 to IL.
The New York association, which num-
bers 1000 members, also announces that 1t
will subscribe $4,000 to the building fund.
The Philadelphia carriers are working
earnestly to make a substantial showing
for this city, while in other great business
centers the men are laboring zealously for
the cause.
There is no doubt that after a substantial
sum has been subscribed by the carriers OF
the country themselves. the great corpora
lions and leading business men will give II
very substantial Increase. There Is no
class of public servants who come into such
intimate daily touch with the business in
terests OF this country as the letter car
riers. AS a rule they are men OF intelll-
gence, integrity and uprightness. Their
calling is one which in many cases preds-
poses the physically weaker among them
TO pulmonary attacks through exposure to
the elements.
No better place in the country than Colo
| ..
carriers home. It is located in high, dry
atmosphere. The international Printers
home is already located there. and through
its means scores of lives have been pro-
lOnged which otherwise would nave yielded
| quickly to the white plague.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10
- co1L ~ coNsPIRAcr.

THE COAL LAND CONhFLhACt'
The facts on which the indictments
are now being found in Utah for VIC
lation Of the national land and anti
discrimination laws bring out in gross
est form a gigantic and ruthless con-
spiracy against public interest. It's
purpose and accomplished result was
to rob the public, first of coal lands
by frauds under the land laws and
then by monopoly in the coal taken
therefrom by collision between the
mining and railroad companies. 1t has
been demonstrated beyond a perad-
venture that this double robbery has
been contaminated by an elaborate
system of perjury, forgery and fraud,
whereby the title to the coal in the
ground was alienated from the people
and by rebates and discriminatory
railroad practices to extort excessive
prices from the people for the coal.
The fact that the conspirators are
great transportation and mining cor
porations, In many cases the latter
representing or being identical in in
terest with the former and their in
auential responsible agents, only en-
hances the turpitude and dangerous
character of the crime. It means that
the tremendous power of these corpor-
atoms. by reason of their wealth and
their influence over the business com
munity, and in politics, has been sys-
tematicRlly exerted, not in serving,
but in exploiting the public. The omi-
nous fact, too, is clearly established
that public administration, either
ignorantly or corruptly, has largely
failed over a period of years to afford
protection against the conspiracy,
whose widely ramifed operations have
been carried on right under the noses
of the authorities.
While the indictments already found
include some important offenders and
cover acts by which immense frauds
have been perpetrated, 1t is at the
same time obvious that only the fringe
VA bhO SOhhPAA aSg mas 40 gON bONh "a
posed. Beyond question the same sys-
tenn of perversion of the national laws
has been carried on throughout the
mountain states wherever coal exists
and could be made the means of ex-
tortion by the collision of mining and
transportation corporations. Nothing
more signally demonstrates the neces-
sity of drastic national legislation for
destroying the transportation discrimi-
nations by which coal monopoly has
thrived after the coal lands had been
stolen from the national domain, or
the timeliness of the popular aglta-
ton and demand that the laws for
their conservation shall be INDICATED,
no matter how high and powerful the
conspirators may be.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10
MUNICIPAL OWL SERVICE.

Whatever changes may or may not
be made in the city charter for Omaha
by the coming legislature, some pro-
vision should be enacted that will in
augurate a substantial form of mu-
nicipal civil service for us.
There are more square pegs in
round holes in the city nall today than
there ever we're before in recent years,
and more money is being paid out in
salaries to employees who are utterly
unable or unfit to render adequate
service in return. The award of
places on the municipal pay roll now,
more than ever before, seems to be de-
termined by political claims and per-
sonal need rather than by any qualih-
cation to perform the duties,
The mere fact that a man happens
to be a democrat or a republican and
active in the party propaganda does
not necessarily make him competent
to serve the city in capacities requir-
ing special skill or unusual intelli-
gence. Other cities have grappled
with this condition by creating mu-
nicipal civil service boards, modelled
more or less upon the national civil
service boards and requiring appli-
cants for appointive places to undergo
reasonable tests of their qualifications
for the places they desire. Such a
board could make up an eligible list
from which the appointing power
might be left free to select and in this
way the utterly incompetent would, at
least, be weeded out.
OF course care should be taken to
safeguard membership in the civil
service board against debasement into
a political machine, but this should
not be difhcult. The jurisdiction of
the board should be made to extend
over all branches of the municipal
service whether under tne mayor and
council, the police board, the water
board, the library hoard or the park
board. In this way employment by
the municipality would be brought
closer to the basis of employment by
private corporations and the employees
would likewise be reasonably pro-
tected in their tenure of office, except
for incompetency or misbehavior. Bet
ter still, it would reduce the element
of political interference to the mini
mum and hold out assurance to the
taxpayers that they would get some
thing tangible for the money con-
tributed to the city government.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10
Personal NOTES.


Senator George S. Nixon, the new
bonanza senator from Nevada, has made
$50, 600 900 out OF his Goldheld mines. Be-
fore acquiring his vast fortune he was a
modest banker at Winnemucca, and also
edited a paper in a small mining town.
A petition has been filed for letters tesla
mentarY In the estate Of the late General
William r. shAfter. The petition states
that no will Of General shafter has been
found and property valued at $4,000 is
enumerated as follows: Real property in
Kern county, California, valued at $1,000;
personal property consisting OF bank stock,
live stock and articles necessary for the
cultivation OF q farm, valued at 5000
Henry Clinton Goodrich Of Chicago, "A
years old, has invented more successful
articles than any other man living In the
world. He invented practically every at
tachment-and there are more than
eighty-used on the sewing machine TO-
day, and most OF his inventions are fOI
the convenience Of women. He bears q
striking resemblance TO Henry W. Long
fellow, comes Of good old Puritan stock
and is descendant pf Ethan Allen, the
revolutionary hero.
Prof. F. II. Giddings OF Columbia univer-
sity, who recently spoke IN this city gave
the following solution as TO the way 20 kill
trusts IN a lecture before the Columbia
students. 1T is impossible 70 successfully
night corporations with legal means. Instead
Of trying 20 do this. allow corporations 10
consolidate and expand until one huge in
terest has been formed Then chop on
lie head by substituting public for private
ownership"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10
MORE GLANCE FOR LIFE.
General Prosperity Takes n Fall out
of the Grim Reaper.

Cleveland Leader.
Rising prosperity keeps step with falling
death rates. This is not a condition pc
culiar to the United States. 1t Is general
in the civilized world. There are proofs
which cannot be questioned that the aver
age period OF life is being heightened. Death
comes later and is more successfully beaten
Off in the years when life has had no fair
opportunity to attest its productiveness and
its value.
Broadly speaking, this is the most stu
pendous change of the times. Life may be
so misused that 1t is not worth while. 1t
may be worse than the void which is its
alternative. But obviously nothing human
is possible without life and the waste OF
life is the squandering OF all human oppor-
tunities. What protects life and prolongs
1t guards the vital capital Of the world.
1t Is beyond question that this immensely
important lengthening Of life is due, in the
main, to the prevention Of disease rather
than its cure. Sanitary science has accomp-
lished more than medicine; more, even,
than surgery and sick room wisdom. The
falling mortality rates are the result of
drainage, cleanliness the isolation of in
fictitious diseases, the better knowledge of
epidemics and their causes, the more care
full use of food. The change means a step
toward natural living, in respect to fresh
air and wholesome conditions in houses.
Civilized man is returning to nature but
with wisdom and resources which the ma
tural mantle savage-always lacked He
is coming back to first principles, In large
degree, as far as open air and wholesome
food and reasonable exercise go, but with
vastly greater power Of guarding his own
body against disease and keeping children
and the aged. the feeble and the inirm, out
of peril OF death
This one fact ought to be suhicient to in
sure vast gains for the welfare of mankind
Time and force and thought saved from the
battle against death and disease can be
given to enriching and lettering life When
mere existence is more secure all that
adorns and elevates It will be moro easily
and abundantly gained
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10
sympathy wIth CnIIfornia.

1t Is significant that in the long series
Of interviews collected by the Herald in
connection with Japan's Californian dis
pute, interviews with men Of all political
creeds, with men representing every
branch Of American activity, business
law. the educational profession. diplom-
acyi interviews with men from widely
scattered states, with senator's, congress-
men and members of the parliamentary
committees, decided tendency is dis
played to uphold California individually
and collectively.
These men realize that in its final form
the conflict would be one between Japan
and America And their sympathies go
unanimously to the latter.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10

inspired by the envy and Jealousy of
those who through their own fault
have nothing and whose aim is merely
to loot wealth. The fact, on the con
trary, is, and cannot now be obscured,
that common sense and the impulse
of self-preservation have forced the
people to assert themselves to hold
their own against the overreaching
and Vaccinations Of trustees whose
agency and powers cannot in this day
be avoided. 1t is absolutely not a
crusade against wealth, but one of the
owners Of wealth against despoilers
and traitors.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10
PRESIDENT FISHs DISTINCTION.

E6IDENT FISH y DISTRACTION.
Stuyvesant Fish, late president of the
Illinois Central, dealing with the sub
ject of combination abuses, makes the
pregnant statement that The contest
is no longer between those who have
and those who have not, but between
those on the one hand who have mod
erately, sufficiently, and even abund-
antly, and those on the other hand
who through the use of trust funds
and the power incident thereto seek
by questionable practices to have ex-
clusively" The distinction goes to the
root OF the universal disquietude over
prevalent corporation methods, and
comprehends the issue that is every
day being more distinctly drawn be-
tween the mass of actual property
owners and the comparatively few who
under existing industrial conditions Of
concentration and organization are en-
trusted with the custody and manage
ment OF the combined wealth of others.
The question is really more ethical
than economical, although in final
analysis good ethics is good econo-
mics. II is natural and indeed inevita-
BILE that the champions of existing cor
pOration abuses should sugmatize all
eRort for refOrn e. anarehistic and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10

The announcement that a Peoria
distillery will devote its full capacity
of 5000 bushels of corn per day to the
manufacture of denatured alcohol
brings attention to the fact that locally
no effort is being made to use any part
of Nebraska's corn crop for this pur-
nose
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10
TOO Much Hysteria.

fnllaoelphla Ledger.
II there IL dispute about Japanese I'm
San Francisco schools, there is a cry Of
war; II a crime is committed, the United
States is becoming perverted; II a rascal
Is exposed, the American people are the
most corrupt on earth; n some politicians
are found TO be corrupt, the American re-
public is doomed.
Is II not time for the American people
to compose themselves and begin TO
make clear estimate of yellow journals
and sensationalists Of every kind7
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10

Injunctions may retard, but they
cannot forever prevent the collection of
taxes. Sooner or later the railroad
will have to settle with the
state and counties and will find out
that they must contribute like any
other citizen to the support of the gov
eminent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10

The decision of Wisconsin educator
that the acceptance of money from the
Rockefeller educational fund does not
bind the recipient to any theory of
administration OF government may
cause the donor to wonder why the
fund was created.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10

Mayor Jim says stitch in time
saves nine" City Attorney Burnam
says money in the general fund cannot
be used to pay for repairs to the paved
streets. Between the two the holes in
the downtown paving are getting beau
tifully bigger.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10

If Jim Hill were half as active in
giving Nebraska counties good service
as he is in preventing them from col
lecting taxes on his Burlington lines
he would be the most popular man
known to the state.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10

An interstate commerce commits
sioner declares the legal dissolution of
the Northern Securities merger pro-
duced no appreciable effect on the
interested railroads, which shows that
legal and business advisors are often
more eficacious than the law.