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Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-02-21
A STUDY OF WYOMING'S SENATE
To tho Citizens of the State o

To tho Citizens Of the State Of
Wyoming:
The formers Of tho Constitution Of
the State Of Wyoming, expressing
themselves in no uncertain terms, in
tended that eight hours should con-
stitute a lawful days work in all coal
mines in the State. In accordance
with this mandate, an eight-hour law
was enacted in 1889, but, on being
tested, was found Ineffective. Thera-
fore, the miners Of northern Wyoming
caused to be drafted an eight hour
measure in conformity with the Con
stitution, and asked that the Ninth
Legislature (l9O7) enact such a law.
A bill for this purpose (H. B. No. 19)
was introduced by Representative Pet
er Carroll, of Sheridan county, early
in the session, and after considerable
opposition, was passed by the House.
(of this opposition in the House we
will make more particular mention at
an opportune time.) In the Senate,
February 4, 1907, the measure was re-
ferred to the Committee on Coal Mines
Morgan, OF Uinta; Forsyth, of
Sweetwater, and Vaughn, of Carbon.
The bill remained in the hands of this
trio of corporation henchmen for about
week; and then, for fear they might
transgress the ethics Of railroad or
corporation legislation, they consulted
with a well known Union Pacific at
torney and came to the conclusion
that they knew better than the min.
ers themselves what was needed'
Hence, "to facilitate matters" for
the railraod company, the committee
was eounselled, or commanded, to re-
port back substitute bill, with the
recommendation that il do pass. This
measure known as s. +. No. 80, which
is the ingenious product Of a corpora
tion attorney, is so evidently worth
less and devoid Of possible benefit to
the toilers, that one wonders il was
not turned down as "freak bill. !"
II was devoid Of worth as an eight
hour law as most of the Senators arc
Of freedom from corporation shaekles
Not even the Union Pacific could OBJ
iect to this harmless joke and travesty
on labor legislation. The committee
shook it's chains, coddled under the
fsndling OF it's master, and looked
with pride unpon this work of leg
islative art-which reflects their fealty
to the powers that be, and disavows
their integrity and allegiance to the
common people of Wyoming. In the
course Of time this effusion of the rail
way attorney "came up for consid
Grafton" in the Srnate-the majority
of which body had already received
their instructions from the railway s
attorney, and were simply awaiting
a chance to obey orders. Then il
was, in the afternoon Of February IA,
that the few exceptions to corporation
rule became evident, and Senator
Dinwiddie, Of Sheridan county, moved
that the substitute be indefinitely pos
poned, explaining that the measure
was worthless and introduced for the
sole purpose of killing Fl. B. No. 10,
the law which 100 miners Of wyom.
ing desired. This plea, however, was
Of no avail, for the following Sen.
ators, who knew a good corporation
measures when they saw IL, voted
against postponement and for the pas
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-02-21

sage Of the worthless proposition,
noto their uaTet: Crumrinc, John
son, Atberly, of Albany; Hinckley,
Of Crook; Brown, of Uinta; Clark,
Cook, Black, Guernsey, of Laramie;
Vaughn, of Carbon, Bugas, ofSweet-
water; Williams, of Converse; Baird,
Of Weston and Brock, of Johnson
all of whom are on record, with GER
tain members of the House, as OPP
posed to the interests Of workingmen.
The only Senators who voted in
favor of the miners, and for the pos.
ponement of the "freak" bill were,
Dinwiddie, of Sheridan; Sullivan, of
Natrona; sehwoob, Of Big Horn, and
Price and Mahoney, of Carbon.
This vote killed II. b. No. 10, the
eight-hour measure which had passed
the House, and is in line with the rec
ord of the Senate in killing all meas.
"'N9 Naituidttu W SubotINt lne inter-
ests of the man who tolls. This same
servile aggregation refused to remove
the $4,000 limit damages which might
be recovered by the family Of one
killed in a railway accident.
This body, the vast majority of
which are hirelings Of a great corpora
tion, have totally disregarded the
Constitution Of the State of Wyom-
ing and the will of large number of
their constituents. The fact that every
other state in the Union, where coal
is mined in any quantity, has an eight
hour law, had no effect on most of the
Senators
The undersigned committee Of the
miners, when hopefully starting upon
their mission TO secure the passage
Of this eight-hour law, was informed
by prominent citizenp Of Cheyenne
(who evidently knew the caliber of
the legislative majority that were
Sup against it" that the brains of
most Of the members were automatic
ally controlled by wireless telegraphy
from the law Offices Of the Union Paci-
ic Rairway Company. Notwithstand-
ing this Encouragement, we had hopes,
and perhaps misguided faith in the
good in the hearts of ordinary men.
We haNe been disillusioned; our
faith in human kind has received a
setback; our mission has failed; our
J course for the future pointed out.
In the name of 1100 voting wyom-
ing Coal Miners, we sincerely thank
those who have championed our cause,
and we ask every fair-minded citizen
Of the State TO consider the attitude
Of their representatives on this quest.
ion. To the many labor and fraternal
organizations who have endorsed and
are preparing resolutions and records
bearing on the actions of the differ
ent Legislators, we extend our sincere
thanka
The undersigned committee is not
leaving Cheyenne Immediately upon
the issuance Of this circular, and will
take pleasure in reiterating in person
while here any expression herein to
any individual who doubts that we
entertain any Of the opinions ad
vanced.
Respectfully submitted TO the
people, Duncan Carr, Jas. Morgan,
Walter Russell, Rees Davis; Legis.
lative Committe OF the Miners Of Dis
trict ~, United Mine warNars Of
' America.
Cheyenne, Wyo, Feb. Is. 1907.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-02-21

The London municipal campaign 10
now in full blast. Keir Hardie, leader
of the labor party in parliament, has
prepared manifesto which, accord
ing to a London cable, is 4" pro-
gram of amazing developments Of
municipal socialism" But really Har-
die and his colleagues are very modest.
All they ask in their manifesto is that
the Lon Ion council be endowed with
the control of public supply of milk,
electricity and coal, authorizing the
council TO buy coal mines and to con-
troll the docks, police, hospitals, mar
kets, slaughter houses and trausporta-
tion, including all the metropolitan
railways, whether surface or under
ground, tramways and omnibuses. IL
further empowers the council to build
gardens in the suburbs around Lon
don. and 20 carry out itself all work
now done by contractors. 1t provides
also for the institution Of ~ hours la
Dor weekly, all workmen TO receive
a minimum wage Of 30 shillings That
is all. Naturally the privileged class,
the capitalists, the landlords, etc, de-
clare that here is "toO much social
ism" in London town, and that their
sacred rights TO skin people are ig-
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-02-21

Things are going forward in South
America pretty well in spite of the
opera bouffs revolutions that are
sprung about every other day by polit.
ical grafters The socialist movement
is rapidly becoming a factor in Ecu.
ador, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile
Peru and Argentina. There is already
one socialist representative in tbS
Chilian congress.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

f3ut suppose everything goes we'll
with the wheat until It IL harvested,
and the shapely shocks dot the
aeld. The Weld has been abund-
ant: everything appears rosy; every
farmer "A happy. What is that In
the West? A cloud. And. 10. and
behold. tho sheaves are scattered be-
fore the storm. the weeks of rain
follow. the grain sprouts, or rots, at
least II does "grade nm" when Il is
uhrsshed. Oh the farmer has a.
Thing or two that NAV cause him
tn wonder why he was not born a
millionaire,
However. let us suppose the wheat
lis threshed. and sacked and stored
AWAY. It must be soId.p9 Have you
ever sold wheat?"t DO yod know
anything uabp,h how necKiy the
farmer hauls his wheat to the ele-'
vator? He doesn't drive ur to the
elevator and have lot Of people
come ont and ask him what he, will
take for the wheat. Not at all. /.
when he goes to buy a wagon, he
asks the man what he will take for
lit. He Ia informed the price de-
lmanded. II he doesn't like it. he
lean let It alone. Another process
takes place when he goes to mar
lket with his wheat. He actually
tasks the proposed purchaser what
Ihe will give for the wheat. The
tables have turned on him since he
bought the wagon. He asked what
the dealer would take for the wag.
Ion. and then he asks the dealer
what he will give him for his wheat
I'm both instances, the farmer is or
1.-THE defensive, unarmed, with an op.
|ppnent holding a club over him.
He did not know when he sowed
1.-The wheat what II was going to cosI
him to produce a bushel OF grain
lNo man on earth can figure that;
lno insurance company writes a mol
|icy guaranteeing thirty bushels tt
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25
HONDURAS CAPITAL
EXPECTED TO FALL
President Bonia Flees for His LheNicaraguan Forces
Believes the Defeats Administrated Recently
viii Put an End to the Fighting.

,ca taken. Salvadoran and Hondur-'
ian combined armies defeated. Pres
idcnt Bonilla hidden in San Lorenzo
with 200 men. Sent steamers to
capture them. Tegucigalpa will be
taken today"
Minister. Corea expressed the opin-
lion that the fugitive president
would 60 to Salvador and again re-
cruit his army for a second attack
| on Nicaragua, unless the United
States and. Mexico exercise their
good offices to the extent OF insist
ling that Salvador and Guatemala
maintain neutrality. II this is
done, Mr. .Corea says, the war is
ended. otherwise he Is firmly con-
vinced that 1t will only be ques-
tion of short time until hcstil-
tiles afe again resumed. The Me
Iaraguan minister tomorrow will ask
Secretary Root and the Mexican am
bassadOr, Mr.. Creel. to take some
steps to force Salvador and Guate-
mala to keep their neutrality pledge.
Washington, March %. With
the capture OF the fortified city
of Choluteca, by President Eel
ayas victorious forces, the main OBJ
stacle to the march on Tegucigalpa,
the Honduran capital, has been re-
moved. There Nicaragua presi-
dent will dictate the terms OF
peace, .- W. aaa
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25
N1srely Personal

{ ~. Edison Bels was Kenton Wis
itor yesterday. + = @Nn
DR.. H. w. Sager was called
TO LaRue yesterday on account of
the serious illness OF his mother,
Mrs. b. +. Sager.
Dr.. and Mrs. G. T.. Want we're
Columbus visitors Monday. 1s
Mrs. A. Schmeltzer has returned
home from Columbus where she was
called by the death OF q relative
Mrs. w. w. Thomas. Of bennett
street. was operated on this morning
at the Central Emereeiicy Hospital,
by Dr., 4. Rhu.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

promises, or cksxss front on any
public questlc1, II It is considered
politically to tneir advantage to do
$50. Such is republicanism with its
Istandpat attachments and monopoly
record and extravaganza. Will the
voters again trust 1t Is the question?
Lima Times Democrat. r
THE FARMER's WOES.
1t Is the floods now that are wor-
rying the farmer; drowning out his
wheat: washing away his fences;
carrying off his soil; damaging him
lip hundred ways. II 1t were not
the floods 1t would probably be
something else, for, In all serious
iness, Nature never intended to give
the farmer all OF the blessings with
out making him pay something for
them.
| 1t used to be the fashion to make
lfun of the farmer for complaining
SO much. Everybody said he grum-
bled whether he had any cause OF
not. Outlandish pictures were made
os him, with flowing beard, finding
fault. AS matter of fact, there
lis no man on earth who can en-.
dure so many adversfties without 60
ling crazy as can your farmer. His
trials and tribulations would sent
the manufacturer to the suicides
grave. His disappointments woult
put any other class OF men out o.
the running. His financial losse'
would wreck the average business
And still he goes forward, con
tented, meeting the problems of th'
day as they arise. overcoming diff
culties, working day or night, &C
cording to the requirements. help
ling his neighbors out of their diff
Ifculties, and paying his way wherev
er he goes. Hesis your born stoic
iyour philosopher. your humorist
your poet. fsise@ t+
When man undertakes to BULL
a wagon, he can figure to a penn.
upon the cost of It. He takes nj
chances. He even is assured agains
loss that may accrue from havini
ito pay damages to an injured work
man. He knows what he is going 4
receive for the finished product. III
knows exactly what competition h
will have to mee.. Frequently hi
product is disposed of before 1t I
manufactured, SO that he can tel
to a day when he will be reimburse
for his outlay. The elements ar
not going to interfere with his prof
it's to any considerable extent. II
is playing pat hand against four
card draw, as those familiar with
certain America ngame might say
Now, loow at the farmer who un
,dertakes to manufacture a crop Q
wheat. The weather is not what
ought to be following the seeding
and much of the seed does nc
sprout. Then the fly gets into
,out of the ground, because there
no snow to protect 1t. II It. run
the gauntlet until rspringtime. tn
floods come and much Of 1t Is kille
by the water standing upon II, or
1t happens to be upon hillsld,
1t is washed out Of the ground an
dies. 49,.
Then, just when 1t is "headin
out" there is no rain to assist |
; and the berries do not get plump Q
they should. A windstorm blows
down, and 1t is ruined in places. A
; OF that In addition to what ma
, happen because of heat or cold {
rain or drouth at the time 1t
, ripening. We used the sporting teri
about playing the pat hand again
| the four-Eard draw advisedly, b.
, cause we were thinking that II
, farmer is the nerviest gambler @
t earth. He bets against everythir
, and everybody.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

Senator Burton of Kansas says
he was offered a pardon by Pres
ident Roosevelt but that he spurn-
ed it. In speech, Sunday he
said that Roosevelt is the man
who needs the pardon, but he
would never be able to get Harri-
man to agree with him.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

The young man who sits back
Of you in the theatre and accom-
ranies the musical numbers by
whistling and beating time with
his feet, is almost as Objectionable
as the young woman who has seen
the show before and feels in duty
bound to tell you about it.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25
FROM THE coMMoNER.

A lot Of daily newspapers that
denounce what they call "disre-
spect for the courts" are doing a
lot OF denouncing on their own ac-
count because Chicago jury ac-
quilted Con Shea. The ownership
or the OK continues to cut consider
eble figure.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

Al correspondent of the N. Y.
Sun is attempting to discover a
"cure for poetry" He will never
succeed, crushed in the waste bas-
ket it will rise again.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

= A York state couple were mar
ried while standing ON the state
line. Two ministers officiated.
one from New York and the other
from Vermont. The trouble will
come when the divorce case i.
filed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

That Prospect street paving deal
may come up in council meeting
again, this evening. Here is hop
ing that Mr.. Carpenter will
"stand pat. -
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

Managua, Nicaragua, March D.
Santos Ramirez, director general OF
telegraphs, yesterday made the foi-
lowing statement:
'The Nicaraguan forces have cap
ltured Choluteca, Honduras, wnicn
was held by the, Honduran and Sal
vadoran troops and President Bo-
nilla has fed by boat. Steamers
will pursue the fugitive president.
/ believe the war is ended"
The government is without further
advices concerning the capture OF
Choluteca but details are expected
shortly. Choluteca is the most
strongly fortified town of Honduras.
| H. is on the Choluteca river, about
three miles from the Gulf OF Fon-
SEGA. 1t was here, some years ago,
that President Vasquez was defeated
by allied revolutionists and Nicar-
aguans.
Washington, March 25.-President
Bonilla has fed from the battiefeld
and the Central American war has
practically ended, according to cable
dispatches received in Washington
by the Nicaraguan minister, Mr.
Corea. The fall of the Honduran
capital, Tegucigalpa, Is predicted by
the Nicaraguan secretary OF foreign
jaffairs. Mr.. Gamez. sf
The cablegram from the secretary
OF foreign affairs follows: "Choiute-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

\ Mr.. Ind Mrs. Alonzo Reed. Il
|Marysyills' we're the; guests ,of RAY
|end Mrs. Reed. of South Prospe]
||sstrset yssterdsy.siIsh iiiw isitt Il
< Rsyt and Mrrs,,tApWd Rt3|fHsd
who have been the guests OF Reg
and Mrs. l.. Read. for the pal
week. returned to their home Il
Lima today.
!, Miss Olive Critchet OF. the Obi,
Wesleyan university at Delawar
Is spending the spring college VI
cation as the guest Of friends u
the city.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

After diagnosing the cases, DR..
Roosevelt may suggest the water
cure treatment for railroads in the
future.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

Henry Clews advises us to
"avoid q man who, when he
drinks habitually drinks alone. "
Sure; nothin' doin'.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

"The ideal street car system
SAWS Tom johnson of Cleveland
"is one in which no fare i.
charged. The Golden Ruler s
ideal world seems to be uni
ve1sal almshouse.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

If John ID. Rockefeller has
spent as much money AS the Fif-
ty-ninth Congress he would be a
public charge in an Ohio poor
house.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

The physical research should
weigh up a moribund corporation
and determine the disputed point
whether or not, it has soul.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

Mr.. Roosevelt is mollycoddle
himself when il comes to tacking
tariff revision of Mayor tSchmitz.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

2 Muck rakers are still busy
They claim now that the Ameri-
can Bible society is nothing more
than a branch of an international
trust which levies tribute upon
she spread Of christianity. An
,Pther evidence that we had best get
sut the old Bible that mother used
oTssad and which was printed. be.
fore the day OF trusts. 7u ~ 'i'i''
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

Owing to the fact that the people
are asserting their rights, the rail
roads are going to refuse to better
their facilities for making more
money. The man who amputated
his nose to spite his face. must have
been a modern railroad president.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

Reports say that Admiral and
Mrs. Dewey are going to desert
the home which was given to the
admiral upon his return from the
battle in Manila bay, by the peo-
iple who were ready to worship the
ground upon which he walked. The
American people will be kicking
themselves again some of these
DAYS when the home is sold or leas
( ed to tenants.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

Nicaragua believes she has got
ten Honduras whipped and now
her forces are marching on Sal
vador. One thousand Salvadorean
soldiers were killed in a battle
last week. 1t begins to look as
though if the United States and
Mexico want the credit of putting
an end to the war, they will have
TO be hurrying.
AT tonight's special meeting of
the city council the proposition to
lower the tracks of the Erie and
Big Four roads will be presented
by the committee which was ap-
pointed at Thursday evening Is
|.npss meeting. Every taxpayer in
the city and every person who has
occasion to use the crossings OF
these roads is interested in tht
move and should be present t.
make known his sentiments.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

| ly fair and disposed to deal Justly
No one has objected to the PROPOSE
tion to increase Secretary Loeb's
salary to $500 year. A man
who has to stand sponsor for so
much deserves good reward.
Mr.. Cortelyou's last act as post
master general was to cut the rail-
road pay for transporting the
mails. MIR. Cortelyou would haye
won further honors had he begun
that sort of thing earlier in his ca
reer as head OF the postoffice de-
partment
The pet press muzzling law se-
cured by Former Governor Penny
packer has been wiped from the
Pennsylvania statute books. Now IL
the state could only wipe out the
memory of Pennypacker and the
Legislature that enacted the law at
his bidding!
Mr.. Hartman is telling the in
terstate commerce commission some
things about Mr.. Fish, and doubt
less Mr. Fish will retaliate by tell
ing the commission a lot about Mr..
Hartman. And the honest public
may expect to get something from
this state OF affairs.
/
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25
ANGELA VINCENT, ONE OF EVELYN NEsBIT THAW's ANILD
ROSE" FRIENDS

Angela Vincent mentioned by Evelyn Nbt
Philadelphia society debutante about
appeared Angela Vincent
member. 6sNS l,r ''tHt'TT ~
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

promises, or cksXse front on any
public questic1, II It is considered
politically to tneir advantage to do
so. Such is republicanism with its
Istandpat attachrnents and monopoly
record and extravaganza. Will the
voters again trust 1t Is the question?
Lima Times Democrat. M
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
RAILWAY ARouN3 A VOLCANO

HAIL AhSON -
The stretch of road that runs from
Tuxpan in the state of Jalisco to Colima'
Mexico, is one of the most expensive
pieces of railroad building in America.
1t will cost more than s3O0O,OOO gold 10
build this forty-three miles of road. Inc
unreliable antics of the Colima volcano
had to be taken into consideration In Sc
lecting the route. Jets of steam are con-
stantly belched forth from it's crater and
eruptions of violent character occur peri
o1ically. The steam is condensed when
it strikes the cold atmosphere above the
crater and in the form of water 1t seeks
the sea by means of numerous deep
gorges. In time of eruption s*Teams of
lava are elected from the seething caul-
dron within the mountain and this molten
mass follows the courses marked out by
the waterways and pours down upon the
more level land far below. The gorges, or
barrancas, as they are called in Mexico,
are 800 to 600 feet in depth and 100 to 1000
feet across.
1t has been a stutpendous task to Get
the necessary machinery, such as steam
shovels, into the almost impenetrable re-
gion. All machinery had to be knocked
down and carried along narrow mountain
trails upon lne backs of burros. Ere
quently when impossible barrancas were
reached the loads had to be let down to
the bottom of the gorges by mans of
ropes, and carried across to the other side
by Mexican laborers, and Their hoisted to
the trail on the other side, to resume the
Journey upon the backs of the patient
burros.-W. D. Hornaday in Moody's Mag
Azine.