The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-16
Ex-Governor Mcconnell Relates
Interesting Political Incl
dents of Gem State.
MONTANA DEVELOPS
RELIGIOUS POLITICIAN
Discusses Reported Indictment
of Senator BOrah in COnser-
yatiye Manner.

'T think I can rightfully claim TO have
invented boss rule Mt least TO nave
have used It before Speaker Reed adopted
1t In tho United States House OF Repre-
sentatives." said w. J. Mcconnell. ex-
Governor Of Idaho, and once ninety-day
United States Senator from the Gem
State, at the Wilson last evening. when
Montana was made State were much
interested In Idaho. as we wanted to see
organization effected and the Senators get
to Washington. where we expected them
to help us They could not scem TO get
together however The Democrats re-
manned in their seats and refused TO an
swer when the roll was called, and II
seemed they would never get quorum. %
tana's capital I did not know anyone
there. but at once called on Lieutenant
Governor Richards. J had not expected
TO find religious politician in Montana
and perhaps my language was more forcl-
BILE than was proper when l asked him
why they didn't organize When he
queted down he told me that 1t was In.
possible. that the best legal minds OF
the State bad advised tina; there was no
way 10 get quorum. ! told him TO
that evening and I would show them a
way There was a caucus and laid my
plans before them. but the best legal
minds were not there. ! told my plan 70
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After / had gone TO bed Richards came
to my room and made me repeat my
plan 10 him. The next day all the mem
bers IN the House were counted as long
as they were present, and whether they
answered to their names or not. APP
polutment OF a clerk and sergeant at
arms was inm lately moved and the or
eanization was complete before objection
could be made.
Reed Was Student.
"II was aftcrward that Speaker Reed
made himself famous. or notorious which
ever you Will. by the same rule In Con-
sress.
Now I am just telling you this 70
| illustrate how things that are very clear
escape peoples attention. These Mon
| tana men never thought OF so simple a
means out OF their difficulty until ] went
| up from Idaho and showed them. Now
! ] am more interested in mining than
Blaine county near the old Horn Silver
| mine We were exploiting IL for lead
/ silver proposition, but have found thai
II is very rich In zinc. I believe doubly
as rich the mines at Joplin, Mo. where
! I spent week on this trip. The process
! Of dealing with lead ores has been by
settling tanks and much was lost. When
/ / was first in Washington the drinking
| water was unit to use on account of the
sediment. On this trip l found It beauti.
! fully clear, and I looked into their meth
| ods OF filtration and found them using g
fine sand for fltering purposes. II oc,
CURED to me that this would be an idea
| method Of dealing with lead ores and
! that the water could be filtered after Il
had passed the tables and the sediment
| saved. am now perfectng this process
IL they can clarity their water, why car
we not get the sediment after the watel
has passed over fifteen or twenty tables
We can, use the sand or broken stone W:
are making every day. In the mill
am going TO build parallel watts and sinh
this msthod a test. II is surprise 10 m,
that all the mining engineers have no
thought Of this before
Ex-Governor Mcconnell was too full o
! his new scheme TO say much about poll
! tics. He is the father-in law of Senator
| Borah OF Idaho and asked for an opin
ion on the reported Indictment of th'
! Borah. I don't know much about Idaho
politics, as ] have been In the East or
mining business since January, II they
for He has no timber and 7 can't Sc,
where his connection comes In. Some
friends Of Meyer, Pstribone and Haywood
may have brought influence TO bear. o.
not see where he has any connection
| with the matter reported.
There has been good deal OF in
terest in the Meyer Haywood case Al
this talk Of them not getting z fair tria
is absurd. They will be tried in an agri
cultural; not mining. country. The mer
have settled there from the East. anC
they will receive as fair trial as any
where In the country"
Mr.. Mcconnell thinks the whole coun
! try is for another term for Presiden
| Roosevelt. There are two factions II
the Republican party now" he said, "tha
| of Roosevelt and that OF the corpora
! tlons. 1 believe he wants TO be fair Il
the corporations and the country want!
to be fair TO them. All that is wanted
is for them to be good. The people con
slider that the roads are of little valu.
| 70 the country In the matter OF taxation
though their earning power is so great
II they were willing To pay accordins
10 their earning capacity and cease op
preston Of the people. there would be n,
| difficulty. Idaho. like all the West Is TO
! Roosevelt. But I am not In politics now
7 have gone through the chairs and ther.
is nothing | can get, so I am going I,
stay out OF it,
Mr.. Mcconnell will leave tonight or To
| morrow for his mine in Blaine county
where he will experiment with his method
of separating lead values