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and for the readjEstInent OF sCciety 20
modern industrial conditions represents
not true conservatism but an In-IUr-
ment 10 the WIDEST radlcalism. FOR wise
tadicalism and wise conservatism 10
hand IN hand, one bent On progress,
the other bent on Sssing that no change
IS made unless IN the right direction.
L believe in steady effort, or perhaps
II would Be more accurate 80 say an
81 iea0y efforts IN many different uirec-
lIohs, 10 bring about a condition Of af-
fairs under which the men N,ao work
Win hand or with brain the IabOreTs,
the superinto ntS, the Iner: VINO Bro-
duCe lOr the market and the men who
md q market fer the articles produced.
snail own Tar greater share than at
present OF the wealth they produce, and
be enabled TO invest IL In the tools and
instruments by which all work is car
ried on.
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individualism than we do in that empiri-
Cism which ClamOTs for a dea6ening so
ciallsm which would destroy ali lndi-
vidual initiative, and would ruin the
country with q completeness that not
even an unreStrained individualism it.
self could achieve The danger to
American democracy lies not in the
least in the concentration of admins
trative power in responsible and ac-
countable hands. II lies in having the
power insuffiCientiy concentrated, so
that no one can be held responsible
10 the people for its use. Concentrated
pOwer Is palpabie. visible, responsible,
easily reached. quickly held 20 account
Power scattered through many admins
traitors. many legislators. many men
who work behind and through Iegis-
latOTs and administrators, is impalp-
able, is unseen, is irresponsible, can
not he reached, can not be held to
account.
Democracy is in peril wherever the
administration Of political power is scat
tered among a variety OF men who work
in secret, whose very names are un-
known TO the common people. 1t Is not
IL peril from any man who derives
authority from the people. who exer-
cises 1t in sight of the people. and who
is from time to time compelled to
give an account OF it's exercise to the
people.
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PROTECTION FOR WACEwopKFpc

The lbove is the merest sketch. hardly
even sketch in outline, Of the reforms
for which we should work But there
Is one matter with which the Congress
should deal at this session. There should
no longer be any paltering with the
question OF taking care of the wage
workers who. under our present indus
trial system, become killed, crippled. or
worn out as part of the regular Incl
dents Of a given business.
The majority Of wagewOrkers must
have their rights secured for them by
State action; but the National Govern
ment should legislate In thor0ughgoi1g
and far-reaching fashion not only for an
employees OF the National Government.
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Takes Occasion to Review the Campaign Made by Labor
Leaders to Elect Their Ticket by Appeal to Or
ganized Unions, and Their Failure

The Presidents message wch read to the Senate and House
today follows:
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and contributory schemes, or through
me agency OF savings banks, as under
the recent Massachusetts plan
To strengthen these practical meas
ures should be our immediate duty: II Is
not at present necessary 10 consider the
larger ana more general governmental
mems have found themselves obliged
TO adopt
LAWYERS BENEFIT.
Our present system, or rather ac SIS
TEN, works dreadfUIly wrong, and is o.
benefit 10 only one class OF peOpIe-th
lawyers. When q workman Is injured
what he needs Is not an expensive and
doubtful lawsuit, but the certainty OF
relief through immediate administrative
action. The number Of accidents which
result in the death or Gripping Ut sage
workers in the Union at laSge Is simply
appalling, IN a very few years il runs
gate of the dead and wound"d III any
modern wlr
No ac-d,mic theory about freedom OF
contracts or constitutional liberty 10
fere with this and similar movements.
Progress in civilization has every where
meant limitation and regulation oi
contract | .aA St ur eSieclal .tlJeh lLon
10 the bulletin 81 the Bureau OF Labor,
which gives a statement ot Che metlOOS
o. treating the unempl1yet In European
countries as this is a subject wnlch, IN
Germany, for instance. Is treated in con-
aection with making provision Tor worn
out and crippled wOrkmen
Pending a thorough investigation and
action there is certain legislation which
should be enacted Al once. The law,
passed at the last session Of the Con-
grCss, granting compensation TO certain
classes Of employees OF the Government.
should be extended to include all en-
pIuyes of the Government and should be
mace more liberal in its terms There
IS no good ground for the distinction
made in the law between those engaged
iE hazardous occupations and those not
so engaged. If a man Is injured or kill
ed in any line of work. IL was hazardous
In his case.
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IDEAS ON LABOR.

There are many matters affecting
labor and the status Of the wage
worker to which ! should like to draw
Your attention, but an exhaustive dis
cussion Of the problem in all it's as
poets is not now necessary This ad-
ministration is nearing its end; and.
moreover, under our form of govern
ment the solution Of the problem de-
pends upon the action OF the States as
much as upoE the action of the nation.
Nevertheless, there are certain consid-
erations which wish to set before
you, because l hope that our people
win more and more keep hem in
mind.
bli-Id and ignorant resistance to
every effort for the reform OF abuses
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CONDITIONS NEW.

The rapid changes in our social and
Industrial life which have attended this
rapid growth have made IL nee sssary
that. in applying to concrete cases the
great rule OF right laid down in our
Constitution, there should be a full u
derStanding and appreciation Of the
new conditions 10 which the rules are
to be applics1- What would have been
an infringement upon liberty half a
century ago may be the necessary s.sfe-
guard OF liberty today. What would
have been en- injury TO property then
may be necessary 70 the endowment
CisiOn involves two terms-One. an inter
probation OF the law; The other. the
understanding Of the facts to which IL
Is to be applied
The great mass OF our judicial Of
ucers are, I believe. alive 10 these
changes OF conditions which so ma
{ rally affect the performance OF their
Judicial duties Our judicial system is
sound and effective at core, and Il re-
mains, and must ever be maintained
as the safeguard Of those principles OF
liberty and justice which stand al the
foundation Of American Institutions
for, as Burke finely said. when liberty
and justice are separated. neither is
safe.
There are. however, some members
OF the judicial body who have IaEged
behind in their understanding Of these
cTeat and vital changes in the body
polite, whose minds have never been
opened TO the new applications OF the
cid principles made necessary by the
new conditions Judges OF this stamp
90 lasting harm by their decisions. be
cause they convince poor men in need
Of protection that the courts Of the
land are profoundly ignorant OF and
cut Of sympathy with their needs. and
profoundly + different or hostile TO anv
DrODOSed reT1efz
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thelr management Of great corporations.
whetheT railroads. street railways. or
3lher industrial enterprises, have be-
haEed IN way that revolts the CON
science Of the plain, decent people.
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HOW FIGHT GOES

The effective fight against adequate
Government control and supervision
Of individual, and especially of cor
porate, wealth engaged in Interstate
business is chiefly done under cover.
and especially under cover of an an
peal to state rights. It is not AT
all infreQuent to read in the same
speech a denUnciation OF predator>,
wealth fostered by special priVIIege
and dehant of both the public welfare
and law of the land, and a denuncia-
uOn OF Capitalization in the Central
GoVernmert Of the power to deal with
lhlS centralized and organized wealth
Ot course, the policy set forth in
such twin oenunclatiOuS amounts 70
absolutely nothing, for the first half
IS nulllned by the second half The
cn1Cf reason, among the many sound
and compelling reasons. thar led 70
the formation of the National Gov
ernment. was the absolute need thar
the Union, and not the several States
should deal with Interstate and for
elgn commerce; and the power to deal
with interstate commerce was granted
absolutely and plenariIy to the Cen
tral Government and was exercised
completely as regards the only In
SlrumentS OF interstate commerce
known IN those days-the waterwavs
the niShrcadS, as well as the mart
nershlpS Of individuals who then con
Quoted all of what business there was
interstate commerce is now Chiefly
conducted by railroads; and the great
corporation has supplanted the mass
Oh small partnerships or individuals,
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CRUEL MOCKERY.

To such men II seems a cruel mOckery
70 have any court decide against them
Cn the ground that Il desires to preserve
liberty in a purely technical form by
Withholding liberty in any real and con
SJructive sense Il is desirable that the
legislative body should possess. and
wherever necesSary. exercise, the power
to determine whether in q given case
employers and employees are not on an
equal footing, so that the necessities
Of the latter compel them 70 submit 10
such eXactiOns as 10 hours and con
d.rions OF labor as unduIy 10 tax their
sIrvIgth, and only mischief can result
when such determination is upset on
tSe ground that there must be no in
reference with the Liberty tC con
tract often merely academic lib
eTty,' the exercise Of which is the
negatiOn of real liberty
There are certain decisions by various
courts which have been exceed inglN- def
Tlment2l 10 the rights Of wageworkers.
1nlS - true q all the decisions that de-
eide that men and women are by the
Constitution, guaranteed their liberty
20 contract 10 enter a dangerous Occupa-
non or 10 work an undesirable or i'm
proper NUMBER OF hours. or to work in
unhealthy SURROUNDINGS and Therefore
can not recover damages when nairned
n that occupation. and can not be for
pidCen 10 work what the legislature
decides IS an excessive number of hours
OF 10 carry on the work under conditions
which the legislature decides to be un-
healthy
The most dangerous occupations are
often the poorest paid, and those where
the nourS or work are longest; and ia
many cases those who go into them are
IIlNen by necessity 50 great that they
nave practically no alternative. Dsci-
slOns such as those alluded 10 above
MUMMY the legislative effort to protect
the Wage-wOrkers who most need pro-
Iecuon from those employers who take
1oEantage or their grinding need They
malt or hamper the movement for Sc
GurinS better and more equitable con-
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RAILWAY CONTROL.

The railways OF the country should be
put completely under the Interstate
Commerce Commission. and removed
from the domain of the antitrust law
The power OF the commission should be
made tnorouEhEoing. so that II could
exercise complete supervision and con-
troll over the issue Of securities as we'll
as over the raising and lowering OF
rates. As regards rates at least this
power should be summary The power
To investigate the financial operations
and accounts of the railways has been
one of the most valuable features in re-
cent legislation.
Power TO make combinations and traf-
bc agreements should be explicitly con
terrcd upon the railroads. the permis-
sion or the commission being first
gained and the combination or agree
meut being published in all its details
In the Interest Of the public the repre-
Sentatives of the public should have
complete power 70 see that the railroads
do their duty by the public, and as a
matter of course this power should
also be exercised 90 as TO see that no in
justice is done to the railroads. The
shareholders, the employees and the
shippers all have interests that must be
II is to the interest of all of them that
TO swiEdling stock speculation should
be allowed, and that there should be no
improper issuance of securities The
guiding intelHEences necessary for the
successful building and successful man
agenent of railroads should receive am
pie remuneration; but no man should be
allowed 60 make money in connection
with railroads out of fraudulent over
capitalization and kindred stOck-gaul-
bling performances. there must be no
dcfraudiug OF investors, oppression OF
The farmers and business men who ship
freight. OF callous disregard Of the
rights and needs Of the employees.
TELEGRAPH LINES.
Telegraph and telephone companies
engaged in interstate business should
be put under the Jurisdiction OF the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
1t is very earnestly TO be wished that
our people, through their representa-
lives. should act in this matter II is
hard TO say whether most damage TO
the country at large would come from
entire failure on the part of the public
10 supervise and control the actions OF
the great corporations. or from the ex-
orCise Of the necessary governmental
power In "a way which would do IN
justice and wrong TO the corporations.
Both the preachers OF an unrestricted
InCivldualism, and the preachers OF an
oppression which would deny 10 able
men OF business the just reward OF
taeir initiative and business sagacity,
are advocating policies that would be
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is PRIME PURPOSE.

The proposal TO make the National
Government supreme over. and there
fore 10 give it complete control over.
the railroads and other instruments
OF interstate commerce is merely a
proposal to carry out to the letter
one OF the prime purposes. II not the
prime purpose, for which the Consti-
tuition was founded. 1t does not rem
resent Capitalization. 1t represents
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IRONY HEARTLESS.

Inc tax about preserving 20 the mis-
ery-hunted beings who make contracts
Tor such service their liberty 10 make
them, IS either TO speak in a spirit c.
nearuess irony or else 70 show an utter
lack OF knowledge Of the conditions OF
ne among the great masses Of our feI-
.O%-coUntrymen, a lack which units a
Judge 10 do good service just as it
would unit any executive or Legislative
officer
There IS also. I think ground for the
oetieL lnat substantial injustice is often
SuAeffd Dy employees in consequence or
the custom Of courts issuing TEMPORARY
~ =ections without notice 10 them, ana
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tends 70 unite against the very OrSani-
zotioA on whose behalf II IS ISSUED
Inc result lS therefore uniO- ula-e
IIo.a every standpoint. 7 his healthy
lrClHr by the way WIll be learned BY
the socialists Il they ever succeed N
tstabhshing iu this country an inpOr-
ttrf rational party baseQ on such class
consciousness and selfish class interest.
The waEeWOrkers- the worklngmen.
the laborlnE men CT the country by the
way an which Trey repgd41LeC lae effort
10 get them 10 cast their votes IN re-
sppl-se 10 an appeal 90 class hatred,
nave emphasized their SQUAD UaITiOrLSU
dllo 2IleTlcd-lSm- The whole country
mas cause 20 feel pride in this altitude
Ol STURDY independence. in this uncOm-
promising lnslStence upon acting simply
IS good citizens, as good Americans.
"4tAouL regard 10 fCucled-end improper
class Interests SucE an attitude is an
ooJect-lesson IN good citizenship 20 the
entire nation.
SOME ARE BLIND.
But the extreme reactonaries, the
persons who blind themselves 70 tie
wrongs now and then committed By the
courts or labOring men. should also
think seriously as to what such a move
meut as this pOrtends. The Judges VINO
have shown themselves able and WILING
effectively 10 check the dishonest ac-
tivity Of-the very rich man who works
iniQuity by the mismangement OF cor
porations, who have shown themselves
alert TO do justice TO the waEewor- T.
and sympathetic with the needs Of ne
mass II our people, so that the dWeller
In the tenement houses. the man who
practices q dangerous trade, the ma1
y 40 IS crushed by excessive hours e
.5hfr fefl thaf their needs are UndsF-
STOOD BY the courts, these judges are the
81 .-.s,.-rh VI tLr CCUEtS, LueSe judges
ne judges Of the stamp Of the Pres
l0ent-eleCJ. who have been fearless IN
opposing labor when II has gone wrong,
Ndl FEARLESS also IN holding % strict
account corporations that work Iulquay-
anc far-SlghJed in seeing that the
WOrktnGman gets his rights, are the men
o. ali Others 70 whom we owe IL that
the appeal for such violent and mis-
taken legislation has fallen on deaf
ears that the agitation Tor It's paESa ge
prov 60 10 BE- without substantial basis
Ine courts are JeupaTGed primarily
by the acton Of these Federal and
state Judzes who show inability or un-
Willingness TO put q stop 10 the wrong
DONG or very rich men under modern
industrial conditions, and inability or
unWulinSneSS 70 give relief 20 men OF
small means or wagewOrhers who are
crushed down by these modern indus
trlal C ncitlons. who. in other words.
Iall 70 Understand and apply the needed
remedies Tor the new Wrongs produced
by the new and highly complex socia.
2n0 Industrial civilization which has
grown Up in the last half century
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RICH STRIKE IN
PORTLAND MINE
NEW BONANZA ORE ZONE OPENED
IN CRIPPLE CREEK
CAMP.
FIND AT GREAT DEPTH
PRESIDENT AowBEsT RESIGNS
AND is SUCCEEDED BY
FRANK C. PECK.

Colorado Springs simultaneously
with the news Of the resignation "I
President Irving Howbrrl ot The -"
land Gold Mining { mpAnN. ana 'h'
election " SrcrrIar, Frank q F"eh
to the presidency IN hls stead. Whirh
alone caused decided sir in colorado
Springs mining circles. came the an
nouncement ot the discovery w vast
and entirely new bodics OF tNhnl uSN
rich ore in Nv : shaft in the l5o" i'"'
level OF the Portland mine confirming
the report ol The frst az these dlsC'N
cries published few daNs ago
The latest discovery. which Was
made within the last few dAHs. Is ~
sarded BY mining men II Cripple Ct""N
and Colorado Springs rs absolutely the
most important md IN the history "i
the Cripple Greek district. and Is s'Id
to BE- second only 70 the actual d.S'NN
erN u. the camp itself in 1891
One Of the new veins. aCcouiiue p"
former President How bert has no con
neci!on with any ol the orr bodies III
the upper levels and IS larger and
richer than even the bonanza Captain
and Hidden Treasure veins, which were
largely responsible for The s,.>"I."N
raid out in dividends by she COMPANY
The tremendous significance oi this
new ind u 1 depth ot .5ro feet lies ln
the p.Oct beyond all douh'. that there
IS 4 greater and richer Cripple Gre b
under the present Cripple Ctvrk.
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r,. .tesmer Empress OF India has
hroueht TO Vancouver news OF . series
-, disnstrous confiagrations 1T Pekin.
inyolyIng the loss Of many lives due
10 Incendiarism.
Tb, citizens OF Auckland, New Zeal.
and have appointed various commit.
tees to arrange for an adequate wei.
com. In the American fleet OF battle
sh,ns when they call there next Sep.
tember.
The National Funeral Directors As.
.oc,ation through its secretary. II. NJ.
K,lna,rick of Elmwood. Illinois. has ap-
reaIed TO Speaker Cannon TO assist In
bringing about some legislation where
by the "inhuman practice OF burial at
sea will be discontinued.
Uolf the little French hamlet of
Notre Dame de Salette. sixteen miles
from buckingham, Quebec, on the Lie
we're river. disappeared sunday under
n sliding mountain. and at least thirty
Of it's small population are known TO
have perished.
Rcports have reached Tifiis that the
Kurdish population OF the Armenian
provinces bordering on Russia nave be-
come agRressively active ana are IN
dulging in disorder and massacre. The
American population is fleeing into
Russian territory.
The body OF Sir Henry Campbell-Ban'
norman. the late cx-premier OF Great
britain. was buried beside that OF his
wife i'm the little village church yard
al Meiglc. Scotland. April 2sth. In the
presence OF a great body OF mourners'
The remains being brought from Lon
don after services in West Minister Ab'
bcN.
The White Star Steamship company
has announced that the keels OF two
of the largest steamships in the world
will be laid down in the yards OF Har
land a. Wolf at Belfast within two
months. They will be not less than SAC
feet in length. with beam OF seventy
eight feet. Their tonnage Will be from
$4,000 TO 10000.
Increased protection for Immigrant
wompn is urged in final report made
hv the immigration committee OF tins
Women's Trade Union League OF Chi
Caso. The report says that the rail
roads do not assume sufficient respon
sihiIi,v in providing for the safety o
the immigrant girl and woman to he
final destination.
Robert Watchorn. commissioner o
immigration of the port of New York
now on his way home from Europe
will shortly resign. II Is said. TO be
come the head OF n new bureau In TN
Department OF Commerce and Labor
which will be known as The An
archist Exclusion Branch" II is to b.
established with the object OF working
in cooperation with European govern
menis to prevent the coming OF al
archists to this country.
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Aiser csr~is,ee a, Boulder.

Boulder. Colo Frank Kisey, charged
with murder in connection with blow
ing W Of the Colorado & southern de-
not August 10. 1897. was found guilty.
ct murder in the second degree b' III"
jury after ave hours dv!i6trat!ou The
case had ey>Jl o. TRIAL over a W"vk
and VAS the second trial q kiser on
the charge. the trsI resulting IN a G's
agreement Notice WAs given u mo
ttCa fCr new trial
On August 10th l<s'. KIser and jobs
W Reeve, uoW serving ten yea: son
tsrcc fO- the same crime So firs 20 4
SoNcar and which spread 10 other car
causing the explosion 81 4 carload o.
dynamite which killed ,trre persons
Destroyed the Colorado & Souths--
dspoi and cid s.S0ooo worth q Gam
axe
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Universities Of Ireland.

Another step looking toward impor
tant concessions to ireland WAS taken
when the British house VI commons
passed to the first reading. hy vote
Of So5 70 -, the bill providing for TWO
new universities. In which there shall
be entire absence OF religious tests
Complaint Of inadequate provision Tor
education has been " long standing in
Ireland. but within recent wears there
has been marked Improvement in tha;
respect. Schools have Increased In
number. and requirements As 10 AZ,
tendance have been greatly relaxed
Public schools are now in existence
which are open 20 all pupils, and 70
attendant IS obliged 20 bc present st
religious exercises to which parents
or guardians object The additional
universities. With the latitude allowed
as 20 religion. will. SAYS the Trcy N
W Times, facilitate the Aelulrcment
ct proficiency In higher education aad
will osviatc the Necessity toE s.uacats
10 So asr>Nad 10 hnd MIA; they want in
the Way % collegiate training The
erect ot such action should hs mos;
beneficial.
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