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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-20
CACHE is FOR KNIGHT.
Democrats Instruct County Delega-
tion to Support Provo Man.
Especial to The Herald.)

Logan. Sept 19-The Democrats Of this
county held their convention today and
selected double set of delegates, one to
the state convention Tuesday, and the
other to the judicial convention on We'd
nesday. The gathering was well attended
and marked by much enthusiasm. The
feature of the convention was the unan-
imous endorsement of Jesse knight for
governor, the delegates being instructed
to vote for him in the state convention.
There was a lively discussion preceding
the resolution of endorsement, but the
vote was unanimous.
John f. Griffin, jr. was chairman. and
F. o. Nelson. secretary of the convention
H. G.. Hayball was chosen county chair
man, and /. G. Thorsen and John Il. Crit
fin, jr, state committeeman. The Logan
delegates chose N P Anderson as city
An effort was made to have the con-
yention make declaration on the local
option question, but it declined to do so.
The delegates are:
State-Delegates at large: Moses
Thatcher, F. X. Nebeker, G. III. Champ
H. G. Hayball G. R: Owen.
Humphreys of Paradise, J. c: Bowdle OF
College, John King of Millville, Peter A.
Barson of Charleston, Ernest Peterson A
B. Wilson. A. N. Anderson, N. J. Nell
park S. r. Evans. William Creggie of
Lewiston. ]. w. Hendricks of Cove. A. N.
Sorenson of Mendon, William +. Jensen.
jr.. and Andrew Peterson OF Newton,
John II. Parker. jr.. Of Cache Junction:
b. r. Mathews and F. s. Stivland Of
Providence. S. w. Hendricks, J, J; Shep-
ard. W. H. Lewis and Eli Webb OF Rich
mond A G. Barber. George Fister,
George Skidmore. N. w. Kimball. Robb
Anderson. ]. NJ Blair. William Edwards.
Edward Hansen. Hiram Hayball, F; w.
Crockett, G. B. McCullock, c: M. Nelson,
all of Logan: George NJ. Smith, William
NJ Harper, R. B. Larsen, ]. ]. Merrill
Of Smithfield; f. H. Cutler Of Trenton,
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Contracts will soon be let for the work
upon the new gymnasium which is to
be erected at College and Temple ave-
nues for the use of the students of the
Latter-day Saints university and the
members of the Young Mems Mutual
Improvement societies. The building
was planned by Lewis Telle Cannon and
Ramm Hanson. architects, and A. p.
Merrill, engineer, after they had made
careful study of the best buildings of
the kind in eastern cities. In arrang-
ing the building, they adopted the best
methods of other builders and some
original ideas. and the result will be
that Salt Lake will have one of the best
club houses for young men in the en-
tire country The building is only one
of cluster of fine structures which the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-20

Mormon church will build upon the
block east of the temple.
The gymnasium will cover site COX
$50 feet, and will be thoroughly fire.
proof. The entire interior framework
will be of steel. The outer walls will
be of buff brick and stone, to harmon
ize with the Administration building,
which is now under construction.
The basement will contain bowling al
legs, a large room for the use of the
teams which will engage in athletic
contests, the apparatus for the venti-
lation of the building. large filter for
water, and other modern equipment for
the health and comfort of the young
men and boys who will have the use of
the gymnasium and club house.
On the first floor there will be locker
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name mentioned before in connection with
Standard Oil.
Another thing that makes me euspi-
cious is the letter from Mr.. Archbold ask
ing Senator Bailey to come down to New
York and step up to the captains office"
'26 Broadway, New York,
Dear Mr. Sibley-We are anxious to
have a talk at as early date as possible
with Senator Bailey of Texas. and / write
to ask If you will do us the favor to COM
municate with him and find when he can
be here.
Greatly approaching your courtesy, 1
am. Sincerely yours,
JOHN d. ARCHBOLD."
Hon. ]. B. Sibley, House of Representa-
tives, Washington, d. c.
Mr.. Hisgen followed Mr.. Hearst and
criticized the methods of the Standard Oil
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WILLING TO JAIL
TRUST MAGNATES
Attorney General Bonaparte
Replies to Recent Structures
by Mr.. Bryan.
IMPOSSIBLE TO CONVICT
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ALSO
A BAR TO PROSECUTION.

Baltimore, Nd, Sept. 19.-Attorney
General Bonaparte, who was in BaIti-
more today. made answer TO the charge
William j. Bryan has been repeating
frequently of late that the present adj
ministration had not squared itself
with its promises by putting some trust
magnate in Jail.
From the time l became attorney
general TO the present." said Mr.. Bona
parte. 1t has been. the earnest desire
or the president. as well as my own,
TO DO that very thing in a proper case
nave been compelled. however, to ad-
wise against such a prosecution in
every instance suggested because 1 did
not believe IL would be successful, and
did not wish to give the defendant the
benefit of an unmerited whitewash.
Statute of Limitations.
In the case of nearly all the great
trusts the combinations and CONSOLE
dations TO which individuals prominent
In their management We're parties as
such took place from ten TO twenty
years ago, and even if they occurred
after the enactment of the Sherman
antitrust law. had long since been
barred by limitations when 1 assumed
my present Office. You will remember
that with respect TO crimes against
the United States the period of limita-
ton is only three years.
Congress Refused to Act.
I'm our report upon the postal frauds
Mr.. Holmes Conrad and l suggested
that this period ought 10 be heightened,
and the president so recommended. but
the congress took no action on the sub
ject. Ii is, of course, true that officers
of the corporation can be held respon-
sible criminally for corporate acts in
which they are proved beyond a rea-
sonable doubt To have individually par
ticipated; but while il is comparatively
easy TO prove the act of the corpora
ton, it is usually very difficult, if not
altogether impossible, to obtain legal
evidence TO convict individual officers
as participants.
Quotes Speaker Cannon.
While, therefore, / am well aware
that certain newspapers and other pur-
veyors to the public of what Speaker
Cannon calls wind and ink have been
crying out loudly for some trust mag
nate to be put behind the bars, / have
always found this advice to be of the
same character as that generally given
by bystanders 20 the smaller boy in a
street fight-namely, go in and win
which. as Dickens wisely remarks, is
an excellent thing to do when one can
do il, but not an especially good thing
10 try 10 do when one can't"
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room in which 1000 separate lockers will
be built There will also be swimming
pool S0x60 feet, lined with white glazed
tiles, with gallery for spectators. The
water used in the pool will first pass
through the basement filter. A hand
ball court. exercise rooms, dressing
rooms, private baths, showers. hot
rooms. hair drying rooms will occupy
the remaining space upon the first floor.
The main gymnasium occupies the
upper floors. About the hall arranged
for indoor athletic contests there will
be gallery which will accommodate
1000 spectators.
Wide windows on all sides will afford
an abundance of sunshine and light.
The interior and exterior decorations
will be artistic and beautiful.
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STATE CALLS
JESSE KNIGHT
FOR GOVERNOR
Continued from Page 1.

ing the state convention, and will have
as companions there: Colonel Dan Mar
tin, John Ivy, L. c. Doty and John z.
Shea
Joshua Greenwood was endorsed as the
candidate for the judgeship and b. n. C..
Stott was the choice for the district at
tOrneyshiD.
The suggestion that a Bryan club be
organized was received with enthusiasm.
and perfection of organization will be
made on Tuesday, when the next pri-
mary meeting is to be held.
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Wants a Nomination.

W. II. Woodring of Bingham will be a
candidate before the Republican conven-
ton for nomination as county commits
sioner. Mr.. WOodring is a substantial
citizen and will come to the convention
with strong support
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Surrounded by Fire.
Forest Fires In New York.

Albany, n. Y. Sept. 19.-New York is
threatened with forest fires which may
equal those in 1903, when several lives
we're lost and millions Of dollars worth
of property destroyed The forest fires
raging in the Adirondacks are spread
ing rapidly. They now extend over
900 acres of land in the Adirondacks
and nearly 100 acres in the Catskills.
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Maine Forests Ablaze.

Augusta. Me-. Sept. 19.-The razing of
vast sections of timber lands by forest
fires continued without noticeable de-
crease today. Damage estimated at
more than 100000 has already beer
done. The hundreds Of men who have
been fighting the flames during the
past three days are nearly exhausted.
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Fires In Connecticut.

Canaan. Conn.,. Sept. 20.-The forest
fires which have been burning on the
hills for the past three days are still
blazing fiercely. A large force of men
spent last night digging trenches
around the base of Tom mountain in
an effort to check the flames.
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HEARST AGAIN
MAKES CHARGES
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma
the Victim of Assertion
Without Proof.
BAILEY ALSO BROUGHT IN
DOCUMENTS, HOWEVER, WERE
PULLED ON Mr.. SlBLEY.

Memphis. Tenn. Sept. 19.-William r.
Hearst and Thomas l.. Hisgen, the presi-
Dental candidate of the Independence
party addressed a we'll filled house here
tonight.
Mr.. Hearst plunged right into his
charges against Governor Q. N. Haskell
of Oklahoma, saying that gentleman
would not allow the attorney general OF
Oklahoma to Secure an injunction against
a subsidiary corporation of the Standard
Oil company.
Mr.. Hearst also read letter, alleged
to have been written by Representative
Joseph Sibley of Pennsylvania, and ad-
dressed My Dear Mr.. A." in which
the writer stated that the corporations
had a strong friend in Senator B."
Mr.. Hearst read a letter purported to
have been written by John d. Archbold of
the Standard Oil company. TO Mr.. Sib-
ley, saying:
I'VE are anxious to have talk with
Senator Bailey"
Mr.. Hearst left on a late train for New
York, where he will attend the sessions
of the state convention of the Indepen-
dence party, to be held in Cooper Union,
Sept. "A.
Hearst's Speech.
Mr. Hearst in part said: Il have shown
that when Mr.. Roosevelt prosecuted the
greatest of all trusts. the Standard Oil
company, he drove it out of the Repub-
lican party into the Democratic party.
II have shown how the Democratic
party altered its platform to suit the
Standard Oil company, and made Mr..
Haskell, who was an agent for the Stand
ard Oil company, the chairman of their
committee on platform.
II have shown how the Democratic
party first held out its hand to the
Standard Oil company and appointed this
same Haskell as national treasurer.
Not Personal Charges.
please remember that 1 have not per-
sonally made any accusation against
any one. l have read the complaint of
Attorney General Monett of Ohio. filed
in court. in which Monett says that c.
N Haskell was one of those concerned
in the attempt to bride him to discon-
tinue actions against the Standard Oil
company.
II have read signed letters from the
Standard Oil headquarters showing that
Mr.. Foraker. while United States sena-
tor, was in the pay of the Standard OIL
company.
MIR. Haskell Z asserts that General
Monett's disclosures must refer to some
other Haskell with different initials.
Oklahoma Records.
Here are other court records of an
other case. in which this same c. n.
Haskell. as governor of Oklahoma, has
been more successfully of service to the
Standard Oil"
Mr. Hearst here cited the recent ac-
ton of Governor Haskell in annulling an
action brought by the attorney general
of Oklahoma TO enjoin the Prairie Oil &
Gas company from laying pipe lines. Mr..
Hearst said the company was a Stand
ard Oil concern, and that it was arbitrar-
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WATER WORTH EIGHT
CENTS PER GALLON
Continued from Page I

At night raging forest fires light UP
miles of territory, while thousands of
persons are doing everything in their
power TO check the flames. Meetings
are held at which prayers for rain are
offered.
A majority of the smaller streams are
as dry as a bone and the beds are being
used as wagon roads.
Near Marietta. O., the large steam
boat Toronto, with a tow of barges for
Pittsburg, is lying on a bed of gravel
in the middle of what was the river
Boys play ball in the middle of the
Ohio river bed
Industries at StandstiII.
Telegraph and telephone companies
having cables crossing the river are
digging trenches in the river bed so the
cables can be placed out of sight. Many
industries along the river are suspend
ed on account of no water.
1t is said of the streams now dry
that 1T is the first time in fifty years
that such a condition has existed.
In the Pittsburg harbor there are be-
tween 5000. 600 and 10000, 900 bushels of
coal ready to be shipped TO points south
and west of this city. Many of the
river coal mines. employing ever $1,000
miners, may be compelled to suspend
operations.
Epidemic Feared.
To prevent an epidemic. the health
authorities are flushing several streams
in the Pittsburg district and then coat
ing the bed and bank with lime.
Forest fires in Somerset county, thir-
ty miles from Astoria, Pa, have de-
stroyed three lumber camps and also
10, 000, 900 feet of lumber valued at $780,
900. Over 1000 men have been fighting
the flames for forty-eight hours with
out food or sleep. 1t is also believed
that a number of lives have been lost
at this place.
Surrounded by Fire.
The city of Cory. Pa, is practically
surrounded by fire today. The forests
on all sides of the city are ablaze and
the heavy smoke makes it almost I'M
possible TO breathe.
During a recent open-air prayer
meeting near here brief thunder
shower occurred. Instead of seeking
shelter, the congregation remained on
the farm singing Praise God, From
Whom All Blessings Flow"
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DOWN AND OUT CLUB
GETS NEW MEMBER
Continued from PAGE 1,

tioning ii was said at the county head
quarters that it was not known whether
Mr.. Foraker would appear with Cover
nor Hughes. IL was further learned to-
right that advertising matter in relation
to the Camp Taft meeting for Oct. l is
being prepared and that announcements
will not mention any other speaker than
Governor Hughes. At the same time il
was said that a second big meeting is
being arranged, to be held at Camp Taft
on Oct. 2. and that this would be add
dressed by Leslie NJ Shaw, former sec
retary of the treasury
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Name the Typewriter you want, we
have it, for rent. sale or exchange.
Phone 43O. Utah Typewriter Exchange
Co. 81 West Second South.
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Says 1t Means Bailey.

Mr. Sibley does not say who Senator
B. is and we will have to guess. / can
not be Senator Butler, there is no
senator by the name Butler There is a
Senator Bailey and we have heard his
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Anxious to Serve.

IF you think of anything for me to
do. let me know. but l guess the mem
bers of the II. r., including the speaker,
pretty well understand the situation.
81 could easily give away a dozen or
two more of the little books. ] have
bought and given away many copies of
''Lloyds Newest Journal and l think it
is doing good work
IF at any time my long scribblers an
noy you chuck them into the basket, but
one has at times to pour wrath somewhere
and / make you the victim.
.. tSincRrelX VOLTS
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BaiIeY's Ability.

He has the courage and ability to
make a legal argument on the floor of
the senate second to no man in that
body.
Had you ought to have consulta-
ton with him some day?
Our great man at the proper time
would be a tower of strength and safety.
He comes nearer today to being the
leader of his party than any one man in
il.
IF you want to see him l think |
can arrange for him to call when in New
York. l put In all day yesterday in the
Democratic cloakroom of the senate and
| guess l answered about dozen diff
ferent senators.
What is the trouble In Kansas?
90 L told them that there was an attempt
to nullify the law of supply and demand.
The cotton growers could as well with
their surplus crop this year, demand some
spinners to pay last years prices. This
increase in productions from 600 bales to
1000 day meant surplus and in oil as
in cotton, the surplus fixes the price of
the whole crop.
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Did Nothing Wrong, but


Did Nothing Wrong, but
In Republican and Democratic political
circles today no subject has been dis
cussed with the avidity that has charac-
terized the consideration of the Foraker
Archbold letters. Republicans of high
standing, ana many Democrats as well.
had no hesitancy IL saying that they
believed that Senator Foraker had not
had any connection with the Standard
Oil company which he believed to be
improper. At the same time it was said
that the publication of the letters during
the heat of presidential campaign was
unfortunate for him and his political as
sociates. 1t was declared that his avail
ability a. an effective campaign worker
is at an end, even if his appearance on
the stump would not prove damaging to
the cause he undertook to champion.
Taft Will Decide.
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican
rational committee was asked many
questions respecting the probable course
of the Taft managers concerning Sena-
tor Foraker. He declined to express his
opinion. and. in fact. he declined TO an
swer questions
1t is believed here that the position
Senator FORAKER will occupy during the
campaign must be determined at Cincin-
natl The first engagement he has to
speak in that city on Sept. % when
he is scheduled TO introduce Taft TO the
John Hays Hammond. who has charge
of that meeting, is en- route to Cincin-
natl, and therefore could not be seen. 1t
has been suggested that he will ask SEN
charges made by Mr. Hearst. but nothing
is known here of such intention.
Governor Hughes came to New York
today and had conferences with Chair
man Hitchcock, several representatives OF
the New York state committee, and with
P1rSnnS of no Me- Ynrlx
ty committee. His talk with Mr. Hitch
cock resulted in giving the national chair
man promise to assist in the western
and middle western campaigns
Tour for Hughes.
It was arranged that Governor Hughes
shall speak in Indiana, Ohio and West
Virginia on Sept. 2S, % and 30, returning
10 New York for the meeting at Camp
Taft on Oct. l. After Oct l Governor
Hughes will spend all the remainder OF
that week speaking in New York state
but he will give the national committee
a full week in the west, beginning Oct
City. VIII 81 90 -"' '' -''4'
Several new dates for Judge Taft in
New York state were announced today
by Chairman Hitchcock. After his meet
ing at Madison Square garden in this
city on Sept. 2S, which was announced
heretofore. he will speak in Syracuse on
Sept. %, Rochester on Sept. 80 and Buff
falo on Oct. l. AS In the west. he will
travel on a special train and make d
great many rear-end speeches
In addition to the speech which Leslie
NJ. Shaw will make in New York City
he agreed today TO make two addresses
in Ohio. two in Virginia and one in Con-
necticut. 1t is expected he will address
meetings also in Kentucky.
Former Senator John c. Spooner of
Wisconsin is another noted Republican
who agreed today TO make number of
speeches.
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JOSEH1 u. OlbLE1.
p. SIN re power to fix railroad
rates. Mr. B. is for giving the public power
to make rates, but will fix the idea of
separate court. | was sorry not to be able
to change his views on that topic.
(Slgned). s
After reading this letter Mr.. Hearst
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lily tearing up the public highways with
out right of eminent domain.
Governor c. n. Haskell" said Mr..
Hearst, went on a technicaity and the
wishes of the governor being emphatic
ally not to interfere with the Standard
Oil. The Prairie OH & Gas company was
allowed to proceed with its action, re-
CARELESS of the laws and without trial
in the courts"
SibIey's Poor Memory.
Mr.. Hearst then read the Logan county.
Oklahoma, court record regarding the
case. He spoke of the letters received
by Senator Foraker from John d. Arch
bold, and said Mr.. Archbold became an
cry when he heard of their publication
He said that the memory of Represent
tative Sibley of Pennsylvania was a very
poor one when he denied writing a let
ter quoted by the speaker at Columbus
He continued:
Mr.. Sibley wrote the letter which
quoted and he wrote others, and here is
one of the Others:
Feb. 6, 1905.
Joseph c. Sibley. chairman commit
tee of manufacturers, house of represen-
tatyes. Washington D. c.:
Ny Dear Mr.. A.-Yesterday l had a
long talk with a friend in the senate
whom you and l have always regarded
as one of the strongest men in that body
(Mr. b, Democrat. He is wholly and
unalterably opposed to the president and
Garfield's policy versus corporations. L
think he is prepared to make a great
fight against the principle that the gov
eminent can open any books reveal
any trade secrets because some one
thinks l am engaged in making too much