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to the exercises. A building four
times the size of the tent provided
could not have accommodated the
crowd
The corner stone of the Memorial
hall was laid by President Roosevelt.
In an impressive address the chief ex-
ecutive eulogized the life and work of
the great statesman He spoke as fol-
lows:
We have met here to cele-
brate the one hundredth anniver-
sary Of the birth of one of the
two greatest Americans; of one OF
the two or three greatest men of the
nineteenth century; of che of the
greatest men in the worlds history.
This rail splitter this boy who passed
his ungainly youth in the dire poverty
of the poorest of the frontier folk,
whose rise was by weary and painful
labor, lived to lead his people through
the burning flames of struggle from
which the nation emerged, purified as
by fire, born anew to a loftier lif->.
After long years of iron effort, and Of
failure that came more often than
victory, he at last rose to the leader
ship of the republic, at the moment
when that leadership had become the
stupendous world-task of the time He
grew to know greatness, but never
ease. Success came to him, but never
happiness, save that which springs from
doing we'll painful and vital task
Power was his, but not pleasure. The
burrows deepened on his brow, but his
eyes were undimmed by either hate or
fear. His gaunt shoulders were
bowed, but his steel thews never. fall
tered as he bore for burden the
destinies Of his people. His great
and tender heart shrank from giving
pain; and the task allotted him was
to pour out like water the life blood of
the young men, and to feel in his
every fiber the sorrow of the women.
Disaster saddened but never dismayed
him. AS the red years of war went by
they found him ever doing his duty in
the present, even facing the future
with fearless front, high Of heart,
and dauntless of soul. Unbroken by
hatred, mistaken by scorn, he worked
and suffered for the people. Triumph
was his at the last; and barely had he
tasted it before murder found him, and
the kindly, patient, fearless eyes were
closed forever. : ."'@
Washington and Lincoln.
GAS a people we are indeed beyond
measure fortunate in the characters of
the two greatest of our public men,
Washington and Lincoln. Widely
though they differed in externalsa the
Virginia landed gentleman and the
Kentucky backwoodsman,H they were
alike in essentials, they were alike
in the great qualities which rendered
each able to render service to his ma
ton and to all mankind such as no
other man of his generation could or
did render. Each had lofty ideals,
but each in striving to attain these
lofty ideals was guided by the sound
est common sense. Each possessed
inflexible courage in adversely, and
soul wholly unspoiled by prosperity.
Each possessed all the gentler vir-
tues commonly exhibited by good men
who lack rugged strength of character.
Each possessed also all the strong
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MINERS CONVENTION CLOSES.
Delegates Adopt Resolution to Stop
Quarrels on the Floor.

Indianapolis Ind, Feb. 8.-After Sc
lecting Indianapolis as the place for
holding the convention next year the
convention Of the United Mine Work
ers of America, which has been in SEES
sion for three weeks, adjourned Satur-
day. The chief action taken Saturday
was the adoption Of a resolution de-
claring against a recurrence of the
factional disputes which character
lied the contest for officers in the cam.
paign just closed. The scale commit
tee adopted the wage scale agreed
upon by the anthracite districts at a
conference held at Scranton, Pa, last
year. w. ~-. !%t@ t@,
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.CONGRESSMEN AT TACK
r. T. THE FOREST SERVICE
Declare the Bureau Is extravaganza
and Make Charges OF s',@
Extortion.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The forest
service got it's usual annual drubbing
yesterday, the criticisms against it
coming principally from Mr. Smith
(Cal.), Mr.. Cook (Col.) and Mr.. Mon
dell (Wyo.), all of whom charged ex-
travagance in administration and the
extortion of money from miners, farm.
ers and even the owners of bee hives.
Mr.. Cook attributes to Mr.. Pinchot,
the chief forester, the Interior motive
of scheming for Secretary Wilson's
seat in the cabinet Both Mr.. Pinchot
and the forest service were vigorously
defended by Messrs. Mann GILL and
Weeks (Mass.).
All attempts to amend the bill in
any important particular failed. It's
consideration was about two-thirds
completed when the house adjourned.
In speech the day before Mr.. Mon
dell denounced it as the most auto
cratic bureau of government outside
of Russia.
The Wyoming representative re-
called the action of congress last year
AAA S~A SAoAC w OUSC CAC d1lSSOu UI0S6
agents maintained by the bureau. He
said the attempt had resulted in fail
ure. "And I notice that next year"
continued Mr.. Mondell, ''the forests
are to be protected, waterflow regu-
lated and resources conserved by the
purchase of $34,624 worth of type
writer's, $4,000 worth of paper, $22,-
600 worth of envelopes and $1,000 for
card indexes"
He ridiculed the appropriation of
$4,000 for the purchase of compasses,
saying it Is joke in the west that the
eastern college-made foresters must
have guides when they enter forest.
Hope was expressed that the employees
will use the $4,000 appropriation for
field glasses to see at least the home
seeker hitherto unnoticed."
The monotonous tones of the read
ing clerk of the senate as he labored
through the bill of over 100 pages
making appropriations for the District
of Columbia constituted the chief
feature in the proceedings of that
body yesterday. There was an evident
intention on the part of the minority
to lengthen the time necessary to dis
pose OF the measure, it being the only
obstacle to an executive session for
| the further consideration of the nomi-
nation of William D. Crum to be COL
lector of customs of Charleston, s. C.
On the Democratic side there was
persistent demand for the most care
full reading of the bill and occasional
~ members of the minority became
involved in spirited debate on items
usually left to the judgment of the
committee reporting the measure.
When the senate adjourned the
reading of only half of the bill had
been completed
Il am told that if the appropriation
for automobiles for the president of
the United States remains in the
urgent deficiency BILL" said Senator
| Bailey, 1T is the intention of the
president to discard horses and to use
| automobiles only
Mr.. Bailey then proceeded to advo-
cate the rights of the horse against
any kind of mechanical contrivance
for transportation purposes. The bill
was not at the time before the senate
for action.
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Rules life Begins at Birth.

st. Louis, Feb. S.-Circuit Court
Judge Williams in a decision which
was Put on record Saturday held that
a child's life begins at birth and not
before In sustaining a demurrer of
a street car company to the suit OF
Cornelius II Buel and his wife for
damages for the death of their four
months-old son, who it was claimed
died as a resuit Of an accident before
he was born. ~ ..ss
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IMPRESSIVE TRIBUTE PAID
TO MEMORY OF ABRA-
HAM LINCOLN.
PRESIDENT MAKES ADDRESS
WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN
ALIKE IN LOFTY IDEALS AND
SOUND COMMON SENSE.
LINCOLN'S PROPHETIC VISION

Life and Works Of the Great States
man Set Forth in Eloquent Speech
by the Chief Executive Of the Ma
ton - Other Distinguished Men
Contribute LaureIs to His Memory
Immense Concourse Unable to
Be Present to Witness the Exer-
cises.
Hodgenville, Ky.-In a tent holding
about 1000 people the exercises COM
memorating the centenary of the birth
of Abraham Lincoln were conducted
here.
President Roosevelt, Cardinal Glib
bons, Bishop Galloway, ex-Gov. Folk
of Missouri and other leading men
made addresses.
From all points, by train and over
roads not particularly smooth at this
season of the year, the people gathered
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TAFT LEAVES CANAL
Declares Progress Of Work
Is Satisfactory.
SAILS FOR NEW ORLEANS
President-EIect Silent on Result of In
spection, But Shouts to Crowd to
Keep Eye on Gatun's Subterranean
Lake.

Colon, Feb. 8.-President-elect Will.
lam H. Taft and party left here last
evening at six o'clock on board the
United States cruiser North Carolina
for New Orleans, accompanied by the
cruiser Montana. Just previous to
embarking Mr.. Taft gave out the fol-
lowing:
Il am not prepared now to make a
statement as to the results of the trip
to the isthmus, except to say that we
have found the work progressing in a
most. satisfactory way; the organiza-
ton better than ever; the esprit de
corps excellent and the determination
of all, even the humblest laborer, d.
rected to the building of the canal. l
every one of the board of visiting en-
gineers as it has upon me.
with reference to the type of the
canal and the continuance of the pres
ent plans, the engineers promise that
they will be able to hand me their re-
port by the time we land at New Or
leans.
Cheered by Big Crowd.
Mr.. Taft and party reached Colon
from Panama at 3:15 in the afternoon
Of the Panama railroad and the 18TH
milan canal commission employees were
present at the dock to bid the presi-
dent-elect farewell. Lieut.. Co.. Goe-
thals, chief engineer of the canal, &C.
companied Mr. Taft on the North
Carolina. He will proceed to Washing
ton to discuss the matter of appropria-
tons necessary for the completion of
the work.
AS the tug which transferred the
visitors to the cruiser moved away the
crowd cheered Justify. Mr.. Taft, look
ing the picture of health, bowed and
called out, laughing: Keep your eye
on that subterranean lake at Gatun. ~
During his visit here, which lasted
ten days, Mr.. Taft, accompanied on
many occasions by the special engin-
GERS who came to the isthmus with
him, visited every section of the canal.
His influence was eXerted also in
bringing about a better feeling be-
tween various factions that have been
opposing each other since the last
election.
Pleased with Canal Work.
New York, Feb. 8-Dr. L. S. Rowe,
chairman of the American delegation
to the Pan-American Scientific con.
gress, who arrived yesterday on the
steamer Alliance from Colon, spent a
week on the isthmus in examining the
progress of the canal work. He also
met President-elect Taft there and
submitted to him the results Of his
study of the present international stu
alton in South America. 4.s.4
Dr. Rowe spoke enthusiastically Of
the progress of the canal work. 1T is
real inspiration to see the zeal and
devotion of every canal employe. Col.
Goethals has developed an esprit de
corps which is capable Of overcoming
every obstacle. I visited the Gatun
dam and examined the section that
had sunk. Although cannot express
an expert opinion, this altogether in.
significant depression impresses lay
man as little more than one of these
temporary setbacks bound to occur in
so colossal a work. NJ -. ...sI*
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Fleet Past Cape St. Vincent.

Cape ST. Vincent, Portugal, Feb. 8.
The American battleship feet, IN.
der command of Rear Admiral Sperry,
yhOmeMard bound, from Gibraltar,
passed tnis point at ten o'clock yes
tserd6Y morning. The flagship signaled
I'm well = ..5 a. 81.
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lncendiary Fire Destroy. Factory.

Carlisle, Pa, Feb. San 1incendiary
fire destroyed the 3. J. Gardner axle
and machine works, yesterday. The
loss will reach. $4,000. An attempt
was made shortly before on the big
Carlisle Manufacturing Company.u
plant. .;.s1 .ss. . ii. 5#s
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WARNING TO
COAL MINERS

Tunnelton, w. Va, Jan 3,19O9
1t has been falsely represented
by the press that the strike at
Iunnelton has been settled and the
miners who were on, strike have
returned to work. Such is not the
case.
We are on strike. and making a
game fight for prices and con
ditions that Will allow us to live.
We have been on strike since the
2Sth of last March, nearly ten
months. Our principals are right
and our demands are just. We
will win if our fellow craftsmen
sympathizcrs will assist us in
keeping Scabs away. All we ask
is fair treatment
Lotal Union 237, United Mine
Workers Of America.
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tribute to the increase of luventile
crime?''
Il am not of those who Law
much stress upon immigration as
a cause of crime in this country,
whether adult or Juvenile. NV
own lnvestiga tions of public rec
ords (and 1 have investigated
those of nearly all the large
cltles) have rather startled me by
showing how few of our juvenile
CRIMINALS are of foreign parent
age. Perhaps more children of
immigrants get into court, but nv
j judgement is that this is largely
because of poverty.
i am coming moro and more to
the conclusion that the cause of
crime must be searched for among
those OWLS that af!iict our social,
economic, industrial and political
conditions The prayer most re-
peated is that one containing the
supp!1catlon, Lead US not into
temptatlsn, but deliver us from
evil but many of the conditions
in this civilization of ours gainsav
the prayer
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GOOD WORK
OF TAILORS
Membership Of International Union
Favor Annual Conventions
Next Meeting Takes Place in
August.

Union tailors are voting now on
q proposition to change the place
of holding the general convention
from Bloomington H., to Buffalo.
n. Y. At the convention OF two
years ago, the better place was
selected on account of the great
saving it would mean. and for the
further reason that the lnternation-
al headquarters are located in
Bloomington
+; But one international assemb-
lage of union tailors has been held
in sixteen years. There is a grow
ing sentiment that the conventions
should be held annually. and this
may be provided for
/ The next convention will be in
August, and the local viii choose
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ncrs, and everything that in
creascs the opportunities to earn IL
livelihood to that extent reduces
the temptations to crime?
81 am convinced that poverty is
the chief cause of crime in this
country-that is, the crime that is
generally punished by the courts,
for the people who get into the
courts are usually poor and igno-
rant. 1t is only occasionally that
the crimes of the Intelligent, cum
ming and wealthy are punished.
''To hold the public school re-
Sponsiblc for what it fails to do
and might do to equip morally the
future citizen would shoulder
upon it the responsibility of any
crime resulting from that failure.
We can only urge upon the school
the great Importance Of neglecting
no opportunity to make Il perfect
citizen as it is possible for it to
make within the reasonable scope
of its purposes and functions.'
immigration and Crime.
elbow far does immigration con
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AND
DI5AS
Independent Molders Get
Cut in Battle Creek,

A story comes from Battle Creek
to the effect that large manu-
facturing plant of that place has
reduced the wages of the molders
employed by them 20 to so per
cent. This same plant few years
since, caused their molders to drop
their cards in the union by coer-
cion and cajolery, those who re-
fused We're dropped from the pay
roll. Those that foolishIy dropped
their cards, were told that the
company would look after their
interests better than the union,
and they would not have to pay
dues and we are sorry to relate, a
great many fell by the wayside,
and now are penant. While they
are pounding away at half their
usual pay, the union men employ
ed in the same town have not been
requested to work for less wages,
which goes to show that the
company who intends to be fair
with their employees will not ask
for a reduction of wages Simply
because they have the men at a
disadvantage.
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Follows i'm the Wake OF the
Sweat Shops, Model Mines
and OtE1ex" Institutions Gre
ated by the Interests.

Judge Ben b. Lindsey of Denver,
is not perhaps as widely known as
Judge Alton B. Parker, of New
York, or Judge William ii. Taft,
of Cincinnati. But his fame rests
on a better foundation. His dis.
tinction is not that he has declared
many labor laws uncons titutional,
nor that he used the injunction to
break worliingmen's strikes. He
will be remembered as the first
judge in America who presided
over childern's court and did
his share toward stopping the prac-
tice Of sending little boys and girls
into the schools of crime known as
jails and prisons. He viii be re-
membered, too, as the judge who
made a valiant attempt to intro
duce better methods in dealing
with adult offenders, who tried
to make it a rule to get the cul-
prit Il chance to live an honest
life, instead of furnishing his
family by locking him up for
thirty or sixty days and then
turning him out more helpless than
before. The politicians, whose
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abolition of the sweat shop evil.
Results in Los Angeles compensate
the membership fully for the large
sum of money spent in fighting the
open shop III the California city.
There are twice as many members
Of the union now and double the
number of union shops in Los
Angeles than there were before
the struggle commenced, and the
union is securing favorable long
term contracts wherever it seems
expedient to accept them. About
500, 900 was spent by the organi
cation. and this amount was raised
by special assessment.
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PLEDGED
To Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison
by Socialist Party in Ringing
Resolutions Which Declare
Buck Unfair.

The following resolutions were
adopted by the Seattle Socialists
on December lSth:.-
Whereas, Judge Wright has de,
clared the President, Vice Presi-
deut and Secretary Of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor guilty of
contempt Of court because they ex-
erciscd their constitutional rights
of free speech and Of the free ex
preston of their opinion in the
public press, and
Whereas, If this decision is al
lowed to stand it means the death
of free speech in America, and
Whereas, The class character of
the government is clearly shown
by the fact that judges find only
members of Labor Organizations
guilty of contempt of court, and
Whereas, This attack, being an
attack on the very life of Organ
lied Labor, is of as grave nature
as the MoyerHaywood Pettibonc
Kidnapping, making it necessary
for the Working Glass regardless
of minor difficulties to stand solid
ly behind Gompers, Mitchell and
Morrison to the end that this
outrageous and unprecedented
Court decision be overthrOwn
therefore be it
Resolved, first, That the Social
ist Party Of Seattle voices its con-
demnation and protest against this
decision,
Second, That we express our
sympathy with President Gompers,
Vice President Mitchell and Sec
retary Morrison and pledge them
our moral and financial support,
Third, That while the American
! Federation of Labor is enjoined by
the Court from publishing its ''We
Don't Patronize List'' no such in
junction has been issued against
the Society Party. Attention is
therefore called to fact that the
Buck Stove and range Co. is still
unfair and unworthy the support
of organized labor and its friends,
and.
Fourth, That a copy of these re-
solutions be sent the A. F, of l.. ,
the Labor Press of this country,
President elect Taft. Judge Wright
, and j. w. van Cleave-
Adopted Dec, IS, 1908.
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r11TCHEII
nESSAGE

style. At their last meeting the
following officers wcr elected:
President, Simple Scot; Vice
President, Weary Willard; Record
Keeper, Heat Absorber Parron:
Financial Keeper, Hungry Hugh;
Walking Delegate, Appetite Gils:
Trustees: Chcriuil Beaver, Harty
Lynn, Looney Smith.
Representative to the Grand
Lodge, Sleepy lEa.rrer; Alternate,
Edo Harkins.
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A New Union.

The Loafers union No 41144 Of
Charleston street is now in flour
ishing condition. the order now
has a membership of over eight
hustling members over three OF
which are in good standing Ihey
have rented the entire 14th floor
of the new Hutton SkyscrapeI'
which is now nearing completion
and will be fitted up in first class
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Has right to Organize.

The supreme court of Iowa has
again confirmed the right of labor
to organize for its own beEelit-
even to increase wages in a decision
which places physicians in the
same class as the tradesman
The decision classes the physicians
as sslabor' and permits them to
unite for the purpose of regulating
the price of the labor.
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no group Of people will be more
loyal Or more faithful to the Con-
slltuIon than the trade union men.
In every crisis in our history,
from the dumping of the tea into
Boston Harbor to the present day,
she Workngman have been on the
defense Of the institutions of the
Government. These libersies we
have inherited, and they will not
be easily surrendered at any cost.
The only cost xlay be that a few
of their leaders will be put to some
Inconvenience.
Prison Will Not Stifle Freedom.
"Oncc they tried to stamp the
the shamrock out of Ireland, but it
came back thicker than ever. In
our country, liberty is not going to
be plucked out. The incarceration
of a few men will not stamp it out.
There are 4 great many men,
maybe better than Mitchell, or
Gompers or Morrison, who will
carry on the work, when they are
in jail.
'I've got a great deal to say
ABOUT it, but at another time, and
it will be heard by larger audi
ence than the one here tonight.
There 10 a great audience on the
out;ide-working men, worIliog
women and working children
whose eyes: are turned this way.
who ara waiting to hear what is to
be said about the sentenced passed
on their representatives From
the G.lf Of Mexico to Canada, and
from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
there'is Il vast audience waiting to
! hear what labor has to say about
f.
cit will be told with dignity
and in a manner that we hope will
do credit to labor. We will main
tain our dignity and go in This
ssruggle Eand contest that began
centuries and centuries ago ana is
going on 9ard, leading men and
women of today to a high life
Mr.. Mitchell made strong ap-
peal to the union men to aiG the
Women's Trade Union League in
organizing the working women of
the city. He told of his expcr-
ienoe in organizing the miners
and the hardships they encounter
cd in tlas pioneer days of unionism
"Unionism is Now Fashionable.'
HUnionism has beconhs fashion
able,' he said E'anu our leaders
arc now received in society. got
so that | can we:fa' one of those
walters suits and feel comfortable.
Yet T do not let my environment
unconsciously win me away from
my first ideals.
"Some time ago criticism was
passed against me because of my
association with the Civic FEEDER,
alton. 1t was said that | was as
sociating with millionaires and en
ployers to the neglect of labor.
believe now as strongly as l ever
did in the righteousness of labor's
cause, and I guess that recen.
| events prove this assertion -
The speaker said that he he
: lieved in womsnis suffrage, il
equal pay for nen and women.
He said that the employer be
lieved in getting the most work
: for the least money, while ths
' worker believed in getting the
5 most money for the least work
l ''The employers are organlzea,' !
he said, 'sand manage to get th'
t conditions they desire to lmpos'
upon the working people, and tn
V the working men ana women
t must also organize
e 4 New Union.