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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-16

that of President Roosevelt In favor
of the conservation of natural re-
sources. especially in connection with
coal lands, with water mower sites and
with the system IF reclamation of arid
lands. which are all within the juris-
dietion of the interior department.
I'm the first place. il was charged
on the floor Of the irrigation con-
vention at Spokane by former Gov
ernor Pardee of California that you
had restored to the public domain for
settlement certain lands which had
been withdrawn by the last admin
istration for the purpose of conserving
water-power sites. and that after COM
plant made thereof you had suisse
quently withdrawn some of the lands
again from settlement. but that in
the meantime. between the one act
and the other, an opportunity had
been given To the so-called water
power trust tn file entries and obtain
vested rights i'm valuable water power
sites in Montana. At the same time
this charge was made by Governor
Paraee there appeared In the public
press in a telegram which seems to
have had the widest circulation Il
statement quoted from a Montana
paper that a water-pnwer company
with a capital of So. 0a0. 900 had in the
interval located and obtained vested
rights in $1,000 acres of Montana land
which absorbed for the company all
the valuable water-power sites in that
state and the statement was accom-
panied by detailed reference To the
particular land office and the par
ticular agent through whom this result
vas accomplished The reference
which it was sought to have drawn,
and was drawn by newspapers hostile
Ia you. was that you had brought
about the restoration to settlement of
the land for the purpose If enabling
private water companies To acquire
vested interests: that after doing so
You had withdrawn what remained.
and that you took this course because
you were out af sympathy with that
policy of conservation of natural re
sources. and were in favor III the coz
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TAFT CROSSES TWO
GREAT STATES
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congratulations and messages of good
will. The throng which lined the way
from the hotel to the station in Bos-
ton was but forerunner of those en-
coun.ered along the way.
The president set a precedent for
the trip by eieeting to run on slow
schedule. The New York Central lines
surrounded the train with every pre-
caution for its safety. There always
We're three men on the engine and
prominent representatives of the traf-
fic department We're aboard from the
start. Vice President Sherman made
Il vain effort to see the president at
Utica. 1t was not known that the
vice president was at home or would
be at the station. The train stopped
about 80 seconds for orders. Mr.
Sherman clambored aboard the rear
end and was making his way toward
the presidents room when the con-
ductor. not knowing the vice presi-
dent was aboard. gave the signal to
go ahead. Mr.. sherman shouted to
one of the attaches that he was not
able to go on to Syracuse, and hoped
off He left behind, however, five
pound box of candy as birthday
present. IL 8
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Illegal character of the claims in the
Cunningham group and that he was
seeking evidence to defeat the claims
But it also shows that there was
delay on his part in preparing THE
evidence with which to bring this. with
other claims, to hearing and that jus
tice to the claimants required more
speedy action than the department.
through Mr.. CLAWS, seems to have
taken
Mr.. CLAWS seeks, by. quoting from
single telegram in the department.
to show that at one time the depart
ment wished to delay him in his in
designations of the Alaska claims and
at another time unduly to hurry him.
and he attempts 10 prove these two
circumstances by citing kilograms and
correspondence. without disclosing
other circumstances and correspond
ence which he knew. or had under his
control and which shows an entirely
proper reason for the action which in
each case was directed to be taken.
In other words, the reading of the
whole record leaves no doubt that. in
his zeal to convict yourself, Acting
Secretary Pierce, Commissioner Den
nett and Mr.. Schwartz. he did not give
me the benefit of information which
ne had that would have thrown light
on the transactions, showing them to
be consistent with an impartial att
tude on your part toward the claims
in question.
THE great responsibility of cabinet
positions demands the selection there
for of men of the highest character
qualities, as well as an ability and ex-
perience which especially fitted you
To direct the affairs of the department
of the interior. warranted your APP
pointment as secretary. Duty to the
country, to you and to myself requires
that any aspersions upon the pro-
priety of your acts or those of your
snbordinates be promptly met and
carefully considered, to the end that,
If justified, proper remedy may be
applied, and, IL not, 1t may publicly
lie refuted.
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MEXICO WILL PAY
HONOR TO PRESIDENT

FL Paso. Tex. Sept. 15.-The great
est peace military demonstration that
has ever occurred on the border will
be made when Presidents Taft and
Diaz meet here October 16. Thirty
five hundred troops of the United
States army will be here. There will
be several regiments of troops from
the standing army of Mexico in
Juarez, including the regiment of
crack troops which is stationed in
Mexico City,
The military pageant will be fea-
ture. both in FL Paso and Juarez.
while several regimentaI bands of the
United States army and at least two
of the famous Mexican bands will fur
nish the music.
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Order in April.

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hardship. but it will be for the benefit
of the people and will assist him also
in the better discharge of his duties
He takes with him our cordial regards
and best wishes, and / hope he will
remember the cordial send off of the
people of the Empire state. While
we do not know east. west, north or
south. the people of this state have a
warmth of feeling toward the chief
magistrate which is not equaled else
where"
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At Albany.

Albany, Sept 15.-President Taft put
in busy half hour during his brief
stop i'm Albany today on his west
ward journey. Governor Hughes was
one of the first to board the presi-
dents car and extend greetings.
Responding to calls for speech from
the crowd Mt the station, President
Taft appeared on the platform of the
observation car with Governor Hughes
Il want Governor Hughes to come
out and back me up on this plat
FORM said the president when we
are together there is plenty of strength
and we work better than on separate
platforms"
President Taft then presented the
governor. Il have made a good many
speeches in the last few years." said
the governor. but those / enjoyed
making most were the ones for which
! had the best subject. and the best
subject for speech is n man. AMI
l never made speeches with bette
satisfaction to myself than | did dur
ing the last campaign in support o.
your great president
You did good work. governor" in
terrupted the president, throwing his
arm around the governors shoulders.
You will never call on me in vain
responded the governor, .who contin-
ned:
Godspeed.
Just one word this assemblage ir-
respective of party, desires to have
said. and that is Godspeed and best
wishes for the chief magistrate of the
nation. He is going on long jour-
ney. SO that the people may see him
and hear his voice. 1t is an under
taking of difficulty and personal
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How II Started.

BY appointment of President Roose-
welt, YOU became commissioner of the
general land office. in March, 1907.
and resigned the position in March.
1908, and thea returned to Seattle.
your home, to resume the practice of
law. In March, 1909, | appointed you
secretary of the interior and YOU as
sumed the duties of your office on
the 5th day of that month. In the
interval. when You were not holding
office, one of the Cunningham coal
claimants consulted you in regard to
the prospect of securing u patent upon
the claims and invited your attention
To the character of certain evidence
which was being given to impeach the
validity of claims by Special Agent
CLAWS. You accepted the employment.
visited Secretary Garfield and Com
missioner bennett, presented the aues-
ton to them in respect to which YOU
had been oounseled. found that there
was no probability of securing the pat
ent of the claims without presenting
them under recent remedial legislation
imposing conditions which the claim
ants were either unwilling or unable
to meet. You so advised your clients
To pay your travelling expenses and
for your services you received $3.50,
and no more.
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porate control OF such water-power
site.
When the facts are examined it
will be found that the persons re-
sponsible for the circulation Of these
charges have done you cruel injustice.
The fact was that in January, 1909.
in the last administration, executive
orders were made Withdrawing from
settlement 100000 acres at the in
stance of the reclamation service for
conservation of water power sites.
Soon after you became secretary you
brought this order to my attention and
said that IL included a great deal of
land that had no water power sites
On it. running back many miles from
the rivers. and that il included much
land which ought 10 be opened TO pub
lie settlement: that You had applied
10 the reclamation bureau TO know
whether il was desired for reclama-
ton purposes and that they had rec
commended that IL be returned TO the
public domain. You also advised me
that it was possible to procure from
the geological survey an accurate
statement of the available water power
sites which might be subjected to pri-
waite ownership. and that you would
direct the geological survey 10 make
such statements. and that then there
could be made temporary withdraw
ais of the land needed to preserve
these water power sites until congress
could act.
Order in April.
THE order revealing the withdrawal
OF million and 4 half acres vas made
in April Sufficient information was
procured from the geological survey To
permit an order Withdrawing the land
upon which we're water power sites in
May, ard this withdrawal covered
about 100000 acres instead of 1900
400. The form IT the new order was
such that IL set aside all filings and
entries made prior In its going into ef-
feet: and as matter Of fact not enc
single filing has been attempted on
Z.
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FACTS ABOUT TRIP.

o set ~ hundred so finn
Speeches al Md in and viii
a F.
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Definite Conclusion.

Il have examined the whole record
most carefully and have reached IL very
definite conclusion. Ii is impossible
for me in announcing this conclusion
tn accompany it with review of the
charges and the evidence on both sides.
II is sufficient To say that the case Mr..
CLAWS attempted to make embraces
only saeetres of suspicious. without
any substantial evidence To sustain his
attack.
The whole record shows that Mr.
CLAWS was honestly convinced of the
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CLAWS CASE IS
THROWN OUT
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V1t.J
direct aserment, he does charge that
each one of you while a public officer
has taken steps To aid the Cunningham
claimants to secure patents based on
claims that YOU know or have reason
10 believe. are fraudulent and unlawful
The report. which is voluminous and
contains exhibits and kilograms. letters
and public documents. | directed To be
copied and sent to you and to the other
Officers involved. You and each of the
other gentlemen named have now made
written answers to the statement of
Mr. CLAWS and accompanied then. by
additional exhibits taken from the rec
oras of the interior department. as well
as by private letters.
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Not Sustained.

Mr.. CLAWS statement that while
you did thus formally Withdraw from
any official connection with the Cum
ningham claims, you continued to ex-
ercise your influence in regard to
them. is not sustained by any evil
dence.
The truth Is that had you or Com
missioner Dement, or Chief Schwartz
during the tendency VI these claims.
been DESTROYS. through dishonest mo-
tives and without regard to law and
the interests of the public. of bring
ing them To patent. the opportunities
for You to have done 50 were many,
and the circumstance that speaks.
not more conciusiyely than many
others, but still more emphaticaily,
against Mr.. CLAWS charges. is the
fact that though his conviction that
the claims were fraudulent or illegal
was well known in the department, he
was allowed during ali the years of
the tendency Of these claims To re-
main in charge Of them as an agent
al the department. when il would
have been entirely easy for either You
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or bennett or Schwartz to remove
him to Portland or Seattle and take
the claims out of his jurisdiction.
Instead of this. with the consent
Of the very officer whose corrupt mo-
tives in respect tn these claims he now
asserts. CLAWS has remained contin-
uously in control of ths taking of evil
denee with respect to the claims, and
only when the claims were about to
be submitted To hearing before a tri-
bunal Was il thought necessary CHR.
CLAWS not having had any profess
sionai experience) TO give them in
charge Of Mr., Sheridan, n lawyer
whose good faith and earnestness in
opposing the patenting of the claims.
even MIR. CLAWS has not the temerity
To question.
May Fire CLAWS.
In your answer you request author
ity To discharge Mr. CLAWS from the
service of the United States for dis
loyalty to his superior officers in
making false charge against them.
When a subordinate in a government
bureau or department has trust
worthy evidence upon which to be
lieye that his chief is dishonest and
is defrauding the government ii is. of
course, his duty tn submit that EVIL
dence 10 higher authority than his
chief. But when he makes Il charge
against his chief founded upon mere
suspicious. and in his statement he
fails to give his chief the benefit of
circumstances within his knowledge
that would explain the chiefs action.
he makes il impossible for him to
continue in the service. and his i'm
MEDIATE separation therefrom becomes
a necessity. You are therefore author
lied to dismiss l. r. CLAWS for UNI
justly impeaching the official integ
rity of his superior officers.
I cannot close this letter without
referring to certain other matters
connected with your conduct of the
interior department. which have been
unfairly used in the public press to
support a general charge that you are
out of sympathy with the declared
policy OF this administration following
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Wrong Inference.

THE inference which Mr.. CLAWS
seeks to have drawn To your discredit
in this connection is that you, while
came into possession of facts concern
pg the so-eaiied Cunningham group
of coal land claims which made il i'm
proper for you to use such facts after
your resignation in the course of Sc
curing the patents. | find the fact to
be that, as commissioner. You acquired
no knowledge in respect to the claims
except that of the most formal char
acter. and nothing which was not prop
erly known to your clients when they
consulted you. The evidence in re-
spect to which you were consulted pro-
fessinnally was not secured by Mr.
CLAWS until after your resignation as
commissioner of the general land office.
a second inference sought to be
drawn by Mr.. CLAWS against You is
that You have acted improperly since
becoming secretary of the interior in
reference to the Cunningham eases and
have used your influence To interfere
with MIR. CLAWS efforts to defeat the
claim. Your only action which could
III any manner affect the Cunningham
claims was your order that the $4,000
claims pending and undisposed of in
the land office should be pressed to
final hearing and disposition as rapidly
as possible. consistent with justice. and
these included the s3l Alaska coal
Arizona republican., 1909-04-16

] Il lnlS | afternoon from 2:3O to o'clock in | the church parlors The members of
 the congregation and their friends will ! be welcomed
 CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT The children's entertainment at the
 First Methodist Episcopal church this evening, beginning at 7:3O o'clock. promises to be a decidedly pleasing one. It will consist of recitations and
 music and the serving of ice cream and other refreshments by little girls attired in Japanese costume The proceeds will be given toward the ed ucatiOn of a little Chinese girl in her own country.
 SPRING BASEBALL-The spring season in baseball will open with the first game between the Phoenix nine and the Baswitz team at East lake park next Sunday. The game will be called at p. m. There will be two games played with the Baswitz team, the second one being w,ek from Sunday. The next games on the Phoenix hines schedule will be on May l and ?, when the Prescott aggregation will visit Phoe- HIN anu tTpSS DdtS NlIn the local nine. Games will be arranged later with Tucson and also return games with Prescott. The Phoenix nine is under the manageemnt of Rerzberg and Rudolph
 COMING THIS MORNING -My. F. H. Newell, director of the reclamation service, accompanied by l.. c. Hill. supervising engineer, will arrive this morning from Fl Paso and will spend several days in this valley and at Roosevelt. There is little need of telling the readers of The Republican who MT. Newell is. Most Phoenix people know him personally and strangers may know by his title that he is at the head of the bureau that has given this valley it's assur- ance of perpetual prosperity. Mir. Newell is coming strictly on official business, for an inspection of. the progress of the project work and to look over the valley carefully to note the effect of improved conditions. He will visit Granite Reef and Roosevelt and will ride all over the valley as well. MT. Hill has ordered his automobile to be in readiness ear ly this morning that they may be early afield.
 BRIDGE BUILDER HERE-A. B. Kissack of LeavenwOrth, representing the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron
Arizona republican., 1909-04-16

company. has been in Phoenix a couple of days. leaving last evening. He was down tO this valley through informa- ton that led him to believe there might be something doing later on, and that's his business. He looked over both the Center street and the Tempe sites and secured of County Surveyor Streitz profiles of the river bed on which to make his calculations. He also in quired into the cost 9f materials and labor in this section, so that later on he can be in at the contract letting with hope of securing an award. Mir
 Kissack was asked if he had any pref erence to offer concerning either site
 He replied that his business was build ing bridges and he would build them wherever they were ordered. He does not care where that is so long as he can get, the contract The Missouri Valley Bridge company built the Parker bridge over the Colorado and has built many others for the Santa Fe Just now the company is building what is known as the Mckinley bridge over the Mis- sissippi at St. Louis It consists of three 500-foot channel spans. two 250- foot approach spans and three 15O-foot approach spans. The company has also built many smaller bridges in the vicinity of Clifton, Ariz. Among its large structures is bridge in Mexico crossing a canyon at an altitude of 390 feet, which Is pretty well up in the air.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-16
ATTENTION, KNIGHTS 1EmpLAR

All Knights Templar are requested to assemble at the Masonic Temple at o'clock p. m, Sunday, April IS. 1909 for the purpose Om acting as escort to the lodge which will perform the fun eral service over the remains of our departed frater. Sir Knight John H. Baldwin. Full uniform.
 By order of VIM. R. LOUNT.
 Eminent Commander. P. K. HICKEY, Recorder.
 Profit sharing sale at the Morales Mercantile Co. begins tomorrow. Crump pays 2Oc cash for eggs.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-16

struction tossing on the bounding pillows, just as though it couldn't help it. And it cant, either, after Mir Leecraft starts the motor inside, which is guaranteed to give that new boat of his a stipulated number of life like shakes per minutes, or there is something wrong with the juice. MT. Leecraft, manager of the Bos- ton store, has devoted his life to the selling of dry goods principally, but he carries shipbuilding as a side line and does pretty good work at 1t. This particular job is so well done that a couple of ladies who were passing the store last evening be- came seasick and one of them yelled for a life preserver.
 FOUND-George Hamlin who came in yesterday from the Relief gold mine. made a find between Skunk creek and New river that rather puzzles him. It was gentleman's sweater and lady's veil, and he will gladly restore the articles to the owners on their proving the property. What puzzles Mir. Ham lin is that he saw no wagon tracks in the vicinity, nor did he note any indi cation of riding horses, wherefore he inclines to the idea that the apparel must belong to a pair of ghosts who failed to get home the night before and shed their raiment when the sun came out warm yesterday.
 SPOKANE VISITOR-H. NJ. Robin son of SDokate is a Phoenix visitor, coming here to visit his father. MT. Robinson is a representative of the Spokane Asbestos Fire Brick company. which deals in rather a novel product. The asbestos bricks are not a manufac- tured product. but are sawed from the solid formation in the earth. being composed of asbestos and clay mixed. The sawdust, procured in saw ing out these bricks. feels very like taleum powder. These bricks, it is said. are impervious to any i'll effects of fire and the sample MT Robinson carries with him surely looks the part.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-16

crump pays 2Oc cash for eggs.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-16

LADIES' AID SOcIAL-The La dies Aid society of the First Baptist church will hold a social tea this afternoon from 2:30 to o'clock in the church parlors. The members of the congregation and their friends will be welcomed
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-15
ENGLISH SKYLARKS IN WOODS
Dr.. Mccutcheon Of Tacoma Brought
Many Varieties Of Song Birds to
This Country.

DR.. Charles McCutcheon, a wealthy
retired physician of Tacoma, has
maintained for the last five years a
large aviary in which he rears song
birds from Europe and turns them
loose in the fields and woods of the
northwest. DR.. McCutcheon was born
in England.
To-day English skylarks are sing
ing in the meadows of Puget Sound,
and linnets, goldfinches, bluefiinches,
throstles and English blackbirds are
seen and heard all over the country
west of the Cascade mountains. Ev-
cry day DR.. McCutcheon receives word
that some of his birds have been seen,
and as far away as so miles gold
finches are nesting and rearing their
young. The kindly act of DR.. Nc
Cutcheon has been appreciated by
every man, woman and child in the
state, and the state legislature went
SO far as to pass stringent laws pro-
tecting the song birds.