davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-29

list and that the rates on leather and
leather goods be shaded below the
house figures, as has heretofore been
agreed upon.
In dismissing the Democratic mem
6ers of the conference, the Republi-
can members youchsafed no explana-
tion TO them other than that they had
been called in 'prematurcly."
There were Democratic suggestions
that If an agreement was not reached
soon, congress would adjourn until
some time in the fall to permit the
Republicans TO get together.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17

lief Of DIR. Cook. particularly in view
of the fact tina; Rudolph Francke
WAS being lnvalfded home. Whitney
asked If he might remain on the sta
ton To hunt walrus and polar bear
in the spring. This was decided on.
In order To provide against the con-
tingsncy of the Roosevelt not COM
Ing down from the north in the sum
mer of 1909. in which event he would
be obliged To remain in the Arctic for
two years. MIR. Whitney made ar
rangements for ship to come up for
him this summer.
While / am not in position To gu
int" the details of III" plans In regard
to this relief ship" Commander peary
continued. Il Was informed BY Whit
ney and Norton hat the general pro-
posai was that Norton should get up
another party Of sportsmen and that
this party. who were To be Whitney's
friends or relatives. should pick him
up, Whitney nal no Doubt a. To this
ship coming north and when thu
Roosevelt was sighted by Eskimos at
Etah. August II last. Whitney started
out at once in d sail boat fur the
Roosevelt under the impression that
she was his own ship. As IA matter
of fact the party ST sportsmen did not
r.ateriaiize. but thr relief snip Jennie
was sent north to bring Whitney
back. On her arrival Whitney Was
transferred from The Roosevelt tn the
Jennie and he is NOW probably, IN
gagged IN hunting hears somewhere on
the west side OF Eaffin bay, or Davis
strait
Asked how DR.. Cook hal made his
way from EtaA In South Greenland.
Poary relied that he probably ira. eIad
by dogs and sledges south and across
Melville bay
All the members of Commander
Peary's party agree that the far north
has mysterious fascination for them
and they say they would Ike To 60
baci..
Professor Mcmillan declared today
that The Eskimo language probably
contained loo words. almost. He be-
lieyes there il IA great field here far
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17

said the %. x" 10 the Pears claims
of the highest qualified body of in
ternatinnal experts In the world
cnngratnlatory kilograms also were
received from the Scottish Geograph-
zeal society. the General Saeleta Geo
granhiqne of Paris and the Societa
Geographical Itaiiana of Rome.
To Boost Peary.
meeting of the psary Arctic CLUB
will be held next week To decide
whether the club win launch formal
campaign i'll behalf of Peary's claims
As sole discoserer of the pole.
The plan the club will be asked to
pass upon embraces publicity cam
pa.gn. including tho use Of advertising
space in newspapers and searching
investigation of Cooks exploit in
climbing Mt. Mckinley. Money viii be
appropriated IL send an expedition To
Etah Ia take the testimony of Eskimo
Witnesses.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17

Helena, Sept. Thames W. Young.
Mitchell guleh. died last night at St
Johns hospital as the result Of IN
iurles sustained recently by falling
from an embankment. Mr. Young was
one OF the best known old citizens Ut
Helena and vicinity. where he had eecn
engaged in mining for Al great many
years. He VAS II years of age and
came 10 this city In 1855 and had re
sided I'm Helena and vicinity ever
since He Is survived by one brother.
II. :. Young. also Of Mitchell gnieh.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17
DAUGHTER of Commander Peary, and the
Happiest Girl in the World Today
Over Her Fathers Success.

the ethnolaglsts a. determine Where
the EskImoS came from.
Or. Goedsell. another member Of the
expedition. Is of the opinion that the
Japanese and E-klmos are OF the
same racial stock, The Eskinos OF
northern Greenland are the most
northerly people "f the World They
are called -'Pearys tribs."
\ census taken h. Professor
Mcmillan SHOW .neft s.'tm1ets are In
creas5~s. Some years ago they were
threatened with extinction. but now
they number st& When the Reese
Welt gcft :h..ir shores. Ho tn~snhrr nj
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17

her laws We inherited from her the
jury trial All these limitations AMI
the jury system still remained in
England, but they have not interfsred
with an effective prosecution of Grim
inaIs and their punishment. There has
not been undue delay in English Grim
inal courts. In this country we have
generally altered the relation of the
judge to the jury. In England the
judge controls the trial, controls the
lawyers. keeps them to relevant and
proper argument, aids the jury in its
Consideration of the facts. not by d.
rection, but by suggestion. and the
lawyers in the conduct of the cases
are made to feel that they have an
obligation not only to their clients
hut also to the court and to the pub
lie at large. not to abuse their office
in such way as unduly to lengthen
the trial and unduly To direct the at
tention of the court and the jury away
from the real facts at issue.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17

will reach the United States and he
was glad of the matter being submitted
for consideration at an early date
1t should be done inside of a couple of
weeks. and when it was done, the
commander declared, he was prepared
tn turn averr To the board of arbitra-
ton. to the public and tn scientific
bodies, an array of testimony which
would disprova DIR. Cocks claims for
all time.
Continuing the explorer said that he
had stated in IA private message to a
friend that DIR, Cook had given the
world Il gold brick" This message
had been allowed to leak out, and
while he would have preferred a more
elegant expression, he was willing now
To let these words, stand, because they
were at least emphatic.
1t Is rumored mere that Commander
pelry's briefs will make sensational
statements and that a portion of his
documsn mt was prepared as long ago as
the carly months of 1908. when letters
were received from Dr. Cook. In
Greenland. giving notice that he in
tended to make Il dash for the pole
Asked how Harry Whitney happened
to remain in the north. Commander
Peary said Whitney Was of Il party of
sporIsmen. who went Us passeng ars
on boara the steamer Erik. The party
included Whitney. W. Norton of New
York. d man named Harmed and G. j.
Crafts II Washington. VINO came for
TIT purpose If taking magnetic ohser-
yations Tor DIR. Bauer. head of the de-
parlment OF terrestrial magnetism at
Carnegie institute II Washington.
At Etah. where il was determined Ia
! land "A party and supplies for the re-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17
A Disagreement.

An early dispatch from Battle Har-
Dor sent by local correspondent
said that Commander Peary was ac-
companied To the north pole by only
one man. an Eskimo. \ later dispatch
from the same place says that Mat
thew Hensen. the negro assistant Of
Commander Peary. together with four
Eskimes, accompanied tho explorer to
the pole. This apparent disagreement
is thus far unexplained and inquiries
have been made for its calculation.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17

I'VE are entering now upon an era
of prosperity which hope will long
be continued. We have just passed a
tariff bill which has ended for the
time the disturbance of business that
always arises from the consideration
and agitation over such a bill, and
there is nothing now to prevent the
application of all the capital and all
the forces which have been suspended
for the last year and Il half or two
years by lack of confidence AMI
awaiting for such settlement, to the
expansion of business and the further
development of the resources of this
country. But this prospect of pros
pcrity must not blind us to the neces-
sity for carrying out certain great re
forms advocated by Mr.. Roosevelt
recommended in the republican party
platform, which | believe are needed
to prevent a return to the abuses,
which all men recognize the evil OF,
in our previous business methods and
the management of our great corpora
tons, | expect to consider these Dues
tons more at length at another stage
in my journey. as / do also the char
acter of the tariff bill which has been
adopted and which has been subjected
to much criticism, but tonight / feel
that | have wearisd you far beyond
any claim l have had to your atten-
ton"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17

the expedition would tell that this
was her last visit: but they seemed
Ia understand this fact. inasnuch as
the pole had been reached: and gath
cred ON the shore they wept at their
departure and waved signals as long
ar they were in sight.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17


In this country there seems to have
been on the Part of all state legis-
Iators fear of the judge and not ri
the jury. and the power which he ex-
ercises in the English courts has by
legislation been reduced from time tc
time until now. and this is especially
true in western states, he has hardly
more power than the moderator in n
religious assembly. The tendency of
legislation is to throw the reins on
the back of the jury and to let them
follow their own sweet will, influ-
enced by all the arts of counsel for
the defendant in leading them away
from the real points at issue, and in
awakening their emotions or pity for
the defendant i'm forgetfulness of the
wrongs of the prosecuting witness. or
IL may be of the deceased. and of the
rights of society to be protected
against crime. All these defects are
emphasized in the delays which occur
in the trials-delays made necessary
because the trial takes so great a
time. A murder trial in England will
be disposed of in day or two that
and no one can say. after an exam
ination of the record In England. that
the rights of the defendant have not
been preserved and that justice has
not been done.
1T is true that in England they have
enlarged the procedure to the point
of allowing an appeal from a judg-
ment in a criminal case to a court oil
appeals. but this appeal is usually
taken and allowed only on few
questions easily considered by tbs
court above and promptly decided
Counsel are not permitted to mouse
through the record TO find errors that
in the trial seemed of little account
but that are developed into great in
iustices'in the court of appeals. This
is another defect of our procedure. NJ
criminal is content with a judgment
of the court below, and well may hi
not be, because the record of rever~
sails is so great as to encourage it in
every case and to hold important judy
ments in appellate proceedings some
times for years. | don't know VIII m
the reforms are to be brought about
In this country. Until our people shal'
become fully aware and in some CON
crete way BIC made to suffer from the
escape of criminals from just judg-
ment the system may continue. One
of the methods by which 1t could be
remedied in some degree is to give
judges more power in the trial OF
criminal cases and enable them to ala
the jury in considering facts and h.
exercise more control over the argu-
ments that counsel see fit to advance
and especially judges who are elected
ought not to be mistrusted by the
people. \ judge holds great off 20.
and the man who holds 1t should ex-
ercise great power. and he ought tn
be allowed to exercise that In a tria'
by jury.
A Game Here.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17

for such wages as they choose To ac-
ccpt Is sound, and any lawless in
Nasion If THAI right cannot he too
severely condemned. All advantag es
Of trades unionism. great as they are,
cannot weigh a feather in the scale
against the right Of any man lawfully
seeking employment To work for
whom and at what price he will. And
| say that with all the emphasis pos
sible, even though We're / n working
man. should probably deem it wise to
join u union for the reasons given.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17
SDRDE.NS Skiold,
i.E1tlINTf..

Iccle. is the seat Of the royal Bel
GUM observatory. af which NJ Lecainte
nj, who Mas the Italian leader 0f the
Duke dAhruzzi polar expedition. is
president of the International polar
commission DIR Soraeaskliaid Is its
vice president and headed Il Swedish
expedition into the Arctic. while NJ
Leeeinte is its secretary,
With the weight az these names be-
hind il, the cabiegram assumes sclen-
tifie Importance. Mr.. Bridgn.au pointed
ssit. nf th, first magnitude. II In. hs
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17

one form of action, as has been done
in the codes of the states. but it GER
tainIy is possible to introduce a sim
pier form of procedure. both in suits
in law and suits in equity.
This last form of procedure--that
is. cquity-has been entirely in the
control of the courts, and especially
the supreme court. and yet in years
no real reform has taken place in that
regard. and the procedure is just about
rs clumsy, just about As expensive.
just about as likely to produce delay.
as it was 80 or 10 years ago. The
fact that no reform has been insti
tuted may. perhaps. be due to the cir
cumstances that our judges have been
overloaded with work in the supreme
court, and thus opportunity has not
been seized for this reform. But l
conceive that the situation is now ripe
for the appointment of commission
by congress to take up the question
Of the laws delay in the federal courts
and to report a system which shall
not only secure quick and cheap jus
tice to the litigants in the federal
courts. but shall offer a model to the
legislators and courts of the states by
the use of which they can themselves
institute reforms
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17
Undue Delay.

our friends of the great unions at
times complain of our courts-more,
perhaps. because of the decisions in
Injunction cases than for anything
else. | have. already referred to this
particular phase of litigation in which
they have an interest. but when the
subject II courts is mentioned 1t sug
eests 10 me larger field for COM
plah.t and reform in which all eiti-
Hers are interested and have right
H. be heard. There is no subject upon
which / feel SO deeply as upon the
necessity for reforms i'm the admins
tration of both civil and criminal laws,
tn sum ii all up in one phrase, the
difficulty lin both is undue delay. 1t
Is not too much To say that the ad-
rainistration of criminal law in this
country is a disgrace to our ciyiliza-
tion. and that the prevalence of crime
and fraud, which here is greatly in
excess of that in the European coun-
tries, Is due largely To the failure of
the law and its administrators to bring
criminals to justice. | am sure that
this failure is not due to corruption
of officials. 1t is not due to their
negligence or laZlness. although. Of
course, there may he both in some
cases: but ii is chiefly due tn the
system against which IL is impossible
for an earnest prosecutor and COM
netent judge To struggle. We may have
inherited our system of criminal pros
eeutions and the constitutional pro-
visions for the protection of the ac-
cased in his trial from England and
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17
important Message.

New York. Sept. 1s.-When Herbert
l.. Eridsman. secretary and treasurer
of the reary Arctic club, returned To
~ from Sydney, he found awaiting
hins ii number of eablegrams Of con
CALCULATIONS To Commander PearE.
among which was the following. dated
Eccle. Belgium, September s:
~PearE: International polar commits
sion addresses sincerest cnngratula~
tloHs 10 their members,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17
Dash TO POLE IS
PEARY'S SUBJECT

Continued From Page One.)
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17
STRONG DEFENSE Of
LABOR BY TAFT.

tContiaued From Page One.)
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17
A Game Here.

f"Then it Is undoubtedly true that
in England lawyers in the conduct OF
their cases feel much more and respect
much more their obligation to assist
the court in administering justice
and restrain themselves from adopt
ing desperate and extreme methods fo-
which American lawyers are even APP
plauded The trial here is game In
which the advantage is with the
criminal and ii he wins he seems to
have the sympathy of the public
Trial by jury, as it has come to Us
through the constitution, is the trial
by jury. The English law and under
that law the yagaries. the weakness
the timidities and the ignorance of
juries are to be neutralized by the
presence in court of Judge to whom
they should look for instruction upon
the law and sound advice in respect
To the facts, although, of course with
regard to the facts their ultimate con-
elusion must be their own, and they
were fully at liberty to disregard the
judicial suggestion.
But reform in our criminal proce-
dure is not the only reform We ought
to have in our courts. On the civil
side of the courts there Is undue de
lay. and this always works for the
benefit of the man with the longest
purse. The employment of Lawyers
and the payment of costs all become
more expensive as the litigation -
extended. 1t used to be thought that
system by which cases involving
IN fal bn
supreme court through two or three
courts of intermediate appeal was a
perfect system, because it gave the
poor man the same right to GO to thu
supreme court as a rich man. Moth
ing is further from the truth. What
the poor man needs is a prompt de-
cision of his case, and by limiting the
appeals in cases involving small
amounts of money SO that there shall
be final decision in the lower court.
an opportunity is given To the poor
litigant to secure Judgment in time
to enjoy 1t, and not after he has ex-
hausted all his resources in litigation
to the supreme court.
Too Many LAWYERS.
am a lawyer anu dHiiite my Hi1-
fession. but | must admit we have
had too many lawyers in legislating
on legal procedure. and they have
been prone to think that iitigants were
made for the purpose of furnishing
business 10 courts and lawyers. AMI
not courts and lawyers for the bene-
fit of the people and litigants. More
that this. l am bound to say that in
the matter of reducing the cost If
litigation and, indeed. the volume Of
it. coflgress and the federal courts
have not set good example. Prob
ably under the constitution il is pos
sihle for the federal courts to unise
suits at Law and cases In equity in
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17
Would Abolish Fees.

Would Abolish Fees.
Il would abolish altogether the sys-
TEN Of payment of court officers by
fees. The fee system may properly
be continued for the reimbursement of
the public treasury by litisants espe-
cially interested, but the fees ought to
be reduced to the lowest point, and
the motive for increasing the expense
of litigation that arises from the pay
ment of the compensation out of fees
to court officers should be removed.
do not think the delays in justice are
due to any niggardIness on the part
of the public in appropriating money
to meet the expenses of administration.
The evil lies deeper in the system.
which | have referred to only In Il
most summary way.
"Of all the questions before the
American people | regard no one as
more important than improvement of
the administration of justice. We
must make 1t So the poor man will
have as nearly as possible an equal
opportunity in litigation as the rich
man. and under present conditions,
ashamed as we may be- this is not
the fact And now, my friends. have
subjected you to a rather solemn dis
cussion of rather solemn subject |
always like to visit Chicago. 1t Is IL
Sense the center of the countr.'
Much more than Boston is it the hub
about which many people and many
interests reyolve. In making up the
personnel of my cabinet and my ad-
tninistration / have been surprised to
find how many admirable men you
have in your community. and | must
apologize for the drain which ! have
made upon your resources by calling
to Washington and foreign countries
at least half dozen of your most
prominent and able citizens. In doing
so | had to ask them all To make per-
sonal sacrifices in the matter of com
pensation, and tn gather their reward
from disinterested desire to serve the
public and patriotic Willingness to
put their abilities at the disposition of
the country.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-17
That Heavier
UNDERWEAR

Mems wool underwear, In fail weight
natural color unusual value ut 81 per
garment. Egyptian cotton underwear
medium weight. for fall, S1.25 per sar-
ment. Extra fine worsted underwear,
natural color. $3.50 per garment Mer-
cerized Isle. derby ribbed underwear.
made with high French neck. perfect
fitting. $1.75 per garment. Union Suits,
in mercerized Isle. in all colors. nat
ural worsteds and fine silk and Wor-
sted mixtures, at 50, 81, IS and $3.50.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-16
Was a Pioneer Homesteader.

0. Hagenson, one of the promi-
nent farmers living in the vicinity
of Wilton, spent several hours in
Bemidji yesterday, looking after
some business matters, and inciden-
tally renewing acquaintance in this
city.
Mr.. Hagenson is one OF. the pio-
neer farmers at Wilton, and has
been through the experience of
being unable to get fresh meat
except that which he could bring
down in the timber with his gun.
While he is a firm believer in the
rational enforcement of the state
game and fish laws, and dislikes a
pot hunter" Mr.. Hagenson stands
by the settler in remote parts who
dislikes salt pork diet the year
round and who will occasionally
knock over one"for home consump.
ton.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-16
DISTRICT COURT,

The criminal calendar at the
present term of the district court is
being cleared away and the minor
cases are being disposed of prepare
tory to the Barney Nelson murder
trial, which is expected to be taken
up tomorrow or Thursday. by
County Attorney McKusick.
Late yesterday afternoon, the jury
in the case of the State VS.. Thomas
Bigstar, charged with grand larceny
in the second degree, brought in a
verdict Of not guilty, after having
boon ut-about twenty-five minutes.
Just before adjournment, the grand
jury came into court and reported
one true bill, the name of the person
against whom the same was returned
not being divulged, nor will the
name be given out until after the
3 4 = 8 - =
party has been arrested. The bill
charged forgery.
The case of the State VS.. George
Cook, charged with grand larceny in
the second degree, was taken up, a
jury in a previous trial of this case
having disagreed. Frank Jackson
appeared ass attorney for Cook.
The work of securing jury to try
this case was tedious matter, and
the panel was exhausted before adj
journment, two jurors being secured
for the case. The court ordered a
special venire for ten jurors, return