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REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, AS CON-
CEVED BY TRAINERS OF CONSTITUTION,
ONLY SAFE BULWARK OF CIVIL LIBERTY
Bangor of Departing from Path Established
by the Fathers
SPEECH DELIVERED BY Mr. UNDERWOOD BEFORE CATHOLIC
CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY DECEMBER 49, 1911

Lee .n purpose Of and prom
= - "e "u'e"Sea1en1 Oh
90
- more essential to good Of new
s .n century and half Constitution was rrten:
- n@o eented with almost govern
t9oganos
oe lorn OF the new essentially of
Of az
as oue Their lives and their fortunes the cOunys
oenone NO justly charge infor5a
reone me essential principles of Of honesty
Ppo to
80 more perfect Union establish Justice insure Tranquility
1'esszes OF Liberty to themselves and their Posrie" -
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FREE LIST BILL VETOED
BY PRESIDENT TAFT
DRAWN BY CHAIRMAN UNDERWOOD OF THE
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
A Bill of Direct Benefit to the Farmer, Whose
Hopes We're Dissipated by Repub-
Iican President
Mr. UNDERWOOD THE FRIEND or ALL CLASSES
Mr. UNDERWOOD, FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
MEANS SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING REPORT EXTRACTS.
ITO accompany H. R. AIS

COMMITTEE Ways
esne boots and ddey
House
ment and recommend that do ~N1
the
reform made
recognition the
the
Pant work party deeply obligated to the highly noe+ed
interests as is the Republican Party $50 p
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ABASEMENT

of the manner in which the North views
the situation. We use Underwood only
as an illustration, though his magnificent
record as House leader during the spe-
cial session would, as our correspondent
declares, have assured his nomination
with a sweep"-had he lived at the
Nortnl To the North, it makes no diff
ference where Underwood, or any other
one of the galaxy being discussed, was
born. The representative Northerner
does not bride at mention of Bull Run
or Gettysburg. 1t remains for the South
to develop political stage fright over
these diminishing chapters in our his
tory. The last smouldering embers of
sectional acrimony were stamped out by
the Spanish-American war. The last
barriers between North and South were
crumbled before the achievements of
Joe Wheeler, of Fitzhugh Lee, and of
many OF the younger generation on both
sides.
The most convincing evidence of this
fact is the manner in which the nation
received the announcement of the broad
and patriotic action of President Taft
in elevating Justice White, a Confed-
crate veteran, to the Chief Justiceship of
the United States Supreme Court. A
protesting snarl rose here and there
from the irreconcilables. And the voices
most bitter in denunciation of that
jaundice came from-the Northern
pressl II is only essential for the occa-
sional freak firebrand to rise and at
tempt to wave the bloody shirt" to be
buried with ridicule. not only hy his
confreres, but as well by the news
papers of all sections of our common
country.
Not Question of Expedisncy or
Discretion
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Not a Question of Expedisncy or
Discretion

In the face of these cumulative facts,
there are some in the South who still
question if, "on account of past of
fenses," it is discreet" or "expedient"
for Southern man to offer himself for
presidential honorsl We insult our
selves, we debase our manhood, we sur
render the rights the North is so willing
to concede US, when we permit our
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CONTINUED from First cOlumn.)

Continued Column)
The probably more permanent and
mere certainly not as much danger of enacng
Cannot Congress- composed of representative men
initiate legislation
and the o
accomplish to
Untrustworthiness of Petitions
would
often he has signed petitions
the paper to determine what thought and elaboration
the who petition
People Suffer More From Failure Enforcement Than From
Lack of Proper Legislation
Should stop to ecs would
Tar more from the failure to enforce the laws books
found the books fairly remedy the evils
complain against; but
than to insist that our neghbor shall to jail for violating
ready have
If there evils
organic form is due the failure of honestly fairly
and Justly perform the duties imposed
responsibility the unfaihul and
true to the trust imposed them
The People and the Representatives
You tell people tell you
that the of the people better judges
measures and far likely select
When the public will reflect
reflect the first of free
mjudge the honesty and the intelligence of the American
Our Constitution the hour when the love of liberty and freedom
wlthsood the
through discomfort
disaster it has protected the lives liberty and of people
There
for change of the fundamental principles of
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-03-14
w0FId's Firs. writssn conssitution..

hey proclaimed the world
n1neAt o. absolute
He1e OF the Federal with
Of
1odi1E o the country. ~ ~NN--'s
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-03-14
Let Us Claim Our BirtAright


/. For so years we have eaten in the
political kitchen. Consistently, we have
waxed cheerful when denied even the
dubious privilege of the second table.
And to-day, when the clock of destiny
strikes, when the door of opportunity is
wide ajar, when the North actually lives
up to that prophetic utterance in the
Senate of Ben Hill, I'VE are back in the
house of our fathers. and we are here to
stay, thank God Pa few of us are still
blushing and stammering, still wearing
political sackcloth and ashes, still I'D to
the old easy mark" game of doing all
the drudgery, with none of the cakes
and aleI Let's end this disgraceful
farrell We furnish, have long furnished.
the electoral votes, the powder and shot,
the munitions, of the Democratic partv.
Let's assert those equal rights and priyi-
leges as American citizens, as the re-
nainder of the nation fraternally bids
as to do. Let's cease the qualification
OF informing the nation, BY our actions.
that we cannot bring forth man capa-
bic TOR the presidency. For the sec
tional cowardice, here and there mani
tested, IS equivalent to that shameful
and ungrounded enthusiastically Con-
stsfsf'on, Atlanta, Ga, January II, 1912
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course, as people, to be so interpreted.
1t is not in human nature to accord
respect, where self-respect is absent.
How, then, can we expect the remainder
of the nation to continue to respect us;
when we grovel in the dust of a by
gone era, and let go by default the
rights inherent in American manhood 2
For virtually half a century the South
has furnished the hewers of wood and
drawers of water for the Democratic
party. 1t has, faithfully with each re-
current four years. furnished the Democ-
racys army and its line oficers-cheer-
fully yielding command to other sections.
With a smile, it has steadily forsworn
the political loaves and fishes, content,
for the sake of the party, that they go
to doubtful States-time and again to
States most of us knew at the time we're
steel-riveted Republican.
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Dangers Of Direct Democracy.

kss from the history Of the that those governments failed
extremes and excuses which marked the government where
.s PtOaus Of selected men especially trained for the
that the failure
Of
suh1nt effect Of their = 80 -
his
Would
assembled
nd de1 abstract temporarily in the minority
hfzng
al
se VI Of the majority the of the Of
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-03-14
independent Judiciary Established.

encrceched the guaranteed rights Of the individual
selected legislative body held check b the veto power Of the Executive
s'a"dpfS 0s8sHaG
v - 49,. 49,
..t rights Of ts individual wish that this but the history
guarantees rights individual
Unwise Changes Now Proposed
proposed by part representative
De end would establish direct democracy when the ultimate power to make
de to prote conon eusran9ees Of sdd eT
vd become the win of the majority political
may forget Hamilton soldiers the war for Amer
E es con the GH.d Sas but ReTs Un WSose ncs
: sG WITH R GSs oS % soe n d0 e ne Of @
asd the honesty Of opinion of other
Je#erson's Wise Views
speaking rights Jefferson
signal advantage having discovered
the only device which these rights can be secured to wit Govern
b dheznssvess
The of the Declaration of independence knowing that all popular
d ad DV had reVe5 INTO TuoTord desotm that
the hour had come when representative gvsn d express the will
established BY fathers and the direct action Of
s :: Gss1 the principle Of an An democracy adapted modern
Representative Only
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fault and must Be CHANGED They do not reflect at times may Ts
perods)
Nv experience as legislator leads me to believe that the Congress of the
United States VIII always ultimately respond the enlightened and matur
changing public repeatedly experienced
the Legislative branch Of the government direct response
' provide foE he publicity 1ps r G NATIONAL un pure
Ne arid West and build the Ishnan Canal Can be thy said that
jOr Of the American people favor of perma-
Continued Next cOluua)
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Ours Representative Form of Government.

To accomplish this representative of govern
Pp and AZ ne time they in the Constitution
s1cSlng the liberty and property rights Of the individual
Of
nt .sE establish freedom of Government for they created
moso of the Iawth
- ~ the Of the Cern rnrnfn
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-09-14
Another Copper Shipper.

Mr. j. A. Knox, manager of the
Yerington Bullion copper property on
the west side of the district, is now
in Oakland. At a recent meeting of
the directors the manager was author
lied to employ an additional force of
men and push developments as rap
idly as possible. The treasury is in
first-class condition and funds for the
ensuing years work are already pro-
vided for. Mr.. Knox, on his return.
will inaugurate vigorous campaign
OF development work. and III short
time thereafter the property will be-
come regular shipper of ore to the
smelter. and will continue shipments,
it is stated. for an indefinite period
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-09-14
MASON PASS IN
LIME LIGHT

Mason Pass is furnishing some ex-
cellent mining news these days. One
of the most sensational things uncov-
cred in the Yerington district was
made few days ago on the property
owned by d. w Mckenzie Ross,
Thompson and Frank Bugbee, who
have owned the property Tor the past
four years. The present strike is the
reward OF their holding onto the
ground when times were hard and
money close.
The property has been worked fer
a few months past by small force or
men and recently carload of nice ore
was shipped to the smelter. which
gave good returns, A shaft has been
sunk to a depth of Is feet, and at this
depth a drift has been run a distance
of 80 feet and the showing is three
feet of copper glance for the entire
length of the drift 1t is picture ore.
and every pound Of it will run from so
to 50 per cent in the red metal, just
dS Illllltu- i MS NSiii iids DCSiI opSHSu
on the surface for distance of 1000
feet The ore is found in a contact of
granodiorite and porphyry. 1t is the
richest ore ever found in the north end
of the district and is as rich as any
found any place i'll the district. The
owners have in sight in just this small
piece of ground quite a fortune. An
ther shift is to be put to work imme-
diately and production will be pushed
to the limit Numerous applications
| have been made for leases and some
| have been granted and the leasers are
| hard at work uncovering ore and get
ting ready for shipments The owners
will keep the original development and
! work it themselves. We do not know
John D." of &c. Pierpont" now. but
the Times is glad they are in the
money anyway.
Thus is another of the predictions
made by the Times some years ago.
coming true. The Mason Pass coun-
try will show in the near future, that
the Ludwig is not by any means the
| extreme north end of the ore zone in
this big district There will be big
properties opened up as far north as
the Nevada Calumet and Wabuska
properties and possibly beyond them
When you estimate the Yerington dis
trict from its south to north end Il
will cover close to twenty miles N
length. and the Mason Pass section IS
going to be one of the principal pro-
ducing points in the big district.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-09-14
Real Estate Looking Up.

Real estate in Yerington is moving
some. especially in the business cen
ter. Last week the Times chronicled
the sale OF the lot next to the Wright
barber shop to J. G. kaufman. who
has given ID. Crowinshield a contract
to build two-story concrete building
thereon this fall
On Wednesday of this week George
w. Webster became the owner of the
Lavitt concrete building. on the east
side of Main street. next to the Cooper
real estate and insurance Office
This sale represents quite hgure.
and it is such transaction as these that
show that our substantial business
men have faith in the future of the
city
1t is reported that the upper flo.'r
of the Leavitt building is to be re-
madeled into rooming-hou to be
conducted by A. J. Webster.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-09-14

added duty As shown i'll the plan, the
bins and furnaces are connected by an
clliptical track. and the charge is
drawn from the hoppers into two-ton
cars, of which six or seven. making up
a train, are drawn by fourton Jeffrey
MB-24 electric locomotive. These are
shown in place beneath the hopper> \
the accompanying illustration.
Blast Furnaces-Therc are two
blast furnaces. AZ in. by Is It. at the
bottom. and AZ in wide at the tuyeres.
From the tuyereS to the charge floor
level is Is it, but the charge is kept )
it. below this. making the height of the
smelling column y it. The tuyereS
are 4 in. diameter, 25 on each side. The
blast is admitted at 42-oz. pressure,
and is furnished by two No. IL Con
nelsville blowers. Each blower Is
driven by two 200-hp. a. {. motors.
and is capable of furnishing 10000 e''.
#. of free air per minute. Only one
furnace is now in use; this tmna.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-09-14
Cbe f11a$on GALLEY "copper" $meIter
By Cboas E. Read, in mining and Scientific Press

ing bins for ore and coke are 20 III
number, with inclined bottoms AMI
having total capacity of 400 tons.
Each is provided with two discharge
gates and two Howe weighing hopper
scales The ore from the bedding bins
will be drawn out upon belt beneath
them and delivered to the main ele
vator in the sampling mill, then dis
charged to a belt conveyor and thence
to charge bins Weighing the charges
will be thus somewhat simplihed, du-
plication OF the equipment of weighing
hoppers will be avoided, and an ac-
curate sample of the bedded mixture
will be obtained The capacity OF the
sampler is amply large to perform this
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-09-14

used at the smelter at Trail, B. c., an
5 found to give longer service at a
less cost At the top oi the building
a Vein sampler takes out oue-tenth
as a sample. the reject passing over
a small grizzly. which screens out the
Ene sulphides and diverts them to 4
small bin on the rear side OF the build
ing. For reasons which will be ex
planned later this is not now in use,
The grizzly being covered with a steel
plate. The reject passes by belt t.
the main 20-in. belt. which extends the
length of the ore bins and is provided
with tripper so adjusted that the ore
may be discharged into any of the ex-
isting bins, or into the 10 new fiat
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-09-14

bottomed bins. of total capacity o.
3 600 tons which are being built TO
serve as bedding bins for the ship
ments of small lots OF custom ore,
which are being received in increas-
ing quantity.
The Sample-The first cut of the
sample goes to a 10 bp N-in. Blake
cruSher and then to a second samp-
lcr. which cuts out u This, goes to
second 10 by 20-in. Blake crusher and
to a third sampler. which cuts out one
eth: this goes to set OF IA by 3G-in.
rolls, then to fourth sampler. which
cuts ont one-tcnth: then to set of IA
bv 30-in. rolls for final crushing. A 81
pound sample is thus obtained from a
ton of ore. The reject from the second,
third and fourth samples unite at a
small bucket elevator and is raised to
the main distributing belt, which de
posits it in the ore bins. The sampler
has a capacity OF so tons per hour,
Weighing the Charge.-The charg
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-09-14

ord smelling rate, or very close to It,
but | shall be glad to be corrected
il | am in error in making this asSuinp-
ton. The rapid rate of Smcltin !;
makes necessary the use of an in
creased amount OF jacket water, as
might be expected.
Charging the Furnace-The fur
mace is charged directly from the cars.
Adjustable feed plates, as shown in
halftone, are provided. the angle 4
their inclination being capable of ad-
justment within the range of 30 to Oh
degrees By a little experiment the
proper degree of inclination was
found so that coke automatically falls
in the position which gives the maxi
mum smelling rate After this was
obtained il was found that the neceS-
sity for barring down crusts and
punching tuyeres had almost totally
disappeared. This. of course CON
tributes to the rapid smelling rate OF
the furnace. The operation of drop
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-09-14

during the month OF May smelted IN
average of 720 tons of ore and so tons
of seconds and limeston per day This
corresponds to smelling rate of y
lb. per square foot per minute, consid
ering the hearth area as the area uf
the tuycre level Remembering that
this is attained by the use of 9 TO 10
per cent of coke on the charge, the
smelling rate here attained is the fast
est OF which | have any knowledge.
High smelling speed has been attain
ed in pyrite smelling but in that case
the bulky coke is not present to dis
place much greater weight OF smelt-
ing mixture For a low sulphur, high
coke charge this must be either rec
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-09-14

That unexpected difficulties are usu-
ally met i'll the operation OF new
plant. and that alterations are fire.
,uently necessary, Is well known; SO
much so. indeed that recently the cor
respondent of a well known mining
Nurnal, in describing c1e OF the new
mills erected ut Porcupine. naively re
marked that ample provision had been
made for changes i'll the design OF the
rlant. Not all designers make this
provision. but this smelter. construct
cd to treat ores not previously sue
cessfully smclted, and which within
six months OF the time of its blowing
il is successfully handling double the
cxpectcd tonnage, with no delays or
hut downs and only minor changes
III the design, is correspondingly nm
usual The plant was designed by and
erected under the supervision OF jules
lebarthe. now its general manager,
\. ] McNab is superintendent. To
both these gentlemen ! wish to ex
press my appreciation OF the cour-
tesies extended me during a recent
visit the plant
The Mason Valley smelter. owned
and operated by thc Mason Valley
Mines Co. is at Thompson, Nevada.
shout two miles northwest oi Wa
buska. on the Rcno-Goldhcld branch
q ithe Southern Pacific railroad. The
site was chosen after records OF the
direction OF the prevailing win1 had
been kept for over year, and Is sucl'
that for % per cent OF the time th'
smoke i carried in the direction Of
Carson Sink and for only , per cent OF
the time i carried in the direction of
agricultural districts along the Walker
River At present this is an almost
an unnecessary refinement for the sui
nhur content OF the smelling mixture
is so low that the escaping smoke car
res very little SO2, and while arsenic
and similar deleterious elements are
absent. Smoke farmers" need but lit
lie cause for complaint. however. and
the care and forethought exercised in
The choice OF the site were juStihcd.
Orcs-The smeltcr is handling IT
present $50 to 800 tons OF charge per
day. OF this. the Nevada Douglas
contributes about $50 tons per day, the
Mason Valley mine a little less. and
the remainder is largely made up by
shipments OF copper ore from the
smaller properties near these two,
although about one car OF ore per day
is received from the Luning district
\ small amount OF gold and silver ore
is also received. and il is necessary to-
use about 25 tons per day of limestone
a. fux. as the Nevada Douglas ore i
rather silicious The ore arrives al
the smcltcr over the standard guage
line of the Nevada Copper Belt rail!
way. in 50-ton hopper bottom cars.
and is dropped into one OF the two
bins of the sampler The general plan
ci the smeltcr is shown III the illus
tration From these bins the ore is
drawn directly into the throat ot
No &. stvlc X. Nils Chalmers gyra
tory crushcr. the crushed product be
ing elevated to the top OF the building
hy manganese steel chain bucket eie
,ator. This type of elevator was hrst
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-09-14

ing a charge is quick and simple. a
charge train usually consists of two
cars of coke and four OF FIVE cars Of
ore. The furnace feeder draws up the
charge doors as the train approaches,
and as each car of coke is dumped
OF the furnace to distribute its CON
tents evenly. One car OF ore IS next
dumped. and the other cars are then
in position so that they may be at once
dumped into the furnace. The opei
alton of charging takes but V to lY
minutes. and round trip. loading and
dumping the charging train takes but
five to eight minutes. The smelling
charge contains about per cent cop
per and 6 per cent sulphur. Coke
forms 9 to 10 per cent OF the smelt-
ing mixture.
Handling Slag-The water runs
continuously through tapping jacket
Of cast iron with pipe coil cast in
The spout is jacketted. the inner sheet
being sheet copper. i is customary in
many places to cast the spout from
blister. but as only matte is made al
this plant, sheet copper was employed
and gives good satisfaction The Stag
and matte go to two by lift. NOV
able settlers. These were employed.
as it was feared that trouble would
be experienced from the formation OF
sows The expected trouble did not
materialize. and it is now planned 20
replace these by stationary by IS
it. settler. The Stag flows from the
second settler into 225 Gu it.. III
toni capacity steel Stag pot, hauled
by l5-ton electric lomotive. In chang
ing the pots small pot pivoted on a
jib-crane is swung under the sla.,
spout while full pot is being pushed
out and empty one drawn into place,
/ The contents Ct the small pot are then
emptied into the large one. The Stag
4 pot is pushed to the dump. and dunn
/ ed by electric motor controlled by mo-
4 torman in cab of locomotive; the
/ skulls being sufficiently free of matte
so that no attempt is made 10 rcmelt
1 them. The motor man of the Stag
I car also performs similar service Oh
/ the locomotive which draws the train
I of matte cars. and operates the crane,
/ without being overtaxed. The track
on the dump is sEifted from time to
time. as required. by gang of sur
face laborers. and the only person,
regularly employed in dealing with thl
Stag are the Taper and the motor-man
the latter giving only part OF his time
to it. The average composition OF the
Stag is:
SOP. 42: Eco, POS: Gao. p: Al2O2
73; MgO. /: Gu. 0.3S per cent.
Handling Matte-About so tons oI
As per cent matte is made in day, and
il is necessary with present settlers t'
tap at intervals of y to u hour. Tht
second settler is only tapped once
each shift. yielding a few hundred
pounds of matte The method o
handling this is the only instance IL
which any important change has beer
made nj the original design Of thS
plant. Three Kilker matte-cars. oper
ating on a circular track were place
in the plant The particular cars EN-