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Elbert Goifnty Tribune
J. E. POPE. Editor and Publisher.
ELBEIIT. - COLORADO.
Tho Insurance companies think par
lor matches ore not to be made light
of.
In Denver some of the lovely wo
men are now referred to as "beautiful
repeaters."
Senor Sagasta is far behind In fill
ing King Alfonso's orders for new
Spanish cabinets.
Tbo Mollneux murder trial cost the
public half a million dollars. Justice
is an expensive luxury.
Let us hope that no recently elected
legislators ore getting new pockets
sewed into their clothes.
This is the season when a pretty
miss, ready for a kiss. Is always near
him who has the red ear.
London dispatches say It will cost
$100 a day to see the Indian durbar at j
Delhi. Tliat will bar most of us.
The Romanoffs have dodged too
many bombs to permit a member to
lrtroduce a Plstolkoff Into the family.
Paris is taking to cdueated cats.
It will be a fine thing If the cat can
be taught that back roofing is bad
form.
Out in Kansas, wnenever the young
men appear to be rather shy the girls
make traps and call them literary
societies.
Tho people who believe that wis
dom will die with them might have
a different opinion If more of It lived
with them.
Some of the people who think they
were born to command do not dis
cover their mistake until they get
married. —Puck.
Tho Count and Countess de Castel
lano may have to pinch a little, but
they will somehow manage to live on
$200,000 a year.
Sometimes tho impossible happens.
A cat so frightened a New York wo
man the other day that she dislocated
her jaw screaming.
A Russian princess claims that Bhe
has discovered the secret of perpetual
youth. Hope it will be catching like
the Russian influenza.
The names of the new submarine
torpedo boats are not particularly ap
propriate. Neither the adder nor the
moccasin Is a water snake.
Prof. Garner says that monkeys do
not use grammar In their language*.
bo that bad grammar rannot. after nil.
be called monkeying with one's Eng
llsh.
Bridgton, N. .1.. hns a vigilance com
mittee. formed to Introduce union
hours for '‘sparking.” Lovers are ex
pected to knock off work at 11 p. m.
sharp.
These men who are offering prizes
for lovo letters ought to have gump
tion enough to go out nml earn them.
They are better when they are secured
that way.
Gen. Corbin recommends tlint
American soldiers be taught to sing.
He doesn't go so far. however, as to
advise tho use of the piccolo or the
yellow flute.
A New York man who is seventy
two years of age has inherited $15,-
000,000. He ought to be old enough •
not to let a little thing like that
start him a-going.
The people down around the isth
mus could have blasted a ditch across
with the powder they have burned In
popping away at each other In the last
thirty or forty years.
When a woman 52 years of age puts
a valuation of $30,000 on her heart in
a damage case it is no wonder that
the hearts of 17-ycar-old maidens arc
regarded by many as priceless.
\ piece of pie has formed the basis
for a divorce suit down in Indiana.
Plo has been guilty of many misde
meanors, but we do not recall that
It ever before tried to disrupt a fam
ily.
An Iowa editor has been robbed of
his revolver and his money. That Is
what comes of carrying a revolver.
A man without one may be robbed,
but the result will not be quite so
humiliating.
T. “Pay” O’Connor has undertaken
to give a list of the great men who
have been unmade by their wives.
This Is a much easier task than to
name those who have been made by
their helpmates.
Tho Count of Flanders, who has
given up his claim to the Belgian
throne, may bo one of those people
who can look far enough ahead to
see that the Belgian throne isn’t going
to bo worth much to the claimant
after awhile.
Our compliments to that German
prince who lias made an offer for
Miss Goelet, and we beg to say tha
our girls never marry unless they
think they love, although, in the
case of titled foreigners, they some
times act on Insufficient evidence.
AMENDMENTS ARE SUGGESTED
TO STATE ARBITRATION LAW
Denver, Dec. 15.—Amendments to/
the present law, to glvo the state board ,
of orbit raton to enforce obedi-'
ence to Its subpoenas, to cause the pun-,
Ishment for contempt of witnesses who;
refuse to testify, to enforce its decisions ,
and to keep them in force for a definite !
time, are the principal recommenda
tions made in the biennial report sul>- j
mined to the governor by John F. Har
ley. secretary or the board. The report
details the methods used by other!
states to make arbitration laws effect- [
Ive. urging the need of action by the;
next legislature in view of the coming j
enormous industrial growth of the
Btate.
The present law the attorney gen
eral thinks unconstitutional in one pro
vision—that conferring the power of a
court upon it, since the constitution
provides that the judicial power of the |
state is vested solely in the courts, and j
a decision in an Indiana case, quoted, j
declares that a board cannot be a court, j
The amendment to remedy this de- i
feet and to get around the obstacle pre- j
Rented by the constitution is a combi- |
nation of the statutes adopted in In- i
diana and Illinois to cover similar 1
cases. Instead of giving the board the
powers of a court, as does the preaentl
act. the amendment propones that in j
case a witness should refuse to a ban- 1
don a summons or to testify, the board
may call on the County or the Circuit j
Court to issue an order requiring the :
recalcitrant to appear and testify, and.;
of course, should he fall to obey, the j
court, he would be liable to punishment
for contempt.
The second amendment proposes that I
the agreement entered Into between I
contending parties through the media- j
tion of the arbitration board shall he r
binding for a year, or until either party j
shall give ninety days’ notice of inten
tion to terminate It.
The third change suggested proposes
the punishment of either party to an
arbitration agreement who may break
faith within the time specified by the
second amendment. Like the first ■
amendment thlß is a combination of
TWENTY-TWO PERSONS INDICTED
BY TELLURIDE GRAND JURY
Denver, Dec. IG.—*A Tolluride dis
patch of last night says:
Judge Theron Stevens convened the
District Court of San Miguel county
this morning to receive the report of
the grand Jury, which completed its
labors Saturday, and has been prepar
ing the report since. At the opening
of the court the members of the grand
jury filed into the court room and
took their seats in the Jury box. The
court room was but partly filled with
spectators, those present being prin
cipally local attorneys.
Judge Stevens arose and said:
"Gentlemen of the jury, are you ready j
to report?"
Foreman Mansfield replied: "We
are. your honor, I have here the re
jHirt of the grand jury, with fifty-seven
true bills."
Stepping forward, he handed the re
port to the Judge, together y>’lth a
buncfle of legal papers.
Following is the report of the Jury:
"To the Honorable District Court of
San Miguel County, Colorado:
"The undersigned grand jury, cho
aen, selected and sworn in and for the
county of San Miguel, In the state of
Colorado, at this November term here
of in the year of our Lord one thous
and nine hundred and two. respect
fully make the following report, to
wit:
"That they have sat tor a period of
thirteen days and have diligently Inves
tigated each and every of tho matters
ami things which they were required to
investigate by the charge of tho court
and have also Investigated various oth
er matters that have been called to
their attention. That they have found
and do return herewith fifty true bills
for various offenses charged against
twenty-two different persons arising
out of the riot that occurred at the
Smuggler-Union mine on July 3, 1901,
BOYCOTT HELD
TO BE ILLEGAL
Denver, Dec. 1G. —A News special (
from Tellurlde yesterday says: t
Judge Theron Stevens this morning *
decided against the Miners* Union in j
the Glazier boycott case, argued before
him a few months ago. The union had ,
boycotted the restaurant conducted by \
James Glazier because he was patron- «
Izlng the Tellurlde Journal, upon which 1
a boycott had previously been placed.
The union placed pickets at the res- (
taurant, whose duty It was to inform
patrons of the place that it had been '
boycotted.
Glazier applied to County Judge ,
Wardlaw for an injunction restraining |
the union from having pickets at the
restaurant, claiming that they greatly
Interfered with his business. Tho in- ,
junction was granted and the union did
not send representatives to make any
defense. Nearly three months ago John
Murphy, attorney for the union, argued j;
before Judge Stevens for a dissolution I
of the Injunction. E. C. Howe and H.
M. Hogg argued for Glazier and the
matter was taken under advisement.
The Bubstanre of the decision of the
court is contained in the following par
agraphs:
“Unquestionably the defendants have
the right to withhold their patronage!
from any person or association, wheth- j
er they are unfriendly or otherwise, and '
they may agree among themselves to j
do so. even though such action should i
result In the entire destruction of the
business of such person or association. j
"In this case, however. It may be in- |
ferrod from the pleadings that pickets J
were placed In close proximity to the!
business place of the plaintiff for the |
/features of the Indiana and the lllinoi
(statutes. It proposes that the aggrieved
i party to the agreement may compel the
I other party, through the Circuit or the
j County Court, to show cause why he
| has faliod to keep the agreement and in
I order to compel compliance with the
agreement the court may punish the
j f**lth-breaker for contempt by fine or
j "in cases of willful and contumacious
! disobedience" by imprisonment.
| No direct suggestion of compulsory
! arbitration is made, but the aznend
' tnents, if adopted, would leave un-
I changed the provisions of the present
J law that wherever a strike or lockout
I Is threatened anywhere in Colorado it
shall be the duty of the boaru “to in
quire into the causes of the contro
versy,” subpoena witnesses and so
forth. ThiH section the attorney gen
eral accounted nullified by conflicting
| provisions, which are amended,
j The value of compelling testimony,
the -eport sets forth, is that it will aid
In clearing away misunderstandings,
in making, for Instance, an employe
see by indisputable proof that hip em
ployer cannot grant an advance.
I whereas he might, not take his em
ployer’s unsupported word. It* value
lln creating public opinion, which is
j recognized as an influential factor in
> bringing about the settlement of diffi
culties. is mentioned also. It tends al
iso toward compulsory arbitration in
■making effective, inquiries begun at
the request of only one party to a dis
»pute.
j The board’s final recommendation is
that *he salaries of the three members
of the board, which now total $2,200
! a year, be increased. If its powers are
I Increased, so as to make it possible for
(competent j/ersonß to devote their
whole time to the work.
I The report gives detailed accounts
lof disputes which it Ijas been called
upon to settle, including much of the
correspondence connected with them,
and prints in full the present arbitra
tion law. It Is succinct and direct, cov
ering. in spite of Its exhaustive dis
cussion of the proposed changes in the
law. only forty-seven pages.
That, they have found and return here
with a true 1)111 against John Doe for
the murder of Arthur L. Collins on No
vember 19. 1902, but that after exhaust
ive investigation they have been un
able to charge any certain individual
with the commission of that crime.
"That they likewise have found a
true bill against John Doe for assault
with intent to murder James Phillips
on or about November 24. 1901, but af
ter diligent investigation have been un
able to charge any .certain individual
with the commission of that crime.
"That regarding the offenses, which
have been alleged to have been com
; mltted against one W. D. Barney on or
about June 23. 1901, and ugninst one
Wesley E. Smith on or about March 4.
1902, the grand jurors have exhausted
every resource at their command In
their efforts to determine the nature of
whatever crime may have been com
mitted against these respective per
sons. yet laying aside their personal
views as men and individuals as to
what may have been the cause of the
mysterious disappearance of these per
sons, as grand jurors, with the evi
dence they have at hand, they are un
able to charge any specific person with
any specific charge regarding these per
sons.
"The grand jurors aleo herewith re
turn one true bill for assault with In
tent to commit robbery and four
true bills for illegal liquor selling,
and that said grand Jurors further re
port that each and every member of
tlielr body has been present through
out each and every session and sitting
that they have held and that each
ami every one of the fifty-seven true
bills herewith returned was duly voted
upon ana approved by a vote as re
quired by law.
"Dated at Tellurlde. Colo., this 15t.h
day of December, in the year of our
Lord 1902.”
sole purpose of injuring and destroying
his business and to induce the plaint
iff's patrons and persons other than the
defendants to withhold their patronage
from him It is not shown that the
defendants have any interests to pro
tect by the methods employed, and
surely It will not be contended that
there is any value in a friendship that
is secured by coercion.
"It is claimed by defendants that no
threats or violence of any kind were
used, but it is not stated that it was
necessary to station the pickets at
plaintiff's place of business for the pur
pose of communicating the fact of his
unfriendliness to the members of the
defendant association.
"While no threats were used, yet the
very presence of the pickets in num
bers was a threat In itself. In effect
it was saying to all persons who were
disposed to do business with the plaint
iff: ‘Thin person is unfair to organized
labor. We do not want you to do
business with him; IT you do we shali
consider such net as uttfuicndly *o or
ganized labor and we will boycott you
the same way as we are doing line.'
“It cannot reasonably be denied that
j such was the effect intended in placing '
such pickets and such u result would
logically „nd naturally follow. Threat*
In language -ere not the only threats
recognized by law. Covert and un
spoken threats may be just as effective
as spoken threats. I —Casey vs. Union.
( 45 Federal. 135.
; “From a full consideration of all
I these authorities cited. 1 am unable to
j reach any other conclusion than that
no justification la shown In the mild
j further defense for the action of the
defendants. For that rensoa the demur
rer of plaintiff should be Mis-hiued.
j and it is so ordered, it Is further or
dered that for the reasons assigned in
the ruling upon the demurrer in this
' case the motion to dissolve the iujucc
j tion in thlß cause is overruled."
COLORADO BRIEFS.
A. R. Gumaer Is planning to build a
handsome opera bouse at Florence.
A cold storage company with a cap
ital of $30,000 has been organized at
Rocky Ford.
Colorado Springs capitalists are said
to be organizing anothrr national bank
with a capital of SIOO,OOO.
L. P. Bansback of Denver has been
elected captain of the Stanford Univer
sity football team for 1903.
Governor Orman has appointed Miss
Kathryn M. Maloney as superintendent
of schools for the new county of South
Arapahoe.
The postofflees at Berthoud. Pagosa
Springs and Rifle have been advanced
from the fourth class to the presiden
tial class, to tuke effect January Ist.
In the District Court at Durango a
White river Ute, who shot a Navajo on
the reservation recently, was adjudged
guilty of murder In the first degree.
The Elks of Fort Collins have decid
ed to erect a new block, the second and
third stories of which will be used ex
clusively by that order. The ground
floor will be 50x90 feet in size.
A contract has been let to Captain
Boutell for the construction of a beet
sugar factory at New Windsor, of a ca
pacity of 600 tons dally, for the sum of
$160,00Q. Work is to be beguiv at
once.
It Is announced that the Santa Fe
Railway Company is endeavoring to
purchase the old Copper King smelter
and some twenty-five acres of land ad
joining to be used as a location for ex
tensive railroad shops in Trinidad.
Several lessees of state land in Baca
county complain that there are no sec
tion posts on a large amount of the
school lands. An appeal for new sur
veys may have to be made to the
United States government.
Commercial gas i 3 being inanufac
tured by the Boulder Gas Company
from a combination of lignite coal and
petroleum. It 1h claimed that the pro
cess, which is the Invention of General
Manager Peter English, is entirely suc
cessful.
Andria Offret of Trinidad, accused
on four charges of cutting timber on
government land, was found “not guil
ty” on the criminal charge In the
United States Circuit Court at Denver.
The other three were damage suits and
wero continued.
The Colorado Section of the Insti
tute of Electrical Engineers has been
organized in Denver with
members and initiations to Join tne or
ganization have been sent to electrical
engineers throughout Colorado. Wy
oming and Utah.
B. Frank Hunter, formerly of the
city council of Denver and a well
known Grand Army man. has lost his
mind and may have to be sent to an
insane asylum. He left his home in
Denver on tho 11th Inst, and wandered
about In the country, for two days be
fore he was discovered and cared for.
The county commissioners of Boul
der county have effected a compromise
with the railroad companies on tho
taxes of 1901. The total amount of
taxes received by the county from rail
roads Is $22,133.58, or $1,698.08 more
than the railroad taxes received by the
county for 1900.
At Pueblo on the 7th Inst., John W.
Fruah. after a desperate quarrel. In
which he tried to kill his wife and
grown son, placed a revolver to hjs left
car and fired a bullet into his own
brain, ending his life almost Instantly.
He had been drinking, and it is thought
he was temporarily insane.
President Roosevelt on the Bth inat.
sent to the Senate tho nomination of
Frank L. Downer for ossayer of the
mint at Denver and of Joseph W. Mll
som for melter. Messrs. Milsom and
Downer were appointed by the Presi
dent before the convening of Congress
end have been In possession of the of
fices, for some weeks.
A recent dispute at Denver between
State Game Commissioner C. W. Har
ris and Deputy Game Warden James S.
Bush on a matter of mileage resulted
in a demand by Harris that Mr. Bush
should resign. Mr. Bush would not
hand in his resignation to the commis
sioner. but offered it to Governor Or
man. who refused to accept.it and
called the parties together to patch up
the quarrel.
Several Colorado men are mentioned
in general orders No. 2 from national
headquarters of the G. A. R. Conrad
Appel of Victor is made a member of
the council of administration, while
A. J. Woodslde of Denver is named as
an assistant Inspector general. Harper
M. Orahood of Denver is appointed an
assistant to Allan C. Blakeweil. who
is special aide in charge of military
instruction and patriotic education in
the public schools.
The Indian appropriation bill re
ported to the House contains a provis
ion of $53,125 for the maintenance of
the Indian Institute at Grand Junction.
Besides the instruction and care of the
pupils this amount includes appropria
tions of $1,600 as pay for the support.
$4,500 for repairs. $7,625 for heating
and ventilation, and $6,000 for shops.
sl,floo is allowed for incidental ex
penses in the Indian agencies In Colo
rado for the fiscal year 1903.
W. R. Thomas. Lit. D.. who has been
prominently connected with the edito
rial staff of the Denver News for twen
ty-seven years, besides having been
managing editor of the Denver Times
for a year or more and holding many
other important positions, has been
chosen to HU the chair of constitutional
history at the Colorado Agricultural
College at Fort Collins. In order to ac
cept the appointment he has severed
his connection with the'News and re
-1 signed as a member of the State Board
of Agriculture, being succeeded on the
I board by Mrs. John L. Routt.
The committee in charge of the an
nual prize essay contest of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution has
announced the conditions for the com
petition. which Is open to pupils In any
of the four grades of the high schools
of the state. All essays must be sub
mitted by April 1. 1903, and a prize or
$25 in gold will be awarded the winner.
The subject on which the essays must
bo written is “Colorado: The Centen
nial State." Last year the prize was
given for tho best paper on "Territo
rial Days of Colorado.” Mrs. Alice
Polk Hill. Denver, is chairman of the
| committee.
WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
The ways and means committee of j
fhe House has reported favorably on
the resolution to adjourn from Decern
ber 20th to January 5th.
Representative Eugene F. I-oud. of i
California, who was openly opposed for j
re-election by the Letter Carriers' or- :
ganlzatlon and defeated, will probably
be appointed fourth assistant postmas- !
ter general and the letter carriers j
transferred to his department, as the |
President's rebuke to the Carriers for j
Interfering in the election of a repre
sentative to Congress.
The Senate committee on foreign re- j
lations has decided to postpone consid
eration of a supplementary treaty ex
tending for a year the time for the rati
fication of the cession of the Danish
West Indies to the United States. The
rejection of the original treaty by the
Danish Parliament makes action In re
gard to the supplemental treaty un
necessary at this time.
Senator Pettus has presented a favor
able report from the committee on mil
itary affairs on a Senate bill giving
Brigadier General H. C. Merriam the
retired rank of major general. This
measure will without much doubt pass
the Senate In a few days. General Mer
riam formerly commanded the Depart
ment of Colorado. He Is now retired
and living In Wyoming.
A favorable report was ordered by
the committee on appropriations on
the bill appropriating $500,000 for the
use of the Department of Agriculture
In stamping out the foot and mouth
disease In the New- England states. The
Item is included In a deficiency appro
priation bill and the bill carries $500.-
000 also for pay of rural free de
livery carriers and various smaller
sums for miscellaneous expenses of the .
Postofllce Department.
Gen. Luke E. Wright, vice govern
or of the Philippines, before the House
committee on ways and means advo
cated a reduction of tariff rates on
Philippine goods coming Into the Unit-
I ed States to twenty-five per cent, of tho
Dingley schedule, as provided by the
hill introduced by Representative
Cooper, instead of Bcvcnty-flve per
cent., as under the present law. Gen
eral Wright said this would result in
a better market for Philippine goods |
and provide more revenue for the isl
ands.
The Secretary of the Interior has re
quested that the appropriation of last
session lor resurveying the boundary j
lines between Colorado and New Mex
ico nnd Oklnhomn be made available
until June 30, 1904. Otherwise the
appropriation will lapse next June, be- f
lore it is possible to complete the sur
vey. Howard B. Carpenter, who has
the contract, says that owing to snows
in the Conejos and Culobra ranges,
across which the line runs, little can i
be done this winter. No doubt the ex
tension will be made.
The prospective retirement of Justice j
Shiras from the Supremo Court, which j
was announced by his son some time i
ago as likely to take place at no very
distant date. It is believed may result
In the promotion to the supreme bench
of William H. Taft, chairman of the
Philippine commission. Governor
Taft's elevation to that court would !>c
the fulfillment of the general under
standing which existed at the time he
resigned from the federal court bench
in Ohio and took tip his present duties ;
at the request of President McKinley. j
The testimony taken by the sub-com- !
mlttee of the Senate committee on ter
ritories. of which Senator Beveridge is
chairman, on the omnibus statehood
bill, has been Just printed ns a Sen
ate document and to-night was made
public. It makes a book of 394 pages,
with maps, nnd includes the questions
and answers of a great many people
examined by the sub-committee with
reference to size, population, resources,
schools and churches, business, moral
and other characteristics of the "people
of the proposed states, and miscellane
ous information.
A Joint resolution has been intro
duced in the House by Representative
De Armond proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of the United States
providing that the term of the Presi
dent shall continue until April 30.1905.
at noon, and thereafter. April 30, at
noon, shall be substituted for March 4.
as the beginning and ending of the
terms of President and vice president,
and that the Fifty-ninth Congress
snail end and the Sixtieth begin Janu
ary 8, 1907. at noon, and thereafter
each Congress shall begin nnd end Jan
uary 8th at noon.
Secretary Moody has transmitted to
Congress the report of the Naval Board
headed by Admiral Taylor, which was
ereated to select a site for a naval
training station on the Great l-akes.
The report recommends that the sta
tion be located on Lake Michigan be
low latitude 43:30. and asks for an ap
propriation of $250,000 to buy the land
and develop the station, leaving the
exact locality to be determined later
by the board. Secretary Moody ap
proved the report and points out that
an Immediate appropriation will pre
vent the raising of laud values.
Representative De Armond has intro
duced a hill providing that it shall be
unlawful to ship from any state or ter
ritory. through or Into any other state
or territory any manufactured articles
“old for shipment or intended to be
sold, unless every article has stamped
on the cover containing it the words:
"No monopoly product. Produced in
open competition.” or other words of
like import. A maximum penalty of
$1,009 fine or one year's imprisonment,
or both. Is provided for violation of this
provision. It is provided further that
articles not thus marked may be con
fiscated.
In order to give the deparment legal
power In the disposal of timber on for
est reserves the secretary of the in
terior has recommended to Congress
that a law be made authorizing him to
sell from the reserves such timber,
plants, stone, grasses, fruits and other
products as he deems proper, and apply
the proceeds of such sales to a fund
which shall be used in protection of
the forests on the reserves. The bill he
suggests will also allow the secretary
of tho Interior to lease portions of the
reserves for summer resorts, hotels,
mills and factories. A bill embodying
these recommendations will be Intro
duced in the House.
The United States Supreme Court has
affirmed the opinion of the Circuit
Court of Appeals lu the case of the
Knights Templar and Masons’ Life In
surance Company vs. Rosa B. Jarman.
I The case involved the validity of the
| suicide statute of Missouri of 1679 pro
viding that suicide shall not be a de-*
| fense aguinst the payment of a life in-!
i surar.ee policy, the policy involved t»e
--l ing upon the lift* of John F. Jarman.
I husband of Mrs. Rosa Jarinan. whoj
while insane, took his life in Grundy
county, Missouri, In 1898. The decision*
of the court sustained the law and hold
the company liable for the amount of
the policy regardless of the fuel that,
the policy contained a clause for the
avoidance or the policy in case of sui
cide, "whether voluntary or Involun
tary. sane or Insane."
Both Colorado Congressmen are op
posed to the pending bills repealing the
timber and stone and desert land laws
and the commutation clause of the
homestead act. Representative Bell
takes the position that while frauds
may be perpetrated under these laws,
due diligence on the part of land offl
-1 ccrs would do much to eliminate vlola
i tlons. If further legislation is neces
i sary. he says, the land office fees should
j be dispensed with. Both the commuta
j tion and desert land laws are very ben
; eflclal to Colorado and like states.
where they enable settlers to acquire
j lands that could never be settled un
j der the regular homestead laws. Mr.
! Shafroth agrees in these opinions and
I insists that the timber law should not
1 be disturbed, but that settlers should
be able to continue to get government
timber at $2.50 an acre.
A delegation of prominent citizens of
San Francisco, consisting of R. P.
Schwerin of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, W. \V. Douglass, state comp
troller. and ex-. Mayor Phelan, headed
by Senator Perkins, called upon the
President to discuss with him the pend
ing proposition to place the govern
ment transport service on the Pacific
in private hands, with headquarters in
! Seattle. The Boston Steamship Com
pany. which runs out of Seattle, has
made a bid for the handling of the gov
ernment transport business on the Pa
cific which the War Department, now'
has under consideration. The people of
San Francisco are urging the govern
ment not to accept the proposition, ns
its acceptance probably would result
j in the lobs to San Francisco of much
! government business. The delegation
! informed the President that the peo
| pie of San Francisco had erected a
1 monument to commemorate Dewey's
victory at Manila and the navy in gen
eral, and invited the President to at
-1 tend the dedication ceremony while on
liis trip to the coast next spring. The
President accepted the invitatiorf and a
( date will be named to suit his con
( venlencc.
Commissioner Hermann of tho Gen
eral I.and Office has conferred with the
chairmen of the public lands commit
tees of both House and Senate relative
to the pending bills to repeal the tim
ber and stone act. which he regards in
its present shape as bad legislation.
But before the law is repealed the com
, missioner urges the repeal or modifica
tion of the forest reservation land law.
| which, he says, is the most vicious law
ion the statute hooks. The repeal of
the timber and stone act would cut off
all ways of procuring title to govern
. ment timber lands, save by script fil
' ings. The moment this situation is
j brought about, the commissioner ar
i gues that lieu base will immediately
' take a Jump in prices and will ultiin
: atejy find Its way in large quantities
i into the hands of corporations or spec
. ulators. With all other timber entry
! cut off. they would then enjoy the uu
; disputed right to secure, in full accord
ance with law. the very best govern
ment timber lands, that is on surveyed
lands. Either repeal this lieu land law
entirely or so amend it. says the com
missioner. as to provide that when
; lands within reserves arc relinquished
to the government, the tracts selected
j in lieu thereof shall be not only of the
i same area. but of approximately
| the saute value as the tracts turned
| back to the government. While both
, Senator Quarles and Representative
| Lacey were inclined to admit the right
of the argument, they gave no assur
ance Uiat the proposed change will be
enacted this session. In fact, the
chances are decidedly against a change.
Among the witnesses before the Sen
ate immigration committee was Rob
ert Watchorn. in charge of the United
States immigration inspection service
in Canada, with headquarters at Mont
real. He supplied the committee with
a great deal of information concerning
| the operations of the inspection system
i on the Canadian border. He advocated
the elimination of the provision of the
bill excepting railroad lines entering
■ the United States from contiguous ter
ritory from the penalty from bringing
j in insane, diseased and idiotic aliens.
He also Said the bill w’ould be improved
| if all the provisions relating to Canada
1 should be stricken out, except section
I 33. placing the entire regulation of the
border immigration in the hands of the
Immigration Bureau. He said that at
present the Canadian railroads coming
into the United States are prompt in
complying with the requirements of the
| inspectors, but that this compliance
was due to the penalty imposed. With
out the penalty it would be impossible
to secure that compliance. He said that
owing to the strict requirements made
by our laws of steamship lines coming
into the United States there had been
almost elimination of undesirable em
migrants landing at American ports,
but that the reverse was true of immi
grants coming into the United States
via Canada, the percentage of diseased
| persons coming through Canada being
sixty, while of those coming direct to
the United States the proportion was
■ only one-tenth of one per cent. This.
■ he said, was the result of design, not
of accident; the immigration agents in
Europe furnishing badges to immi
grants, showing them to be diseased or
: not.