Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 6, 1904, Page 1

The {29 Qo VOLUME 2. NUMBER 19 5. Daily Pioneer x MINNESOTA- HISTORICAL SOCIETY. TEN CENTS PER WEEK - SURIC, R4, BAKIN POWDIR Made from pure cream of fartar derived from grapes. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO- ancaco. TWO TOWNS THROWN OUT Northern League Will Con- sist of Eight Clubs The Coming Year. A meeting of magnates of the Northern Baseball league will be held in the near future for the purpose of outlining plans for next season. It will probably be held the first of the year at Grand Forks, when officers will also be elected. The most important question to be discussed will be that re- garding the number of teams for next season. At present there are only four cities represented-- Duluth, Winnipeg, Fargo and Grand Forks, Superior and Crookston were both thrown out at the fall meeting. Two new cities will be admitted to take the place of those barred and in all lillihood four new teams wlll be added, making an eight club league. The general sentiment is in favor of having eight teams next year if desirable cities can be induced to join, Woodmen Will Dance. The farewell party to be given tomorrow night by the Modern Woodmen lodge of this city in honor of Mr. and Mrs. H. J, Smith, who will depart in the near future for Virginia, will be one of the must elaborate func- tions ever given in the city, as all arrangements for a thoroughly good time have been made. The small admission price of 25 cents will be charged in order to pay a part of the expenses incurred, and for this amount the dance and supper will be given. All Woodmen, whether members of the lodge or not, and all those elligible to membership in the order, are invited to be present. The Bemidji orchestra will fur- nish musie. Essler Broke Arm: John F. Essler, the popular agent in this city for the Minne- apolis Brewing company, last night sustained a broken arm while unloading a carload of keg beer at the company’s cold stor- age plantin this city. Mr. Essler was assisting the drayman in the absence of the regular employ who does the unloading of cars when one of the kegs slipped and fell upon his arm, breaking it near the wrist. Thearm was set and he is getting along very sat- isfactorily. REV. A. E. PETERSON, Pastor of the Baptist Church at Crookston, arrived in the city at nooa today and will be heard at the Baptist Church this evening. Mr. Petersonis an able man, a good speaker and a very plea- sant gentleman to meet. He will have charge of the special ser- vices at .the Baptist church for PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE READ IN CONGRESS Sounds Note of Warning Against Extravagance in Govern- ment Work. Lucid Treatment of Growing Problem o Labor---Expansion of Policy Toward Corporations. ‘Washington, Deec. 6.—President Roosevelt’s message to Congress was received this morning and read be- fore both houses of Congress. The message is one of the most exhaustive state documents ever transmitted to Congress, and, is in full as follows: o the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives: The nation continues to enjoy note- worthy prosperity. Such prosperity is of course primarily due to the high in- dividual average of our citizenship, taken together with our great natural resources, but an important factor therein is the working of our long con- tinued governmental policies. The peo- ple have emphatica expressed their approval of the principles underlying these policies and their desire that these principles be kept gabstautially | unchanged, although, of course, applied in a progressive spirit to meet chang- ing conditions. Caution Against Extravagance. The enlargement of scope of the functions of the national government required by our development as a na- tlon involves, of course, increase of ex- pense, and the period of prosperity through which the country is passing justifies expenditures for permanent improvements far greater than would be wise in hard times. Battleships and forts, public buildings and improved waterways are investments which should be made when we have the money, but abundant revenues and a large surplus always invite extrava- gance, and constant care should be taken to guard against unnecessary in- crease of the ordinary expenses of gov- ernment. The cost of doing govern- ment business should be regulated with the same rigid scrutiny as the cost of doing a private business. Capital and Labor. In the vast and complicated mechan- ism of our modern civilized life the dominant note is the note of industrial- ism, and the relations of capital and labor, and especially of organized capi- tal and organized labor, to each other and to the public at large come second in importance only to the intimate questions of family life. Our peculiar form of government, with its sharp .di- vision of authority between the nation and the several states, has been on the whole far more advantageous to our development than a more strongly cen- tralized government. But it is un- doubtedly responsible for much of the difficulty of meeting with adequate legislation the new problems presented. by the total change in industrial con- ditions on this continent during the last half century. In actual practice it has proved exceedingly difficult, and in many cases impossible, to get unanim- ity of wise action among the various states on these subjects. From the very nature of the case this is especial- ly true of the laws affecting the em- ployment of capital in huge masses. With regard to labor the problem is no less important, but it is simpler. As long as the states retain the pri- mary control of the police power the circumstances must be altogether ex- treme which require interference by the federal authorities, whether in the way of safeguarding the rights of la- bor or in the way of seeing that wrong is not dome by unruly persons who shield themselves behind the name of labor. If there is resistance to the fed- eral courts, interference with the malls or interstate commerce or mo- lestation of federal property, or if the state authorities in some crisis which they are unable to face call for help, then the federal government may in- teérfere; but, though such interference may be caused by a condition of things arising out of trouble connect- ed with some question of labor, the Interference - itself simply takes the form of restoring order without regard to the questions which have caused the breach of order; for to keep order 18 a primary duty, and in a time of disorder and violence all other ques- tions sink into abeyance until order has been restored. In the District of Columbia and in the territories the federal law covers the entire fleld of government, but the labor question is some days, only acute in populous centers of com- merce, manufactures or minfng. Nev- ertheless, both in the enactment and in the enforcement of law the federal government within its restricted sphere should set an example to the state governments, especially in a matter so vital as this affecting labor. I believe that under modern industrial conditions it 1s often necessary, and even - where not necessary it is yet often wise, that there should be or- ganization of labor in order better to-se- cure the rights of the individual wage- worker. All encouragement should be glven to any such organization so long as it is conducted with a due and de- cent regard for the rights of others. There are in this country some labor unions which have habitually, and other labor unions which have often, been among the most effective agents in working for good citizenship and for uplifting the condition of those whose welfare should be ‘closest to our hearts. But when any labor umion seeks “improper ends or seeks to achieve proper ends by improper means all good citizens, and more es- wecially all honorable public servants, must oppose the wrongdoing as reso- lutely as they would oppose the wrongdoing of any great corporation. Of course any violence, brutality or corruption should not for one moment be tolerated. Wageworkers have an entire right to organize and by all peaceful and honorable means to.en- deavor to persuade their fellows to Jjoin with them in organizations. They €rs and ‘employees, yet thie list of clear- 1y avoidable accidents continues -un- duly large. The passage of a law re- quiring the adoption of a block signal system has been proposed to thé con- gress. 1 earnestly concur in thaé ree- ommendation and would also po}fi.t out to the congress the urgent need of leg- islation in the interest of the public safety limiting the hours of laber for railroad employees in train servide up- on railroads engaged in interstate com- merce and providing that only trained and experienced persons be employed in positions of responsibility connect- ed with the operation of trains: Of course nothing can ever prevent acci- dents caused by human weaknegs or misconduct, and there should be dras- tic punishment for any rallroad em- ployee, whether officer or man, wlin by issuance of wrong orders or by disobe- dience of orders causes disaster. The law of 1901 requiring interstaté rail- roads to make monthly reports of all accidents to passengers and employees on duty should also be amended 8o as to empower the government to make a personal investigation through proper officers of all accidents involving !ess-of life which seem to require investigation, with a requirement that the results of such investigation be made public; The safety appliance law, as amend- ed by the aet of March 2, 1903, has proved beneficial to railway employees, and in order that its provisions may be properly carried out the force of in- spectors provided for by appropriation should be largely increased. - This serv- ice is analogous to the steamboat in- spection service and deals with even more important interests. It has passel the experimental stage and demon- strated its utility and should. receive generouts recognition by flitc i:pn‘gr Unions of Governiment Employccs. ‘There is no objection to employees of the government forming or belonging to unions, but the government can nei- ther diseriminate for nor discriminate against nonunion mwen who are in its employment or who seek to be em- ployed under it. Moreover, it is a very grave impropriety for governinent em- ployees to band themselves together for the purpose of extorting improperly high salaries from the government. Especially is this true of those within have a legal right, which, according | the. classified service. The letter carri- to circumstances, may or may not be @ moral right, to refuse to work in com- pany with men'whe decline to join their organizations. They have under no clrcumstances the right to commit vio- lence upon those, whether capitalists or wageworkers, who refuse to support their organizations or who side with those with whom they are at odds, for mob rule is intolerable in any form. Employer's Liability Law. The wageworkers are peculiarly enti- tled to the protection and the encour- agement of the law. From the very nature of their occupation railroad men, for instance, are liable to be maimed in doing the legitimate work of their profession unless the railroad companies are required by law to make ample provision for their safety. The administration has been zealous in en- forcing the existing law for this pur- pose. That law should be amended and strengthened. Wherever the na- tlonal government has power there should be a stringent employer’s liabil- ity law, which should apply to the gov- ernment itself where t¥ government is an employer of labor. In my message to the Fifty-seventh congress at its second session I urged the passage of an employer’s liability law for the District of ‘Golumbia. I now renew that recommendation and further recommend that the congress appoint a commission to make a com- prehensive study of employer's liabili- ty with the view of extending the pro- vislons of a.great and constitutional law to all employments within the acope of federal power. Medals of Honor. The government has recognized hero- ism upon the water and bestows med- als of honor upon those persons who by extreme and herolc daring have en- dangered their lives in saving or en- deavoring to save lives from the perils of the sea in the waters over which the United States has jurisdiction or upon an American vessel. This recognition should be extended to. cover cases of conspicuous bravery and self sacrifice in the saving of life in private employ- ments under the jurisdiction of the United States, and particularly in the land commeree of the nation. Prevention of Railroad Acoidents The ever increasing casualty list up- on our raflroads is a matter of grave public concern and urgently calls for action by the congress. In the matter of speed and comfort of raliway travel our railroads give at least as good service as those of any other nation, and there is no reason why this sery- ice should not also be as safe as hu- man ingenulty can make it. Many’ of our leading roads have been foremost in the adoption of the most approved safeguards for the protection of trayel- ers, both municipal and rural, are as a whole an excellent body of public sery- ants. They should be amply paid. But their payment must be obtained by arguing their claims fairly and honor- ably before the congress and not by banding together for the defeat of those congressmen who refuse to give promises which they cannot in con- science glve. The administration has already taken steps to prevent and punish abuses of this nature, but it will be wise for the congress to sup- plement this action by legislation. Bureau of Labor. Much can be done by the government in labor matters merely by giving pub- Heity to certain conditions. The bu- reau of labor has done excellent work of this kind in many different direc- tlons. I shall shortly lay before you in a special message-the full report of the investigation of the bureau of labor into the Colorado mining strike, as this is a strike in which certain very evil rees which are more or less at work everywhere under the conditions of modern industrialism became startling- 1y prominent. It is greatly to be wished that the department of commerce and labor, through the labor bureau, should compile and arrange for the congress a list of the labor laws of the various states’ and should be given the means to.investigate and report to the con- gress upon the labor conditions in the manufacturing and mining reglons throughout the country both as to ‘wages, as to hours of labor, as to the labor of women and children and as to the effect in the yarious labor centers of immigration from abroad. In this investigation especial attention should be paid to the conditions of child labor ; and child labor legislation in the sev- eral states. Such an investigation must necessarily take into account many of the problems with which this question of child labor is connected. These problems can be actually met in most cases only by the states them- selves, but the lack of proper legisla- tion in one state in such a matter as child labor often renders it excessive- ly difficult to establish protective re- striction upon. the work in another state having the same industries, so that the worst tends to drag down the Ibetter. For this reason it would be \ Well for the nation at least to endeavor to secure comprehensive information as to the conditions of labor of children in the different states, Such investigation and publication by the national gov- ernment would tend toward the secur- ing of approximately uniform legisla- tlon of the proper character among the several states. G;rpcritlohm 2 ‘When we come ‘to deal with great ment to act divectly is far greater than in the case of labor, because great.cor- porations can become such only by en- gaging in interstate commerce, and in- terstate commerce ' s, peculiarly the fleld of the general government.. It 18 an absurdity to expect to eliminate the abuses in great corporations by state action. It is difficult to be pa- tient with an argument that such mat- ters should be left to the states, be- cause more than one state pursues the policy of creating on easy terms cor- porations which are never operated ‘Wwithin that state at all, but in other states whose laws they ignore. The national government ajone can deal adequately with these great corpora- tions. To try to deal with them in an Intemperate, destructive or demagogic spirit would in all probability mean that nothing whateyer would be ac- complished and with absolute certain- ty that if anything were accomplish- ed it would be of a harmful nature. The American people need to continue to show the very qualities that they have shown—that is,*moderation, good sense, the earnest desire to avold do- ing any damage and yet the quiet de- termination to proceed, step by step, without halt and without hurry, in eliminating or at least in minimizing ‘whatever of mischief or of evil there 18 to Interstate commerce in the con- duct of great corporations. They are acting jn no spirit of ' hostility to ‘wealth, either individual or corporate. They are not against the rich man any more than against the poor man. On the contrary, they are grlendly alike toward rich man and toward poor man, provided only that each acts in a spirit of justice and decency toward his fel- lows. Great corporations are neces- sary, and only men of great and singu- lar mental power can, manage such corporations successfully, and such men must have great rewards. But these corporations should be managed ‘with due regard to the interest of the public as a whole. Where this:can be done under the present laws it must be done. Where these law come short others should be enacted to supple- ment them. % " Yet we must never forget the de- termining factor in every kind of work, of head or hand, must be the man's own good sense, courage amd kindli- ness. More important than any legis- lation is the gradual growth of a feel- ing of responsibility and forbearance among capitalists and wageworkers allke—a feeling of respect on the part of each man for the rights of others, a feeling of broad community of inter- est, not merely of capitalists among themselves and of wageworkers among themselves, but of capitalists and -wageworkers in-their relations to each other and of both in tleir relations to their fellows who with them make up the body politic. There are many edp- tains of industry, many labor leaders, ‘who realize this. A recent speech by the president of one of our great rall- road systems to the employees of that system contains sound common sense. It runs in part as follows: “It 18 my bellef we can bett (Continued on third page) MORE TROGPS WANTED SHERIFF DECLARES PRESENT MI- LITIA FORCE AT ZIEGLER IS INSUFFICIENT. ATTEMPT TO DESTROY WATER MAINS THIRTY-FIVE STICKS OF DYNA- MITE LIGHTED, BUT FUSE FALLED TO WORK. Ziegler, 11, ‘Dec. 6.—Sheriff Stein of Benton has appealed to Governor Yates to send two more companies of militia to Ziegler. If the request is granted Company- I of Vandalia and Company K of Cairo will be the com- panies to respond., Sheriff Stein sent the request :by letter and pointed out to the governor that the eighty-five soldiers now at Ziegler were working thirteen hours each night, that every man in the two companies was on duty | and that the strain was beginning to tell, hence the need. of more men to guard the besieged town. Captain Satterfield of Company F, Mount Ver- non, said that he hoped the governor would comply with the request, as more men were needed. An effort has apparently been made to blow up the water mains leading from tlie pumping station to the town of Ziegler. About half way between the Dyle blockhouse and the pumping, station Private Martin Thompson re- ports having found thirty-five sticks of dynamite lying on the ground imme- diately over the water main. exploded oné cap, but it is believed by Thompson that the rain prevented the explosion and thus saved the plant. The dynamite sticks found were not of the make used in the mines for blasting. HELD GUILTY OF CONTEMPT [ QUARTETTE OF DENVER ELEC- TION OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO TERMS IN JAIL. Denver, Dec. 6.—Frank J. Kratke, eity license inspector; Joseph Ray, Edward O’Malia and Charles Kofsky have been adjudged guilty of contempt by the state supreme court and were sentenced to fail, . “The s (tg A fuse|. had been attached and burned up and|, as follows: Kratke, one years im- prisonment and $1,000 fine and costs; Ray and O’Malia six months’ imprison- ment and $500 fine ‘and costs each; Kofsky three months and $200 fine and costs. These men were election officials in Precinct 8 of Ward b at the late elec- tion and were accused of disregardin; the court's injunction order. The pring-fl cipal charge agalnst them was that of permitting repesting.. Carl Wilson, election clerk in the same precinet, ‘was found not guilty of contempt. . The court denied an application for release of the convicted men:on bail pending an appeal to the federal court. Robber Holds Up Operator. Little Falls, Minn., Dec. 6—Night ®perator Fuller of the Northern Pacific depot at this place was held up by a man whom ke found in the ticket office upon his return from fixing the fire in the basement. Although the operator and his companion; a small boy, were facing the muzzle of a revolver they managed to get to the door and give the alarm, but the burglar secured $6 and got away before they returned ‘with help. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Adeline Sergeant, the novelist, died &t Bownemouth, Eng,, Monday after a long and painful illness. She was born in 1851. Eight hundred members of the New York Cab Drivers’ union have voted not to strike, but to accept an offer of $2 a day and one day off in twelve. The adjourned meeting of the North- ern Securities company, which was to have been held in Hoboken, N. J., Mon- day, was put over until Monday of next week. Rev. C. P. Dorset, pioneer Episcopal minister of the Northwest, died at La Crosse, Wis,, Monday, aged seventy years. He was ordained fifty years ago and had been rector of various churches in' Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. MANY WOLVES AT BIG FORK Joe Rauscher, Settler at Rip- ple, Says Deer are Pur- sued Into Town. Joe Rauscher, a settler on the Big Fork who lives at Ripple; ar- rived in the city yesterday. Mr. Rauscher says that wolves are very numerous in that locality and that the reports of their at- tacks upon big game are in the main true. He says that deer are chased into the limits of the town almost every night but dur- ing the day the animals stay in the deep swamps in that vicinity. The settlers on the Big Fork, says Mr. Rauscher, do not pay any attention to the visits of the fierce animals, as all are accus- tomed to them. Will Visit at Joplin. Mr, and Mrs. C. H, Miles leave tonight for Joplin, Mo., where they will be the guests of Mrs. Miles’ brother, J. B. McCul- leugh, for the next six weeks. Mr. Miles has been inill health for some time past and will take the vacation from his business cares in Bemidji to recuperate. ¢ Mr. A. R. Kane, a prominent druggist of Baxter Springs, Kansas, says: “Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets are, in my jondgement, the most su- perior preparation of‘anything in use today forconstipation. They aresurs in action and with no ten- A GOOD NIGHT'S REST | Sprak For T s for it1” she cried to doggie, Tb:tr(g‘em knew in he;finh hnrt.' 4 rman 7 treasure, Conl heaitn 2o ey Tmpe qThe greatest tonic on earth is a night'stest. Restless nights and the ter- rible exhaustion of a hacking cough are dread dangers of the poor consumptive. qBut why this fear of the night when a few doses of Dr. Boschee’s German Syrup ‘will insure refreshing sleep, entirely free from cough or night sweat? Free ex» pectoration in the morning is made cer~ tain by mkin%(;nmm Syrup. qWe know by the experience of over thirty-five years that one 75-cent bottle of: German Syrup will speedily relieve or cure the worst coughs, colds, bronchial or, lung troubles—and that, even in bad cases of consumption, one 1 bottle of German Syrup will work wonders. 42 qTwo sizes, 25¢ and 75¢. All druggists, Sold by A. Gilmour & Co. FOR— BARGAINS in PICTURES HAKKERUP' Up-to-Date Work and Prices Reasonable. Enlarging, Framing and Finishing for Amatuers. Bemidji Commercial College is now in a position teach any and all subjects taught by that school for $1.00 per week nights, and $1.50 per week days, straight. All subjects. : : : : P. J. CONWAY, Principal. Box 744, 108 Sixth Street, between Bemidji and Avenues. BRUNSWICK-BALKE Billiard Hall. L. J. MATHENY, Prop. Fine Line of Cigars & Tobaccos Bemidji, SRR Minn. dency to nauseate or gripe. For sale by Barkers Drug Store. Subscribe for the Pioneer. 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