The Omaha Daily Bee
NEWS SECTION
PAGES ONE TO TEN.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Generally Fair
VOL. -U-XO. 174.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MOKX1NG, JANUARY 0, 1012-TWKXTY PA (IKS.
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V. 'N
FRIDAY COLDEST
DAY OJMYLNTEU
Weather Bureau Reports Lowest
Temperature Recorded in Fast
Seven Years.
FIFTEEN BELOW IS REACHED
Intense Cold Throughout Nebraska
and Entire Central West.
NO PROSPECT OF RELIEF IN VIEW
Cold Wave Spreading from Moun
tains to Great Lakes.
MUCH SUFFERING IS PREDICTED
Travel on Hallroads Impeded and
Difficult? Experienced In Getting;
(Shipment to Towns Where
Supplies Are Needed.
Friday was the coldest day of the winter
tind at the same time the coldest day that
Omaha has experienced In seven years.
The lowest temperature of the day, as
recorded by the government weather
bureau was 15 degveoa below soro. This
was for two hours, at 8 and 9 o'clock yes
terday morning:. From that time on the
temperature rose slowly, the warmest of
the day, however, being 11 degrees below
zero. This was at 3 o'clock In the after
noon. From that time on there was a
Heady drop, the reading at 8 o'clock last
night being- 13 degrees below.
While It was cold In Omaha, the tem
perature here was balmy as compared
with some other points.
.LITTLE FALLS. Minn., last night re
ported a temperature of 39 degrees below
zero. At St. Paul, Minn., It was 28 be
low. At Minneapolis the weather ma
chinery recorded 28 below zero and then
there was a freezeup, the thermometers
refusing to make additional records. At
fcloux City, there was a drop to 20 de
firens and at Des Moines, la., to 18, with
a prospect of It being much colder before
morning.
So far as United States points were con
cerned, Duluth. Minn., held the record
or the day, the lowest temperature there
ring 35 degrees below zero.
Cold in Wyoming-.
Up through Wyoming there was a
flight break in the cold from Thursday.
:rey Bull, which came along wljh IS
below Thursday, recorded a temperature
f but 6 degrees below Friday morning. It
vhs 4 degrees below at Sheridan and S
above at Crow Indian agency.
All along the Northwestern's western
Sines it was intensely cold yesterday
Morning. Norfolk started off with. 30 de
uces below and Winner, Just over the
I'tie in South Dakota, touched 2 degrees
colder. At Long Pine It wns 10 below
It ml at Chadron just zero.
In the lllack IUUs temperatures ranged
from 4 to 18 degrees below, while out
nlong the line between Caspar and Lan
der, B below was the warmest and 20, at
Power Itlver, the coldest.
The Union Pacific found cold weather
ulong Its entire line from Omaha to
Green Itlver. There was a little relief
ut Cheyenne, where during the night the
temperature went from zero to 10 above,
n point reached early yesterday morning.
Kawlina reported zero and North Platte,
degrees below.
Losses Heavy,
With the continued cold come reports
ut heavy losses to the cattle and sheep
men. Numerous sections report that the
hay has all been fed and that It Is im
possible for stock to get through the
heavy snow that is covered with a hard
crust and get at the dead grass beneath.
In many localities, 'all that cattle and
theep have to eat Is the dry and dead
page brush.
Reports coming to the railroad offices
Indicate that there is likely to be con
nlderable suffering among the settlers
who have located In the newer sections
during the last year. This Is specially
true In South Dakota. There a great
many of the settlers are ally provided for
winter. Their houses are simply of
boards, furnishing but little protection
from the wind and a Tar below zero
temperature.
Coldest in Seven Years.
"It was colder between the hours of 8
and 9 yesterday morning, when the ther
jnometer registered 15 degrees below
gero, than it has been since January 2,
1SW6. On that day the mercury dropped to
18 degrees and on February 9 of the same
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The Weather
For Nebraska Increasing cloudiness
vith probably Know; not so cold.
For lowu Increasing cloudiness, con
tinued cold.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
, TvT Hour. Deg.
1 IS 6 a. m -11
"1r x-x 6 a. m 13
UfW LJ 7 a. m -13
x-i 9 a. m 15 1
11 12 m 13
4 m!;;;;;;;;; 12
("2 5 p. m 12
-i t 1 p. ui ij
r--r3i H 7 p. in 12
" 8 p. in 13
onipuqntlve Loral Itreord.
1S12. 1111. lull). 19u.
Highest yesterday 11 44 8
Lowest yeBterday 15 17 lit IS
Mean temperature 13 30 2 2
Precipitation 00 T .(W .02
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures irom the normal:
Norn a. temperature 21
Deficiency tor the day 84
Total excess since March 1 bin
Normal precipitation 02 Inch
I'el'cu ncv 101 .he uay 02 Inch
Total rainfall since March L. . 15. 92 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 18 43 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1910.. 14.M Inches
Kxcees for cor. period, law.,.. S. 24 Inches
Hrports front stations at 7 P. M.
Station and State Temp. High- Kain
of Weather. 7 p. m. est. fall.
Cheyenne, cloudy 2 48 .00
Davenport, cloudy 12 13 .u)
Denver, part cloudy : is .U)
Dts Moines, cloudy 14 13 .ou
Dodge City, snowing.... 2 .113
Lander., part cloudy '."0 'M .00
North Plane, cloudy 10 3 ,u
Omaha, cloudy 12 11 .00
Pueblo, clear 8 l'l .00
Itupid City, cloudy 14 10 .01
Kalt Lake City, cloudy.. 24 3S .14
anta Ke. cloudy ii 3 .00
Sheridan, snowing 4 4 .'r
Slouz City, cloudy 1 16 T
Valentine, snowing 14 2 T
"T" Indicates trace of precipitation.
Indicates below zero.
L. A. WLLSH. Local Forecaster,
The National Capital
Friday, January R, 1018.
The Senate.
Not In session. Meets Monday.
Interstate commerce committee resumed
hearing on trust problems.
Monetary commission mt to put final
touch on report to con Hirst on national
reserve association plan.
The House.
Met at noon.
Andrew Carnegie, requested ty steel
investigating committee to testify Jan
uary 10, has acreed to do so.
Foreign affairs committer concluded
hearings on bill for International protec
tion of peals and otter In north t'aciric.
Fitlgersld of New York, chairman of
appropriation committee, acted as par
liamentarian to tho speaker In the forced
absence of Parliamentarian Crisp in Geor
gia. ,
Adjourned at 12:46 p. m. until noon
Sunday, for eulogies.
Transit House in
Chicago Destroyed;
Fire Costs a Life
CHICAGO. Jan. 6. The Transit house
at the Union Stock yards, for forty years
one of the most widely known hotels In
the west, was reduced to ruins today by
a fire, which cost one life, for a tliio
trapped many persons and fr hours
threatened the stock yards with a general
conflagration.
So rapidly did the flames sweep througl.
the building, a five-story structure 01
brick and wood, that guests were fordMc
to flee down fire escapes and In many in
stances were dragged from the burning
building by firemen.
An unidentified negro porter was the
sole victim.
Bcarcltysof water and the Intense cold
hampered the firemen.
The los to the building and contents
was estimated at $175,OuO and neighboring
buildings suffered damagoof approxi
mately 825,000.
Thomas Tipton, a well known commis
sion man, with his wife sought to go down
the fire escape from their rooms on the
third floor, but the two were so benumbeu
with the cold that they were carried down
ladders by the firemen.
The Transit house was built forty yearr
ago. Before and after the great fire It
was a well known convention headquar
ters and has since been the Chicago head
quarters of practically every Uve stock
man who visited the city.
Roosevelt's Name
Will Be Placed on
New Jersey Ballots
NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 5 ltemiblloan
leaders probably will place Colonel Kuuse
velt's name on the presidential primary
ballots without asking his permission, ac
cording to a statement made here toda
by Everett Colby, a member of the Stau
Progressive league and candidate - foi.
nomination as United Btates senator. Mr.
Colby Buld that the Uague will soon
hold a meeting to determine Us choice
for the presidnncy.
"Leaders In Essex county want Roose
velt, while tho Hudson county men favoi
La Follette," Mr. Colby aald. "The mat
ter was discussed at our last meeting,
but no action was taken.
"We are now trying to determine the
choice of leaders In other counties."
Concerning the action of William II.
Mackay, former postmaster of Passaic,
tu sending; Colonel Roosevelt a pellllo,.
signed by 1,004 republicans, asking lilt
cunuent to the use of his name 011 tin.
ballots, Mr. Colby said:
"I knew nothing of It until I read tin
papers, but It seems to me to be tlK
wrong way to go about It. What-tin.
progressive republicans of New Jerse
should do and what they probably wll.
do Is to go ahead and place Colone
Roosevelt's name on the ticket wltliou.
asking lus permission."
Prominent Men
Plead Not Guilty
to Misuse of Maik
NEW YQRK, Jan. 5. On indictments
the existence of which was made publh
this afternoon for the first time, pleas o
not guilty were entered In the Unltei
States district court this afternoon b
Julian Hawthorne, Journalist-promoter.
Jostah Quincy, a former assistant sec
retary of state, ex-mayor of Boston ant.
at present a member of the transit com
mission of Boston; Albert Freeman, a
promoter; John McKlnnon, treasurer am.
secretary of the Hawthorne mining com
panies, and Dr. William J. Morton, 1
nerve specialist of this city. All ai
charged pith misuse of the malls In t
scheme to defraud Investors In the stock
of mining enterprises.
Hitchcock Would
Take Postmasters
Out of Politico
WASHINGTON. Jam 5. Postmaate;
General " Hitchcock today expressed hi
approval of the proposition to remove th.
Postofflce department absolutely fron
political Influences.
"I believe," he said, "that the entire
postal service should be taken out of
politics. A rei'OiiiiuenUai.Oii ....
done was contained In so many words 1.
my annual report of 1&10.
"It Is apparent that the highest degre.
of effectiveness cannot be attained whll
the thousands of postmasters continue t
be political appointees. Presidential post
masters of all grades should be placed I.
the classified service."
Paris Suffers from
Series of Crimea
PAKIS, Jan. D. Paris Is suffering fron
a series of daring crimes. Including mur
ders, attempted murders and rohherle
with violence. This afternoon a mnn
named Isaac fired two shots at Judge
Henri Lltte, president of the tribunal ol
flist Instance on the Seine, as the Judge
came out of his residence, but did not
hit htm. Isaac surrendered to the police.
The court recently decided a divorce
case against Isaac -
DI. SUN WHITES
iNOTE Tol'OWEUS
Head of New Republic of China
Issues Manifesto Setting Forth
His Folicy.
ASSUMES TREATY OBLIGATIONS
Freedom of Trade and Relifjious
Toleration Are Guaranteed.
ARMISTICE ENDS SATURDAY
Jhinese Republican Troops Prepare
to Move Toward Petting.
NANKING IS SCENE OF ACTIVITY
Four Thousand Men Come from Can
ton, Bringing; Thirty Thousand
New Maa-aalne It I Ufa
1'lenty of Ammunition.
SHANGHAI, Jan. 6.-Dr. Sun Yat Sen,
.irovlslonal president of the Chinese re
public, today Issued a manifesto to the
foreign powers, in which he explains the
public alms and poiolcs of the republic
tins In China. In it ho says that the
present situation has been forced on
China by Manchu misrule, which was In
capable of remedy without a revolution.
"We now proclaim," he says, "the re
sultant overthrow of despotic sway and
ihe establishment of a republic."
The manifesto sets forth In detail tho
wrongs of the Chinese, people and prom
srs strict adherence to all treaties, obli
gations and concessions undertaken by
.he Chinese govrnment. It gives an as
surance of the safety of the persons and
property of foreigners In China and
pledges equal treatment of tho Manchcs
and the establishment of a stable gov
ernment. It declares that It wll. lahollsh all re
strictions on trade and that lit will under
take the revision of all laws and will
Insure religious toleration. It concludes:
"With tills message of peace and good
will the republic of China cherishes tho
hope of Its admission to the family of
.unions, and Its future co-opcratlon In
the great and noble task of building up
.he civilization of the world." .
The manifesto is signed "Sun Yat Ben,
president."
NANKING, China, Jan. 6. The repub
lican troops began at noon today ferry
ing a largo quantity of railway rolling
stock across the river to Pukow, where
it is expected the advance north-ward will
begin tomorrow when the armistice ter
minates. Winter clothing for the republican army
la arriving here today In carloads and
iho soldiers nre being rapidly equipped
in preparation for their march on Peking.
The revolutionary commander today re
ceived a reinforcement of 4,000 men from
Canton, who brought with thorn 80,000
new magazine rifles. It Is estimated that
ilio republican forces noW amount to oon
fciderably more than 30.000 men, with
many butteries of modern field guns and
identy of ammunition.
The Imperlul st troops In the neighbor
hood, under the command of General
Chung, are not, it Is believed, nearly so
strong numerical)' as the republicans, and
although many of them are sotdlers
trained on the European system, there
ti-H a large number of untrained and un
Jlsclpliied troops In their ranks.
General Chang, It Is said, commands
the entire northern section of the Tien
fsin-Peklng railway and occupies sev
eral towns on each side. The revolu
tionaries, on the other hand, hold the
southern section of the railway and have
he 'advantage of possessing the sym
pathy of the population In the Yan-Tse
valley.
orelgn Troops Start for Unrhon,
LONDON, Jan. 5. According to an Ex
hange company's telegram, British and
German troops have been dispatched from
Tien Tsln to Lanchow, the strategical
point of the railroad from Peking to
JIukden, where the Imperial troops a few
days ago declared In favor of a republic,
elected Wang Wle Tse their leader and
announced that they were about to
narch on Peking. It was reported yes
erday that the same troops had looted
and burned the residences of the wealthy
jitlzens of Ianchow and seized the rail
.vun at Shan Hal Kwnan, where they
.vere holding up the traffic.
The British troops will occupy and
patrol tho American section of the rail
way between Tang Shan and Lannhow,
where the trains have been completely
blocked.
Fighting of the most severe description
.a proceeding near Lanchow, between the
Chinese and Manrliu troots and the tele
;raph lines. Including the private sys
ems belonging to the Chinese engineer
ing and mining company, have been cut.
The foreigners engaged in the coal
nines at Llnsl, In the neighborhood of
Calplng, came Into Tien Tsln yesterday
jh a coal train at which the revolution
aries fired several volleys.
United States Will Walt.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.-Although Min
ster Calhoun at Peking has made "some
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BODY OF EYANSLAID TO REST
President Taft and Admiral Dewey
Attend Funeral Services.
BURIAL IS IN ARLINGTON
Casket Is Wrapped lu Bear A din irf
al's Klaar and Stars and Stripes
; Jteor Admiral Stnnton
Coin m nulls Kacort.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Preeidcnt Taft,
members of his cabinet, Admiral Dewey,
practically every naval oftloir on duty
m Washington and many prominent olll
clals attended tho funeral of It cur Ad
miral ltobley 1). Kvans today. Tho obse-
quitu were marked with full military
honors.
An unusual trlbuto was paid to the
memory of Admiral Evans by Umpeioi
William of Germany. As the special rep
resentative of the emperor Coinmandci
ICetzmunn, the Gorman naval attache, at
tended the funeral and placed a wreath
on the bier of the admiral, who had been
Intimately known by the cmiwror.
Early In the day tho body was trans
ferred from the family homo to All Houls
Unitarian church, the casket being
wrapped In a rear admiral's flag and tho
Stars and Stripes. The services were
conducted by President Taft's pastor,
Rev. U. G. B. Pierco. During the serv
ices the famous "Paul Revere" bell,
which rang out a warning to the minute
men for the first battle of the Revolu
tion, was tolled. -
After tho ceremonies eight petty offi
cers from the United Btates ship Dolphin,
preceded by prominent naval and mili
tary pallbearers, bore the flower-ladoii
casket to a gun caisson. A military es
cort commanded by Hear Admiral Sid
ney A. Staunton ajid composed of the full
brigade of mldsjilpmen from the Naval
academy, two companies of bluo jackets,
four companies of marines and a buttery
of artillery mode up the funeral proces
sion to Arlington National cemetery.
At the grave "tapa" wan sounded and
a salute of thirteen guns fired.
EGGS INCREASE TEN CENTS
A DOZEN IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Jan. 5. The lowest total on
record for receipts of eggs at Chicago
was reached today and there was a con
sequent Increase of 10 cents a dozen for
all grades. Responsibility was charged
to the extreme cold.
Local
349,174 agate linos.
323,036 agate lines
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And the Girls Are Already Practicin
Garrison of Sefrou
Beats Back Fierce
Attack of Tribesmen
'J'A.NUIIOlt, Morocco, Jan. o. A large
force of revolting Moroccan tribesmen
today, according to a wireless dispatch re
ceived here from Fez, attached the town"
of Befrau, a day's Journey to the south
of the capital.
The garrUon of the town, which Is
under the command of French officers,
offered a gallant defense, beating olf the
fanatical tribesmen again and again, al
though they were fur outnumbered. The
tribesmen continued to carry out wild
rushes, but afler eight hours' flailing the
little garrison flnully succeeded In ro
pulHlng them und muklng them retreat
to the desert, leaving fifty of their num
ber dead on the field. The garrison lost
five killed and fifteen wounded.
Major Hremond leaves Fez today with
reinforcements from the sultan's army to
assist tho garrison of (Sefrou anil to go In
pursuit of the rebel tribesmen.
HKRI.IN, Jan. B. 151 Mokrle, the Man
chuilan grand vizier, arrived here unex
pectedly today. At tho foreign office It
Ih said that tho German government does
not know why Kl Mokrle has come.
Nebraska Teachers
to Select Location
of Next Convention
A new ballot will bo sent each member
of tho Nebraska Btate Teachers' associa
tion who casts a vote for the next con
vention city. This dooislon was reached
at a rneetlniT of tho executive committee
In Lincoln yeatcrday afternoon.
Superintendent B. IT. Graff, attending.
tho meeting, stated that the old ballolH
would bo received and destroyed and after
a proper Interval new ones would be for
warded the members of the association.
The new ballots are to bo ready by Janu
ary lx und will bo canvassed February
2. Tho convention city Is selected by
refej-endum vote.
Omulia und Lincoln are In the race for
the next meeting of the teachers. In
sending out the ballots the executive com
mittee failed to number them, nor was It
required that teachers should sign them.
This created tho fear that fraud might bo
perpetrated. A. K. Fisher, secretary of
the association, mailed tho ballots und Is
now at work with the committee prepar
ing new ones.
Foreign
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.65,330 agate linen.
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PACKERS ORGANIZE COMPANY
History of Formation of National
Corporation Told to Jury.
CHARTERED BY NEW JERSEY
Government Contends that This Cor'
poratlon W'aa I'aed to Com
tlnae Operation of tae
Old Pools.
CHICAGO, Jan. e.-Detalla of the or
ganisation of the National Packing com
pany formed March 18. 190.1, with a capl
tal of J15.000.000 to operate the thirteen
independent packing companies previously
acquired by the Armour, Swift and Morris
Interests, to be Included In the proposed
billion dollar" merger, were given the
Jury todoy In the trial of the ten Chi
(ago packers charged with conspiracy In
restraint nf traitn
The Incorporators were irlven aa IxiuAa
H. Dalley and Kenneth McLaren, officers
of tho Corporation Trust company of Jer
scy City, N. J., and V. II. Mitchell.
The articles of Incorporation of the Na
tional Pucklng company, which the gov
ernment contends was the Instrument
used by the defendants to continue the
operations of the alleged old pools, were
read to the Jury by uistrlct Attorney
VVIlkerson, together with the official min
utes of the first meeting of the Incor
porators hold March 18, 1903, in Jersey
City. The reading of these documents
occupied a large part of the morning ces
sion. .
Arthur Colby, a director, assistant sec
retary and assistant treasurer of the Na
tional racking company, was the fourth
witness called by the government.
Mat of I'lnnts llaagbt.
Arthur Colby was In the wholesale
Jewelry business In the east until 1903,
when he came to Chicago and obtained
employment with the National Tacking
compiny as assistant secretary. Two
years later he was elected a director and
made assistant treasurer.
"Are you familiar-with the business of
tho National Packing company T" asked
IHstrlct Attorney James P. Wllkerson
"Only with the offices and accounting
end of the business," replied Colby, who
then gave a list of the subsidiary com
puulcs operated by the National racking
company as follows:
G. H. Hammond & Co.
Hammond Packing company.
Anglo-American Provision company,
Omaha Packing company.
Tinted LroHsed Meet company.
Hi. Ixiuls Dressed Beef and Provision
company.
New York Butchers' Drer.sed Beef com
pany.
Western Packing company.
Colorado Packing company,
ltuddy Llros.
l'laukington Packing company.
Smith Rros.
Handy Bros.
(iw.-r)rr Allotrs Wide Hsnst.
District Attorney Wllkerson Intro,
duced In evidence the minutes of the
first meeting of the National Packing
company, held March IS, 1J03, In Jersey
City, and the by-laws of the corporation
were read.
It was ortjunlzed under the laws of
New Jersey with a capital atook of
Hb.OOO.OOO. to "engage In the packing
business and such other enterprises a
this corporation may dee.n advisable.
A provision created an executive board
with authority to exercise all the power
of tho bourd of directors. Uetulls of th
purchase tf tho thirteen Indvpenden
packing companies for 13,oim,0G0, which
! foi nitcl'tli" nucleus of the National l'ack
in company, were given In .i resolutlo
I nloil il by tlio din-dura ut their first
I meeting. The contracts iclutlng to the
tliilisie!- of Ihe jll
each plant was io
entlv unui-r the o
opiilles hpeclfled thai
lie opvi dled Inilept mi
ld name,
I) Din my Director" Hetlir,
'!'.,( miiiiilfs recited that after the ti.it.
Im oi poratim had formed the Natlonn
Packing company, Kaiitiulh McLaren v
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LA FOLLETTE IS
NEAJtC0LLArSE
Senator is Suffering Intensely from
Ptomaine Poisoning and Cuts
Decatur Speech Short
FIRST ADDRESS AT BL00MINGT0N
Party Goes from Decatur to State
Capital by Trolley.
PUBLIC DOMAIN IS WASTED
Senator Discusses Administration of
Land Lawi at Length.
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GRANTS EXCEED HOMESTEADS
Rlstkt Mlllloaa More GlTen to Cor
poration Thaa Takes by Set
tlersMineral Lands Hold
at Prices Too Low.
DECATUR, III.. Jan. 6. Senator It M.
I -a Follette Is on the verge of a physical
collapse aa a consequence of his hnrd
campaigning through Michigan and
Illinois and an attack of ptomaine pois
oning two nlghta ago. Traveling across
Illinois today he was kept In bed during
the Intervals between stations and was
so exhausted by a lengthy speech at
llloomlngton that he was barely ablo to
address his audience.
The party arrived here slightly behind
schedule time. It was apparent that tho
senator was suffering Intensely and when
he began to speak the strain under which
he was laboring was evident.
In his speech here he repeated the main
points of his talk on the public, domain at
llloomlngton and a crowd that taxed the
enpnclty of the local theater heard him.
Plate Senators Walter Clyde Jones ami
Hugh Mas-Ill addressed the people nt
Clinton during the fifteen minute stop
there, but the crowd clamored for a sight
of the senator and he appeared Just long
enough to extend greetings, using his
voice sparingly and for only two mln-
ites.
From Decatur the senator and his party
went to Springfield by trolley.
SI'IUNGFIKLD, 111.. Jan. 8. When Sen
ator La Folletto arrived at Springfield
shortly after 8 p. m. he showed consid
erable Improvement physically as a re
sult of the constant ministrations of
his physicians. It was announced that tin
will be able to fill all hla engagements.
Addrraa at Illoonilnaton,
BLOOMINOTON, III.. Jan. 6. .Senator
1-a Follette addressed a crowd which
packed a theater here today. Asking the
Indulgence of the audience, he said laugh
ingly: "I km battered up and scarcely
able to get a thing through this old head
of mine."
The senator paid a tribute to the late
Judge David Davis of Bloomlngton and
to Chester HoweM, formerly of UloomluK-,
ton, now editor of a paper at Fresno,
Cel., whom he credited with leading the
battle for destroying the political power
of the Southern Paolflo railway.
Quoting a warning uttered by Judge
Davis, on the growth of corporations. La
Follette entered Into a discussion of the
encroachment on the public, domain.
He said In part:
"It Is a matter of notrolety, disgrace
ful notoriety, that corporations have been
enabled during the last few years to ex
change, within the limits of their grants.
lands of little or of no value, at least,
of no present selling value, for timber
lands of enormous value. It has been
possible within tho last few years to put
through congress legislation permitting '
such exchanges.
'Is it to bo marveled that the people
of the country have waked up to a re
alisation of their betrayal and demand
some check upon those called upon to
serve them who serve Instead their own
Interests and that of others, and who be
tray the public?"
Grants Kxeeed Homesteads.
In beginning, Senator La Follette said:
"Originally the public domain of the
United Rates amounted in round num
bers to 11,400,000,000 acres. Of this amount
nearly all of the original domain avail
able for ngrlculture and the greater part
of our mineral wealth outside of Alaska
has been disposed of, amounting In rotiHtl
numbers to more than TOO.OOO.OUO acres.
Of this amount Individuals and corpora
tions have acquired more than (71,000,000
acres. Out of the 671,000,000 acres disposed
ft to Individuals and corporations there
have been acquired through the exerclso
of the homestead right only llS.Ouo.OOt)
acres. The railroads and other corpora
Uona had bestowed upon them by con
gressional grants, without any return
whatever to the government, In round,
numbers, 123,000,000 acres.
"In addition to that, there has been
conferred upon the railroads by state
grants lauds theretofore granted by the
federal government to the several states.
Increasing the total grant to the rail
roads, In round numbers, to 190,000,000
acres of land enough to make the states
of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri. Iowa
and Wisconsin, And the government,
through Its executive departments, has
sold at a mere nominal price, in round
numbers, Ib2.000.0o0 acres."
The speaker sajd that had the policy of
leasing, abandoned completely by the
government In 1U5, been continued, "and
applied to our coal. Iron, oil and copper
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