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BY EMERSC
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^ CHAPTER XXVII.
In the Cabin of Madam.
Woman must not belong to herself;
she is bound to alien destines.?Friedrich
von Schiller.
With an exclamation of surprise, the
old woman departed from the door. I
heard the rustle of a footfall. I could
have told in advance what face would
now appear outlined in the candle glow
?with eyes wide and startled, with
Xllps half parted in query. It was the
face of Helena, Baroness von Rltz!
} "Eh bien! madam, why do you bar
me out?" I said, as though we had
parted but yesterday.
In her sheer astonishment. I presume,
she let down the fastening chain, and
without her invitation I stepped within.
I heard her startled "Mon Dieu!" then
her more deliberate exclamation of
emotion. "My God!" she said. She
stood, with her hands caught at her
throat, staring at mo. I laughed and
* held out a hand.
"Madam Baroness," I said, "how glad
I am! Come, has not fate been kind
to us again?"
I pushed shut the door behind me.
^ Still without a word, she stepped'deep
er into the room and stood looking at
me, her hands clasped now loosely and
awkwardly, as though she were a
country girl surprised, and not the
Baroness Helena von Ritz, toast or talk
of more than one capital of the world.
Yet she was the same. She seemed
slightly thinner now. yet not less beautiful.
Her eyes were dark and brilliant
as ever. The clear features of her face
were framed in the roll of her heavy
locks, as I had seen them last. Her
garb, as usual, betokened luxury. She
was robed as though for some fete, all
In white satin, and pale blue fires of
. stones shone faintly at throat and
wrist. Contrast enough she made to
me, clad in smoke-browned tunic cf
buck, with the leggings and moccasins
of a savage, my belt lacking but prepared
for weapons.
"I see, madam," said I, smiling, "that
still I am only asleep and dreaming.
But how exquisite a dream, here in this
wild country! How unfit here am I, a
savage, who introduce the one discordant
note into so sweet a dream!"
I gestured to my costume, gestured
about me, as I took in the details of the
long room in which we stood. 1 swear
it was the same as that In which I had
seen her at a similar hour In Montreal!
It was the same I had first
seen in Washington!
Impossible? I am doubted? Ah, but
do I not know? Did I not see? Here
were the pictures on the walls, the
carved Cupids, the candelabra with
their prisms, the chairs, the couches!
Beyond yonder satin curtains rose the
high canopy of the embroidery-covered
couch, its fringed drapery reaching almost
to the deep pile of the carpets.
I Yet not quite the same, it seemed to
me. There were some little things
missing, just as there were some little
things missing from her appearance.
For instance, these draperies at the
right, which formerly had cut off the
Napoleon bed at its end of the room,
now were of blankets and not of silk.
The bed itself was not piled deep in
down, but contained, as I fancied from
my hurried glance, a thin mattress,
stuffed perhaps with straw. A roll of
blankets lay across its foot. As I gazed
to the farther extremity of this side
of the long suite, I saw other evidences
-? i? thnnlll
r 01 cnuuge. it ?n.-. iimvn.
Helena vein Ritz, creature of luxury,
woman of an old, luxurious world, exotic
of monarchical surroundings, had
begun insensibly to slip into the ways
of the rude democracy of the far fmn%
tiers.
I saw all this; but ere I had finished
my first hurried glance I had accepted
her, as always one must just as she
was.
"Yes." said she at length, slowly,
"yes, I now believe it to be fate."
She had not yet smiled. I took her
hand and held it long. I felt glad to
see her, and to take her hand, it seemw
ed pledge of friendship and as things
now were shaping, I surely needed a
friend.
At last, her face flushed slightly,
she disengaged her hand and motioned
me to a seat. Rut still we stood silent
for a few moments. "Have you no curiosity?"
said she at length.
"I am too happy to have curiosity,
my dear madam."
"You will not even ask me why I am
here?" she insisted.
"I know. I have known ail along.
r You are In the pay <>f England. When
I missed you at Montreal. I knew you
had sailed on the Modeste for Oregon.
We knew all this, and planned for it.
I have come across by land to meet you.
I have waited. I greet you now!"
W She looked me now clearly in the
face. "I am not sure," she said at
length, slowly.
"Not sure of what, madam? When
you travel on England's warship," I
smiled, "you travel as the guest of
England herself. If. then, you are not
for England, in Hod's name, whose
r. ;..?n
^ "Whoso friend am I?" she answered
slowly. "I say to you that I do not
know. Nor do I know who is my
friend. A friend?what is that? I
never knew one!"
"Then be mine. I.et me be your
friend. You know my history. You
know about me and my work. 1 throw
my secret into your hands. You will
not betray me? You warned me once,
at Montreal. Will you not shield me
once again? Come, can you betray a
people of whom you can say so much?*
"Ah. now you would try to tempt
me from a trust which has been rel
posed in me!"
"Not in the least. I would not have
you break your word wltit Mr. l'akenliarn:
but 1 know you are here on the
same errand as myself. You are to
learn facts and report them to Mr. I'a
keiiham as I am to Mr. Calhoun.
Meantime, you have not reported?"
"No. I am not yet ready."
"Certainly not. You are not yet possessed
of your facts. You have not yet
seen this country. You do not yet know
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these men?the same savages who once
accounted for another Pakenhem at
New Orleans?hardy as buffaloes, fierce
as wolves. Wait and see them come
pouring across the mountains into Oregon.
Then make your report to this
Pakenham. Ask him if England wishes
to fight our backwoodsmen once
more!"
"You credit me with very much ability!"
she smiled.
She dropped into a chair near by a
little table, where the light of the tall
_
"I wish," said she
candles, guttering in their enameled
sconces, fell full upon her face. She
looked at me fixedly, her eyes dark and
mournful in spite of their eagerness.
"Ah, it is easy for you to speak, easy
for you who have so rich and full a
life?who have all! But I?my hands
are empty!" She spread out her curved
fingers, looking at them, dropping
her hands, pathetically drooping her
shoulders.
"All, madam? What do you mean?
You see me almost in rags. Beyond
the rifle at my cabin, the pistol at my
tent, I have scarce more in wealth
than what I wear, while you have
what you like."
"All but everything!" she murmur
eu; ail dui nome:
"Nor have I n home."
"All. except that my couch is empty
save for myself and my memories!"
"Not more than mine, nor with sadder
memories, madam."
"Why, what do you mean?" she asked
me suddenly. "What do you
mean?" she repeated it again, as
though half in horror.
"Only that we are equal and alike.
That we are here <>n the same errand.
That our view of life should be the
same."
"What do you mean about home?
Rut tell me, were you not then married?"
"No, I am alone, madam. I never
shall be married."
There may have been some slight
motion of a hand which beckoned me
to a seat at tiie opposite side of the
table. As I sal. I saw her search my
face carefully, slowly, with eyes I
could not read. At last she spoke,
after her frequent fashion, half to Inn self.
"It succeeded, then!" said she. "Yet
I am not happy! Yet I have failed!"
"I pause, madam," said I, smiling. "I
await your pleasure." ,
"Ah, God! Ah, God!" she sighed.
"What have I done'.'" She staggereu
to her feet and stood beating her hands
together, as was her way when perturbed.
"What have I done!"
"Threlka!" I heard her call, half
chokingly. The old servant came hurriedly.
"Wine, tea. anything. Threlka!" She
dropped down again opposite me,
panting, and looking at me with wide
eyes.
"Tell me, do you know what you
have said?" sin- began.
"No, madam. I grieve if 1 have
caused you any pain."
"Well, then, you are noble: when
look, what pain I have caused you!
Yet not more than myself. No, not so
much. I hope not so much!"
Truly there is thought which passes
from mind to mind. Suddenly the
tiling in her mind sped across t<< mine.
I looked at her suddenly, in my eyes
also, perhaps, the horror which 1 felt.
"It was you!" I exclaimed. "It was
you! Ah. now I bc^in to understand!
How could you? You parted us! You
parted me from Klisabeth!"
"Yes," she said regretfully. "I did it.
It was my fault."
I rose and drew apart from her, unable
to speak. She went on.
"Hut I was not then as I am now.
Sec, I was embittered, reckless, desperate.
I was only bcKinniiiK to think
- I only wanted time. I did not really
mean to do all this. I only thought ?
Why, I had not yet known you a day
? ~ 1 ?%.* "I'O MJ ?||1 till llllll'f
nor ner an iioin. i >...- ....
than half a jest."
"How could you do it?" I demanded.
"Yet that is no mole strange. H??w
did you do it?"
"At tin- dour, that first night. I was
mad tln-n nvi-r tin- wrmiR done to what
I it 11?- womanhood I could claim for my
own. 1 hated Yturrio. I hated I'akenham.
They had t???tli insult*,| me. I
hated every man. I had seen nothing
but the bitter and desperate side of life s
?I was eager to take revenge even a
upon the innocent ones of this world,
seeing that I had suffered so much. I t
had an old grudge against women, I
against women, I say?against women!"
i
She buried her face in her hands. I r
say her eyes no more till Threlka came
and lifted her head, offering her a cup v
of drink, and so standing patiently until a
again she had dismissal.
"Hut still it is all a puzzle to me. t
madam," I began. "I do not understand."
>
"Well, when you stood at the door,
my little shoe in your pocket, when you 11'
I kissed my hand that tirst nlgTu^Hieir
you told me what you would do did you r
love a woman?when I saw something *
new in iife I had not seen?why. then,
in the devil's resolution that no woman >
in the world should be happy if I could
help it. I slipped in the body of the slip- f
per a little line or so that I had writ- s
ten when you did not see. when I was s
In the other room. "Twas that took the t
place of Van Zandt's message, after all! t
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ter, without plan, fell out on my table.
Your note, sent by plan, remained in
the shoe!" ?
"And what did It say? Tell me at
once."
e
"Very little. Yet enough for a woman
who loved and who expected. Only
this: 'In spite of that other woman,
come to me still. Who can teach you
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love of woman as can I? Helena.' I
think it was some such words as those." ^
"I had not thought any one capable
of that," said I. "
"Ah, but I repented on the instant!
I repented before night came. Ir. the ^
twilight I got upon my knees and pray- 1
ed that all my plan might go wrong? a
if I could call it plan."
But again I could only turn away to
ponder.
"See," she went on: "for myself, this
is irremediable, but it is not so for you,
nor for her. It is not too ill to be made ^
right again. There in Montreal, 1
thought that I had failed in my plan, ^
that you indeed were married. You '(
held yourself well in hand; like a man, ?
monsieur. But as to that, you were ?
married, for your love for her re- e
j mained: your pledge held. And did not *
I, repenting marry you to her?did not "
I, on my knees, marry you to her that v
night? Oh, do not blame me too much!" 0
"She should not have doubted," said a
I. "I shall not go back and ask her 11
again. The weakest of men are strong K
sometimes!" ^
"Ah, now you are but a man! Being s
such, you can understand how ter- a
ribly much the faith of man means for ''
a woman. It was her need for you that 0
spoke, not her doubt of you. Forgive
her. She was not to blame. Blame me! I*
Do what you like to punish me! Now, t
I shall make amends. Tell me what 1 e
best may do. Shall I go to her, shall 1 s
tell her?" h
"Not as my messenger. Not for me." a
"No? Well, then, for myself? That k
is my right. I shall tell her how priest- a
ly faithful a man you were. Come," I
she said, "I will bargain with you, af- I
ter all!" c
"Any bargain you like, madam."
"And I will keep my bargain. You c
know that I will."
"Yes, I know that." n
"Very well, then. I am going back tn p
Washington. s
"How do you mean?" I
"By land, across the country; the *
way you came." f
"You do not know what you say, n
madam. The journey you suggest is v
incredible, impossible." "
"That matters nothing. I am going, t
Anil 1 am going alone? No, you can <1
not come with me. I)o you think 1
would risk more than 1 have risked? 1 s
Bo alone. I am England's spy: yes. s
that is true. I am to report to Eng- n
land: yes, that is true. Therefore, tlie
more I see. the more I shall have to s
report. Hesides, 1 have something e
else to do." c]
"But would .Mr. Pakenham listen to j
your report, after all?"
Now she hesitated for a moment. "I
can induce him t<> listen." sne sjiiu. j
"That is part of m.v errnnd. First. be- >s
f??rc I see Mr. I'akcnham I am going t< t
see Miss Klisabcth Churchill. I sliall j
report also to her. Then I shall have ^
done my duty. Is it not so?"
"You could do no more." said I x
"Hut what liar (tain?"
"Listen. If she uses me ill and will s
not believe either you or me?then, be- v
ing a woman, I shall hate her; and in (
that case I shall go to Sir Richard for ,
my own revenue. I shall tell him to ,,
bring on this war. In that case. Ore- ,
gon will be lost to you. or at least
bought dear by Id and treasure." v
"We can attend to that, madam." said ..
I grimly, and I smiled at her. although v
a sudden fear caught at my heart. I
knew what damage she was in position <
to accomplish if site liked. My heart
itood still. I felt the faint sweat
igain on my forehead.
"If I do not find her worthy of you.
hen she can not have you," went on i
ielena von Ritz.
"But, madam, you forgot one thin,?.
She Is worthy of me, or of any other
nan!"
"I shall be judge of that. If she Is ,
vhat you think, you shall have her?
ind Oregon!"
"But as to myself, madam? The
>argaln?"
"I arrive, monsieur! If she falls
rou, then I ask only time."
"I begin to see, madam," said I. "how I
arge these stakes may run."
"In case I lose, be sure at least I shall
ay. I shall make my atonement," she <
aid. I
"I doubt not that, madam, with all I
our heart and mind and soul." 1
"And body!" she whispered. The old ]
lorror came again upon her face. She I
Vtiwl/lararl T rll/1 nnt lrnnur U'hv Shp I
tood now as one in devotions for a 1
ime, and I would no more have spoken j
han had she been at her prayers, as, ]
ndeed, I think she was. At last she i
nade some faint movement of her i
ands. I do not knew whether it was 1
he sign of the cross. I
She rose now, tall, white-clad, shimicring,
a vision of beauty such as that t
art of the world certainly could not i
hen offer. Her hair was loosened now i
(l its masses and drooped more widely '
ver her temples, above her brow. Her 1
yes were \ery large and dark, and I j
aw the faint blue shadows coming c
gain beneath them. Her hands were t
lasped, her chin raised just a trifle, 1
nd her gaze was rapt as that of some
rnging soul. I could not guess of t
hese things, being but a man, and, I i
?ar, clumsy alike of body and wit. t
"There is one thing, madam, whicn
re have omitted," said I at last, r
What are my stakes? How may I l
c
"J .
She swayed a little nn her feet, as
dough she were weak. "I want," said
he, "I wish?I wish?"
The old childlike look of pathos came
gain. I have never seen so sad a face,
he was a lady, white and delicately
lad: I, a rude frontiersman In camprimed
leather. But I stepped to her
ow and took her in my arms, and held
er close, and pushed back the damp
aves of her hair. And because a
lan's tears were in my eyes, I have no
oubt of absolution when I say I had
een a cad and a coward had I not
issed her own tears away. I no loner
made pretense of ignorance, but
h! how I wished that I were ignorant
f what it was not my right to
now.
I led her to the edge of the little bed
f husks and found her kerchief. Ah,
he was of breeding and courage!
'resently, her voice rose steady and
lear as ever. "Threlka!" she called.
Please!"
When Threlka came, she looked
losely at her lady's face, and what she
ead seemed, after all, to content her.
"Threlka," said my lady in French,
I want the little one."
I turned to her with query In my
yes.
"Tlens!" she said. "Wait. I have a
ttle surprise."
"You have nothing at any time save
urprlses, madam."
"Two things I have," said she, sigh
ig: a little nog irom unina, enow oy c
aine. He sleeps now, and I must not t
Isturb him, else I would show you how t
ively a dog Is Chow. Also here I have I
jund a little Indian child running \
bout the post. Doctor McLaughltl r
as rejoiced when I adopted her." a
"Well, then, madam, what next!" t
?"Yes, with the promise to him that t
would care for that little child. I want a
omething for my own. See now. i
!ome, Natoka!" t
The old servant paused at the door,
'here slid across the tloor with the si- 1
?nt feet of the savage the tiny figure i
f a little child, perhaps four years t
f age, with coal-black hair and beady r
yes, clad in all the bequilled finery r
hat a trading-post could furnish?a i
ttle orphan child, as 1 learned later, i
. hose parents had both been lost in a i
anoe accident at the Dalles. She was t
n infant, wild, untrained, unloved, i
nable to speak a word of the lan- <
uage that she heard. She stood now (
esitating, but that was only by rea- i
on of her sight of me. As I stepped t
side, the little one walked steadily |
ut with quickening steps to my satin- i
lad lady on her couch of husks. She
ook up the child in her arms !
low, there must be some speech be- 1
ween woman and child. I do not know 1
xcept that the Baroness von Ritz (
poke and that the child put out a '
and to her cheek. Then, as I stood t
wkward as a clown myself and not t
mowing what to do, I saw tears rain
gain from the eyes of Helena von
titz, so that I turned away, even as i
saw her cheek laid to that of the r
liild while she clasped it tight. *
"See, then," she said; "here is my f
otnpanion across the mountains." 1
Again I began to expostulate, but <
iow she tapped her foot impatiently i
a her old way. "You have heard me 1
ay it. Very well. Follow if you like, >
listen also if you like. In a day or >
o, Doctor McLaughlin plans a party t
or us all far up the Columbia to the <
nission.s at Wallatpu. That is in the t
alley of the Walla Walla, they tell
4.?of of flilo n/1rr,. r.f thn Dlun M.itltl. L
in , ju.il nv nun ruftf \n uiu i?iuv~ c
ains, where the wagon trains come i
lown into tills part of Oregon." v
"They may not see the wagon trains
o soon," I ventured. "They would
carcely arrive before October, and
io\v it is but summer. r
"At least these British officers would a
ee a part of this country, do vou not 1
c
omprehend? We start witliin three ,
lays at least. I wish only to say that j
lerhaps?" 1
(
"Ah, I will be there surely, madam!"
"If you come independently. I have f
leard, however, that one of the mis- I
denary women wishes to go back to 't
he states. 1 have thought that per- t
laps It might be better did we go to- ti
;etiler. Also Natoka. ANo Chow." ^
"Docs Doctor McLaughlin know ol
our plans?"
"I am not under his orders, nmnileur.
I only thought that, since you
vere used to this western travel, you
ould, perhaps, be of aid in Retting
lie proper guides and vehicles. I should
ely upon your judgment very much
nonsieur."
"You are asking me to aid you in
our own folly," said I discontentedly,
but I will be there; and be sure also
nil can not prevent me from following
-if you persist in this absolute folly,
t woman?to cross the Hockies!"
I rose now, and she was gracious
enough to follow mo part way toward
the door. Wo hesitated there, awkwardly
enough. But once more our I
hands met In some sort of fellowship.
"Forget!" I heard her whisper. And
I could think of no reply better than I
that same word. s
To be Continued. r
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iHisccllaiicous iSnulitui. J
COTTON ON HIGHER BASIS. p
v
Lewis W. Parker Tells the Mill Men to 1
Arrange Accordingly. d
Over 800 delegates, representing ev- r
?ry cotton manufacturing and produc- f
Ing state in the country, were gathered t
in the Academy of Music at Charlotte li
ast Tuesday morning when President ?
L. W. Parker called the American Cot- I
ton Manufacturers' association together
In the city of its bi: th. Mayor Hawkins
welcomed the delegates happily h
ind T. H. Rennle of Pell City, Ala., res- v
ponded in kind. Interest in the morn- f
ng hinged on President Parker's an- r
lual address, in which he took a pro- p
lounced stand against illegal specula- fl
Jon, li
"Owing to a new price level in cot- c
ton buyers and customers must be d
iwakened to a realization of the n
lecesslty of high cost of cotton goods." ii
rhis was the declaration made today h
jy Lewis W. Parker, president of tiie g
\merlcan Cotton Manufacturers' as ">- t<
Jatlon, In his address to the organiza- o
ion which began its annual convention ti
tere today. Mr. Parker asserted that c
'gambling on a cotton exchange is just tl
is bad, in every particular, as gam)llng
in any other form, and should 1<
>e prohibited by law." I
He recommended the passage of g
esolutions approving the policy of the n
>111 now in congress known as the h
Scott anti-option bill. k
In speaking of the increase in the II
)rice of cotton, Mr. Parker said "it c<
nust be admitted on our part that j<
i portion at least of the unfortunate E
esults of the past year is due to our- is
lelves. Throughout last summer and t<
arly fall manufacturers as a whole
esisted the advance of the raw ma- fi
erlal which was consequent upon the w
ihortage of supply. We apparently tl
vere slow to appreciate how short in- o
leed was the supply and were much c
jehlrnl in this respect the speculative h
dement which foresaw conditions s;
nuch better than we did." o
Speaking of the increased price of e
cotton, Mr. Parker declared that "cot- a
on must be expected to be upon a o
ligher level of price than it had beer b
n times past and even the relatively g
sigh price prevailing during the last s
all and winter and now prevailing is a
jot out of proportion to other agrl- s
mitural products and to the great li
nass of manufactured articles, many of t<
hese having risen in value, as com- o
jared with conditions of thirty years
igo, 100 per cent; whereas cotton to- u
lay is not above GO per cet^t higher t<
han what may be termed its normal C
>rice in times past. g
"It must therefore be recognized," \
he speaker continued, "that a new e
irice level In cotton Is both proper and s
lecessary and that we must bend our E
mergles, not In the effort to reduce tl
his price level, but to convince buyers c
>f its necessity and propriety and of r
he necessity for a consequent rise in
he price of manufactured products,
n place of bending our energies to- e
vurds the depression of prices of the b
aw material, the thoughts of all of us, h
ts manufacturers, should be and must c
>e directed towards acquainting buy- e
rs and customers with the conditions s
iffecting us, awakening In them a real- h
station of the necessity of a higher v
muf n/if inn rrnnilu " ??<
Mr, Parker declared that "it is fol- I
y for any manufacturer to claim that ii
le Is not interested in the manipula- a
Ion of tile cotton market or that lie Is o
lot Interested in the effect upon the h
aw material of exchanges whose n
nethods tend toward the manipulation A
if the price of the raw material. There c
s a relation between the price of con- p
ract on the exchanges and the actual I:
irice of spot cotton, owing to the great e
'Xtent of those operations on the exhanges.
Our experience in the past e
las been that, with a very few excep- a
Ions, we are not able by any means to d
lurchase our raw material at the price L
ndieated by the exchange. v
"The very lives and fortunes of too s,
nany of our fellow men," said Mr. b
Jarker, "are affected by the manipula- o
ions of prices of an agricultural pro- n
luct on the exchange for our govern- d
nent to sit idly by and see manipula- s
Ion In price without raising its voice t'i
igainst it and seeking to prevent it. g
iii my inmii u uuh hick ........ tl
>e action by tiic government to protect \\
ntcrcstcil parties if the exchanges will tl
lot themselves regulate their contract p
10 as to be fair to both buyer and sell- j
>r. and If they will not so regulate their
ontraots to take much less, if not, in- g
leed, to prohibit altogether that man- p
nidation of prices which we so recently v
lave seen it is absurdity when prizes tl
rary as they do on exchanges without ti
eference at all to the natural condl- c
ions of supply and demand and with- a
mt reference to the prevailing price of pj
he actual commodity." S
Following his address a handsome p
fold medal, expressive of the esteem ti
n which he is held by the association, s
vas presented President Parker.
The Profits of the Mines. n
In magnitude and Importance the si
nining industry ranks second only to 0(
igr(culture among the foundation inlustries
of the United States. It now
ontributes over $2,000,000,000 an- '
uially to the national wealth, as com- 11
tared with $7,fi00,000,000 from agri- (1
ulture; but it contributes 65 per cent .
if the freight trattic of the country,
is eomnured with only 8 1-2 per cent 0
rom agriculture. Its manufactured ?
iroducts in 1 !i?7 amounted to a total
if $4,318,508,66 1, and the wages paid
o the men engaged in such manufac- "
ure amounted to $863,558,487, as p
igainst $735,101,760 paid to those en- j,
raged in agriculture. . .
The mineral industry is increasing '
n its complexity and importance w
vith relation to the other branches I'
>f industry. In addition to Its con- p
rihution of G5 per cent of the total
n ight traffle of the country, it reI'lires
more than 3,000,000 men to do "
lie work connected with the mining,
handling and treatment of the mineral p
iroducts, 1,000,000 of whom work in .
he mines; it is the basis of the
arger portion of the nation's varied t<
nanufacturing interests and of its r<
applies of heat and light.
The production and consumption
f mineral products are now increasng
so rapidly that the value of the h
iroducts of tiie mines for the current p
lecade will lie nearly two and onelalf
times that for the preceding decide.?
Harper's Weekly. ?
MAKES PRESIDENT EXPLAIN.
racts Disclosed by Stenographer Creates
Embarrassing Situation.
The sensation of the Balllnger3inchot
investigation last week, was a
itatement by P. W. Kerby, a stenogapher
of Secretary Ballinger's office to
he effect that the letter which the
resident gave out last September, exexonerating
Balllnger of the Glavis
harges, was written by Assistant Atorney
General Lawler and Mr. Ballinrer
himself. The stenographer knew
rhat he was talking about, because he
lad written the letter from Lawler's
lictatlon. The effect of Kerby's statenent
was such as made it necessary
or the president to write a letter exilalning
the whole business. The presdent's
letter, which was addressed to
Senator Knute Nelson, chairman of the
nvestigating committee is as follows:
"May 18, 1910.
"My Dear Senator Nelson: In the
learings before the committee to inostlgate
the interior department and
orestry service, reference has been
nade to roy decision upon the comilaint
and charges of L. R. Glavis,
lied with me on the 18th of August
ist, against Secretary Ballinger and
ertain other officials of the Interior
epartment. The majority of the comlittee
have decided that my action
n this regard was not within the jursdiction
of the committee to investlate.
In spite of this ruling, references
o the matter have crept Into the recrd.
For this reason, I deem It proper
o write you and state, with such acuracy
as my memory permits, what
he facts are.
"Glavls's statement and charges were
?ft with me by him on August 18, 1909.
turned them over to the attorney
eneral, who happened to be in the
elghborhood, and he made notes upon
is reading. We both had personal
nowledge in respect to Secretary BalInger's
attitude toward the Alaska
oal claims, which was the chief subset
of innuendo and complaint, for Mr.
nitieu ai me siari u wouiu nave cnaea "
he whole hullaballo at once. The oplnon
is general here that all the magni- bl
ude which has been given to the In- a<
ident Is entirely due to the fact that
he original charge that this was (lone
vas denied and that a mystery has
>een made of what did occur in the
reparation of the letter of September di
3. e.
The similarity between the coneluions
of the president's letter of Sepember
13, and those of the Lawler o<
nemorandum Is at once explained by ^
he declaration of Mr. Taft that he bi
liscussed the matter fully with Mr. E
-awler, set forth his own conclusions,
md directed Mr. Lawler to prepare a
etter for him to sign embodying them. c<
"** a<
A CONTINGENT ASSET. a
othing in the charges upon which s
Ir. Ballinger or the others accused t
ould be found guilty of either incom- r
etency, inefficiency, disloyalty to the t
iterests of the government, or dlshon- d
sty. I
"In the discussions of the second a
vening Mr. Lawler, who was present li
t my suggestion, discussed the evience
at some length. I said to Mr.
,awler that I was very anxious to
rite a full statement of the case, and ^
et out the reasons for my decision,
ut that the time for my departure
n a long western trip, occupying two
lonths, was just one week from that t
ay; that I had some six or seven set s
peeches to deliver at the beginning of f
hat journey, and that I could not t
ive the time to the preparation of such h
detailed statement and opinion as I c
ould like to render In the matter. I d
herefore requested Mr. Lawler to pre- t
are an opinion as if he were presl- P
ent. y
"During the 8th, 9th and 10th I n
ave such consideration to the Glavls r
ecord as was consistent with preious
engagements, but paid no atten- a
Ion to the speeches. On the 9th I o
degraphed the attorney general to v
irnio to Beverly, in ordet that I might j<
nnsult with him in respect to the case, n
le arrived there Saturday afternoon. 1<
eptember 11, and, pursuant to an ap- n
ointment made by telephone, he came ii
i my house early on Sunday morning, a
eptember 12.
Delivered Lawler Opinion. "
"He then delivered to me the draft l1
pinion prepared by Mr. Lawler, and e
aid that he had an opportunity, on ^
imiing from New Yoik, to read the ^
nswevs of Mr. Ballinger and others. s
iallinger had very early in the admin- f
Jtration consulted us both in regard e
3 them. li
"Within two or three days after the t
ling of the charges In a meeting at c
hlch the secretary of the treasury,
tie attorney general, and the secretary 1
f the-navy were present, a full dis- F
usslon of the Glavls statement was r
ad. It resulted in a general conclu- P
Ion that jealousy between the bureaus C
f the Interior department and the for- 'N
stry bureau probably explained the v
ttltude of the interior department f
fflcials, but that the intimations of li
ad faith by Glavls against Mr. Ballin- v
er and the others required that the e
tatement be submitted to them for \
nswer. Accordingly, copies of the t
tatement were sent to Secretary Bal- a
nger, to Assistant Secretary Pierce, r
3 Commissioner Dennett and to Chief s
f Field Service Schwartz.
"Mr. Balllnger was at Seattle, but c
pon receipt of the charges he came p
o Washington to prepare his answer. 1
>n Monday, September 6, Mr. Ballin- .c
er reached Beverly, accompanied by s
Ic. Lawler, the assistant attorney gen- c
ral of the department of justice, as- b
igned to the interior department. Mr. b
iallinger sent to my house on that day b
he answers of the various persons i
oncerned, together with a voluminous J
ecord of exhibits. I
Found Charges Baseless. f
"I had a conference with him the q
venlng of the day he came, Septemer
6. and then on the following even- c
ig, September 7. I talked over the c
harges with Mr. Balllnger the first r
venlng, and asked such questions as t
uggested themselves, without intimat- 1<
ig any conclusion, and said that I t
. ould examine the answers and the c
ecord and would see him the next day. t
sat up until 3 o'clock that night read- v
ig the answers and exhibits; so that b
t my next conference I was advised f
f the contents of the entire record and 1
ad made un my mind that there was
then said to him that I made up my u
lind as to my conclusions and had r
rafted part of my opinion, but that
wished him to examine the full rec- ^
rd before I stated mine. He took the a
hole record away. >'
'"During the day I examined the
raft opinion of Mr. Lawler, but its 30 "
ages did not state the case in the way '
i which I wished it stated. It con- v
lined references to the evidence which n
ere useful, but its criticism of Mr. ^
inchot and Mr. Olavls I did not think
proper or wise to adopt. I only used
few paragraphs from. it. containing 8
lerely general statements. 11
"The attorney general returned in *
ie evening with notes of the examina- *
on which ho had made and reported
) me the conclusions which he had
cached, wnicn were in sunsianuni aturd
with my own. We then discussed
ie matter at some length particu- n
irly some points of law which were 1
ivolved, and took up the opinion
hich I had finished and made a num- i
er of alterations; and as tin* result of p
that discussion I determined the final II
form which I employed, and signed the U
same on Monday, September 13.
The conclusions which I reached u
ivere based upon my remarks on the
record, and were fortified by the oral
inalysls of the evidence and the conclusions
which the attorney general n
?ave me, using the notes which he had
nade during his reading of the record.
[ was very sorry not to be able to em- T
sody this analysis In my opinion, but
:lme did not permit. I therefore, directed
him to embot* In a written
statement such analysis and conclusions
as he had given me, file It with.
:he record, and date it prior to the date
if my opinion, so as to show that my ^
decision was fortified by his summary
>f the evidence and his conclusions
herefrom. Sincerely yours,
William H. Taft. c<
'Hon. Knute Nelson, Chairman, Com- P
mittfee to Investigate the Interior a
Department and Forestry Servic, U. Ci
S. Senate." g
Denial a Tactical Error.
The publication of the Kerby state- e;
nent has aroused more interest here c<
n the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy
han any other episode connected with
;he matter. It.was evident at once e<
lpon a comparison of the Lawler mem- b
jrandum with the Taft letter of Sep- P
ember 13, that the White House dellal
of Saturday afternoon was a tac- d'
leal error. The full text of the Law- ?
er memorandum, as submitted to the 01
c<
nvestlgatlng committee by Attorney g
leneral Wlckersham yesterday aftertoon,
did undeniably support the dec- jj
aration that the president had die- y
ated his own letter himself. But just nr
is undeniably It showed that Mr. Taft ol
ised the memorandum in dictating
hat letter. ,
Several paragraphs he used vertatlm,
notably one dealing with "the tl
esponsibility of cabinet positions," a
ind the qualifications of Mr. Balllnger
or the office of secretary of the in- a,
erior. The conclusions reached by the fc
(resident also agree with those set M
orth by Mr. Lawler, although Mr. Taft
xpressed them in somewhat different c,
anguage. The internal evidence of the ci
ise of the Lawler memorandum id Inly
ontestible. 0]
This was at once apparent to admin- lr
stration officials and to friends of the I11
resident. There was much talk of the
natter here Saturday. Secretaries f)(
Cagel and Dickinson, with Attorney tl
Jeneral Wickersham, went to the *'
61
Vhlte House Saturday afternoon and
rere in consultation with the president
or several hours. It was announced p,
ater in the afternoon that a statement pi
vould be forthcoming early in the
vening which would clear up the ^
rhole matter. But the preparation of e|
he letter required more time than was bi
.t first expected, and It was not until ai
learly 11 o'clock that it was finally is- f|!
ued. a]
This letter for the first time does C(
ilear up Just what happened In the ^
reparation of the letter of September
3. At the same time it bears out the re
iharge that has been made constantly s*
Jnce the publication of the letter ex- n
inerating Mr. Balllnger, that it had .
een prepared upon material furnished 01
>y the men under accusation. The presdent's
use of the Lawler memorandum te
s fully explained by the statement of
dr. Taft that he himself asked Mr. Vl
R<
>awler to draw up that memorandum
or the very use to which he subseluently
put it. tl
As a matter of fact, this Is a pro edure
common to all the government C(
ifflcers, and if that fact had been ad- fa
The Court Didn't Appoint a Receiver
to Administer It. is
A woman's way of getting around ?j
rouble, especially her ability to an- ti
wer a question without giving any in- rt
ormatlon, is well known, particularly
o the members of the bar that have hi
lad occasion to cross words with her o<
n the stand. A woman with a well
leveloped sense of humor once foiled
he persistent attempt of W. G. Cha- a(
in. late editor of the American Law- jn
er, to elicit information in supple- gi
nentary proceedings. He tells the sto- P<
y of the failure himself.
"I bad been admitted to the bar but uj
short time and was a fair specimen in
f the average theory stuffed, practice c<
S?
'anting, law school graduate. How ^
oyously were the commands of the ct
managing clerk obeyed! Here was the pi
aoked for opportunity to demonstrate cc
ny ability In the noble art of search- ^
rigly examining a recalcitrant witness, th
. woman! |r
"Of the two, I fancy, however, that ^
t was the lady who was more self- e\
assessed when {he proceedings open- p?
d. She was a dressmaker and had
re
ieen sued for debt by a dry goods
irm. The examination dragged its m
low length along, revealing no assets, ci
ntil finally came the omnium gatheurn
query asked as a finisher. b(
'"Have you any property of any si
Ind or nature, real or personal, or
ny right or interest in property that tr
ou have failed to mention?' di
"Perhaps it was my tone she dis- tr
Iked. At any rate, her eyes snapped.
(Veil, I've got what perhaps you tr
wouldn't call an interest, but it's al- tii
nost as good. It's an expectation. re
se
lust I answer?" in
" 'If you please.' I was encouraged, tii
" 'Well, you see, it's this way. I've tli
ot two sisters, and both of 'em have C!l
or
flurried finely. Now, neither one of ty
hem begins to be as good looking as ta
am.'
"'Yes.' She had me puzzled. V(
" 'Well, I really don't see why I cc:
houldn't have the same show.' *v
"It is needless to say that there was w
o receiver appointed to administer slJ
liis 'asset.'"?Chicago Record-Herald, th
, m , m
at
it'fr Paraded grief arouses little sym- _
athy.
IEMOCBATS IN CONVENTION.
armonlous Meeting Confined to
Routine.
RIMARY RULES REMAIN UNCHANGED.
here Was Debate on the Question of
Restricting Primary Election Privileges
to Registered Voters, and an
Effort to Have the State Convention
Elect State Chairman, But Both
Propositions Failed,
olumbla State. Thursday.
After a fight of two hours In coinlitteea
and nearly three hours on the
oor of the house, the state Democratic
onvention last night killed two Imortant
changes suggested In the rules
nd constitution. These changes were:
1. Requiring that the same qualiflrtf
Innu nKfaln In f hn nrlmorv ou In t Ho
eneral election.
2. That the convention hereafter elect
le chairman of the state Democratic
icecutlve committee instead of the
immlttee, as at present.
There were other matters brought up
nd discussed but It was around these
vo propositions that members worka
for or against and discussed In lobles
and on the streets. On the first *
roposed change there was a roll call,
m the second the vote was viva voce.
Then there was a resolution conemnlng
the United States attorney
eneral for his recent action In prose- *
utlng certain cotton dealers and also
immendlng United States Senator
mlth for his stand In the matter.
Everything else was routine and
armonlous. In fact It could not have
een called anything but harmonious.
Pith the exception of some remarks
lade last night on the Stevenson reslutlon
there was no feeling.
The State Chairman.
The fight as to the right of the conentlon
to elect a chairman of the state
icecutlve commitee Is familiar with
lose who have followed the discussion
t the meeting of the state executive
immlttee. The Chesterfield delegaon
was instructed to urge a change
nd W. F. Stevenson of that county
>ught for a change at the meeting of
le committee and on the floor of the
invention. It was on the floor of the
invention that there was some dlsission
between Jas. A. Hoyt of this
ty, editor of the Record, and Mr. Steenson.
Mr. Hoyt having stated local'
that the proposed change was a fight
n Gen. Jones because of the latter's
iterest in the Seminole company, beig
a director In that concern. This
luse Mr. Stevenson denied and Mr.
[oyt afterwards said that he was resnnulhlo
fnr the nrtlplp nnrl thmiirht
lat it was a personal fight on Gen.
:>nes. The defeat of the proposition
ided the incident.
The Primary Matter.
The fight was on article six of the
irty constitution with relation to the
rimary elections.
The McMahan resolution upon which
le discussion was directed, in part
rovided that after the words "at this
ection," etc., strike out "who have
?en residents of the state 12 months
id the county 60 days preceding the .
rneral election," and to insert in lieu
lereof the words, "whose names shall
ppear on the registration books of the
)unty and who when they offer to
ate shall make oath that they are regtered
electors of said county." Mr.
[cMahan's resolution was the minority
sport of the committee. There were
iveral other resolutions along the
ime lines. But the adoption of the
(port meant the defeat of all.
When the convention was called to
rder last night, Mr. R. I. Manning,
lalrman, read the report on a number
f matters submitted to this commute.
A resolution urging all Democrats to
ate not only in the primary but in the
sneral election was adopted without
Iscussion.
The resolution called attention to
le fact that there should be a large
ate for Democratic congressmen to
a away with usual contests before the
mgressional committee and also the
ict that Jury commissioners have a
rger field to select Jurors.
The unfavorable report on a propos1
resolution urging the general assemly
to pass stricter game laws was
Jopted without discussion, as was the
nfavorable report urging certain naonal
aid for good roads.
f.Andamni Wickersham.
A substitute for a resolution introuced
by the Anderson delegation, consuming
the efforts of Attorney Gen al
Wlckersham in prosecution of cutin
"bulls," was adopted.
The resolution:
"Be it resolved, That the state Dem:ratic
convention does hereby consmn
the efforts of Attorney General
rtckersham in his prosecution of the
nil leaders In the New York Cotton
xchange without proceeding against
ie bear leaders, and we commend our
mior senator, E. D, Smith, for his aeon
in protecting the interests of the
itton farmers of the south."
The following resolution was then
iopted on motion of Mr. Stevenson by
rising vote:
"Resolved, by the Democratic conention
of South Carolina, That the
empathy of this convention be, and
hereby, extended to our senior sentor,
the Hon. Benjamin R. Tillman, in
Is recent illness and that this convenon
wishes him speedy and complete
istoration to health and strength,
listing that he may soon be able to
(sume his duties In that body where
e has so ably represented the Dem rats
of South Carolina for 15 years."
The Platform.
The platform was then read and
lopted without discussion:
"The Democrats of South Carolina,
i convention assembled, express their
atiflcatlon that the signs of the times
lint to general dissatisfaction with
ie administration of the government
/ the Republican party, and congratate
the representatives of our party
congress on the approval given their
>urse in the recent elections in Masichusetts
and New York, at which
epublicans were defeated and Pemoats
sent to the congress in their
ace. The people of all sections are
milng to realize that the Republican
irty stands for special privileges at
ie cost of the multitude, and that
irough the favoritism shown to the
usts by tariff legislation the country
now suffering from conditions which
ake the cost of living so high that
ren the Republican congress is compiled
to institute an investigation.
"The only substantial and lasting
lief Is to be found in the adoption of
le historic Democratic doctrine deanding
a system of tariff duties sufflent
to raise revenues adequate to the
omonical administration of the govninent.
Material reductions should
? made in the tariff upon the necesties
of life.
"The protective tariff makes possie
the combinations which are called
usts and only by revision of tariff
ities downward can the growth of the
usts be checked. The failure of the
epublican administration to enforce
le civil and criminal laws against the
usts demonstrates anew the obiigaons
of that party to the trusts which
nder it Impossible for the country to
cure relief from that source. Favorg
publicity of all campaign contribuL?ns,
the Democratic party throughout
ie country enters upon me coming
nnpaign for congress this fall as the
tly agency to which the people can
irn with the expectation of genuine
riff reform and genuine trust regula:?n.
"The Democratic party has long faired
the imposition of a tax on in mes
as a just method of taxation,
hen fairly levied and collected, and
e favor such a tax.
"Believing with Jefferson in 'the
ipport of the state governments In all
icir rights as the most competent adInlstratlon
for our domestic concerns
id surest bulwark against anti-repub(Continued
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