The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-04-05
TELLING THE FACTS
Northwestern Senators Explain the
Forestry Order I, Mckinley.
NEW LIMITATIONS WANTED
Senator Mantle a Victim to Secre.
tary Sherman's Falling Memory
considerable Talk OF An
nexing Hawaii Is Heard.

ators from the maintain states affect
ed by the forestry reserve order of
President Cleveland have been exceed
ingly active this week in endeavoring
To secure an order from President Nc
kinley Withholding the Cleveland order
from going into effect until after a
careful investigation; or eanceling the
order altogether. Senator Clark OF
Wyoming has introduced an independ-
ent bill couched IN the language Of the
amendment which was made In the
last congress to the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill. Senator Clark's meas
ure, III adopted would bluntly vacate
the whole Cleveland order.
Senators Carter and Shoup have both
called several times at the white house
and at the interior department. Their
effort has been to secure a temporary
Withholding of the order peading a re-
Port from special commissioners to be
sent 10 the Western country by the in
terror department. These gentlemen
say they are not opposed to the forest
reserve proposition II the limits OF the
reserves are kept within bounds. But
they object to the vast and ill-deter-
the Cleveland order. Senator Shoup
called the attention Of the president to
the fact that In Idaho the town named
Shoup. In his own honor was included
In the forest reserve. and senators from
other states affected by the order have
given Illustrations Of the crudeness OF
the information on which the reserves
were established.
IL seems probable that President Me
Kinley may he influenced to withhold
the order from immediate execution,
and have representatives of the gov
ernment dispatched to investigate some
of the tracts In question and establish
new limitations and boundaries.
There is little hope of success in the
effort to pass an independent hill or To
force cancellation of the order by add
Ing an amendment to the new sundry
civil appropriation bill, II Is much
more hopeful that the president may
act In the matter and by securing ad-
ditional information limit the tracts
withheld from settlement. The North
western senators generally hope that il
VIII be possible TO greatly reduce the
number Of acres contained in the re-
serves and certainly to exclude some
well-settled localities which have been
! embraced In some Of them.
There has been some division Of SEN
timent reported from Montana with
reference to the reserves. Some Mon
tana people. and one newspaper. are
reported In favor Of continuing them
as they stand. but the Montana sena-
tors have both been doing good work
In favor of presidential action along
the lines indicated in this correspond :
ence. Marked copies of Helena paper
have been received by many senator's
and representatives. taking a position
| against vacating the reserves and i'm
pliedly, at least. against limiting
them.
During the week good work has been
done by Mr. Hirschfeld and Governor
Hauser In the matter of the failed ma :
tional banks at Helena and Great Falls.
II seems probable that the depositors
OF the Northwestern National bank
will be paid In full, and that the Mer-
chants National at Helena will he re-
| opened.
The town Is still laughing over Sena-
tor Mantle's experience with Mr.. Sec
retary Sherman. The old gentleman
is manifestly decayng In memory, and
has made a number of mistakes in rec
ognizing men that would be amusing
II they We're not rendered somewhat
pathetic by his age. The other day
Senator Mantle called at the state de-
partment to present constituent
| named Lawrence. Senator Mantle has
served In the senate several years with
| Senator Sherman, yet the secretary
mistook him for Mr.. Lawrence and
took Lawrence for the senator. This
| episode has led To great deal of good
natured chatting of the junior Montana
senator. He has taken il ALL however
In excellent part and has expressed the
hope that he will know the secretary
of state better after he has been here
longer.
The chances of the passage Of the
Dingley bill In the senate are regarded
/ by the republican senators as having
been greatly improved by the issue oi
the populist manifesto. This seems Il
indicate that the populsts will with
hold their vote on the final passage OF
the bill or will divide according 10 theii
several views of the tariff question
proper In either event, IL seems that
| the course they have determined upon
will assure the republicans a majority
for their tariff bill and relieve then
| from the necessity of yielding [,
amendments that are proposed by in.
dividual senators to help industries
local To their several states. II was this
sort of concession that so hampered
and embarrassed the Wilson bill. II
the Dingley bill can be freed from this
kind of burden there Is reason tn he
lieve that Il may pass the senate with
much less amendment than has beer
previously supposed.
There are many indications that the
administration is thinking seriously Of
making territorial acquisition featur,
nf its pOliey for the next four wears. II
/ is an interesting fact that all the ex-
pansions of Americas landed empir,
have been under democratic admins
| trations. jefferson gave US Louisiana
| Polk brought in Texas and the Mexican
ACQUISITIONS, Pierce solved the Oregon
/ boundary dispute and Andrew johnson
I elected as a republican, hut bitterl,
| fought by that party. added the great
reaches of Alaska to our national do
l main. President Mckinley starts in As
/ though II was his purpose to add Cuba
/ and Hawaii to the states OF the union
I The dispatch Of a paramount repre-
/ sentative to Cuba, which seems TO bs
1 determined upon. indicates al least tht
purpose Of having the Cuba situation
/ carefully investigated. But presum'
ably nothing viii be done in Cuba un'
I less the rebels establish their govern
ment. in which event the adHtinistra
l ton may give friendly ear to the propo'
| sition To make a state out Of the Pear
I OF the Antilles.
The situation regarding Hawaii Il
much more promising. 1t Is certain
! that the Hawaiian government vii