Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-01-09
THE HOUSE AND SENATE
LAND BILL MEETS WITH SERIOUS
OPPOSITION.
Hearing Before the Ways and Mean.
Committee Devoted to Cattle
and Fruit interests.

Washington. Jan. 5.-The following reso.
luton WIS adopted, on the motion of Mr.
Frederick of Kansas, after the mouse met:
Whereas, There are large and valuable
tracts of lands in Kansas embraced in the
grant to the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany, to which patents have not yet been
issued; and
Whereas, Most of these lands will be
sold by the said company to the said pur-
chasers, who are in possession and who
have made lasting and valuable improve
ments thereon; and
Whereas. The land Office at Topeka has
allowed and is allowing homestead entries
TO be made upon these lands without ap-
parent legal authority; therefore
Resolved, That the secretary of the i'll
terror be directed to report to the house
the cause Of omission to issue patents to
the said land, and the authority under
which the land officers pretend to act in
permitting these entries to be made
Then, under sepcial order adopted be-
fore the recess, the house went into COM
mittee of the whole for consideration of
the Loud bill to amend the law relating to
second-clnss mail matter.
Mr.. Loud already having made the open
ing argument, Mr.. Quigg of New York
took the floor today to reply. He directed
his argument chiefly as to the provisions
OF the bill which cut off serial publica-
tions and newspaper sample copies from
the mails, denying emphatically that the
transmission of books as serial publica-
oh, of tba law n q
argued that it was impossible to approXi-
mate the saving to the government in
volved in the bill Friends of the bill
claimed it would effect a saving of $1,000 600
and upward, while ex-Postmaster General
Wanamaker estimated the saving at only
s., 600, 600
Mr. Kyle Of Mississippi followed MIR.
Quigg in advocacy of the measure. He
said he was unwilling to differ in such case
with the judgment of successive postmas-
ter generals. who had studied the abuses
of the present law, and each Of them had
recommended some measure for their cor
rection.
Mr. johnson of California made a char
acterstic speech in opposition to the bill,
ridiculing Mr.. Loud's statement that the
bill would effect a saving of $40,OOO,O0O an
nually and scoring the arguments OF other
advocates of the measure. The cheap GUS
tribution of the English classics, ne slld'
would outweigh all the injury that could
be done by the dissemination Of bad books.
Ii people wanted bad books, they would
gel them. He did not care, he said, II II
did cost SlS5 to send a letter to Alaska. II
there was an American citizen i'm Alaska
the government should get his mail to him
at any cost. He said every country news
paper and every cheap magazine In the
country was opposed to the pending bill
Mr.. Bromwell of Ohio advocated its pas
sage on the ground that the postoftice de-
partment should be run within it's income
and that its passage would be in the inter
est of public morality.
Mr.. Cummings of New York, in vigor-
Gus speech antagonizing the measure de-
ciared the newspapers favored the bill. lie
presented petition signed by over l'eo
newsdealers of New York against the bill.
This BILL he said, is drawn IN the III
terest of de luxe publications and express
companies, and l warn every menper rep
resenting an agricultural district that II
he votes for this bill his constituents VIII
remember him.
At this point the committee rose, .sLiiu O.
4:4O D. m. the house adjourned
In the Senate.
NacbinotOn Ian 5-The senate re-
assembled at noon.
Senator PETER introduced several pllis
TO improve the banking business.
Senator Shoup introduced a Dill on amer
ownership of land in the territories.
Senator Call introduced two resolutions
on the Cuban question. The hrst re-
quests the president to send to the senate
all reports relating to the condemnation
to life Imprisonment in chains by the
Spanish authorities at Havana OF oaii
s,uillv. an American citizen. The SECOND
resolution directs the secretary OF statt
to demand Sanguilly's immediate release
The resolutions went over
Senator Pettigrew offered a resolution
which was agreed to, asking the secretary
of the treasury for information as to tht
Bering sea fisheries.
Senator Peffer then addressed the sen
ate on his resolution for commission
five senators to investigate the moneta.s
subject and report within one year.
At the close Of Senator Peffer's speech
his resolution was referred to the hnanc'
committee. A message from the presl
dent was received, transmitting the re
port of the secretary of state concerning
the death of Charles Goving in Cuba.
The bill providing for free homestead
in Oklahoma for bona fide settlers which
has the right of way as unfinished busl
ness, was laid aside until tomorrow.
Senator Hoar then called up the bill IT
reduce the cases in which the penalty o
death be inflicted" After a brief dis
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Senator Proctor gave notice that n
would speak next Monday on his resolu
ton, extending the presidential term t
six years and fixing the term of member
of the house of representatives at thre