Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-11
Forest RESERVES
NOT TRANSFERRED
a. r,b and Game Preserves viii
Be Established,
CANNON SCORES SCIENTISTS
rbe,r Aim Is 90 Fsstep Them
~ on publie Tea,-.Lscey Makes
vigorous Reply TO iIiinoisan'

washington June lo.-The house to-
~. defeated the bill to transfer GER
"a, nrest reserves to the agricultural
,.asrtment and to authorize the pres
usrt 10 establish game and FISH pre-
ives ms death was accomplished by
.,,tlpp out the enactlng clause The
,o,l6n was made by Mr.. Cannon and
..s sarrled By vote Of 100 to 70. He
a,.,ed that the bill would greatly In
.s,oso the cost OF administering forest
..,oryes and declared that the esiimat-
"A roeelpts of the next fiscal year were
already exceeded by the appropriations
an 10 the present time by over sJl' OoO'-
oM The house then adopted special
order for the consideration Of the Cor
u,s Pacific cable bin by vote OF los
"a q and for the remainder Of the af-
,sruoon listened to the author OF the
nsasire argue in favor of Its passage,
Mr. Dalzell OF Pennsylvania, who pre-
.,pted the rule, announced that he was
opposed to the government building a
cable to the Philippines. He said he
favored the construction Of an Amerl-
can cable by American capital and
gave notice that at the proper time he
would offer as a substitute a bill TO
authorize the president to contract for
,he construction Of cable under GER
tain conditions.
The minority Of the commerce COM
mIttse opposed the corIss bill on the
round that the Commercial Pacific
r,mpany Is now at work building a ca
BE, which is to be laid by American
capital,
The house today, after preliminary
spsiness resumed consideration Of the
nm for the transfer of certain forest
reserves 10 the agricultural department,
and authorizing the president TO create
zane and fish preserves In such re-
serves Mr. Cannon, chairman OF the
appropriations committee, moved TO
strike out the enactlng clause Of the
b1l By unanimous consent, Mr.. Cam
non, In connection with his motion,
made statement az to the status OF |
revenues and expenditures.
He argued vigorously agaist the pro-
posed transfer on the ground that It
would take the administration OF 4G,-
10000 acres from a fully equipped land
ofHce and place them under an lnexper-
fenced division Of the agricultural de- |,
partinent, creating a divided jurisdlc-
ton and rendering the service much
more expensive than at present.
lie said he had no criticism TO pass
upon the scientists of the agricultural
department. but he observed sarcastic
ally that the principal industry OF
many alleged scientists was TO fasten
themselves to the public teat. While
The president had recommended this
tansfer Mr. Cannon said that what he
really had In mind was the increased
Efficiency Of forestry work In the Unit
ed States.
u am not a hero worshiper." said
mr. Cannon, but measured by his ad-
mlnlstration thus far am abundant
~ thankful that Theodore Roosevelt
succeeded the great president who was
sIlosen down at Buffalo. believe In
him"
AS MI Cannon warmed up to his sub
Jet he created some amusement by |
removing his collar and necktie.
MI cannon then made statement
regarding the expenditures and receipts
OF me coming fiscal year For the cur
Itnl year the apparent surplus was
'a@VOt for the coming year the es-
'lmaled revenues were s639, 600 900.
=, the regular appropriation bills in
Iheir present status aggregated $780,
NVW The permanent appropriations
were s6gOOO0OO the miscellaneous ap-
'ropHations, including the omnibus
,ueie OH, were slOoOOoO0, the dea-
,leneles already aggregated $2l,O0O.OOO.
lle apparent excess OF appropriations
yer expenditures already reached the
Jun oil S5ls2sl2S This showing made
y provision for the sinking fund (s5l,-
WVvO), which could be paid or not. II
~ not Include anything for the 18TH !
llah canal for the Pacific cable. for /
us omnibus fish hatchery proposition,
hundred kindred appropriations.
" might be said that the treasury
ohlalned a great surplus, observed
~ cannon. IL eny OF the great
euulhg enterprises We're undertaken,
" surplus would vanish like the mist
elole the sun. He said he did not |
esue 70 De an alarmist. but he adj
ueu ms colleagues 10 weigh carefully ,
pptopriadons before they allowed ok.
ehaltures TO march beyond estimated
9celpls Every cent OF revenue for /,
le next fiscal year was necessary 10
y expenses In sight lie Appealed 10 !,
', eoleasues not TO pass a bin like =
IshdIag measure, which would +
,d u, beget extravaganza. =
Let us cut its head off, he said. 1,
u rot Dehlna The ears" applause and =
AR Lacey Of Iowa replied to Mr.
nlon lie Insisted that the latter's =
..Tsm of the pending bin was not a
.,., lie paid a high tribute 10 4
I, roosevelt, saying Il was FORUM y
n, iur lHe country that II had a presi- n
NY -. VINO knew something Of the great n
~ ana the needs Of the future there II
s j lannon's motion 20 strike out a
Vnae'ins clause was carried, &C TO =
III !. ~. was not a record vote. The bin n
~ Immediately reported to the house s
NJ ule RECOMMENDATION that the on >,
o o.,s clause be stricken out. Mr.. IN
, w, N charge Of the bill, demanded | Z,
syes and noes on the adoption of g,
II, eSo,nmendatlon OF the committee +,
o -'e shoie' The recommendation was ef
~ Daizell OF Pennsylvania then pre- N
wy, lhe special order for the con- n
'4''Oh oil the Pacific cable bill. BY 10