Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-11-30
Should Be Independent of Any Relation
to the Speoulator Element.
TALKS PLAINLY ABOUT CATTLE BARoNs
Had a Year Of Grace in Which to Tear
Down Their Fences.
DO NOT APPRECIATE LENlENcY SHOWN
Indicates Plainly to Mr.. RoHewater
that They Must Now Toe the Mark
and VIII Ne Given No
More Rope.
CFrom a Stan Correspondent


gram)-Mr. Rosewater had an extended
conference with the president today over
matters affecting western ,rteicsts and the
question of occupying the public domain by
the cattle barons. Incident to the confer
ence the subject Of a change in agent at
the Omaha and Winnebago agency was
taken up and discussed In all it's bearings.
In the course OF the conversation the presi-
dent intimsted to Mr. Rosewater that he
would like to appoint successor TO tho
present agent from a section wholly sepa-
rated from the Omaha and Winnebago
reservation in order to avoid the trouble
heretofore experienced by reason Of the in
innate relations between the present agent
and the land spectators and schemers who
prey upon the Indians.
DO Not Appreciate Leniency.
Regarding the cattle barons and ranch.
men who have fenced the public domain
the president declared to Mr.. Rosewatei
that after a full hearing OF the claims and
in consideration OF the hardships that
might grow out of the rigid endorsements
Of the law he had given the cattlemen
! year of respite to make ready for the in
evitable change. But according to the
president the cattlemen did not seem to
! appreciate his friendly action and sought
to circumvent the law by devious methods.
Now that the time Of grace had elapsed
he felt in duty bound to enforce the law
as it now stands on the statute books IN
reference to the fencing OF the public do.
main without express permission. The
! president intimated to Mr.. Rosewater that
he made some recommendations to con-
| gress in his forthcoming message touching
upon the subject OF the illegal fencing Of
public lands and had suggested such mod
iication OF the law as seemed warranted
in the light Of experience.
| MiIlard in Satisfied.
Senator Millard and daughter arrived in
Washington from New York this morning.
| The senator was in excellent spirits and
thought Nebraska had done nobly in the
last election. He expressed 1t as his opin-
| ion that Nebraska was now a perfectly safe
republican state. as he firmly believed were
the states around Nebraska. I'VE are learn
! ing WISDOM" said the senator, from exist
! ing conditions. We are being benefited in
hundred ways by the knowledge we have.
and my judgment is that we ought to let
we'll enough alone. especially when 1t comes
to any radical change in the tariff"
Grazing on Forest Reserves.
The secretary Of the interior today Issued
regulations governing grazing on the forest
! reserves in Wyoming for 1908 Sheep will
be excluded from all reserves. excepting
| the Big Horn, where north of the 18th
parallel $4,000 head will be permitted to
| Craze between June 1 and September 20.
Cattle grazing will be permitted as fol-
lows: Teton reserve, To- 900 head; Yellow
stone reserve, 10000 head; Big Horn re-
serve, 20. 900 head, between May 15 and Oe-
tober 15. The superintendent of reserves is
authorized to direct the removal of stock
| ha a. gS hot
| ing is damaging the forest growth.
| statehood Bills First.
With the arrival of senators and repre-
sentatives, there is increasing interest in
the omnibus statehood bill, the first great
measure to come before the senate. The,
house bill providing for the admission OF
| Oklahoma New Mexico and Arizona is
pending in the senate a special order, for
December 10. Plainly put the bill provides
statehood for three territories, but in the
case OF Oklahoma IL is provided that In
! adopting it's construction Oklahoma shall
remit to congress the right to add to its
| territory any part or all OF Indian Territory
| II IL should hereafter be the wish OF con-
gress to so dispose OF Indian Territory,
rather than admit IL as a separate state.
Up to this moment. senate opinion with
! regard to statehood for those territories
is badly mixed. The democratic senators
are all in favor OF statehood for the three
| territories, the qualifications being hat
some are in favor Of the admission Of Okla
homa as separate state. leaving Indian
Territory TO come In later as another state.
| while other democrats favor bringing In
Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one
state The republican senators are still
more mixed. Some, like Quay and Elkins,
favor the admission OF the three territories
just as the house bill provides. Some favor
the house bill amended so as to exclude
New Mexico and Arizona. Some favor Okla
home as a separate state. leaving Indian
Territory TO the future, while still others
| favor Oklahoma and Indian Territory aa a
single state. OF course there are senators
who are opposed to the admission OF any
of the territories. Plainly the greatest
obstacle TO any sort Of statehood bill Is
the variety OF views which exist among
the senators. For this very reason Il Is
safe to say that statehood for the latest
applicants for admission may possibly fail
Even the differences between the senators
who are favorable to statehood for the
three territories may prove potent enough
to defeat the whole measure to say moth
ing OF the views Of those who favor state
! hood for Oklahoma alone or of those who
; oppose any sort OF statehood.
Gamble Sees the Game.
Senator Gamble OF South Dakota this
morning concluded a little recreation would
do him no harm before beginning his labors
in the senate and accepted an invitation
to go TO Philadelphia to witness the foot
ball game between West Point and the
Naval academy. Senator Gamble went over
TO Philadelphia on a special train bearing
a number OF government officials and prom
I inent ofhcials OF the army and navy.
Representatives Burkett OF Lincoln
Burke OF Pierre. and Martin OF Deadwood
arrived today and will make the Dewey
their home during the coming session. I'm
mediately after dinner. the trio linked
arms and proceeded to the Cochran TO ten
der their congratulations to uncle Joe"
Cannon.