Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-04-29
President Indicates Plainly He Will Not
Interfere in the Matter,
TALK OF AsPecIAL BILL FOR NEBRASKA
No Possibility of Lands in ROsebud
Reservation Being Opened Before
Summer and Possibly
Not Then.
FROM a STAFF Correspondentl


Hitchcock to be modified" said The Bees
informant.
Tomorrow the delegation of stocKgrow-
ers who have been here for nearly a week,
headed by Bartlett Richards Of Ellsworth
Neb. will be presented to the president
by Senators Dietrich and Millard. Mr.
Richards will ask the chief executive to
postpone the removal of the fences until
late in the fall and 1t will be interesting
to note the result of this request In view
OF the statement above
Today Messrs. Richards, Modisett, HILL
Ferdon and Harris representing the big
cattle growers OF the west, finished their
hearing before the house committee on
public lands.
Acting Chairman Mondell asked Mr. Rich
ards IL it would not be well to attempt spe-
cihc legislation for Nebraska, providing the
delegation in congress from that state
could unite on some measure. Mr.. Richards
said he had been contemplating such bill,
in view OF the opposition that seemed to
exist against a general land-leasing bill
and his associates had about concluded TO
ask for relief along the lines suggested.
ShaIIenbarEer Declares Himself.
Representative Shallenberger, who is a
cattle owner himself when asked il he
would favor such a measure. said IL would
object to any plan OF leasing the public
domain that doesn't have in II It's essential
feature a homestead or BODYBUILDING idea.
l am opposed to any bill which contem-
plates that because Ii corporation or indi-
vidual having large private holdings should
therefore be entitled to lease corresponding
large tracts Of government land, as this
would tend to perpetuate the owning Of the
public domain. / would favor a measure for
the leasing Of public lands in small hold
ings sufficient to support a man and fam
lily, and 1t is well known It requires
larger number OF acres to support a man
west Of the Tooth meridian than east Of It.
"A bill along these lines or similar ones,
leasing the school lands In Nebraska 70
settlers has proven entirely acceptable and
the state has withdrawn all it's school
lands from sale, preferring to lease rather
than SELL
Delay in Opening Rosebud.
Senator Gamble stated today that an
agreement had been reported whereby the
Rosebud treaty bill. opening the lands in
Gregory county, 8. d., TO settlement. would
be taken up at the close of the morning
business tomorrow and he had no doubt as
to its passage. From papers received
uSECt tn6 btndluI lIOLu OOulH La
kota, somebody has a misconceI Ion as TO
what is still to be done before the presi-
dent Issues orders opening the land to set-
tIement. Before the order can be issued a
bill must pass both houses of congress and
become a law. This has not been accom-
plshed. After that the secretary of the
interior must have the lands surveyed and
monumented. Then the president will
issue his order opening the reservation to
settlement. At best the order cannot be
| issued before summer and It may go until
fall. There will be much to do before the
Rosebud reservation is thrown open to the
public"
| Lincoln is to have a practically new
public building, and II Supervising Archi-
| tect Taylor's plans are carried out 1t will
be colonial in style and will occupy the
center Of the postofice park, instead OF in
the unsightly place It now occupies. Just
as soon as the public building bill becomes
a law Supervising Architect Taylor will
probably go to Lincoln and look over the
situation, with a view OF giving Nebraska's s
capital a building such as 1t deserves. Mr..
Burkett has had a number of conferences
with Mr.. Taylor and he is enthusiastic over
the prospects for the new building. which
he believes can be built for $4,000 the
amount the omnibus bill carries.
| why PIattsmouth Was Left.
! Explaining why Platrsmouth was left out
| OF the bill, Mr.. Burkett said: 1.-The COM
mittee on public buildings and grounds
| passed a, rule that they would not appropyi-
ate money for a public building in CITIES
| that had less than 10000 inhabitants unless
the site had been previously donated or 1t
was headquarters of a revenue collection
| district. or seat Of state university.
| Plsttsmouth occupied none of these posi-
| tions and so 1t could not get an appropria-
tion. / labored earnestly with the COM
mittee in behalf OF Plattsmouth and filed
brief that was voluminous in character,
but the rule shut me out. Better luck
next time is q motto that may be ap-
plicable here"
| Senator Allison has returned from Iowa,
where he went on private business. He is
| enthusiastic over conditions as he found
them. He said that the country was in
splendid shape and big crops OF wheat were
| promised unless something unforeseen should
interfere. Politically" he said. Iowa is
in a grand condition and Just as soon as
the congressional conventions are over you
will see the old state trying to outdo the
victory Of 1901"
Ralph Van Vechtan, a we'll known banker
Of Cedar Rapids, Ia. is in the city on q
short visit.
Jacob Fisher, postmaster at Hastings
is in Washington on matters connected
with his ONCE.
Representative Connor OF the Tenth Iowa
district, will leave for Denison, his home
next week. to attend his congressional
convention, which has been called for May
10.
The committee on irrigation OF the house
today instructed a favorable report on
Representative Martins bill providing foI
the construction Of reservoirs on the public
domain along the lines Of railroads or along
driveways for watering stock. An amend
ment was agreed TO limiting the grazing
area around such reservoirs to two miles
He also secured a favorable report from
the public lands committee on his bill au-
thorizing the secretary OF the interior tC
issue a patent for forty acres to be used
as a cemetery by the town OF Rockford
S. ID.
Attorney General F. N. Prout and A. 8
Tibbets OF Lincoln are in the city, TO appear
in the supreme court in the case OF Thomas
Kennard. plaintiff in error. against the
state OF Nebraska, on appeal from the
| suoreme court Of the state.