Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
HENDERSON IS UNDECIDED
Speaker Says Stories About His Future
Plans are All Premature.
BILL TO ADMIT FINE STOCK DUTY FREE
south Dakota Senators Urging Mat
ters of Interest TO Their state
Before the Indian Com
mittee.
(From a stan Correspondent

gram. )-Cons siderable interest has been
manifested in the future Of Speaker Hen
derson, who retires from congress on
March 4. Various reports have been cur
rent TO the effect that he would associate
himself with law firms corporations, or en-
gage In other lines Of business for which
his legal knowledge and his extended con-
gressional experience have qualified him.
The latest announcement purporting to
forecast his intentions was to the effect
that he would succeed the late Hon. Thomas
B. Reed as member of the law Arm of
Simpson, Thatcher g. Barnum Of New York,
probably inspired by the fact that Speaker
Henderson succeeded Mr. Reed as speaker
Of the house. When asked today as TO
the authenticity of this report and others
current, Speaker Henderson said:
81 have not reached any decision what
ever as to my future movements after this
session of congress closes"
Railway safety Appliances.
Tremendous pressure is being brought to
bear upon members OF the house represent
atives by members of railway employees
associations and representatives of rail-
roads regarding certain features Of bill
relating to safety appliances which is still
unreported from the house committee on
interstate commerce. Speaker Henderson,
who is receiving numberless petitions from
railway employees throughout the west, and
who is greatly interested In the measure,
stated today that he was using every effort
to bring about the passage OF this bill II 1t
could be done, but he had found the task
uphill work. He said that he was the first
man to place a safety appliance bill on
the statute books. II those interested in
the measure can get together upon some
common ground the speaker said there
would be no question as to the bill coming
up.
Job for n Dairyman.
In view of recent resolutions adopted by
the Iowa dairymen in convention at Ce-
dar Rapids, and of the action of other sim
liar conventions held in Wisconsin. urg-
ing that a practical dairyman be placed in
charge Of the dairy interest in the Agri-
cultural department it is probable that
Secretary Wilson will shortly scquiesce in
the request of the dairymen of the country
and make an appointment along the lines
suggested For some time,'' said Secre-
tary Wilson today I'VE have been casting
about for a thoroughly practical dairyman
to put in charge of the dairy interests in
this department. We have requested the
civil service commission to frame set Oh
questions which would enable us to secure
a practical man. 1t might be well for
dairymen to aid the department in securing
a man who would flll the requirements
mutually desired" .
Breeding stock Comes Free.
Senator Harris Of Kansas today intro
duced a bill regulating the importation OF
breeding animals, which is of particular
interest to breeders of registered stock in
Nebraska, Iowa and states further west
ward. The bill proposed by Senator Harris
amends the existing law as follows:
Any animal imported specially for. breed
ing purposes shall be admitted free,
porter himself or for sale for such pur-
nose: that no such animal shall be admitted
free unless pure eaee1 1 % Books Of record es
tablished for that breed; that certificate
} of such record and OF pedigree OF such
customs officer, duly authenticated by the
proper custodian of such book of record, TO-
gether with affldavit of owner, agent or i'm,
7 5orter that such animal Is the Identical
animal described in said certificate of rec
ord and pedigree; that the secretary OF
agriculture shall determine and certify TO
| the secretary of the treasury what are
recognized breeds and pure bred animals
secretary of the treasury may prescribe
| such additional regulations as may be re-
| qured for strict enforcement OF this pro-
| vision.
Dakota Senators Busy.
Senators Gamble and Kittredge OF South
Dakota have been wrestling with the senate
| subcommittee charged with the preparation
OF the Indian appropriation bill relative
| TO Indian matters in South Dakota 1t is
understood that as a result of their work
| the subcommittee will recommend an ad-
ditional 81 900 for Flandreau, making in all
| about S65oOO for this school alone. The
| item OF S25 900 for the insane asylum at
! Canton. s. D., will in all probability be
| changed insofar as its verbiage is con-
cerned and the clause OF last years bill
| adopted instead. The amount appropriated
| will be the same.
| The senators also submitted the Rosebud
| treaty as passed by the senate last session
and asked that II be made a part OF the
Indian appropriation bill. Should the sub
! committee fail to act favorably upon 1t, It
| is tho intention OF the South Dakota sem
ators to present 1t to the full committee,
| although It is extremely doubtful II the In
| dian committee will attach it to the bill in
view Of a rule it has laid down regarding
new legislation being attached to an sp-
preparation bill.
! Commissioner Jones on last Saturday
| made a vigorous contest before the senate
Indian committee to strike all Indian agents
! on those Indian reservations where allot-
ments have been made. Senators Gamble
| and Kittredge protested against this action
in the strongest possible terms. as they
recognized that it would wipe out nearly
! all agents in South Dakota and substitute
for agents thus eliminated bonded superin-
| tendents, which the senators do not want.
Personal Notes.
H. c. Kratz and wife Of Sioux City, who
have been In Washington for several days,
were presented to the president today by
Congressman Thomas.
Representative and Mrs. Martin OF South
Dakota, who have been on a tour OF south
EN- cities with a subcommittee OF the house
committee on postofices and post roads
returned 10 Washington today.
F. ]. McShane and wife OF Omaha are
In the city on a visit to their daughter
who is attending school here
Representative Walter /. Smith OF Coun-
ell Bluffs arrived from Iowa yesterday
where he went TO attend the funeral o
CONGRESSMAN Rumple. While sufferinl
from a slight cold, which kept him in hit
hotel today, he expects to be in the heus,
tomorrow.
Representative shallenberge- today flet
with the committee on military affairs ad
ditional afhdavits in support OF his bill
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