Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-02-26
LETTER HITS SOUTH OMAHA
Belief Postmaster esnsrsl Payne HAa Refer
s1Oe 70 tisi APpOintnsut
OPPosts REPtkI OF THsEE LAND laws
Ru@or in CircuIntioB that Director
of the Mint Roberts Woula Like
20 sell His Dee Nsaneu
Newspaper.
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which while names are not rneutiuned iE
believed 10 have direct reference 70 tbe
South Omaha poEtoe8cs fight Ths letter
goes on 70 state that the records q the
once show that the present postmaster
has made an excellent record Hs an on
ciRl; that he is q veteran o. the civil
war with q most excellent record as q
soldier. and the letter Of the postmaster
general concludes as follows. 1t ie the
wish Of the president 10 retain IN the
service old soldiers who have made good
public ofaciHls and against whom DO
charges o. misconduct have been pre-
fsrred. as In the case in this instance.
The Grand Army veterans residing IN -
have entered q protest against M. -s
Displacement II these blank spaces we're
flied out and South Omaha inserted In The
FIRST instance and the name o. the present
postmaster. Mr.. Ettsr, inserted in the
second blank space. u is believed bT those
who are In q position 70 know that the
situsti0n IN regard 10 South Omaha would
be clearly Understood
AEasBst Lard Law Repeal
Senator HanEhroUgh today nled the re-
port o. the minority against the proposed
repeal Of the three great public lHnd
Ctarutes-desert land. timber and stone
stated by the majority in their report that
great corporations and railroads had taken
advantage Of the acts rs they al preseut
stand on the statute book for the purposes
Of land exploitation, and that great frauds
have grown out Of the high handed man
ner In which the owners q great tracts uf
land have acted toward the public Senator
HEusbrOugh- however. states in his report
that While there may be some truth in
what the ma jority Of his C. mmittes say
as to frauds which are committed under
existing laws. be suggests amendments 70
the present laws which be believes viii
meet the objections of The mRjority. The
senate committee on public lands recently.
by q slim majority Of one, has had what
is known as the QuHr1es' bill placed on the
senate calendar. The minority nov having
fled its report. takes issue with The ma
icrify and insists upon amending the desert
land and timber and stone acts. leEFing
the homestead Law as II now stands
Senator HansbrouEh stated today that
the commuted homestead laws had been
3 great boon TO the west. New land can
not be bi ought under cultivation under less
than two years. and he asked the question
how many men are there who can afford 10
wH,it I've lone rrRrs ,v3fhout a dollar conn
ing in and a family To support and pay
the extra expenses incident t0. opening a
farm: He stated the Law permits set
tiers 10 paw the government 1-25 per acre.
and at the end u fourteen months resi-
dsnee. and upon satisfactory proof as TO
improvements. residence. etc, lie gets title.
This enables him 10 borrow from $4O0 10
5000 Oh his claim Out Of the sum bor-
rowed he pays the government 300. pays
land once fees. pays attorney for proving
up. pays his grocer. blacksmith and doctor
perhaps. He must have clothing for his
family. and nov IL is proposed 70 rspes'
the Law under which the settler has seeo
given an early tile TO his land 80 that be
might raise a little money 70 keep him
going until harvest cane He WIS Of the
opinion that the commuted homestead law
would stand, no matter what may happen
to the desert land and timber acts.
RepreseUtstive-elect G. ". Norris OF the
Fifth district is expected 10 arrive in the
city within q day or two for the purpose Of
becoming somewhat acquainted with his du-
ties and 70 be at the death Of the hfty-ssv-
snth congress.
Roberts Tires of Register.
There is a persistent rumor in circuls-
ton in Iowa political circles that Director
Of the Mint Roberts desires TO dispose Of
the Register and Leader. and as Judge
Prouty OF the Des MoiDes district has an
nounced himself ss = candidate 20 succeed
Captain Hull, IL is intimEted that M. Rob
erts Was 70 dispose 0f ths paper 10 the
PrOusy interests. Captain Huh, when asked
about this matter TODAY. stated be had no
knowledge whatsoever, but he said be
wanted Il perfectly understood that he
would be Z candidate 10 succeed himself.
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the nomination Was made. il is quietly u
timared that Mr.. Roberts has oot found
the Register as big q money maker as be
anticipated II would be- and that he would
like 10 quietly get out from under the load
which be is carrying While this is only
a matter OF speculation, II is true that there
are persistent rumors in circulation that
the Register Is for sale
Henderson statue ABout Done.
The statue Of Speaker Henderson. which
Ex-Governor Larrabee Of Iowa purposes
10 donate TO the town OF Clerm0nt, and
which is 20 be erected in the public park
Of that town. is about completed A
stRtustts Of the sta1ue has been completed
BY J. Massey Rhind. the eslsbrztsd sculptor
and he has sent the stHtnetts to Mrs. Hen
dersun- private view OF The Etatustts
has ls-f = EEElLN4 70 q LA4LItE OF AuE SPEAK
er's friends and they are enthusiastic in
their eeuniUms over tie wark OF Mr
Rhind The stRtustts Is in bronze and rep
ressuts the speaker standing with the EBvel
II his right hand raised. as II in the act OF
calling the house 70 order, and under his
left arm Is q Crutch- This latter was Gov
ernOr LARA bees IDEA. as be desired 20
rvpffy ar uId soldier as well as . states
nan. The sculptor has caught every e1-
preston Of The speakers face, every line
Is present. even 10 rhe wound under The
Jaw The stHtuetts is about four feet high
just half the height Of the heroic hFurs
which is 20 Hd0rn the public park in CleT-
mont and weighs about 300 pounds TIE
Fp-EkeF and Mrs Henderson, are both e1-
cesdlnEly well pleased With the work of
Mr Rhind- The statue and pedestal. which
VII be donated by sK-G0TErnor LARA bee
VIII cost IN The neiEhborhood o. x88. .nOO
ana 81 iE Efvsu 70 Clermont because in that
vicinity Speaker Henderson spent his boy
hood days
Eases NebrGkkh COnseIenee.
Secretary shaw today received $40
from an unknown person residing AZ Duui-
phHn Nsb-. which amount has been depos-
red IN the treasury 10 the credit uf Con