The San Francisco call., 1904-12-28

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Nathaniel {.
Rsv OF Mariposa County has spent
sood deal OF time and energy in WASH
inRton in the interest Of the bill chang
ing from the jurisdiction OF Yosemite
Park 70 that Of the Sierra Forest he-
serve that large section wherein are
contained private holdings. including
great number OF valuable mines SEN
stor Perkins took advantage Of an op-
portune moment the other day 10 Sc
cure its passage by the Senate ana
,since then il passed the House. Ray
saws z hundred mines now idle will be
st work at once and other industries
dependent upon them revived The
great expense and inconvenience at
tendent upon the operation OF the mines
under the restrictions that apply TO a
national park have caused them TO shut
down. As a part Of a forest reserve
. roads may be built. electric power de-
veloped from the streams and the mines
made profitable.
Representative Gillett Of California
was the principal champion Of Judge
Swayne, whose impeachment VIII be
one OF the notable incidents Of the his
tory OF the Fifty-eighth Congress he
was one OF the special committee that
went 70 Florida, the Judges balliwlck'
and heard the story at first hand upon
which the charges were framed Gll-
lett championed the Judge against all
the original charges Of discrimination
and persecution in the administration
OF his Office. and in the minority re-
port OF the committee which he wrote
At the close of the hearing last session
he argued in the Judges behalf. But
. then came testimony taken during the
recess upon e charge upon which little
stress was laid before-that OF falslfy-
ing his expense accounts.
The Judge had presented claims for
expenses ia travelling over his circuit in
the uniform sum OF SO d day. These he
had sworn TO. Witnesses testified as
10 the rates at the hotels at which he
. had stopped, and the railroad rates.
The Judge. though given an Opportun-
ity. made no effort 10 explain the dis
crepancy.
This left US not one thing to do"
said CiIlett. There was the law that
made IL a crime TO so fitch from the
Government. / don't think there was a
man. toward the last, on the commit
tee, that desired to impeach him on the
other charges. but this little detail Of a
false Oath-that was different. They
say il is the custom for Judges to make
the uniform rate Of SO a day for ex
penses. II SO they are simply violating
the law. But this was the one case
before us and we did the only thing
there was 10 do"
The trial viii take place before the
Senate after the recess
A.. H. Heber. president Of the I'm
perial Land Company, has taken up
his quarters al the New Willard again.
pending the determination Of the In
q terror Department in the matter Of
the transfer of the properties con-
tanned IN the big irrigation enterprise
or the lower Colorado in California.
p As e result Of the fight occupying ali
last winter the water users made an
OFFER OF 100000. and this, after
some delay. was accepted. The Gov
eminent has to stand good for this,
the plan being TO incorporate il in the
general reclamation scheme of the
Colorado River basin. To this end an
exhaustive inquiry and examination is
being made, until the conclusion Of
which the end Of the business cannot
be reached.
The bill by which four Territories
gre TO be brought into the Union as
two states has g good many strong
opponents. Senator Bard is making
Z special fight against it, as is Need
ham IN the House. Arizona is almost
.unanimOus against being forced into
the Union coupled with New Mexico.
Bard thinks that to force statehood
upon q people against their will is al
together wrong and that making more
big States in the West is TO the ever
lasting injury Of the West The West
wants representation in Congress now.
he says, and viii want 1t worse and
worse as time goes.
Governor Brodie Of Arizona has
been here a long time protesting
wherever he can find an ear-from
that Of the President to the members
OF the committee The interest Of
Senators Foraker, Alger, Hepburn,
Quarles and other strong men is en-
listed against the plan on the Repub-
ncan size. This bill is said TO be the
ultinatuna of the East with regard to