Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-20
HON. II. M. HOGG
MAKES SPLENDID ADDRESS


gresham Hogg speaks. he was greet
ed Saturday night by a crowded house.
The court room was not large enough
to accommodate all who went and
many willingly stood up in urler to
hear him For two hours he had the
closest attention OF his hearers and
many of them would gladly have list
ened two more. He presented new ar
guments and discussed old issues in
new manner. and his every statement
carried weight and conviction
m The meeting was presided over by
DR. w. w. McEwen, Republican can
didate for representative. Congress
man fIogg was the principal speaker
OF the evening. but there were two
others. Master Weston Parshall. OF
Durango. and Miss Katherine l.
Craig. candidate for state superintend-
ent of schools on the Republican tick
ct
Master Weston Parshall is a small
boy ten or eleven years old who has
the instincts OF an orator even with
his tender years He delivered an elo-
quent eulogy on President Roosevelt
giving a brief resume OF the mosi
important events in the President
life. He declared Shat Roosevelts
success in great things accomplished
had made him the admiration of the
world The youthful speakers remarks
were received with a storm of ap
plause
Miss Craig's remarks were few. a
the hour was lafe by the time she
gaf h,. ,,Iu ,t.l2 A
she did make. however were to the
point She made very favorable / ia-
preston on those who heard her cor
vincing them that she was VOL qua
ifed to preside over the Office to
which she aspires
Mr.. Hogg stated that his was tn
third time he has asked the peopl
to vote for him. and created consider
able merriment by saying that tn
first time he asked there were 1900
who did not hear him
the first matter ich Mr.. Hog
went into was the lie land law
as he had been 50 grossly misrepro
sented in his views ON this subject u
had been charged Wit loving PEI
sona interest in opposls the repea
OF the timber and stone act. and h
said his personal interests amounte
to about $1,000 and he would be gla
to get $500 out of IT. and he did no
think such an interest as that entitled
him to be called plutocrat. He sal,
If the timber and stone act were re
pealed and the manufacture of lumbe
made higher, the only difference
the people on the western slope woul
be that they would have to pay NOR,
for their lumber
As to the repeal of the desert Land
laws, he said that Mr.. Maxwell, the
editor of a paper devoted to irriga
ton, known as Maxwelrs Talsman
appeared before the house committee
and in response to the question as TO
how much he received for his efforts
in trying to get the land laws repeal
ed. said he received $4,000 a year
and $4,000 of this amount was paid
him by five railroad companies who
owned large tracts of timber land in
= the great northwest The purpose OF
these companies. If they got their pro
posed legislation through, would give
them monopoly on the manufacture
of lumber so we would have to get
our supply from either San Francisco
or Chicago Mr. Hogg stated that he
asked Mr.. Maxwell II the same inter
ests were back of the forest reserve
bill. and he said they were.
Then about forest reserves he said
that in these western states there
were 100000 square miles of forest
reserves and II took 535 men TO take
care of them. including the office force
in Washington In Colorado alone
100000 acres had been put into for.
est reserves. Cattlemen could only
lease these lands for preiod of one
year at a time. so they could not be
" any great value to the cattle men.
Nobody was allowed to cut a stick of
timber Campers could moi even burn
the wood, prospectors could not use
il for timbering their prospects and
Nome builders could not use it for
building their homes barns and fen
ces. He cited an instance of settler
at Delta who had got load OF wood
on one of these reserves and was
caught by a forest ranger who made
him unload the wood and burn It, He
maintained that the public domain
ought to be for the public, and every
action of his in this matter had been
to maintain the laws as they stand on
the statute books today. He pointed
out that the interior department hal
a queer way of setting aside these
forest reserves They would take a
map in Washington and, without
knowing anything of the conditions
mark out a certain mountain range
with the idea that it would make
good forest reserve. He said he had
TO work two months Ia get Salida
taken out of reserve mapped out in
this manner. and had a much harder
time in preventing a large par
of the best portion OF RoutJ
county from being included in,
reserve He believes tand
in this he must be upheld by all who
are acquainted with conditions here)
that no water is conserved by the for
ests below an altitude of $500 feet a