The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-03-24
HEYBURN'S WORK
IN SENATE
he Has Accomplished Much Coed
Since His Election 10
the Senate.

WASHINGTON. March 23-The rec
ord made by Senator Hepburn during
the last congress has probably not been
excelled by any new senator in recent
years. His long experience in the prac-
tice of law. his wide acquaintance with
public men, and his knowledge of pub
lie questions together with his superior
attainments as an orator have placed
him in the front rank of the new sena :
tors.
AS chairman of the committee on
manufactures. he has had charge of
the national pure food" bill and has
drawn public attention to this meas
ure in such way that it is believed
that it will be enacted during the next
session, although this subject has been
before congress for fifteen years.
Soon after he entered upon his du-
ties he took a definite position on the
forest reserve question and succeeded
in having enacted important legislation
on the subject of lieu land scrip, which
will prevent the laying of forest re-
serve scrip on timber lands and which
will save some two and a half million
acres of timber lands for actual set
tiers.
over a year ago he introduced a res
olution authorizing the president to
consider the advisabil.ty of the acuui-
sition of Santo Domingo on the theory
that If we did not do SO some foreign
country in the enforcement of it's de-
mands would create trouble in that
island. The recent action of the presi
dent indicates that the senator's posi-
ton on this question was correct.
He has also secured the enactment OF
important notifications Of the mining
laws.
He also secured the enactment Of the
following legislation:
For the establishment Of fish cul-
ture station in Idaho.
For the segregation of the Coeul
d'Alene Indian reservation from the
Colville reservation in Washington ant
allowing the appointment Of superin
tendent of the Occur d'Alene reserva
ton at a salary Of $1,000 per annum.
The. granting to Occur d'Alene Cit.
of twenty acres of land for a park from
the Fort Sherman abandoned militar,
reservation.
s.t: 60,
of Instructions in the Snake river be
tween Lewiston and Pittsburg Land
ms.
Providing for the rebuilding of tn,
school buildings at Lemhi agency, il
Idaho.
He also secured the enactment o
bills increasing pensions as follows:
p. H. B. Moulton, Of Emmett Idaho
$50 per month.
Charles Reed. Emmett, Idaho. So
per month.
Henry c. Riggs. Emmett. Idaho, 81
per month.
Geo. w. Sullivan. Wallace. Idaho. SO
per month.
| L
month.
Mary . Gilroy, Shoshone. s12 pc
I month.
Edmund B. Kanada. Moscow. $50 pc
month.
Lucy Lytton. Boise. $12 per month.
Among the important bills which h
introduced and which. were not reache
for consideration are the following:
A bill to create the national boar
OF corporation.
A bill to extend the coal land laws
Alaska
A bill providing for the sale of tn
surplus and unallotted lands of tn
Fort Hall reservation.
A bill for retaining the oyerflOwe
lands of the Kootenai river valley.
Senator Hepburn also made specie
on the pure food" bill, and made re
marks on other bills few of whic
are as follows:
Chinese exclusion.
r Acquisition of Santo Domingo.
Building for the executive depar
ments.
Protection to fruit growers.
Duty on lead.
Panama canal zone.
Philippine island mining laws.
. Citizenship of women married
aliens.
ACQUISITION of irrigable lands.
He took very active interest in Il
4 notifications of the boundaries of ce
t tain forest reserves in Idaho, and aft
e careful investigation by the depar
s ment. large bodies of agricultural lar
I were restored to the public domain
= Idaho. aggregating in all over six mi
lion acres.
: A Guaranteed Cure for Piles
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