Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-30
PRESIDENT STANDING PAT
No Indication OF thsngS in Views on
Question Of Rate Legislation.
OMAHA KEEPS DIVISION HEADQUARTERS
Chairman Lacey of House Public
Lands Committee Recommends
the Repeal OF the Timber
and stone Act.
lFrom a star correspondentO

WASHINGTON. Nov. 29.-(Special Tele-
gram .)-Representative Hinshaw. who had
a conference with the president yesterday,
frankly admitted today that he had talked
with Mr.. Roosevelt upon the subject of
railroad rate legislation. He desired 10
know IL the presidents position on the rate
question had changed, as has been intl-
mated In some eastern newspapers.
MY Judgment is," said Mr.. Hinshaw.
that tho president in his message to con-
gress will emphasize the stand previously
gress that the Interstate Commerce COM
mission be given power to fix a maximum
rate. after It has been demonstrated that
the rate complained of is excessive and
that power to issue a writ Of mandamus
to put the rate into effect shall be given
the Interstate Commerce commission"
While Mr.. Hinshaw was exceedingly
guarded in the above statement, he be-
leved It about represented the presidents
position, which instead Of showing signs
Of weakening is a decided advance over
his message of two years ago.
Headquarters stay In Omaha.
Senator Millard, in response to kilograms
and letters received this morning asking
IL II was the intention of the Postofflce
department to move the Omaha division
of the rural free delivery service to Kan
sas City, as predicted by newspapers In
the latter city, had a conference today
with Assistant Postmaster General Hitch
cock and Degraw. AS aresult of his talk
with these officials the senator said the
department at no time had contemplated
the removal of the Omaha division. The
rearrangement of the duties of several as
sstants to the postmaster general brought
about change in the office to which rural
free delivery agents and superintendents
should report. That was the only change
contemplated by the department.
Thompson Dimes Nebraskans.
The members OF the Nebraska delegation.
with the exception of Mr.. Mccarthy and
Mr.. Kennedy, were guests at luncheon to-
day of Ambassador d. e. Thompson who
( is on leave from his post in Brazil 1t
seemed like irony to have the orchestra of
the New Willard play "Tammany' as
the republican delegations from Nebraska
filed into the main dining room of the hotel,
where a round table capable of holding
nine, was placed for Mr. Thompson and
his guests, The luncheon was character
ized by real Nebraska comradeship and
more than ever IT was the consensus of
opinion that a Nebraskan need not blush
/
! Thompson left tonight for New York.
wyoming Editor Dead.
| j. II. Peake. editor and proprietor of the
/, cody tyvyoD Enterprise, and a prominent
Mason. died at his home in this city last
| night Mr.. Peake was for many years q
resident of Washington. but during the last
six years has resided in Wyoming. He was
| one of the youngest soldiers of the civil
! war having enlisted in Washington at
/ the age of Is, and served as a member Of
/ Company G. United States Veteran Nolun-
| teers His wife and daughter who is the
wife Of Charles d. Blain of this city, sur
vive him.
Change in Land Laws.
! Representative Lacey of Iowa, chairman
of the house committee on public lands
I has arrived in Washington. Mr.. Lacey be
lieves that congress should do something
| this winter toward amending the public
land laws and he is particularly in favor
of the repeal of the timber and stone act
which has been recommended by the secre
! tary Of the interior II is claimed thai
many of the land frauds are directly trace
able to weakness in the timber and stone
( law When IL was suggested TO Mr. Lacey
! that the repeal of the timber and stone
act would considerably reduce the receipt:
Of the irrigation fund from public LAND
sales, he said this was not entirely to be
regretted.
'If It was not for the fao that large
sums Of money which would otherwise have
gone into the general funds of the treas
ury have been converted into this specia
reclamation fund there would not have
been so large a treasury deficit