Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-12-29

Senator Hepburn Placed on Several
impestant Committees.


y Washinstoa Dec. 3A.-senasor Hey
burn received excellent committee
appointments In the REORGANIZATION Of
the senate last week. Six Of the seven
places assigned him were those he e.
pedially desired. despite the fact that
Il has been heralded In some newspa-
pers that he was not able to get any
thing he wanted. He was offered thu
important chairmanship OF either az
tho committees ON mines ana minins.
geological survey. and census. placer
held by Senator Scott. Senator Foster.
and Senator Quaries. but on account Of
the Importance OF the pure food legis-
lAtion now pending before congress-
Senator Hepburn decided to retain the
chA1rmanship Of the committee ON
manufactures Senator Hepburn. IKE
al other lawyers N the senate. wanted
to b on the judiciary committee, and
i was thought for . while that he
would get this important position, but
- = wen known. appointments to this
committee are made from districta
and In the districts senators are ap-
pointed according to seniority OF SER
vical In the western district Senator
Kittridge won out over Senator Hey
burn because he had been in the SEN
afs ono year longer than Senator Hey
burn.
The Idaho senator, however. was a.
signed to al the committees he applied
TOR except one. He II on the important
committee On public buildings ana
gruunda This committee practically
supervises the. construction Of MI the
public buildings throughout the coun-
Try. and II also passes on al the bills
for the erection Of buildings. A three
bills have been introduced by Con-
gresham French for public buildings
q Lewiston. Pocatello. and MOSCOW.
Senator Hepburn. ~ being : member
q this committee. vim be abls % rem
der valuable service to Mr.. French
when his blu Gets % the senate.
osth n lnNieratien csssmittss.
Congressman French and Senator
Hepburn are each on the committee on
fmnigration-0ne in the house and the
other IN the senate. This II especially
important to the west at this time,
when the question Of Chinese exclusion
u to be considered. Senator Hepburn
= opposed to repeating the present ex-
clusion law and thereby admit great
horde of tn coolis class IN this coun-
ny to compete with Americans, how
ever. he = N favor Of permitting stu
0ents. teachers and others 70 come into
thu country without being subjected TO
the indisnities 1t present practiced ON
them ~ some Enumeration officials.
Frsneh ospsssa Appssi-
An EFFORT = now being made tO-repeal
tho communication clause o. the home
stead act or 10 extend the time for
proving mp to two years On account
Of the numerous kind frauds that have
jsank cono 10 ltght IN the west. II u ak
pee1ed THAT tAe timber ana STONE Law
1wfE soon be repealed. A. % tho COM
mutation clause u tho homestead act.
Congressman French. Who u : member
a - cCmmittee on public lands In the
house. WIN use every effort to ave it,
repeal. He helieSes 4 4 : beneficial
law ana should remain N force. On
account q his being : member o. the
committee. Ar. French will have much
influence n this question, and wtll
probably n abae % defeat The agita-
tion now prevalent Ii the east demand
ing II repeal
hsyh0sNh cssplrasien Dill.
Last vraak 0anafor HeybuEn intro
duced : hin n De senate. which very
clearly sets forth his Views - to the
psupsr sns4hoa = eontrsalng and re-
stricting ~ Great corporations Of the
United States From the tone o. this
blll It would seem that Senator Hey
harm 10 h favor Of more stringent
leGisla4ion for The regulation Of rail-
roads and great Industrial corpora
tons than the president. although Il -
not known ~ th1s time whether the
president win favor Senator Heyburn's
bill or the Dch-Tcwnsend BILL or
whether some other rate blll will come
nearer meeting the president's views.
The principal dt1e1ence between the
two bills II that IL Esch- Townsend
bin proposes to place H. regulation Of
rates In the Interstate commerce COM
mission. while Senator Hepburn pro-
poses a national board % corporations
with full powers Of supervision and
regulation. However. the battle be-
tween organised wealth and the peo-
pie viii soon be on. and the people OF
Idaho will have opportunity to zee
where their junior senator stands-
How Aeiiiy" Saved ths 0ani-
Lincoln (Neb.) star.
The evangelist Billy Sunday has
Just made out Of . single revival suffi-
cient profits to save one bank from
embarrassment. The revival ut Bur-
lington iowa nettel the EVANGELIST 81