The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-05
IDAHO SENATOR
KISSED At BOISE
Hepburn Makes Bitter Attack
Upon Forest Reserve Pol
icy of Roosevelt.
COULDN'T BE CRIED DOWN
SENSATIONAL SESSION OF IRRI-
CATION CONGRESS.

Boise, Ida. Sept 4.-The policy of with
drawing vast areas of the public domain
from entry under the land laws in order
to create forest reserves or conserve the
water supply for purposes of irrigation,
which has been vigorously opposed by in
fluential interests in the west, had its
defenders and its opponents at tonights
session OF the national irrigation congress.
The session was devoted TO forestry,
grazing and correlated subjects. The de-
bate was marked by a bitter attack on
the national administration by United
States Senator w. Il. Hepburn of Idaho
and a vitriolic exchange between Mr..
Hepburn and Congressman Reeder OF
Kansas. At another stage of the debate
Senator Hepburn was persistently Kissed
by his audience and TO obtain hearing
was forced to declare his intention to fin
ish his remarks. The assemblage at 9TH
er times was disorderly and Chairman
Carter was compelled 10 ask that order
be maintained.
Outline by Senator Carter.
United States Senator Carter of Mon
tana. the presiding officer, gave a brief
outline of the legislation enacted by con-
gress. giving TO the president OF the
United States the extraordinary authority
TO exercise his discretion in the setting
apart of such reservations. He made the
the declaration that IT could be set down
as the definite purpose OF the national
congress not only 70 stop further destruc-
serves on which new timber may grow
and where the headwaters Of the streams
may be conserved.
Clifford H. Pinchot. chief forester. was
| introduced by Senator Carter as an ear
nest. Jealous and disinterested public Of
ficer. Mr.. Pinchot might be mistaken in
matters of general policy, said the sem
ator. but no one for a moment would
doubt that it was his purpose to eXer-
else his authority for the best interests
Of the general public under the law as
he understood Il.
Forester Pinchot's Remarks.
Mr.. Pinchot is now on the gridron.'
announced the senator as the chief for
ester stepped before the assemblage
Mr.. Pinchot stated that the policy of
| President Roosevelt was ito give every
part of the public lands their very best
use The problem. he said. was one of
! the utmost difficulty. one I'm which the
forest service had made lots OF mis-
: takes. Probably IL would continue to
make mistakes. he said. but the effort
was TO study. in connection with the peo-
/ pie. the question of methods by which all
| parts of the public reserves can be put
/ to the best use. These reserves to a GER
/ tain extent control the stock business
/ Of the west he said for the chief sum-
mer range is in the reserves. The stock
\ men could not be kept off entirely at the
demand OF the irrigationists. he said, nor
| could the service let them have free run
| Of the reserves.
so you see said Mr.. Pinchot, that
| the forester stands in the middle and he
| gets it "a comm and a gOin'.
| The speaker stated that some reserves
| were practically without trees and one in
Kansas was without single tree-facts
/ which had been the subject of much crit
| icism-but il was the purpose TO put trees
| there and TO restore the grass on the
| over-grazed ranges. The service, he said
| had the biggest job of tree planting on the
| face of the earth. Mr.. Pinchot gave the
number Of rangers i'm the service as / 100
and the supervisors as numbering 105
! Under the laws OF Prussia he said the
1 same reserves would be controlled by
! 10000 rangers and 1900 supervisors.
Heyburn's Bitter Attack.
Senator Hepburn was called TO the
platform and Immediately launched a bit
/ ter attack on the administrations forestry
! policy. The people. he said. were told
| what was the policy of the adminfstra-
! ton. but the administration had no right
! to have any policy except as stated in
| the statutes. The administration told
the people what we will give you" Nc
! one. he said. authorized the administra-
ton to give the people anything The
! people were sovereign. Policy" said
the Idaho senator, belongs to monarchs
| and Kingdoms. and not 10 a republic -
| Forestry. ne said, has been fostered as q
policy to uphold the leisurely, lazy dig.
nifty of monarchs Germany. he said
| once had been overthrOwn by its forestry
policy and three times the heads Of Eng.
| lands monarchs had gone 10 the block
| as the result of forest policy" Senator
/ Hepburn declared that the Cassia reserve
I'm Idaho was created at the behest OF
specializing cattlemen.
Reeder Interrupted.
Mr.. Reeder OF Kansas interrupted tC
declare that the president OF the United
| States set the reserve aside and that ht
1 probably did so from a pure purpose
! Senator Hepburn resented the interrup
nm her II -
belief that the Idaho senator was impugn
I ing the presidents motives
/ please keep your ideas 10 yourself
while l have the platform" retorted Mr.
| Hepburn. THE president Of the United
States needs no defense from me a
I your hands"
Senator Hepburn said he did not cues