The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-05

ed the interruption, whereupon Mr.
Reeder expressed his belief that the
Idaho Senator was impugning the Pres
ldent's motives.
"Please keep your ideas to yourself
while j have the platform. retorted
Mr.. Hepburn. "The President of the
United States needs no defense from me
at your hands.
Senator Hepburn said he did not
question the President motives, but
the President had been misled by bad
and not disintcrested advisers.
Two.thirds of the area Of the State
of Idaho, said Mr.. Hepburn, had been
withdrawn from the homesteader, "and
had been made Il silent and dreamy
solitude, a pleasure only to the dreamer
and the poet,'' blasting the hopes for
the States prosperity.
Senator Hepburn, TO substantiate his
assertion, displayed a map of the State,
in which the black areas designating
forest reserves covered the greater part
OF the State 8 area, in Montana and
Washington, he said, the picture was
almost as black ms in Idaho. The re-
serve had been located without practi-
cal knowledge OF local conditions,
Kissed by Audience.
When Senator Hepburn asserted with
much vehemenco that Mr.. Pinchot g
theory about forests subscribing mois-
ture was all nonsense, there were cries
Of "Nol No!'' and in all parts OF the
house there was Kissing.
Senator Hepburn shouted his def
apce at the audience, "Geese hiss, he
said; don It try that with me. I'M too
old to be scared by that process. [ will
have hearing.
When Chairman Carter had restored
order Mr.. Hepburn attacked the Ma
tional Forestry association. One of its
lo,, l,1
hauser, who owns more timber land
than any man in the world-more tim
Der than was originally stolen by any
man in the world -
Reserves had been created In the
State Of Washington, said the Senator,
to permit the Northern Pacific railway
to select in lieu of lands so withdrawn,
thousands of acres Of the most valuable
white pine lands in the West.
The San Francisco reserve in Arizona,
he said, had been created for like pur-
poses, A delegate from Arizona inter
rupted to state that the people Of Ari-
zona were thoroughly in favor OF this
reserve, and delegate from Wash
lngton asserted that the people of
Washington did not lose anything by
reason of the creation OF the Rainier
reserve.
Heyburn retorted that Washington
did not lose because the railroads Sc
lected their lieu lands in Idaho's white
pine forests and in the Arizona reserve
Idaho was again the loser, for the right
of selecting lieu lands had been exer-
cjsed in Idaho
Tribute to His Nerve.
Congressman Reeder again interrupt
ed, asking wether Senator Hepburn was
going to give any other delegate a
chance to talk. Senator Hepburn spoke
only a few more words and then retired
A delegate from Oregon was recognized
and remarked that the Idaho Senator
had Hshowp more nerve than any man
whom he had seen on the floor of the
congress-
There were loud calls for United
States Senator Dubois of Idaho. Sena
tor Dubois said 1t did not seem proper
that he should discuss this matter be.
fore the Irrigation congress. He would,
be said, answer his colleague on the
stump In the campaign now in progress
hauser syndicate had, as stated, ac-
quired 100000 acres Of timber land in
the Northwest, but had not the forest
reserves been created this syndicate
would now have all Of the timber lands
The only protestants against the re-
serves, he said, were persons who were
anxious to get control of these lands
and sell them to the syndicate
II was IL CLOCK when Senator Car.
ter brought the session to an end. He
stated that the congress had expert
enced long, warm day, and had had q
rather hot night, but was indebted to
the gentleman who had furnished the
heat.