Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-05
RECEIVERS ARE RETAINED
Effort to Legislste Land Office officials Out
Fails in Committee.
CHAIRMAN LACEY MUCH PUT OUT OVER II
senator Gamble of south Dakota BACK
at Capital and Expresses Him
self Satisfied with
the situation.
CFrom a stan Correspondent


WASHINGTON, May Especial Tele-
gram.)-seoretary Hitchcocks pet scheme
TO abolish land Office receivers throughout
the country was buried under an avalanche
OF adverse votes in the house public lands
committee today. Chairman Lacey OF the
committee could muster but four votes in
favor OF the Hitchcock idea and became
so angered at tho thought of its defeat
in his own committee that he threatened
to bring the bill on the floor OF the house
for a vote anyhow This, he said he would
accomplish by appealing to the speaker
and committee on rules. or referring the
measure to another committee Mr.. Lacey
made good his threat but was informed by
| Representative Dalzell Of the rules COM
! mittee that the committee was without au-
thority In the premises. Speaker Cannon
was equally emphatic and informed Mr..
Lacey that a majority OF the public lands
committee had spoken and that ended the
matter as far as he was concerned.
The senate committee on public lands
voted down the same bill over a month
ago
The vote was to 4, as follows: Against
-Mondell, Burnett Fordney, French.
Dixon, Volstad, Knopf and Smith. For
Lacey, Mccarthy, Robinson and Gaines.
Gamble Back at Capital,
Senator Gamble OF South Dakota arrived
in Washington this morning from a visit
to his home in Yankton. where he spent
several weeks looking after his fences,
and, though there may be some remaining
not quite properly shored up, he returns to
! the capitol to be present during the vot-
| ing on the railroad rate bill. The senior
South Dakota senator is engaged in a fight
| to succeed himself and has arrayed
| against him his colleague, Senator Kit
| tredge, and the two house members from
| that state, Martin and Burke, the former
! congressman being an avowed candidate
| for CANDLES scat. Representatives Burke
and Martin are now at home in South Da-
kota pulling wires for the defeat of Sena-
tor Gamble and the election of Martin.
Il am entirely satisfied as to conditions
political in my state" said Senator Gam
BILE today. and have no doubt-in fact,
| have never had doubt-as to the out
come. ! will win. A large majority Of
| the republican party is with me and the
outcome l believe, cannot but be favor
able. with one exception In the city cleo
lions held recently throughout the state
our friends won. That one exception was
matter Of no special consequence in my
! race for the senate. being brought about by
ticaily nothing in the general deal
Senator Kittredge today secured the pas
sage through the senate Of bill author
izing the Minnesota, Dakota & Pacific
Railway company to construct a bridge
across the Missouri river between the
mouth of the MORGAN river and south line
OF Walworth county. South Dakota
Minor Matters Mt Capital.
/ Representative Pollard has been ad-
vised that an increase in pension to Sam
uel l.. Salisbury, Lincoln TO IS per month.
to date from July a. 1896. has been al
lowed, and the pension of Henry Howard,
Elk Creek, increased to &c. 20 date from
April last.
! A favorable report was made today on
/ Congressman Kennedy's bill to increase
the pension of Jacob Schultz OF Omaha.
| veteran of the civil war. He will re-
| ceive S2i per month.
| Rural carriers appointed: Nebras ska
| Osmond, route /; Otnaniel Davis, carrier;
| L. A. Davis. substitute. Iowa-GrinnelI.
rout 5; Herbert 3. Preston, carrier; Charles
| Gardner, substitute. Lockridge route ?;
/ Alex Smith, carrier; Dave Smith, substi-
tute Plano, route /; Thomas Elan, car
rier; Belle Elan, substitute Radcliffe,
route g. Samuel Ruemper. carrier; Alonzo
Jones, substitute.
| South Dakota pOstmasters appointed:
Iona, Lyman county; William II. Full
wider, vice L. II. Kuhn, removed. Mound
City, Campbell county; Eugene e. Woman.
vice NJ. f. Kludt resigned
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Sturgis Pastor Resigns.
sTURGIs, S. D., May 4.-(special)--
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