Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-21
kINKAID ON LEASING BILL
Measure to Pass Congress Must Be Restricted
to Nebraska.
THINKS COUNTY OPTION is GOOD IDEA
Congressman is Highly Pleased at
Workings of His Homestead Bill,
Under which s.OOo,oOO Acre.
Have Been Taken.
CFrom a star Correspondent

CFrom STAFF Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2O.-Cspecial Tele-
gram)-Judge Kinkaid tonight issued a
statement regarding the land leasing law
that is exceedingly important from the
view point of the sixth congressional dis
trict. In this statement Judge Kinkaid
says that after having received hundreds
of letters from both large and small stock
men urging relief along certain lines, he
could not support either of the four bills
which have been introduced in the house
without amendments. Independently the
several bills, according to the member
from the Sixth district, 1t is improbable
that any of them can pass for the reason.
he cites, that they intended to cover
the whole of the western states and terri
tories and most of those states are likely
to be opposed to leasing act 1T must
be restricted to Nebraska alone" said
Judge Kinkaid. land its peculiar interests.
to secure the leasing legislation desired.
AS some localities favor and others-op-
pose the leasing law my judgment is the
people of each county should be allowed
to determine for themselves whether an
act is to take effect in their county, and
this could be done by providing that II
shall not take effect in any county except
upon a resolution passed by the county
board requesting that it become operative
therein
Further Judge Kinkaid said that not in
this country has there been such splendid
result growing out of a particular bill as
has grown out OF the 640-acre homestead
act which had passed In the fifty-eighth
congress. OF 100000 acres made subject
to the provisions of the Kinkaid law only
twenty months ago, according to Judge
Kinkaid, about 100000 have been home
steaded. There has not been another in
stance in this country where public land
has been taken up more rapidly where
it has been subject to entry long, as
had these lands at the time the new act
took effect
Ask Place for Singleton.
The Nebraska delegation today Joined
in request to the president urging the
appointment of NJ. F. Singleton of Omaha,
to some governmental position in recogni-
ton of the colored race. Mr.. Singleton
was a candidate for register of the treas
ury to succeed Judson w. Lyons Of
Georgia, but early In the game quietly
withdrew. recognizing that much stronger
forces were at work to bring about tho
succession to Mr.. Lyons.
GurIey watching Lease Bills.
William F. Gurley of Omaha is in Wash
ington. the guest of relatives. Incidentally,
however, Mr.. Gurley has weather eye
open to possible legislation affecting the
cattlemen's prospective leases of the public
domain now pending in committees.
Minor Western Matters.
Bills granting increased pensions to
Henry Russell Omaha; John L. Clark. st.
Paul; d. d. Griffith, Amherst, introduced
by Senator Willard. were favorably re-
ported today by the senate committee on
pensions.
Richard May has ben appointed post
master at Hayes Center Hayes county,
vice j. H. Christner, resigned. ..l .
Albert J. Leighty has been appointed
regular and Claud Blair substitute rural
carrier for route at Gaddes. 8. ID.
Rural route No. l has been ordered
tablished April 2, at Bartlett, Fremont
county, Ia, serving 40S people and 1O2
houses.
William II. Killpack of Council Bluffs
and Ed H. Johnson OF Fort Dodge, Ia,
were admitted to practice as attorneys be-
fore the Interior department.