Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-12
STRONG ARM Of
]. S. GOVERNMENT
Some States Are Ready to Ask
For Federal Assist
anCe.
NATIONAL LAWS ENFORCED.
Claimed That Iowa Takes First RAM,
For Number OF Office Holders
Annuiics for Sioux indians.

Special Correspondence.
Washington. April THE rights of a
state are "A very good thing, but when
state wants some of its own laws
made effective 1t is glad to appeal TO
Uncle Sam. II is glad to have the
strong arm of the United States gov
eminent raised against its own Offend
ers. Take the case of liquor selling In
prohibition states. II goes on right
along. the liquor dealers ignore the
state laws and local option laws and
without state or municipal licenses they
sell liquors. Representatives of these
prohibition states are besieging Con-
gress to pass laws to take away fed
eral licenses IN prohibition communal
ties. This is because II Is well known
that the United States government will
make IL hot for men who sell liquors
without a federal license, These liquor
dealers violate the state laws with inn
qunity. but they know what II means
to violate federal laws They learned
all about IT in selling liquor to the
Indians.
FOR PROTECTION OF GAME.
So It Is in the matter of protection
OF game. State laws have proved In
adequate and preserves have been es-
tablished under control of the national
government. 1t has been demonstrated
that game can be preserved IN Yellow
stone National Park and now other
sections are seeking federal control Of
game preserves. The state Of Wash
ngton has asked through its congress-
men the passage of a bill which VIII
place under federal control large part
of the olympia forest reserve In order
to preserve the herds Of elk that live I'm
that region. These elk are now being
slaughtered by persons who want them
neither for their flesh hides nor ant
lers, but simply for the two teeth that
are so valuable as ornaments,
GUESS THE FIRST OF JUNE
Chairman Tawney Of the house COM
mlttee, on appropriations ought To be
in a position 20 guess pretty well on
the date of the adjournment OF Con-
gross, and he says the first of June. He
did not make his estimate. however,
urtil he had conversed with Senator
Clapp, who is Senator Delivers side
partner In support OF the house rate
bill, and the Minnesota senator de-
clared that the senate would talk a
month yet" on the rate bill Possibly
his estimate was oVerdrawn, but he
made II on a day when Senator Fulton
of oregon started IN to make a speech
for an hour and talked three hours.
on such a basis Clapp may have been
right.
IOWA'S POSITION OF POWER,
II has been quite often remarked
| that Iowa has a more prominent posi-
ton In the government than any other
state In the Union or course New
York has the president and two cabi-
net places and several important places
in the house of representatives, but
aside from the presidency. which is
pre-eminently the great place I'm the
government. iowa is ahead of any
other state. She has two cabinet places
the chairmen of the caucuses Of the
dominant party I'm both houses are
Iowans, the recognized leader of the
senate and chairman of the committee
oil appropriations Is from Iowa, the
leaders for the presidents railroad
rate legislation program In both house
and senate are from Iowa-in fact
Iowa Is very much I'm evidence ia the
| present Congress and IL the exposure
| of all eyes in present day politics.
| WANT ANNJlTlES RESTORED.
For years efforts have been made to
restore to the Sisseton and Wahpetou
Sioux Indians the annuities that were
| forfeited ON account of the participa
| ton Of some members of this band In
| the great Sioux war of 1862. Bills
| have often been reported IN both houses
and sometimes have passed the senate,
| but never became a law. In a recent
report by the house committee it Is
pointed out that the Five Civilized
| Tribes, for whom such efforts are be-
| ing made to legislate at this session Of