Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-20
Senator Millard Announces He Will Vot
Against the Measure,
PREFERS TO SELL THE LAND OUTRIGHT
Congressman Norris Also Favors Selling the
Grazing Lands,
klNKAlO SUPPORTS, LEASE MEASURE
Conference Committee Agrees ON
Appropriation Asked by secre-
tary wilson for Meat
inspection.
(From a staff Correspondent

NfrOm a STAN correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19-(Special Tele-
gram.)-A determined effort is to be made
at this session of congress to enact some
! sort Of land-leaslng bill. Already the
forces in favor of such a measure are
gathering in Washington and they come
from all sections of the west. Today =. H.
Cornell of Valentine and W. IL. Reynolds
of Chadron. representatives of the Cattle
Growers Association OF Nebraska, were
introduced to the president by Congress
man Kinkaid. According to Mr.. Cornell
the president stated he was in favor of
some kind OF land-leasng bill, but sug
gested that the delegation see Secretary
! Hitchcock with a view OF ascertaning hts
| disposition in the matter. Thereupon the
gentlemen mentioned saw Mr.. Hitchcock
and he, too, sides with the land leasers,
| This is far a direct appeal to the
| powers that be has gone, but II is only the
| beginning, and those who reali,n the tre-
| mendous interests which are back of this
/ movement appreciate the power of com
| bination when II begins its work. Dc
cided opposition exists N both the senate
| and house against land leases. Senator
Millard today said that he was opposed to
! this legislation. He believed the people
OF Nebraska also were opposed to the con
templated legislation and for one he would
!
in order that the state might receive some
benefit from the lands thus sold in the
way OF taxes; that n land-leasnE bill to
satisfy all interests was impossible of
passage and he did not believe legislation
| Of tho kind desired by the cattle interests
could be enacted at this time.
Norris Favors sale.
| Congressman Norris, occupying an en-
tirely different position from his colleague,
| ILinkaid of the Sixth district so far
a land-leasing bill goes said today that
while he had no theory on lease law he
had very grave doubts II that the man
lived who could frame q law that would
be absolutely just to all interests. II made
| in the interests of the lease holders IL
would necessarily shut out the home
steaders. and IL made IN the interest OF
Intending homestcaders the lease holder
would always he under the fear that his
property would be taken over at any time
Judge Norris suggested remedy for
the demand for leasing bill that after
1t has been determined that the lands
not it for farming purposes. or, in other
words for homestead purposes, then tho
lands should be sold at public auction and
the state thereby secure the beueit of the
lands thus sold in the way OF taxes on the
land and improvements
attention from the cattle interests of the
country are now pending in the house
committee on public lands--the Lacey bill.
whose author is the chairman of the pub
lie lands committee of the house, and the
Kinkaid bill, which was introduced by the
representative from tho Sixth Nebraska
district by request, the. author of which is
c. II. Cornell of Valentine. I'm Wash
ington. Under the Cornell bill half the
proceeds OF the lease is to go to the state,
while under the Lacey bill the proceeds are
placed in the reclamation fund,
Cash for Ment Inspection.
The conference committee on the de-
ficiency bill has agreed to give 10000 to the
secretary of agriculture for the purpose of
meat inspection Congressman Kennedy
and Pollard made stubborn fight in the
house when the deficiency bill was under
consideration to make the appropriation
S135,OoO, the amount asked for by Secretary
Wilson in order to meet the increased in
spection required by the packing houses
to meet the demand of German importers
The appropriation committee. however,
gave the secretary in the deficiency bill
but $4,000. and so small was this amount
that both Kennedy and Pollard. although
young at legislation, determined to go
after increase. They failed to secure
but instead of being disheartened began
systematic campaign on the agricultural
committee Of the senate, aided. of course.
by Secretary Wilson. Senator Warren of
Wyoming. being member of the commit
tee on agriculture and also a member of
the appropriations committee, assumed ac-
tive charge of the legislation desired. with
the result that when the deficiency bill
was reported TO the senate II carried an
, appropriation Of slS5,oOO for inspection pur-
poses When the bill finally reached the
conference stage the conferees today
agreed upon $4,000 for inspection purposes
on the ground that the German govern
ment had relaxed it's crusade against
American meats and that Secretary Wilson
$ had informed the conference committee
= that amount would be sufficient TO take
:. care of all demands until the next fiscal
: year.
: HOwes' Salary Not Cut.
n Congressman Kennedy took up with the
o foreign relations committee OF the house
Il today that portion Of the Lodge consular
II bin which has passed the senate, reducing
). Antwerp from consul generalship to a
n consular position and thereby affecting the
e present consul general, Church Howe Mr.
k Kennedy learned that the bill was based
n on the departments estimates and that
the change was in the interest OF sim
plicity and better relation TO conditions:
y that while Antwerp reduced to a
= consular position the same was true OF
| Munich aud several other European ports
l. the reason for this reduction being that
- the words consul general" carried with it
supervision over other consulates, and this
" was not true either OF Antwerp or Munich
That the department mad in mind the
suboTdination OF consulshps except in
n China and some South American countries
! where the name consulate general was
,r desired. Under the old system the salary
OF Church Howe at Antwerp is s.. So which
"a with the fees amounts to A.26s2O. The
W present bill just passed by the senate re
yising the consular service gives Mr. Howe
N a salary OF 5000 and makes hina . consul