Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-02-22


Senator Hansbrcugh discovered what
had been done. be went to Senator
Stewart. showed him the Walters
affidayit. and told him that unless
this matter was withdrawn from the
record lie would expose him on the
floor OF the senate: whereupon Sena-
tor Stewart got exceedingly busy
telephoning the public printer and re-
Questing that the eleven pages he had
put into the record should he left out
OF the bound volumes. So much for
the Pew story In regard to the missing
| eleven pages.
Now, in regard to the charges made
by Pew that the senior senator had
some suspicious connection with a
bill granting rlght-of-way to the
Central Arizona Railroad across a for
est reserve, the facts appear to be
these: Senator Burton, then chair
man Of the committee on forest reser-
vations, introduced the bill and sent
1t to the committee. Representative
Lacey introduced the same bill in the
house and sent it To the committee on
| public lands. Of which he is chair
man. Senator Hansbrough was not
a member of the comittee on forest
reservations. The bill was reported
to the senate by Mr.. Burton. and it
passed the senate as reported. Going
to the house, it was taken up by
Major Lacey's committee, being re-
ported favorably and passing the
house. At this juncture the secre-
tary Of the interior discovered some
discrepancy in the measure, where
upon Senator Burton, by concurrent
resolution, recalled the bill from the
president. Upon the bill being re-
turned TO the senate it was referred
to the committee on public lands, Of
which Senator Hansborongh is char
man. This committee is composed
OF fifteen senators, and, after full con-
sideration, the bill was reported back
to the senate in its original form.
1t being a senate bill, the senate had
Jurisdiction of it, and from the senate
it was returned to the president for
his signature. The only time that
Senator Hansbrough took part in the
debate, as appears from the record.
nas when the question was raised as
to the advisability Of sending the bill
back to the president. Senator Hans
hrougfl argued tina. the bill, being q
senate bill and therefore in the Juris-
dictHn of the senate. it was evident
that. Uader all the circumstances
che senate had authority TO return i
to the president. he EaS sustained
IN this view By SsnaE.sr Hcac aa.s .Es
chair. anG tie bill vls returned -
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1sz. NIL respect - rights Of way
.sl..s1xa fires. reserves /. Was a
rarslr technical objection. which the
committee did not consider 10 be 81
directed that the bill should be re-
ported back u the senate, the objec-
tions VI the president 70 the contrary
Notwithstanding. T'hiswas done. and,
while the bill was ON the calendar.
Senator Burton introduced a new bill
on the subject, which met the objec-
tions raised by the president. This
new bill was sent to the committee
ON public lands, was reported favor
ably, passed both houses, and was
signed by the president. The whole
proceeding was unique, and at the
time elected no small amount of in
terest among parliamcntarians, as
was shown in the debate. Senator
Hansbrough did not introduce the
bill, and his relationship with it in
his committee was simply THAT of the
relationship Of the chairman Of that
committee; nothing more, nothing
less. Doubtless MIR. Pew, when he
makes another flying trip to the cap
ltol, u he will examine the Congress
slonal Record, will there discover
that MIR. llansbrough as chairman
Of the Committee on public lands.
has reported many other bills TO the
senate which are now on the statute
BOOKS, and with quite as much foun.
datlon for truth he might pervert the
facts as TO all OF the bills, 80 as TO
concoct an endless number of stories
OF sensational character.
During his seventeen years SER
vice In The two houses Of congress
Senator liansbrougl has had occas-
sion To deal with a great number Of
complex questions relative to public
lands, irrigation, etc, and an examina.
tion OF the records will show that
no man Of equal service, perhaps, has
exceeded him in the amount OF legis-
lation now upon the statute books.
~ would be strange, indeed, IL he
mad not made some mistakes; but the
wonder Is, when We consider the vol.
llthe OF business which lie has han.
dled. that these mistakes are SO few.
lie would probably admit. however.
ohat the greatest mistake lie ever
| made as n nrhlic ,nao ,,,,. a., Al.