, 1907-03-02

peculiar situation, and the executive
department has since been struggling
with it. There have been lawsuits;
there have been wrongs; there have
been bankruptcies and no end of grief
and trouble. Nevertheless, the law re-
naming unrepealed, it has come to
q pass where the interior department
and the president believe that the law
must now be ven more rigidly en-
forced, and without further delay, un-
less relief be afforded by congress.
Must Come Down %Instanter.
"a proclamation or order has been
issued which provides that after April
1, 1907, there will be no further no
tees to the owners Of these fences,
and that fences must come down in
stanter or the owners will be held IL
able both civilly and criminally on and
after that date. 1t therefore occurred
to those administering the affairs of
the government that if the congress
We're ready to pass upon the question
Of grazing land control, it would re-
lieve those settlers in these checker.
board belts-mostly small stockmen
with thoroughbred or high-bred stock,
who are carrying on their business in
Enclosures, feeding over a part Of the
land in winter and the other part in
summer. In this way the grasses are
allowed to grow to maturity and scat
ter their seed, and reseed and re-en-
force the range in alternating years.
II it We're not the desire to afford them
some early relief, this question might
as well go yer to another year as to
receive consideration now.
Some Yeilow-Journal News.
81 think it is due to senators that !
should say that there has been a dispo.
sition all through this land the past
few years to assume that if a man had
more than a mich cow and a horse he
was a thief and a rascal and generally
a l~awbreaker. There have been bruited
about throughout the press-and some
of this yellow-journal news has origi
mated in and been given out from one
of the great departments of this gov
ernment-charges against men in this
body that they were lawbreakers be
cause Of fencing, etc.
Not a Foot Of illegal Fence.
"Mr. President, SO far as l am con
cerned, let me say that my W private
interests are such that this Legislation
is exactly contrary to those interests
and to do nothing would best facilitate
the interests hat I have in the live
stock business. But / plead for thu
greatest good to the greatest number
We need more settlers and better pro
lection for all. Let me say furthe
that, as for myself, l have not directl.
Or indirectly one foot of government
land Illegally %inclosed, nor have l on,
foot Of Illegal fence.
:. Somebody Made to Suffer-
NOW, as TO the charges against me
who have large Enclosures, there is NJ
one who has any sympathy for mel
who have large illegal Enclosures on
on the open public domain erected late
ly and since there was law against it
but when the senate and house of rep
resentatives have deliberately invite,
forces and placed a railroad grant A.
miles wide and 500 miles in length il
, a checkarboard form Gro a state
and then say to the men who hav,
bought the odd or railroad sections IL
: the country where there is nothing o
value but grazing. You shall pay III,
taxes upon the alternate sections
) those black checks in that checker
) board-and still you shall keep it opel