Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-09
CONFERENCE OVER RIVER
oonErssmsn Unwilling to Believe the
Missouri is Ravigabls Stream.
NO MONEY UNLESS THEY ARE SHOWN
Iowa Delegation I'm Congress TO Have
Caucus TO Decide on who
Shall Have the Federal
AppOIntive Omces.
CFrom a stan Correspondent


sponsible today for bringing about a con-
ference Of Senator Mnlard. Representative
Pollard and himself with Congressman
Davidson OF the subcommittee on rivers and
hsrbors having charge Of the Missouri
river. Judge Smith of Iowa also would
have participated in the conference had not
his duties as a member OF the appropria-
tions committee held him elsewhere. The
three members of the Nebraska delegation
went over with Mr.. Davidson the needs Of
the people living on the Missouri river from
Kansas City 10 Omaha and insisted that
they should have as much money for i'm
provements of the Missouri river above
Kansas City as is given il below. Con-
gresham Ellis Of Kansas City. who is
member Of the rivers and harbors commit
tee and who probably could secure as large 4
an appropriation as any member in the
house for revetment work and snagging. I
does not expect more than $4,000 for snag- /
ging and clearing the channel below Kan
sas City. 1t developed at the conference /
today that the committee generally be- !
leve5 the Missouri river is not navigable 1
from Kansas City to Omaha and that to \
secure any considerable appropriation /
demonstration must be made that the river I
is navigable. which the Nebraska delega- /
tion hopes to do through the corporation |
now being formed in Omaha 70 operate /
steam barges on the river. The delega- |
ton from Nebraska Will ask for at least
10000 to be used on the upper reaches
Of the Missouri for snagging and clearing |
of the channel
s1ayden Reviews History.
Congressman Slayden. one of the leading
democratic representatives from Texas. to-
day exploited the Brownsville ARRAY and
- - hx-r
OF the Twenty-ifth infantry. Incident to
his speech. in which he praised the presi-
dent for his courage in dismissing the bat
talon Of the Twenty-hfth without honor, he
recited the history OF this regiment, which
he called the bloody Twenty-ifth."
While stationed at Fort Meade in the
| summer of 1855 a corporal Of the Twenty
! nth regiment murdered a citizen. The
people OF the community lynched the muir
derer. ABOUT three weeks after the lynch
| ing fifteen or twenty negro soldiers raided
and shot up the town of Sturgis. which is
| short distance from the post. They
fired into dwellings and business houses
and killed one man. According to the
testimony" said Congressman Slayden.
taken by the coroner the raiding, shoot
ing and killing was done in a thoroughly
! military manner"
nfth he called attention TO an occurrence
az Fort Niobrara when the regiment was
stationed there, leaving a description Of a
| wanton and cold-blooded murder COM
mitted to c. H Cornell. chairman Of the
! republican congressional committee OF the
Sixth Nebraska district.
Mr.. Cornell. in commenting a few days
ago on the outbreak at Brownsville, SAYS, ac-
cording 70 Mr.. Slayden: Although the
murdered one was of their own color and
without character. the act was no less a
! crime than like one which followed IL in
Brownsville, and only emphasizes the ne
cessity OF some form of salutary punish
ment. While the soldiers might justify
silence In the latter case on account of
fear lest a fair trial could not be had in
Texas. no such excuse could prevail here.
since the murdered one was not a citizen
OF this community. but a woman of their
own race in whom no one would have any
special interest, and the trial could have
been purely on its merits without preju-
dice against the prisoners. Yet those who
possessed the necessary information were
as silent in the former as in the latter
instance"
81 want TO assure Mr.. Cornell" said
Mr.. Slayden. that there was no more
need for a conspiracy OF silence at
Brownsville, Tex, than at Valentine Neb"
No one 90 Take once.
Congressman Pollard was today advised
of the discontinuanee OF the postoflce at
Baeken. Pawnee county. on account OF
the inability 10 get anyone to take the
once. The postmaster at that place was
also railroad agent and as the railroad
once has been discontinued and the agent
transferred. the only thing left was to close
the postofhce.
Cutting the Iowa Pie.
The Iowa delegation, now that Senator
Allison has arrived. will hold a caucus
shortly to parcel out the pie in the north
, and south federal districts In that state.
, Ed Knott of waverly. marshal for the
northern district. It is understood. will be
reappointed. For the place now held by
, H. r Mcmillan Of Cedar Rapids United
States attorney, there are two candidates,
Tobin from Cousins district and Chase
from ConnoT's district. A. c. Smith Of
Storm Lake. present collector, viii be re-
appointed. In the southern district Major
Lacey has q candidate for marshal TO sue
eeed George Christian. but the major re-
fuses 10 divulge his name. fearful lest a
swarm Of citizens viii descend upon him
in favor of someone else.
H o. Weaver of Wapello, the present col
AcCluis VIII DC NCdRpoALAcN
Congressman Hepburn has a candidate
for United States attorney in Mr.. Temple
20 succeed Louis Miles of Corydon.
The present pension agent at Des Moines
viii be resppointed.
Burkett Has Grazing Bill.
n Senator Burkett today introduced a bil
y providing for control OF grazing on publ,
e lands in the arid states and territories
s In reality the bill Il practically a duplIcati
> OF one he introduced last April. but meet
5 ing the suggestions made by the presiden
= In a special message 70 congress last De
Y eember. Burketts bill provides that tn,
q president. with the consent Of the governo
r Of the state or territory affected. is au
z thorized 70 establish. by proclamation
g grazing districts upon public lands OF IN,
United states ThereupOn the secretary o
agriculture shall have charge OF such graz
ing districts. appoint all ofaoers necessar7
for their administration and protection
q and all local offieers shall be appoipte,
from qualified electors Of the states or ter
ritories In which such districts are sit
uated TO regulate their use for grazinl
" purposes. restore and improve their grazinl
L.