Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-06-23
THINKS MAJORITY
IN CONvE
WERE M|SLEO
CHIEF FORESTER
MAINTAINS HIS TEMPER
AdherentS of Forest Reserve
PoIicyof Administration Have
No Show in Opinion of New
Mexican.
ny WIN c. narnes.l

Denver. Colo, June 1S-The second day
Of the public lands convention has been a
very exciting and vigorous one.
Early IN the dag a wrangle was INDUCED
in over the report Of the committee on cie-
d~entials, and for two hours the deleSa,es
had a regular monkey and parrot time. The
minority, which consisted II the cattle men.
led by Murdo Mackenzie. charged in no un-
certain terms that the convention had aeen
purposely packed by those having 1t in
charge. in the interest Of those who are
opposing the presidents policy Of the pub
lie lands, and especially as To the forest re-
serves. Every tactic was resortcd to by he
opposition to break tho combination. but
without success.
Finally, however. on a motion 10 read tn,
voting mower Of the various states, the real
animus Of the whole thing was so very evil
dent that the spirit OF fair play, So inherent
even in the breast Of a Colorado land E"l6-
her. forced a change. and II was agreed thar
on voting the state should he more equal
ana NOT allow Colorado and wyoming
twhose leading sheepmen were in fun CON
troll Of the affair to completely dominate
the meeting.
An idea Of the unfair condition was sqsil-
shown when the roll call showed that on a
vote on any question Colorado had t9e
votes wyoming lbVi Wnile the rest NJ tine
states had 10. 20 and so.
The further effort to control the meeting
was SO plainly evident in the list Of spea'5-
ers that the minority soon saw they ware
not to be heard. without exception. every
man scheduled to- speak was a well known
and persistent opponent Of the forest re-
serve policy. and right well aid they act
their parts, for a more severe and bitter
arraignment OF the forestry officials was
never heard before.
Senator Teller. Senator Carter. Congress
man Mondell OF Wyoming; Congressman
Bonynge Of Colorado, each vied with the
other in calling hard names
No speaker in the other side was given
a chance To be heard until by some acct
dent a young fellow named Eberle from
Tucson, Ariz, got the floor, and for fif-
Teen minutes convulsed the whole great
crowd by one or the wittiest and most off
hand pieces Of oratory it has ever been my
pleasure to hear.
Eberle posed as a poor COW puncher from
Arizona. He told Of his sorrows and trou-
bles on the range down there; got off
strings Of comical COW camp slang, which
made the house fairly Shrek with laughter.
and in the end said very little pertinent to
the subject.
Eberle made a good play all the more
amusing because instead Of being a poor.
down-trodden Arizona cowboy. he Is a
nephew Of D. r.. Francis. Of st. Louis. a
Yale graduate and a polished speaker. But
he played the part to perfection and few
in the great audience but knew he was
what he claimed to bean unlettered son
Of the desert.
But outside OF his talk not a single one
of the men present who were prepared tea
champion the cause Of the forestry bureau
were allowed to be heard Even chief For
ester Pinchot was cut off TO almost the