Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-05
congress
HEYBuRN TAKES a. FALL OUT of.
THE ADMINISTRATIONS ON Ac-
COUNT or NJ
FOREST REsERvEs-cLAiMs FAv.
oRED ONES ARE GRAgBlNG
MOST OF
IDAHO WHILE CONGRESS TALKS
HOUSE DOES GOOD STUNT AT
PASSING BILLS


ate occupied the first two hours Of its
session today in perfecting the house
bill permitting the government to take
an appeal on points of law in certain
criminal cases. The bill is intended to
reach cases similar to that against the
meat packers. The bill was laid by to
permit further discussion of Senator
Carriers resolution aimed at the recent
order of the secretary of the interior,
prohibiting issuance of land patents to
entrynen until after examination of en-
try by a government special agent. SEN
ator Hepburn concluded his remarks be-
gun several days ago and Senator New
lands followed in defense of the secre-
tary. /, y. !: .5
Mr.. Hepburn said the government had
gone into his home county in Idaho and
taken 80 per cent of the county as a
forest reserve. The county had preyi-
ously made public improvements, but
these had all been lost to the county and
acquired by the government.
Senator Depew asked if the senator's
contention would destroy the whole sys-
tenn of forest reserves. The system of
forest reserves as now prated about, !"
responded Hepburn, lis so vicious that
anything that would destroy it would
be welcome" Depew asked if it were not
true that combinations of eastern CAPT
tai had gone into and grabbed up large
timber holdings.
THE largest land grabber is one OF
the vice-presidents of the National For
est Reserve Association of the United
States" answered Hepburn.
He owns more land, title to which
was Illegally obtained, than any other
man or all other men in the United
States, and he is one of the vice-presi-
dents of the Forestry association, the
president of which is our worthy secre-
tary Of agriculture. read in paper
I yesterday that this vice president Of the
forestry association is going to build in
a neighboring county to which I live the
largest mill in the world for the pur-
pose of working up these vast areas Of
timber that have been wrongful1y OBJ
tanned in the state of Idaho. :
Is this distinguished vice resident a
resident of Idaho Z" asked Senator Per
kins. No, he is resident Of Wiscon-
sin or Michigan. Idaho has not arisen
to the dignity that would induce these
gentlemen of extreme wealth to make
their home in it. 2 Were NOT these lands
acquired by the vice-president spoken
of before the reserves were created p
asked Mr.. Smoot. "No; number of
them have been acquired while we sit
here in the vain supposition that we are
heading off those land grabbers, while in
another branch of the government con-
tracts were being rushed through with
all speed that the ink might be dry on
them before we passed an act which
would shut out the exchange of lands, =
answered Mr.. Hepburn.
One Of the greatest points for criti-
cism. said Hepburn, was that two acres
of grazing land to one of timber had
been withdrawn as forest reserves. The
remedy, Hepburn said, was to take The
administration of the public land laws
from the interior department and put i
in the hands Of special land court, pro
vision for which he had made in til,
bill now pending.
The house passed a number of bill
today, including the McCunber servic,