Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-23
FIGHT WAS RESUMED
FOREST RESERVE SERVICE Ap-
PRECIPITATION OPPOSED.
Agricultural BILL Again Before the
Senate Today-Various Amend
ments Discussed.

When the Senate resumed consideration
Of the agricultural appropriation bill today
the provision for survey Of the proposed
White mountain and Appalachian forest re-
serve, for which $4,000 Is provided, was
agreed to without argument.
The fight which is being made by SEN
ator Hepburn against the addition of
81, 100000 for the forest reserve service was
resumed. This amount is intended to make
up the amount which would go to the serv-
ice from the sale of timber. grazing con-
tracts, and other revenue, but which. under
an amendment made during the considera-
ton Of the bill, viii now be turned into the
treasury.
Point Of Order overruled.
Mr.. Hepburn made a point of order
against the appropriation. saying 1t had
not been estimated for by the department,
nor recommended by the committee. He
was overruled. He then took the floor
saying that every legitimate point that
could be made against the provision would
be made. He proposed to show that the
Senate was being carried away by admira-
ton for the chief Of this bureau. He read
the items for which the money is to be ex
pended, which included the transportation
of fish and game, the building Of roads and
There was not he said. 10000 of legitimate
expense in the whole item.
you are simply giving this million dol
lars as plaything into the hands of this
splendid gentleman. who challenges the
admiration of this august body because he
is a good fellow"
Mr.. Culberson remarked at this point
that rumOrs had come to him, in such q
way that he felt justified in asking for fur
ther information, to the effect that certain
persons who had gone west for their heath
had been given positions as foresters and
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their positions In dictatorial and tyrannical
fashion.
Mr.. Hepburn said he had heard such ru-
mOrs, and believed many senators had,
but he held such statements to be trivial
compared with the real question, and he
was desirous Of putting the gravity of the
forest reserve aggrandizement clearly be-
fore the Senate.
Fulton Proposes Amendment.
Senator Fulton interrupted to propose an
amendment which, he suggested, might be
satisfactory to Senator Heybure. 1t pro-
vided that hereafter no forest reserve
should be created or enlarged without act
of Congress in the states of Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho, Montana, Colorado or wy
oming.
Senator Carter proposed to add to this
that the exterior boundaries of any forest
reserve should not be maintained more than
one mile beyond the timber line.
the acceptance of his amendment for the
segregation Of the agricultural lands in
forest reserves, instead of the Carter pro-
vision, because more elastic He objected
that the mile limit applied to existing re-
serves.
!. 1t was SO intended remarked the Mon.
tana senator Sententiously.
Mr.. Tfllman made an effort to ''help out
as he said, but for the time was not under
stood by Mr.. Hepburn, with whom the
South Carolina senator soon found himself
in a colloquy.
las I understand it you want to get land
on which to grow things" remarked Mr.
Tillman.
We want to grow men ana women re-
piled Mr.. Hepburn. =
You can't do that unless you give them
something to eat they can't live on grass"
responded the South Carolinian.
. An this had occurred by courtesy of Mr.
Patterson, who held the floor. Continuing
his speech, Mr. Patterson contended that
there is a conspiracy to prevent the settle
ment of the west. He said the special
agents are SO busy that a man must be
asi-millionaire in order to acquire a
homestead within a forest reserve.
Shortly before 2 o'clock the agricultural
bill was laid aside until Monday.
Preceding this action. Senator Spooner
made brief defense of the forest reserve
system and Senator Clark Of Montana criti-
cised 1t.