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 s5s NJ,
FOREST REsERvEs-cLAIMs FAv
oRED ONES ARE CRASHING
MA MOST OF
IDAHO WHILE CONGRESS TALKS
HOUSE DOES GOOD STUNT AT
PASSING BILLS AS

~
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
entrymen 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.
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, is SO vicious that
anything that would destroy it would
be welcome" Depew asked if it were not
true that combinations Of eastern capi-
d tai had gone into and grabbed up large
timber holdings 55s.
isis9 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 tof the Forestry association, the
president of which is our worthy secre-
B tary of agriculture. I read in a paper
yesterday that this vice president Of the
forestry association is going to build in
a neighboring county to which ! live the
largest mill in the world for the pur-
pose Of working up these vast areas Of
timber that have been Wrongfully OBJ
I tanned in the state of Idaho.
rs this distinguished vice-president a
resident of Idaho 2? asked Senator Per
dns. No, he is a 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, Were not these lands
acquired BY the vice president spoken
of before the reserves were created 2"
asked Mr.. Smoot 'No; a 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, 4
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 il
inthe hands Of a special land court, pro-
vision for which he had made in the
bill now pending.
The house passed a number Of bills
today, including the McC unnber service