Warren sheaf., 1907-02-28
Special AGENTS
ARE we'll SCORED

IKE WELL SCURED
POWER OF INTERIOR DEPART
MENT MEN LIMITED BY
CONGRESS.
stouse Goes on Record-Restricts Use
of $25O,0OO for SaIaries-Home.
stead Orders OF President Are Sc:
vereIy Criticised.
Washington, Feb 23.-The house in
committee of the whole placed itself
5quarely on record Friday in favor OF
limiting the power of special agents
or the department of the interior, by
vote restricting the use of the ap.
preparation of $250,OOO covered by the
sundry civil appropriation bill to pay
the salaries of such agents.
BY vote of 104 to II the commit.
tee adopted the amendment, which
was offered by Mr.. Mondell Of Wyo.
ming, and debated for two hours by
Messrs. Cushman of i Washington,
lacey of Iowa, Mann of Illinois, Burke
Of South Dakota, Reeder of Kansas,
i35onynge of Colorado, Gronna Of North
/ Dakota, Steenerson of Minnesota,
Gaines of Tennessee and Smith OF
Iowa.
During the debate the work of the
special agents was severely con.
demned and the orders Of the presi.
dent regarding final proof on home
stead criticised as working unneces.
sary hardships upon settlers.
Before resuming consideration of
the sundry civil appropriation bill
the house, as in committee of the
whole passed 800 senate private pen
sion bills in 80 minutes
The sundry civil bill was still in
!, the process Of reading when the house
adjourned at 6:45 p. M, and the con-
sideration will be concluded Saturday.
For the Military Academy.
The senate at Friday nights ses-
sion passed the bill making appropri-
ations for the support Of the military
academy. The bill, carrying $1,947,-
sS3, was passed just as it came from
she committee, only ten minutes being
consumed in the consideration Of the
measure 49, ..,
A discussion lasting throughout the
entire day, to which was added fu-
aile night session, failed to secure final
action in the senate on the amend
.scents to the agricultural appropria-
ion bill proposing to make an in
crease of $1,000,000 in the item for
she support of the forest reserve.
Forceful speeches were made by Sena.
5ors Burkett, Depew and Beveridge in
1efense of the work Of Chief Forester
=,,snchot. and opposed to the extension
s{f the forest service by Senator Hey
! Durn, who went into the entire sub
iect.
| Grazing Lease to Go.
Washington, Feb. 22.-N was con.
/ ceded Thursday by senators in charge
of the agricultural appropriation bill
n the senate that the grazing lease
| provision will be eliminated from the
| bill on point of order
| 6 The reading of the agricultural bill
was completed after most of the day
| had been spent in debate on the for.
estry system and the measure will be
considered Friday for final action
There is to be decided objection, &C.
cording to Senator Lodge, to several
provisions relating to the bureau OF
chemistry of the department of agri.
culture, and these were passed over
An amendment was agreed to at the
suggestion of Senator Nelson which
Will add $4,000 each year to the ap
preparation for agricultural colleges
until the total amount for each state
for these colleges shall be $4,000 an
nually, instead of $4,000, as at pres
ent.
Grazing Lease Opposed.
Senator Patterson has given notice
of an amendment to segregate forest
reserve lands according to their adap
liability as forest lands, mining lands
and agricultural lands. After the de
Tense of the forest reserve system by
Senator Spooner, Senator Patterson
spoke in opposition to the proposed
grazing lease proposition. Senator
Warren. saying he was aware the pro
vision would go out on point Of or
der, nevertheless advocated It. Sen
ator Warren rather warmly resented
the charge which he said had beer
made in the press and by one Of the
government departments that certain
senators had fenced in public domain
Personally, he said, he did not have
an acre of Illegally fenced lands.
The farewell address Of Georgt
Washington will be read in the sen
ate Friday by Senator Burkett of Ne
bpaska.
sxndfy Civil Bill in House.
i Smarting under what they oonsid
cred unfair treatment, the Democrat
resorted to q systematic series Of oh
jections against provisions In the sun
dry civil bill Thursday in the house
They compelled the Republicans t