Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-31

culture TO divide and designate for adj
minisuation public land reserves for
national forests, making irrevocaOle for
so years permits for power plants with
In national forests; authorizing the
secretary of agriculture to accept lands
for forest purposes o. TO exchange
lands for st,'npAge in the national
forests covering into the treasury
creating Il special fund for the admins
tration. protection and Improvement of
the forest service of all moneys re-
ceived AS contributions toward CO.
! operative work; authorizing advances
! OF money to chiefs of field parties for
| fighting forest fires.
| Mr. Bui'leson tTeXas) made a plea for
| an Investigation OF the best means of
preventing the rlvages OF the mistletoc,
and doing so he brought down upon
himself lot of good natured gibes
The amendment was lost, IS To 40.
AFTER PINCHoT AGAIN.
More criticism of Mr. Pinchot was
INDUCED in when Mr.. Mondell offered
an amendment providing that the
money for transportation or travel ex-
penses of forest officers or agents shall
not be paid unless such officials Travelled
on business directly connected with the
forest service. Mr., Mondell charged
that such officers and agents last year
had attended convention in Denver
with which the government had nothing
to do, and that their expenses had been
paid out OF the federal treasury.
He knew he said. that it was not safe
to attack the forestry bureau because
of the influence II had over the coun-
Try. That influence" he declared, sis
used to such extent that mems motives
are bound to be impugned and men are
certain to be attacked In the newspa-
pers and in the cheap periodicals of the
country every time they presume even
to suggest that this service is not en-
tirely free from criticism"
FALSE BOOK ENTRIES.
Mr. Scott protested that Mr. Mondell
was mistaken in saying government
money had been improperly used, but
I'm reply Mr., Mondell suggested that
there had been false entries in the for
estry office books In order TO cover up
the expenditures
The amendment was adopted, and its
adoption served to make Mr. Monden
more aggressive. He followed up his
success and attacked the bureaus pub
licity department and offered an amend
ment prohibiting the use of any part OF
the appropriation 10 pay for any news
paper or magazine articles advertising
the bureaus work.
Mr., Scott again sprang to the defense
of Mr. Pinchot and read a letter from
him that II was necessary to convert
scientific knowledge into common
knowledge, and that the periodical
press was the the best means of distlib-
utins the information to the people.
ONE WON AND ONE LOST.
The subject was discussed for some
time, when MIR Mondell insisted that he
WAS not opposing the distribution of the
a. D. sstfl A.. O..
way, His amendment did not, he de-
clared, reach those news Items bearing
the statement that the news cmmated
from the forestry bureau
The amendment was adopted.
The chair overruled "a point oil order
against another amendment by Mr..
Mondell providing that 10 part of tho
appropriation shall DO used FOR the
administration of any lands in a no ton
al forest In II township In which less
than 30 per cent OF the land rs public
land and less than one-fourth of the
public land IS timbered"
Following a brief discussion the
| amendment was lost
CANNON LOSES TEMPER.
Mr., Williams CllsslsslpRD, the MINOR
ity Leader opposed a motion by Mr..
scott 20 lay the BIN aside. and forced i
vote by toiltrs The motion carried,
1 li To 80
MI Williams hllbustered again on
motion tO adjourn. by vote of 6b to
| 40. strict party vote the house agreed
| 10 adjourn, but The Democrats, under
| Mr.. Williams leadership forced "a ron
| can on The question, th"reby making
/ good his threat VI last week % require
/ such "a can on every affirmative vote
{ until certain legislation is enacted
] While the roll WAS being called mcm-