The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
PINCHOT AND
FOREST POLICY
CAUSE hot TALK
Trans=Mississippi Delegates Call
Upon Congress to Frame
Needed Law
Stand of Taft, Roosevelt and
Cannon Alluded To During
Extended Debate

DENVER. Aug. 2O.-The agitation
over the Colorado forest reserves and
the activities Of clifford Pinchot broke
into open IRE before the trans -Nissis-
sippi congress this afternoon, and aft
er a hot debate a resolution calling
upon congress for a law declaring for
"A division of the agricultural. mineral
and forest lands was adopted.
The resolution was presented by for
mer senator Patterson of Colorado. II
had been in committee for two days.
and the feeling was abroad in the con-
gress that it was an overt attack on
Pinchot, and this assertion was made
on the floor by Frank Gowdy of Den
yer. who opposed the action.
Patterson said he had no intention Of
attacking Pinchot and wanted merely
settlement, once for all, Of the Pinchot
controversy in which it had been
charged that Pinchot has overlooked
rechnicalities in reserving forest lands.
STOP FORESTRY DISPUTE
Instantly the floor was alive with
prospective speakers for and against
the resolution, and it continued to be
so until Gowdy offered an amendment
commencing the forestry policies of the
administration. This was accepted by
Patterson. and in turn Gowdy accepted
the Patterson resolution. Both were
adopted. and this effectively, 1t is be-
lieved. stopped the forestry dispute
Uncle Joe Cannon and his political
household. the speaker of the house be-
ing referred 10 as the medieval mon
arch and the political czar of congress.
came in for a scoring before the con-
=eress this morning, when former Judge
T. r. Belford Of Colorado sought to
show that the commercial congress was
dominated by special interests"
Belford charged that the delegates
TO the congress were being herded
into convention halls once a year and
made 10 listen to essays" carefully
prepared for the ''infantile mind" and
then 10 vote the action with regard
TO public measures planned by the few
leaders.
..W HAT Is THE USE."
What's the use of millions of peo-
pie west Of the Mississippi being rep
resented here If they have TO sit still
and be injected with a few spoonfuls
of rhetOric2' he said IF this is GO
ing 10 continue we may as we'll quit
If we are going TO pattern this con-
gress after the fashion of our illus
triOus national house and its political
the rules in black and white"
The following resolutions were in
trOduced:
That the income tax measure become
e law.
That the tariff commission of experts
be placed in service.
That congress pass a law regulating
the use Of grazing lands
That Alaska be given a territorial
legislature.
That congress pass a law prevent
ing the collection Of federal liouor
licenses in prohibition territory.
That aid be extended American ship
ping
DEALS WITH RATE QUESTION
The principal speaker of the after
noon was Governor Handley of Missouri
who dealt with the rate question in his
state.
Hadley said that the railway rebates
and not the tariff was the mother of
trusts. He said that one man was
responsible for placing the blame
where il belonged. and for putting
Quietus on the rate evil with such
force that it had not shown its head
since and that man was Roosevelt. He
said he was not in favor of the gov
ernment ownership Of railroads. but
: he said he would rather see govern
Tnent ownership Of railroads than the
government owned by the railroads
He closed his address by declaring
that he believed the answer to the
rate question was in making inland
waters navigable.
Sheen Grazi7or in REacL- HILL