Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-21
ASK
CLASSIFICATION
OF PUBLIC LAND
PINCH0T MATTER CAUSE OF
HOT DEBATE
SPEAKER DEGREES DOMINATION
BY SPECIAL INTERESTS
Resolutions Call for Fervld Discussion
in Transmississippi Commercial
congress-Hadley Tells of
Railroad War
[By Associated Press. ]

II ENVER, Aug. 20.-The agitation
over the Colorado forest reserves,
- and the activities of Clifford
Pinchot broke into open fire before the
Transmississippi Commercial congress
this afternoon, and after a hot debate
resolution calling on the United
States congress for a law declaring for
a division of the agricultural, mineral
and forest lands was passed.
The resolution was the one presented
by former Senator Patterson of Colo
RADIO. 1t had been in committee for
two days and the feeling was abroad
In the congress it was an overt attack
on Pinchot, and this assertion was
made on the floor by Frank Goudy of
Denver, who opposed the action.
Mr.. Patterson said he had no in
tention of attacking Mr.. Pinchot and
wanted merely a settlement, once for
all, of the Pinchot controversy, in
which IT. had been charged Mr.. Pinchot
has overlooked technicalities in re-
serving forest lands.
The floor was instantly alive with
prospective speakers for and against
the resolution, and it continued to be
so until Mr.. Goudy offered an amend
ment commencing the forestry policies
of the administration This was ac-
cepted by Mr.. Patterson, and in turn
Mr.. Goudy accepted the Patterson
resolution. Both passed, and this eff
fectively, it is believed, stopped the
forestry dispute.
Resolutions introduced
The following resolutions were intro
That the income tax measure become
a law.
That the tariff commission of ex-
perts 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 preventing
the collecting of federal liquor license
in prohibition territory.
That aid be extended American ship
ping.
The principal speaker of the after
noon was Governor Hadley of Mis-
souri, who dealt with the rate question
in his state. He declared the railroad
rebate and not the tariff, is the mother
of trusts. He said that one man was
responsible for placing the blame
where 1t belongs, and for putting a
quietus on the rate evil with such
force that 1t has not shown it's head
since, and that man was Roosevelt.
He said he is not in favor of govern
ment ownership of railroads, but said
he would rather see government own
ership of railroads than the govern
ment owned by the railroads.
He closed his address by saying he
believes the answer to the rate ques-
ton is in making the great inland wa
ters navigable.
Joe Cannon Is Scored
Uncle Joe Cannon and his political
household, the speaker of the house
being referred to as the medieval mon
arch and the political czar of congress.
came in for a scoring before the con-
gress in the morning when former
Judge J. B. Belford of Colorado sought
to show that the commercial congress
is dominated by special interests"
Judge Belford charged that the dele
gates to the congress are being herded
into convention halls once a year and
made to listen to essays carefully pre-
pared for the "infantile mind" and
then to vote the action with regard to
public measures planned by the few
leaders.
whats the use of millions of people
west of the Mississippi being represent
ed here If they have to sit still and be
injected with q few teaspoonfuls of
rhetoric?' he said. "If this is going to
continue we may as well quit. If we
are going to pattern this congress after
the fashion of our illustrious national
house and its political czar, let some
body say so and lay down the rules in
black and white"
1t is probable there will be a fight in
the resolutions committee over a reso-
luton presented today by w G. Stone
of Colorado, commencing the work Of
the national forestry bureau under Gift
ford Pinchot. There was no discus
sion of the resolution on the floor, but
because of the divided opinion with
respect to the reclamation and forestry
policies of the present bureaus 1t is
possible objection will be made to any
sentiment coming from the congress as
q whole.
Railway rates were subjects of new
resolutions. The resolutions presented
deal with new phases of rates, and 1t is
expected it will be threshed out in
committee and all made to form a joint
resolution.
John w. Milliken of Colorado was the
principal speaker Of the morning ses-
sion. He dealt with improved condi-
tions in the northwest.