Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-01
Rep. Guernsey Has New
Conservation Bill.
Would Create a Mt. Katahdin
Forest Reserve.
State Controlled Animal Refuge
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washington. d. c.. Feb. 2S-(Spe-
ciaD.-<1'he Maine senators will prob
ably vote for the Postal Savings bank
biil When the Senate gives a final YER
dict thereon next Thursday. At least
1hey are so r;inded now. But they are
not at all enthusiastic about the pro-
posed legislation and We're it not that
President Taft is so inSStent upon
having the bill passed, they might vote
against it,
senator Hale does not believe the
BIN TO establish postal savings banks is
wise Legislation. He is Il member of
the Monetary Commission and would
have tie whole subject go over till
that commission is able to report and
till Congress- is able to frame some
general legislation affecting our fiscal
system. Put the senior Maine senator
also fears that these postal savings
panEs viii work injury to the savings
-,alks that are numerous in Maine and
also in other New England states.
Even if the Senate passes the bill. as
il is NptUt"G to do. there will be some
QL-st,or vi ether Il workable law gets
anon the statute hooks 1T this session
of congo cSE.
The attitude which Senator Hale
taE"S ro9a ".ii"" the Dill. is the attitude
Of many other Republican senator's.
But they do not Wish to block bill
that tho President earnestly desires.
.tS is pretty generally understood. the
President is urging the bill because it
was ono of the platform declarations OF
the last Republican national o"nVen-
ton. He il anxious to drn"nstrate his
good faith t. the American people and
is urging Congress to DISPOSE OF two
or three. matters of legislation. men
toned in the natural platform. so taat
the party can go before the country
this coming autumn and ''roirt with
pride % some matters of legislation
which were promised and really put
into operation.
REPRESENTATIVE Guernsey of the 4th
Maine District has started quite buZ-
ling among the friends of the Appala-
cliiar and White Mountain forest re-
serves by some amendments he has
proposed to their joint bill. He has IN
COrD0rated these IDEAS in bill OF his
own. which closely follows the outlines
of tn. Jill which Representative John
w Weeks of Massachusetts. offered
creating those two reserves But Mr.
GuernSey'S bill not only provides Tor
those two reserves but Tor Mount
Katahdin reserve to include what is
known ae the Mount Katahdin area at
the hcadWaters of the kennebec ana
Penobscot rivers He is looking ;or-
word to the results expected OF the
Maine LEGISLATURES commission on wa
ter storage and water powers ana pro-
poses that states shall have authority
to enter such reserves and locate there
on subject to the approval ~ the sec
rotary Of the Interior OF sites Tor
storage reservoirs and sites for the de-
velopmert 90 water powers That par
tirular amendment might have an i'm
portant hearing upon me proposed
White Mountain forest reserve as the
| Ardr1scoggin and other Maine rivers
have their sources in the White Noun
ta;ns. where 1t is proposed to authorize
the secretary Of agriculture" to pur-
chase wild Ian Is.
Mr. Guernsey also proposes 1hat the
states shall have authority to locate
FISH and game preserves WITHIN these
forest reserves. lie would make the
Mount lNHt1!ltll l'@ti W. W. '''''t''''N'
if congress should decide to purchase
the necessary land for it's establish
mcut an area where wild anlmaiS cou'"
find refuge. These areas OF refuge 10Y
wild game have been favored by inc
british in their administration OF al
fairs in Africa and haV" pcfn muth
commend led by cX-Prtsident t"oSeNel'
i'm his writings that have appeared
since he departed FOR the DARK C"htl-
nent.
Thn House committee on agriculture
has hcen giving hearings on the Weeks
nil ana probably vii! report 1t IA
yorably. N!r. Guernsey improved lhe
| opportunity of those hearings Or IRE
| Scnting his own ideas about the
amendment Of the bill. He does not
| know vet what attitude the members
| of ,hp committee will assume toward
| his sugg, stions put in any event. IL the
| bin is consdcr,d in the House, he con-
| tomp,ates Pressing his ideas there ana
| if necessary may offer amendments 10
| the legislation. The provisions Tor
| same preserves anG for storage sites,
as suggested by Mr.. Guernsey. were
new to the representatives who have
! Been utSii'S 'ii' -'ff'e ' ~
| Mountain bill,
! The Massachusetts, members OF the
| House. rs we'll as the MaSsaC huSetts
| senator's. are commenting much about
the prosp. cts of another Maine man
coming 10 Congress from the Say state.
editor buchanan of the old somerset
Argus. who aourished in SkoWhegan
several years ago and then departed
rs Rrlckton, Mass, apparently has the
DELEGATES from that city. for the Con-
yressional nomination ana while they
do moi constitute majority OF the
convention are expected to have great
,Auance therein. Since he went from
sl,oyhegan TO Brockton Mr.. Ruchan-
an has been very successful. He was
nr;vate secretary to Coy. William l..
douglas. the only Democratic govern
mr. of Massachusetts since the days OF
William f. Russell. and has edited
napar ir Brockton and engaged in bust
ness enterprises from which he has ac-
cumulated quite comfortable fortune
He changed his politics sone years ago
ard is now A full-Hcdged Republican.
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