Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-11
VICTORY IS NINE, CLAIMS PRESIDENT
Credits Congressman Mann
For Passage Of Railway
Bill --- Insurgents Work
Material Aid to Admins.
tratiOn In Battles.

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In nearby banks on proper security. 5
per cent shall constitute u reserve fund
and 80 per cent may be invested in
government bonds. In cases of eS
traordinary emergency. however. tn,
president may invest all the funds IL
government bonds. Western senators
protested against the bond buying fea
ture of the act and against the security
required from local banks on the claim
that these provisions would operate to
throw the postal funds into Wall
street
Statehood and Conservation.
The act admitting Arizona and New
Mexico as separate states provides that
the people of these territories shall
proceed to the formation of conStitu
tons. which shall go into effect when
ratified by the voters and approved by
congress and the president. There was
some hitch as to voting qualifications
in Arizona. but this was fixed by u
broader suffrage than that now recog
nzed in the territory. 1t Is probable
that the two new states will be In the
Union by 1911. making forty eight in
all and using up all the territory in
the United States available for state
hood purposes. This, Of course. is eX-
elusive of Alaska and our island pos
sessions. 1t is time to put two more
stars on the flag.
Originally President Taft recon-
mended nine conservation measures.
Two of these passed. The land with
drawal act empowers the president to
withdraw from entry temporarily any
lands now in the possession Of the
United States. but provides that land
containing metalliferous minerals shall
be subject to entry under the mineral
land law. The act was criticised by
such conservationists as Clifford Pin
chot because it failed to validate the
withdra walls Of President Roosevelt
and by implication ut least threw n
doubt on their legality and because
| the provision us to the mineral land
law and that concerning homestead
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requirement of water power sites and
other natural resources.
The other measure enacted. which
was not strictly a conservation act. but
was related thereto. was the reclama-
ton bond bill. This was originally put
at $50. 900. 900. but was cut to $2O.OOO.-
COO A fight was made on the provi-
sion requiring army engineers to pass
on irrigation projects which was
thought to reflect on the reclamation
service and possibly to mean the sup
planting of Director Newell, who had
testified against Secretary Ballinger
1t was finally compromised by provid-
| ing that the president must approve
such projects. and it is presumed that
he will use army engineers to investi-
gate them. The purpose of the recla-
nation bond measure is to raise money
to complete irrigation projects already
undertaken by the government
Campaign Fund Publicity.
The campaign publicity law which
the president advocated. although it
was not usually classed as one of the
Taft policies. requires that candidates
for congress shall file Il statement Of
election receipts and expenditures aft
err election. The Democrats made a
fight to compel publication before cleo
ton. and Il provision to this effect was
included in the house BILL but was aft
erward stricken out in the senate.
The president also succeeded in get
ting an appropriation of $25O.OOO for
the tariff board with the avowed in
tention of having it investigate the cost
of production at home and abroad and
if the information obtained warranted
it to use this as basis for further tar.
iff revision.
or the Taft policies. federal license,
ship subsidies. unti-injunction and sew
eral conservation measures were tenn
porarily sidetracked with the presi-
dents consent by n close vote in the
senate the ship subsidy measure was
made the unfinished business to be TAX
en- up in the short session. Other meas
ures which are left over are the anti
option bill. prohibiting gambling in cot
ton futures, and the Appalachian forest
reserve. Both of these measures pass
ed the house. but were lost for lack OF
time in the senate.
A Chapter of Inquiries.
Congress undertook numerous inves-
legations, the most important of which
was the Ballinger case. The report on
this, it is understood. will be given
out before election. The high prices
investigation by the Lodge committee
brought forth partial report. which
exonerated the tariff and ascribed
fifteen or twenty causes to the increas'
ed cost of living. among which were
the larger production Of gold. conges'
ton in cities. abandonment of farms
ard food trusts. The investigation OF
the election of Senator Lorimer OF IL
linois was left to subcommittee
which will hold hearings during the
recess. In the closing days Of the ses'
sion Senator Gore of Oklahoma made
sweeping charges of attempted bribery
in relation to Indian claims. and an In
Ouirv was ordered by both houses