Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-30
TO PLACATE REGULARS
AND JOLLY INSURGENTS
Colonel Has Promised to Speak
for Senator Lodge in October
in Face Of Powerful Oppose
ton TO Massachusetts Man.

Morning journal Bureau.
6l3 Munsey Building.


attempt the difficult feat Of giving
some aid and comfort 10 the regulars
while avoiding any offense to the in
surgents, Is the conviction of many
politicians.
This might look impossible, but re-
member Colonel Roosevelt does things
in politics that the ordinary politician
cannot do. He demonstrated this as
president.
Already Mr.. Roosevelt has promised
to speak for Senator Lodge in Massa-
chusetts in October. This is one of
the results of the breakfast at Saga
more Hill the day following the for
mer %pesident's return home. Sena-
tor Lodge Is a regular of regulars, He
was in the forefront in fashloning the
tariff law. He has powerful insur-
gent opposition in lis W state. And
he is not at ease over the prospects
FOR his return to the senate.
OF course, II may be Il thai
Roosevelt cannot avoid saying a good
word for his friend Lodge. in view
of the close relations that have long
existed between them.
While far apart as to some OF their
political views, at no great crisis in
the Roosevelt administration did
fail to go to the front, on the
senate floor, and speak out for his
White House friend. 1t would be
downright ingratitude for Roosevelt
TO refuse to say 4 good word for
Lodge.
While 1t Is declared here in quar-
tcrs close TO Roosevelt that he wants
to avoid getting into the New York
political situation, II is felt that he
win ultimately find himself dragged
In.
If he can so to Massachusetts, and
speak out for Lodge, the New York
leaders argue, he ought to do as much
for the republican party In his own
SO the impression acre in
Washington is That he win also speak
n New York, Then there is Ohio.
Son-in-law Longworth may prevail on
rim to speak there. The congressional
campaign committee Is doing its ut
to get htp to make some
i%peeclles,
Much speculation Is rife here in
Washington as to the nature of the
messages passing between Roosevelt
TAFT through Secretaries Meyer
md Wilson, senator Lodge and Cap
ain Butt. But there Is reason to as
iert that the former president viii not
litter any criticisms. Whether Mr..
Roosevelt later ON viii speak our I'm
concentration of President Taft is
lot positively known, but it is gencr-
lily believed ne viii.
Secretary Wilson has just issued an
rider providing a moro liberal treat
nent OF bona fide squattcrs upon nm
urveyed land which has beer in
luded within national forests since
time OF occupancy OF the land by
quatters.
Under the homestead law it is inn
'ossihle for any one to ocure legal
title to unsurveycd public land but
occupancy pending survey is recog
iized as giving Il prior claim to the
and after survey, under What Is
as "squatters' rights" a squat
err who had, in good faith. taken pos
ession of a piece of national forest
md before the national forests were
is not disposscssed Of his
lain by the forest service, and II he
YES upon it and cultlvates 1t until
he land has been surveyed, he is able
b get his homestead Just as though
C had settled on any part Of The un-
urveyed public domain.
But since the passing of the act Of
une II. 1895. which permits the soc
ctary of agriculture to list for set
land which he finds chiefly
aluahle for agricultural purposes, il
been possible for a %squattcr to
pply for the listing of their lands nm
er this act, II thus Ia obtain title
rior 10 the government survey.
The object of the new order Of the
a~cretary of agriculture is TO provide
" The listing OF the fun amount or
.nd which the occupant would ie-
olive IL he exercised his option OF
waiting the government survey. ir-
'speetiVo of whether or not the en-
re area is cultivable, provided the
Iaim is bona fide and the land is not
valuable for its timber than for
Secretary Wilson's order is as fol- q
.vg; I
. ttiEfA VIM itfN NfAAN'A NiHh
ld continuously occupied unsur {
lands within q national forest
it's creation and is at the pres Z
At time occupying such lands iu .
faith and is Ia all respects com- ;
wing with the homestead law, has y
Ie right To include within the lines ,
his homestead 160 acres after the d,
Is surveyed "
'rhereforc 90 the land is occupied d
r agricultural purposes and is not
valuable tor its timber than for /,
purpose and there are No. cir :
instances which would in the ouin- =
n of The district forester tend To I,
the bona ndos OF the claim
H. ne should be allowed To mako 4
.plcation Tor the p~atenting of such !,
lds under the att 90 June n. 1896. n
"a the examination Tor listing should a.,
made with "a view or listing 100
Of land where possible.
The tract AS listed should con-
.m So Ear as practicable To the A.
ian 90 the public land surveys The vi
ling 81 hands as above should not m
any way govern the determination I'D,
the total area or amount % non -
.uvshie land listed Tor applicants a