Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-07
OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS

Washington, April 2. In the solem-
nifty of service in memory Of de-
parted colleague, Francis w. Cushman,
late representative from Washington,
Speaker Cannon in the house today
talked of the trials met by public mer
in dealing with popular opinion and
speculated upon the mysteries Of the
hereafter. Mr.. Cannon then relin-
quished the gavel to Representative
McCredie.
There were only few members
present chiefly those who were to
speak Of the life and character of Mr..
Cushman. In the galleries, too, there
was only sprinkling of visitors, a
majority of whom had dropped in mere
ly to see the house in session and with
no special interest in the proceedings.
Members of the house and senate are
| struggling with the question of franz
\ ing laws to further conservation.
Both houses Of congress have been SO
occupied that little attention has been
paid to the subject until two or three
days ago.
Since Friday, however, efforts have
been made to get some of the admins
tration measures dealing with conser-
walton into shape for presentation.
The public lands committee of the
house has gone to pieces on the propos-
ed law to authorize the president to
make withdrawals and classifications
of public lands, and the members are
now divided into several groups, each
pulling in a different direction.
Washington, April 1.-That the cor
poration tax law will be amended to
restrict the operation of its publicity
feature was virtually assured today
when the house slightly amended pro-
vision previously adopted by the senate
for that purpose.
AS passed by the house today, the
law provides:
"All corporation tax returns shall be
open to inspection only upon the order
of the president, under rules and regu-
lations to be prescribed by the secre-
tary of the treasury and approved by
the president.
AS previously provided by the SEN
ate, such corporation tax reports were
"to be made public when called for by
resolution of the senate or the house of
representatives or under the order of
the president when he desires it for
public interests"
Under the guise of protecting the
watersheds of navigable streams, the
ultra-c a-conservationists in congress,
otherwise known as the "Pinchotites, !"
are undertaking to slip through bill
which will extend the vast system of
forest reserves into every state in the
Union, entail the expenditure of unes-
timated millions Of dollars Of govern
ment money, and swell the forest SER
vice to proportions never dreamt Of by
Clifford Pinchot, even in his palmiest
days.
1t is all being done by subterfuge,
in which clever effort is being made to
conceal the main purpose of the legis-
lation in question.
Washington, March Determined
to obtain congressional action on the
bill requiring the publication of cam
paign contributions, Perry Belmont,
head of the organization to further
that movement, announced today that
Senator Bailey, would introduce in the
senate tomorrow the measure he said
he had been trying for a month to in
duce Senator Burrows, of Michigan,
chairman of the committee on privi-
leges and elections, to present.
Commanding the careful attention of
majority of his colleagues, Senator
Root today consumed three hours in
continuing his speech in defense of the
administration railroad bill before the
senate. He again failed to conclude
his remarks. He defended the merger
provisions of the bill as a great ad-
vance over existing law, as it made
the purchase of one company's stock
by another an offense, while he argued,
such acquisition was not now illegal
except as part of conspiracy.
Representative SABBATH of Illinois,
wants to know whether officials of the
of justice scattered
throughout the country form cliques
and have a monopoly of bankruptcy
and other cases that come into the Fed
eral courts.
According to SABBATH, it is impossi-
bic in many cities for litigants to en-
ploy the counsel they desire, but they
are practically compelled to employ
members of the Favored circle" and
he asserts that the funds of litigants
frequently are absorbed in these
charges.
Congress may be able to adjourn on
May Is, said Senator Aldrich on leav-
ing the White house today.
Several influential members of con-
gress believed opposition to certain
features of the administration pro-
gramme may cause the session to last
much longer.
Washington, March Representa-
tive Bennett, of New York, today in |