Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-03
A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON
THE WORK OF CONGRESS

Mr.. Hepburn asserted that sucl
methods were more cruel than those o,
the Inquisition. They were not ONLY
barbarous, he said, but were in direc
conflict with American court instruc
tions under which an officer is prohib
tied from talking with his prisoner OF
the subject Of the charge against him
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator War.
rem today introduced a bill authorizing
the secretary of the interior to sell sur.
plus water of the government recIama.
tion projects to individuals, corpora.
tions or assoc ations operating under
the Carey act and authorizing the sec.
retary to cooperate with persons, cor.
porations, irrigating districts or Carey
act associations in the construction ol
contemplated reservoirs, which will
impound the water in excess of the
needs of pubic lands within the pro
posed irrigation project.
Senators who have been heretofore
unfriendly to the bill TO raise addi-
tional money to hasten completion of
government irrigation projects are
now suggesting that the bill be amend
ed to authorize $50, 900, 600 instead Of
$50, 900, 900 worth of certificates of in
debtedness. Commenting on this new
situation Senator Borah said: "Of
course we would like to have $50, 00O,-
900, and if we find we can get it, we
will take up this new proposal, but the
thing that is disturbing friends Of the
measure now is whether or not this
proposed raise may not have the effect
of killing the bill after it gets to the
house. We do not know what we
will do regarding this proposition until
the situation can be canvassed in the
house."
The senate commerce committee has
adopted amendments to the river and
harbor bill as follows: Siuslaw river,
1918, 900, conditioned upon co-opera-
tion by the Port of Siuslaw; CoquiIle
river, increase from $27, $40 to $50, 900
and Sc, 900 annually for maintenance !;
CIatskanie river, increase from $500 to
$4,000. Survey of the Oregon slough
in the Columbia opposite Vancouver, is
also ordered.
Washington, Feb. 22.-Representa-
tive Hawley today introduced bill au-
thorizing the opening of the surplus
lands in klamath reservation after the
completion of allotments to klamath
and Modoc Indians. AS soon as the
allotments are completed, a commits
sion consisting of one resident of Ore
gon, one representative of the Interior
department and one member of the
Klamath tribe are to be appointed at
$40 day to classify and appraise the
surplus lands, dividing them into agri-
cultural, timber, grazing and mineral
lands, the classification to be complet-
ed in eight months.
The house naval committee today
voted a tentative approval of Secretary
Meyers plan of reorganization, which
will give the secretary the power to
put his plan into practice for one year.
Several hours again were devoted by
the senate committee on interstate
commerce today to listening to Attor-
ney General Wickersham expound his
views concerning amendments to the
commerce law.
1t had been expected that he would
complete his explanation of the ad-
railroad bill today in time
to permit a report to the senate.
Members of the committee were so
much interested in what he had to say
that they invited him to come back to-
1t is expected that the bill
will be reported late in the week.
In the opinion of Chairman Knapp,
If the Interstate Commerce commits
zion and of his associates on that body,
domestic freights are freer from unjust
and more satisfactory
n general than they ever were before.
Washington, Feb. 21.-Senator AID
'ich said today that if permitted to do
10 he would undertake to run the gov
,rnment of the United States for
1900, OOO,0 900 year less than it now
osts.
He was not presenting formal pro-
'osal, but was making speech in the
'enate on the question of creating a
commission to reform the business
Methods of the government.
He said the methods were obsolete
nd involved the annual loss of at least
100, 900, 900. At his instance the bill
vas so amended as to provide that
he commission should be composed en-
irely of members of congress-five
enators and five representatives.
Mr.. Aldrich spoke in reply to Sena-
or Dolliver, who opposed the bill on
he ground that it would create suspi-
ion in the minds of the public as to the
lethods of conducting the govern
rents business.
Mr.. DoIIiver said he feared the COM
lission would accomplish no good, but
luch evil. He regarded the bill as q
roposal to enter upon a "blanket dis
of the government. He
eclared the commission would cost not
,ss than $500, 000., and he said he
lought there were too many commit
ses already.
The administration ship subsidy bill
sached the house today through the
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