Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-05-05
DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.

Washington, April 27. - Senator
Jones today called upon the senate pub
lie lands committee in the interest o1
the Hamer bill which passed the house
recently, authorizing the Western
states to relinquish sections 16 and &c
in forest reserves and take in exchange
compact bodies Of forest reserve lands
of equal area.
Senator Hepburn objected to the bill
declaring it unconstitutional and the
bill went over for the lack of time tc
consider it. Next Wednesday, how
ever, it will be called up again and ul-
timately be reported over Heyburn's
protest.
Senator Chamberlain has introduced
bill providing for the opening of the
Klamath Indian reservation to settle
ment. The bill provides for the sur
vey of lands in the reservation, their
allotments to the klamath and Modoc
Indians, and the sale of the remaining
lands under the methods usually fol-
lowed. Seventy-fve thousand dollars
is proposed to make the surveys and
allotments.
The senate public lands committee
has reported favorably the bill which
passed the house, authorizing the sur
vey of lands within railway and other
land grants and adding an amendment
appropriating $500, 900 for making of
this survey.
The house of representatives today
passed the senate bill granting to ST.
letz Power & Manufacturing company
right of way for a canal across the
Siletz Indian reservation.
Washington, April 26.-The situa-
tion of the postal savings bank bill in
the house appears to be one calling for
radical measures of relief. Inquiries
among those responsible for its status
in that body develop the fact that ac-
tion of any sort upon the bill is unlike
ly until after all other administration
measures, including railroad, anti-in-
junction, and conservation, have been
put through the house. 1t is proposed
now to call Republican conference at
an early date to consider the anti-in-
junction bill, which also is in a bad
situation.
There will be nothing done with
postal savings until after that caucus
is held" said a prominent majority
member of the house committee on
postofices and postroads. eff the Re-
publican members go into that caucus
and get together successfully, we will
then have a caucus on the postal saw
ings bank bill. Then, when we have
agreed upon something we will come
into the house with it."
The same member declared that
neither the senate bill, nor any bill
similar to it, could ever pass the
house. The bill will remain in the
on postoffices and postroads
until some agreement is arrived at.
Just now but two members Of that
are in favor of the senate
bill. Representative Murdock, insur-
gent Republican from Kansas, is one
of these.
"Unless the house passes the postal
savings bank bill, practically iden-
5ically as it passed the senate" said
ne today, "the bill will be thrown into
conference between the two houses,
where, in the hands of conferees un-
to the measure, it will have a
mighty hard time"
Washington April 25.-With Sena-
or Dolliver criticising in pointed
Western phraseology the Crawford
9lkins amendment to the traffic agree
nent provision of the railroad bill and
Senator Root supporting the same pro-
vision in careful legal argument, the
enate today was the scene of an inter
,sting debate.
The Iowa senator showed resentment
It the interference of the administra-
ion in the proposed legislation, while
dr. Root said the experience of the
executive branch of the government /
lad suggested the necessity for such
egislation.
At the close of the discussion Elkins
made an effort to obtain an agreement |
or a vote ten days hence, but failed
because of the objection of La Toilette.
Declaring the obligations of the rail-
Dad companies to be in reality part
f the public debt, Dolliver said within
he last few years Fright under the
lose of congress and in the midst of
he Roosevelt era, liabilities have been
ontracted by the railroads exceeding
he SO, 900, 900, 900 of public debt which
he country found saddled upon it at
he close of the civil war, which our
hildren will have to pay after we are
one.
These debts have been contracted, he
aid, by irresponsible railroad men to
ermit the harmonizing of their inter
SITS and without adding one dollars
rorth of railroad facilities.
He was satisfied, whatever was done,
he government should keep an eye on
nd control the actions of the railroads.
Ie was of the opinion that the pending
i'll paralyzes present control.
Banking Economist" Wanted.
Washington, April 27.-The United
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