Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-29
TAFT LIKES ACTION TAKEN
President Discusses Railroad Bill
with Mr.. Hinshaw.
NEBRAsKANs JOIN AT MEETING
Two Hundred of Them Attend
Session and Listen to Speeches
from senators-ElevRtOr
Appeal.
CFrom a staff Correspondent }

WASHINGTON, April 2S.--(Special Tele-
ram)-President Taft has expressed
himself as highly pleased with the action
OF the house in retaining the commerce
feature in the railroad bill and to Repre-
sentative Hinshaw expressed the hope that
no change be made in the existing law
governing the long and short haul charges
by the railroads. The bill now pending
before the house would change the old law
by permitting common carriers upon au-
thority from the Interstate Commerce com
mission upon application and in special
cases to charge less for longer than for
shorter distances for passengers and prop
erty. No such latitude is given the COM
mission at present. except as to rates to
points in the same direction and under
similar conditions. The old law is regarded
as ample by the president and sufficient
guaranty to farmers whose interests de-
| mand a cheap long haul rate on wheat
! and other farm products entering into the
export trade of the country. u '1rt
| Representative Hinshaw, one of the
house insurgents" said today that he
voted for the cofnrtierce court for two reae
sons: First. because the court would eN-
pedite the business of making rates. and,
fsecondly, because Of the uniformity Of the
decisions.
DeadwOOd Wins Point.
Pursuant to the request of Representa-
| tive Martin of South Dakota the Treasury
department will permit the Deadwood
assay office to pay for bullion hereafter
with New York exchange This according
TO Mr.. Martin, will enable the Deadwood
office to handle the gold bullion Of the
\ Homestake Mining company, amounting tc
S6,Ooo,o0O annually, and the entire gold out
put Of the Black Hills region.
All competent Omaha Indians holding
fee simple patents to lands in Thurstor
county will have to pay taxes II the Bur
kett bill passed by the house today be
comes law. The bill already has passeC
the senate and now awaits the sigpatur,
Of the president. BY provisions Of thi
bill 1878 acres OF Indian land will at onot
become taxable. There are 100000 acres O.
indian land In Thurston county, all o.
which will sooner or later become taxable
Preliminary steps looking toward tn,
opening Of 100000 acres OF land IN tn
Pine Ridge Is. d. agency and 5OO,0OO acre
in the Rosebud reservation were taken to
day when the house passed a bill provld
ing for the appraisal of these lands. Tn
bill also provides for the establishment o
government townsites and that 20 per cen
of monies derived from the sale of tow
lots be donated TO various n1uhicipalitie
with which to make public improvements
Senators Make Speeches..
Two hundred Nebraskans, temporarily re
siding in the District of Columbia, INA
rooned in Washington" as viii Maupl,
wrote Secretary Edgerton or tlie Nebrask,
state association, assembled AT the Nor
mandie tonight to listen to addresses b,
Senators Burkett and Brown, Representa-
tive Norris being chairman 9oe the even
ing. In addition to speeches there was
program Of music. followed bydaneing an
refreshments william Maupin. state labo
commissioner, sent letter TO the society
the reading of which ELECTED rounds of ap
plause, for II showed that there wa
nothing the matter with Nebraska
Senator Burkett spoke OF the School
master in Politics" and gave credit to hiT
for many reforms in politics, in society an
in the morals Of the nation in the las
twenty years.
Senator Brown in view Of his recent ei
forts to hale the Washington Gas -Oompan
before the bar Of public opinion ana III
!, senate investigating committee spoke o
. Gas" which he said was the most 1
Eliminating subject that had been assignt
him since he came 20 the senate.
Senator Brown. at the. request of A
torney General Thompson, win Immediate
prepare a petition for re-hearing of bot
the Straussville and Manley cases grow
ing out OF the refusal OF the Missouri p
cihc to construct spur tracks to elevate
at those points