Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-10

JIc AubulC use VI JIle government Wds
passed by the senate today. The house
voted down proposition to provide
residences in the foreign capitals foi
diplomats.
Secretary Meyer and Senator Per-
kins, chairman of the naval affairs
committee, held a conference today, al
which the latter agreed to support the
administration plans for two battle
ships, three destroyers, two colliers, a
repair ship and four or five submarines.
The administration postal savings
bank bill may be referred back to the
postofice committee tomorrow, when
the time comes for a vote on that
measure in the senate.
Hepburn, of Idaho, SO intimated in
speech in the senate today on his
substitute for the pending bill. Wheth-
er he would offer the substitute, he
said, would depend upon developments
tomorrow.
81 have heard many expressions of
dissatisfaction with the legislation as
it stands, - he said. "A number of
senators have indicated a desire that
the bill be recommitted, that it may
have further consideration before we
commit ourselves irrevocably to the
policy of postal savings system"
After a brief discussion the senate
today passed the bill authorizing the
issuance of $3O,000,O 900 worth of GER
tificates of indebtedness for the COM
pletion of irrigation projects already
under way.
The bill is intended to supply enough
money to finish these works and it is
contemplated that the certificates shall
be retired by money derived from the
sale of lands redeemed.
Washington, March 1.-Represent-
ative McCredie today introduced bill
appropriating $150,O00 for public
building and site at Centralia, Wash.
A bill, which, if passed, would de-
clare the members of the "beef trust"
recently indicted in New Jersey fugi-
tives from justice and compel their ex-
tradition to New Jersey to stand trial,
was introduced today by Representa-
tive Henry, of Texas, Of the house
| judiciary committee.
"These individuals composing the
beef trust who have been indicted by
New Jersey grand jury" said Mr..
Henry, "are endeavoring to hide be-
hind the proposition that they have
transacted no business in the state of
New Jersey and therefore could not
have committed a crime there, because
they were not personally present. This
is an old dodge, an elusive method of
escaping punishment.
After a two-hours' conference with
President Taft today, leaders of con-
gress announced that they would OPP
pose all amendments to the several
administration bills when it became
apparent that the amendments were
offered in spirit hostile to the main
purposes of the proposed legislation.
Senators Aldrich and Crane and Speak
er Cannon were present.
The senate today passed the Bourne
bill, appropriating 81, 500, 900 for site
and postoffice budding in Portland, the
proposed building to be used for the
postoffice solely, leaving the present
public building for courts and other
Federal offices.
Washington, Feb. 28.-Because of
protests filed against the bill donating
to Whitman college the lands and
buildings of the abandoned Walla
Walla military reservation, Senator
Jones has withdrawn that measure,
and today introduced new bill au-
thorizing the sale of the reservation to
Whitman college at $50 an acre.
1t is expected that the military COM
mittee, before reporting this bill, will
ascertain from the War department
whether or not this price is reasonable,
and if not will substitute a price re-
commended by that department. 1t is
not expected there will be objection to
the sale of the lands at fair price.
A bill introduced in the senate. today
to add 1000, 1000 acres to the area
available for use by the state of Ore
gon under the Carey desert land act,
and also to authorize the state of Ore
gon to drain Blue Point, Flagstaff,
Hart and Clumf lakes and reclaim the
lands now submerged and to create
liens upon the land so reclaimed as a
security for the repayment of the cost
of reclamation by settlers on the re-
claimed lands.
Senator Jones today introduced bill
permitting the Okanogan Electric Rail-
way company to build bridge across
the Columbia river at Bridgeport and
another across the Okanogan river at
Defflins Ferry.
The Aldrich bill providing for COM
mission of senators, representatives
and civil appointees to be selected by
the president, to supervise the busi
ness methods of the executive depart
ments, was passed by the senate to-
day.
The postoffice appropriation bill was
under consideration in the house during
the entire session, which lasted over
six hours. Both houses will be in ses-
sion tomorrow.
The house public lands committee
has reported favorably the administra-
tion bill making an appropriation of
$500, 900 for the survey of public lands
within railway land grants. In Oregon
there are $500, 900 acres unsurveyed in
Oregon & California railroad grant.