Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-01
Kinkaid's Work In
the Last Session
Record Of Accomplishment 10 Credit
of the Member from the Sixth
Nebraska District.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. June 3as-(special)
- Legislation has been secured at this ses-
sion affecting = large part OF the great
AREA Of my district" said Representative
Kinkaid- In financial magnitude. the So
09e 0ee reclamation certificate or bond issue
just passed surpasses anything else affect
ING my district. 1t is applicable 10 the IN
completed part OF the North Platte pro
Ject, OF which there is q large acreage yet
In Nebraska A necessity. as vel as a
demand. has existed for some such legis-
latiOn for some time, and ! an confident
constituents interested in the North Platte
project VIII be pleased
Another bill affecting the interests OF
homesteaders in perhaps half Of the eoun-
ties in my district Is one. the provisions Of
which viii result n securing 10 be sx-
pended for the resurvey OF original sur
veys made many years ago. four times
as much money as the law. as now written,
permits. This new bin We secured 20 cor
rect a mistake made as the result Of a
clerical error in an ACT which was passed
a year ago. Already, In anticipation Of
the passage OF this new bill for which
l have worked diligently for the last four
months. have secured 10 be apportioned
for resurveys In Nebraska $4,000 for this
year. and now that the new act is q
certainty I an endeavor1ng 70 secure as
much as Na.000 more Ny purpose is TO
secure q large amount OF rssUrvey work
70 be done in my district this season
Next in importance. but OF local char
acter. Is the authorization have secured
Z in the Omnibus public building biz, As a
result Of sperArts bills introduced at the
commencement Of the session, for the PGr-
chase Of site, not TO cost exceeding "a
sse for a pOstoffiee and United States court
building az Chadron. and for site for a
postofriee. United States land office. and
signal service station az Alliance. ID cost
not exceeding silicon. This means thar these
: two promising cities in northwest Ne
braskR VIII In due time be granted money
! for hAndsOme public buildings
Z I secured also $1,000 TO be appropriated
4 for further development Of the North
Platte forest reserve over which there was
4 contest On the n00r Of the house
/ I have secured finally a favorable re-
port on my bm for the relief Of soldiers
( az the civil and Spanish-American wars.
emitting the solder homestead entryman
for The time Of his service IN either war
Il his last 6ischargs was honorabls. though
a previous discharge was not honorzbls.
The final favorable report was made too
/ late 10 secure the passage OF the biH at
this session. bat 1 expect 10 pass IL At
I the next session
4 have secured pensions and Increase
Of pensions for many worthy soldiers by
private Bulls. besides many favorAbIs de-
cisions In thu Bureau % Pensions. have
| supported the Roosevelt and Taft policies
| ana legislative measures. In my efforts
for legislation I have enjoyed me hearty
and efficient cooperation Of cur Ne
I braska senators"
I Careful investigates Of the eonzressional
record shows that the relative standing q
Mr. Kinka5d for attsndancs during the
session and answering 70 roll calls il ven
higA- A eompflAtion and comparison o.
HIS vote with those q other members dis.
closes that he ranks easily with the five
OF ak members Of the house whose rec
ords are the best as 20 the number OF ths
Votes thsy have expressed. tncludinE Mr.
Mann. the acting censor Of every BAL
whieh comes up for consideration. and ths
! republican floor leader. Mr. Payne. whoss
duty Il IL 70 be present a. al times q
manAss the parliamentary situation for IN.
majority side 49,