The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-04-06
MEASURE COMES BACK STRIPPED
OF MOST OF ITS ORIGINAL
FEATURES.
SENATE PASSES LIABILITY LAW
Interior Department Or ems Another
Half Million Acres of Montana
Lard for Settlement under en-.
Iarged Homestead Law,

Washington, April 2.-Widely di.
verging views on regulative control of
common carriers, including a split mi.
norlty presentation, are expressed in
reports which accompanied the sub.
mission of the administration railroad
bill to the house by the interstate COM
merce commission.
That measure, drafted by Attorney
General Wickersham at the instance
OF President Taft, introduced by Rep
resentatlve Townsend of Michigan and
transformed by radical changes in
house committee in substitute meas
ure, already is being dated in the SEN
ate and in the house probably will fol-
low the naval appropriation bill.
Inc majority report, which Chair
man Mann signed with the other Re-
publican members, stamps the pro-
posed legislation as even more import
ant than any preceding acts for the
control of interstate and foreign rail-
roads, imposing no undue burdens nor
interference with railway management
and comforting large benefits upon the
shippers and public at large
The minority report, striking at the
commence court, declares mo untried,
experimental legislation of a doubtful
constitutional character should be en-
tered upon by congress at this time
when neither consumers, shippers nor
railroads ask for such legislation"
The minority members, while earn
est advocates of federal regulation or
supervision of interstate railroads, at
tack the bill as paternalistic.
Still another set of views is present
ed by Messrs. Simms Of Tennessee
and Russell of Texas, Democrat mem
bers or the committee who refuse to
sign the minority report, though in "a
vor of some of it's features.
Employers Liability Law Bill Passes.
After three days of sharp contro.
versy the senate passed the house bill,
so amending the employers liability
law as to give the state courts concur.
rent jurisdiction with the federal courts
in dealing with suits for damages
growing out Of accidents.
More Montana Land For Settlers.
Approximately 421,875 acres of land
in Montana were designated by Secre-
tary of the Interior Ballinger for set.
Element under the enlarged homestead
act.
The land was not susceptible of
successful irrigation at reasonable
cost from any known source of water
supply. This makes a total of 1885,
245 acres in Montana which have been
designated for settlement under that
act.
designated for Montana which have
been designated for settlement under
that act.
In aid of proposed legislation af-
fecting the disposal of water power
sites on the public domain Secretary
Ballinger temporarily withdraws 1928
acres of land along the Lemhi river,
Idaho, and 4,175 acres along the Co.
lumbia river, Washington.
The coal land Withdrawals from the
public domain it was announced at
the interior department included large
areas within unopened Indian and mil.
itary reservations. AS such withdraw.
ais are without effect Secretary Bal.
linger has cancelled them for the pur.
pose Of clearing the record. These
lands were already reserved from en-.
try by reason of the fact that they
were within the Indian or military re-
serves, and their inclusion within coal
land Withdrawals was in effect dup.
LEGATION Of their reservation.
The total area as involved in the
correction of the records avs 711,354
acres located in reservations in New
Mexico, Colorado, Utah, North Dakota
Washington and Montana.