The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-05-04
Washington
DIRECT ELECTIONS
BILL IS REPORTED
Senate Committee Acts Favor
ably, Voting Down the
Sutherland Proviso.

Washington, May 2.-The Senate
committee on judiciary, by a vote of
] to S. today agreed to report the
House resolutions for direct election
of United States senator's. All the
democrats present n three progress
slve republicans voted for the resolu-
ton. They were Senators Chiffon.
0vern1an, ClAberson, Bacon, Cummins,
Borah and Brown.
The negative votes were cast by
Senators Clark, Wyoming; Dill1ng-
ham, Sutherland, Brandegee and Root.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Ssu:her-5
land, providing for federal supervision
of elections. when deemed desirable.
was voted down. Senator Borah, who
led the fight In the last election for
the measure, was authorized to report
it to the Senate.
Sutherland amendment were Bacon,
Culberson, Overman and Chiffon, dem
ocrats, and Borah and Cummins, re-
Dublicans.
Hearings on Reciprocity.
The Senate finance committee gave
dian reciprocity bill today. the full
meeting of The committee being post
poned until tomorrow. AT that time
plans will be made for extensive
hearings on the matter. and it prob
ably win be two or three weeks before
the bin is reported to the Senate.
The House resumed debate on the
tariff at IL o'clock today with a de-
termination to complete the discussion
of the free list bill this week. Rep
in favor of the present free list bill,
and convinced of the merit of the
Canadian reciprocity bill recently
passed by the House.
Representative Longworth, of Ohio,
attacked the free list bill in strong
terms, in the first speech of the day
from the opposition side. He de-
clared the bill was vague in it's terms
and SO loosely drawn that sven the
democratic leaders could not say def
il it becomes law Mr.. Longworth de-
ciared that Chairman Underwood, of
Inc ways and means committee, could
not tell him even hat paragraphs of
tire Payne-Aidrich tariff law are
affected by the free list bill.
Washington, May BY holding that
the federal government. without con-
sent of the state affected, may set aside
vast areas of puplic lands as a forest
reserve and that such reserve is not
subject to the state fencing laws, the
supreme court of the United States to-
day settled in favor of the forestry
service two burning western issues.
The constitutionality of the vast for
est reservations of the west and the
>alidity of the modern conservation
nolicy. were raised early in this case in
he circuit court of the United States
for the district of Colorado.
The United States government had
brought suit to enjoin Fred Light, a
prominent Colorado cattle man, from
causing or permitting his cattle to
upon the Holy Cross forest re-
:aTv,: III Colorado. a stubborn contest
put forth by Light. was the one that
he formation of the Holy Cross re-
serve without the consent of the state
IF Colorado. was unconstitutional. AS
he other vast reserves in the west had
,een formed by a similar process of
federal action in withdrawing public
and from entry. the argument applied
py analogy to them.
So widespread was the interest in the
>ase and so vital the questions involved
hat the state of Colorado threw,
itself into the contest. Attorney Cen
.ral Barnett was authorized to assist
light in fighting the federal govern
nent. He did so.
IF the court as to the constitutionaSsv
Of the forest reserves. He said that the
United States has the absolute right TO
30 what 1t plcases with its own prop
,.rty: the constitution had ~given.it such
power. This control. the justice said.
MAS not a right incident to sovereignty.
as claimed by the opponents OF the res
~,rvations. but was the exercise of a
eight which every citizen possesses.
a h public land is held by the
Jnited States in trust for the whole
people n it is not for the court to
say how hat trust shall be admins
erred: that is for congress to say
declares the opinion.
Twcnty-nine states have ratified the
proposed income tax amendment to the
federal constitution. Before the amend
ment can become a law 1t must be APP
proved by six more states. making the
flrnoer IN favor is, or three-fourths of
the whole &c. Arkansas and Tennessee
we're the only states that ratified in April.
Thus far the proposal has been approved
by both legislative houses in the following
states:
Alabama. Arkansas, California. Colo
RADIO. Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, In
diana. Kentucky, Kansas. Maryland.
Maine. Michigan. Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska. Nevada. North Caro-
lima, North Dakota. Ohio, Oregon. Okla
homa, South Dakota, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas and Washington.
The ~amendmen is pending before the
legislatures of nine states still in session.
These are:
Observation-Disclosures reported adj
versely. no action by either house.
Delaware-No action
F~iorida-Passed in the house, pending in
the senate.
Observation-Disclosures the house, nc
action in the senate.
New York-Passed the senate; pending
in the house.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS reported ia.
Norably;no action vet by either house.
Rhole Is1and-Defeatcd in 1910; no ac.
ton this year.
ylrginta-Passed the senate: defeated il
the house.
Wisconsin-Passed the house, pending
in the senate.
Seven state legislatures have adjourned
so far this year and refused to ratify tn,
amendment In one or both branches
These were:
Louisiana. Minnesota, New Hampshire
New Jersey. Utah, West Virginia ant
Wyoming.
Three weeks of the extraordinary ses
sion of the Sixty-secord congress hav'
passed into history with a record of rapi,
fire legislation by the House. The Senat
is finally organized. but is in no haste &
consider that part OF the democratic pro
gram already disposed of b the lowe
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