Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-02-02

/ Washington, Jan. 25.-The house
committee on public lands today fav-
orably reported the Hawley bill for
the relief of the settlers on the Siletz
Indian lands.
The senate today adopted the Cham
berlain amendments to the Indian
bill appropriating $4,000 for irriga-
tion in the klamath Indian reserva-
tion under the Modoc Point Project,
and $4,000 additional for a wing for
the Chemawa Indian school buildings.
The house committee on territories
decided to lay on the table for this
session of congress the Wickersham
bill to change Alaskan fishing laws
and regulations.
The house committee on public
lands favorably reported the Mondell
bill authorizing the Secretary of Ag-
riculture to sell fire-killed or dam
aged timber from the forest reserves.
Carl Spuhn and M. G. Munly of
Portland have induced the house COM
mittee to defer action on the Alaska
fisheries regulations until next year.
This postponement was desired by
Portland owners of Alaska plants.
Spuhn left for home today.
Chairman Frye, of the commerce
committee, introduced a bill today to
take such appointments as that of
Collector Malcolm out of senatorial
influence. 1t provides that when the
President considers the positions of
Collector of Customs the advice and
consent of the senate should not be
necessary for appointment or re-
moval
Charges that President Taft is us
ing his influence unofficially against
the retention of William Lorimer as
United States senator from Illinois
were vigorously secuted today by
Senator Paynter of Kentucky.
Washington. - The house today
passed the postoffice appropriation
bill, carrying about 1851, 100000, with
no negative vote.
The postoffice committee of the
house, the Postmaster-General and
Others higher up" including by in
ference the President of the United
State, came in for a scoring at the
hands of members of the house in
the consideration of the bill. The de-
bate reached it's height when Sisson
Of Mississippi said with vigor:
"The mail service all over the
United States is in hi of fix-to
use a strong expression-and this
house should fix the responsibility
where it belongs. Some say it is the
some say it is the de-
Dartment and some say it is the
President. The department has de-
,lined to spend the money approp-
'iated for additional rural free de-
livery routes, and is going to turn
)ack surplus Of $1,7O0,0O0 from this
service"
AS soon as the rural free delivery
in the bill was reached,
everal members were on their feet
,ffering amendments to increase the
Jay of the rural carriers from 5000 a
rear all the way to $1,000. Chairman
Weeks, Of the postoffice committee,
tempted to limit the debate, but the
louise would not hear of it.
Chairman Weeks said unquestion-
bly, some of the rural carriers on the
larder routes were underpaid. 9th
RS, he thought, were receiving all
hey deserved.
However" added Weeks, "the {
ommitee is now willing to have the
alaries of the rural carriers in {
reased 500 a year."
The house then passed an amend
lent providing that after July l, t
Oil, the carriers should receive a t
alary not exceeding $1,000 a year. t
An attempt to substitute official
ostage stamps for the franks now q
sed by members of Congress and
overnment departments was de- I
eated a