The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04
Washington
DIRECT ELECTIONS
BILL IS REPORTED
Senate Committee Acts Favor.
ably, Voting Down the
Sutherland Proviso.

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Washington, May 2.--The Senate
committee on judiciary, by vote of
to s, today agreed to report the
House resolutions for direct election
Of United States senator's. All the
democrats present and three progress
sive republicans voted for the resolu-
ton. They were Senators Chiffon,
Overman, Culberson. Bacon. Cummins,
Borah and Brown.
The negative votes were cast by
Senator's Clark. Wyoming; Dill1ng-
ham, Sutherland, Brandegee and Root.
An amendment offered by Mr. Suther-
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
1t to the Senate.
The senators who voted against the
Sutherland amendment were Bacon,
Culberson, Overman and Chiffon, dem
ocrats, and Borah and Cummins, re-
publicans.
Hearings on Reciprocity.
The Senate finance committee gave
, informal consideration to the Cana
dian reciprocity bill today, the full
poned until tomorrow. At that time
plans will be made for extensive
hearings on the matter and 1t prob
ably will be two or three weeks before
! the bill 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
pr the free list bill this week. Rep
resentative Moss, Of Indiana, spoke
! in favor of the present free list bill,
! and convinced Of the merit of the
Canadian reciprocity bill recently
hx, H..
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 even the
democratic leaders could not say def
! lnitely what industries 1t would affect
. IL 1t becomes law. Mr.. Longworth de-
, clared that Chairman Underwood, Of
. the ways and means committee, could
| not tell him even what paragraphs Of
the Payne Aldrich tariff law are
affected by the free list bill.
Il Washington, May BY holding that
the federal government, without con-
tent Of the state affected. may set aside
| vast areas Of puplic lands as 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
validity Of the modern conservation
policy, were raised early in this case in
The circuit court Of the United States
. for the district Of Colorado
I The United States government had
: brought suit to enjoin Fred Light, a
prominent Colorado cattle man, from
causing or permitting his cattle to
!respass upon the Holy Cross forest re-
serve in Colorado. A stubborn contest
arose and among the other defenses
put forth by Light, was the one that
the formation OF the Holy Cross re-
serve without the consent Of the state
IF Colorado. was unconstitutional AS
the other vast reserves in the west had
been formed by a similar process of
federal action in withdrawing public
and from entry, the argument applied
by analogy to them
So widespread was the interest in the
case and so vital the questions involved
that the state Of Colorado threw
Itself into the contest. Attorney Cen
.ral Barnett was authorized to assist
Light In fighting the federal govern
, ment. He did so.
Justice Lamar announced the opinion
!, Of the court as to the constitutionality
. Of the forest reserves. He said thar the
: United States has the absolute right to
! 10 what Ii plcascs with its own prop
erty: the constitution had given it such
| power. This control, the Justice said
: was not right incident to sovereignty,
: as claimed by the opponents OF the res
: srvations, but was the exercise of q
= eight which every citizen possesses.
= "All the public land is held by the
: United States In trust for the whole
: people and it is not for the court to
say how that trust shall be admins
erred; that Is for congress to say"
. declares the opinion.
.
. Twenty-Five states have ratified the
= proposed income tax amendment to the
! federal constitution. Before the amend
nent can become law 1t must be APP
proved by six more states making the
,umber In favor 49, or three-fourths OF
he whole 46. Arkansas and Tennessee
we're the only states that ratified in April
Thus far the proposal has been approved
I ~ both legislative houses in the following
4 states:
Alabama. Arkansas. California, Colo
ado, Georgia, Idaho. Illinois, Iowa, In.
llama, Kentucky, Kansas, Maryland
! Maine. Michigan, Mississippi. Missouri
Montana. Nebraska, Nevada. North Caro-.
ina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Okla.
loma, South Dakota, South Carolina
Tennessee, Texas and Washington.
The amendment is pending before the
4. legislatures of nine states still in session
n These are:
: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES reported adj
!. yersely, no action by either house.
Delaware-No action
. Florida-Passed in the house, pending IT
a the senate.
\ Observation-Disclosures the house, NJ
|. action in the senate.
!. New York-Passed the senate; pendin.
h In the house.
Pennsyvania--Commi reported IA
: yorably; no action yet by either house.
O Rhole Island-Defeatcd In 1910; no &C
a zion this year.
. VirgInia-Passed the senate; defeated IL
z the house.
: Wisconsn-Passed the house, pending
v In the senate.
n Seven state legislatures have adjourned
J., 10 far this year and refused TO ratify tn,
:, amendment in one or both branches
> These We're:
Louisiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire
j, New Jersey, Utah, West Virginia an,
5 Wyoming
Three weeks of the extraordinary ses
I sion of the Sixty-secoLd congress hav,
= passed into history with record Of rapi,
fire legislation by the House. The Senate
Is finally organized but is in no haste 4
: consider that part of the democratic pro