New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-02
From The Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune Bureau
WASHINGTON. May J.
THE CUNNINGHAM CLAIMS. -~ TIC
final hearing in the so-called Cunningha"
claims whereby the claimants seek 'Ns
TO something more than $3.50 acres OF
coal land in Alaska. will take place peio'
Frederick bennett. Commissioner OF ""
General Land once. on Monday May o.
That this will he final hearing ~ que W
the fact that the Secretary OF the lhteiiV'
has. at the request Of the attorneys TOT '"e
claimants. consented TO be present, so ''l"'
in The event Of an appeal from the oe-
cision Of the commissioner it will he pos
sible for the Secretary TO pass upon sue'
snpeal without the repetition Of the argu
n,cnts In statement given out 'o-oaE
hv Sacretary Fisher ne made II plain Inn.
while he would Re present the dec's'o'' -
the Commissioner would be wholly iho'
pendent Of the view Of the secretary, "HV'
OF course. reserves the night TO spproN.
or dissprrove the decision in the event ci
IN appeal. The legal presentation OF Vho
governments case before Mr.. Dennett WIZ
he conducted by the chief law clerk NJ
Nitten. and Nessrs McPhaul and Butter
The argument for the claimants VIII w
made by T.. {. Hughes. Of seattle anu
John Gray. Of Wallace, Idaho. The deter
r1ination Of this case VIII close the Iohe
and bitter controversy which began WI"
the Ming of the CLAWS charges with INC
President. nearly two Years ago anu
which led 10 the Bsllinger-Pinchot lnNeS
tieation The final determination OF 'ne
case within the next two weeks is reason
ably certain. for. as has been SAID the
Secretary of the interior, 10 whom alone
spresl from the decision of the Commis-
sioner lies will hear the arguments next
Monday. and II is reasona bic presumption
that should the claimants appeal from the
decision of Commits sioner bennett, Secre-
isrv Fisher would he in position to act
immediately. Probably some new evidence
viii he presented at the hearing, but there
seems 10 be no reason for altering the pre-
diction. made in these dispatches even be-
fore The Ballinger-Pinchot investigation
that when these claims came 10 be acted
upon by the Commissioner they would be
rejected.
ENDLESS DFBATE-Thst the debate
on the Canadian reciprocity bill VIII he al
most endless was the prediction made on
all sides after this subject had been dis
cussed in the Senate all afternoon. Sen
ator Stone began TO-DAY. but did not COM
rlet,. the first % three speeches which he
has announced on this measure. The de
bate promptly gave evidence of involving
the entire tariff field. Senators got into
an animated discussion Of tho value Of
dairy COW. which they carried on IN 30 IN
formal manner that II was almost inn
possible for the official stenogI apher 20
record their remarks. although they we're
Frequently admcnisheA ~ the Nice-Prosi-
dent 70 address the chair. instead OF carry
Ing on an almost personal conversation
The Tariff Board i'm its report concerning
the reciprocity agreement placed the value
of = dairy COW ri So. This aroused the
Indignation or Senator Hey burn, who de-
Clsrod that i'm his country dairy COW
worth feeding cost upward Of S75. Sen
ator MARITIME. announcing that he was
farmer. declared that in his section dairy
COWS were worth abou, $50. which figure
was approved by Senator BAILEY and
others The discussion served chiefly -
demonstrate how completely is the tariff
2 local issue. but wide were its rant
fcations and so little was the progress
made that those Senators who have been
hoping for an adjournment early enough
to enable them 10 secure some vacation
before the next regular session we're dis
consulate this evening.
BUDGET COMMITTEE GONE.-Senator
Williams called the attention Of the Serat.
to-day 10 the fact that The Committee on
Expenditures i'm the Executive Depart
ments had been abolished by the action Of
the Committee on committees and Senator
Newlsnds made vigorous protest against
this action. Senator Gsllinger. chairrla
of that committee explained that the sboIi-
ton had been with the concurrence Of the
Democratic Committee on Committees. 10
which Senator Martin dSsented. saving he
had been informed Of the intention Of the
Republican committee, and had merely re-
Trained from entering useless protest
Senator Warren explained that this much
advertised committee had proved useless
and asserted that this was so because the
| House had declined 70 create similar
committee. and that the Senate committee
| could accomplish nothing without the CO.
operation or the House. The discussion re-
calls the contention Of Representative
| Tawney, than whom there have been few
greater experts on the fiscal affairs Of the
/ government. Mr.. Tavncy pointed out that
| n was useless to expect satisfactory re-