The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12

would have taken their property out
of the hands of the government. Mr..
Curtis sustained the position of the
government and the secretary on this
question and showed that they had
saved the Indians $4,000 the previous
year. by protecting tie interest OF
those minors after thu local courts
had attempted to authorize the sale OF
their lands
In this congress he introduced a bill
to regulate the organization and con-
troll of corporations in order to pre-
vent the formation of fake companies,
and to take the control out of the
hands of a few stockholders and give
each an equal part or voice in the con-
troll of the organization IS. 1890.
Busy in Sixty Fourth Congress.
In the Sixty-fourth congress Mr..
Curtis was a member of six confer
ence committees, and made one hun
dred and twenty-five reports He was
also appointed on the JOINT committee
to investigate surety companies.
He introduced bill authorizing ma
tional banks to take advantage of state
guarantee laws if they so desired (sen-
ate bill $500.
He secured the passage of a resolu-
tion calling upon the department of
commerce and labor to report to the
senate the selling price of farming
implements in this country and abroad.
He was appointed chairman of the
committee to investigate the third de-
gree but declined to serve.
He introduced a resolution to ap-
point a commission to investigate
workingmen's compensation Is. J. Res.
I'D.
He again defeated the Creek Indian
claim for 100000 by making a point
of order, which was sustained by Vice
President Sherman.
He proposed an amendment to the
pure food law which would enable the
president to protect the interests of
American citizens in foreign lands.
The potash controversy is evidence
that such authority is greatly needed.
He voted for the Payne-AIdrich bill,
not because it suited him, but because
it was the best that could he secured
under the circumstances, and it was
an fn1provem ent over the Dingley tar
If law 1t provided for but two hun
dred increases, principally on luxuries.
and made seven hundred decreases,
largely on necessaries
During his service in both the SEN
ate and house, Mr.. Curtis has voted
in favor of legislation in the interest
of the laboring men of the country
He has always believed that the labor
er is worthy of his hire, and has ever
sustained and supported any measure
which bettered the condition of the
working man and his family. He
voted for the law establishing a bu-
reau of mines, and for the mine in
spection law, the safety appliance law,
the eight hour measures the building
of a number of ships in the navy yards,
and other measures calculated to bene-
fit labor.
Mr.. Curtis was one of the most act
i've members of the house in behalf
of rural delivery, and upon his re-
quest, the first inspectors were sent to
the state of Kansas. In the fight for
the increase of the salaries of the rural
carriers, he did what he could to Sc
cure larger pay for this class of gov
ernment employees. In tho last ses-
sion. through his action, the house pro-
vision was retained by the senate in
the bill increasing the salaries of the
rural free delivery carriers (Con-
gressional Record. page $3.50.
In tariff legislation he has worked
to see that the farmers of
all sections were fully protected, and
when the Dingley bill was being con-
sidered, he appeared before the COM
mittee In their behalf. 1t was largely
through his efforts that Section 2 of
the Payne act was passed in its pres