The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1912-02-15
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The Gamble bill extending the
time of payment to certain home
steaders on the Cheyenne River
Indian Reservation, in the state of
South Dakota and on the Stand
ing Rock Indian Reservation,
which passed the senate on Janu-
ary 22nd, and which has been be-
fore the Committee on Indian af-
fairs of the House, where it has
been passed by Representatives
Burke and Martin, has been fav-
orably reported. An amendment
by Mr.. Burke has been included
in the report, which is to the ef-
feet that homesteaders, after they
have resided upon their land for
fourteen months will be allowed
to submit proof and thereafter
they will be required to live there
on and may have the benefit of ex-
tension within which to make pay
ment at five per cent interest, pat
ents to be withheld until the last
paymant is made the exact word
ing of the amendment is as follows:
''and provided further that any
entryman who has resided upon
and cultivated the land embraced
in his entry for the period of time
required by law in order to make
communication proof, may make
proof, and if the same is approved
further residence and cultivation
will not be required, but patent
shall be withheld until full and
final payment of the purchase
price is made in accordance with
the provisions hereof"
The Democratic majority, which
laid considerable stress at the be-
ginning of its ascendency to power
in the fact that the House itself,
rather than the Speaker, would
possess the real power, has been
amending it's rules of late in order
to off set any liberties that the Re-
publicans might enjoy. Czarism,
as it was described in the days of
Uncle Joe Cannon and Thomas r.
Reed, has simply been transferred
from the holder of the Office of
of Speaker to Chairmon Under
wood of the Ways and Means
Committee, and the gentleman
frum Alabama has been running
the steam roller quite successfully
for several months. However. the
loopholes permitting Republican
leaders too free sway bothered the
Democrats. Representative Camp
bell of Kansas, a Republican
member of the Rules Committe,
declared that the proposed change
in the rules would undo in forty
minutes all the good that was ac-
complished in a two-year fight. -
President Taft, Speaker Clark,
Senator Cullom, farmer Speaker
Cannon, and Representative Nc
Call have settled the question of
the site for the Lincoln Memorial
and q great monument to cost
80, 900, 900 will be erected within a
stones throw of the Washington
Monument. The proposition for
a grest national highway had
many friends in the Capital but il
has been finally cast aside, and
most of the other wonders of the
Capital will be put into the shade
by this new tribute to the Presiden,
who emancipated the blacks.
| The Taft forces have decided tt
put up an organized fight, ane
have selected Representative W
b. Mckinley of Illinois, to tax,
charge of headquarters to be open
ed in Washington. Mr.. McKinle,
states that the idea is to arrange ,
central bureau from which tn,
, country will be informed in
thorough manner as to what tn
administration has accomplished.