Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-19
EVENING CAPITAL NEWS SATURDAY OCTOBER 10, 1912


be literally true - statement Of
facts. but II would leave false In
ference for the reason that II was not
because the house was Democratic
that the clause was inserted, but It
was by reason Of the fact that our
eastern friends. regardless Of politics.
have very strong idea that our for
ests ought to be kept for the owl and
bats for tho next hundred years and
that no one should be permitted to
make a home upon these timbered
lands at ALL
French Helped.
when we said to them. a. Mr..
French and myself and others did. II
you insist upon this clause 1t will
prevent these men from taking up
timbered lands at all because they
could not cultivate them, they said
that is precisely what we want to do;
we people OF the east do not want
those timbered lands taken up: you
can take other lands and make homes
out OF them, but leave the timber for
the future After we ascertained that
| this condition existed we undertook to
reduce 1t from 10 acres to five acres
for the second year and to 10 acres for
the third year: but We were unable to
secure at any time In excess Of Is or so
votes, and they were non partisan, to
vote upon the bill as 1t passed the
senate. They insisted that since 1t
was going to reduce the residence per-
iods from five to three years. there
and also to permit an absence Of six
| Ss, khn%
be positive evidence of good faith in
the way OF cultivating a certain por-
ton OF the land and they would not
consent to less than 10 acres the sec
ond year nor less than 20 acres the
third year. Now the bill remained
with the committee on public lands for
three months during the time that we
were debating with them the clause
with reference to cultivation. and 1t
became apparent that the bill would
either die or else we would have to
accept that clause, and we finally
came to the conclusion in view of the
fact that there were hundreds and
hundreds Of settlers In other parts OF
the country where there were no tim
Der lands, that it would be a great
benefit to those people and that we
ought to accept the bill as our east
. ern friends determined to have II
rather than permit 1t not to pass at
alb and so the bill in this form be-
came a law. After the bill became a
law I had the honor to introduce in
the senate an amendment providing
that the homesteader might proceed
ito make his proof either under the
old law or the new law and that he
should not be required to elect, as the
secretary of the interior had ruled
and as think he was Justified in rul-
ing, under the new law. So we pro-
vided that he should not be COM
PEELED to elect but that he should be
permitted to proceed either under the
old law or the new law, and that
amendment, which was attached to
an appropriation bill and therefore
had the benefit of the appropriation
bill to carry 1t through, became a
part of the law and Is a part OF the
law"
! Will Continue Fight.
Concluding his reference to the
menace of trusts and monopolies. he
| said:
Nov. my friends, you will say that
there is not very much politics in
this, but to my way Of thinking it is
all the politics that there Is in this
situation. 1t is the most profound
question with which a great party has
ever had to deal. You folks all know
that when the division came down at
Chicago. there was a situation which
confronted some of US which was in
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frankly admitted to all people when
the Chicago convention met I was an
ardent and earnest supporter Of Colo
mel Roosevelt. I supported him be-
cause I believed in him and because
he had been my staunch friend for all
the years I have been in Washington;
but when the hour came for the divi-
sion said to Colonel Roosevelt: I
do not propose to Join the third party
move I believed that I could be most
effective In my service inside the old
Republican party; but, my friends,
want to say to you that the Repub-
lican party must take hold of and
deal with this question. The party
which took the shackles off the slave.
the party which preserved the union.
the party which has given us the
great statutes for the last SO years.
must take hold Of and deal with this
question. realize that in discus
sing these matters in this campaign
In all probability I am not helping my
individual race for the senatorship. !
realize perfectly that l am expected
to discuss other questions and other
issues. but say to you people frank
lily as my friends. and feel almost as
my neighbors, that when the division
came in Chicago. 4 said: I am going
to the people OF Idaho to tell the
facts. let the chips fall where they
WILL do not care whether It results
in my election to the United States
senate or not. l would naturally like
to return to that body for another six
years. but whether return or not. and
whether be in public or private life.