The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-03-07


|5st eli FL Through-Liberals May Be
bm ~ Delay Vote Until Adjourn
" cronna Makes Strong Plea
! FL people-The Lineup o on Lea
ee@ Atrocity Hunt-Witness
" :S"sst Soviets Entertained By
s'' York Finaneiers'
,;,cton, D. C.-With little
A'S .san a week to run before the
s .n@ congress expires, there IS
pen. arospect that the great "Pow-
|eg ~ to force the mineral lands
a ~ leasing bill through the sen-
+ ssH fail. A dozen high-priced
VII v. are rushing about the CAPT
ge. per- dashing in and out of
sars, offices, and sending long
''.r0 ms to the oil and coal and
y .'r maqnates who stand to win
|f # millions if the deal goes
|s@ a,b But there are half a dozen
w. ,.s-s watching the game, and ev-
PM ame that Pittman of Nevada
- Gin the conference report
s,sS he discovers that La Toilette,
Eerris, or Kenyon, or some other
I'M Of the special interests is on
/. tsat. ready to talk the bill to a
,.Ssiil for that day.
! mriOus development of this fight
- s onposition of Smoot to the con-
la.e nm measure. Smoot is the arch
~ Of conservation. He hates the
mention of public ownership or
|5+ Development of coal or oil
|.% or phosphate deposits, or wat
'.over For 10 years he has been
|.,ting away, in the public lands
I~mit f to pry loose the riches of
N ublic domain for strictly private
I'm And although he was salts
II with the fake leasing clause in
n mineral land bills which was
|s,qd year ago by the senate, he
|snsed to sign this conference report
/. h ground that it includes a leas-
n cIsase that might possibly be put
III fleet. More than that, the sale
I'M provides for bidding on the
I'm Of the coal or other minerals
|ndved, so that a secretary OF the
|anor who was sincerely anxious to
|m the public a square deal might
|hye something near a fair price
N he land, That, in Shoots view,
anarchy.
PgOGRESSIVES STOP ACTION
Ia Toilette and Kenyon, however,
RUt leave matters to Smoot. They
|nF him too we'll. They stay on the
|mr at all times when it might be
|nble for Pittman to get leave to
| lie snap vote on his bill. And no.
|sbis quite sure as to Shoots real
uive. 1t seems likely that he
|aw that the progressives will moi
| unit the measure to pass, and he
WITS to take credit in the coming
| agrees for getting through a bill
III will be far more generous tt
i friends in Wall street. He will
sthairman of the public lands com.
s4ee, and all the corporation lobby
| 4 will have to come and ask hin
b whatever they want. Smoot is
| BID Of holding authority in his owl
|nds.
But meantime the people of this
Nntry are being saved, by a small
Ip Of prOgressives in the senate
I'm the most fragrant case of throw.
y away public property which has
ahtened them since the days OF
Y western railroad land grants
a days when millions were spent IL
. national capitol by Stanford
eker and Huntington and theil
|gHts.
MS rotten bill was passed by tht
@, after a sharp debate, Febru
2 H. by vote of 232 to 100
@rely Democrat voted againsf
While the Republicans were di
y @a Among those voting with thu
oFnOcrats on this issue were Fess
Nley, FOsS, johnson of Washing
Miller of Washington, La Fol
ss Of Washington, all the Califor
deiegation, the Oregon delega
The Idaho delegation, Mondel
wyoming, and Republicans from
Lo'ado and Nebraska. Among
" who voted in the negative wer
~ and Young Of North Dakota
Rankin Of Montana, Anderson
y naaeen and Davis of Minnesota.
' 1 SPEAKS AGAINST Bill
'aen httman brought the meas
y IN the senate for the secon'
= Senator Gronna took the foo,
an not in physical condition,
e.t aiu, to occupy the time of tn
~ IN opposition to this measure
M@Iply wish to state briefly that
very much opposed to the adop
IN the conference report, and
y also have read in my time
n rom Mr.. Clifford Pinchot.
/. VI President, we are now nea
aN OF this session. We have be
more appropriation bills tina
"a possibly hope to pass at thi
AS l said, | am no
!" take up the time of the sen
II uIScuSs this conference report
! want to warn you that the pee
T. The country are not asleeE
ii are millions of people in tn
mEy who know what this Pre-
al,n, eglslaton is, and they al
b he had the clerk read the lei
Ge,E ecn Pnchot sent to the men
10 me house and senate, show
sst8f r. the bill is wholly misrepre