Show HAlF A SECTION lOOKS TOO LARGE lARG Enlarged Homestead Bill Runs Against Snag in the Senate Special to The Herald Washington April Senator Smoot made an unsuccessful effort in the sen senate senate senate ate today to secure the passage of the bill providing for Cor the th enlargement of homestead units to acres Opposition tion ti n to the bill was made by b Mr Gal Gallinger Gallinger Gallinger linger of or New few ew Hampshire and Mr Heyburn of Idaho and on the objection objection objection tion of the former after the bill had been discussed at length by Mr Jr Smoot It went over Mr Ir Smoot announcing that he would again call it up for con consideration consideration Friday next Mr opposition op to the bill he stated was that such an important measure as doubling the size of homesteads should not be allowed to pass without further urthel discussion and explanation ion that had been given it He lie could not under tinder understand understand stand he said why this bill should be passed when a similar bill Introduced by Mr r Smoot had recently been passed by the senate and was now before beCore the house Mr Ir Smoot explained that his bill billas was as essentially a a dry farming proposition proposition tion Ion applying more particularly to conditions in Utah than in the west generally that the present pre nt bill was framed by a general committee of western w members with a few to hav hay having haying ing it apply to all western states ex excepting excepting excepting Idaho which had been with withdrawn withdrawn drawn from its provisions on request of Senator Heyburn of ot that state Mr Heyburn Heburn explained that he had requested to have Idaho excepted be because because because cause he hp had no assurance that the bill first passed would be withdrawn he lie hei i had also aiso asked that the present bill be amended in important particulars and andas andas andas as this was not done he was as not satis satisfied satisfied fied tied with It Senator Borah offered an amendment proposing to have the measure apply appl to arid lands and Mr Carter offered an amendment restricting its application application tion to lands certified by the secretary of the interior as not susceptible of Ir Irrigation Irrigation Senator Warren called attention to the fact that under dry farming arming meth methods methods methods crops were raised but once In two years rears thus making a dry farming arming homestead of ot acres no greater in productive qualities than a homestead of oC acres of irrigable lITIgable land where crops could be raised yearly Senator Smoot described the process of dry dr fanning farming at length but his ex explanation explanation explanation did not satisfy Senator r Gal Gallinger Gallinger linger huger who insisted upon objecting to the passage of ot the bill without further urther consideration i I Western Vestern senators will make a fur further I ther titer effort to secure the passage of the bill when again taken up |