Show HEYBURN HOLDS THE FLOOR I THREE LONGs LONG WEARY HOURS Idaho Senator Makes Speech for Purpose of Staving off offa S a Vote Washington April 5 For more than three hours today Senator Heyburn held the floor of the Senate He Be began his address shortly after the Senate convened with the object of preventing a vote on Senator Warrens bill authorizing the sale of the surplus waters of government irrigation projects but he gave much attention during his speech to his proposed amendment to the railroad bill bilI providing for a public lands court This line of ot discussion was continued T hon hen at 2 the tho railroad bill was taken up so eo the change of ot subject was only technical Speaking of the power exercised by the forest rangers he de tie declared dared Jt It is a shame upon the country Asserting there should not be a vote ote in the Senate against tho the land court he hl nevertheless was in evident despair of success for tor he declared it was im Ira impossible ImpossIble possible to get attention to any subject that was not scrappy He wanted it Und understood the states tateR of the tho west were as ns much entitled to consideration as ns astre tre those of the Atlantic seaboard He Ho asserted that without the precious metal supply of Df the states west of the Rocky mountains the country would woud be beon beon beon on a greenback basis v What are you going to do with that great country out there he asked Laugh at it because it has not grown large luge enough to wreak vengeance on you He hoed ho ed when the west does come como irto power as it surely Surel will it will not on the east Referring to the sant Bf t attendance att of senators he said he would not be deterred by b that fact tact from doing his duty to the tho people of the west 1 x vote with you in voting the hun hundreds hundreds hundreds of millions necessary n to make your navy yards hum but when I ask you ou for tor one little measure of ot justice my request is received with wih a smile If my land court measure should come up now I would be sure of one Vote yote At this bis point Mr Briggs of Naw New Jer Jar Jersey soy sey raised his bis band hand Two uTo ejaculated Mr Heyburn We Weare Weare are ore growing thank you Discussing the failure to enforce tho long and short haul provision prevision of the Interstate commerce law ho he declared the the Panama canal mal c will cost would be expended for the benefit of the railroads They were to be per permitted permitted permitted to strangle water traffic and make cheap rates to the seaboard at expense of ot the tl e interior He warned varned the Republican arty against adopting in inthe inthe inthe the railroad bill a fl measure that would not meet the approval of the people It might prove a shroud Theres Ther s danger and death if it the tho leaders are arc permitted to have havo their way he said When I hear it said the bill bUl is to go through merely because it suits three or four people I feel you are treading on dan dangerous dangerous ground gri und Dont make a ala law be because because cause some coterie tells you ou to do it You had h d better consult your our oath of ot office At the conclusion of ot air Mr h th d bill was vas laid aside j for other business ss I |