Show WOULD PREVENT j FURTHER FRAUD I Senator Gibson Gibso Advocates Re Repeal Repeal peal of land laws I STARTLING G ST STATEMENT MADE MADES I S STEAL L OF ACRES OF WY OMING OMIN LAND LANDI I I A I ASHINGTON March W I V senate toda todar passed the In InI Indian dlan dian appropriation bill After I routine features or of the bill biU billt i t I had been disposed d of Mr Bacon I again rAised the question of servIce I I Ice appointments basing his remarks I upon the statement made by Mr Hoar yesterday that senators from states of I I political faith different or of orthe t the president should be consUlted about lit Mr Bacon contended that the southern states were practical practically I ly disfranchised under a Republican administration and said that this con condition of was contrary to the or of the lounders or of the go gov j I Early in the day Mr Gibson s sok oke In ot hIs bill for the repeal o of the I desert land and the lumber und and stone laws las lasand and or of the commutation clause or of the homestead law Extensive Land Frauds I He contended that our remaining ag lands shoUld be held I sly ly for lor actual settlers and that the Umber timber belonging to the nation should be cared for tor and as It is re required sold at its true value This re reform form torm ran can only be accomplished he said saidI I by an absolute repeal of the desert land act O of the commutation clause dause of I the bom ted act and of the timber i aDd stone act Mr GIbson urged that I frauds are made possible b by all these laws He Hc quoted the land decisions of the department as showing I that In ItS as much as acres ot of otI I land had been entered In under the desert land law for or the ben ban I of J B Haggin and ancl he added t 1 an am Informed that desert land entries fot f the benefit of Mr lr Haggin and his aa associates exceeded acres Another Instance was wall gi given n Jr in which acres of oC lend was entered In Wy WJ by residents of eastern states who Immediately turned the land over mer overto to a lantI lanI company without having haing even eYen been beon on It Senator Gibson denied that the repeat repeal o of the land and laws would seriously crIp pIe pl the Irrigation fund since It now hS hg including mud land Ill fil lags to date dan and will be further in Increased creased by sales ot of coal lands Umber timber I etc L Left ft on the Table The Th blU allowed to lie on the table until April S 3 in order to permIt further dl cu fhe Th bill was passed authorizing the Sn an annual nual flue or of s regarding births and dE deaths registered In The or of the apprOpriatIon ws then I t the I Mitchell The bill d so 50 5 to permit thea or of 4 askan os e th JR I 1 at Salem 01 and aDd to I for their lr to Ind nd from the J school In nR sIti WI an aI Jend meat ment for Cor an hall ball t the i school Mr Ir Platt Conn onn the I opinion that much mUth extravagance is 18 shown In fitting out Indian schools I The amendment went out on a point or of order 1 The amendment was agreed to refer referring ring to Ute te court or of claIms claim the claim or of J Hale USIa for services as 88 attorney lor br the Bose ose Above Party I Mr lr Bacon referring to Mr Ir i suggestion yesterday the t t to service with the Panama renal canal should be made on the recommendation of son and nud members and that thai the dent should consult Democratic senators In D states about appointments Mr Bac Bacon the utterance as a most notable one In condemnation tion of a s stem practically dis dia disfranchises franchises of the people of oC I United States In the matter ot of the ad administration administration ministration of federal laws In their midst Mr Ir Bacon was Interrupted interrupt b by man J senators oi the other side ere who I that were the pre president a Democrat sea Ben Bent t atom and representatives from Republican lican states would not be consulted re reI reI I I arding When Mr 11 Bacon C the appropriation bill was passed the senate at p m in went Into x session and at p m ad |