Show HOMESTEAD LAW DISCUSSED Ohairman Lacey Appears Before Commission Com-mission and Argues Against Repeal Re-peal Commutation Clause TRIBUTE SPKCrAL1 Washington Dc 23 Chairman l < acov rC the Public um1ii conmiitec of the louse appeared before the Public Lon commission tmlny and presented an clab Ol rate argument against the repeal of Iho on mutation clause of the homestead net Jjy sta List Ics he showed that thcro hut boon no alarming Increase In tho umber of commuted homesteads < In late oars and there wns nothing whatever In he l record to show thai any considerable lumber of frauds hail bucn perpetrated nder the law On the contrary he niain alnocl that the department hat It In its owei I to so administer this law as to prevent pre-vent fraud Mr Lnicy mlaiilted thai It night be advisable to incrensc the pricu lid acre lo bo paid on commuted entries ReTJscn la tlc Momloll of Wvomlns made a similar argument and Senator Fulton of OIVKOII expressed the Iew that Iii reason existed why the commutation law should be repealed 11 was convinced I hat 1 no particular fraud was perpetrated imler Us I piovlsions |