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sfbl mm. ir i i i r ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii - Mil I I II I I II I I II I I II I II I I s v m Vol.19. No, 941. FORTY SIX STATES NOW President Signs Bill Admitting Okla homa to Statehood It Includes Indian Territory Washington Another star was add ed to the union when President Roose velt signed the bill admitting Okla home and the Indian Territory as one state. The measure also provides that Arizona and New Mexico may be admitted to statehood as the state of Arizona provided the people of the territories vote in favor of ad mission on the terms submitted by congress. . -The signing of the measure was made the occasion of an interesting ceremony. Senator Beveridge and Representative Hamilton, chairman of the senate .and, house committees on territories, who have worked Jong and hard .for the measure, were present, as also. ; were Delegate McGuire of Oklahoma, and a number of residents of Oklahoma; Delegate Andrews of New Mexico; Secretary Loeb and others. Just before the president signed the bill Ambassador Speck von Stern bern of Germany was ushered into -the office, and he, too, witnessed the cere mony. ' The president used two pens in signing the measure, writing his first name "Theodore" with a solid gold pen presented by the people of Ari zona, his family name "Roosevelt" with an eagle's quill taken from an American eagle in Oklahoma. After he signed the bill President Roosevelt congratulated Senator Bev eridge and Representative Hamilton on the completion of their long and arduous labors in connection with the measure. Tie also expressed the hope that the people of Arizona and - New Mexico would avail themselves of the opportunity to come into the union as a state. From every point cf view, he said, he regarded this as the thing for them to do as the opportunity might not come again in a score of years. The president said that he has personal interest in the admission of Arizona and New Mexico as many of the members of the rough riders, his regiment, reside in those terri tories. RUSH FOR CROW INDIAN LAND Crowds at Montana Registration Of fice on Opening Oay Billings, Mont. Registration for lands upon the Crow Indian reserva tion began here. Profiting by their experience at the Uintah reservation the government forces .have the crowd well in hand, and everything is moving along smoothly. There are not so many people present as ex pected, but it is understood that many have been delayed by the washouts. The registration for the first day amounted to 500. Sheridan, Wyo. Registration for A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO POLITICS, AGRICULTURE AND HOME Lincoln, Nebraska, June 21, 1906 the drawing of the ceded lands on the Crow Indian reservation in Montana began here. At the time of the open ing of the doors of the registration office about 200 people were in line. BRYAN VISITS THE DOUMA Holds Reception in Lower House of the Russian Parliament St. Petersburg. William J. Bryan devoted the last day of his stay in St. Petersburg to a call on Premier Gore niykin, with whom he had an hour's talk, and to another visit to the lower house of parliament, where ' he re j mained throughout the morning ses- t sion. For a time Mr. Bryan was the cen ter of attraction in the lobby of the house, holding a regular reception of members of parliament, who were anxious to be presented. , Deputations of Jews, and Pole want ed him to define his attitude on ques tions affecting them and he was be sieged by-foreign -and Russian cor; respondents anxious to secure his views on the outcome" of the parlia mentary struggle here. ; Beyond an expression of profound interest in the fight the Russian peo ple were making for liberty and the deep impression made upon him by the Russian parliament, Mr. Bryan de clined to make a statement. COREY TO GIVE WIFE $2,500,000 Pittsburg Hears Settlement is to Smooth Divorce Proceedings Braddock, Pa. It is openly discus sed among friends of both sides in the Corey divorce case that the head of the United States Steel corporation has agreed to give his wife $2,500,000 and also to make their son independ ent for life if she will not in her di vorce case at Reno, New, bring, in the name of any woman. In addition Mr. Corey has through his attorneys agreed to make no fight against her divorce proceedings, that he will not appear in Reno, being represented by an -attorney whom he has already re tained there. It is understood here that Corey is determined to remarry as soon as possible and that Mrs. Corey may remarry. RAPS WATERED STOCK Should Show Property to Value of Their Capitalization Milwaukee Public service corpora tions ought not to be allowed to fix their charges so as to earn dividends on watered stock is the position taken by. Governor Davidson in" an inter view. The watered stock proposition the governor said, was one of the greatest swindles ever perpetrated on the American people. A law com pelling corporation to show actual property, he added, to the value of their capitalization would be a good thing and would protect the people against promoters engaged in boom ing wildcat propositions. LOOKING AHEAD TO 1908 Statehood Bill Passed Meat Inspec tion Law Agreed Upon The Rate Bill in Conference ' Washington, D. C, June 20. (Spe cial.) The routine work of the na tional legislators during'the past week was somewhat enlivened by the tilt between the president and Chairman Wadsworth of the agricultural com mittee of the house who had charge of the meat inspection amendment to the agricultural bill. It was well un derstood that President Roosevelt, who has been chafing over the escape of the packers from prosecution un der the anti-trust law, had determined to use the power of his office to the utmcst to force congress to pass a rigid meat inspection law. It was' al so well understood that the packers were equally determined to resist the passage of such a measure as would curtail their power to dispose of all sorts of packing house refuse in the form of canned products, a source from which they derived millions in profits from material of very little value and of a questionable character from a sanitary . point of view. The attorneys for the packers were on hand to assist their friends of the committee in framing a measure and amendments thereto available to the purposes of the packers. But the president also had his legal advisers inspect all proposed drafts to protect him against being imposed upon in this respect. The clash came as all expected when the president made public his position, accusing the chair man of working in the interest of the packers to defeat a measure of in spection that would protect the con sumers of meat products. Chairman Wadsworth retorted with a sarcastic denial which would be lese majesie in many of the governments of the old world. Finally Speaker Cannon acted as intermediary between the commit tee and the president and the matter was m settled by an agreement upon a measure that is considered a just and reasonable one. The rate bill which was recommit ted to the conference committee still hangs fire. The Standard Oil people are making a desperate effort to have pipe lines stricken from the roll of common carriers, and the express com panies and the sleeping car compa nies are also working hard for ex emption under the bill. The argu ments pro and con take up most of the time of the conferees, who are also members of important commit tees and in the rush of the closing days of the session cannot give their undivided attention to the conference work on the rate bill. The statehood bill has finally passed making one state out of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, and referring back to the people of New Mexico and Arizona the matter of making one state or two out of these terri tories. . , , The members of both houses are LIFE Subscription $1.00 exceedingly anxious to bring the ses sion to a close as speedily as possible, and a great deal of hurried work will be done, which as a rule is never done satisfactorily to the interests of the people, but always satisfactory to the special interests whose attorneys and lobbyists are on the ground and taking advantage of the impatience of congressmen to dispose of the matters on hand and return to their homes to participate in the caucuses and con ventions of their parties. A decided change in the attitude of the leading republicans in both branches of congress is noticeable as the result of the debate over the rate bill. They have at last become fully aware of the fact that the future suc cess of their party depends upon the attitude of their various state conven tions in dealing with the problem of transportation -and monopolies. They at last seem to realize that a change of front is necessary if the party is to retain its hold upon the govern ment. With this idea in view every utterance of Senator LaFollette is noted with great interest by friends and enemies alike as all have come to regard him as Voicing the actual and positive., demands . of . the voters of the country at large in a greater measure than any other member of either branch of congress. It is gen erally understood here that President Roosevelt himself is keeping a very close tab upon the utterances and pos itions of the Badger senator, and that he is preparing to adopt many of his views as a means of retaining his hold upon the affections of the voters. The best politicians among the republicans here believe that It will be necessary to renominate President Roosevelt in 1908 as a necessary step to pave the party against the bewildering popular-' ity of Bryan. Therefore it is that politicians who have no sympathy with the reforms advocated by Mr. LaFollette, or those urged by Presi dent Roosevelt, are coming to regard these gentlemen as the most valu able assets of the republican party in i he, Hirhi- ihitl is lonmfnsr ,. un lust ahead. Many shrewd politicians believe that the railroads and trusts wJ)J -become reconciled to the renomination of Roosevelt and will support him If nominated in 1908 rather than take the chance of the election of Bryan, whom thev have no hope or being able to influence or hoodwink,' They begin to realize that while the suc cess of the republican ticket In 1908 would land their friends in congress and would put them in a. much . safer attitude than having a democratic congress with a president possessing, the Intelligence, convictions and sta bility of Mr. Bryan. Evidence on all sides points to the adoption of more radical platfroms in the future by re publicans who do not Intend to hazard their own political futures or the pros pects of party success by openly on posing the unmistakable trend of pub lic opinion. . ; , A Degree for Westinghouse Berlin The Technical university has conferred on George Westing house, the American inventor, the de gree of doctor of engineering.