164 THE ORBGON SPORTSMAN 
that idea in view. The great difficulty in past years 
has been to get different states to make adequate laws 
for the protection of migratory birds. In many cases 
birds were protected on one side of a state line, while on 
the other side they received no protection. ‘There was 
no uniformity, whatever, in the open and closed seasons 
of the different states. It has always been impossible to 
get concerted action by different legislatures. 
The federal law has always been opposed by certain 
so-called sportsmen in various parts of the country. The 
cry of the people has been that they did not get a chance 
to shoot birds when they were most abundant in the 
regions where they live. At each session of Congress 
these enemies of the federal law have made determined 
efforts to kill the law by cutting out the appropriation. 
On July 10th the contest between the defenders of our 
migratory birds and the enemies of federal protection 
culminated in the United States Senate. Senator Reed 
of Missouri made a motion to strike out the entire appro- 
priation of $50,000 for the enforcement of the law. For 
two hours he occupied the attention of the Senate, bitter- 
ly denouncing the law and its supporters. Senator Mc-— 
Lean, who was the author of the law, replied in a short 
dignified speech and a vote to sustain the law and retain - 
the appropriation was 52 to 8. 
The following senators are the ones who opposed the 
federal migratory bird law: Borah, of Idaho; Bryan, 
of Florida; Hartwick, of Georgia; James, of Kentucky; 
Oberman, of North Carolina; Reed, of Missouri; 
Thomas, of Colorado, and Walsh, of Montana. 
A. year’s subscription to The Oregon Sportsman is 
25 cents well spent in the cause of game protection and 
propagation. Never thought of it in that light, did you? 
