Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-21

valuable for no other use, are to be
utilized for basins or reservoirs, by the
construction of dams with flooding
gates. During the winter months and
the food times Of early spring and
June, the gates are to be closed and
these holding places filled. When the
floods recede, and more than a natural
flow Of the streams is required for
navigation, these food gates are to be
opened and SO adjusted as to maintain
suitable supply Of water during the
low water season. 1t must be remem-
bered that this great work is to affect
one-half the inland water commerce of
the United States. And if there are
yet any who doubt its Importance or
practicability, what will they say to
| the character and number of its pres
ent supporters:
1st. 1t is endorsed by the engineer
in charge and by the War Department.
I'd. 1t was recommended by the
Mississippi River Convention held in
Quincy, in August, 1879.
3D.. 1t was subsequently endorsed
by the Louisville Convention of steam
boat men.
4th. A memorial addressed to the
! Committee on Commerce of the House
of Representatives urging appropria-
lions to begin and carry forward the
work, is signed by the following Unit
ed States Senators and Representa-
tlves, to wit: Senators Window and
Mcmillan, Of Minnesota; Senators
Cameron and Carpenter, Of Wiscon-
sin; Senators Kirkwood and Allison.
Of Iowa; Senator Cockerell of Mis-
souri,: Representatives Washburn,
Dunnell and Poehler, Of Minnesota;
Representatives Pound, Williams, Cas-
we'll, Humphrey and Hazleton, of
Wisconsin; Representa- tives Upde-
graft, Price, Thompson, Carpenter,
Deering and McCord, of Iowa Rep
resentatives Thomas, Hawk, Boyd,
Fort and Singleton, of Illinois; Rep
resentatives Frost and Wells, of Mis-
souri,.
9th. Memorials of various Boards
of Trade and other commercial organi-
cations have been passed in commenda-
ton to it.
9th. In view of its adoption by the
government, and its early construction,
the State of Wisconsin, by an act of
its Legislature, has caused all State
lands likely to be damaged By or re-
quired for the works to be withdrawn
from market; and the President of
the United States, for like reasons, has
by proclamation, withdrawn all such
government lands from entry or sale.
18th. 1t has received the strongest
endorsement by a sub-committe of
Congress to whom the subject was
referred.
0th. 1t has been adopted by the
government in an appropriation Of
$1,000 to commence construction.
Is the accomplishment of such a
great project, before the completion Of
his second term in Congress. nothing ?
Nor does his valuable work end here
A bill, which will save to our State
$4,000 acres of land, he has pressed
through the Committee on Public
Lands, and is now on the calendar of
the House with favorable recommen-
dation. Another, securing to the
Chippewa indians $50, of arrear-
ages has received the favorable consid-
Grafton Of the committee on Indian
Affairs. Another bill has been favor
ably reported and will pass at the next
session, providing for conveying to the
Chippewa Indians their agricultural
lands and the investment of the pro-
eeeds In per cent government bonds
for their benefit. This measure, it is
believed, will secure to these bands in
addition to so acres of land each, fully
$1,000, 900.
The proposition to place the vacant
military barracks at the disposal of the
Secretary OF the Interior for the estab-
lishment of industrial training schools
for Indian youths, so successfully in
augurated at the Carlisle barracks in
Pennsylvania, was presented by Gov.
Pound, and by him urged IN an able
report.
His constitutional amendment ex-
tending the Presidential term to six
years and making the incumbent ineli-
gible for second succeeding term,
and fixing the term of representatives
at three years on and after the 4th
day of March, 1885, has been most
favorably received by the press and
the people, and will be pushed imme-
diately after the pending campaign
which the author thinks will furnish
the most convincing argument in its
favor
"AccOmplishea nothing for his dis
trict. g In Congress he is compara-
lively unknown" $ He is a violent,
unreasonable partisan" "Hench-
man of monopolists. "His votes al
ways recorded against the interests of
the masses" Was there ever baser,
more diabolical SANDER? The arch
demon of lies alone could inspire such
malicious falsehoods.
Himself reared in the school of hard
work, his sympathies and acts have
ever been with and for the industrial
classes. His public record is spotless
and consistent. No Representative
will claim to have accomplished more
for his district or the material interests |