Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-10
PRoCEEpINes OF CONeREgs.


/ ed consideration OF the sundry civil bill and
! several unImportant amendments We're
/ agreed to-
| Bowen offered an amendment apprOprIat-
/ ing $3.50, go for the purpose of investigat-
ing the Oxtent to which the arid regions OF
/ the United States can be redeemed by
irrigation, and briefly addressed the senate
| in it's support
Bowen said ne was not performing an act
of merely a perfunctory character in offer
! ing the amendment, because the very re
/ verse was True He was very much in
earnest about it and hoped it would have
the full and caneid consideration which it's
great Importance demanded The point
had very nearly been reached when the
country would have no land surplus He
mean all lands that We're non-productAie
without irrigation, and that classification
embraced the eastern portion of California
Oregsn, Washington territory and nearly
the whole Of Idaho, Utah, Nevada. New
Mexico, Colorado. Wyoming and Montana.
while the western portion of Dakota.
Nebraska, Kansas and Texas We're in some
seasons seriously affected by drought If
nature had to be depended on for rnOistura
there could not be raised in all this vast
CONAN q single buEhel of wheat while
whenever and whatever moisture w sro
piled, these Verdureless deserts are chan0ed
as II by magic and became the garden s0Ot
OF the Wofiu. large part OF the arid lands
OF the OAlUeu states would, for various
reasons, remain so forever. but the DrO-
portion which could be reclaimed and m ada
useIuI was sufficiently large TO make their
reclamation matter Of profound fnte. asE
Inc Appropriation urged was strictly in the
1lne OF economy, because it was based on
the consideration of the HIGHEST oatfOyoI
importance ana pubic policy. If a general
Net aF ETz5. ID
cOmpltshed- the amount asked TO inau0u
re ,e the experiment was but u trifa
AL-sOn thought this appropriation would
nc ''HU an entering wedge to much larger
sums " be appropriated before any resIIIf
can DO ACCOMPLISHED
Teller favored the amendment Mr.
Plumb opposed il aud said The measure was
conceived IN utter disregard OF the rioAts
OF those who dWcIt on the lower Platte
Arkansas and Miss sippi rivers. He saw in
lG means OF speculation in the DubIjc
domain. He was glad that the amount had
Deen put aR low as 81 D. ZOO, for 1t had
proposed an appropriation Of millions
there would not be Two votes against it
I4Is was not the tune for such work
The proposition was supported bv Sena-
UOrS Stewart, Voorhees, and Call
Beck said Jnat IL the matter was entered
upon on me scale suggested it would take
S1Uo,uUgOU9 The survey alone would take
over $4,000, coo. It was a scheme which
ought not to be gone into in that form
WlJaou5 more careful consideration. The
eH6CE or The proposition WOull q in the
interests Of spectators.
Teller said the proposition was not i'm the
nature Of job, as the senator from Kansas
wound AYE it understood 1t was in the
interest o. the great tOtl1ng masses, who
lived on farms, and in the interest of the
nation and the world The men who lived
on farms We're never anarchists, never
HeVoIution1sts, but We're the safety valve OF
the nation and Of the world.
Reagan then called attention TO the fact
that UnOre was no provision in the amend
nenG for WlUhdraT ing of land designated
as sites Tor reservoirs and that such land
would be tax II up by those who watched
the operations Of the survey.
Teller moved TO add the following words
to the amendment, ana the motion was
agreed to: And as fast as such sites for
reservoirs shall be surveyed. such sites
shall be ia a state of res aIVat on until the
president shall otherwise order
Allison thought there must be a misap-
prehenalOn as TO the Tull effect OF the pro
position. If it was not for the purpose
solely of acquiring information, it was for
the purpose Of embarking the government
IN anew scheme of activity.
Dawes spOkr Of the fact that under the
existing laws the whole region of northern
Dakota was held in great land holdings.
which were the curse of the country. Ii it
could be made clear to him that when Uhd
plan WGs perfected it would be for Jbe ad-
vantage OF settlers, of hOmesteaders, ne
would favor it, bus he did not want the at
DenUlOn OF spectators drawn to the point
where they could make the most profit
Reagan offered as a substitute for I6ller's
amendment, the following, which was
agreed TO: And all lands which may be
designated for reservoirs and canals for
irrigation shall be reserved as property of
the United States. and shall not be subject
to entry or settlement until hereafter
! provided for by law. -
Finally the discussion closed and BOWen's
amendment, as amended, was agreed to.
/ Yeas n, nays Is.
I SpoOner OF red an amendment appropri-
] in a Inn AT
/ Atkinson, KaR.
/ Without acting upon the amendment the
/ senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON, July 30-On motion of
| Struble of Iowa the senate bill was passed
/ for the erection of a public building at
| Sioux City. Ia, at a cost of $4,000.
! The chairman of the committee on manu-
features requested that the Committee be
/ granted leave to sit during recess The
request was granted.
A conference was ordered on the senate
amendments % the navy appropriation
bill
The committee on manufactures sub
| mitsed report which was ordered printed.
The house then went into committee OF
| the whole on the deficiency appropriation
bill.
Much controversy ensued and an arrange
/ menU was arrived at under which the gen
eral debate on The bill with the exception
OF the French spOlaCiOn claims section.
was ii lifted TO one hour.
The bill viii then be considered by para
graphs u46u the excepted section lis reach
ed, when nine hours general debate viii
be allowed.
The bill was then read by paragraBhs for
I amendments.
Kerr OF Iowa. Offering a formal amend