Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-05
Tidings
SCORING SUCCESS DAILY.
A Committee of Delegates Headed by
Mr., Joseph Calls on the House
Committee on Irrigation.
President Harrison Talks on the Land
Grant Questionable Delegates
Continue to Push Matters.

Special Correspondence Of the New Mexican.
HDQRs. New MEXICO DELEGATIONS
1ll2 New York Avenue, :
Washington, May l, 1890 }
Thus far the most successful day of its
visit to the national capital was scored bv
the New Mexico delegation to.day. After
d short conference at its headquarters,
where subcommittee reports were re-
ceived as to the progress Of the various
matters, the delegation was sent to
push irrigation matters. The party,
numbering twenty-eight and accom-
panied by Mr.. Joseph, called on the
house committee on irrigation affairs.
Gen. Vanderver, of California, the chair
man, and his associates gave US cordial
greeting and although several other west
ern men were there to speak by appoint
ment, New Mexico was given precedence.
Col. T. b. Mills was designated to present
New Mexico's claims at length and simply
made general statement as to our needs
and demands, asking that Major Powel's
plan of Withdrawing reservoir sites from
entry be annulled and that the arid public
| lands be donated TO New Mexico with au-
thority to use the same toward establishing
her own public irrigation schemes. No
especial bill was pressed for passage. Gov.
Slower, Judge Axtell, Mr.. F. W. Smith
and others also spoke briefly on the sub.
ect and everybody answered questions
freely put to them by the committee.
Before disbanding the delegation will
draft resolutions setting forth in detail its
should be settled by congress. There
are no" some twenty-five different bills
before congress, all aiming at the same
end. The subject arouses deep interest,
though the Farmers alliance is making
hot fight against any action. Major Powell
is decidedly in the minority here. Last
night New Mexico's delegation was rep
resented in caucus of over 100 members
of congress, and it was decided that
PowelPs methods are impracticable, and
will require too much time and money to
carry them out.
CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT.
'o"Dy ,.,.. viz 'no'' ou''e'''D' ~. '"'' '.'a'
' '0'on wv ".o .fon Wv p'.''
ueh' ol the ha'ioh was 'ha1 scored py the
New Mexicans at noon to-day. Gov.
Prince had arranged it beforehand with
Secretary Halford. There were no tedious
waits In three minutes after entering
the White house grounds the delegates
filed into the presidents private office
dant;oi dask Whila tIis was ,nG ,o;,h p'.1 90,
pres;dant Hor,;son WAC oroot;pn VIC.
itor and ha m.da shnrt u,orl, -, IL
tnrn;nv m no. nromntlv toward tho New Mov'
;'.ons Gov Pr;n'.e stenned tnword liz,
ond in q fow wnrds ownIa;nod tho a,;a't @
a. o onr n';'s;"n l;" ot Wash;nton " '"o ,ona ",j
y, non U' tha ] nro0;dart,s ara;nt ,o',,s r;.,s
upSett,ad ~ & % land orant mstterS "nd H,t' ;nti
nu NJ not;na that noss;hlv NJ Horr;sn "nu oouId "i
sna i onrasa,>lo p ~ snoad,u all tha at," toou
ron ~ 'onnr.os ~ tha suhioct ca'' '''0 A''oA
VIVA ~ ''"e' Cos " ''o '''''e''
PRESIDENT HARRISON RESPONSE.
In frank, open and business-like mar
ner the president spoke at considerable
Ionnth IN ,ho s,h;a.t III so;t aar,o
.'s ,n ''o'' " '"'' 'o'ne
thlng shoulo long ago nave been done by
congress to adjust these claims. As he
understood It. It WAS simplv n Question of
the methods to he adopted. some vera in
favor of one thing and some anotber and
40 the matter had been mt off from time
to time. While it was difficult problem
still it were better to have them settled,
even II they had TO De settled wrong than
doua.,mant uou W at ' haa sa"n;,,od a." ;a nv .;aae
ton from the Mexican government touch.
ing these claims, and the president said
ne now had before h'm' some data on
'hem iurnished by the interior depart
ment, when ne was considering, but
as yet had not made up his