The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-16
POWELL IS DOOMED.
His Management of the Irriga-
ton Survey
CONDEMNED IN THE SENATE.
The Appropriations Committee Strike Out the
Sum Contemplated for a Survey
Of Arid Lands.

WASHINGTON, July ID Especial tele-
gram to THE HERALD. The Senate pro-
ceedings to day were of great interest to
the residents of the arid region. Major
Powell's management of the alleged irrl-
cation survey received a severe overhaul
ing and though no vote was had as to the
appropriations therefor he is certainly
doomed to defeat In the sundry civil bill
the House put in $40, 900 to sustain to-
biographical survey for irrigation purposes.
In order to secure this large sum
Major Powell managed to have
the public land surveys for the
arid sections cut down to S600,000 The
western Senators interested-that is, those
from California, Oregon, Washington,
Montana, Nevada, Colorado, Nebraska,
North and South Dakota, with Kansas
eighteen in ALL were greatly angered at
this and since appeared before the Senate
appropriations committee to protest vigor-
ously Before the committee majority of
the Senators attacked Major Powell, as
sorting and proving that he had not
legally reserved and marked on maps a
single reservation; that he did not know
ton, and every work in any particular place,
and the land reservation under the provi-
sion of the act of October was fraud,
working great injury to western settlers.
The Senators all declared themselves in
opposition to Major Powel's course and
declared that they and their people pre-
ferred no such survey if Major Powell was
to remain in control. The appropriations
committee took the western men at their
words, and the sundry civil bill was re-
ported back with 100000 added for public
land surveys, with all of the scientific ma
jor's $4,000 for irrigating omitted and the
land reservation act of 1SSSrepealed entirely
Mr.. German reported and defended these
changes and omissions.
This was stunning blow at Powell. as
German is minority member of the Stew
art irrigation committee and signed the re-
port Powell wrote charging the majority
with a land grabbing and water monopoly
policy.
Mr. Reagan moved to reinsert the Powell
lump appropriations of S170, coo and made a
speech of forty minutes in support of his
motion. With Senator Jones, of Arkansas.
who also spoke, this is the only support
Powell has received.
Senators Teller, Dolph and Moody made
telling and caustic attacks on Powell.
There was quite tilt between Stewart
and Jones, the latter charging the former
with slandering the geological director and
the former asking Senator Jones to point
to single reservoir site properly mean
dered, surveyed and reserved. The debate
lasted all day tilt O'Clock, when, no quorum
being present, an adjournment was had.
Two maps, hung upon the chamber wall,
excited considerable interest. One showed
the detached areas now irrigated. 1t was
originally prepared by Professor Newell
under the direction of Colonel r. J. Hinton.
The other Illustrated by various colors,
is Major Powell's ideas of different classes
of irrigation lands and works. 1t is quite
uncertain whether any money will be APP
propriated for an irrigation survey, but if
there is its expenditure will be under the
direction of Secretary RusK.