Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-03-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

IL congtcps has power under the cos
stitution a. appropriate millions II mon
ey Mt every session iur the improvement,
OF such uavigab'c streams m Gvf"
creek, IN pcnnsylyania, or Mai Run, Va
Ohio, why ma! II not appropriate mo-
DEBATE eum IT, he expended IA tho im
provcmcnt ~ the toluladu AID tie lNu
Grnndc, ior the rutp'-c e Rect .ue th"m
within their lurks, nuj pt,Nrht0Ns such
scenes ~ devastation and sUiTr.rE ~
thuae Witnessed Ut YUMA, V'uIu the
last few days, ur on GLOVER lio Grand"
ak yeurs ago,
THIS IL no new nlyr.D. We lmc
bcen stirring 1t ~ periodical! inr TIE
last elght years. About tire" lvlrs usu
We succeeded N bringing DO" matter t.
the attention u curgrvs, aud 20 smni.
sum was apr, printed for tie pun u.o II
making preliminary survey % u- ,rlan
what could or Ought t. br 5uuo e. o.u
finc the Re- Gtandc tu IT, lrupur viuu
mel 4 party ~ guNctrmru' cugt' GERS
came Out W ltlNhf WV f'Nhltilli NNi'IH. wv
came early ~ MAY Vhcu camping uut
Was pleasant ~ this latitude. uud start
ing IA nj tie CplutUiu line, they moved
leisurely duNn b rImo point u,ln" III
Pa,u, taking the whole ,utum,r 10 n.
and having ~. uj tmc. lL'I measured
the velocity - thc rurr,ut, wul!2nd TIA"
water, examined a." snud. tamp.,d H."
catfish. aud mndc various tr.,utl'i' ~
pertinent. 4 great value 81 ~" over
flowed d~tErt-, aud then ruhm,i'rl un
elaborate report IN which tie un'S .u'ur
nation cpnta,u,d WAs, that 100 tho uIlu.
ION 81 the commanding officer 4 tnr *
petition, It Nuud ut hr pJa.iurphl" o.
make the RIO GrnuIr u utNgHnrr
stream ~ fr ~ w. have rHl able tu
learn. the real and only ul.,r' DO, tho ~
petition how 81 keep thr rNc|wIlhn
lite proper c!aurrl Hui Prevent 1t from
underminirs and destroying H." pro
periy ~ p,upl" hyiug along its bnnks
aas not touched upon at all And Wien
We complained u this, Ne We're tod that
congress had 10 power 10 appropriate
money fr tho improvements ~ streams
except IN the interest - navigation.
IL the work that ID done NJ govern
ment expense every year along H." Ml"'
sour river To- prevent that ,trram from
cutting away IT'S banks, performed III IT,
interest ~ pavirattpuf Are ~" lcyc,'
on the lower Mississippi upon whrl
congress has expended untold wluuus
kept up IN tho interest - navigation,
Incidentally. perhaps, the cuua' ~ nnNl
CATION is Leuoii,ri 10y thc,r Nurts, hu'
everybody knows that the rca. pUrI-~'
OF them ~ Ia protect the adjacent LANDS
But cuncediLg that cuust,-s hhs L,
poHcr under the constitution tu q,
work of the character REFERRED tom o.,
states, how docs that effect the cause -
rltory ~ very different from that ot
state, congress has ahaulut" control owe
its affairs a." same ~ over thps" ~ th'
District % Columbia. II already pays
considerable part - the current cSpcns"
% the territorial government, aud de-"
various other things that IT might no
do IA the Case 81 u state. The ob!"ctiui
referred h. hns nothing IN It. There /
nothing IN the constitution 10 proven
congress doing anything TINT may b
necessary for the benefit ~ the tcrrltur
or FOR the protection ~ the pruprrt! q
its people, in the line We have indicate,
or in nny other. Aud l. il 10 be hopes
that the general government will, b"ur
long, see the necessity aud the justice 81
undertaking such work rs we have r,
fprra1 In nls,yn