The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-04
LANHAM'S LAND BILL.
VERY POPULAR MEASURE INTRO
OuCED IN THE HOUSE.

Congressman Springer Receiving Much
sympathy.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-Mr. Lanham
of the committee on irrigation and arid
lands will make favorable report on
the bin to cede to the states all the arid
lands situated in them. This is about
the most important bill before congress,
as 1t is step toward the entire abolition
of the land department of the govern
ment. There are about $50, 600, 900 acres
of arid lands lying west of the 97th
meridian, and there are about $4,000.
600 acres of public lands which are not
arid.
The bill provides that the states shall
not sell or lease the lands in greater
quantity than $50 acres to any one per-
son, corporation or association. The
mineral lands are reserved to the gov
eminent The bill is popular one and
it is highly probable it will be passed by
this congress, if not at this session then
ut the next.
The expenses of the land department
of the government now exceed the re-
turns from the sales, but the main idea
of getting rid of these arid lands is to
prevent any further growth of
The Irrigation Projects,
There are great many people who hold
that if the government owns the lands it
ought to do something to make them
capable of producing and fit for homes
for actual settlers. This, of course,
means irrigation and there have already
been bills introduced looking to such IT.
rigation. A great sum of money has al
ready been spent in surveys to see how
irrigation can be secured. If the gov
eminent embarks in irrigation 1t means
an expense of enormous sums.
There was laid on the desks of the diff
ferent members of congress printed
protest against the passage of the bill
putting bagging for cotton on the free
list, The chief objection to the bill, as
shown in the protest, is that it would be
an outrage to take the
Duties Off Cotton Bagging
and retain it on the machinery and fuel
necessary to make it. 1t states that I'M
der protection twenty cotton bagging
mills have been erected in Mississippi,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Kentucky,
Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama,
Louisiana and Texas. The protest is
made by the manufacturers of cotton
bagging, and there is in every line of it
a great whine.
Congressman Grain is out in an inter
view in the papers here in which he says
German or Hill is the man to be nomi-
mated by the Democrats for the presi-
dency. His interview is a lengthy one
aud he discusses
The Political Situation
thoroughly, and gives his reasons for
believing that one of the gentlemen al
luded to above should be nominated
The serious sickness of Congressman
Springer has caused much sympathy for
him and there is great solicitude for
him. There are rumors about his con-
dition every five minutes. Sometimes
they are to the effect that he is dy-
ing and in short time that he is getting
well.
The house has been all day engaged
on the District of Columbia appropria-
ton bill. The only thing that has
Relieved the Monotony.
of the public business for the past few
days was the action of Watson of Geor-
gia, who is an Alliance man, in denounc-
ing on the floor of the house Mr.. Ed Bar
rett OF the Atlanta Constitution and who
is also the private secretary of Speaker
Crisp. Watson was very bitter. Bar
rett intimated in his paper that Watson
IN refusing to unseat Stewart, a republi-
can, and give the seat to Craig, demo-
crat, few days ago was supporting the
republicaes with the idea of getting help
from that party in his race for re-elec-
ton. There was considerable excite
ment over the matter as Barrett is the
private secretary of Crisp. Barrett is
very stiff about the matter saying that
he is not at all prepared to back down in
his statement.
The comptroller has authorized the
national bank of Daingerfeld to begin
business. Its president is j. Y. Brad
field, and the capital stock $4,000.
Jas. l.. Sypert, young man from
waco Tex, appeared at
Police Headquarters
this afternoon and reported that he had
been robbed of $1O,51O by confidence
men in New York. He had sold cattle
and an alleged broker in New York
counted out the money and put it in a
box for shipment. The box was put
into valise for Sypert. When Sypert
left here on train for the south
he became suspicious and opened