Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-10-18

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the theft. He has been the advocate be
fore the congress of the United States
not of the people who elected him, not oI
the people who have put their trust ant
confidence in him, but has been the advo
cate and special attorney of the DITCH
owners of the state of Colorado. He has
been and still is the attorney for those
very corporations who have robbed oul
people of the waters of the Rio Grande
In the year 1889 Anthony Joseph intro
duced bill in congress, an exact copy OF
which is as follows
Fifty-frst congress, first session; H. R
1871. In the house of representatives
December 20, 1889.
Read twice, referred to the committee
on irrigation and ordered to be printed
"Mr. Joseph introduced the following
bill:
"a bill to aid the irrigation of the Taos
valley in the territory of New Mexico.
"Be it enacted by the senate and house
of representatives of the United States of
America in congress assembled
"That to the Taos Valley company, a
corporation created and existing by law,
and engaged under its powers in the con-
struction of canal or ditch from the Rio
Grande river, at point about five miles
east of Del Norte, in Colorado, taking
water from said river, also out of the San
Antonito river, one mile south of, f,Antoni-
to, Colo, thence in q general northerly
direction to point within twenty miles
of Embudo, in Taos county, N. NJ, for the
purpose of irrigating the land which will
lie under said canal, or susceptible of be-
ing irrigated thereby, there is hereby
granted the right of way over and through
any lands of the United States, to the ex-
tent of two hundred feet in width for said
canal or ditch; also, all such land of the
United States as may be necessary to the
purposes of reservoir or storage ponds
for the storage of water for the use of said
canal; also, the right and privilege of tax
ing from any land of the United States
such stone, earth, or timber, as may be
required in the construction of said canal
or ditch, its reservoirs, dams, aquaducts
and laterals.
"Sec. 2. That to aid in the work of
rendering lands of the Taos valley, in
New Mexico, possible of cultivation, there
is hereby granted to the said Taos Valley
company every alternate section of land
which is SO situated within the territory
of New Mexico that it may be irrigated
for agricultural purposes by water, from
the canal of said company: Provided,
however, that said canal shall be com
pleted from the northern boundary line
of New Mexico, to within twenty miles of
Embudo; in Taos county, in said terri
tory of New Mexico, within two years
after the approval OF this act.
"Sec. 3. That the said Taos Valley
company shall within sixty days after
the approval of this act file with the
commissioner of the general land
office map or plat showing
the line of the said main canal or ditch,
and the sections or parts of sections of
land to which this grant shall apply, and
the commissioner of the general land Of
flee is directed thereupon to reserve from
sale or other disposition the alternate
sections of land so selected or designated,
and whenever the said Taos Valley COM
pany, or its successors or assigns, shall
show to the satisfaction of the secretary
of the interior that it has constructed a
section of five miles or more of said
canal the said company shall be entitled
to receive patent for the lands hereby
granted to the extent of such land as is
covered by such finished section of canal,
and all the provisions of this act shall
APPLY as well as to the portion of said
now constructed and in process of con-
struction, also that portion thereof to be
constructed"
WHAT DO you THINK OF THIS ACTION
on the part of Anthony Joseph? Has he
been true to his trust? Or has he not
violated the confidence of every farmer
along the Rio Grande? He dare not deny
it. He is very apt in his language of
abuse of others, but Mr.. Joseph is the
father of this bill and acted as the agent
of corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the state of Colorado,
every stockholder of which is non-res-
ident of this territory except possibly
Mr.. Joseph himself He was their at
torney, not yours. He was their agent,
not ours. He is an interested party, and
it is stoutly affirmed by those who know
that he is a stockholder in the enter
prise. have certified copy of the bill
introduced by him, wherein he seeks to
deprive our people of the water which is
their right, and it is the bill above
quoted. This particular bill Mr.. Joseph
has not alluded to in his published rec
ord. He has been recreant to the trust
imposed in him by our people and he
deserves the condemnation of every |
farmer and citizen along the Rio Grande,
and believe, he will receive this censure
when the facts are presented to the peo-
pie whom he has helped to rob-
Very respectfully,
R. E. TwITcHRLL,
Chairman Republican Central Committee.