Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-10-31


HIS COLORADO SCHEME
will injure southern New Mexico, but in
this bill makes the exhaustion of the Rio
Grande at its head the reason for spe-
cial privileges from congress on the
tornado del Muerto. You have only to
confront Joseph with himself to con-
found him.
Now one word more before considering
this scheme. When Col. Rynerson and
other gentlemen were at Washington try
ing to secure the right of way through
Fort Selden reservation for high line
ditch i'll the Mesilla valley, and when it
was well known that the promoters of
this canal were willing to take all chances
of finding customers for their water
among the holders of Spanish rights in
the old acequias, Mr. Joseph opposed it.
The only reason he could give the secre-
tary of war or the committee of congress
was that he favored the Jornada project.
He affected in his Las Cruces speech the
greatest respect for the prior rights of
the old acequias. Now these rights
NEED NO AID OR RESPECT
from Mr.. Joseph. They are guaranteed
by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and
the United States will enforce them at all
hazards.
But what does he propose IN this bill,
No. $50? Why to organize the Tornado
Ell Paso Reservoir q Canal Co.. with a
right of way over all public land and
-,
Paso, with the right to appropriate and
take from the Rio Grande at the
most feasible and practicable point
on either side of said river not further
south than Fort Selden, or farther north
than Albuquerque a sufficient quantity of
water to fill said reservoirs, canal and
laterals at all tines" that the course of
said canal will be southwark through the
counties of BernalillO, SocorrO, Sierra
and Dona Ana, through the Mesilla valley
to the state line of Texas, thence along
the border of the Rio Grande valley to
point near or below the city of Ell Paso,
Texas;" that sin order to increase the
value of other public land adjacent, all
lands belonging to the United States
within the limits of ten miles on each side
of said reservoirs, canal and laterals,
from the date of the approval of this act,
shall be withdrawn from market and shall
not be sub ect to sale, entry or occupa-
ton until SAID company shall have secured
the right to own and possess at least
ONE MILLION ACRES
in odd alternate sections II
that if said odd alternate sections do not
furnish to the said company the requisite
amount of land then said company shall
have the right to select from other lands
on the Jorrada del Muerto or in the Rio
Grande valley
| have called Joseph kindergarten
politician because he pleads the baby act
so nicely; but when it comes to a specu-
laton he is full grown and able bodied.
Will the poor farmer in the Mesilla valley
reflect moment where his water will go
if Mr.. Joseph ever passes bill H. R. 1870.
Mr.. Joseph is not troubled with scruples
when he sees a good thing, however he
may pirate of Spanish rights when it suits
his purpose. But of course he thought
all these facts were hidden in the national
archives and safe from scrutiny. First
He GOBBLEs ALL THE WATER
in northern New Mexico, then absorbs all
in the south. 1t is not enough that he
should seek to establish this gigantic
monopoly with capital stock of &c.
100000, but he further provides that the
surveys for this canal shall be conducted
by a competent corps of engineers under
the direction and control of the director
of the geological survey of the United
States" John W, Powell, the bitterest
enemy of New Mexico.
Mr.. Joseph did not introduce this bill
"by request" and the New MEXICAN dares
him to say he did 1t is a plain out and
out attempt to absorb all the old Spanish
rights or TO render them valueless in
southern New Mexico. When it comes to
water Joseph is a regular sponge.
The New MEXICAN does not want to be
put in the light of opposing any good
project to irrigate the tornado, but
when Joseph goes around posing SIS
a poor man, a "paisano," and an
upholder of the old Spanish water rights
it takes great pleasure in simply setting
the
FACTS or HIS RECORD
before the people whom he is industriously
deceiving. How many "terrenos' will
be watered from the old acequias if this