Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-10-21
WAsH1NGroN. Oct IA tanele

WASHINGTON, Oct. IA tangle
which resulted in the adjournment Of
the senate last night was the result of a
cleverly devised scheme worked by Du-
bois and Teller They discovered that
while quorum was present for all pur-
poses where pairs could be disregarded,
there was not a quorum on points de-
handing the observation of pairs. Tel
Ter also discovered that the rules pro
vided that a public document which
had once been read could not again be
read except by unanimous consent
PETER was speaking at the time and
soon fished up public document. Tel
Ter raised point of order against reading
The chairman decided the point and an
appeal was taken. This was what sill
yer men were looking for and roll call
vas ordered which showed no qaorum
present. Then the repeal men stepped
into another trap. Villas tried to force
Dubois to vote. After a long debate an
effort was made to take vote to show
that the senate could not excuse Du-
OOAo AAOh 'OeiAk. Dlo IcSulLSO III du-
other lack of a quorum and the senate
was forced to adjourn. Pending the
settlement of the question and the eff
tort TO make Dubois vote it is the inten-
ton of Villas to have Dubois centured.
This 1T is stated will bring out several
very nice constitutional questions and
develop debate which the silver men
claim will last month at least
Los ANGELES, Cal, Oct 14.-This is
the last day Of the irrigation congress.
All morning was spent in arranging for
an excursion about Southern California,
for the next few days. The committee
went to Perry's to see the effects of the
Wright act IN practice and then present
ed favorable report, which was adopt
ed.
The following were chosen members
of the executive committee: Arizona,
Ed, Nj. Boggs; California, Eli H. Muir
ray; Colorado, J. L. Roche; Idaho, T. B.
Bsbbltt; Kansas, ]. W. Gregory; Mon
tana, Otto Peterson; Nebraska, @. T.
Ross; Nevada, John z. Jones; Nav Mex
leo, Mortimer E. Downing; North Dako-
ia, ]. A. Pirtle; Tennessee, P. H. Porter;
Texas, j. j. Walker; Utah, W. E. Smith,
Washington, A. B. Falcon; Wyoming,
w. 2. Rogers, Los Angeles.
e. L. Powers, of Arizona, read paper
on the necessity of tie government stor-
ing waters and controlling them. Then
arose quiet bitter discussion in which
Major Powell was severely scored. Col
onel Hinton and Barber of California
and others took part in the discussion
and combed down Powell 10 great shape.
They declared that Powell was wrong
when be stated that there was not
enough water to reclaim the arid lands
and motion was made to expunge Pow
ellis speech from the records Chairman
Emery said that the speech was not on
the records as it was "sprung" speech.
Powell was called all sorts of names and
told to go home and reverse mis- report.
The platform was considered at 1:30
this afternoon.
Los ANGELES, Oct. I3.-At the irriga-
ton convention this morning, the plat
form committee reported its platform to
the congress, which was read by ex-
Governor Lionel Sheldon. 1t is in part
as follows:
."The scenes that were recently ep-
acted in the Cherokee strip il a remind
er that the pressure of surplus popula-
ton still seeks an outlet in the west and
that settlement on thai portion of the
public domain were the rain fall is suf-
tieient to support agriculture, has
reached its limit.
THE unsettled land now belonging
to the United States is mostly arid, or
semi-arid. We confidently predict that
these arid lands are destined TO become
the seat Of the highest civilization and
greatest average prosperity yet devel-
Oped on this continent. The develop
ment of these lands can only be
successfully attained by national legis-
lation. laws that now govern water
and land, in a number of states and
territories, are inadequate and danger
GUS.
ave declare that water in It's natural
chennels and beds Is not private prop
erty and that it can be neither bought
nor sold. We claim that streams rising
in one state ard flowing by natural
course through one or more other
states, must be conserved and equitably
divided under federal authority.
"We endorse the policy of forest and
storage reservations covering mountain
water sheds.
1T is but an act of simple justice to
ask the government to devote portion
of the money received from the sale of