Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-10-21
Los ANGELES. Oct. 1.-The Irriea.

| resolutions were presented.
| Arizona asked that congress be me-
morislized by the present irrigation
congress to admit the territory as
state.
| The following resolutions were pre-
sented and referred to the committee,
by Judge Anderson, of California:
| WHEREAS. The people of the terri
tories OF ARR iona, New Mexico, Utah
and Oklahoma are all vitaly interested
IN the question of the reclamation of
the arid lands belonging to the United
| States, and
| WHEREAS. The question must soon
be discussed and ected on in the con-
gre Of the United States, and
| WHEREAS, 1t is but fair that TIE
people having such vital interest in
said question should participate in said
discussion and action thereon, and
| WHEREAS, 1t is for the benefit Of all
Ct US interested in said question that
we should have the advice and active
participation o their representatives in
congress,
REsoLvED, That in aid Of the great
cause that we have assembled here to
advocate and advance, we earnestly
urge that said territories be admitted
Into the union at the earliest moment
practicable
A resolution by Kellogg, OF Califor-
MIA, says that it is the sense OF the con-
gress that the government Of the
United States make the necessary de-
velopments to unite water and land in
arid regions:
| First, by making the necessary sur
veys to formulate a uniform system by
which to use economically all the water
available.
| Second, to build all necessary reser-
voirs and canals to convey water to the
lands, and to add the cost of such de-
velopments to the price of the land,
said lands to be sold to actual settlers
only, IN lots of forty acres each.
| Powers, of Arizona, presented reso-
luton that it is the governments dnty
to provide sEilfull hydraulic engineers
to assist in locating, planning and con-
structiug canals, reservoirs end other
irrigating works, and to extend such
other aids as may efound necessary to
place lrrigating enterprises on a system
attic, safe and enduring basis.
his operations, is the secretary OF the
contingent, and has given the subject
OF irrigation great deal Of intelligent
thought. Mr.. Hicks is also ardently in
favor of statehood, and will labor 10
that end with commendable zeal.
ella Bend has another citizen of the
| species demonstrated hustlers in the
person of Mr.. McMullen. McMullen
looks like a Methodist minister at
Hoosler camp meeting. He never sits
| down when there is an opportunity for
work, and his enthusiasm never flags.
| General Rice, also of ella Bend, was
a potent factor in the exercises OF this
| morning. The General is q well-pre-
served specimen of the hardy pioneer
Of his section. But he is the last man
in the assembly to be called on Arizoua
monster of any variety. General Rice
read an interesting paper on the sub
| ject of irrigation and statehood.
| j. L. VanDerwerker of Yuma is one
of the brightest members from that
locality, and he bubbles over with good
nature and enthusiasm concerning the
work Of he convention "The judge"
As the boys call him, dresses modestly.
He doesn't wear kid gloves and patent
feathers, but be is always to the fore
when there is work to be done in Ari-
| zona's interests.
L
| Tucson, a thin, wiry, gentlemanly
boomer, neatly dressed in gray, mingles
pleasantly with the other delegates,
and when he opens his usually closed
| lips he is accorded marked atten ton.
| WASHINGTON, Oct 13.-VoorheeS
said to on Associated Press man that
he would, at 6 o'clock this evening,
again ask the senate to continue in
session during the night and keep up
till "a vote was reached.
He did not know that he could have
quorum, but it would not be his fault
il one failed.
LAST NIGHTS SESSION.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-The weary
struggle in the senate goes on ard on,
and tonight little progress seems to
have been made toward a settlement
The silver men still have the upper
hand and control the situation. The
first intimation of the weakening of the
repeal forces was the decision of Voor-
bees to move for a recess tonight frcm
10 p. m. until IL a. m. tomorrow. He
reckoned. however. without the silver
men, who announced t1at they would
not yield the floor to Voorhees, to make
the motion ard thus he will be obliged
to abandon the plan.
Many stories of a compromise are in
the air tonight, but the unqualified
statement on both sides is that the fight
now ia progress must be decided before
any compromise can be preached with
success.
The scsDe is a brilliant one, setting
forth the fierce struggle in progress on
the floor in a dazzling glare of artificial
lIghts-one to impress the mind and |
fascinate the eye. The galleries are
banked to the doors. Below, on the |
floor, was the wreck of a great parlia- |
mentary battle. tben thlrty-two hours |
old. The haggard faces scattered |
around betokened the long strain to |
which the attempt to force the silver |
men to yield, by a test of brute |
strength, had subjected the senate
Hours dragged YEARLY along until $50 |
when an incident occurred which dem
onstrated tie helplessness Of the senate
under the present system IF rules.
Voorhees, arose chatting under the
continued roll call of the silver men
forcing to hold the tired adversaries on
the rack and petulantly demanded of
Frye, who was in the chair, to what
extent the privilege of calling quorum
cOulH he abused
"In the terms of the rules" said
Frye, "th- IRE is no limitation, and the
chair knows of no power in the presId-
ing officer to place limitation"
Voorhees, sank back in his seat and
the roll cal brought forty-four unwilling
victims into the chamber.
As soon as the announcement WAS
made, Quay suggested the absence of
quorum. He did it, he said, because
the decision of the chair put it ab-
in the power of any enc senator