The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-23
TALES OF sCLOAK-R0OM
 TOLD BY CHAMP CLARK
Senator Garter as an Orator and a Wit. Vicious System of g-ROiling Clear
 | ly Set Forth.


 position of Senator Carter. but with his consent and by aid of his vote. Some other patriot from some other State might have talked it to death, but the Senator from Montana would never have turned his vocal apparatus to sing that thirteen and one-half hour swan song. As the arid land brethren were left out in the cold, the chances are that even if Carter had not talked 1t to death somebody else would
 I am not here and now taking sides on the question of governmental Irri- gatipiT of the arid land region. am stating the case, as it Is, and it is this: iInk Gon gress there is a. small but ex- ceedingly able band of men who are determined to force the federal gov eTnment into an extensive scheme of building reservoirs, dams. etc. for the ptrpose nfl irrigating the arid lab6s. They work at it necessarily and E? g. They are tire!ess as the Jaw of grdvitation. '"Eternal vigilance" Is their watchword. Defeat does not discourage them or dampen their ar dor. They return to the attack with renewed zest. They are led by Ne.y- lands of Nevada and Bell and Shafroth bl InEh Ol nary ability. After a long fight in the house they were overthrown, but Sem ,ator Thomas H. Carter evehed up things for them ip "the less numerous branch of the national legislafuse. '" Will they eventually win? Just as cer- tain as water runs down hill--not this yearfor next perhaps, but finally. They assert manfully, courageously and in- cessantly that they are engaged in a great work of patriotism and humani- ty. The constantly growing pressure for homes will in the end give the vic- tory to the Rocky mountaineers. How much will the scheme cost? Nobody knows, not. even General Grosvenor, whofs a. past master in the art of figur- ing. It's proponent asseverate that it will be self sustaining.
 The second item to which Senator Carter called attention was $5,000 for Mattituck harbor, New York, which he did in the following racy manner:
 For instance, we have the sum of S, 1000 appropriated to take care of Mattituck harbor. New York. Who ever heard of Mattituck harbor before tonight? Where is Mattituck harbor in New York? One of the Senators from New York is present. He may be abel to locate it. But doubt tonight if a single member of'the Committee on Commerce can tell where this harbor is. And yet We are to ppt $5,0Q0 of money in the Improvement of that har- .bor.. If you vii turn to page 40 of the report, you will find where. Mattituck harbor is. The location of it is to be buried forevermore in this report that is to find it's place in the crypt of the capitol shortly after 12 o'clock tomor- row. This harbor is a tidal inlet cx- tending about two miles south from Long Island sound to the village of Mattituck, on Long Island, about 70 miles east from New York city,
 Now, mark this unheard of ba sis for an appropriation-asto reve- lation: The natural depth of water at the entrance is from one to two fec!
 We are. to start in with from one to two fet of water to dig out a narbor to get up to the viue ge of Mattituek. unknown to anybody outside of the postal authorities of the United states and the persons living in the imme- diaSe vicinity"
 MT. Chandler-Wbat is the depth of water we are to get?
 Mr. Carter replied; "They want 90 feet of water at Mattituck harbor. The Senator from West Virginia very aptly suggests to me at this point that the turkeys are required as towboats to tow the catfish out of that place when the Water gets low. The Senator from Maryland' says to me we had better sink a well up there and pump the water out in order to get harbor. This sounds ridiculous, but the naked. cold truth remains that out of the toiling milIionsstwhom we are empowered to tax we are to take So,O0O for this pur-
 "ThF4t tekeS the opera bouffc aspects from this case and makes it something of tragedy. will not touch all of these ridiculous propositions as we bass,.by1 but only the high places where the low water is found.''
 Havipg finished as to that item. he pf@sffa f@f is sSsly; i9'' out 0' the Ne" '0'N
 we have next. For the improve r1ent of the harhor at Canarsie bay, Ne p1fHVrk: continuing improvement,
 'Haat t= fqpnd on page 43 of this re- ford heaS# ~ that harbor.. but find frolA thieNreE bort that in 1S16 5O.OoO tons of frr 'Glif wen; into that 1arbor. This Is some hing of proposition possess ei of merit. The maximum draft that can be carried is six feet in the main chennel-I suppose six inches on U" edges-and three feet in the soGth chanel over the shOalest part.
 vet the estimated cost of this pre- ect to get ocean going and coastwtG steamers into that alleged harbor Is S23, 900 plus $l5.000, and in this bih
 
 the sum of $10,000 the money to be collected in one form and another from the people of the United States.
 We next find in the bill the sum of S, GOO appropriated for Flushing har- bor in the State of New York. I. rp- pears that we are starting out to make q haTbor at Flushing. with feet and 9 inches of water to begin with. Will anybody explain in an age when a steamship Is from 300 to 620 feet in length, with draft of from 20 to 30 feet. how much it is going to cost to get a harbor at Flushing. N. Y, with } feet and 9 inches of water to begin Sad lIHf, IHf President. We do not con fine ourselves to the coast when we get to the State of New York We are easy of our favors in tine framing of this bill. We desire to interest every body, and we naturally desire to throw bouquets at senators, and consequent ly we take up the harbor at Peeaskill. N. r., among other places n that State. and ! find upon page II this item, not inserted by the Senate. I have been reading from the original text of the bill. Up to this time I have not made any remark in relation to any Senate amendment to the river and harbor bill, It is a part of the