Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-01
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certain that such special session
will be all advantage to the dem
ocratic party in the next cam
paign. There is very strong
o2pos ton auoug the republic
cans II Congress to the proposed
special session, 1t has been pub
llcly stated that the president
desires congress to share with
him the responsibility of the
Cuban question, and that such
desire will induce him TO con-
vene congress i'll March OF April.
Since the Cuban constitu-
tional convention has delayed
action aud has taken its time in
pronulgating the constitution,
republicans in both houses of
congress declare that Cuba can
wait until next winters session
to have its proposed constitution
considered. They also say that
if the subsidy bill is taken up in
the extra session, the democrats
will press the point that the
Cuban matter was only a blind,
aud special session of congress
has been called simply for the
purpose Of appropriating millions
of dollars to the rich shipping in
terests of the country.
The principal reports of the
twelfth census are required by
law to be published by the first
of July, 1902. There is little
reason 10 doubt that the work
will be completed on time. The
population department. is now
practically t1lrough with its tab
ulatiens, and scores of clerks are
constantly being dismissed or
transferred to other departments.
There will be material redue-
tions i'll the entire force within a
few months, and by the first of
the year the censns Office will
probably be represented by four
lor five hundred clerks.
! Oregonians in Washington are
lwatching with a decided interes
fthe course of the legislature in
[electing, or rather in not elect
ing, the United States senator.
I Their desires naturally differ
according to their political asso.
Citations, and their predictions as
to the final outcome vary with
j their desires. A few prefer that
There should be no election; in
(which event, Senator Simon will
[be the dictator of federal patron,
lage.
/ Representative Tongue has
been having some lively times
with the other members from the
IWest, recently. Mr.. Tongue il
t chairman of the arid lands ane
Irrigation committee, and mem
), ibers from the arid states believe
f that he is their chief obstacle il
lIsecuring irrigation legislation
Mr.. Tongue, while fully recog
tnizing the Importance and the
st benefits of arid land reclamation
f has a good eye for the fitness O.
= things; and, doubtless, is eppos
: ing and will oppose any further
. additions to the immense appre
t priations which have already
been made by this congress.
The New1ands bill provides that
, the money received from the
: sale Of public lands in the arid
section shall be used for building
reservoirs and canals. While
this is not direct appropriation,
| and Is perhaps an equitable
measure, it means the withhold
ing from the treasury Of several
million of dollars. Some such
measure will, doubtless, pass at
the next regular session, but it is
not deemed advisable to open ur
, a new outlet for public money
and an outlet which will, event
ually, mean the expenditure Of
millions upon millions of dol
lars, at this session which already
has enough to answer for. The
irrigators are very well organ
lied, and it is said that they
have determined On a newspape,
attack upon Mr.. Tongue, with
the avowed object Of forcing him
Ito retire from chairnanship ot
the committee. AS Mr.. Ton
gue's management Of the com.
nlittee is in pesfect accord with
the plans of Speaker Henderson,
and as Mr. Henderson will be
reelected speaker, their efforts,
If attempted, are almost certain
to prove unsuccessful. One