Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-01-10
FL PAS0 SCHEME,
Trying to Rob New Mexico Of Water
Rights,
DELEGATE RoDeY DOING GOOD WORK.

III Iaso. Delegatc-elect Rodey, COVER
nor oUro, Doctor Nathan r. Boyd, and
a few others. do appreciate II, and are
working like beavers to prevent the
paSsagc OF the Culbertson bill, which
embOdies the ideas OF those who favor
the mvasurc. Gov. Otcro is now max
Ing a flying trip to Washington in be
half u the territory on this question,
In the few days that remain to him be-
forc the legislature convenes at Santa
Fe.
DIR. Boyd. who Is thc American agen
OF the bOndholdcrs of the Elephant
Butte dam project. IL working hard
In Washington against the scheme,
and while primarily fghblng for the
rights OF his company, IL necessarily
fighting the battle OF the people Of New
Mexico. He should not be put 20 the
grcat expense this envoives. He has
spoken on the subject to usstrly every
ssnator n congressman. and TO al
officials who rave any thing b. do with
the matter. and has filed a wrdtpen ar
gument comprising more than nfty
typewrdttsn pages. before TIM secretary
OF state. protesting against 1t. and
showing that official, how partial GER
ain reports made to the United States
senabe were. owing to either negligence
or partisanship Of the government off,
cials who compiled them. Delegate
elect Rodey has filed written briefs and
arguments before the secretary Of state
the attorney general and the commit
| tee N foreign relations of the United
States senate. besides furnishing copies
70 several senators not on the commit
1 -. aAl NlE. LNlNA.Iu IAN-s..NfA. IN
| congress. Besides this he has spoken
to many officials at Washington against
| thc measure. aud has devoted "a large
part OF his time for about a month last
past work ng against the bdll. The peo-
pie Of New Mexico from Las Cruces to
Embudo should hold meetings and pro-
lest against this ~iniqutty. and send the
resolutions adopted to congress Tor It's
consideration
Interested parties at El Paso. Texas.
chief among whom Il Colonl Arson
Mills, II United States official who has
become INTENSELY partisan against NV
Mexico and Colorado In his matter.
and who now resides In Washington
and Is occupied solely in fostering ths
| bill, are aiding the Mexican government
IN every way possible in its demands
for damages against our government
for large sums OF money. for alleg d
injuries 10 the agricultural interests OF
c~ttizens of Mexico on the south bank
Of the river below Ell Paso. These par
ties are trying to induce our govern
mcnt to build a large dam just above
El Paso, at ls own cost. and give half
the water collected there - Mexico.
and prevent everybody living above the
dam from ever hereafter appropria ting
amy waiter not ALREADY appropriated.
The passage OF a law to this effect will
OF course forever paTalyze New Mexico.
IL the Elephant Butte dam n built 100
mikes o El Paso. 1t will supply the
whole MeSlla valley. including El Paso,
and land for quite a distance below It
On the American side with plenty of
water without reference to the pc pie Of
Mexico TO whom We owe nothing.
The Mexican government claims. that
because the treaty Of Guadalupe HI
dalgo provides hat from the south ltue
Of New Mexico to The gulf, where the
center hue OF the RIO Grande Is the in
tcrnational boundary. THAT the nayiga-
ton OF the river shall be free and COM
mon to the vessels and cltaz ms of both
NNAA - alA AiiAN lNsAAAtI hildA NNAkH~
out tine others consent construct any
work that may impede or interrupt in
whole or in part the exercise Of tn 3
right, that ~ the right Of n~avigation;
hat this government must not permit
the construction Of any impairment in
the river anywhere above the southern
line OF New Mexico.
In consideration OF getting the half
% the waters impounded at Eel Paso,
the Mexican government magnan-
lmously 90 agrtsss ia forego, forvsr. its
claim OF S3j, zoo. 900 OF damages against
Gun government. After the Elephant
Butte dam people, had, with the
lion Of our government spent large
amounts of money in the construction
uf Its dam. the Mexican government
and this III Plso people. inducCd our
state department. To procure through
the department OF Justice the bringing
u Injunction proceedings against 1t,
and although our government was by
IT, own courts, thai, is the district and
supreme courts Of the territory and the
supreme court OF the United States de-
feated five successive times, still these
parties are now endeavoring when de-
feat Is staring them in the face. to get
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