The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-04
Hostile Attitude of Eastern
Congressman.
WESTERN MEN UNITE
Trans-Mississippi Members to Hold
Caucus Tomorrow.
WILL WIN, BACKED BY PRESIDENT
Anti-NOyes Senators and Represen.
tatiVes Have Mysterious Sour
ces of Information.

From The journal Bureau. Room <5, Post
Building, Washington.
Washington, Dec. 4-Eastern members
of both houses of congress dislike the
presidents strong recommendation of the
adoption Of an irrigation policy. They
have no arid land and they want their
share every year of money gathered in
the west from the sale of these lands.
The money goes into a general fund and is
spent for rivers and harbors, public build
ings and for other purposes.
1t begins to look as if vigorous eastern
opposition to irrigation would develop,
and that the west may be forced to unite
in order successfully to meet it. Already
there is some sign of a getting together
Of western members. Tomorrow night a
caucus of members from states beyond the
Mississippi will be held to talk irriga-
tion and agree on a plan Of procedure in
congress. At that meeting notice will
be taken of the opposition of the east, and
some preliminary discussion of ways and
means of meeting it may be had.
With the presidents recommendations
behind 1t, the west will be very strong,
and If 1t should unite to compel the sub
mission Of the east such a step would
have western Endorsement. There will
possibly be hard fight, but irrigation is
now destined to become an accomplished
fact. AS already stated in these dis
patches, the Hansbrough bill is the bill
which will pass the senate In the house
last year more than dozen different irri-
cation schemes were outlined in bills by
members from western states. Several
Of these bills adopted the basic principle
of the Hansbrough bill, namely, the crea-
tion of a fund by setting aside the pro-
ceeds of sales of public lands in arid and
semiarid states. 1t is largely for the
purpose Of harmonizing these conflicting
western views that tomorrow night s
caucus will be held. It is probable that
something very similar to the Hansbrough
bill will finally be agreed to. Should the
house, however, adopt q different bill,
there may be trouble in getting the speak
er to permit it to reach a vote. The
speaker is said to feel favorable to the
Hansbrough idea.
FIGHT 1t is amazing to note
the full and complete in
OVER formation which anti
Noyes senators and repre-
MOVES sentatives have concern
ing what Is being done
IN San Francisco by the federal court OF
appeals regarding the Judge Noyes con-
tempt case. So full and complete is this
information that one is tempted to believe
there is some grapevine communication
between San Francisco and Washington
over which direct news comes of all fed
eral court of appeals is doing. For in
stance yesterday two well-knoWn sena-
tors, both against Noyes were in the SEN
1.AIxf. ufrNrr
heard to say to the other: 1T will be a
Jail sentence, for I have been so advised
from San Francisco"
A prominent representative was sure
that Noyes was to have come up for SEN
tence this week Monday and does not yet
understand how the program came to be
changed Another representative, Mr..
Brick of Indiana, says that his informa-
ton is OF a character that convinces him