Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-16
IN The HOUSE.
Western Members Fail to Secure Help for Re-
claiming Arid Lands.

spent another day on the river and
harbor bill without completing it.
Twenty-six pages We're disposed of. to-
day. The friends of the bill success
fully resisted all attempts to load
down the bill with new projects and
only one or two unimportant amend
ments were adopted. The Western
members labored unsuccessfully To Sc
cure an entering wedge for the re-
clamation of the arid lands, but re-
ccived only very limited support.
Speaker Henderson called the House to
order with gavel presented by Col, Nc
Caskcy, 10Th Infantry. u. 5. A.. who is
stationed at Fort Santiago. Manila. The
gavcl is part of the official flagstaff of the
Philippine islands from which the Span
iSh colors We're lowered and upon which
those of the United States were hoiSted
on the day of the surrender. Aug Is, lS9S,
The Senate resolution to appropriate
$1,000 to enable the secretary of the Sen
ate to pay the expenses OF the Inaugural
ton of the President and Vice President.
March 1. was called up and precipltatcu
a lively discussion because it did not
recognize the House as a participating
factor in the inauguration ceremonies.
Hepburn. Ia. declared that the installa-
ton of the Vice President was strictly.
Senate affair. He was in favor of the
House combining its participation strictly
to the ceremonies in connection with the
inauguration Of the President on the por-
tico on the east front ~ the Capitol.
Grow, Pa. called attention to the fact
that in the OLD DAYS the President had
been inausurated in the Senate chamber,
and since the Inauguration had taken
place outside the Senate had retained
control.
Dalzell, Pa. moved to recommit the
resolution with instructions to report
back Il resolution providing for inaugural
rsr InIar the DlISnirpS ff a Joint
committee of the Senate ana the House.
The motion prevailed.
The House then went into committee Of
the whole and resumed the consideration
Of the river ana harh0r appropriation bill.
Money, Tenn. SnodCrass, Tenn, ana
Richardson. Ala. made persistent efforts
To secure some amendments relating To
the Tennessee river, but they were re-
pcatcdly voted down.
King. Utah. under The Latitude allowed
i'll debate. criticized his Democratic col
leagues for supporting immense river ANA
harbor bills because they happened to
contain what he termed pork in which
they were interested. He charged the
Democrats. not the Democratic party,
were drifting far from their old mooringS
in championinG appropriations for strict
ly local purposes.
to appropriate Np.W0 tor constructing res
crvoirs in Wyoming for the purpose of
holding back the food waters Of the Mis-
souri, river. The amendment also carried
ana authorization for $165.@0 to complete
the reservoirs. This amendment was the
entering wedge Of the advocates for the
irrigation of the arid lands i'll the West
The amendment was lost. - to -.
An amendment offered by Barthaldt for
an inquiry into the feasibility Of the cs-
Establishment of system of reservoirs in
the st Francis basin, was adopted. Mon
doll then offered IN amendment to ap-
propriatc $4,000 for preliminary cXamina-
ton of reservoir sites in each of the arid
and scmi-arid states. The amendment
was lost without division.
Without completing the bill, the House
at sos L. NJ, adjourned.