Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-01-31
FIGHTING IRRIGATION.
A Hot Debate on :he Floor Of
The House.


discussion in Committee OF the Whole
in the House January q OF the New
lands irrigation bill, which came up
under the consideration Of the Urgent
Deficiency bill. 1t is taken from the !
Congressional Record of the above
date.
! Mr. Sibley after vicious attack on
! the general features of the bill, said:
Hold these lands for the actual
settlers, your children and mine. Hold
| them for that generation whose trus-
tees we are. Hold them until quar-
ter of a century hence, 100000 Of
people shall share the cost of the
work they then need, rather than the
100000 shall be taxed for work
more wisely done twenty, thirty or
fifty years later.
+ Mr. Newlands. Will the gentleman
permit an interruption?
Mr.. SHELLEY. | should prefer to
close my remarks.
Mr.. NEWLANDS. Just a question,
Mr.. SIBLEY. Yes.
Mr.. NEWIANDS. The gentleman
e is representative Of the great State
of Pennsylv ania, one OF the thirteen
original States. Those states at the
very commencement oi our govern
ment were IN the possession OF. the
grea: Northwest Territory, out OF
: which FIVE states were carved. | ask
5. him what he would think OF the wis
dom OF that generation if the people
n OF his State had insisted that the pub
l. lie lands of Ohio and the States OF
: the great Northwest Territory should
not be open to entry?
Later On, the States having been
Increased to eighteen, we acquired a
vast territory by the great Louisiana
~ purchase. | ask the gentleman what
E. he would think OF the wisdom of that
n generation If they had refused TO al
low the public lands OF Iowa, OF Hi
nois OF Missouri, OF Michigan OF Wis
O consiun, OF Nebraska. Of Kansas, the
" Dakotas. and ali the other glorious
e States which have grown up out OF
that purchase to be opened up fol
settlement
e The gentleman speaks OF the com
lie petition that viii now be involved il
II opening up the arid regions, where
b.. only sixty or seyentE-five million &C
res OF land are capable OF ultimate
II reclamation ii a period OF fifty year:
u and when our population airead.
ef grown TO $4,000 900 people is pressing
OF the line of settlement farther and far
Their to the West. I ask OF him VIVA
he would nave thought OF the small
population Of the few States Of tina
period ii, pursuing the line, OF selfis
interest suggested by the gentleman
~ they had declined to open up to SCI
Element the millions and hundreds c
millions OF acres IN the West now COZ
shutting the most magnificent an
OIL prosperous states in the Union?
TX Mr.. SIBL.EY. Mr.. Chairman,
is hardly know how to attempt to an
ed wer the gentleman who IS SO we'll an
CIV properly recognized as the Cheste
lg field OF the house, because think h
has made very good speech from h
side Of the question, in the pTOpoun
ing of his interrogatory
he | would wait until the digging
sh these bitches, the completion OF thes
'oV reservoirs, and the erection OF tt
Nv last dam in its place would come n
'at as menace to any portion OF this n
leu ton, but the completion OF these c
nails, dams and reservoirs shall be
opy tilheo 'ha' every CLASS ana eohdi'l(
is can, when the last capstone is set
on. its place, bid it hearty welcome.
c.n would wait until this work is need,
IN to meet the food supply of later ge
the eia'ioi'' ins'eau " ashiis 'o'ooo'o
people to perform a task that is n
demanded by the needs Of the prese
in age. Wait until hundred and fiji
and millions of people of another genel
the ton can join in the performance
,ust that work, and the cost of that burd
1t bear upon the shoulders OF those w
hen shall receive the benefits
as a Mr.. NEWLANDS May | ask
zed gentleman another question?
Mr.. SHELLEY. My friend, if y
want to ask a question shall be We
Dow glad to yield; but shall not agree
GOT yield to another speech.
+or, Mr.. NEWLANDS. l will ask a S
oy- pie question.
low wi. oiDi1Hi' VIII a''ehpt 10
iade qu0o'ion'
Mr. NEWLANDS. Do understa
FORK the gentleman to say that it is T
q IF posed in any irrigation scheme I
scented by the Western members Il
the cost of these irrigation works