Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

| for all her correspondence was favor
ably reported. Similar privileges have
heretofore been granted to Mrs. Iy-
Ter, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Grant. Mrs.
Hayes. Mrs. Garfield and Mrs Lo-
gan.
] President Roosevelt has sent to the
/, Senate the name Of Il. +. Daniels OF
No.alcs. Arizona. for appointment ms
marshal OF the district OF Arizona.
Mr.. Dnnlclis will succeed Ex-Governor
Myron Mccord. who was appointed by
the late President Mckinley durin.
the Inst congressional recess. This
change will come as great surprts.
In the territory. where II was not gen
orally know that the Prcsidcn; cont-tn-
plated Ignoring Mckinlcy'r choice.
Daniels was n private In President
Hooscycit's regiment of Rough Riders
and when Il. enlisted was chief Of po-
lice nt Cripple Greek. He has been n
| rrsidcns Of Arizona about two years.
but Is no, generally known In the ter
ritory.
A meeting Of the committee Of west
| crn consry~sincn on the proposed irri.
cation bill was held Monday night In
| Senator wnrrcn's committee room. Mr..
Ncwianis. secretary Of the committee.
rad letters from the secretary Of the
interior. III. director Of the geological
survey aud the commissioner OF the
general land Office In answer 10 the
request of the committee 10 submit
views on the proposed hill. TIL. sec
rrsary af the interior referred tho mat.
ter to the last named officials. who
submitted some suggestions and
amendments. the substance Of their
views being made toward stronger nas
sionnl control than the hili now pro.
vid~s. The question Of state OF federal
control was discussed at i-nsth. this
trinT III. paint upon which the commit.
tr- e~-spas unable to arrive nj con.
ciiisIut1t wing ntouf ~v-niy divided.
An amendment submitted by Mr.. Mon-
deli. mailing water appurs-aant 10 the
land irrigated. wns adopted. The coin.
ni,'r- viii continue Its wcsk wcdncs.
day nisht.
SECRETARY Hoo, is strongly opposed 10
commercial rvcipr~ciiy i-twr-n the
United states and the Philippines ass
the srnrrai ground that any such ar
ranesasiss,. uoisii ~ destructive of tho
'-of~n io.s' f-piiry 81 this government
In the east. IL is argued that the Unit
-.i States only >r-urv.i the oi-n dear in
China aftrr Isiirtt and assiiuatis
diplomatic negotiations with other for
~isu governments Concvrnci. and To
now deny to other governments the
same trade fsciiI,i-. with the Philip
pines cnjey-,i by the United States
would result in closing the principal
markets In China To- the United States.
Speaking oa this subject to-day. Cab.
Inc, officer said that the only way 'h.
United States could do TO L. 'rcaic'i 'hs,
sans ne t.ussIa. Frnur-. Germany AMI
grcat ltriinin In the Chin-sc provinces
now in the Possession Of thcs- govern
ncnts wouii i-r by granting the cptiu.
tries named equal privileges NJ facili.
ties with the United States for trade
with the Philippines. TIL. above stale
m-nis represent the position Of Sc.-rc-
tary 1,oot on the general question OF
trade relations with the Philippines.
and the conclusion is that President
Roosevelt holds similar views.
A meeting Of The committee Of west.
rrn senators and representatives which
has had in hand the formulation Of a
general irrigation hill has been heN In
Washington. the following states trinr
represented; Arizona. California. Col.
orada. South Dakota. Nevada. Oregon.
Washington. North Dakota. Wyoming.
Kausas. Idaho. Utah and Nebraska.
several members of the coinmi'tcc
fore submitting u TO general caucus OF
western members. holding that the
measure had i-r-n severely criticised
both East and West. and should tr put
In rrrfcCt form before submission to
general caucus. Additional discussion
followed on an amendment offered by
Martin Of South Dakota. proposing
that anc-haif of the rrccipts of land
sales in each state should h. used for
irrigation purposes within the respect
i've states from which derived. the bal.
ancs 10 H. expended in any state select
c,i by the secretary of the interior. Mr..
Martin contcndc,i that the 5000 which
would tr available annually for irrica-
,ion purposes. II placed in the hands OF
the secretary. would probably he cx.
pended in some one or two large enter.
priscs. and many smaller mcriiorious
projects In the several states would be
neglected. Mr.. Martin resented the
statements and publications OF the
eastern press that the western states
arc not TO h. trusted with the funds.
with The work Of irrigation. or with -
public lands. In his state public lands
piacs-l at lis disposal had bcen handled
judiCiousiy aud not 81 Of the proceeds
had bccn diverted TO wrong use. He
knew this was ,rtsr also Of Utah. wyo-
ming and other states. Mr.. Sbafroth
opposed the amendment. contending
that Il would compiicate the bill and
hamper the general government In its
work OF reclamation. He also opposed
further discussion by this committee.
urging that the bill as now framed be
submitted TO the general caucus and
introduced in the House as early as
possible. The Martin amendment was
rejected. hut II Is understood Will b.
renewed at Subsequent meeting Of
the cImmittc.. This will be held Mon
day night next. when opinions and
views on the bill will bc submitted by
Director walcctt of the geological sur
vcy. Commissioner Hermann Of the
general land office and Prof. Elwood
Mead OF the Agricultural Department,
whose views have been requested by
the ccmmittps-