Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-06-20
THE Sill THAT MAKKs SEvApA
PROSPEROUS
tsnseisl 70 ,ae Jourpsin

Last evening", while the Irrigation tight
vas sill On, the New York Evening
Pests special from Washington said:
: The Irrigation bill Is going through the
House today with leaps and bounds.
Tie big irrigatiouallsts are all on h1ud
but are not doing a great deal them.
| selves RS coaches. In the other House
the leaders are s~tubhornly fighting the
progress ever! zach OF lhe way but have
been beaten back s;eadii! under tile
impetu"us rash Of the arid homemss.
er.
This mornings Washington Times
in IN article headed Irrigation Bill
Passed Over Majority Leaders. Obstruc-
lions Beaten Down. said: The Vest
ern Republicans joined hands with a
majority OF the Democrats in the
House yesterday. overthrow the leaders
and by Il vote Of LAG to - passed the
Newlanhs Irrigation Rin. An un-
successful effort was made TO talk the
measure TO death Toy Offering a number
Of anmcndments and discussing them
at length. Mr.. Underwood, Democrat,
howe sounded IA warning calling to
the attention 81 the ir~TigHtlnnists that
under the rule adopted by the house
for :Ee consideration Of the hill a vote
must be reached before the adjourn
ment or the bill would die. II, he said.
when 3 O'Clock came there WIS not Il
quorum present. tue bill conii not be
acted upon.
H. rtuN ~. s. III.
control Oi things AZ: ,oI'.riel to carry
motions limiting d"nuir an 'hy amend.
meDts. Towards the cin-" discussion
Was limited to thirIy seconds. Oh
struction WIS unsucccssfui.
Mr.. Ray, 4 member ot the Committee
Wn Irrigation, and who led tue att4ck
upon the hill. made several un.ucccss-
full efforts to obstruct by raising ygrioms
points az order but Ia no effect. \
majority OF the House was determined
10 pass tie bill rs it WIS reported from
the committee nni they succeeded i'll
doing so.
The fight 10 behalf Of irrigation WIS
carried on chiefly 10y Mr.. Nrwiands, the
tather OF the plan, Representative
Hondel Of Wyom uR and Representa-
tive Shafroth of Color ado. Messrs.
Oalzell, Payne. H"phurn and Ggosyenor
joined Mr.. Ray in attempting to defeat
the measure, hut for one -heir words
had little effect. Even the mild protrs,
Of Mr.. Canuon fell upon deaf care.
Especial 10 the Journall
WAsHINGroS, ID. e.. June LITTLE
fight In the ilou se for irrigation WIS
spirited AMI Shhffoth. Ncwlands and
MondeIl, who led il. aye receiving Tue
hearty congratulations Of ieir associates
upon Tire outcome. II was essen.
TALLY q Democratic and Wes; ern vic.
tory over the !iou 80 Republican leaders.
Payne. Grosgenor, Cannon, Dalzell.
Hepburn, Ray, ~llemenwHy md otiIers
opposed it, not only with their votes;
ont with Speeches hitter IA gall.
Hepburn declare tJlat he PROPOSE
ION was Tho most. ms ,ient and inpu.
dent attempt 1T larr"Hy hat ne ha
over sem embodied III Legislative
proposition. Cannon expressed the lie
lief that bad ~ the hill WAS he thought
u "hS pllly llo b'g Illslb III INA III 4
year or two the arid west would be de-
mandIng appropriation direct from the
Federal Treasury to continue and eX.
tend the work.
Dalzcll charged tina the bill was
simply an opening wedge. to unlock the
doors OF the Treasury. Lake SIbley at
an earlier day in tie session he WINS
greatly alarmed lest tho people OF
Pennsylvania might Toe compelled tO
contribute a mite toward developing
the arid West, both forgetting the m.
told millions that the West has con.
trihuted Tor the enrichment Of the Key.
stone State. Payne was distressed at
the thought Of poverty.stricken New
York be ny taxed for the developement
Of the Wet. lie cody asserted that the
scheme would entail upon the people Of
the United States II burden OF S750, 900.
900, aud this in tho face 81 the tact
that the bill limits the expenditure by
the TREASURY to funds derived from the
public lunda within ;lie Statea and ter.
ril0rics named ia tie bill.
These samples illustrate tle spirit ~
the Republican opposition. With only
a few exceptions the Republican votes
, III favor Of the hill all come from the
Statnl Interested or from ,hose adjacent
? cGst 81 illinois.
The Republicans we're almost solidly
opposed to the measure, while the
Democrats from all soctions were nearly
"A unit IN favor Of II There was pcarcply
a man ~ prominence among the fcw
Democrats who opposed the bill. Tho
Democratic leaders we're all heartily Tor
the bill. The rule under whicb it was
taken mp only allowed two days for
it's construction. This mai: tho alrug-
gle n peculiar Que for there WIG n man
ifest purpose OH tho purt ui the opp0si
ton Ia pTOIonE The dchnic until after the
usual hour Of adjournment on the SO.
cond day. And then have the bill fail
for want OF quorum. But the leading
friend Of tile measure were kcouly Oh
tho alert. Promptly closing the debate
On encb e~nptinn au n whs road mud hiou.