Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-24
Why Eastern Men Have Opposed
The Measure.
OBJECTIONS HARDLY VALID.
Government Never without a Crisis
ON Hand why Cushman VIII
Not Answer Olmstead,
Special Correspondence.

sptNldl correspondence
Washington, June lss--One Of the
interesting developments in the irriga-
ton problem was the fact that the men
representing farming districts in the
eastern and middle western states ex-
pressed the fear that the irrigation Of
the arid land Of the west would mean
that these lands would come into
sharp competition with the farm lands
OF the east. OF course there was a
contention by great many men that
before the irrigation problem could be
carried out there would be a vast eX-
pense which would have TO be paid out
Of the public funds ultimately, as the
sale Of public lands could by no means
raise q sufficient fund to carry out the
irrigation projects. But this seemed
TO be only secondary consideration.
When one comes TO examine the
speeches of the men east of the MIS-
souri, river II IL observed those who
talked seemed to dwell upon the fact
that further development OF the great
west by bringing the arid lands under
favorable farming conditions would
mean a great depreciation of the farm
lands o. the east. This may possibly
be true, but any one who has examined
the conditions and understands how
long 1t viii take to bring any great
amount Of arid lands under cultivation
are convinced that the process must
necessarily be very slow and the in
crease OF population Is likely to Offset
any results feared by representatives
Of eastern farming interests
The difficulties which the Republican
party Is facing on account Of the Gu
ban reciprocity bill and the fact that
first one thing and then another comes
up which seems to indicate most seri-
Gus situation led a member of the pres.
ent cabinet who was also member OF
McKinley's cabinet to quote the late
president TO this effect: There Is al
ways a crisis in government This
remark Of President Mckinley oc-
cured when some one feature of Sc
rous import was pending and II looked
as II there was crooked road ahead.
There was one thing, however about
Mckinley that il not true Of every
mamie could face a "crisis In the
government" without having II dis
turb him much and he was always
able TO handle Il well too.
There Is considerable humor In the
house, but IL is generally necessary to
thoroughly understand the conditions,
the rules and the surroundings to ap-
preciate II. Sometimes remark which
will cause hilarious laughter In the
house will not be appreciated, even
after the most careful telling because
the prelminaries are too dreary. Then
again, the best wit of the house Is re-
4. MI ~ In n1
and other places where members do
congregate. Some members would new
err class Representative Loud as II hu-
morist, and yet some of the best things
In the house are said by the Califor-
man He was talking on the Pacific
cable bin the other day, and Repre-
sentative C0rliss OF Michigan who was
it's chief supporter, arose.
Il refuse 10 Yield" said Loud.
II am not asking the gentleman 10
yield" said Corlss.
We'll you are up, and / hope the
chairman will make you take your seat
and listen TO what | am saying 1t
was the way Loud said IL that made
the house roar.
Then Loud turned on Corliss. He
showed that the report Of the speech
made by Corllss as presented in the
papers did not correspond with the
speech In the Congressional Record.
IL do not know whether he edited GER
tain words out OF his speech or not"
said Loud but he left the impression
that such was the case. IL was all
about a remark OF Corlss TO the eff
feet that God Almighty in some mys-
teTious way had cut the cable between
Manila and Hongkong.
"A sort Of divine interposltion," sug-
gested Lttlefeld OF Maine
Yes" assented Loud. "a divine in |
terpositlon In order to bring the peo-
pie of this country to their senses and |
10 show them that now Is the last |
hour In which they can save them |
selves from eternal damnatlon by |
adopting the Corllss government cable |
bill"
After two months had interviewed |
Representative 0lmstead made very |
sarcastic and interesting reply to the |
speech which Representative Cushman |
delivered on the management of the |
house. He had a good deal Of fun with |
Cushman first and last and pointed out |
how the Washington statesman had |
carried off many appropriations for his |
state. Cushman says he is going to |
have the speech circulated In Wash |
ington as campaign document, but |
adds that he got nearly all the appro-
priations credited TO him after his at
tack upon the rules of the house. A |
great many men have been waiting |
expectantly for Cushman to reply TO
Olmstead, but he Will not do so. Cush- |
man says he Is student OF human |
nature, and he knows pretty well what |
people think Of various performances. |
lie holds the opinion that when a man
makes a good hit he doesn't want to |
keep following II up and attempting to |