Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-17
ECONOMY At
THE CAPITOL
Speaker Cannon Announces his
Intention Of Keeping Ex-
penses Down to Gov
ernment Needs
The H0NDO IN LUCK
First Government Reservoir III
New Mexico Almost Certain
to he Established There---
Las Vegas Project

WASHINGTON, ID. G., Nov. H.
II looks decidedly blue for congress
men who expect appropriations for
their several districts during the
Fifty eighth congress, In SO lar as
the administration and the leaders on
the republican side Of congress can
control the matter, they expect to
keep down all appropriations. save
those necessary to carry on the gov
ernment during this congress. Such
was the policy announced by Speaker
Cannon on his nomination III the re.
publican caucus the other day, and
such Is the central talk In Washing
ton az the present times
II looks now as il the Hondo irri.
CATION project down at Roswell would
be approved by the secretary OF the
interior within two or three days; and
If II is, New Mexico will have the
first finished project under the Re
clamation act built within its bor.
ders. small, comparatively speaking,
though it is.
A great many congressman have in
troduced an immense number of bills
at this special session. The speaker
Is refusing to appoint any committees,
save those upon foreign relations aud
mileage of the members, because he
wants to confine congress to the con-
sideration OF the Cuban reciprocity
treaty, which is the purpose for which
the president called the special ses-
sion. Also, there is an opinion pre-,
vailing on the house floor that all
bills introduced at the special session
die at the end OF the session. Ii this
Is SO, II is a useless task to introduce
any bill during the special session,
save for the advertising Il may give
the member.
There seems to be an nndercurrent
OF opinion around the city of Wash.
ingt0n that some Of the statehood
bills, at least, will become law dur.
Ing the present session. Delegate Ro-
dey has been around 10 see several OF
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the enemies OF statehood. and is en-
deayoring 70 conciliate them, with a
view to having New Mexico's bill
pass during the present regular SEES
sion.
The question OF an irrigation project
near Las Vegas on the grant lies now
almost entirely with the grant com.
missioners. II they will get q move
on themselves, and communicate with
the geological survey, and offer to
deed all the land TO the government
in trust, the same as the Tonto basin
people In Arizona did, that may be
necessary for the project. the chances
are they may succeed In getting he
project inaugurated within q few
months.
II might be stated here that New
Mexico's people are mighty slow In
calling the attention Of the depart.
ment Of the interior to irrigation en-.
terprises within the borders Of the ter.
ritory. Other states and territories are
keeping the department flooded with
communications. estimates, state.
ments. etc. and as n consequence. are
getting good deal OF preliminary
surveying done within their borders.
Delegate Rodey has done all in this
line that single person could do, and
Is keeping eternally az t. He has
induced the geological survey 70 send
men Into the San Juan country. down
the Rio Grande valley, and down the
pecos. until there Ii an immense
amount Of data going into the depart.
ment No project has yet been ap-
proved by the survey. save the Honio,
and that has been approved. and II
the secretary 81 the interior shall ap.
prove II also. the contract will at once
be let FOR II.
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