Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-09
RODEY'S WORK
= list YEAR
Declares He Knows Every Man
In Beth Houses Of
Congress
ATTENDED TO
ALL REQUESTS
Half q Million Dollars Secured
for New Mexico---Win be
q Candidate for
Reelection.
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Mr. Rodey Il quoted " The Alba.

Qntraue Journal rs iolioW&.
II have put IN seven months of as
hard work as could be imagined for
lie territory. he said. IN that time
I have been able ~ bring half 4 mil
lion dollars 10 New Mexico and | Will
secure another hall million for the
territory In the short session. OF this
latter 5000 900 will Be for a public
building In Albuquerque and $500. 000
for 4 pbulic building in Las Vegas
Both these buildings would have been
secured at the session Inst closed bur
for The approaching presidential cam,
paign and 4 stand pat congress. deter
mined 10 keep down extraordinary exs
pensea. The passage Of these two bills
would have meant the passage OF mi
omnibus public building bin. carrying
$40. D0.0oo. II was the appropriation
of al Or nothing. ! noticed just before
leaving Washington TINT the payments
6p. account OF the Panama canal Ind
created a deficit in the treasury, and
this makes me uneasy Tor tho passage
for The public building bill IN Decem,
Der. but IL any are built there viii BIZ
one In Albuquerque and ono IN Las
Vegas. al | have The assurance q suf-
ficient support for their, passage,
The half Il million dollars which I
have secured for New Mexico during
DC past year consists Of Indian apr
pf6priations which Will be expended
I'LL over the territory Including $50,
900 FOR the school III Albuquerque and
$4,000 for the school In Santa re-.
hare done the best ! could for the pe0
ple Of New Mexico, During the winter
| have attended to every request made
upon me while iii Washington. ] hAxt
fought the terfitory's battles from me
start with all the ability 1t my com,
manad and M = result ! believe New
Mexico Is better known In Washington
and IN the nation than ever before III
Is history. In the course Of my work
there ! have formed what | believe II
Is wide nm acquaintance official
and congressional circles A ! hem By
any maj III the United Hts}ss. | know
every member OF both hdhaAs and 1
believe they arc all my friends and
friendly 70 me, The fight for batehood
has created a sentiment forSNew Mex
leo and her people IL striking contrast
10 that existing 10 The past,
the Work Done.
During tho winter l have secured
the passage Of seven or eight private
pension bile. In conjunction with
Congressman Drooks. III Colorado. /
secured The passage of an approprias
iipn Of $4,000 for experiments 81 10
The nutritiye qualities Of grasses which
Is TO be expended IN Colorado and
New Mexico BY the agricultural col
ieees.
n secured the passage % the bill for
the sixth judicial district. got a
weather bureau for the pecos valley
and | worked increasingly before the
geological survey, securing their at
tention To the San Juan valley. The
upper and lower Rio Grande. the Pc
cos valley, and 70 Las Vegas and sicin.
ity secured the printing of 5000
copies OF Governor otcross excellent
anntial report. believing II the most
valuable advertising matter New Mex
leo could have; aud also the printing
q 1000 maps 81 The territory which
distributed myself.
4 have done tep( VT fisand other
things OF moment for and about ,hc
territory all of which Will result III
benefit % us; results which The people
\ will see n incoming capital and lmmI,
Ngfatlon.
Joint Statehood O. None.
n firmly haIiayo that tbn ,ntn, Statn