Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-07-23

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/ contributed but small revenue 90 the.
nation. 60 set IN and take from tho.
I national treasury yearly an amount
Of actual cash beside which che enor
nous appropriation for rivers and bar
/ hors would look small AZ Conac
/ Quoncc. the opposition that had Dc
! fclnpol against any sort of an lrri
CATION DIN was intense After the
1 idea OF using the money arising from
/ the sales OF public lands was suggest
/ "a. and after weeks OF work. the pres
/ emit hll was framed. Representative
/ Newlands ot Nevada. who o. a very
rich man save "a dinner no the New
/ Willard hotol 10 all the members of
tbis committee aud others including
many government officials making u.
oll n party OF about $50 guests
AZ This dinner which lasted until a
late hour many speeches were made
and the foundation Cor tho PASSAGE
Uf fbo bin Nrmah tho influence OF.
members who heard such speeches
aud others was largely increased or.
course. thc palm Tor che browning in.
nuouco for fbo passage OF the bin
must Boz given ,o President Roosevelt.
because hIs recommendation of % lu
= BITS message Co trat congress had The
groaicst effect
This informal committee had final
meeting along in the late spring Of
/ 1909. nt which there was O. very full
attendance. and each member had
something to cay ln the way OF an
opinion as to the chances for passing
tap blIl Many sonatorH present gave
! 90 Is their unbiased Wow that tho BIN
could not pass the United states Ben.
alto. Some hope was entertained be-.
cause of the fact that tno irrigation.
| Iats had thus far Boo the session pro.
| vented tho passage of the river and
/ hBrbUr bIl ana thoro bad been no
river aud harbor hiu lu tho previous
congress. as Senator Carter of Mon.
I t1na. with % view to giving the east
"a lesson had talked continuously for
sixty hours at the close Of the Goth
congress. when be- was leaving that
body. and by that t8lk be- killed am
approximation Of 100000 600 for rivers
and hnTbors Al This final meeting 10
was suspected that tho lesson thus
taught tho east might. considering
that this bin asked for mo- direct APP
/ preparation of national funds. induce
the opponents Of irrigation To- let our
hll pass % was agreed that no e.
fort save 90 get votes pledged for o.,
| should ho made Tor the passage Of the
BIN in The house until after Il had
passed the senate. Mondoll, Of Wyo
mIur Reodor. OF Kansas, and myself
were O. committee on the floor 90 tho
house. whose business e was there.
after to discuss the irrigation project
with lts opponcsta. learn the names OF
its friends. and report 90 Mondcll from
day To- day
lu the meantime ilanHbrough and
the other friends OF the hlll in the
senate were laying low, and discuss.
ing tho matter quietly with its friends
and its enemies one day. about four
weeks after tho bin had boon intro.
duccd iu each house. Senator Hans.
hrourh finding q Ian ln senatorial
| proceedings. thought 90 bring on the
war by calling up the irrigation bll
and did 500. The president OF the
senate announced the request FOR
unanimous consent OF the senator
from North Dakota and lho read.
ing clerk read the bIil
Every friend oft the BIN OF stock
stIll. waiting to SOC who of Does Dppon.
ents would fire tho ursf gum against
10. Tho attendance Boa the CD amber
was large yet although mo president
of the senate held bis gatoI boz The air
after tutoring tho momDDt1UH words.
, 'ls there obIocuon7" 90 thD u.lor as
constituent Of Inc friends of rhn meas
ure mo- one arose 90 object Down
came the gaypl and tho clerk again
reported the bill o. went clear through
, the readings by detail and in two mlu
utes bad passed the senate.
M frlfuds u,arly tainted. 300 great
| was their ast0nIshmout Pages ran
. | from tho senate over Goo the house
q and Boo "a few minutes the friends OF
% the measure Zoo tHut body were ap
r. prlsod of thr great luck They rusho.
. in "a crowd along the corridor fo th,
, door OFF che senate chamber au,
L | UuushrYugh Immediately Became th'
e center of am excited group of repr.
Z HoutatNos. wanting to know how q
/. happened senator UaushruuEu sim
IA ply Expressed bls anst0nishmont nu,
/, stated fIat Doe could not mlcratau.
MI &c.. unless there was some trick con
upctaI with fbe matter All uf ih.
Friends of tho measure then went Iui'
~ caucus t1 discuss the h.U TheI
d concluded chat the intention must Do.
y t1 lor fHp irrigation blll pass fho sem
/. ate. and then to Immediately pass ihO
F.. river and harb0r bnl. then send botl
/. bills to the house. and thpro pass thO
a / river aud barb0r 300 under "a rule auO
+. kUl the irrigation bill OF course thI
/, friends 0f our biu M once determines
a that me river and harh0r bon shouI0
d NOT ho permitted 90 pass che senate
\. until tho irrigation ACT had passe
r 'hc house
AL % trauspIred u "a snort time ina
o opponents of thc measure in the sen