The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-02-02
BEVER|DGE GETS BUSY
INDIANA SENATOR IN CHARGE or
STATEHOOD FIGHT.
OPPOSITION TO BILL LINING uF

Plan Proposed to Drain Swamp Lands.
Rodey Objects to "Png.ponglns."
The Elder Longworth a Wine Pro.
ducer-Arizona Minerals.
Washington, Feb L. tSpeciai.l -
These are busy days FOR Senator Bev.
sridge, who is leaving no stone un.
turned TO secure a majority of the son.
ate for the Joint statehood bill ns II
passed the house. Whether or not tho
same tactics will be used In tho senate
as In the house to secure Il majority IL
hard to say, but they cannot be as ef-
fective. There is no all powerful man
like the speaker to coerce senators, nor
are the senators quite 30 sensitive to
presidential pressure as are the mem.
bers OF the house. Consequently It may
the senate as in the house. Already
there Is lineup Of the opposition,
and II develops that IA dozen or more
Republicans will insist that the people
OF Arizona shall have an opportunity
to vote OH the question of being united
to New Mexico. This proposition was
voted In the bill n yonr ago and IL
known as the Foraker amendment be
cause II was offered by the Ohio sen
ator. Many Republicans in the house
would have voted for II II they had
been afforded an opportunity.
Swamp Land RECLAIM alton.
Millions Of dollars have been piled up
for expenditure upon irrigation prof
ects under the law which grants the
proceeds of the sales OF public lands
In arid states for that purpose. Now
well defined movement IL on foot to do
for the swamp lands In different states
what has been done for the arid lands.
1t IL proposed to grant the proceeds Of
the sale of lands In the states for the
purpose of rcclniming them by drain
age. 1t Is believed that many million
acres can he reclaimed by drainage,
and the lrlicf Is general that the
states which have almost entirely gone
out of the public land business will be.
come interested. The movement start
ed in Minnesota, but II Is believed that
the southern states will at once take 1t
up, as there is II great amount Of
swamp land in those states.
hodoys Lat Plea.
When Bernard S. Rodcy made his
last plea for the joint statehood bill he
was being pressed rather hard by Rep
- yh..
asked him why he was not willing to
have the matter submitted to IA vote Of
the people.
You. sir" he replied, directly ad-
dressing the Tcnncssccan, "hnve been
too good II friend of mine Mr.. Moon,
to pingpong me here like that. Laugh
ter. You know, Judge Moon, as well as |
do that ii is either joint statehood or
else il is tcrritOrinlsm for twenty years
to come, and then joint statehood for us
In New Mexico and Arizona. That
book of fate is sealed, Judge, and you
know it. Now, don't your
A little later Moon asked ROdey If
the people Of New Mexico were too i'm
moral to be trusted TO vote ON the
JOlHtuTe proposition.
'My friend il pngponging the great
question again" retorted Rodey amid
renewed laughter
In his last words Rodey asked to be
pardoned II he had given offense to
any one. "lf," he said, II have said
anything that has offended any person
from Arizona | ask TO be forgiven.
do not intend to. We have got to hitch
up and run in double harness. and we
might aS well quit biting each other
across the point of the pole" Laugh
ter and applause
Father Of Wine Production.
Nicholas LongwOrth since his engage.
mcnt to Miss Roosevelt has been in re
ceipt of many kinds of communica-
tions. He received a letter recently
from the president of the California
Wine Producers association saying
that Mr.. Longworth's great grandfather
was the father Of wine producing in
this country. 1t seems it was the idea
Of the elder Longworth to produce In
this country such quantities of light
wines that they could be sold as cheap
ly as in Europe and would be used in
stead Of the heavier and more intoxi-
eating beverages. His efforts failed
because the area OF wine producing
soils was not as great as he supposed
Mallory Once a MILDLY.
There is little story behind the ex-
change OF committee places between
Senator Rlock hurn and Snnotnr NAL
lory. The Florida senator has long
wanted to be n member Of the naval
affairs committee, and Blackburn, who
will retire In year, was willing TO
accommodate him. Mallory was mid
shipman in the Confederate navy, and
his father was secretary of that navy.
He has always taken particular in
terest in the navy since he has been in
congress, not only because he was an
officer in the Confederate navy, but
also because the people Of his state