Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-09
He Tells the 0eSeret News OF
important Work Done by
Congress.
CASE OF SENATOR SM0OT.
Important Legislation Including Rail-
road Rate Bill, Meat Inspection
Measure and Other Matters.

lAlltl states senator George SuihCf-
land has returned for the summer vaca-
ton from Washington, and IS once
mole TO Doe found in bis law Offices 10
the Keith building. when called ON toe
day, by News representative. he
said IN reply 90 a query as TO his views
on the present status of the Smoot
case. that he hardly thought Il worth
While 10 discuss 10. as the public was
already We'll Informed: but in the mat
ter Of the future action " tho senate
on the reports OF the committee. the
senator said there would be a debate
on the question OF expulsion or eXclu-
sion. In expulsion the resolution would
require a tWo-thirds vote: while the
passage OF a resolution OF exclusion
would require only a majority. Senator
sutherland believed that a majority of
the senate was of the opinion that
wherever a senator possesses tho
qualifications required by the Consu-
tuition. he can only be deprived OF his
seat by two-thirds vote. because the
enumeration Of the qualifications in the
Constitution exclude by implication an
other methods. When a senator Is 10
De deprived Of his seat, 10 can only Doe
done hy resort 60 that clause iu the
Constitution which provides that "a
member may Doe expelled by concur
renee Of two-thirds OF the senate.
Senator Sutherland said that the
present session NJ Congress produced
vast amount of important legislation.
including the railroad rate bill the
meat inspection bin. the amendment 20
the agricultural bill th' pure food bill.
the consular regulation hill and among
others by mo- means the least. was the
settlement OF the debate ou the Paua-
ma canal by decision on the lock rather
than the sea level plan Originally
many Of the senators favored the sea
level scheme But 1t was found that
the latter would require for over 80
miles SO feet deeper excavation than
th. lock plan and through a difficult
country and involving the impOuuding
~ vast quantities of water which
would ns a perpetual menace 90 the
I canal Besides this. for a long dis
lance. the width OF the canal would
be- only l5O feet with tortuous
course thus reducing the safety OF the
larger ships The lock level presented
much fewer engineering difficulties,
Z wiz cost approximately 500. coo
] Go 5000, 600 goo less and require but
I half the time f0r construction The
I lCck plan viii guarantee water over
! 500 feet wide, besides allowing vessels
| 90 use their own steam The president
always favored the lock plan. and told
Senator Sutherland that had Congress
favored the sea level scheme that he
would have felt compelled to veto the
measure.
ABOUT FORT DOUGLAS
Senator Sutherland was asked about
Fort Douglas, and be- said there hli
been much misapprehensiou In the past
as TO what bad really been appropriat-
ed Tor the post aud that many had be-
hoyed q million dollars had been really
granted Nothing lS further from ;ha
truth The general board had been ask
ed to estimate the cost OF certain lie.
sired Improvements. and the board rec
piled chat these would, ~ carried out,
cost one million dollars and that is as
Ear AS the proposition ever got. How
ever ID the present plans Of the board
are carried out 100000 viii be eXptud-
"a az the fort 900 improvements. Utah
received S500.000 for the salt Lake fed
eral building, and 100000 for the Og-
den building up 10 the present session
OF Congress. But the present session
authorized the expenditure Of N,2oJ. J00
for the strawberry project 100000 Coz
the Uintah project $4,000 additional
Tor the ogden public building. $50, 900
for the Provo building, and $4,000 for
The Logan building. besides minor sums
for other purposes.
Don the matter OF the strawberry
project, % has been suggested that more
money might have been obtained cor
irrigation works. aud .u this co1nec-
ton IL is only necessary Goo say that
since the passage Of the irrigation act,
Utah has contributed TO the irrigation
fund Jess than 100000: So the state Is
receiving over three times as much for
tb- strawberry project 3s she has con-
tylutod 90 the funds out OF which this
work VIII Boz paid for Utah is recciV-
Ing mof, than North Dakota. which has
contributed millions tl the fund. Ia
addition 20 this. there is The 100000 20
De expended on Indian canals, which
must be- of great benefit not only t0 the
Indians. but NJ equity In The operation
OF water rights under the laws of the
state and the white settlers will large
iN Profit.