Bisbee daily review., 1906-11-04

,~ >>>><<<< . <><< ~ veto on the republican falsifier. and shows that our delegate was exceed ingly busy that session of congress.
 Fifty-first Congress.
 Introduced again bill for admission of Arizona. Republican congress re- fused to give report. Made speech be- lore committee for over an hour and spoke in the house Of the injustice uone Arizonans.
 Y introduced bills and worked hard for their passage: To increase pay TOT jurors and witnesses in our federal courts; to develop our water resour- ces; to lesalize the general laws of .Arizons; for an additional judge or the supreme court: various bills for the relief of private persons, such as claims ard pensions, many or wuicn were passed. Reported from commit tee bill to forfeit certain Mexican land grants; bill for the irrigation ,,'f desert lands, etc: 975o, bill to settle private land claims; bill grant ing the right of way for water ditch at Yuma, and various other bills, many of which were fayorably reported He addressed the house in this congress on the following subjects: Alien Land Laws" Alien Land Owners:r "Arizona;" Arizona Funding Act;" (passed); The Surveyor General Of fice;" "On the death of James E Beck" (Sen- KyD; Indian Crimss;" Irrigation Survey" -Maricopa Coun- | ty R. RI Bonds" oklahoma: Indian ! Appropriation Bill;;" Indian Scouts;" "The Land Courts;;" Public Land Surveys"
 Fifty-seeond Congress.
 Reported from committee and pass ed Arizona Funding act decreasing in terest on debt nearly onehalf, re portc.i from committee and pasS cd through the house the famous Me Graham claim who had been robbed from his estate by the New Idea Min | ing company, in which D. O. Mills wB large owner. This is one of the most famous cases in all the history of con gress Reported from committee and passed bill ratifying the Worlds Fair l act of the territorial legislature; re- ported from committee and passed bill for admission of Arizona as a state. Introduced many other bills. Relief | of settlers on unsuryeyed land, remov- | al of Papagoes on the Gila 10 the res iervation near Tucson; a bill for the | irrigation of arid lands; for develop ment of mineral lands on San Carlos reservation: passed bill for right of
 way of Santa Fe. Prescott X Phoenix railway; passed bill for the relief of settlers who had paid money by mis- take to Ford w. Smith while receiver at Tucson land office and who de- faulted in large sum; passed bills for relief of Mrs. Van Vilet near Will. COX and one for relief of Henry A. Reed at Nogales; addressed the house on the following matters: Arizona fund ing act; Arizona exhibit at Worlds Fair: army appropriation bill, court of private land claims, deficiency ap- propriation bill, Indian depreciation claims. land surveys, relief of Henry A. Reed, rivers and harbors bill. rules of the house, free coinage of silver, sundry civil bill, timber culture laws, timber agents and Indian reservations. | He wrote and made the following favorable reports from committees: :. The funding act, A. & T. land grant | Enquiry on law on which taxes were
 not paid, etc.) report on public land laws, settlers on unsuryeyed lands, report on Tucson land district tthe Fred Smith easel admission of Ari- Zona, etc.
 Fifty-third Congress.
 | Passed bill for the relief of certain counties for debts incurred in Indian trials: passed bill granting lands to Buena Vista cemetery; passed bill empowering Coconino county to issue bonds for public building upon des- | ert land entries; reported bill grant Ting chief justice of territorial courts Ito appoint commissioners 70 take Eproofs in land cases thus preventing long journeys to land offices; reported bill for the relief of settlers on un- surveyed lands: passed bill for the admission of Arizona as state; ad- dressed the house, as shown by the Congressional index on the following tsubjects:
 The agriculture bill, admission of Arizona, Arizona claims, Arizona funding act, Arizona legislature. Ari- zona survey of generals office. army appropriation bill, Coconino county bonds, Coconino county building, h. dian appropriation bill, cases, silver
 bullion coinage, admission Of New
 Mexico. proof in land cases. silver bull lion coinage admission of Utah and oth- CT incidental subjects.
 | Fifty-fifth Congress.
 (Reed Speaker)
 Established capitol at Phoenix; in ltroduced bill to admit Arizona, pass led bill permitting Tucson to issue lbonds for certain improvements; pass Tel right of way bill for the Grand Can yon railroad; aided in former congress lin passing Indian depredations claims Ebill and offered and pressed amend fment in this congress so as to include Apache Geronimo depredations. The Ereport written by him on the amend Iment of the Indian depreciation claims consisted of over IS pages and is a full expose of the whole question of Ithe Indians relation to the govern Iment-the government responsibility las shown by the treaties. customs, laws and decisions of the supreme lcSu.t. Passed Ell permitting Pres