The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-12
sen HANSBROUGH
A DANGEROUS :
Man
"A Portland Paper Says His
Drainage Bill is Extremely
Vicious.
By e. G. s.yder.

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Washington, March 12.-As an Illus
tration Of the ease with which modern
sensationalists and other writer's, who
are constantly in search of an oppor-
tunity to denounce public men find
material to ply their calling, the fol-
lowing Washington telegram to the
Portland Oregon will be of interest.
Perhaps 1t might serve the purpose Of
the North Dakota insurgent bureau,
which ia engaged in reproducing and
circulating all the defamatory matter
that can be found relative to the SEN
ior senator, to make special bulletin
out of this Oregonian telegram, be-
cause 1t shows beyond all question
that Senator Hansbrough is really
dangerous character In the field of leg
islation, and the insurgent leaders
should reprint this last attack upon
the senator and circulate it in every
county in the Red river valley. Any
man who would introduce bill, such
as that described by the Oregonian,
appropriating "a million dollars for
drainage purposes in North Dakota,
does not deserve the confidence of an
insurgent anywhere. The Oregonian
telegram is as follows:
Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota
has introduced an extremely vicious
face In brief the bill directs the sec
Of the reclamation fund $1,000,O0O for
the drainage Of vast area Of swamp
cleverly worded to provide that the
money so segregated shall be taken
from the money contributed to the re-
Dakota. =
18th The Han Hbap4sbrog3gh c3gg bin bin is important be-
pleased With the mannsr asIHies. in WI Which soS a,s
ward; he is decidediy t opposed @ doas to per- per
mitting the secretary of the Interior to
apportion the reclamation fund among
.. The bill now pending is primarily
for b s he wags
fund, q scheme which, il adopted, would
ees make shs f
the wish of the senate, and do away
with, the merit system. Such q change
not upon their. merit, but according to
the ,,,a amount .Dl Of pull behind them. It
opportanty to saS Mhet1er serX1ee peeteef n9
g feasible or not. It would result in
the construction Of projects at ridicu-
mands of senators who had ample pull
to get recognition for their states
Under the reclamation law as 1T
unless they have been examined and
found feasible and susceptible Of con.
hs at eEst Should
tieab1ility and feasibility Of projects
get the bulk Of the money and and would would
expend 1t on projects, regardless Of cost
The Hansbrough bill would upset the
En Eood sasi, and en- ereGtiye work Of the iec.ama-
enurmons @ waste h Where e not fua Economy ienS is is
in the cold those ste states that had adv weak nIs
representatives declined to tos astond '' IL"
with the gang; Naturally the bill will
have the opposition Of the president and
such opposition 1t will stand little
chance OF. passage.
Hansbrough bill which would prove a
drawback to national reclamation work
es nov planned; The lay Il IFS present
arid lands" The Hansbrough bill pro-
poses to take an even million out OF
s tds fSnd " sap aaa appyd eh the b
contrary to the spirit Of the reclamation
law; and the precedent once established
would lead to similar bills making al
aotments Of reclamation money for
swamp land schemes in other states.
1t would be dangerous move
Furthermore, congress is apt to look
with dfsfavor upon any bill intended to-.
Amehd the national reclamation law in
the interest of any one state. Such leg
fslation would open the way for innu-
merable special bills, and before the
end was reached, the reclamation law
would be 80 amended and modified that
It would fall far short of accomplishing
the purposes for which 1t was framed.
The foregoing attack upon the sena-
tor will undoubtedly find place in the
Herald, which only a short time ago
printed similar criticism of the sen
ator, written by one Pew. Undoubted-
" the Interior motives attributed to
the senator, by Pew. with respect to
certain other legislation, must have
animated the senator when he intro-
duced and passed through the senate
the million dollar drainage bill. Y.
It is understood here that the Ore,
gonian article denouncing the senator.
for his effort to drain the Red river
valley has been published throughout
the Pacific coast and In the leading