The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-11
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Congressman lara taeaii swtayne
ed homs saturday nlshs fsom WASH
iaKtoa. stopping Vt tsslas ~ br Holm
"a b. Ms ueaii has Master Ted
wha seen, ne ~lntor there ~isA rol
asivea. rbois friends la the eity afe
glad II ehansn 20 w~ieoeae thesa
home
~lilplish e'sota etao etaoiH otsaiu
Ia discussing iho wuFt arcou
piished by The last session ~ ,ht
nfiy nlnth congress- Mr Boali said
The session ~ congress juss end
90 has been remarkable for the vast
appyougtattuu# made \ f"a years
ago ihe country was appalled, ey The
announcement that a congress dur
Ing ite TAO Years nt existence had
appropriated one billion Of dollars
The fiftl ninth congress appropTiat-
"a about 81 500. GOO. GOO The @ve-
ond session Of the flfiy ninth con.
gress appropriated or authorized the
expenditure 81 almost ON" billion of
dollars The immensely uf this sum
can scarcely b. realized u would
require the entire corn crop of The
United States To equal in value the
amount expended for the support OF
our government for one year The
entire cotton crop for 1905 will not
nav more than two-thirds OF our
appropriations for next year.
"The two most interesting con
tests Of the entire congress occurred
during the closing days, one was
over the bill limiting the hours OF
service OF railway employees ana the
other was upon the ship subsidy BIZ |
Irpon both of these measures the !
were united and the re- |
puhlicans divided The democrats,
aided by a faction of the republicans |
were able TO defeat the house subsu-
,nte for the La Toilette bill and mn
nlIy forced the passage OF Dill thas
will give railway employees reilef
against excessive hours of service,
and will protect the people against
he awful peril to life and limb
,aused by employees of railroads be-
ng worked beyond human endur-
ance. We failed to defeat the snip
steal in the house, but the
democrats in the senate talked it to
death. preventing this outrage being
upon the country.
The situation with respect to |
Trinity river is very encouraging.
When my first term began in 1903
an appropriation had been made for
the Improvement of the Trinity. or
| this appropriation but $4,000 was
| available for the Dallas end OF tne
river. the bulk OF the money being
, INTENDED for the improvemsN OF th'
, lower section, beginning at It's mou'f
, MANY people. some even III Dallas
were disposed to ridcule the project
The engineering corps knocked
the proposition at every turn ursln'
the insuficiency of the water suppl.
n and other objections. and the war de
o partment was doing nothing 10
wards expending what had been ap
propriated. Mr.. Burton, the very cap
, able chairman of the committee o
=. rivers and harbors. was almost rea
= DIV to abandon the entire undertah
-. ing and the situation looked despel
D, ate.
The committee was finally induce
- to transfer the appropriation, a
70 ready made to the upper section an
. to give about 100000 additions
upon condition that Dallas Won
contribute 100000. No demand Ill
this had ever been made upon al
III other city interested in river II
IT provement and no like demand n
a heen made since Dallas promptly
" cepted the offer and in a short III
eo deposited the sum required.
}" soon after this new engine'
en- ing district was created. with Dali
re- as Headquarters and Capt w
hu Wooten placed in charge. since u
'ut time the work has progressed rap
MY Is and satisfactorily.
CT Al the bogiunine of the roc'
'"s session of congress Nh Burton "a
U" di~poS,d 10 give the Trinity ri'
ire. enough 10 continue The work
'ns cleaning out and maintaining
INtT. Ati'l u 0'I'h"'"0 '"''i''
l'" of tvo months. iu which every 30
p"' interested n Trinity river impro
'u- m,ut did hts best, we secured an
''' rrupriatiou n the house of $500
ON ,ovpriu. the estimated cost ~
's' additional locks aud dams and
''l expense ui maintenance.
.'N- -NftDr This Vus dome iu the ho
ans Col Covur and q fook up the n
l'. 't.- with Senate. Uulheuou "ua
'' ua. agreed fbw au additional
.'' interpolation fu. w. muf" l"ch
dam would U. ....d Iu fh' sru
Ii". semitic. yuIa.rHH offered
ll'.. amendment addul siSo Up"
'' ..h, amount e.rI.1 'u fhp huus"
.U uas adopted ur ru' committee
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