Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-22

stitution Of the United States SO as
to provide for the election of United
States senator's BY direct vote Of the
people.
1 favor liberal appro OPERATIONS BY the
government for the maintenance ofsthe5
navy, believing that we should mains
tain an effective fleet on the Pacific as
well as on the Atlantic, and that such
vessels should be constructed as far
as practicable, on the coasts that they
are to defend.
I favor such legislation BY con-
$gress as will secure TO the farmer pro-
per inspection, weighing and grading
of his grain at terminal points.
I will press the extension Of our
postal service and rural free delivery.
SO that It will keep pace with the rapid
settlement Of our state.
I shall favor legislation looking TO-
the exclusion or all Asiatic labor.
i am in favor of the reclamation Of
our waste lands, both by irrigation and
drainage. and will favor legislation
providing for the construction OF res
eryoirs for the storage Of storm waters
both for irrigation and to regulate
the flow OF streams in aid Of naviga-
ton.
am in favor of liberal appro-
priations for the United States geo
logical survey SO that the prospect
ing Of the natural resources Of the
public lands may be continued in
order that coal and mineral deposits
may be reserved to the government
and that they may continue their
experiments in briquetting coal and
developing It's possibilities, that our
Ignite coal may be made OF com
mercial value. n. 4
II favor amending the reclamation.
act SO. as to do away with the wat
cruisers associations and providing
for permanent government owner-
ship of all the great dams, reser-
voirs, bitches and power plants
which the government has construct
ed for irrigation purposes, the gov
eminent to furnish water to the
users at actual cost. AS the law
now stands, 7 believe there Will be
combinations formed among the
members Of the water-users associa=
tions by which minority Of the
members will be made to lose their
lands; further, / believe these great
properties can be better and more
economically managed by the exs
lperienced engineers of tie govern
ment In Italy and some other.
countries this is done. There are
many feasible irrigation projects in
this state that were this the law,
they would be developed. Could
this amendment to the law be made,
the proceeds Of the sale Of the pub
JIG lands of the state amounting to.
millions of dollars now being
expended in other states and
territories would be expended on our.
own feasible irrigation projects.
n favor the creation by congress
of the office of United States irriga-
ton and drainage engineer for each
of the states and territories includ-
ed within the reclamation act, who
shall have full charge of the dsyel-
opment OF all Irrigation and drain
age propositions within the state or:
territory for which he is appointed,
under the general supervision and
control Of the secretary OF the I'M
terror.
sssI have the highest regard for the
very able engineers. Messrs.s Savage
and Storrs now In charge of con-
sstruction work. In this state, but i
believe that better results would fol-
low the permanent location Of either
Of them in, the. state or an engineer
Of equal ability.
The establishment of compre.
hensiYe system of drainage to con-
troll the flood waters Of the Red riy-
er of the north, is an enterprise Of
immeasurabie value and will com
mand my earnest support.
4 u = y
1 win favor, If necessary, appro-
priatlng money directly from the ma.
tional treasury to continue the work
Df reclaiming by irrigation and
drainage our waste lands, that they
may be made productive, believing Il
as essentially right to make appro
priations for the purpose Of aiding
in the production Of the commodi
ties that enter into commerce as i