The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-29

amendment to the sundry civil appro-
priation bill, had it adopted, and re-
tained it throughout all the parlia-
mentary procedure on the bill up to its
approval by the President.
The amount carried by the Fort Lo-
gan amendment is but $4,000, but 1t
is an important bit of federal legisla-
ton for Denver, for it insures the
growth of Fort Logan to a post much
larger than could ever be expected had
additional land and perpetual water
rights not been secured. 1t is the en-
tering wedge for larger Fort Logan.
Senator Guggenheim made another
valuable strike for his state in secur-
ing legislation authorizing the resur-
vey of several hundred townships in
Routt, Cheyenne, Archuleta, Rio Blan-
co and Kiowa counties. The senator
first secured the passage of this bill
through the Senate and worked hard,
but without success, to get it through
the House. The filibuster prevented
this, but when an omnibus public
lands bill came over from the House,
Senator Guggenheim got his resurvey
bill incorporated as an amendment,
and it finally became law after run
ming the gauntlet of House, Senate
and conference committee action.
This legislation will facilitate the set
tlement of that great area of north
western Colorado tributary to the Moi
fat railroad, as well as lands in the
southeastern part of the state, where
settlement had been retarded by in
adequate and inaccurate surveys.
Among other Colorado matters intro
duced by Senator Guggenheim and by
his colleagues IN the House, and which
became laws, were the following:
Public building for Boulder, $4,000;
appropriated for site.
Public building for Greeley, $4,000;
for site.
Pensions for Harry c. Gallagher.
Francis E. Wheeler, and Edwin Nor
gan.
Public building appropriation for
Trinidad, $4,000.
Public building appropriation for
Fort Collins, 100000.
Public building for Grand Junction,
$4,000; for site.
Amendment to legislative appropri-
alton bill increasing salaries of sur
veyors general of Colorado and other
western states from $4,000 to $1,000
per annum.
Amendment to sundry civil appro-
priation bill increasing salaries of la
borers in the Leadville fish hatchery.
Amending land laws so as to provide
for second and additional homestead
and desert land entries.
A measure introduced by Senator
Guggenheim which failed of passage
was his bill to appropriate funds annu-
ally to establish the study of forestry
in state colleges. While this bill did
@1,t bot, Il f, Of
Senator Guggenheim's intention, by
any means, to abandon it. He has col
lected a large amount of statistical
material and information on the sub
ject, and will take the matter up when
Congress reconvenes, and endeavor to
carry it to a successful termination.
In the opinion of those who have
followed Colorado affairs in this Con-
gress, Senator Guggenheim, for a new
member, has done well. True, he has
not attempted any speech-making on
the floor of the Senate, but in the COM
mittees, where the actual and effec-
tive work of Congress is done, his bust
ness-like directness, and complete
knowledge of every detail of whatever
he advocated, got results. Not posing
as an orator the senator, on the other
hand, has cultivated the personal ac-
QudlnlanceSnlp OF MS cOlleaSueS In the
Senate, and few members, even those
of long service, have more personal
friends than he. In this connection,
Senator Guggenheim has shown good
judgment in working in perfect har-
mony with Lis Colorado colleagues.
In his work in the departments,
Senator Guggenheim carries the atten-
tion to detail he would give to private
business matters. Many senators rely
upon their clerks or secretaries or
upon correspondence to attend to the
business with the departments of their
constituents. Not so with the junior
senator from Colorado He goes him
self. Often before the head of de-
partment reaches his office in the
morning, Senator Guggenheim is there
waiting for him with some request
from a Colorado ranchman, or farmer,
or mining man. 1t is this constant at
tention to his senatorial duties, and his
application of business methods to con-
gressional procedure which makes it
quite certain that in Senator Guggen-
helm Colorado has a representative
who will do things" for this state
! and its people