Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04
Reclamation Service Brings
Tangible Arguments Before
Committees of Congress
LANTERN SLIDES THE VOGUE
Senator Garter Versed in Ways of
busterer-kentucky Congress
man Receives Prize Letter From
Constituent Who Was Offended by
Typewriter Missive.
Especial Correspondence

Washington, Feb. 4.-Congressional
iunkets Will go out of style if all
branches of the government follow the
lead of the reclamation service and
bring their arguments to the commit
tee rooms in the shape of beautifully
illustrated lantern slides.
The house committee on irrigation OF
arid lands expressed desire to know
how the department. of the interior is
spending the millions of dollars which
are annually appropriated for irrigation
purposes. Struggling thru a maze Of
figures, departmental reports proved
to be somewhat satisfactory. The
figures did not show the condition of
the land before and after irrigation:
the committee members had 10 draw
upon their imaginations when they
wished TO picture in their minds how
the various townships looked, and how
the land owners are being benefited by
the vast sums of money spent by IN
Clt sam III OI0tI llldt tii'iA NtSl''' 49,
be saved from being burned up. n
journey thru the vast area was deemed
impracticable. so Director Newell. in
tent on having his estimates remain
uncut, had the lantern slides prepared
and today the committee sat IN It's
comfortable room in the house office
building, and from their leather up
hostered chairs gazed upon hundreds
of thousands of acres of land in Its
original condition and later under cul-
tivation. They saw views, to obtain
which the department had to lower
ropes down into canyons; they saw the
canal construction from its initial
stages until it finally carried the much
needed water to the farms.
The stereopticon stunt made such an
impression on the committee that its
members are now q unit in opposing
expensive journeys by other commit
tees to sections of the country with
Director Newell executed his work so
we'll that his estimations are likely to
go thru without q pencil mark.
Senator Tom" Carriers of Montana,
is versed in the ways of the fllibuster
being one of the few record holders in
long distance talking now left in the
senate With a realization of this fact
in mind. shudder of apprehension
is felt in the senate because Mr.. Car
ter has put his foot down and an
nounced that he proposes to get action
on the postal savings bank bill, OF
which he is the champion.
The senator is not cherishing any
decisions about the passage of the Dill
at this session of congress. He ad-
mits that such thing is only q re-
mote possibility. The BILL however.
has reached the stage of being "unfin-
ished business" with a right to con-
whenever the senator having
1t in charge desires to call 1t up, and
Mr. Carter proposes to keep right on
calling it up. He wants vote on II
and is going to have one or know the
reason why He has announced that
the Brownsville affair and all other pet
measures will have to stand aside. Fur
thermore, Mr.. Carter doesn't propose
to be held off any longer by the plea
that certain senators want time to
propose amendments They have had
time enough, he says, and they must
get busy He hasn't much hope for
action in the house, but he will get it
in the senate or make himself eX-
t-emely disagreeable to the senate.
A Kentucky member Of the house
has received prize letter from con-
stituent, which is causing much sat
isfaction in the democratic cloak room
The constituent has written asking
that a special pension bill be printed
for him. At the end he used the fine
old nhrase. excuse bad writin an a
pore pen.
Replying, the member dictated let
ter to his stenographer, explaining that
it was difficult getting special acts
thru. and that no member could have
more than his quota of them in ses-
sion. In three days he got this reply
IT don't keer about yer lyin about
these laws, bekoz I kno all you offs.
holders lies most of the time. But yeW
don't need tn think l am so gol darned
ienerent I cant rede. Mex time yeW
rite me. yew kin rite it by hand.
don't need tu hav it printed for me"
Uncle Sam is one individual who
doesn't seem able to economic when
he's hard up This government costs
about billion a year, and 1T is grave
y doubted whether this years appro-
priations will show any marked de-
crease, aside from the fact that there
will be only a small river and harbor
bill, from the fat years that have pre-
coded it, The revenues drop off easily,
but not the demands upon them.
So the elder statesmen have figured
a plan to make thorough, systematic