The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17

be met. His bill, devised with a
view to increasing the states priyi-
leges along this line by million
acres of land, was introduced and
pushed forward to a victorious point
in time to meet similar measure
from tho senate. BY its terms one
million acres of hitherto unoccupied
land will be reclaimed and settled
under the guidance of the state.
Throuhg the steadily applied in
fluence and pressure of Representa-
tive Taylor Colorado now has an
other national monument-one OF
those natural beauty domains which
Uncle Sam, under proper represen-
tation, is willing to set aside and
forever devote to the qualification
of the scenery lover and pleasure
seeker. The Colorado National
Monument near Grand junction,
segregated by the president at Tay-
lor's request, contains 1000 acres
and henceforth will be one of tue
main scenic attractions of the state
and the west.
When the alarm was sent out
from Colorado that the government
had tied strings to its gifts consist
ing of the Indian schools and lands
at Fort Lewis and Grand Junction;
that the coal deposits were jeopar-
died in connection with one and
that 1t was proposed to dispose of
the water supply of the other, it
was only natural that Taylor of the
western slope should be notified. He
was promptly in conference with
the secretary of the interior in both
instances, with the result that the
Fort Lewis coal will go to the state.
and the water question at Grand
Junction has been settled for all
time by a decision that the irriga-
tion supply is appurtenant to the
land Of the school. 1t was through
Taylor's intercession that the attor-
ney general of Colorado and the at
torney of the State Agricultural
college we're permitted to file a
brief to show the states absolute
title to the Grand Junction school
water.
1t would be surprising to the
ordinary observer to see the way
postal privileges ooze from the
grasp of a community Reports ad-
vocating the decrease of star route
service and the discontinuance of
rural delivery routes continually
creep into Washington and meet ap-
proval at the post office department
During the past few months Repre-
sentative Taylor has been instru-
mental in restoring the mail privi-
leges of at least a dozen communi-
ties where the rural service was
either reduced or discontinued.
Congressman Martin and Rucker
have also found 1t necessary to go
to the front in this regard
Representative Taylor remarked
q few days ago at the surprising
amount of effort that 1t was neces-
sary for a western congressman to
expend in beating back certain
class of legislation in regard to the
administration of public land laws.
LAS a member of the public
lands committee" said he, II am
constantly engaged in heading OF
bills which have been introduced by
members from the east who have an
idea that the public domain In the
west is being cast to the winds or
being recklessly wasted by Uncle
Sam. We're 1t not for the efforts of
few OF US who hail from the To-
calities affected by these measures.
the west would be bound so hard
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conservation that 1t would be i'm
possible to recover prosperity in a
generation. I am happy to say
jorfty of my colleagues on the pub
lie lands committee Of the utter
foolishness of many OF these meas
ures, and I have been thanked. /
am glad to say. for my foresight.
have discovered therefore that the
duties of a public land committee
member lie largely in preventing
very harmful legislation as we'll as
in forwarding the good"
Representative Martin stole away
for few days during the late ses-
sion and gave attention to some
neglected private affairs in Colo
rado. He paid the penalty for his
absence, for this correspondent
found him day after his return to
Washington just about neck deep in
letters from constituents regarding
patents. pensions, post offices and
requests for every thing under the
sun which a congressman is regard
ed as being able to supply-from a
| capitol job to n package of seed.
And what is more" said Con-
gressman Martin. IT brought a huge
batch of errands with me from Colo
rado. They were assigned to me
by persons who found me during
the few hours ! spent in my Office
at Pueblo"
Congressman Martin as men,
Der of the committee on expendi-
lures In the war department was
early In the fray when it became
evident that the government was
preparing not only to abandon the
Department of Colorado, but pos
sibly to further decrease the Inn
portance OF Fort Logan as a post.
Chief Of StafY Leonard Wood was
summoned to the capitol by the
committee and underwent a full day
OF questioning at the hands of the
alert Martin. The second district