The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-03-04

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the delegation that came on here
from New Mexico have accomplish
all that human endeavor could at
tain.
The President evidently takes no
stock in the opposition to admis-
sion as he has issued a message
and sent it to Congress asking for
action. New Mexico may become
state any day.
There are rumors OF coming FL
ibusters that mark the closing days
of the sixty-hrst Congress, but the
first affair of this kind has already
been pulled off. 1t started on Fri
day, February 18TH, and lasted un-
til the following Monday afternoon
with only slight intermissions when
the tired Congressmen were COM
PEELED to obey the call of nature,
and seek their restful places to Sc
cure sleep. An attempt had been
made to secure passage of the
French spoilation claims in the
omnibus bill, and Mr.. Mann, of
Illinois, began to interpose OBJ
structive measures. He finally
won his contention, and then fol-
lowed an unsuccessful attempt to
prevent the passage OF the omnibus
bill until the portions stricken out
were reinserted. But this was un-
successful, and the bill was finally
passed. In order to make up for
lost time, and to clean the states of
all the Legislation, the House, i'm
mediately following the termina-
tion of the filibuster, passed a rule
limiting debate TO forty minutes
upon all bills, and Immediately
measures earring with them appro-
priations running into the millions
began coming out OF the Legislative
hopper in quick succession. AT
this writing the Senate is pursuing
the even tenor OF its way, and un-
less that august body gets a busy
move on itself before many days it
will not have a completed calen-
dar by March 4. Those who pre-
dict an extra session seem in the
majority, but whether one will
really occur no one seems able to
state with any degree of assurance.
Preserving Niagara Falls from
the inroads of the commercial
power companies is the task the
American Civic Association is try
ing to accomplish at this session
OF Congress. 1t aims by the re-
enactment of the Burton bill to pre-
vent any more water being diver
ted noticeably reduces the senic
value OF the falls, and that il all OF
the water taken were utilized in the
most scientific way it would furnish
more power than intended to di-
vert from the falls. The Burton
law expires by Limitation June 20,
1911. 1t limits the companies
producing electric power at Mia
CARA on the American side to what
they now have in use, and prohib-
its the importation from Canada
Of more than 100000 horsepower
produced from water diverted from
the falls on that side.
The Congress OF the United
States hardly paused to observe
the anniversary of the birth of
Washington. True there were
short addresses in both bodies,
and in the case of the House, Rep
resentative Norris Shepperd, OF
Texas, delivered an oration that
was not only scholarly, but which
can we'll be considered a classic.
The Departments were closed and
as a result thousands of people,
who were unable to gain admission
went to the, Capitol for the purpose
of hearing Senator Lorimer's de-
fence of his election. Through
out the city flags and decorations
we're displayed, and here and there
appropriate exercises we're held,
but on the whole it cannot be said
that the Capital OF the nation gave
any more particular heed TO the