Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-02-09
BEVER|DGE ON
RECIPROCITY
He Lines Up with President
Taft and the Admins
tration
APPORTIONMENT COMES UP
Republicans Favor Keeping
Number of Representatives
Below Four Hundred.

Washington, Feb. 9,-The first gun
in the Congressional battle over Ca
madam reciprocity was fired in the
Senate today. Senator Beyeridge of
Indiana, insurgent, was the marks
man, and he lined up on the side of
the administration. He did not make
a pretense of representing others of
the progressive Republican camp. Mr..
Beveridge urged the necessity for
prompt and decided action,
Apportionment.
Washington, Feb. 9,-The House to-
day took up the bill for reapportion.
ment of the House under the thir-
teenth census. The Republican eau
Gus favored retaining the present rep
resentation of 391 members, while
the Democrats favor a membership
of 433. If the Republicans prevail,
New Mexico will be given only one
Congressman.
Andrews Doing Good Work.
Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 9.-Dele'
gate Andrews by most persistent
fighting and with the help of the
Pennsylvania friends, will secure two
representatives in congress for New
Mexico in the apportionment bill, by
amendment, on admission of the fu-
ture state.
DR.. Angel, president of the Uni
versity of Michigan, in a local paper
says: 1t is to be hoped that the
president. with all his force, will op.
pose the constitution that is to be
submitted to him by Arizona. The
recall that is incorporated in the pro
posed constitution, makes it impossl'
ble." The president withdrew from
the senate his nomination Of postmas
ter John T. Bolton, of Carlsbad
Springs, leaving his former appoint
ment of Bolton for Carlsbad stand
Permanent Tariff Board.
Washington, Feb. BY a strict
party vote all the Democrats in op
position the Senate committee OF
finance today voted to report favor
ably the bill passed by the House tt
create permanent tariff board. Sev
eral important amendments were
adopted.
Trouble Over irrigation Report.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Conflicting
reports are to be filed by the senate
committee on irrigation concerning
it's visit to the western irrigation prof
ects in 1909
Senator Newlands has submitted tc
the committee views opposite tc
those of Senator Carter and other
members. He finds nothing but
praise for the accomplishments Of
! the reclamation service. Reviewing
the reclamation works as a whole
he submits the impression derived
is that these works are we'll planned
and executed.
He contends that this opinion is
suspended by the recent report of the
board of army engineers, which ex
amined the projects in 1910
Opposes Carter.
! Newlands takes issue with Senator
Carter. who charged that the recla
nation service, prior to the admins
tration of Secretary Ballinger, acted
independently of Secretaries Hitch
cock and Garfield, whose actions, 81
far as government reclamation
works were concerned, were purel!
perfunctory.
He says Director NewelPs immedi
ate superior officer, Walcott of thu
geological survey, was in constan
conference with Secretary Hitchcocl
and President Roosevelt regarding
projects, and that the responsibilit!
for the projects must be placed OF
these officials.
Defends Service.
Senator Newlands also defends tn,
action of the reclamation service il
including within government projects
lands for irrigation under private
ownership. He says the fact has beel
known by members of congress tina
private lands were being irrigated
and from legislation enacted subse
quent to the original act there can b.
no doubt as to the use of reclamation
funds for irrigation of private lands
He says that large expenditure
were due to increased cost of labo
and material, the increase in detail
of construction and decrease in acre
age assumptions
Ee defends the reclamation servic
against the charge that premature sci
tlement was encouraged by it o.
many of the projects, and that to
many projects We're undertaken. H
thus places the blame for undertal
; ing projects which have proven fai
ures on the people and represents
; tives of the several states, stain
that they brought undue politica
pressure to have these projects III
dertaken.
Half Million Dollar Claim.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Senator GU
genheim introduced bill appropria
: ing $4,000 to Paul Mulock of Lea,
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