Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-17
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
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San francisco Wants water to print.
ON. of .f. most stubhprnlv fou.Lr
pieces u. .,.islarion that has been ....
fore CONGRESS. ie tnar yrovfding r.li.r
for thn san Francisco water eur..l,.
rrr uronosal is tl3f there shall la =
dam and q ro.4,.ynfr site in tho II.,,l
Ii.tcl, ,-airs,. v.hirf. ie - nar+ ~ ,i...
yo..,oite ,otf,,aI ,a,l. 1rt to tl.i..
there is ar ,lfrction hy those v,ho
claim that 1t. ifoiact will intorf,,...
with tbn ec.oic bsariio. of tho .,,,r
S.nator p.,lirg aud most of tho .,r
e,.ssior.l 1eIe,atior froo, Colif,,,,i.,
havo l,r.u fohtino fo, tbio nroioo+
II anuear. that in 141o tho oit,, Of
San Francisco voted overvbeIp,irol,.
e4-.ooo ooo for tho construction Of g..
vato,, e,eton, and thar If has aco,,irol
two.,birds Of tho land of tho I1otor.
ua,,l,,, .,ollr, a.. n..1l o., - nort;o,, Of
the dam site rho citv has also eror+
81 75o ooo in tho nnrchasa If nrivatoIv
ou.ncd ,i,l,te in rho ,ol,a,, ona H. t,l
yoe,,,,ito t,.,o+ o,,d o..,.,, r,o,,o,o.... 60,
nernission to build q dam and have
RIGHTS If NOV tbrougb tho r,,,,,io 1o,5..
If is nointed out that Gan Er.roieco
navs higher rates for water than o,v
citv of it's size in the world and du..
ing the first Of the debate in the bonse
if was c,aimad that in soma n.rts If
the CITY in order to secure tubful Of
wafer If was necessary IN ,eava
lancet omen all night
The old controversy of conservation
of our natural resources saems TO bave
entwined itself On effectual,v .bout
tbis LEGISLATION &c ,,moct ~ ctroro,o
If and the matter bas been fonebt and
70. foupht in Conoress time and ,goip
Now If is said NV the onnonents IF the
measure that tho farnors who boro
water rights in the irrigated districts
will suffer nv reason Of the citv con.
troll of the water sunplv This CHARGE
is emnbaticallv denied Inv friends of
the measure
Judges md Justice.
Senator O,Gorman of New York
who was formerly sunreme court
Judge. Joined with Senator Nelson and
others in saving tho iudpes of tho
commerce court from losing their iudi.
cial beadgear. nv reason of the failnra
of Congress to continue the court Sen.
Nator Owen Of Oklahoma recalled the
fact that the senate at three times
voted to abolish the commerce coprt
and he declared that the reason was
because the decisions of tbis hodv
not regarded as in the public interest
Senator Borah of Idaho referred to
the manner in which the process Of
Impeachment could be abbreviated in
the senate by simply abolishing trou.
blesome courts.
The consensus of senatorial oninion
as shown by the final vote was that II
would be an Injustice to the members
of the court to deprive them of the
life tenure of office. when thew had
been Amounted with the undnrct a u6 n o.
only three wears ago This is the court
of which Judge Archibald the black
sheen of the Judiciary was a member
and doubtless the odium of his trial
and impeachment was resnons;b,e for
much of the prejudice concerning the
court. However. the remaining iudpes
are all able men and will consequently
be retained as limited States o;rc,i+
Judges for the remainder of their ,ives
subject of course IN oood bobo,,;or
The T.r,w .na a.. CO..
at is not a tariff for revenno only
because it free lists the most ;n,nort-
ant revenue nroducinp artic,as that
our peonle consrmeo dec,ares Senotor
Rristow and Senator Smith 30 ,t;ob;-
; gan finds that tho neon,o 90 Canodo