Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-10-16
(By J. E. Jones)

WASElNGION, U .C., OCC. If -
 One of the most stubbornly fought
 pieces of legislation that has been be
 fore Congress is that providing re lief for the San Francisco water sup ply. The proposal is that there shal be a dam and a reServiOr site in tht
 Hetch Hetchy valley, which is part ot the Yosemite National Park, but tc this there is an objection by those who claim that the project will inter fere with the scenic beauties of the spot. Senator Perkins and most of the Congressional delegation from California have been fighting for the
 project. It appears that in 1910 the
 city of San Francisco voted lover
 whelmingly $45,0O0,000 for the con- struction of it's water system, and that it has acquired two-thirds of the land of the Hetch Hetchy valley, as well as a portion of the dam site. The city has also spent $1,75O,000 in the pur- chase of privately owned rights in the valley and in the Yosemite tract, and asks Congress for permission to build a dam and have rights of way thru the public lands. It is pointed out that San Francisco pays higher rates for water than any city of it's size in the world, and during the first of the debate in the House it was claimed that in some parts of the city, in or der to secure a tubfull of water, it was necessary to leave a faucet open all night The old controversy of con- servation of our natural resources seems to have entwined itelf so effect ually about this legislation as almost to strangle it, and the matter has been fought and refought in Congress time and time again. Now it is said by the opponents of the measure that the farmers who have water rights in the irrigated districts will suffer by reason of the city control of the water supply. This charge is emphatically denied by friends of the measure.
 Judges and Justice
 Senator O'Gorman of New York, who was formerly a Supreme Court Judge, joined with Senator Nelson and others in saving the judges of the Con- merce Court from losing their judicial headgear, by reason of the failure of Congress to continue the court. Sen ator Owen of Oklahoma recalled the tact that the Senate at three times voted to abolish the Commerce Court, and he declared that the reason was because the decisions of this body were not regarded as in the public interest. Senator Borah of Idaho re- erred to the manner in which the pro- cess of impeachment could be abore 1iated in the Senate by simply abolish ng troublesome courts. The concen- Sus of senatorial opinion as shown by he final vote was that it would be m injustice to the member of the court to deprive them of the life ten Ire of office, when they had been ap- pointed with that understanding only hree years ago. This is the court of l which Judge Archibald, the black sheep of the judiciary, was a mem- i ner, and doubtless the odium of his rial and impeachment was responsi- | ,ile for much of the prejudice concern | ng the court. However, the remain ng judges are all able men, and will i be retained as United i States circuit judges for the remainder If their lives, subject, of course, to ,ood behavior.
 The Tariff and the Goat
 Tt is not tariff for revenue only, ecause it free lists the most import mt revenue producing articles that UT people consume," declares Senator 'ristOw, and Senator Smith of Michi- an finds that the people of Canada re "gloating over the fact that they elected that treaty" meaning the re- iprocity measure, and that they now ave all the advantages with none of ,- he disadvantages growing out of it." n all of these tariff debates the an- ' ora goat and it's wool, immortalized ' Garner of Texas, has en- cred into the debate. Senator Mar :; inc of New Jersey is the first to turn he tables of satire on his Republican