The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-05-29

Capitol
Events Of Interest From
the Seat of Gov
ernment
WILL HAkNtc>S THEGRAND
CANYON

Ralph II. Cameron. of Phoenix, Ari-
IONA. Is in Washington. and he has un-
folded the greatest plan ever PROPOSED To
reclaim any tion of the cOuntry-for
Cameron II going to do nothing ls-s than
harness the power OF the Grand Canyon
OF the Colorado, and he has hydro
electric Development project which ia
comparison makes the Niagara Falls and
keokuk Dam developments look like
childrcn's ships in mui puddlcs.
MIR. Cameron is the man who built th.
Bright Angel trail on the rim of the Grand
Canyon. and people said il Was Game
rOn's folly hut that Was years ago l---
fore the hundreds of thousands of tourists
gOt their first real thrills ma lite entering
Arizona 10y this only passage way from
the north down what has beccme the
most famous scenic route in the world.
When the people of Arizona tired of
promises of statehood. and wants-i The
g''c'ls delivered. they -s.nt Ralph Gam
rr"n 10 C"ngrr--. lie stayed here three
year-. AMI at the end oi that tinl, h,. vent
back hOnle bat not H. tir home. that
hal lss'n the Territory oi Arizona. " but
q" the STATE of Ariznna." which lac had
PrOni-s~i he would -s~.ur,. ''or n,.,rI again
a-k for political Office.
Thirty two years alo Cameron quit
clerking in IIovey'S ~t"r,. la B.,-tpn, AMI
went to Arizona: wher, li. l-~.ail.. on. of
tllc iirst of the -Icrill- wllo have furnish
''i the inspiration whicl PRESENT day mov-
my Pictnre men thrive upon.
The Grand Canyon hy.iro-e -els,ctric de-
velol'fnent project has lr-.n Ralph Cam
eron'S dream for seventeen years. .It
means that nearly s5O.Opo,Uvo will be ex-
Pende'i. and that 1r.oO h9r-e power
will lie secured This w0ndrous power
will be distributed over :, So. .OUO acres Of
land. and viii rs-iains most of a.. A. x
has been established that there il an
abundance of underlying water, and this
viii be pumped for Irrigation purposes
AMI Tor mining PROJECTS, whose difiieulti-.
have bsen In the lack oi power anal water.
The Roosevelt Dam rs~.laim- ;yD, ,,spD acres
one tenth Of het;rand Canyon project.
l;.s -: engineers in the United states
have -. X "a the new proisrt, and Il Seems
l--urs-l
rIIE FIERY SENATOR'S
IL - not l~rrau-r they ls.long % differ
ent paiii'.-. but just simply l,~'aus- they
no not like "ne anotllrr. that senator's
A-hur-t oi Arikpna and Hri-to~ II Kan
sa- come t''.r'tl'rr'' - frequently. As
hurst Wa mai ing a plea for an apprOpri-
atlon tor eNterninating the prarn dDgs a
Few days ago. when Bri-to~ -uxyestssi
that tine Arizona -plon va prornpteI by
"A ds-lrr 80 -ss1Ir- jOlD, Tor hi- constituents.
TherruI.,n A-hnr-t u-e,I -urh forcibIs
languagr a. tp -trctch the dignity "f the
Senair. ~"fnr months ago S-nator As
hurst hal o--ca-ion tO crItt.i-e Bristow.
and tiie latter -tirrs~i upa teIng<-tuous
sea 81 trO'ii'ir 10y calling attention u the
largr nufli'rr ol telsgfanIs A-hur-t had
sent '''t at government exr-Il-. This
cau-si an inquiry into the u-,. 81 the tel
gram -sryice by senators, aud tie dis
clOsufr- ~rre 80 astonishing that Il was
iound nerf-Sary tD put an outside limit
on Tie arn"unt any senator might have
charged - tie government.
INSIST THAT If CAN BE DONE
The Administration headers have not
weakened in their demand Tor adjourn
nert of C"ngrs-.- shortly after the first
Of July. The oonvictiOn in tire Unitei
stats senate, that the only direct track
to legislation = through long drawn out
dl-rus-lOu- before committees and the
SENATE it-'.ii, ha- issn -h,-ke,i. and some
81 the -''lOn- arr rather r,-entful Of plan
Which byile,i down simply means that the
senate must D. ru-l8e,l. The theory Of
the Aimini-tfatiDn nrn i- that with the
carrying ont of Tie DrOJs,-s-i Legislative
program the ca-. 81 tlie Democratic party
can h. put uP o. tie p,Ople Of the cour,-
Try in midsummer According 10 the
Wilson i'i'a. tie voters will b. o.,ligsf
~ DO ju-tioe ~ Administration and there
iofe return DenOcratic Congre--. OF
cOur-e the Republicans and Progressive.
hgure u out altogether diHerently-but
you must remember that they are the
minority in Washington. and have ~ be
SATISFIED With tie leavings
DkNIES WITHDRAWAL OF PAT
RONAfsE
There are few Democrats who Jumped
over the trace II Administration policie-
and among these wa- senator Ran-siell Of
Louisiana, ~ho left President Wilson ON
the tariff bill on aocount Of FREE sugar.
For many weeks a report has been going
around that the President withheld pat
ronsee from the Louisians Senator i'm
consequence Of his revolt. RsnsieIl say.
there = not . word Of truth in the yarn.
and since Louisisns people are hack &C
the hem Of the Presidential garment, they
no doubt ind comfort while allsyins the
fesrs Of Senators Walsh Of Montana. o.
GormsD Of New York, and other Dem.
ocrsA.