The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-10-28


passage of the Act, Senator New
lands had spent several thousand
dollars of his private funds for hay-
ing surveys made of the irrigation
possibilities within the state of Ne
vada. He induced the head of the
Geological Survey and the Chief
Engineer of the Reclamation Ser
vice to come to Nevada to deter
mine the feasibility of the Truckee-
Carson project. The Secretary
pointed out the fact that Senator
Newlands alone has secured the ex-
penditure in Nevada of more gov
ernment funds than all of the other
Senator's and Representatives Ne
yada has ever had, put together.
The total amount of all the approp-
riations procured by all of the
others no where near equals the
amount spent in Churchill County
alone. That ought to give a pretty
good idea of what Senator Newiands
has done for Nevada, in a direct,
material way.
From his own personal knowl-
edge of the events leading up to the
passage of the Reclamation Act of
June II. 1902. Secretary Lane gave
to Senator Newlands the credit for
being the father of the National
Irrigation Law" fact which is
never questioned by those familiar
with the history of the law.
The Secretary praised in highest
terms the statemanship and marvel
Gus foresight displayed by Senator
Newlands in his original draft of the
reclamation law, in his ten years
advocacy of a great comprehensive
system of national water way i'm
proyement and in the leading part
he has taken in framing the ad-
vanced legislation Of the Wilson ad
ministration. No other Senator
from western state has welded SO
much influence or received such
high honor in the United States
Senate as has Francis G. Newlands
of Nevada, on whom has been con-
ferred the second highest honor in
the gift of the Senate-the chair
manship Of the Interstate Commerce
Committee. And as chairman oil
that committee Senator Newlands
has directed the framing OF two of
the most important measures passed
by the last congress. both of which
bear his name. They are the Ma
tional Arbitration Act, under which
the threatened great railroad strike
was averted, and the Act creating
the Interstate Trade Commission.
Both of these measures have been
highly praised by the adherents oil
all political parties, and both OF
them received the votes of many
Republicans and Progressives in
Congress,
The Secretary told of the efforts
put forth by Senator Newlands and
other western Senators and Repre-
sentatives to secure the passage OF
the relief measure for the benefit OF
water-users on Reclamation pro-
jects; of how the water users con-
ference called by the Secretary
/ brought out and established the fact
that an extension of time in which
TO make the payments was absolute
ly necessary; of how Senator New
lands came to him Immediately
after that conference and asked il
/ they could not get together on some
measure of relief that would pass
f Congress; of the meeting, as re-
suit of this talk, at Secretary Lanes
house on Sunday morning which
was attended by Senator Newlands,
/ Senator Walsh, and several others,
at which the Reclamation Exten-
sion Act was drawn. OF the fact that
the relief measure was drawn in
conformity with Senator Newlands
]
with those of the Secretary himself
and then of how Senator Newlands
and other loyal friends of the west
got behind that bill and forced II
through Congress In the face OF de-
termined opposition from eastern
Representatives and senators who
viewed with extreme disfavor any
extension of the time of repayment
without interest.
From local matters, Secretary
Lane passed on to the more gener-
al affairs of the Nation and dweli
at length upon the underlying mo-
tives and principles that actuate
the administration in dealing with
national problems. In considering
legislation or policies the question
asked by the President, the Cabinet
and the majority in congress is