The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-03-16

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 1S.--
Everyone rsmombers the schoolbook
story from Roman history about
ecipio and the famous saying with
which he concluded every speech HI
made; Garbage delcnda est. How
when he said. Carthage must be de
stroyed the idea OF wiping out thcil
! proud rival Aad never occurred to thu
Romans. How his repetition OF the
statement brought ON the last Punic
war and nnally how the proud capt.
/! tai Of Northsrn Africa was destroyed
and I plow run over the place. where
lshe had stood.
But perhaps you don't know that
there y now II the American House
Of Representatives . man who ID max
Ing another slogan a. familiar to his
fellow congressman as Carthage de-
lenda est was to the ears Of the
Senators OF Rome. True he may not
couch this alogan in the same lansu-
age every time. He does not need
for he dictionary Is his vallal; but
the burden Of his message 10 always
the same. Il may be summed up in
the words Oregon has been robbed
OF her Reclamation rights" In vari-
ous ways this man has planted this
idea in the minds Of his congressional
colleagues. Often In the cloakrooms
where members meet In a semi-social
way. He has selsed every opportun-
ity to repeat Il before any committee
considering any irrigation matter.
More than once he has hurled Il at
ali his colleagues IN open debate upon
the door Of Tie House, and backed
Il up With I maas Of statistics 10 start
ling that tho members Of that body
have been shocked q the wrong done
Oregon.
will wager that ere this you have
guessed who It 10 that has followed
In the footsteps Of the famous Roman.
Yes. Il II Mick" Sinnott. represents
tive from the Second Congressional
District Of Oregon. whom I here and
now dub "The Scipio Of the Ameri-
can Congress"
! And best Of all the prospects are
that his persistence viii bring good
fruitase in some Congress in the near
foreground Of the future. II Secre-
tary Lane clings to his declared pur--
pose to recommend NO more new rec
lamation projects until those now un-
der construction are Anished or on .
paying basis 1t would mean that Il
will be six or eight years before new
irrigation work will bs undertaken
anywhere by the federal government.
II Congress should make Oregon IN
exception to this and grant an APP
preparation for reclamation work In
our state ! firmly believe that this
win be due to this persuasive per-
sistence Of Nick sinnott. In season
and out Of season be has planted In
the brains Of colleagues the idea that
Oregon has been robbed Of it, irri.
cation rights. Justice for my state"
To illustrate the e&eet Of what l
have bsen telling about. I will cite
one circumstance. n the discussion
Of the Sinnott amendlnent on the
door Of the House VAbypasy 13,1915.
sfter 6innott had made hjs speech
Representative sherlsy q Kentucky
said. Il am sure that whenever the
report comes In from the Secretary
Of the Interior to ConsTess II there
i project for OrsGoh II win be
dealt with BY the commlttee with the
utmost fairness and libeFslity."
Il Author Of Public IAG1G0ation
Another thing whieb TIE member
from eastern Oregon Il entitled to be
proud about is the fact tAat although |
serving his first term ~ II the au-
thor Of two pieces Of general public
legislation. refer TO Tie sinnott
bin providing for two absence perl
DDS during q year from 1 homestead.
and the Sinnott bill providing for
sztension Of tho enlarssA homestead