Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-06-23

L1oF nkHBdkng BOnluer Sanyoh bohi' " kxoud place $25O 100000 in the hands ,saf the secretary of reclamation and lsowipg to the urgent need of flood con SSr0I ssa tke Colorado, the Boulder eesanyon dam would be among the lirsI Shuilt. '..sSSenator Ashurst brought the mat kser up for discussion again in the .Senate the other day. In the discus Eksoa Governor Campbell's attitude was NSkbwn as we'll as the attitude of seV- '.eral Republican papers of Washington l=State, the editors of which are I'm ,;patient over the delay.
 The Republican administration spledged broad reclamation program end the administration is pledged 10 Eupport the -McNary bill. The kRspublicans of the west are demand EinE that they make good.
 i The following extract, veroatum, Sfrom the Congressional Record, VIII s4 4Sallsw ns to peep in on the Senate III heticn. ot should we say "inaction':
 MT. McNary. MT. President, in yes ttertiay moahings Washington Post sa1nder the column headed "Chats Wieh Visitors" appeared a very interesting ,sinterview with Governor Campbell, Of -Axispna. Task that it may be reaa oy ssthe Secretary. 4 ' .S Air. Jones of Washington. Why not S.haye it printed in the Record wi1hou' s-eading? ..
 |. MT. McNary. The article is brief, aan,i prefer that it be read. It IS anbout a matter which will be inter 4esting to the Senator from Washing sSo4. -.,
 5he yire President. The Secretary ywih tread, as. requested.
 The reAding clerk read as follows: -ssThe people of the West are becom- fmx very anxious for congressional Actsen oa land-reclamation projects wiich are now pending" declared Gov. THsn,as E. Campbell, of Arizona, at xha Willard. MT. Campbell is now certing his third term as Republican sxcsernor of a State that is normally Democratic. He has been one of the leaders of the Western States Recla- .knation Association, which has united .a2Ysestefn States in a campaign in support of pending reclamation legis- laAtiQA. a'l Sx- Htt .,!l,
 |sThere has been considerable talk about the West being the battle Ixr6und of the coming election, par Ecnlarly with reference to the control -@ the House and the Senate" Gov 3ernor Campbell said. q believe this kis . fact. and there is not much time between now and November for the people of our country to forget. We have been promised broad national tpolicy of reclamation. The Republi- acan Party in its platform stands pledged President Harding has em- gphatically declared himself in favor sof the McNary-S Smith bill. The com .uittees of both Houses of Congress have recommended this bill by unan- ,.imolis votes. Today it is on the cal ssenaars of both House and Senate.
 ~Yet disappears that narrow view eyfpoint. of a few House leaders is en: , ,sdanSeping it's passage through inac- sstivity and procrastination. We may Hive long way from Washington, but we are familiar with the political tac- 1tics ,of letting a meritorious measure die on the calendar. The West today
 is watching the national administra- tionj with just as keen an interest as
 the leaders are watching the West"
 MT. Ashurst. MT. President, the NpvsrnUr pf the State of Arizona, MT Campbell, is not only a gentleman ot ,e&cellent judgment but accurate ex' Apression. The supporters of the Smith McNary reclamation bill are be- ginning 4o be seriously disturbed ovel
 the situation respecting that bill This '.aught not to be political question .Tt IS an economic, business question and citizens of the West, of the South aud of the East have perceived tht
 Importance of this legislation. Onl! ,fonr days since group of certain Re publican editors of the Press Asso citation of the State of Washington imanfnlly served notice on the Repub Gycan Party that unless this Congress
 enacted the Smith -McNary reclama ttnn bill they would no longer con
 sider themselves bound to support thu Republican Party. read from thu ', Congressional Record (p. S077 of thu - proceedings of Tuesday, May 23) The telegram was inserted in thu Record by the distinguished senio n, Senator from Washington (Mr. Jones co and is as follows:
 .f4. Yakima, Wash, May 20, 1922 0.Wesasy L. Jones, Washington, D. c.
 lHOYlowing a meeting here today o sthe Yakima -Benton-K -Kittitas group O ffhe Washington State Press Associa ssion, Republican members of the grou
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