Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-06-23
WEST IS IMPATIENT OVER THE <" SUPPLEMENTARY BILL DELAY

ness and industry, relieve unemploy- ment, contribute materially to the Ma tion's wealth, and inure to the special benefit of the returned soldiery with out prejudice or preference to any pro- .ect, section, or district of the unre- claimed areas of the Nation; Now therefore be it
 Resolved by the following Repub- lican newspaper publishers of the State of Washington, That failure of the Republican, majority in Congress : ro pass the said McNary-Smith bill at the present session will be regard ed by us as an ineXcusable breach of faith on the part of the national Re publican Party, and we hereby declare that we no longer consider ourselves, either by reason of our past affilia- tions or the party's future promises bound to continue our support of the national. Republican Party
 Republican newspapers represented at today's meeting were Ellensburg Record; Sunnyside Sun, Grandview Herald, Wapato Independent, Toppen- ish Review, Teppenish Tribune, Ken newick Courier-Reporter, Zillah Mir TOT, Richland Advocate, Prosser Rec ord Bulletin. ,-..". .. .-
 I am of opinion that this dispatch which the Senator from Washington (Mr. Jones) caused to be inserted in the Record expresses the view of vast majority of the American people, irrespective of party. l have spoken in season, and some say out of season, here in the Senate pointing out the necessity for the early enactment of this Smith-McNary reclamation bill, and have said to Republicans here and elsewhere that it was their duty to pass this bill and that they can make no greater contribution to the happiness and the prosperity of the people of this country than to pass the th-McNary reclamation bill.
 The distinguished chairman of the Committee on Irrigation and Reclam- ation, the senior Senator from Oregon (Mr. McNary) has labored for, this legislation with zeal and diligence unsurpassed during my time here.
 The Senator from Oregon (Mr. Me Nary) knows, and he has. impressed the committee with the idea, that if the landless returned soldier is to ob- tain a tract of land and is to become farmer the eligible means to that end is to be found through the pas sage of this Smith-McNary reclama- tion bill. Through the efforts of the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Norris) the title or name of the old Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands has had stricken from it the words "of arid lands", so that now I say to you from the South if the Mis- sissippi River overflows it's banks the Smith-McNary reclamation bill, when it becomes law, will afford an oppor- tunity for you to stay the devastat- ing floods and reclaim the lands. In the true philosophy of government we have as much right to reclaim swamp lands as we have to irrigate arid lands, and I am in favor of doing both, both for the benefit of the people. A government is a harness with which to draw civilizations load.
 The moment a citizen becomes a landowner he becomes stockholder in the Republic, and no government can with safety ignore the question of affording to industrious persons an opportunity to acquire a home. Rec lamations of lands is practical, yet ideal; it is one of the noblest tasks our Nation could perform.
 We of today are the tragic genera tion. Vast unrest everywhere, much unemployment distresses the people
 and no grander or more utihtarian
 work could be done than to, reclaim for the benefit of the people, our now
 idle, unutilized lands. Hear me while I read from the report on the Smith
 McNary reclamation bill, as writer by the Senator from Oregon, wherein he quoted from great Babylonla1 monarch:
 q have made the canal of Hammur
 abi blessing for the people of Shumil
 and Accad. 1 have distributed the waters by branch canals over th'
 desert plains. I have, made water flow in the dry channels and have given an unfailing supply to thu
 people. I have changed desert plain into well-watered lands. I have givel them fertility and plenty, and made them the abode of happiness.
 am glad that the suggestions urg ing action on this bill have come iron the other side, as this relieves the dis cussion of any partisan charge. say the dispatch yesterday which the Sen ator from Washington placed into thu Record, but I felt heatancy abou