Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-07-12 | Page 5 | When Madison Scored

MADISON Dr S J Crumbine secretary of the tile lianas Kansas state slate board of health Is Ie In Washington attending a medical meet meetIng meetIng meeting Ing In a letter to a Topeka friend he tells teUs an interesting little Incident of ot the Inquiry now on In Washington at which Congressman Ed Madison on who was wall a district Judge before going to Congress Congre s scored quite heavily This morning says I B the letter from frem fr m the secretary TI I met Governor Bailey Dalley 1 and Mr tr Berryman of ot Ashland In the lobby Jobby of or the hotel and together we w wC called C on Judge Madison the tho Seventh district congressman Then all of ot us went to the rJ Investigation gation gatlon where Mr Ballinger Dal linger Is being belne grilled ruled by the att attorney for Mr in m In the Judge Mad lad lion toon got one on over oYer on Senator Root who I is III a member of ot the committee and It literally 11 teral I brought down the house Root noot had hall been poking a good deal doal of t fun at Madison because It was de do developed developed that tho the Garden City irrl Irrigation plant built by the government did not Irrigate any government land but land Jand Instead Judge Madison very r carefully got cot certain facts Into tho the record and be before before before fore tho the committee about a giant irrigating Irrigating Irrigating gating scheme In Texas Texa where whre an interstate In Interstate stream is J used and by reason of oC which It was Wall necessary neo to negotiate ne e ea a treaty with Mexico which was waa done doneA A great dam was built and great t sums of money wore spent There is I no gov government government land Jand In Texas It all belongs belonga to tho state of or Texas Texan After Madison had bad extracted all tills this tie information from Mr Ballinger and everybody was wondering what he was wan trying to get got at ho he sprung the trap on Root by asking the question quo Will wm you toll tell the committee who was the of state who vho negotiated that treaty treat by this great scheme was wan w put through by b which not an acre of or government land was Irrigated T Mr Ballingor Ballinger very vary reluctantly re ro replied replied plied Senator Root Root The Tho committee and tho the crowded room which Is III always packed to suf sur suffocation Just roared and It Is III needless to Ie say MY that tho the senator subsided Capital