| Show MEN IN CONGRESS E ARE TO PULL TOGETHER Senators and Representatives Meet at Washington and Discuss DIscus Plans PIas for Future I is Appointed to Frame and Report a Bill on the Subject I of Irrigation i Special to The i d D C Dee Dec iA 2 A meeting of the Ie of 1 WASHINGTON V tho x th arid was held in Senator Warrens arrea committee room to tonight tonight toi i night to discuss probable legislation for western interests t Time present were Senators Kearns of Utah Utai Gibson of Montana Dubois of ofT T Idaho Warren Warrin of Wyoming Millard and Dietrich of Nebraska A lSe and Bell of Colorado of Nevada A Shanen berget herge Stark Robinson and Burkett Burket of N Nebraska Martin and Burke of I South Dakota Cushman Cashman of Washington Wahington W 1 of Wyoming Suther Sutherland land of Utah Reader Reeder of Kansas and Jones and iid Tongue of Oregon I f Representative Burkett reid read re d the proceeding p of a meeting held at Obey Chey Cheyenne enne in June last of f which Meeting was the outgrowth Senator Warren W urell was then selected chairman and aad Representative er see sec secretary of the th meeting Senator Warren W said he be was sad and delighted to find at the opening of this se session sion ion the number of eastern senators anxious to help i in ia granting grantin aid to the thc west He lie outlined various ous bilk bills which had been beeR intro introduced introduced introduced during the last session and said all seemed to bev he based upon the thep principle p that funds for government aid should be he provided from sates sales of 1 public land That differences between various arious bills seemed to t be triin The most important thing now now J is il that they get together on ott all essential points and lay aside ide for the present SUCK such detail upon ll n which they cannot agree agreeS He explained the views views held by many western men inca of experience who L fear that the states u o Colorado Wyoming Utah and aid Idaho Idab whore where most I of the water is is now m in use that assumption of control by the thc government I c ef f the distribution of water would injure vested Tested and acquired rights rig ts On I the other hand others held that thai the government go t should bould assume u ume full eon con control of building b reservoirs re distributing water uter and all other functions of irrigation President Roosevelt recognises these difficulties and is anxious alL o ot that t at an amicable way wiy of surmounting them be adopted adopt RESSON OF OP VIEWS Senator Warren called for expression of views In response a general genera discussion followed in which Representatives Newlands Newland Mondell Sutherland Tongue Burke and aDd others participated ted Representative Re re New Kew Newlands lands was Wll opposed to the bill formulated by state engineers and ADd presented for the consideration of members of oi Agra at atthe the meeting meetingS He lie favored f d national control of the Hie waters wata of the west The entire en public domain must be treated as a unit regardless of state lands and an if state slate lines are to divide water legislation states like HIre Nevada whose w waters w rise In other states will suffer I IP JU P ve Mondell while te t fully fuD endorsing plc the t state engineers r bill contended for the gene N idea be the gern h should cease with the n of fr rb ai tLe distribution tion tin and f water from faul ho aJ SenatorS Senator S j and harmony f fa ut and anda n na a motion by Dubois Dubon and seconded by bc Kearns Kearne prevailed T follows That Chairman a CI Of t en en to be made maJe up of himself and fUld on one member for each emch state Mate sad and territory to report an irrigation bill back to an adjourned meng ng soon said draft to be betaken betaken betaken taken up and discuss 1 I in detail Th The committee was named as follows Senators Bard Dubois Gibson 1 Kearns Warren Dietrich and Representatives Jones Tongue Mondell Monden Martin and Reeder Delegates Del ates Roder Rode Flynn and Smith i iThe The subcommittee s committee will hold bold it meeting ting Thursday l evening next IRRIGATION BILL BILK IJ The first irrigation bill of ion by Mr fl Newlands of Nevada It was a general hilt bill for r the reclamation of arid lands intro introduced l by bv v him at the last session which was favorably reported in its essen essential essential L provisions by both house and aud senate committees L It provides provi R that all moneys received r from fr m the sale of public lands in inthe inthe inthe the ar laud land states shah Shall be set let aside ide a as an aix all arid laud reclamation fund It authorizes the tile secretary of the interior to let contracts for the con of reservoirs and irritation irrigation works payments to be made from this thil fund no contract to be he let lei Until money is ia m ill in the fund fun l The cost oost of each project is to be fastened upon land reclaimed and is isto is isto isto to be repaid to the government t by settlers itlen in iD twenty annual installments D ments Reclaimed lands can taIl be entered only under the homestead act a in tracts t not exceeding ez ei ty acres Mr Newlands Newland also alae introduced tl bills for the construction of storage reservoirs rt on OIl the tIIe Truckee Trucker Carson Carbon Walker and nd Humboldt rivers in Ne Ke Neala ala vada fal Estimates of appropriations made today by the secretary of the treas trea treasury tre ury to t congress provide for continuing he the work of irrigation in inAi 4 Ai tons by the department of d an increase of An AJi A increase of is in estimate est for the annual work of df the geological survey surrey In III the house of representatives ves Representative eat tive Mondell of Wyoming introduced the following bills To provide provi for the erection of a public r building at Evanston Wyo costing providing for the erection of a on the site of the tile Fort Phil ihil Kearney learney massacre providing fur exclusion ion of Chinese providing pro ding for medical carp care of honorably dis soldiers sold rs sailors Bailors and marines Senator Warr Warren n of Wyoming i g will introduce tomorroW in the senate bills as a follows 1 of a public building at Laramie Wyo for or the reimbursement of the tate state of yf Wyoming for the care of the Yellow Yellowstone Yellowstone Yellowstone stone national park providing for fur the return to settlers of the first pay payment payment payment ment made on dest de desert rt lands not finally finaU proved up providing for the dona donation fon tion tj b t states stat having haYing normal schools of acres of land for each sen senator senator senator ator and representative from such states providing that the tein of the circuit court of th the Eighth judicial circuit shall lall be held in the city of Denver r or the city ity of Cheyenne in September St er of each eath year and to in increase increase crease the fees of jurors and witnesses f s in 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