Show I WESTERN MEMBERS OPPOSE Proposed Fr posed Measure Meas re to Cripple the Irrigation Irrigation gation Act 4 Special to The Herald Washington Dec 3 Following the suggestion of the presidents message a bill was as Introduced in the senate today by Senator Quarles of Wiscon Wisconsin sin and in ih the house by Represents Representative tive Powers of Massachusetts to re repeal repeal peal leal the he law providing for the sale o oj aV timber imber and stone lands under the des desert desert desert ert land law and the commutation n clause of the homestead law Friends of the measure claim that the senate public lands committee will report f favorably and that t t there is reasonable hope of it passing the senate A brief canvass of ot the situation in the house reveals the fact that the th measure has I no chance of favorable action by the house public lands committee all aU west western western ern era members of the committee committe being opposed to it It The passage of the proposed legisla legislation legislation legislation tion would at once cut off the great greatest est service e 6 supply of funds by which the irrigation of lands is to be ac accomplished acco accomplished co under the new irrigation act Western Vest ern members state that re reported reported reported ported violations of f laad la d laws are due in a great measure to laxity in the methods of administration in general and local land offices that the land laws of themselves are not objection objectionable able and under strict administration especially by local land office officials would be reduced to a minimum It is expected the secretary of the interior will submit the form of a bill to the senate committee on public lands providing for the repeal of the timber and stone act Representative R Sutherland d today called upon the president and urged the appointment of Colonel Willard Young of Utah to o a place on the isthmian canal commission |