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Show AKIII I.iDs IN L'UMlUI.h. Hfnatoh DuLi'ii of Ortgon has phutd hlmidf In tho nn or thu Irrlga tlunadvotatea In Coligrew. JI Uha Introduced a bill provlJIng for thu loaning of money by the UiilUdHhvUa to Htatea and Trrrltorle for thu pur poiuof oomdruttlng tortio rnaervolr fur Irrigation. Tho bill nvh.i for the loan In,? of any aum nut txi-eeillng SbOO.UiM tunuyouu jtarto u elii') Htalocr Territory, atil bmluttu gnu total to lll,i)JO,UOd toauyuutj Su v ur Territory, The (erniaof the loan provide for the I --t io by tlm Htaie or territory of lrda gallon tninda of the denomination of VMeach. redeemable In live years and maturing In fifty yiare, and tuarlng Interest at the rate of one er rent, per annum, the Bscretary of the Treiaury tolwue notn to the par Yaluoof the bond a. Commantlug nn ttli bill the Ban Tranclieo VttrvuWc ha" the followlugt "It la a rjueatlon whether there la lathe Con it I tut ln any iwer cxpre or lm- J.II!, undor which Cocgrcea muld lend government fuuU to anybody or uitt any aacurlty. The jxiwer la gl.en to ('otigren to ttrrow money upon tho credit of tho na'lon, l-ul that doo not Imply thopowrr to lend monet, e.cn to tin Hiatca and Torritorle, nixm any terms ur for auy purjp. t Incline to behtvnihatHoiutor llph'ablll will btt met iiixm th very turo.hhold with thla contttntlotul objection and that It citi-not citi-not aiiiKMr,illy run tho gauutlct of tbo Judiciary committal." The Vfmntcto further uraark that oven 11 tienitor Dolp'i'a bill ahoull be acet ted by tho Judiciary committee, It li not a riip-i-ure to commend Itaelf tu public enllment. Thu acheme whlcli tho 1'acldoCuait pajr favora la a aim pie one, H propoei that the arid land be rendered cultivable by the United Ht4te aud then eold In in all lota to actual ixHtlrn-. Thla, however, will not aatlafy the great majority of the Irrlgallou repre-tentatlve?, repre-tentatlve?, who will wurk for the full imaaurodi-eirWjthflt Is the cvmIoii of the arid Ian Is to the respective Htatie and Territories, wherein they be iuIm Ject to coudlttou and retrlctloiu which will proTont their btlug dls-loedofluauy dls-loedofluauy way that will not be for the public benefit. Auy of theso tinkering propositions will meet the moat vehement onuUlori. |