Show r t-iv t L fH THE t I I I H- H I s Before iong long now the irrigation bill bill will have a. a ts Es day in the House of Representatives and we are ii 1 i i c glad lad a to learn earn earn that nat its s friends are growing confident that it will pass There are several good reasons t this is The Republican majority while it includes s not hot a few members who are arc opposed to irrigation p b because cluse it would magnify the import importance nce and increate in- in create r p e the power of the Western Vestern States containing tI Enrid and semi-arid semi land areas still does not hot to affront the people of those communities in ini i t. t of the coming national elections The party pleaders know that to defeat the measure would be bei t i to to incur the bitter hitter resentment of the whole population population population lation out this way and they realize that anything like that would be exceedingly bad politics i Perhaps in ordinary circumstances gener general l I Eastern indifference aided by particular h hostility Q in cases might result in action non at the present session but fortunately it happens that the Administration Admin Admin- is sincerely anxious that the irrigation bill Iii should pass and its influence added to the good dwork work our Western delegations in Congress are doing do do- jr ing wg g will be an important factor in the final ti tion n. n We Ye feel justified in entertaining l high hopes ope of the outcome |