Show IRRIGATION liON LI LIROW LOAN ROW lo IN PROSPECT WASHINGTON AS 11 June June- 17 Ti 17 li ei-e ei Is n a prospect of a n lively row Prow In congress over the attitude of or fl leaders s toward tho the proposed d loan bait of or to c complete l' l existing reclamation projects SenA Senators tors from the tho Intermountain stales are In Intensely intensely In in- tense tensely Interested l In thIs his loan lonn Senator Borah took up the subject with the tho president and ond explained the deplorable blo ble conditions of ot of settlers In the reclamation reclamation reclamation tion projects who w went nt there on the faith of ot tho the governments government's word where development Is at a It standstill for want of ot necessary money to complete Irrigation works I President Taft wa was pronounced In favor fa favor ta fa- vor Or of or the loan lonn In a speech and later Inter recommended It t In iii hl his annual message It was as first proposed to issue bonds but In iii Ute mho form torm that le legislation finally passed tho the senate en to tho the issue of or f worth north of oC 3 I cent certificates per of or Indebtedness lI was waa authorized In this form torm tho the bill went ent to tho the house and W was sent to the tho committee on onas ways as and means and It soon Roon b became known kno n that Speaker Cannon und and Chairman Payne were unwilling to have havo tho the bill reported d out Senator Borah and his western colleagues col col- col leagues Immediately got ot busy and announced announced announced an an- an- an their Intention of or attaching tho the proposed authorization a as a a. rider to the tho river and harbor bill unless the reclamation loan n retained In It Assurances As- As A As Assurances wore were given the tho we western lern senators sena sena- tors b by President Taft Tart that If lC they would refrain from urging tho the matter ns as nn an amendment nt to tho the river rl and harbor bill h ho he would uso use his Influence to have havo tho ho bill reported out In tho tiro house and tho house leaders gave tho the assurance But nut realizing as tho the adjournment drew near that there thereas wan as no prospect of ac action action ac- ac action tion by tho ways and means mean committee tho ho intermountain senators bestirred themselves 5 and attached ed the tho reclamation loan to tho the administration n bill Today the tho friends of or tho the Irrl Irrigation project veers ivor Informed that tho the house houle Pea leaders crr would woul not consent to a conference conference confer confer- ence enco on tho the conservation bill hill with th the Irrigation amendment In They that It carried an nn appropriation and under un un- un der tho the rules of or the tho house would have to bo be considered on by tho tiro committee President Taft Talt invited Senator Borah orah to 10 come como to tho time hito house yesterday and when Borah arrived he found Jound Chairman Chair Chair- Chairman man Payne o and Representative Representative- Dalzell there thero Pl President Taft submitted n. n proposal proposal pro pro- po nl to Borah orah to have tho the senate re reconsider ye- ye consider Its action on the conservation bill 1111 which tho the president is III er very anxious to have passed d and eliminate tho the 30 IJO- loan lonn In order to facilitate agreement agree agree- agreement ment on tho the conservation bill In consideration con on o of this conc concession concon on tho the president said that ho he wa WM authorized to say ny that th the tho bill now not In the tho ways and means menn com com- would be reported favorably ta with the amount of tho the proposed loan reduced to Senator tor nl Borah declined to accept nere-It tho the proposition Ho Ile wild said that It appeared to him like a a- aplan plan to kill tho the proposed loan Dalzell wac was rank frank enough to admit that It presented the s same imo aspect cl to him Son Fon- n- n sitar ator Borah conferred with representatives In the lie house hound from rom the tho intermountain states In which reclamation projects arc located and there Is la a disposition among amons them to hold up ui general legislation unless faith is kept Tho The western senators lena tors were ere saying tonight to tonight to- to nl night ht that a plain n compact between them and tho the house leaders lenders by which they re refrained retrained re re- traIned from pressing tho the reclamation loan Joan earlier In tho the IU session had been berm broken and that It IN is the grossest ross st exhIbition exhibition exhibition of ot bad ball faith that has been witnessed witnessed wit wIt- In congress cong for tor many years Tho The house houle loaders leaders reply that years If Ir t the western men do not relent they will simply simply sim sim- pi ply commit tho the conservation condensation bill to a committee and anel let It repose there thoro and then lien attach the language of ot the tha conservation conservation conserva conserva- tion lion bill without lt tho the reclamation amendment amend amend- mont ment as a n. rider to the tho general dell deO- deficiency clency appropriation bill In the tho house Tho The western men retort that If It this li is is' is done thero there will ha he no general deficiency bill bill and that other legislation laUon of oC Importance importance Import import- ance ilia may be held up and tho the session of ot o t congress prolonged ed Indefinitely The Tho sudden complication that has hAil ensued en ensued sued makes the outlook tor for an early adjournment ad- ad adjournment ad nd- less hopeful |