President. before we leave this discussion. I th ink it proper that I make a single observation. The honorable Senator from Arkansas complains that it has been stated by thse opposed to the retention on the statute book of so much of the acm of October 2. 18 8. as withdraws the irrigable public lands of the United States from entry. occupation. or sale. that the authors and defenders of that statute were actuated by a desire to prevent the flow of emigration to the west and northwest and to curtail the prosperity of that region. Having said myself that the inevitable result of the withdrawal of those lands from the operation of the landlaws would be to curtail the prosperity of the northwest. I am pleased to say that nc imputation of such a design can be justly attributed to the Senato s who. having pictured to themselves ideal valleys and ideal streams. ar? wedded to the theory that these two can be so connected by the Geological Survey as to produce ideal communities and who. for these reasons. desire a continuance of the contemplated topographical surveys.
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