Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-27

yol have not the power TO commit the act
which would disgrace US forever.
VOICE FROM Fresno
A. T. Covall, of Fresno, next addressed the
meeting. He had lived in Fresno for ten years.
Knew the wants of that section, and understood
the wishes and desires of the people of Fresno
county. Was in favor of irrigation in favor of
putting the water to the best possible use. He
tn ought there was sufficient water for all pur-
poses without all this controversy, litigation or
attempt at litigation. There should be a middle
ground taken; one that would secure equal
rights 10 all The people who live on the banks
of the streams those who live back upon the
plains. all have rights. The Appropriation
should not sees the ruination of the riparianist.
One branch of the government should not en-
deavor to build itself up by tearing down
another branch. Lengthy litigation is not desir-
able. 1t is generally presumed that the irrga-
tor must pay the bill. 4 large majority OF the
irrigatonists are not in favor Of robbiug the
riparianistS. Such proposition does not take
with his people, Notwithstanding the lengthy
petitions that have been forwarded from that
section to the Legislature. Signatures to pc
tti0n are easily obtained to n petition where
the subject matter of the petition is not thor
Oughly understood
SAMUEL FOWLER OF TuLARE,
Delivered a lengthy address on the irrigation or
appropriations side of the proposition. He de-
scribed the bitches of the farmers III Fresno,
Kern and Tulare, which he claimed were made
and owned by the poor farmers, and not owned
and controlled by Haggin & Carr other
capitalists He said it was not true
t a1es the aepr water y Tqs all he a Canned
had sixty miles OF ditch which he took out of a
navigable stream. He is the man that is fight
ing the people, he is the individual who is fur
nishing the money and brains to carry on this
warfare. Every one knows the people are SOW
ereign, and the people will and ought to be
heard. He wanted the riparians to have all the
rights they were entitled to- He was willing
that every acre of their ground should be irri-
gate1, but none of the water should be allowed
TO run to waste. Let the State take the water
in its own hands, and then We need never fear
monopolies. The result would be that every
person would have enough and to spare, and
the State would prosper
JOHN BARKER,
OF Kern county, was opposed to allowing the
water to be gobbled up by Haggin & Carr, or
other monOpolists. He wanted the State to have
control, and then al would have a square deal.
He related how the poor farmers in his section
had been squeezed By ditch-owners. He closed
by saying: q We have sacrificed our youth and
manhood for what little we have, and we do not
now in our old age wish to be rooted out. Give
HaggIn Il Carr possession of the water and how
long will it he until they have the land? Mr.
Fowler pictures time to come that is as far off
as the millennium itself-when the lion and the
lamb shall lie down together Give Haggin &
Carr the water. and the the lamb will be de-
voured by the lion before the latter lies down.
Marks. of Fresno, made quite lengthy
speech, and was followed by
:. c. ILLS, OF FRESNO,
Who is an owner in the Heilbron-Polly tract
which extends along the north bank of the
Kings river for thirty-SiX miles, and contains
upwards of 5000 acres. Some 10000 or Ia, 900
acres are in grain and hops, the remaining land
used as pasturage. Mr.. Lillis had a map of the
ranch. which is a Mexican grant older than
California itself, having been decided by
the Government of Mexico in 1876. He
gave a splendid description of the
land, the soil, source and. quantity of
the supply, the number of canals in
that section, their capacity, etc. His remarks
were Listened to with marked attention He was
questioned by almost every member of the Leg
lslature, and was ready to answer promptly and
intelligently every question legal or otherwise
that was put to him. From his statement no
farmer has been refused water, but every one
given every facility to take, except at the dry
season of the year, and that Is after the irriga-
tiuu Season iS over