The record-union., 1893-10-11

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
Los ANGELES, Oct. 10.-The Irrigation
Congress opened to-day with between
expected.
The morning was taken up with tenn
porary organization.
For temporary Chairman, State
Treasurer Mcdonald and Jerry Millay of
Arizona were candidates. Millay was Sc
lected.
The delegates were greeted by Governor
Markham.
The outlook is good for interesting ad-
dresses and debates.
Among those present are ex-Governors
Hadley and Seldom of New Mexico; F..
H. Newell, Special Agent Department of
the Interior; Director Powell of the
United States Geological Survey; r. j.
Hinton, New York, Leon PHILIPPE, Di-
rector of Agriculture, France; Count
Comodzinsky, Russia; G. G. Wright,
Modesto; w. S. Green. Colusa; Abbott
Kinney and w. E. Smythe of Utah.
1t is expected there will be lively con-
troversy on the question Of ceding the
Government arid lands to States and Ter
ritories.
There will be determined opposition to
the plan to request Congress to take this
action. The opposition is to be led by
Hinton, who was formerly connected
with the Geographical Survey under
Powell.
Committees were appointed as follows:
Permanent OrganiZation-Arizon j.
l.. Vanderwor orker; California, Judge Pc
terbaugh; Idaho, T. ID. Babitt; Kansas,
IL. 0. HInckley; Montana, Ii. 0. Peter
son; Nebraska, j. M. Lee; Nevada, l.. ii.
Taylor; New Mexico, r. j. Hinton; Utah,
II. S. Stone; Illinois, w. E. Allen; WASH
ington, G.. A. Miller; New South Wales,
Alex. Bruce; France, r. LeIebure; Rus
sia, Count Comodzinsky.
Resolutions-Dr. t. b. Comstock, Cali
fornia; l.. A. Sheldon, Illinois; w. e.
Allen, Kansas; Judge J. S. Emery, Mon
tana; Otto Peterson, Nebraska; j. NJ.
Lee, Nevada; John g. w. Merrill, New
Mexico; r. j. Hinton, Utah; w. f.
Smythe, New South Wales; France and
Russia, the same as the other committee;
Washington, q. A. Miller; Idaho, L. b.
Babbitt; American Society of Irrigation,
Engineer w. Ham Hall. California was
allowed four additional members on the
committee, to be chosen and sent into the
committee tomorrow without reporting
to the convention. The Texas delegation,
to arrive this evening, was given permis-
sion to name member of the Resolutions
Committee.
The Committee on Permanent Organ
iZation reported the following list Of of
ficers: President, Judge j. 2. Emery of
Lawrence, kas.; Honorary Presidents, r.
OF Russia, Alexander Brice of New South
Wales, Mexico and England to be an
nounced later; Vice observation-disclosures.
DIR. L. b. Comstock; California, j. Il.
Mcdonald; Nebraska, j. NJ. Lee; Utah,
w. +. Stone; Idaho, I. d. Bartlett;
Washington, DR.. G.. A. Miller; Nevada,
John E. Jones; Montana, C. Keneck;
Kansas, e. r. Moses; New Mexico, S. P.
Hentzleman; Illinois, w. e. Allen; Ore
gon, r. L. Cox; for the American Society
of Irrigation Engineers, ]. NJ. Schuyler
of California; Secretary, Il. l.. Allies OF
Los Angeles; Assistant Secretaries, j. M
Gregory of Garden City, kas., and A. l.
Hicks of Yuma, Arizona.
The committee recommended that
permanent Executive Committee be
named by the delegations, and reported
through their Chairmen to the conven-
ton, consisting of one member from each
State and Territory represented.
The report was adopted, and President
Emery was escorted to the platform
amidst applause and delivered his ad-
dress.
Judge Emory remarked: " Ou must
remember that the very name irrigation
is a new one to Eastern people. In my
own State 1 am frequently asked where
are you going TO get the water to moisten
the great West with. They have little
idea that there is water enough now on
the surface to irrigate $50, 100000 acres. /
don't pretend to be a prophet, but be-
lieve the boy now born will see lands all
the way from here to the ninety-seventh
meridian blossom as rose. We shall
learn in time that the Almighty has
given US enough rain if we will only
take care of it. Irrigation will afford
place for many young men congested in
cities.
LAS Macaulay and Carlyle have said,
our safety so far has been In the fact that
we have so much public land. Irrigation
will mark the downfall of the big farms.
am free to admit that am no friend of
big farms. The true idea is to see on how
small piece of land a family can live. I
hope we can come out here again and
learn some moro about this from you.
Then you must come to Denver, or some
other city, and keep at it until the United
States Government does what it ought to
do. I submit to the American people
that we are not asking Uncle Sam to ex-
ercise spirit of paternalism."
In the evening John p. Irish delivered
an address.