The morning call., 1893-10-11
THEY ARE AGREED
The Irrigation Congress
Organizes.
ALL THE OFFICERS CHOSEN.
Pen Pictures of Some of the Most
Distinguished Delegates--Chair-
man Emory's Address.

Los ANGELES, Oct. 10-About $50 dele
gates have been seated in the International
Irrigation Congress. which began its five
days session here this morning. The ar
rival of delegates from New South Wales
and from India. the address of welcome by
Governor Markham and the formal t1Owery
speech of John P. Irish were the features
of the three sessions.
J. S. Emory of Kansas was chosen per-
manent chairman. There is no more strIk-
ing figure in the convention than that oi
Judge Emory. he has "lean and hungry
look" ike Cassius, and Daniel Webster
head. He is bald and gray, and wears a
thin, white beard, which does not hide the
large. broad mouth, so common to deep
thinkers. He loves the Sunf1ower State
and admires California. Before he was
made president of the congress he insisted
that the Golden State should have more
than the average representation on the
resolutions committee. California was
modest and declined TO take advantage OF
its numerical strength. at is your duty,
said Judge Emory to the California delega-
ton. and that settled the question.
In his strong and able address upon
assuming the duties Of president Judge
E Emory said he could pay Los Angeles no
higher compliment than to mention that
she possessed the largest library in the
world in proportion to her population.
California's delegation is almost equal
In mum bers to that OF all the other States
and Territories combined. The French
delegation is the most distinguished one
tiyes of the Federal Government here: Z.
H n ewell. of the Department of the In
terror; Major j. W. Powell. director of the
I'm tied States Geological Survey. and a.
p. Davis. of the same branch Of service.
There are six ex-GoVernors in the con-
gress, and three of them are in the Arizona
delegation. One Of these is j. j. Gosper,
VINO was acting Governor during his in
cumbency of the Office of Secretary OF
State. Another Of the three is eX-Gov-
ernor e. C. Power. who once guided the
ship of state of Tennessee. Lionel A.
Sheldon is the third, and was Governor of
the State he now represents in this con-
gress. But the biggest of the gubernatorlal
delegates is General Eli 81. Murray. whe
was once Governor of Utah. he is big in
tion. He is broad of shoulder, with a mil
itary bearing and well-poised head that
rises full six feet from the surface. Ex-
Governor o. a. Hadley of New Mexico
and Heacock of Iowa conclude the ex
gubernatorial list.
VIII Green of Colusa and G. c. Wright
of Modesto are as well known as any OF
the California delegation. One is a we'll
known newspaper man and the other is
the author Of the famous district irrigation
law. Mr.. Wright is slick in dress. He
wears Prince Albert coat a1d hand
some terra Gotta mustache. His colleague
of the Colusa Sun is elderly, gray-bearded
and aggressiyely patriarchial In manuer
and bearing.
Richard j. Hinton. the veteran journal
ist and irrigationist, who represents New
Mexico, has already served his country
well in this congress by presiding over
f the committee on credentials. His thick
white beard is becoming, and is not
trimmed on the same plan as his hair.
You would know that Jerry Milay
comes from Arizona though you had not
heard his solemn euogium of the pre-
historic irrigationists this morning when
he assumed the duties of temporary
chairman. When putting the question to
the house he pockets one or more of his
hands, and his blonde mustachios have the
wild and wooliy droop. Nevertheless he
made good chairman and was thoughtful
enough upon retiring to appoint ex-
Governor Sheldon, Mr.. Smythe and Will
Green as a committee to escort his sue
cessor to the chair.
Colonel Rice of Arizona has already said
good many timely things in the conven-
tion. He is a typical Kentucky colonel,
save that there is no tobacco JUICE on his
coat lapel and that there is copper Grand
Army of the Republic button in it. He
wears the military gray mustache and
goatee and bears himself like soldier.