The herald., 1893-10-11

men, now better contented tnan ours.
But the time will soon come when, like
ne, you will have your overcrowded
Manchesters and your rovercrowded Birm-
inehams, filed with men without work,
then" be SAYS, 1.-THE true test OF your
institutions will come" Applause.l
And that old philosopher, Carlisle,
said the same thing little earlier when
he expressed the opinion that our
safety lay in the fact that we had so few
people and so much land. | reap an ar
ticle in the "Review of Reviews" by
our friend Mr.. Smythe, who is here, and
whom wish to thank, and another ar
ticle in the "Arena" only this month
on the very question-the question OF
homes for the future-the question OF
what this irrigation movement is to do,
and the assertion that it is to revolution
ize farming methods in a large portion
of the west.
rode few months ago in Texas
across one immense farm. l felt blue.
felt that was not the normal and pros
porous condition of society.
We have come to this point. We are
going now to attempt another kind OF a
thing. The supreme effort that is to be
made in the future, and that you are
making today, is to see on how small q
patch of land man can bring up and
educate and feed family. [Great APP
plsuse.l want to live long enough to
see that day coming in these mountain
states and territories. / nail the hour
when we will enter upon the era OF small
farms. Applause.
Now, l hardly know when to atop
wnen / talk about this subject. My
heart is with you. l expect to work in
this convention if my life is spared, and
l know we shall be glad to come out
here occasionally to take lessons from
you gentlemen, you California farmers.
always like to have man talk to me
who can tell me something l didn't
know before. We hope to get lots OF
those Lessons before we 90 back. Then
we will call another convention in the
city of Denver, or somewhere else, and
you must come up there, and we will
keep agitating this question until the
Washington government doeH what 1T
ought to do. | am not here to say ex-
actly what l think the Washington
government ought to do, but took up
my paper yesterday and saw that they
were spending large amount OF money
to deepen the Hudson river up above
Albany, away up there into the noun
tains OF Vermont Laughter.I
But, the idea of doing something to
develop and bring in this great country
out here-why. that is what they call
''paternalism." l believe that's the
word they use. [Laughter.l
Well, l am no paternalist; don't
want to ask Uncle Sam to do a single
thing with this country more than what
he ought to; but | want him to tell me
for my state what the supplies are un-
der the great plains region; l want him
to indicate by proper tests what there is
there and to provide the money to do it
with. 1t has been done for in your state.
l believe there has already been ex-
pended here $3.50, 900 dollars in selecting
and marking out reservoirs. L believe
you have between As and 40 reservoir
sites marked out by the United States
in the last year. That is all right. On
Gle Sam has located your reservoirs.
with your money and develop them.
want Uncle Sam to give US some help
in that direction.
l submit to you and the American
people that we are not asking the exer-
else of the paternalism of Uncle Sam,
! but we want him to at least make an
irrigation survey, even if we do not ask
him to run a canal or something of the
sort from the head waters of the Mis-
souri, and bring it to the dry lands on
this side. MY own idea is that that
thing has got good deal of thought in
it, and there is something that will
probably uaterialize by and by.
Now, gentlemen, am ready for buHi-
ness, and | do hope that you will help
me in bringing this convention straight
down to business. If a man has any
thing to say let him get up and say it,
and let him be certain that when he has
said what he knows he stops. Laugh
ter and great applause.]
The following were elected to serve on
the California extra committee: G. G.
Wright, w. S. Green, n. w. Blanchard
and L. NJ. Holt.
A resolution was passed instructinp
these mem bers on the committee of res.
olutions not to vote on any proposition
ceding any lands to the state, but that
the control should remain in the hands
OF the federal government.
The following presented credentials al
delegates: A. Keith, DR.. Joseph Jarvis
J. B. Pierce, Santa Bar bsra, and O. j.
Hayden, Tempe, Ariz.
A. Gurd and w. l.. Hardeson will rep
resent the state board of agricult ure il
the congress.
COL. IRIsH's ADDRESS.
At the evening session Col. John P
Irish was introduced to large audienc,
by Gen. Eli II. Murray, ex-governor o
Utah, who was called upon by acclama
tion to preside, and was presented BY
the chairman, Judge Emery. Gov
Murray said: 81 am sure that in behal
of the members of the congress of irri
CATION whatever it may in the future The
presence of the ladies has added to the
enjoyment of the occasion.
ut is unnecessary to say one word oi
commendation of the gentlemen who
will speak tonight. now present tt
you Col. John P. Irish"
Col. Irish said in part:
Mr.. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLE
MEN-We are fortunate in being the
guests Of this ancient city-this city
which has rested united under three
hsgs and under three nations.
the panorama which lies below, and
when you view the panorama which lieE
below you will know as you were never
permitted to know before what irriga
tion can do for you. 1t will occur to you
that the beauties of the rainbow of Cal
ifornia as the rainbow of heaven have
been made all out of water and sun
shine.
All had its origin, even what you see
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