The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-08
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
CALLED TO ORDER AT DENVER.
Delegates Present from Twenty Three
States and from Canada and Mexico =
Eiwood Mead of Wyoming Elected
Prcsident, and +. r. smith. Secretary.

Denver, Sept. 4.-The third annual
irrigation congress began its session In
Denver yesterday. II promises to be
more prolific OF results and more In
the previous congresses. The number
OF delegates is not extremely large. but
u states md territories are represent
ed besides Canada and Mexico. ana
all the delegates are influential citi-
zcns of the sections from which they
come. The first days session was not
so full of interest as the following ones
will be. because most of the time was
taken up with the preliminnries of
organization. The congress was called
to order yesterday morning by w. H.
Smythc. chairman of the national eN-
! ecutlce committee. The Broadway the
atre was nearly full The place was
prcttily decorated with tiass and mot
toes. Among them Were these:
"Colorado's Motto Irrigation. Bimet-
allism: The inseparable Interests of
Western America"
irrigation ~ Industrial ludcpend-
cucc,"
"Small Farms and Human Equality
Chairman Snythe in calling the con
Gress 10 order, in the course of his
opening speech said.
Opinions differ as To the precise
! capabilities of Western America. but
the most critical among all our students
OF water and land comedies that we
can sustain, under n proper system OF
irrigation. as many people as now live
within the boundaries of the United
States Founding our faith on this
! conservative authority. we send to this
troubled nation the message, I'VE arc
coming. Father Abraham, with homes
for ooo.ooO'-homes where irriga-
tion shall guarantee Industrial lnde,
pcndencc, and the small farm unit the
! equality Of mem
\ letter Of welcome from Governor
/ Waite was read. and local officials also
extended n welcome.
George q Cannon of Utah, president
of the Mormon church. was elected
temporary chairman by acclamation.
/ He presided gracefully and intcrjccted
many witty remarks into the discus
sions. He delivered witty address.
/ Thomas l. Smith WAS chosen tempo
| rary secretary by acclamation.
ON motion each delegation present
! named member of the committee on
| credentials.
Committees on organization. rules
and resolutions We're also appointed.
Ex-Governor Prince moved that all
resolutions he read and referred to the
committee without debate Carried.
The credentials committee reported
that the work Of the committee was
progressing hut that 1t would he i'm
possible 10 make n full report nj that
time. Tile roll call of delegates SO far
as completed was read. and the follow
ing recommendation was read:
Resolved. That il is the sense OF the
committee OH credentials and that they
hereby recommend that each state and
territory represented In this congress
he grauicd the full vote as set forth in
the call and that all persons from any
state or territory. duly appointed from
any authority be permitted voice in
the determination of how the vote of
said state ar territory shall be cast, ana
that the vote Of said territory or state
shall he east in accordance with the
will of the majority of those present"
Ex-Governor Prince of New Mexico
made n speech opposing the adoption
of the unit rule.
A delegate from Oklahoma moved
that the last clause of the resolution
be stricken out and that the other part
providing that each state and territory
be allowed the number of votes given
II in the call be adopted.
The resolution was adopted with the
exception of the last clause: And that
the vote of said state or territory shall
be east in accordance with the will
of the majority
The committee on permanent organ.
ization reported the following list of
officers of the congress:
Elwood Mead. Wyoming. president.
John C. Foster Kansas, first vice
president.
Thomas l.. Smith, Colorado. secre-
tary.
A. NJ. West, California. first assist
ant secretary.
II. V. Hinckley. Kansas, second as
sitant secretary.
Vicr-Presidents Arizona. A. j.
Chandler; California. G. NJ. lIcintz:
Colorado. II. |. Maxwell; Idaho. j. T..
Ostrandcr: Montana. w. ii. Graves;
Nebraska. Il. ]. Foss: Nevada. r. =
Hinton. New Mexico, NJ. =. Pcls; North
Dakota. Alfred Dickey; Oklahoma, j.
| V. Admire: Oregon. f. ii. Brigham
] i v y '
| lin: Wyoming. c. e. Woboi; Illinois.
Loren Stevens: Missouri. Thomas
knight; Wisconsin, J. $. Godding;
| Canada, William Pearce: Republic of
/ Mexico. ]. Parmon Ibarolla; Washing
ton, DIR. n. G. Blaylock.
! The report was adopted unanimous
/ ly. Edward Mead, the president. is
the state engineer Of Wyoming and
! one of the ablcst students of irrigation
In the West.
| Mr.. Mead was escorted to the plat
| form amid applause. He accepted the
honor in n few words. He did not
touch upon irrigating problems. cx.
cept briefly. He pointed out that the
presence of delegates from Canada and
Mexico prcsaged the consideration OF
widely differing methods of irrigation
lie said there was much to be learned
from these foreign delegates. for he
knew that they advanced far In certain
directions and had worked out some
theories of irrigation with which Amer
leans were not exactly familiar. lie
emphasized the Importance of irriga
tion and the figure the big systems OF
bitches are going TO cut In the buildInp
of Western empire. He was ap
! plaudcd vigorously.
Lutte Wilcox. chairman of the com
mittcc on resolutions. reported the pro
grammc in n general way for the en-
tire meeting of the congress.
II was announced that the excursion
to Greeley would take place to-day. Ii
will be via the Union Pacific to Gree
ley and via the Gulf 10 Fort Collins
and return through Boulder Dinner
will be taken at Fort Collins and NJ
hour and n half will be spent ut Gree
lou. tnt.. tt.1. IL.
tain the visitors.
President Mead called the congress,
to order at S O'Clock and resigned th,
chair for the evening to John Frost o
| knnsas. The reports of the Irrigation