Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-19

other recently admitted states, &C.
ptcinliy Gu { 0f NvoulnF, Wnnfc core
tlItuii0nal declaration flarda Today 7H
foremost iu iIu test OF application iyt
i've years la.t unst.
10 may he gpllt hero mention ihAt
the older slafcs OF hautns, Texas AMI
NuUraaka uavr, by lrglsiuuvu cuaci'
mont, added within ihu last few WceLH
s.uisst technically the same language
o. their ttniu laws that which
tuoy uuf0TluuHlCIy omitted IN ter
contributions. nud really, geuilomeit
lhny did nor have 800 opportunity i-
causo they were uIIni H.HtsH bud came
iu b. fore ths law no 1865 was raHsrit
aud of winch Ush may properly avail
hcrsul.
IL would ufrIy seem that Uyotg
effort o. maintain all prior wafer Rights
should boz within Htlir DYuifUG the pnu.
ole OF Utah have heretofore shown
iheIr abmty aa have already stated
I0avaII themselves Uf ius Right O. ufu
public water under Federal Ownership
why cannot thUy J1 iuu tHms uu'
dot 6.ntu cDHtfUi
rbo transfer o. right to control from
Ono national government go tuu new
-tatrlHuli tuht D. asrcI i0t uuu by
tuI8 0uroWu Legislature aui tho rru.
Die VIII have this uuIur thuir own
supervision.
lu h,s connection, gentlemen, may
o. well say ught nufr, iu order Co cor.
tee. what seems 10 be- "a very general
uIfapprrucusiIn, tuut there Dr. 100 surh
Miug o.. private uwurrh.u tu cue
hifapma. No suUl woe tuu case, Utah
wIili boz today huwiing wiiIurutaH
IuU rigDt fI appropriate water Tor benz
HNrlai purpurrf, tBn. Do, thu right 90
eco tho wHtru which muy How through
%. Territory OF come ium cue
laEsa, has boon gfauiui % tho5c WIN
u1 suinpufnpfutoit Tor some beneficial
purpose When iu 1865 tho Federal
E governments Gee Uula.l tue local cone
uIu1us wmch eXlstul, particularly 10
California, and which wufu already lu
existence Tor several yCnu in Utah, },
gnuirl Go Tive ru pie NJ the Wr.ti uu.
IHr certain conditions which were
plain lul clear the light 90 wee the
public Waiofs. Our own lave Finco
ilun, recognizing what Wa t1 kindly
I1Lu aud vuuulHaisd hY thu Ftdctnl
r yer1mvut. not Gully accepted nli that
uut thUy took particular paine ~ place
Within their laws that which shows
cNuCly how o. mnu may utv, or no.
uH., tur water which uu mas npptopfl.
atrl Tor such beneficial purpose, And
thia iH one % tnu beet things which
occurs iu our HlnluluH. These, our
lIcal statutes, A. a Territory, show ~
what cEiuut We rcc1guiz5 tue usu VI
wafer, aud hp who dues MT use 10, OF
uuglrCtn 90 uH0 %, has got 70 give way
10 somebody else.
Section -5s3. Territorial uiatutes,prC'
ViiuH that go continuous neglect W
Keep In repair any means VI divcrtingi
Ut convey INK water or continuous
failure % use Any tght 10 water, Tor a
utful 10 seven yrnIl ut any limu after
The passage OF This act, shall be- held 90
tu Hn abandonment anu forfeiture VI
fuCh rlgut"
The people Of Utah have prot.
ably awaited themselves Of the Fsdural
90 an s1t'nt which may bu
a model in some respects 90 tho ruIt OF
tue people oi the United States ia tue
arid region, inasmuoh 90 they have,
through operation, shown what may
DO done Ia a variety Of ways Ia The
usage oi this water; yet there seems so
w u AANAANAAA AAAAHANNlA NNN.
the usu OF wat 10 constitutes Ow norshlu.
came aor0ta Rn article Ia q local
paper a few days ago which has owl.
doutly been written by somebody who
undolhi0ou the subject pretty thorough
ly, and l Will read portions OF II ~
part Of my remarks
SIN the declaration OF tho sovereign.
IS OF the State over tho sources VI
water supply, there 10 no Connscati1u
Of any tNIsuug OF prospective right"
Gentlemen, 70 iHnn impUgalhility -,nuro
IL DO such thing. "F0r % has been
louV recognized by the courts aud the
Legislatures " tho country that IN
Iiyldunl or corporate pr1prlct0uhip iu
water consists ouly in tho right 20 It's
reasonable uag. Priority uf that uaD
establishes the righL Title 10 water h.
not like title 90 land. The latter is
absolute, the former 10 uuuirug,uary OF
posstssofy,"
the law OF Congress recognizes this
difference. ltpr0vidrU
"runt whenever by priority n puf-
suaHi1u, rights 10 tho use OF water Tor
miliug, agricultural, manufacture
brother purposes, have vested anI ace
cTuul, and the tAmr arc recognized
and acku0w lodged y tho local Gus
toms, laws pui decisions Of courts, the
y HHrHs.rH and owners 90 such vested
rights IA u boo maintained ANA pro.
trCird iu the same"
Tho Utah statute on water rights 20
based on the same principle. 40 sny,;
- Right 90 the use " water Tor any
useful purpose, such as llr domestic
pun Olus, lrflgnUug landr, pro-
pellng machinery, washing aud sluic-
Ing ores, aui other like purposes, IL
hereby recognized anu nCknuw lodged
Go have vested uud accrued, ar pTi-
mary right, o. the extent uf and fea.
fonabIU NECESSITY Tor such u5p thuro0fU
lunt was recognized by our people
OF Uiau oven before tho passage Of tho
act OF Congress,
"rhe same distinction ast the right
90 MstWg Ut water instead H' absolute
OEHCrahp will be- found ina tHH lave 8I
She different states and ln tho decisions
o. thuir court, aud OF the Supreme
Court Of the United Shta. 10 may Uo
arGuHd that 90 |s o. distinction without
"a difference, but tngt ls uHf s1. me
tIIF ulIV hoid Nt'. 60 tlG Hlttr. irhfls
Wdudul haze uftgd ughts TO ts
FtQsuHHI.. us1 IhfCi cannot tg taken
nom arm lN uhCh Ucy WYy IsC IN
u8uta,,"
lu assuming owIeubip 0i tho wnieu
thp Stat. oi Utah would ulrl virtually
600 u0l1ius No iu trust tor tue whole
uyop,e OF rho state, thIs would not
interfere VITA ann vested righl 10 ils
uHD,
10 viii al51 extend 10 the powor 10