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

oman ~ tine wlHfHuU Hu....I NN l.U
...I.r re.snuy aHmiitrI .ate6, Ell.
rerial'y tH.iaf Wv1.InF, whose p..-
stltuti1naI declaration s...da fnaay 7s
foremost Boz I.r tasi of application i.f
ave grars Ia.t utsi.
ItwtyH. .rIItlh.r. mention tU4i
tho .I.I"r.,..es OF t.utsf, I.1aa buI
.,r.r.aE. nave. uy IarIs.auyu vuaui.
.ufHpf. added gI.biu Ibe Ia.tIrw weeks
.s.....t iIpDitrsIIy thr. came language
ID their state laws that which
tgpv uufgftuuHty'y omitted ln t.Ulr
clurfimulnn. and uaIIy, scutIumar,
Iuav did mod have ru .uu.fuuIiy u-
ctt.sr tbry were uHIui H Geo aud c1mu
300 b. fore ia. InY .. l-.. was passed ,
and nf vuieu U.u may properly avail
Uar.rI
10 ~ old .u.U.y seem chat rvUfH
effort o. maintain aIIruIf uuIHr riEuH
should Ut. within state rs.lIuI; tNp p"..
ole uf Jul u4vu heretofore HhIwu
inr.r auUIty aa / have a.TuHIY stated
fBnvtIi turma.Ivps .f Ius fI.Itt1 ur.
.uU..r v4tpruuuuf Federal uwurul.U
why cannot they UI Iuu came HU.
uri slate cOutf12
.la tfausiur u. rgh' ~ control from
lIt ua.lulI government ,Y 600 ugH
state Huu tUbt BIZ utNr4 IDr uuu l}
tUH uufuH. Legislature aud tuu urI.
pIa VIII have this uuIuf tnUir own
suirfyIaI0n.
Iu IlIH connection, suHl.umHu,l may
aa we'll ay uFht uu.e, boo order il cor.
tee. wutt seems To- be- o. very general
msa.IfuUeusIHu. tH4t there Dr. u1 rugu
Niug a private HWUrrNu iu cue
sIf.4u4 ~ suu1 wore luH case, Uuu
UHIli boz today uUNlInr wIi4gfutHs.
luu fIg4t Cool appropriate water Cor ben.
.Urul pIrpH.., tunl De-, ihu right o.
a#. lur visitors which mHy flow through
%. IguN.Ty Uf como from cue
IlE.a, bias N""u gButui 90 those WIN
ID sDHu.IuIfUtuHt Coz SOME tuUuhCnl
uurU sg. When Boo 1905 tho Federal
It VUIumgut goo gu.a.4 tIU local cone
HIuDUs which vAHtui, particularly I.
California, and which were airylu| iN
existence i0r severe. yunm 300 Umu, .
sHUiuI tI tuD Ir pie ui thu WrL uu.
lrr certain conditions which Wuiu
II..n auI cIra, inc right 90 JrU thH
public WlluIH. Our own Laws H.uCo
then, recognizing what vA. H1 kindly
I1Lr aud vHuGHfatsd uy thy Fclcui
.ytr1muut not Yulv accepted uli that
Uut tuuy TOOK particular pains 90 place
Within their laws thal which shows
exactly how mau mIy usv, ur no.
uH., tur wltur which uH nHs npptpurl'
AtsI Tor uuuh beneficial purpose, aud
this b. one 90 tue lgst thlugB which
ogggfa lH our siatuicr. rucsg, our
local statutes, as "a Territory, show 10
what uEiput We rtCuguiE1 the us0 %
wh.rr. and hu who uuts O. e use 10, 0r
urElrUtH 90 u4n 30, hab gut 10 plyU Wuy
,0 somebody slsr.
section -t-s. Territorial statutes pic.
vlItH that ga continuous neglect 20
Gtup lu repair any means OF dlvtTtiugi
1f convey Ing water ur o. continuous
failure 90 uaruuy tglt tI water, fDf u
prrUI utsuyuu yrutl ut any time after
.ur uasaagp ul This act, Hhnil lu held 90
.u no Abandonment anu forfeiture OF
.uun rlguLu
The people Of Utah have prot.
l0iy awaited themselves OF the Federal
90 an tEttut which may ur
"a model Boo some respects o. the rot Ui
.uc people % the Unltui States iu the
arid region, iuaamuch on they have,
through cg- operation, shown what may
be- done Ina a variety Of ways in tho
uahgu 1t this water; yot there seems Co
bee a continual Misrepresentation that
the use OF water constitutes nursnip.
/ came a0r0sa nu article la q local
paper few days ago which has owl.
uoutly been written by somebody who
understood thu subject pretty thorough
ly, and Will read portions OF II ns
part Of my IcmnrkE
"lu the declaration OF tho sovereign.
ly 0i the Slate over the sources of
water supply, there IL no C0unsClti0u
Vt any tA|Huug or prospective right"
it isnn impuaBlbillly .bcre
il 900 such thing. "For 30 has been
long recognised by the courts 0ud tur
legislatures ui the country that ne
livldull 0f corporate prlprigt1uhIp in
water c.uHiHls only lu the Right 90 It's
reasonable usu, Priority Dt that uso
establishes lnu flHhL Title 10 water BE-
not Hike tito 90 land, The latter n
absolute, the former Do usuiruglgary or
The law of Congress recognizes This
difference. 10 provides
"rnaf Whenever boy priority n pns-
session, rights 90 the use uI water iIF
miuiug, agricultural mauuiaCiurIr
brother rufrurus, have vested auI Gc-
Cfuti, aud tho zane arc recognized
aui acknowledged ly the local cue.
toms, laws uui io1IsIrai OF courts, the
% fHrs. o. uad owners 90 such vested
rights sh 10 boo maintained anu pro.
t.ctHu in the same"
Tho Utah statute on water rights 90
based ON the same principle. 40 sny,: