Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-19
AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
Matters Relating 10 Water Right, r.
fgallOl and Agriculture.
Discussion nsforo The Convention
Commiuss who Arc Ds,oting 60
10 Exhaustive Consider ttion.

the irrigation commission iuf lkAN
appeared before them on March ION,
1895, and by request % Chairman
Murdoch Of the committee the NEWS
gives that portion ot the proceedings
which IL of public interest
The meeting opened with the follow.
ing remarks delivered Boy the secretary
Of Utar Irrigation commissions
nm requested by your chairman
90 give you Funu ~ tue reasons which
nrtuulrI tho Utah Irrigation cImmT-
sluu in tncir suggestions 90 your hon
0faule iUly concerning Huguiiuu
principles in our CousltIuDu.
Early after their acceptance 90 OIL FU
Chat ls, the acceptance Ui tue .nlru Ut
tho c0mmlsriuul they discovered tHu
great Discrepancies existing Doc tue
statute laws " almost every iIr fc.
quiriug irrigation, AMI with ID uusIr. o.
provide Tor Uhu such CIuHutufIuuHl
provisions a. would nfovcutli tr chaotic
conditions, they gave the fuiIUgt com.
siderable study uuI finally aI ItUl ua
"a basis '0r ItUuutuiiuu 90 ilr iHuyU.a
lion, what D. Eu0wu as the Wyoming
constitution.
This having wl,haiord sII tae or.
taults ~ the pa8t 1--we yUarf, uHs been
considered aB % model, AMI is being
very generally adopted uy other sI.t.s
OF the uru region iu their statutory
rnucimCuiF, fUr Ihu reason ~ never
having 30 900 iucIf original constitution
they found thsi fuHurr UT later s.Wr
declaration o. chat bind was absolutely
o'nuutlnL
The object DO o. SECURE Co UuH uuH
constitutional pr1vHiJnH Es we'll pie.
vent parIHtH legislation BOO tHr future,
which may bD ~ uUItlmuuInI nH Do HaH
proved ylsuwhUfr.
viii here iuiUrlnBt,, ErHlum1u,
aud state that r,C. nf rlngtUUuts 10
legislatures uf surrounding HiuiuH
have shown that owing tU fuiB
very same lack of constitutional
pr0viHilu each succeeding legislature
nnB frlt 10 itH duty 90 tluavI with inst
which ltH predecessor. huI undertaken,
aud without going Into dvtsil snail
merely mention that no lc.s than Ulgut
uf the nov FtatsB 0i tue Wusi uIu sIf-
frIlng from TIA, very fact
AZ secretary OF the comm Hiuu
can well premise my statement 10y Hay-
Ing that showing a. We 900 do tua
character % the men composing this
commission, the utter ubfIgiIty uf their
suggesting anything but what they
deemed would DO Tor tho tpBi iutcfust
OF all our people, b. apparent When
give % 700 tue names 90 this UIumls-
ai0u, gentlemen, / think you viii bear
me uut IN that ststumBnl
For chairman Il has tho honorable
goutlou an vino tiis hero close ty,
Judge l.. w. shuTlul, whom 1 believe
you an know very wei; hp De- % meme
ber Of thgnatiounl executive gommii-
tee OF the ifrigniiln Cgugruf; Cue
Hon. dro, O. Cannon il u gentleman
tuiliCioully we'll known lu this Iutr.
tory, aud who has national rrrut.-
ton; Col 4. "A. Holloway, Of Beaver,
| believe most VI you have heard d.
already ~ being one Of those who y
putting In very large works in the Tor.
ritOty Ia tho vicinity " Beaver ~
q. ~, Want'anu, OF Salt Lake City, b.
u gentleman well known 81 hs con.
nuclion with tue city government ui
Salt Lake aud Ia connection with r.gl
estate nfain; aud Mr.. W. n. Rowe,
who has chAfsc OF the big works up nj
Coriunt; those gentlemen compose
this commission, anu 10 would br, aH 1
ttstld before, mUst absurd tor uur 90.
itant 10 think that any ouo OF them
would submit any Thug 10 your h0nor-
gulu b0uy that wuu'l DO IA The slight
ct way detrimental.
AZ NY tymafRs this m0gni1g viii,
by request, be confined Co tur urt
section OF tho proposed enactment. 4
would request that ut some other limo
We may nave opportunity OF explain
Ing the ttaslusiUt the other pr1ylHl1nH,
AMI iugthrr, should 1 not make myself
CLEAR Ia any % my remarks, Ur umt
anything tnA, you deem important,
would iufihcf request tunt any uI 900
uf your committee present such quuH.
tons ne you drsifrtanu / viii ruiulvUr
90 answer them Co tho tut 90 my
ability, ne know tue gentleman
representing the cummiHiuu here 40.
lrrty VIII aiso gladly DO.
It's perhaps well that the HuggeB,
lions which VIZ have presented iu
pfiut i0r the o0uBiIufali1n OF the Con.
yuatluu have been questioned ~ 90
tnoif wisdom, sinU1 through Discus.
zion of them better understanding VI
Tie whole subject may Doe ArrlvrdlL
Now when tur Utah Irrigation come
mission transmitted 10 yluf honorable
body "a oguClBu statement vi what they
believe Will promote the best Interests
a tho state VI ulah 90 she matter of
irrigation nRhu, they WuTg consider.
uuly surprised % mud their tuHgrstuus
mruuluutUOI, Evrl rHu,e at tile
hwf gt thn United States uuI th.ru
thtruunluf ni our Territory, SHOVE that
complete mIHHlpguutuHI ui lhr uU..
uuu 10 the law uAlstH. THO umUIrut-
lugt OF tho commission hA. uHta o. SHOW
that DO o. proper tlnt an uHu1nulp oil
WAtura now vested 900 ug controlled 3D.,
tav United States WITHIN the lrUlury
az Utah shall be owned uuI controlled
by uan IueIl when 90 uuulmrs
state,
All vested rights arc respected Boy
thil Transfer of the Federal govern.
muut 10 the new state ui uAu Fuf.
tuor, ia might bee we'll Co hero say, laat
what To- now proposed ID the outcome
OF the uOa, MINDS 0i tho Wpat, Ub 90 O.
constitutional basis i1l new sla.es r.n-
Uurniug water within the uII rugIuu.
Placing Wituiu State cuutful tuu n.
tetrs.a VI our people Hns ulUuyB boon
uuu OF Ubh'8 a.llI tthu'F,
Daring tho last fifty Avafa q gh hns
made irrgnt.oH hsioTy quite mmIlyi
NOT uul1 That, but % huo ruowu 10 tuu
outside world tbEi % De- capable uul hus
byen capable As o. Territory ingmiui,-
tefiug practically lbs owu tnaur. nal
aytmH TO ua, however uuuumuulnI
priuclplr ui yur People that they NOT
only desire o. uIauHge anu take caro- "
thht which lH mos. iuu1rtnut % them,