Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-04-29
Official Call for the Fourth National
Irrigation Congress.

By the authority of the national execu
tive committee, the Fo urth National Irri-
cation Congress is hereby called to meet
in the city of Albuquerque, N. NJ, for the
four days beginning September 16, 1895.
The present year is proving to be the
most remarkable in the history Of Ameri-
can irrigation. 1t has seen wonderful
awakening of popular interest in the
cause throughout the east, resulting in
the organization of most potential forces
for the purpose of cooperating with the
western people; the enactment of well
considered irrigation laws in eight states,
and the creation of administrative sys-
TENS in five of them; the recognition of
the pressing nature of the problem by
the Departments of interior and agricul-
ture, under whose direction a national
board of irrigation has been formed from
officials in various Departments of the
government.
These splendid evidences of the trium-
plant progress of the irrigation cause
demand large representative and effec-
tive session of the irrigation congress in
1895. A further reason for such gather
ing is the fact that the presidential cam
paign of 1896 will be inagurated previous
to the assembling of another session of
this body, and that it is thus necessary
to formulate at Albuq uerque the de-
mands which the friends Of irrigation
will desire to make upon the great politi-
cal parties of the nation.
In view of the nature of the oppor-
tunity, program Of extraordinary va
riety, interest and importance will be
arranged, and it is anticipated that this
session of the congress will be more
widely useful and influential than the pre-
vious convention at Salt Lake in 1891, in
at Los Angeles in 1898 and at Denver in
1894. The friends of irrigation through
out the United States-for to-day the
movement is national in its scope and in
terests-should unite in an effort to OBJ
tain worthy result at Albuquerque.
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION.
In accordance with resolution of the
Third National Irrigation Congress at
Denver, Colorado, September 8, 1893 the
Fourth National Irrigation Congress will
be composed as follows:
l. All members of the national ex-
ecutive committee.
2. ALI members of state and terrific
rial lrrigating committee.
3. Five delegates at-large, to be ap-
pointed by their respective governors,
for each of the following states and ter
ritories: Arizona, California, Colorado,
Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Da-
kota, Texas, Utah, Washington and
Wyoming.
4. Three delegates at large for each
state and territory not heretofore enumer-
ated, to be appointed by the governor
of said states and territories, or in the
case of the District of Columbia, by the
president.
s. One delegate each from regularly
organized irrigation, agricultural and
horticultural societies, and societies of
engineers, irrigation companies, agricul-
tural colleges and commercial bodies.
6. Duly accredited representatives of
any foreign nation or colony, each men,
Der of the United States senate and house
of representatives, and each governor of
a state or territory will be admitted as
honorary members.
The use of proxies and the manner of
casting the vote of delegations will be
regulated in accordance with resolution
adopted at Denver and printed on page
9S of the official report of that meeting.
By order Of the national executive COM
mittee.
Signed FLED L. ALLIES, Chairman.
WIN. E. SMYTHE, Secretary.