Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-27
PUBLIC LANDS IN UTAH,
WIS TERN STATES MUST ACT UNIFORMLY.


' "a AiNIniOny,
utah VIII set very little. II an,+,,r.
"a me way OF legislation frnn cas
60 e.. Nufii'i 'he coming session"
ce" was the Unanimous e,a,.rD..
senator's Cannon and Rau,il,s va,
bS5r ,,s .,t t.ailye King before the staio
, ,.i oil land commissioners at m To- I,a
80 ...',0l meeting held today. os Tho
,, .-'o lh'rc were present. coyo,, aH-
gus who Is President. w. X wai.n,
a., .e'ify' l. g. Macforlane, T. D. Reoa
t I. 'oH tFoo' Fisher S. Harris and / r
, ,..,''lIHoAd- The purpose OF tine ,neo,
W., ul was briefly set forth by covarro.
" ,'ls' who said that It was tho 1as,sa
-. 'he board that all represor,,.,,'S
i'e state should work in harmony To-
"'Fds getting favorable conr,ressIon.,
y, M Cs''lAuon on the public lends ouast,on
ne 'uh' Legislature had passed n hal,
u'@en or more memorials provtnc O.
sr'Ss Tor the cesSion Of lands In yar,o,,
ways and under various copdl,,ors =,
appeared to him that Utah yo. o,,.
nya LIT great deal without saving ,us.
IAduuy what 1t did want :.Ve,. '1Ss
".te congress" continual tho -.
ytHvt' mink 1 should rointadi,. -.
~! IAN what she did want ar;,,,. .s..'
!" iyIl we agree on this question Il ~.
,, sliluother sailing for us. So I ,bi,,
should endeavor to arrive M sar,a
,risa,, upon which We can aet in
WEST SHOULD ACT TOGETHER
e.. oeHator cannon was first called uron
tui an expression Of his views H. ~
gan hy saying that he was road ,o
Y1o-operate with Seneior Rawi,rs "
representative King and the iani
DSaIu IN any plan that might he
,ntIVPteu 10 secure the cession II nnb-
~ anus 10 the State. He had no not
p,ah 70 push forward or scheme ia
~. put believed the most feasible
~, ppsh 10 Utah now was to unite
W 'tu o'h5r states in asking Congress
iyo ~, all me ARID lands to the respect
we states in the arid land region A.,
pan would develop the strongest tin5
VI opposition. Steps Were even now
pslhg taken 10 secure grants OF land 10
eastern universities, the Representa-
uFes OF those states forgetting that
they nave already had their caka and
eaten II. In order to check speciaj
| movements for the cesFron Of bubble
lands to the states Throughout The
west there would De n counter prono-
sltion made for every proposition with
mat end In view. But he believed that
Congress could be mad to see tho
justice OF ceding the arid lands III the
i'AFesi, ~ iose-htss-~ ->in l.. -s5,,,f.
UNIFORM plan lrbe adopted later. 1t
I was principle OF moral right and
equity that should be recognized.
MINERAL LANDS AND THE EN-
ABLING ACT.
Senator Rawllns next took the floor
and was interrogated by Governor
Wells who first asked we would
I Ike to have you state. Senator,
whether the mineral lands, mention OF
| which Is excepted from the Enabling
Act, We have q right to make selec-
tion? We have heard you so quoted;
and We have proceeded along that
theory and have made selection Of
mineral lands
Before Senator Rawilns replied.
Commissioner Groo in response to an
explanatory question from the Cover
nor as TO what had been done in the
case cited said:
THE case came before me when l
was In the United States land office
and I rejected the application. The
land commissioner at Washington sun
ported the rejection and the case il
now on appeal before the secretary OF
the Interior"
Senator Rawllns then explained that
upon the question asked he had ex-
pressed no opinion. He believed how
ever that there was fair ground for
contention IN that direction. OF
course. he apprehended that the land
officials would be against Il, But thn
result might he different IA a court Of
Justice. The remedy would be for the.
proper State officials TO decide on what
course 10 pursue
As 10 the question of Legislation from
Congress looking towards the cessIon
OF all public lands in the State to the
state, there was no hope or prospect
OF that being done. II would be more
feasible 10 get an Appropriation for
some supposed harhor In salt Lake. It
was doubtful even II grant OF the arid
lands could h1 secured. The represen-
htivps ~ eastern states were generally
unfamiliar With conditions In the west
ciu states as % the pUhlig lands cues
ton, and every move made In that di-
rectlou by the latter was looked upon
AS a step 20 steal something.
Commissioner Grou-As / Understood
senator Cannon he believed the best
thing Jo DO vus to work IN harmony for
the ces5ipn of the arid lgnds--that is, to
Cooperate w.th other western states to
that end.
Senator Rnwllns replied he believed
that was the best thing to do under
the circumstances.