Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-19

: the states n any change was 20 be
| made. At the StOckmru's convention IN
/ Texas. what was the minority report on
! this subject would have been the ma
| jority report II the Texas delegation
| had not voted upon it. Texas had no
/ interest IN the proposition but her vote
! secured the adoption of the report in Ia
/ vor OF government leasing
/ AT his request the minority report
/ was read
/ II J.. oswald one Of Idaho's repre-
| sentatives spoke briefly IN favor OF
| cesion 10 the states u any change was
| 60 be made although he favored the
/ status quo.
GOV. WELLS POSITION,
An Of the visiting executives having
/ spoken. Governor Wells defined bis
| position He said that two conditions
presented themselves in Utah. lie was
aware that the stOckmen bitterly OPP
posed any change in the law, yet me
LEGISLATURE had already memOralized
Congress 10 cede the arid lands In Utah
To- the State. The good lands were large
ly taken up-lands with springs on
them THE Carey law said the gov
emor. "has not proven effective IN
our state although perhaps 1t has ~
Wyoming
Gov Richards-No, it hasn't proven
satisfactory In our state,
Continuing. Gov Wells said. Either
by leasing or selling arid lands. by corr
p0rate help or some other means, we
must get assistance TO- redeem The aria
lands OF Utah n We are going 10 grow,
Sentiment here is divided. but i 40 MOI
know iugt which way So predomInates.
Stockrnen are opposed 90 leasing ana
vet the Legislature memorallzed Con-
gress for cessi0n, which would be fol-
lowed by leasing by the State.
Governor Smiths proposition suiis
my view. We can say that the present
conditions are satisfactory Yet
it would seem that it Is hardly nece5-
cary f0r the governors 20 assemble from
great distances TO put out that state
ment"
Governor Lee-What are we here for?
Naughter)
Senator Rawlns have both favored the
cesslon idea believe that " 70 were
explained that by such cession Of lands
tho money could be obtained or applied
20 the redemption OF those arid lands,
the people would be in favor Of H.
PRESIDENT JESSE ~ SMITH.
President Jesse " Smith Of the Utah
Growers association, stid lhal
there were more men IN ulan VIM
owned $500 head ihan ln amy 'luyl
state In the Union. There We're few /
large companies here. The present |
status was satisfactory AN around, ana |
we did not believe any benefit could be
ISssirS law was not possible. because |
10 would he uniform and would not /
anniv therefore TO the different cOnli- |
tione preyailing In each state.
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MIR. HOLCoMb NON NANNID'
S.,,-,ts.is,.r rtoleoDb said chat af- |
go, tnarir9 H. discussion he WAS now .
,t',-,,,,i-it- d, fsyor III rassIon 90 the
stotes sni belieysd that the people OF
~ stqtsg vould take The same view
~ 30 ,rbcr no matter WAS fully ex-
IA. iiss.t ~ rar, me Cersv law gave
,,bst SySs nrarticallv yauelcss to the
~ s,,.,,5 o r.sollrti,r iirgipp
~. "a. ,.r's,,t st9tns ha moi dis-
..t - 10 bo L,. me cessiop ~
S-tI i-,,1s 81 tbe ctatee
81 ~
FROM GOV. STEJENBERG'
-,f-.. Il. o, ~ "a. idaho
D. ~ tl.H.D"i 90 ..i',,,,,, fr'r
~ =, ~ essll1a rs, 49, ,5r be- de-.
I'lei n9I .,-,..' ' e., c",.,,n.
el"..u Hllila, M 49,. a.. 49,
lugIt i-as,i'1 anu ''' lawn '''-
e ~ - gi,ntar r,,5o q brfef address alonp
the lines advanced by the governor
IN DEFINITE SHAPE
Governor POINTER said that after
hearipr me discussion he was more IN
favor fhan over of cession 90 the states.
I.easlng by the government seemed 20
him to be altogether impracticable II
the land were ceded 60 the States. the
thereof could handle the
matter luteiHgenuy and satisfactorily
to the peonle. The conditions in each
state varied ana a proper range tax
for Idaho MIGHT be- very different from
The same thino IN Nebraska. National
leasing gcemd no. him an absurd propo-
sition hut he could not understand how
me- Tcvas convention ever PASSED such
, resolution as h ana. There was no