The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-17

I destructive of the livestock industry in
such localities; and that the stOclmen
+ in such localities are a unit in EppOSi-
ton TO the proposed leasing system.
! TIL committee on the common use
Of available water reports that such
/ regulations are apparently impractical,
retaining at the same time adequa te
protection Of the water rights of each
leasehoder.
The committee on the local option
/ feature reports that a provision for
leaving the application of the law to
the option of the county or state is con-
! stitutional and feasible, which report
was received and adopted,
After a full discussion, your commit
tee, believing that in harmony there is
| strength and progress for this assOcia-
ton, agree to unite in the report that
we are unable to agree upon bill.
Would Not Sign it.
Colonel Irish took exception to this
report on the grounds that it was an
adroit argument against the proposed
IeasehOld plan, and Messrs. Snow.
Stewart and Reser Joined him in sign
ing minority report to the conVen-
ton, which faVOTs the leasing plan,
showing that with proper safeguards
and limitations, making it optional to
counties, the leasing system is feas-
IbIe; that such a system is approved
by stOckmen generally; that leases
should not be subject to competitive
bids. but should be let at q fixed price
b ythe government and freeholders on
an equitable basis, so that owners of
large herds might not have any ad-
vantage over smaller herders, and that
legislation such as sought should re-
spect the rights of mineral lOcators and
homesteaders.
While only four of the ten present
signed this report, six signed Mr.. Cos
ney's. they being Messrs. GOOding
chairman; Smith, Luna, DOugherty,
McCUIly and Gosney.
Claim the Absences.
Owing to the fact that three of the
arid lands committee, Paul Mccormick
of Montana, McAfee of Kansas, and
Robinson of Colorado, were absent.
there may be a change in the situation
before the reports reach the conven-
ton The leasing faction claim the alb
sentees as their own and propose to
secure their signatures to Colonel
Irish's report, in the which event the
present minority report would repre-
sent the majority with seven signers.
as against six to Mr. GOsney's.
Colonel Irish's Statement.
"The whole difficulty said Colonel
Irish in an interview, has been that
the arid land committee. which was
created by the Fort Worth convention
d
viding for leaseholds for unclaimed
range land. had in its membership men
who accepted appointment to do this
work and who were yet opposed to the
proposed leasing system. They did not
meet in Salt Lake in August, as prOvid- /
ed for at a previous meeting in Den !
yer in April, when subcommittee were
appointed to investigate various phases !
of the question. They did not come /
Now, it is only natural that these men /
should report their inability to draft I
bill.
IF you should give a female wolf a I
little of lambs to rear and suckle, it +
is 10 be supposed that the wolf would
report her inability to rear the lambs. /
AS to the outcome of the proceedings
in the convention, 1 am unprepared to /
say, but If the action of the Fort (
Worth convention is reversed it means {
danger Of disruption of the Livestock /
association for the big cattlemen, and a
portion of the sheeprafsers are q unit /
in favor of it"