The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-09-17
COLONIZATION is
TOPIC OF THE DAY
Apostle Smoot and Booth Tuck-
er Address Irrigation Congress
MANY RESOLUTIONS MADE
Short Talks Delivered BY Distinguished
Men In the West-First Fight
Over Next Meeting
Place.
MANY RESOLUTIONS MADE

Ogden, Utah, September 16.-Methods
of colonization of the vast irrigible dis
trict of the west and the legal aspect of
the whole question Of irrigation and the
existing land question were the subjects
to come before the National Irrigation
congress at today's sessions. The first
named subject was expected to take up
the entire morning session. Besides
Commander Booth Tucker of the Saliva
ton Army, who was to deliver the prin-
cipal address on the subject. dozen
speakers, including western railway Of
ficials, governors, senators and congress-
men from a number of states were ex-
pected to make formal talks as to how
to bring people to the newly irrigated
lands and make them profitable
At the afternoon session the desert land
act, which was attacked by President
Clark in his address yesterday, was to be
defended by Congressman Frank Mon
dell of Wyoming, and here, if anywhere,
division on one of the great problems to
come before the congress was expected.
A delegation of nearly hundred from
Idaho arrived last night and this morn
pioneer irrfgating state The seating ca
paoity of the tabernacle is totally mad
equate. The fight for the 1904 congress
Is growing exceedingly lively with the
newly launched Boise boom developing
rapidly. This morning the fight seemed
to have narrowed down to Boise and Ell
Paso.
Flood of Resolutions.
After the congress was called to order.
Senator Carr of Wyoming, chairman Of
the committee appointed last year to con-
slider the ACCESSIBILITY of connecting with
the mississippi congress, reported
against such a connection. The recon-
mendation was adopted. Ten minutes
were then set aside for the reading and
introduction of resolutions and a flood
of them came in. They included resolu-
lions for statehood for New Mexico.
Arizona and Oklahoma, for the protec-
ton of water sheds supplying municipal
tiles with water; to permit the entry and
location of coal lands on forest reserves
and petitioning congress to repeal the
lien land provision of the forest reserva-
ton law
A long resolution was introduced by
| George H. Maxwell, chairman of the
| National Irrigation association, fayoring
the recommendations contained in Presi-
| dent Roosevelt's telegram of yesterday
for the preservation of the forests, favor
| ing the immediate repeal OF the desert
land act, the timber and stone act, and
! the Communication clause of the home
stead act The resolutions were heartily
adopted by the delegates. Apostle John
| Henry Smoot spoke on COLONIZATION Of
the West" and during his talk he de-
voted some time to a discussion of the
character of Brigham Young.
Booth Tucker Cheered.
Commander Booth-Tucker of the Saliva
ton Army, who has led the Salvation
Army movement for the establishment
in the west of colonies from the tene-
ments of eastern cities, was introduced
amid great cheering. He spoke on
Colonization in the West"
| During the afternoon session former
| Governor Prince of New Mexico intro
duced resolution providing for a COM
mittee of five to report the condition of
| the irrigation congress constitution, rec
ords of previous congresses, and their
action on the constitution. The resolu-
ton was passed.
The report of the committee on Gre
dentials was then read, showing GAG ac-
credited delegates representing states
| and territories The large number of
| delegates, 1t was said, was due to
violation of the clause of the constitu-
| ton providing for the appointment Of
| delegates.
| The first fight of the convention, pos
sibly involving the meeting place for
next years congress, then came up on
a motion by a Montana delegate to allow
each accredited delegate to vote. instead
of combining each state vote to a maxi
mum of twenty. Idaho, with a delega-
| tion numbering 146, and other states with
| large delegations, favored this, but a
motion to lay the proposed amendment
on the table was carried almost unani-
mousy. This, 1t is thought, will greatly
favor the chances of Ell Paso and st.
Louis.