Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-31

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| Cloyeund's administration .0 1856 $50
had but 30 vessels lu the entire navy,
ana 81 of these were wooden vessels Of
! small tonnage Suppose coo that time
thc war had broken out with Spain 10
would imply have meant That W0
would have zone down Boo del.1t ana
humiliation. iu 1898. when The war
with Spain dld come ou the navy con-
sisted OF nearly 200 vessels and among
ihm tha l1Dt T1u cads Ir the world.
So having ,lls bug stick, $50 We're able
io hghl success ul Wlr with Spln
and end 10 in Tho short space Of 80 on 100
days.
I'm This crisis Of our history there is
goIHg up IRON tha hearts of s1mlOlO
of jh. lroast and best people In aI. the
world, the old familiar prayer God
give. us men, A time Ike
Ills demands strong minds, great
hearts, tru. faith and ready
hands. and now as always. the wen
win bc forthcoming. and chief among
them thls soldier without repr0aoh this
knight without stain. WhO is, and who
for four years longer win continue to
Dc. president Theodore Roosevelt.
tChccrsD
Not only are the men coming upon
the national ticket bat you have iu this
campaign r my Judgment q superb
state ticket for which TO vote II 81 "a
splendid ticket
Something has been said here tonight
with reference 90 two candidates Tor
Congress Judge Powers and Mr. How
cll our Democratic friends are going
before the people saying That Judge
Powers BE- an eloquent man, that he can
talk longer without distress than any
other man ion the state of Utah, and
therefore they want to send him TO Con-
grcss They say Mr. Howell Us not an
orator That may be fact. but after
AN II is not the whistle Of locomotive
that does the work While ] c0ncode
that Judge Powers has the longest and
lOudcst whistle. he hasn't got as good
ellis has. (CheersD
THE IRRIGATION LAW
The Democratic party I'm its platform
has declared that the Irrigation law
which was passed for the benefit OF this
and the other arid states Us Dem0cra-
tic measure. that II is the Newands
BILL and that IL was framed by a Dem-
ocrat Now the only trouble with that
entire statement is that IL has to be
taken with the important qualification,
that II Is not true. That law was passed
ln the Fifty-seveuth Congress, when
had the honor OF representing the peo.
pie OF Utah there, SO / think | know
something about H. ! think ! am s0me-
what On the situation OF boy / read
about the other day. He had been SUI
fering with am intense stomach ache
and he went 10 his mother and COM
planned Of the pain His mother, who
happened 90 be a Christian Scientist,
said TO him. MY boy you have no
pain, there IS no such thing as pain, no
such thing as sickness. II Is all Imag-
ination upon your part But
the boy said TO his mother; "I have
got some inside information upon that
subject myself, and ! know what II
is," Now that Is exactly what ] have
got with reference TO this BILL and ! am
going TO give II TO you Immediately
after the Fifty-seyenth Congress met
upon the 3rd day Of December 1908
the president IN his message 20 Com
gross made a very vigorous recommen-
dalton for the passage OF national ir-
rio ha ~ ha
message was read In the house and In
the senate, It put heart into every
western member and senator After
Congress had adjourned, a conference
OF the western members ana senators
was called, and they met from lG dif-
fercnt states and territories. Five OF
them were Democrats and II of them
were Republicans The final result OF
that conference was, that a committee
OF 10 was appointed one from each OF
the arid land states ana territories.
five Democrats and II Republicans.
They met and considered the subject,
and after holding brief meetings cover
ing some two or three weeks, bill
was read by line and amended I'm many
Two copies OF II were pre-.
pared, one copy being put into the
hands OF Senator Hansborough OF
North Dakota, 10 Introduce IN the sem
ate, and the other. as a matter Of cour.
tesy, into the hands OF Mr. Newlands.
10 Introduce In the house. on the 2lst
day OF January. 1902, the bin was IN
troduced IN the Senate, and on the
same day int he house. IN each case by
the gentlemen named. In the house II
was referred 10 a committee consist
ing Of seven Republicans and four
Democrats II was passed IN the sem |
ate, and Immediately came over 10 the
house whore this committee took up T.
the senate bill, for obvious reasons. The /
bill was considered there, and was
amended I'm various particulars. one or
two new sections being added bodily /
Passing viii say the presl- |
dent himself took such an interest |
In the bill that he invited the members |
Of this committee and one Of the sem
ators TO meet him nc the White house |
and discuss IT, There were two meet |
ings Of this kind The first confer. |
ence lasted something like two hours |
the second a little less, The bin was |
read line by line, the president conf
upon H. II was amended at !
his suggestion For instance. the |
president was extremely anxious that !
this bill should be made homc- |
making proposition. lie was anxious
that It's benefits should not go to the
but that II should be a law
for the benefit of the people. and he
suggested that the bill be amended 10
effect this purpose. And then his con-
.entIon being called 10 the conditions
here IN Utah, where. generally speak-
Ing out through the country the farm
Prs do not live upon their farms but
I've IN litttle towns and villages near
hem a further amendment was in
ierted providing that the bill should
lpply TO the occupants OF land living
N the near vicinity Now that was
bill OF the western members and
senator's. II grew up slowly stone Inv
tone and brick by brick. When Il
Vas completed 90 the Satisfaction of
he president and OF this committee
Ir Mondell OF Wyoming a Republ.
AN WAS aDUoiutG1 lac fhe go,,,,,,i, 49,