Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-09-28
FIRST CLASH
At PUEBLO
California Delegation and
Conservation Commission
Over State Control
ADAMS MAKES CAUSTIC REPLY
Deplorhs That Golden State Is
too Corrupt to Manage Its
Own Affairs.

Pueblo, Colo, Sept. 2S.-The mar
rowing of battle lines between state
and federal control of waters, and a
heated colloquy between the Califor-
MIA delegates over this policy and the
members of the conservation commits
sion appointed by Governor Gillett,
and discussion over the recent polit-
ical primaries enlivened the morning
session of the Irrigation Congress.
The California clash came in discus
sion of paper by Frank H. Short of
that state in which he adverted to
state control of power site. Francis
Cutie, of Riverside, Calf, charged the
state convention commission with at
tempting to throw the states natural
resources under state control for the
benefit of the big power companies
and urged the delegates to hold fast
to the protection of the federal super
vision of interstate waters. Former
Governor Adams, of Colorado, deplor-
ed the fact that California being too
corrupt and unable to manage its own
affairs, should ask that other states,
which can manage their own business
shall submit to the continuance of
federal control"
California speaks for herself" de-
clared w. Smythe, "and her senti-
ments were expressed in the recent
primary election in which she decid-
ed for Roosevelt, Clifford Pinchot and
goodbye to Ballinger" A number of
resolutions were introduced and re-
ferred to committees. Clifford Pinchot
will be here tomorrow when the big
fight between state and federal con-
troll of natural resources will take
place.
General ViIjoen Popular Among
Ladies.
Pueblo, Clolo., Sept. 2S.-The lion
of the Irrigation Congress is General
B. J. Viljoen, lieutenant general of the
late Boer forces, as he has it upon his
card. General Viljoen is with the New
Mexico delegation, and has been as
signed the task of lining up the for
eign delegates for New Mexico in the
! fight between national and states
rights.
This soldiery figure is one of the
most striking in the congress. He is
in demand everywhere. The wives OF
the delegates anxiously seek introduc-
tions. He is man of medium height,
deep, flashing, gray eyes and cast
of countenance that bears a general
resemblance to that of Kaiser Will
helm. He is unmistakakbly Teutonic
but alert and extremely suave in man
ner A short brown mustache, not
curled like the kaisers, adds to his
distinguished air. He has taken out
papers and is an American citizen.
Il have not seen the Transvaal,' he
said, since l was eXiled for life to
st. Helena. After the war one of the
terms of peace was that the Boer
prisoners should be released. The
English government agreed to let
them go if they would take the oath
of allegiance. l refused. (He paused
grimly.) never will. was banished
from the Transvaal and suppose that
could go back now as an American
citizen, but l never SHALL"
General Viljoen apparently has not
recovered from the bitterness of the
war. England, he says, overwhelmed
the Beers with numbers, and at the
end of the war had all the Boer wo-
men and children in camps. This
broke the Boer spirit. The English
wanted the Transvaal for the gold and
diamond mines, says the Boer hero
He carried a small American flag in
his hand most of the time today. Cen
Grad Viljoen was farmer until twen-
tw years of age, and then entered the
Boer artillery corps of 5000 men
where he remained for fifteen years
under the training of German and
French officers. The Boer soldiers
lacked discipline, says their former
chief s4GI