The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-29
State Rights Forces Evidently
in Minority at Congress
i'm Pueblo.
WILL LET GOVERNMENT
CONTROL THE WATERS
Some Lively Debate and Many
Addresses, but Colorado
= People Must Lose.


mittee on resolutions of the National
Irrigation congress late tonight in.
dorsed the policy of federal control of
interstate waters by substantial ma
.jority.
What the policy of the congress Will
be on other matters Is still being
threshed out by the committee on rcso
lutions in IN executive session that
promises to continue into the morning
hours.
The committee on permanent organi-
zation took definite action tonight in
deciding TO recommend TO the congress
for president, II. Il. Twitchcll Of New
Mexico, and for secretary, Arthur
Hooker, incumbent
Vice presidents will be selected to-
morrow morning, and at night the com
mittee Will settle the contest, over the
convention city for 1911. Chicago is
still confident. though tonight the Cali
fornia delegation is claiming substan-
tial gains for Los Angeles
Reno is persistent, but is expected
to throw its strength to the California
city,
The question of Endorsement of the
Panama Pacific exposition for San
Francisco is now before the resolutions
committee, and strong plea for sup
port will be made by Judge Hutton Of
Los Angeles and W. 4. Smythc Of San
Diego.
4 similar question is being con
sidered on the New Orleans exposition.
Not all Satisfied.
Considerable criticism was heard to-
day among small number of dele
f'-I 10,
over the programme of the present con
gross. Claims were freely made by
these insurgents that too much time
has been given TO the discussion of
problems that have no connection with
irrigation In any of its phases,
Late today resolution by Mortimer
Randel of Wyoming was presented,
providing that the congress indorse
and urge speedy action by congress
controlled by the reclamation service,
TO private and Carey act projects.
The California clash came In the dis
cussIon of the paper prepared by Frank
II. Short of that state in which he ad-
vocated state control of. water power
sites. Francis Cutie of Riverside, who
led the opposition, charged the state
conservation committee with attempt
ing TO throw the state's natural re-
SOuICGS unQeT SIblS CUnlIOl loI lUG Uth
eft of the big power companies,
Iauded the results of the recent prima'
rjes as declaration of independence
of California voters from the domlna
ton Of corporate influences and urged
the delegates to hold fast TO the pro
lection now enjoyed by them through
federal supervision of interstate waters.
Former Gov. Alva Adams Of Colorado
deplored the fact that California. "be-
lll 10 c
own affairs should ask that other
states, which can manage their own
business, shall submit to coptinu
ance Of federal control ~
Standing With Teddy.
California speaks for hcrself,' de-
clared w +. Smythe, and her sentl
ments were expressed in the recent pri
mary election in which she declared for
Theodore Roosevelt, for Clifford Pin
chot and for goodbye Ballinger.
F. C. Finkle declared that Cutie and
Smythe did not represent the sentI.
ments of California people. but reserved
further remarks until tomorrow, when
Clifford Pinchot will attend tho con
gress Gas / want Mr.. Pinchot TO heat
what I have to say.
Resolutions were presented and re-
ferred to the committee as follows:
B. ". g, Abbott of Colorado-Reso.
luton to appoint committee by the
congress TO inspect irrigation enter
prises. and if found meritorious to give
| them the stamp of official approval,
NV Ahcrn Of CaIifornia-Resolution
to approve the work of the United
| States geological survey and recon-
| mending liberal appropriations by fed
| eral and state governments to the eS"
pansion of this work.
| By Governor Prince of New Mex
icoEResolution providing for the rem
ditiou Of the irrigation congress ode
| at the opening Of each session
Aside from the appointment of the
subcommittee the committee on reso-
Iutions took no action this morning,
Interest today turned largely to the
meeting of the resolutions committee
phere the policy of the congress for
| the coming year is being formniaJeu.
Present indications arc that ColoradG
,y;Il not only lose its fight in behalf of
states rights, but that the committee
will report out strong Endorsement OF
federal control.
The morning session was devoted to
q discussion of rWater equities III lis
various phases,
Fight for Next Congress,
Tho contest for the honor OF enter
ta,ninp the 1911 congress IS developing
unusual rivalry. Thousand OF Caiifof'
mans launched the Los Angeles boom
oniy last night and they developed sur
nTising strength over night. Chicago
and Reno arc still i'll the race with the
former leading. .,.
Numerous addresses constituted a; pIac-
tically the entire program again todey'
1ihe i,st OF speakers includes Frank Ii.
short of Los Angeles. Joseph IL klbbey'
former governor OF Arizona; W h' kat a.
TaTsea To- the-GuIt Deep Waterway associ-
aIion: Albert r, Potter, associate United
States forester; DR.. W. j. MCGEE, seGrs-
80 of the Inland waterways commission
raiS riSG, IA Heard OF Phoenix, Ariz.: Colo
nei e. j. Watson OF Columbia g.
Aaron Cove OF Denver: Horace I. DeLone
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