Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-09-22

| sertion-Same Rights as Older Com
nonwealths Have Enjoyed Demanded
by Interested States.
A political revolution which will be
participated in by almost the entire
west and will probably result in the
formation of Il new political party. but
which may give the Democrats vic
tory in national elections. was prophe
sled by Governor Il. Il. Brooks of wy
oming recently should government
control Of the natural resources of the
country be persisted in by conserva
tionists and maintained by the Repub
| lican party.
The proposition of deriving federal
revenue from any Of our physical re-
sources IS most repugnant." said Gov
ernor Brooks. land if persisted in will
cause revolution in western politics
We are progressive out there but we
| want progress along the line Of law
and do not want bureaucratic rul
Ing"
Differs With Roosevelt.
Governor Brooks reasons for this
feeling among the public land states
were that the western people believe
state control of natural resources
would mean better protection for the
resources themselves and closer guard
ianship of the rights Of the people. In
his statement he took exceptions to
many Of the opinions Of Colonel Roose-
welt as expressed in his Denver
speech. severely scored the present
forestry service aud declared govern.
ment control Of resources had resulted
In all the abuses that have caused the
| conservation movement
There In a sentiment In the west."
be said. "thMt we have been mixrep-
resented: that in our ambitions and
development we permit fraudulent nc.
.luisiti0n Of natural resources like coal
and oil. timber and water power.
whereas we are bitterly opposed to It.
and all the frauds have occurred un.
der the federal government and with
the states standing by powerie~s to
take any action. having NO rights in
the matter.
"In Wyoming with our water 1t il
different. because under the state con.
stitution Wyoming was given actual
ownership of all water. We can't part
title with it. and we have passed str;t
laws under which wa permit i<A W$+ by
sort OF license system, for beneficial
purposes only. We feel that by this
able administration we have demon.
strated clearly the worth Of state su.
pervision and If given equal powers of
supervision in regard to timbers and
minerals could show equal success in
handling and managing them.
Federal Leasing Opposed.
Zone thing is Sure-the west will
oppose the leasing of the remaining
public lands by the federal govern
with settlement. Moreover. we will
insist upon absolute state supervision
of all water power privileges.
"The people in the east have no con
ception of the feeling that exists
against the forestry service as it has
been carried out so far. 1t has in
Guided great deal of land that is
| far more valuable for settlement and
| agricultural purposes than for TIM
| Der and has universally restricted
grazing to such an extent that the
| mountain country is covered with Il
dense lot Of dead grass. so that when
Il fire gets started it is very difficult
to check it. whereas in the old days
the open spaces in the forests We're
grazed closely and fire couldn't spread
! from one section to another.
in the west we still have millions
of acres of public lands inviting set
! Element. Our land offices are buster
! than over. New settlers are forEiug in
by the thousands, and al are welcome
In properly settling This vast territory
we believe in sticking to the Lincoln
policy. which has boon indorScd 10y
public opinion and tested by expert
ence
Warts Land Settled.
THAT policy has been to facilitate
in every possible way the acquisition
of the public lands by the people, both
| that homes may be made and that
private enterprise may employ itself
| in the development of mineral and 9th
er natural resources.
I'VE simply ask and expect the same
| rights and privileges in building our
new states as have been enjoyed by
all the older states in the Union. We