Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-30
STATE CONTROL OF
OF WATER POWER
American Mining Congress, by
Almost Unanimous Vote, De-
ClareS in Favor of II.
AGAINST ROOSEVELT POLICY
Approves Theory apd Practise OF leuc
Conservatism, Which Means
Developing Resources.

Los Ansel,s. Scot. 29.-The Ameri'
can Mining congress placed itself on
record today a. opposed 10 the Ko''se-
welt and Pinchot conservation police
and by vote that virtually was
unanimous, declared In favor OF state
control Of water power and all other
natural resources as against sdcral
control
As indicative or the attitude arsl sem
tlment OF the deiSgates IN the matter
Of national conservation OF natural re-
sources the cong 'css accepted re-
port OF the commii.ee on Alaslsl min
ing laws I'm which l.. r. Gla-Sis, the
land office special agent dism Fsed by
secretary Baiiingar. was attacked, and
applauded a delegate who denounced
Colonel ROososoltp attitude on conser-
walton.
ROAST FOR ROOSEVELT
This delegate. r.. A. Wright Of
Searchllght, New. paid tribute to Gift
ford Pinchot as an honest and sincere
man. But he added that the same
could not be said OF many of the other
prominent cOnserva ionists, chief
among them being IA recent occupant
OF the White House, who, instead OF
conserving Federal revenues. raised
government eNpenditu res 10 an amount
that equalled each year the entire
amount OF the national debt and made
the presidential office, cost the peo-
pie $4,000 a year"
The pro-conserv8tion delegates he
gan losing heart long before the re-
solutions committee su omitted It's re-
port, and when Il YVES read and
showed that the commvnoe had gone
much further than ang one expect
ed In declaring for abso into state con-
troll. they backed down. entirely and
but one or two fooble protests were
raised against the adoption OF the re-
port.
Next TO the state conservation stand
10 which the resolutions rtpdRed the
congress. greatest interest WIS aroused
by the report OF the AlasSa mining
laws committee. which advocated Inn
mediate opening Of the vast coal fields
beyond the Arctic circle, denounced
the proposed leasing system az con-
fiscatory and unjust to legitimate
claimants. and declared for more
"home rule and less interference from
Washington in the affairs OF the north
ern territory" A land court, which
IS said to have the Endorsement OF
President Taft was favored by the
committee, which registered its OBJ
lection TO the federal land office act
ing In the triple role 1T detective,
prospector and judge in the matter
OF coal claims.
LAND OFFICE AGENTS ROASTED
Referring TO the activities OF the
land office agents the report says that
many of the special agents had not
visited Alaska, but had written their
reports on Alaska In Seattle. and stat
ing that 1T might be well II II were
generally known that Special Agents
L. u CLAWS and Horace T. Jones,
whose attacks on the interests and in
tegrity OF Alaskans have been SO
widely quoted have never been with
IN 500 miles Of the coal fields OF
Alaska"
Other government agents, the re-
port continued, would recognize
coal mine II they were transported TO
II I'm palace car"
The place for the next meeting Of
the congress probably will be selected
tomorrow. Arizona has two cities I'm
line for the honor, Douglas and Pres
colt
MAIN POINTS OF REPORT.
The report in It's main points, is
ms follows:
Resolved, That In common with
citizens OF the United States engaged
on the other Industries, We approve