The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-29


rowing by DC passing OF the arabic
public dorlin, would again swing
open and At an end TO discomfort
aud discourkcment.
Resolved. lrhat the governor OF
each state eibraced In h asAocia-
ton he REQUESTED TO recognize tho
state organiz@fion OF the American
Legion IN thtr respective states In
providing rNrcsentation OF the
American i4fion among the del
ton.
Resolved. trhat In the construc-
ton OF all defamation projects and
In the AettlefIent Of lands hereunder
preference " given TO eN-servicc
men end worFen OF the recent worls
"Rcsoivcd. rhat the ~eSechtive com
mlttce Of ths brFrni1atibn be az
roctvd 70 cbn{ef Win aud cooperate
with SIMILAR orgnnizntio through
out the union interested In problems
OF reclamation"
The mostl S~uccrssfui irrigation
centerence held IN many years" was
the unnhlmouh verdict OF the del
egates last niEi. rs they made prep
araiiona tn ieave for their homes.
during the closing minutes Of the
conference yesterday afternoon lead
ers OF a humher Of state delegations
that hht bpen defeated IN policies
they h9d advocated made addresses.
declaring that, while their particular
views had not been accepted by the
masor y. they were willing to abide
By the majority decision and fight
no the last Tor the program outlined.
California Expert spcaLs.
u w Ross a California irrigation
expert. opened tho session Yesterday
morning vii an uddreaa tn which
he advocated the plan iur roclamu-
ton as uitliHpd m the smith Cham
berlain ON. wh'ch vas befote the
last congress. Through this meas
ure u was proposed . speed up the
return Of funds put into reclamation
projects 40 tina ne funds might
be revolyed more rapidly.
Mr. Ross had a long paper pre-
pared. showing some Of the work re-
naming 20 be done In retaining the
west, but was I liable o finish he
cause of tho nitCou-minute rule that
had been adopted by the conference
to expedite husiGogs.
Following the address by Mr.. Ross.
the finance committee made It's re-
port on the apportionment Of the
fund 10 be raised to carry ON the
WorR OF ia, association. rhis was
adopted unanimously and without
discussion. cacn safe delegation
pledging itself TO raise tho FUNDS al
iotted.
Chairman A. J.. O'Connor OF the
resolutions committee presented his
report, and copies or the resolutions
adopted were distributed mong the
Delegations Adjournment FOR the
noon recess was then taken to give
the delegates time TO study the re-
port OF the resolutions committee,
and Tho conference rcconNenci
shortly before . o'clock, when the
resolutions were taken up.
Organization Outlined.
The first three sections OF the re
port We're devoted to the plan OF or
gHuizntion. and exactly as had been
adopted the a before on recon.
mcudntlon Of the committee. They
were readopted md mad tho pcrma.
ucut plan, calling for a president
yiCc-prosidcnt. secretary n treas
urcr. the first W. elective and the
latter two appoinuvr uy the pres.
idcut aud executive committee. und
a governing body consisting OF az
executive committee composed OF one
, delegate for each sta q.
y. w. Durham OF Spokane offcret
, the first amendment 10 the commit
tee report, submitting a ong amend
. mcnt to the resolution skiing con
gress 20 appropriate 100000. 900 {,
I the reclamation service. The Durham
p amendment. which is the last soc
ton Of the resolution calling on con
: grCss for the appropriation. as quoted
above. is designed to strengthen IN,
. arguments In favor OF tho approptia
ton. the author stated Il points u
\ To the advantage OF developing IN.
4 west gs @ means Of terrifying IN.
west Coust against possible aggres
+, sion.
e. Considerable "ontroVcrsy as to IN
4 a~dNisnbility ct including this matte
ID In the resolution arose, and the vot
r hv which was added was seven L
| HHA ~ q . NH
Z ~ DcmrndSI
/ - W Ross Of california then of
fcrcd un umondmci 20 this frctIn
= ~ ne resolutions, proposing 10 us
O. FOR q plan 70 speed up TIE retur
- ~ reclamation funds expended 8
building projects. II was designu
II as an Endorsement NJ the Smith
IL Chamberlain hill Strong opposite
e 10 this developed, delegates argulu
4 that the conference should Eo :
N Washington To get an appropriation
10 ~ should not have their force Il
yidcd be support of more than on
"A proposition. The Ross umeudmDt
WIS finally voted down ten tn thre
The resolution ms reported by ~
D. committee providing mat Cougrel
~ shuulD be asked TO make nvailnhl,
r. $500 600. 600, was amended to res
A "npprup1Hte'' II being argued 4
George H.. Maxwell Of Arizona M
An D NNNhNN NNNHN o. W. ~ ~
La not couatitut an upUrupr alton. NJ
sr Maxwell said that congress trcqucu
A. ~ handed out gold bricks la a
IA form of authorizations Tor the g.
al pcnditurc Of certain sums Of honey
But Inc said this noccssitntcd goti
back TO GO actually get n
n appropriations. Ne urged that q d
r. rect appropriate, le asked for, "a
Ia not an authorization. and this OPT
IA ion prevailed
Of Carey Project Urged
Of A determined light vas waged
he The Montana and Wyoming deleg
tons to have inserted "a provisi
n which would place tho government
seal OF approval on tho Carey q
and similar private or s'ml-uuh
projects State Senator T. a. q
ng wards and Ronald Higgins Of I
Montana delegation Q the Nght {
It, this |propurod amendment They
ri. clufed that Montana desired. mo
u- than anything else. To- have the 81,
crnmert investigate and give itH q
proNnl Of worthy and practical pl
legts. $50 that the bonds for such rl
,c- icois might DC moro readily mark
able THE same. urgumrnt WINS ma
,c- 49, Franz g. Emerson Of Wvomil
.- "a La. aaHN EaH.fnR. .f.rrN araa $50