Show at J tiie J J A resolution SOLUTION EE PASSED asking congress to cede all lands of the public do main Speeches made jhc thc irrigation congress met yesterday morning pursuant to adjournment there was a larger attendance than on the previous day the congress went into a committee of the whole with senator brewart in the chair for the purpose of considering the report of the committee on resolutions before the discussion of the a letter addressed addre saed to governor thomas by of the interior john W noble was read the secretary regretted that he is not able to he in at ten dunse and calls attention to tan importance of the irrigation of arid lands the preservation of reservoirs and the future regulation of the irrigation system ho requests tha governor to bring i these questions beffie the and 10 havo the proceedings relating thereto transmitted to him hon francis GNew lands of nevada addressed the congress ou the report of the com he referred to the condition of irrigation as being at present stationary for the reason that all tue land which could be easily brought under water has been reclaimed and it is too for private individuals to ahring the water boon the remaining arid landeor land For that reason we should ask the united states congress to rede the public land to the respective states and territories wherein such lands are located he explained the necessity for obtaining ithe forest lands as well as the arid lands in order to to be able to gravant fires from destroying the forests aud one of our water supply ho expressed himself ia favor of an unconditional grant in the following language fibben the question tion atiat we determine to ask for an unlimited grant of all the public lands our domain arid grazine aud farest shall we signify to congress that the raut should be upon conditions my judgment is that there should be no conditions attached to the grant and I 1 say abia because I 1 doubt the ability of congress to declare thu kropar condition they kaow nothing of our conditions they know nothing of our country how can they fix tha which will prevent no noply prevent the of chece large tracts of land by individuals or corporations as they feared exist upon that cor without eo eau dwning the grant with onerous conditions as to make it practically useless I 1 say that if congress once enters upon that question of and condition in the beyond the general condition that tha the land snail le ins in s vetta in the school annd or shall be invested in the reclamation of I 1 say if congress seeks to fasten limitations or conditions upon tho raa twe will find that ane grant will be practically useless in our hands I 1 think and ability of the legisla tures of the various stated in the and region can be trusted to jus as much of the wisdom or the ability I 1 believe thoroughly in this principle of home government in tha ability of the people to rule themselves I 1 believe that the people of these arious communities muni ties are upon guard nud I 1 do no belieka that in any one of thaoe meas ures will be crystallized into laws which will permit either individuals or corpora agioni to monopolize the benefits ot the grant mr newland was frequently inter with applause M M batee of california in a forcible speech presented his views on the subject he was in favor of the stales and territories owning alie arid lands und the water as the local legislature are far more capable of dealing uth the question than congreve Con grece ir rhe two propositions come together and ad my friend paid here ii moment ago in addressing alia convention the question qu astion of controlling the timber lands that ia those landd upon tha heiah a of the mountains where the abow fail and the waters nc cumulate for summer u is as necessary nece esary nay infinitely more necessary than ilia to cou arol the valley lands which are juerst Je erst that lie at the foot of flip mountain moun a applause and benco il i 1 ba an absolute necessity iu my humble judgment for this convention to auk of cons rasa to donate to ohp great west not the arid laoj bat the timber lands within these vast regions take the nevada mountains the eastern line of the great state of california Jali fornia arid tho ealm line of devarti Nev arti and you gh timber lands irto private hands or let them remain in the hands ol 01 thu government so thai they soon will go into private handa ag has baon well said by our sir you place out of the hand of thomao wh 0 to control the water fur the of the very power the very rca tet purpose control and londs to the tion of oliea arid lands hat lie alun the foot of alie 0 either side of the sirra nevalena Ne valna now than first i am in favor of asking and I 1 it would bs to dy it to d etli and hiir arid lands choir ad a 1 of tha timber lands ithie their or slate you never will gat any more than you ask for lauchter lau and I 1 would ask for that miyah and I 1 cannot me why con irreas fiot be aa willing to day tf give the desert lands to these far arit states and territories ai they vie thirty or aurty care ago to give to the vy estern and territories all the aa amp ards that lay within those stated and lerrio ries applause Cong tiBB gave to lie western states the avi amp on the theory that ahre was so macli water on and eliat the had power to set the wiler w iler on and aliey sure eliat the should get the water off so they gava w the ii ads now wa gay we want tace desert lands eliat anter on ka that we can bring hb water on to thoe lands because the c government baudot itself bring later there applause mr biaka of california ol ioune ted upon her rii uton but objected 0 lier baying the credit 0 lein leina a the cradle of irrigation ha taid we have in southern california orange trees thai are today afarin bf arin and it is a hundred years sine she fathers dug the and rut water on ahe landl in an artificial way mr fiske way in favor of the states ald territory terri obtaining control of the public lands and as follows 11 a for lh to ils esiaka of all the arid laibl ui th bbate all tap public landa iet it incan ie also the water for ahem alio limber region nd lat us back up ahat demand or that request with arguments what hai been done and ernnt can be done iab those lands if they ara to states in ilein eliat know what their possibilities are such limitations as so ir aa blat ibey ahall bo held in small holding for actual settlers sett lera but it is very difficult gentlemen to fix those limitations it 19 very difficult to set anybody to invent a million dollars in anc gica water on to land if he could only put in on acres that i a big problem how arc you to state the I 1 thick this country should aak oi the united states congress that they cede to the states and all lands everything avery thing except the minel lands because they can handlo bliem bettar than the united congress till I 1 30 p in president woodruff spoke in the afternoon ter noon he did not wh to take up the congress with any discussion of the principles under consideration but gave an interesting account of tha early experience ot the pioneers who ware ignorant of the principles of irrigation and called the attention of the delegates to tae results brought about through the irrigation system now what I 1 wish to say is this you gentlemen coma hero today you see the city you go through the country here ara a thousand miles might gay through cheso mountains filled with cities towns villages and orchards and the products of the earth that sustain the people without this water thia irrigation for which you have met here today chis country would ba aa barren aa it was in as we found it this irrigation is what you have met to engage in and give your views upon how I 1 am satisfied it matter not whatever you decide upon in this matter ami you unite luponi am satisfied it nill prove a great ble dains not only to utah but to every state and territory chere these ario lands abode and whoever occupies chese lands of got to have the gatei to perform alie work wo have bad to do the same we have had to learn by experience and all that we have obtained in these mountains has been by irrigation there are portions yet which hay not been irritated and as one yeut leman eaid here if you can make two drops of there are one or two spears of grass where there sas one you are benefactors to mankind I 1 cay god bless you in your eu orti Appia uso president geo Q expressed pleasure in so lare an audience assembled for the of considering a question of such great im tho favored an allotment of lands in small portions when salt lake was laid out it was was with the intention of making it a villa town the lota ware an acre and one fourth each then ut out side the city were five acre plats and beyond that ten still further ther twenty he noted with a great deal of satie tha fact that a man could live comfortably on one of these twenty acre plots and asserted that ident woodruff who is a splendid farmer had maintained a family on one of ane tracts and that reminded him of a story president woodruff remarked ked that ha believed he was setting old and that when ackad the reason said that hia grand eon sixteen tears cf ape had kept him hoeing potatoes air cannon than eaid ahat the plan pursued by the pioneers hero had been to avoid nil corporation control of water water had always been controlled by associations of men who paid for their supply in labor in keeping up old and building n jr ditches this imd been a very method and by it was obtained for what it coast mr cannon in conclusion said he believed bli eved ware mora people in utah who owned their own homes than n any other stata in the emr oregon was in favor of ane and managing the lands within their borders U U goodwin of utah delivered a very Shu speech bristling with good points favoring the cession of the lands to the several elates and tern doriee resolutions were introduced by several setting forth their views upon the question under mr bond of idaho introduced a resolution providing that the should bonds fur the purpose of promoting irrigation irre gation mr sutherland oi montana alo introduced trod a tao livering Liv oring the log of bonds by the government lor eliat purpose col 0 J of utah introduced the resolution that inasmuch is the arable irrigable ianda in the n r ginns that are so situated us to be easily and cheaply watered have been dip di p iad cf to settlers aud those remaining rn sold are worthless without water and the aalL ble water has in the main also bc en appropriated and consequently theae calida cannot be without great outlay and both land and water are very limited in amount and inasmuch as the arid states and territories as a rule from alis natural conditions in bags have noi abden able to and wu not be able to realize any considerable funds from lamia granted as tho states 0 the old north hai e and inasmuch as the grazing lands of tho said arid region are a ort tort t of commons no one can secure title and yield no levonue to any gov and have no care or police and should be within some sort of aej inas inasmuch muc pa tho limber lands of said region are under no supervision worthy of the name and are by fires annl cut oleat the head of the nt roam the ismiel water supply abid ought to le brought a closer police and rendered reu dered to ino people in some 0 tha states and territories and inasmuch as from their near heas to tho laople most concerned the governments ern ments f these arid states and te irit liea will more and bj e d ly a id judicially ft dinnia er such trust if granted to them ihan government can or will that tu assure the contrary B to aprie popular government itself and fur oilier valid not necessary to enumerate here it is the sense of thin buby that all the unsold public lanala in the irrean a id rapo ion with euch to mineral ls as mav ble by Cn greas nl t ne control of the public waters in eaid region be gradated uti ight to the states and territories ri tories which alii nara na ra are in trust i i ilio laople 01 eaid abul ter rit oriee other reBola tiona wara favoring clift cession of the public linda to th tates and ter norie aart mule by lion john P 11 ish of california senator ofa wyoming and ethers favoring the proposition of ceding the public lands to I 1 the various states and territories tho congress adjourned till 9 monday the COMMITTEE OS i the committee on resolutions cf the met in parlor A of the knuta ford tact night at 1030 an d after two hours anda half of argument adopted the following that chis Co neresa ie in favor of granting iu trust to the attea and tarn tories needful of irrigation all labida now a part of the public domain stairs and territories excepting mineral landa for the purpose nf developing irrigation to render tha landa now arid fertile aud capable 1 I supporting a population olvea that said grant of lands should by the united Stat oseo c that the state or teni tory rec emu alie benefit shall use tah funda derived broin iho beale or lease of euch landof til iw cf ar d lauds any surplus remaining ta be t the school annl ol 01 hie state or i territory in liuch surplus occurs resolved that the trust so created shall bs BO conditioned as to secure the ownership oi irrigable land to actual set tiers in suitable holdings SALT LAKE sept 17 special to THE after two hours lively dd bate thia mornin thu following resolutions were adopted that thia hongess Gon gess favor granting in trust to tho aej terri gorieb 01 imitation all lands not a part of the public domain within such slates and territories rieb excepting the mineral th s purpose 01 dc velorin ve lopin to renier the laud now arul fertile and capable of support auf ahe population that euid puid grniet of 1 lands should be made by the united I 1 states so condition cJ th t the state or territory receiving the benefit shall use the frudd derived aiom the sao or lease of fuch lauda to promote 1 the reclamation of arid lauds and 2 to aid ohp public schools of such state or bernton tern ton discussion over the resol ution rew quite barly an amendment offered by king of provo and finally adopted providing 1 or aid to public schools from tha pale et and innas governor intimated that the Cal Morna delegation ban assumed dictatorial tat orial powers irish and other prominent california delegates warmly resented the accusation finally the difficulty was agreeably settled by thomas apologizing and the belligerents of both sides bands the thaid resolution to be considered this adfur afur noon reads that the trust so created shall be so conditioned at to secure the ownership of irrigable lend to the ac settlers in suitable hold inra at noon the delegation assembled in front of tho exposition building aud a picture was taken of the group the congress expects to visit the sugar works and provo saturday |