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Show PRESIDENT R008EVELT AND IR. . RIGATION. The followlni; Bpecch of Socrotary $ Bhaw at Denver Is of moro interest fj "' " to tho voter of Utah than any other ,.' pleco pf llteraturo that will bo clrcu- '', , lated this campaign by cither party. If - iny question Is of vital Interest to this V stato, Irrigation is that question. Tho M gontlomnn said: pjvj "I recently examined a publication V prepared by William E. Smytho and '. supposed to liavo been sent out by t tho Democratic National Commlttuo, y'i entitled, 'Which Is tho Party of Irrl- ', '") gatlon? "Tho document Is a labored argument argu-ment to show that Senator Nowlands, of Nevada, drafted the Irrigation bill which was ultimately passed by n Republican house, n Republican sen-nto, sen-nto, and signed by n Republican President. Pres-ident. Ono can but ndmlro tho boldness bold-ness of tho minority party In thus claiming credit for legislation enacted by tho majority In strictest harmony with recommendations of tho President. Presi-dent. Tho conclusion reached Is equally equal-ly refreshing. Tho Democratic national na-tional commit too evidently takes tho position that if nny provision of tho Nowlands bill ns drafted was ultimately ulti-mately enacted Into law, then of course tho electors of tho arid states hotild vote ngalnst Theodoro Roosevelt. Roose-velt. In this they do no violence to their reputation for subtle logic. Rut as this Is tho only claim which our Democratic frlonds mako for responsibility respon-sibility for nny nfllrmntlvo and progressive pro-gressive legislation, It mny not bo out of placo to oxnmlno their title. "Tho cntlro delegation from tho arid states, regardless of pnrty, has favored Irrigation for moro than a decade, and many bills havo been introduced in-troduced providing for largo appropriations appro-priations for tho reclalmatlon of nrld lands. I would not rob these gentlemen gentle-men nf anv of tho crodlt to which they nro entitled for protecting the Interests of their Immedlato constituents, constitu-ents, but I can not forget that If nny one of theso honored representatives had failed to do his utmost for irrigation irri-gation ho would have been retired to prlvnto llfo. "After ten years of this non-partisan effort by tho representatives of nrld states they wero no nearer success suc-cess than when they began. Hero nud thoro In othor states there wns found a nominal friend, but no Influential Congressman or Senator from a humid hu-mid stato was willing to risk his political po-litical fortunes by nn nggrcsslvo espousal es-pousal of Irrigation. On tho contrary, con-trary, thoro wero many and they wore not confined to any ono political politi-cal party who looked upon Irrigation as ot doubtful statesmanship and somo openly declared against tho use of, publlo rovenueslTn. dov'eloplng west-jiwkleHKWcurture.f!W west-jiwkleHKWcurture.f!W " ' "Wlilio'lotli political parties In their national conventions declared In favor of ndequato national legislation to reclaim arid lands, there was want. Ing nn odvocato ngnlnst whom tho chargo could not bo mado that his enthusiasm was controlled by local Interests. William Jennings Rryan, In a speech delivered some years ago nt my homo, snld ho once witnessed a contest with rcforencu to allowing stock to run at largo within tho city limits. A board of nldcrmcn was elected upon that Issuo and tho campaign cam-paign been mo hctitcd. Ho said that for somo tlmo before election If you saw n group of men talking, you would know what they wero talking nbout and If you listened you could tell who owned tho cow. Prior to Do-combor, Do-combor, 1901, when you heard a group of congressmen talking nbout Irrigation, Irriga-tion, If you listened you could tell who represented arid ttntcs. Hut when President Roosevelt submitted his message to congress In December of that year, conditions changed. In tho courso of n lengthy discussion of the subject ho said: " 'It Is ns right for tho national government gov-ernment to mako tho streams nnd rivers riv-ers of tho nrld regions useful by engineering engi-neering works for water Btorngo ns to mnko useful tho rlvero and harbors of tho humid region by engineering works of another kind, Tho storing of tho floods In reservoirs nt tho head waters of our rivers Is but an enlargement enlarge-ment of our present policy of river control, under which leveos nro built an tho lower reaches of tho samo stream.' "This has the ring of Republicanism. Republican-ism. Tho Republican party lias fostered fos-tered overy Industry wherever practicable. prac-ticable. It fostered transcontinental linos of railroad and thoreby developed devel-oped tho agricultural resources of tho westorn states; tho mineral resources of tho mountain states and tho commercial com-mercial Interests of overy stnto and territory west of tho Missouri river. And tho development of theso Industries Indus-tries Inured to tho corresponding advantage ad-vantage of every city and hamlet be tween tho seas. The Republican party, par-ty, ngnlnst persistent Democratic opposition, op-position, has fostered overy manufacturing manu-facturing Industry In this country. Thcro would not bo a woolen mill, or a silk factory, a rolling mill, or a glass factory, In tho T'nlted States this day but for tho Republican policy of fostering fos-tering American Industries wherover American Industries are practlcnhlo. I repeat that tho President's message ot December, 1901, as applied to Irri gation, has tho ring of Republicanism. "And thnt Is not nil. That mos-sago mos-sago gives Theodore Roosevelt tho distinction of being tho first to risk IiIb own polltlcnl fortunes by espousing espous-ing tho causo of Irrigation. It gives him tho distinction of being tho first-American first-American In high olectlvo ofllco to combat tho somewhat narrow sentiment senti-ment against tho loan cvon of public rovenuos for tho reclamation of nrld Innds nnd thus bringing them Into competition with humid lands. It must nlso bo conceded, I think, thnt Theodoro Roosovelt. was extromoly fortunato In making his recommendation recommenda-tion njt tho exnet moment when sentiment senti-ment 'in tho United Btntes respecting Irrigation changed, or ho must bo given giv-en credit for causing this chango of sentiment. "I want to emphasize tho fact that tho representatives of nrld states, re-gardlcsR re-gardlcsR of their wisdom, rcgnrdloss of their Integrity, rcgnrdloss of their enthusiasm, regardless of all tho In' fluencc they could bring to bear, wero ns helpless as tho babes In compass. Ing results. Not so with Theodoro Roosevelt. Ho was tho leader of tho dominant party and such a leader ns (Continued Next Week.) |