Show DAY OF RESOLUTIONS 4 Warm Debate Over Irrigation at TransMississippi Congress POLICY OF FREE HOMES t CONGRESS ASKED TO ACT I BEHALF BE-HALF OF AMERICANS t Recommended the Opening to Settlement Settle-ment of the Xiowa Comanche and Apache Lands In Oklahoma 2500000 Acres Freight Discrimination crimination Is Denounced f Wichita Kan June 2This was resolutions day for the transMissis sippi congress Debate waxed warm but never acrimonious over the recommendations recom-mendations to be urged upon congress relative to federal aid to the tate irrigation ir-rigation projects subsidies for merchant mer-chant marine and grain freight rate discrimination by railway lines as between be-tween domestic shipments and shipments ship-ments for export The congress adopted resolutions favoring fa-voring arid land cession to states and federal subsidies to merchant marine and denouncing preference in rates to grain for export Ringing resolutions were adopted endorsing en-dorsing the Louisiana Purchase fair and urging favorable congressional acton ac-ton upon the 5000000 congressional loan feature of the plan to raise the desired 15100000 fair fund The congress endorsed free homes and the opening of Indian reservation lands statehood for all the territories establishment of two cabinet offices mines and mining and commerce and industrial establishing of a national establshing natonal academy for training consular officers tics taking their appointment out of poll ticsA A plan was adopted looking to a permanent per-manent organization on the providing of a fund for expenses of the congress by admitting to membership any person per-son In transMississippi territory on of 5 payment of annual fee 55 Fight on Irrigation In the resolutions committee interest inter-est centered in the stubborn fight on the irrigation resolutions The issue was squarely I made between those who I I urged that I the transMississippi congress con-gress wholly endorse the policy of the I national irrigation congress advocating i advocat-ing federal storage reservoirs and the leasing of the public grazing lands by the states without cession a against those who advocated the absolute and unconditional cession of all the public lands to the states and territories After Af-ter a long and stubborn fight between Governor Murphy of Arizona supported support-ed by the members of the committee from Colorado and Kansas who favored fa-vored the state cession scheme and vore George H Maxwell of California aided by I D ODonnell of Montana and Colonel H B Maxson of Nevada representing rep-resenting the national irrigation congress con-gress an agreement was reached in the I committee unqualifiedly endorsing the resolutions and policy of the national irrigation congress These resolutions were adopted by the entire transMis I voice sissippi congress without a dissenting For Free Homes I The free homes resolution declares Whereas The policy of free homes for American citizens has received more unanimous endorsement from the cit zens of this country than any ether measure before the American people andWhereas Whereas Congress has failed to recognize this endorsement be it Resolved That we request in behalf of the pioneers homebuilders and na tionsupporters that recommendation be include in the next message to congress con-gress Another resolution asks for the opening open-ing of the Kiowa Comanche and Apache lands in Oklahoma 2500000 i acres On freight discrimination the I congress resolved I The rates on wheat and corn and the manufactures thereof should be mode the same per 100 pounds and if a difference differ-ence in the rates now exist between these and other commodities in the raw material and the manufactured articles from that raw material the interstate commerce committee shall be requested to have all such differentials removed a soon a possible The Irrigation Scheme The irrigation resolutions include recommendations I ommendations for the continuance of reservoir construction by the government govern-ment and a stringent sytum of forest preservation jhe main clauses ask Cession of public lands to states and territories on conditions requiring occupation oc-cupation by actual settlers and exclude private monojjly leasing gracing lands to actual settlers on contiiruojs lands extension of the Carey act to all states and territories that tne light to water go with land reclaimed Houston was tonight selected as the I next lace of meeting Tom Richardson secretary of the Houston Business league was elected secretary During the morning scpslon I D C Lewis of OManoma addressed the congress I SiatoboDl and 1 > K Ewing of Houston read a paper on I Gulf Outlet |