Show congressional delegation eels vh state board PLAN impracticable ck nd and rawlins ex it cannon tint that legislation the 1 delict cession of all tho the ding for f the uc IM x e la utah to tho the state pa that cassed lot of bo be or granting tho arid asare su e Brough i tigh ra cawlina as speaks pen ol of mineral lands question tt 3 it i cannon and rawlins onil and to mra alne let with the th ve c 1 N ot of land corn ro morning dy by invitation to y te ali he pw hect of 0 legislation on ind sessions cessions ces to the ane state during ping ix slon of congress Con gresi aolis introduced Introduce a tile i ill the lit last I 1 ext had adi 4 memorials to cengr des asking variety OZ 0 matters rr re a aviu 10 pa 9 public labida anas reser volis ti I 1 the but 1 ut there had bareca careca os of earns atly III bel hen n no effort to determine nent bt ivas aa liest best for the state aunte on an a dennite e burp purpose J lol therefore rid ad asked gentlemen ii ho re present the rt e a to 10 contor center vi with ith them t I 1 congiu Coni rite 1 I them as to the 1 best 1 51 e courso our ha cov ivas tian 1 1 ll 11 called ld a on cannon to vay ay what he thought done in congress toward so acton of all the government GO I 1 al 11 L hill die be stale to tile the state stale ex cx the mineral lanila land 1 I 1 ATOR CAN CANNONS NO S or cannon said he was leady rate alth Lt lyalls alls represents lor the cacase ot of any legislation kelBl atlon bight lebl be passage boic bt feasible or duc dec dev v it was vas his 0 pinion opinion however t e attempt to a cession of t lands within bilhl Il hl lh tho prove altogether alto t it could not be done 0 oc C cou course il the raine brov 7 0 it tor for les ba ing put anh it lands land vi within athin such a t measure be b by members member front from im in who vere hoohing out ftp from the public ind hind funds for their state all sunhe el they saw caw western vestern it go gettine get tint I 1 grants for much buch purposes pui pa poses a anil and thought t they h F aou could ad g get et tile the sam nami sort eon of 0 aid f forgetting c g tin that h it their had already had bad their antor cake c re mild anil eaten caten if 11 continuing sen antor cannon sold said it might be to got get a grant of all th abild ill id lands to the 11 0 slate two years ago afro ho he thought ruoh B grant impossible Io Ihl lilt but bluee then there tile re had been of sentiment sent incont a and nd it might ile he Pom possible sIble for the a tare and smon float the abild band land to secure tile the passage of granting such lands to all ail the states late I 1 gaid gov wells asked ill aliu 0 senator what of chance 1 ance thele theio mould be for FL bill grant crant ing inc tile hie state a right to select lands lit in the slate in cclia for the certain sec designated in the enabling net act iho ahe tir oas ab very prom krompl pt lit in ills his answer that it could not purs pass senator ImiN ling was then asked to give his opinion on tho the situation gov wells also asked him to tell the benid whether lie thought tile otate entitled to mineral lands under the powers e conferred nar d by th ill act in aich Con congress greva to mineral I 1 lands flom selection nac ila hij lieen been he custom in tile hie acts admitting other states slates containing mineral lands LAND selections mr bawling said he had been botn quoted a ai s saying lio lie believed this the state slate could select select mineal lends lands that vaa mas an error ro r ile he thought lio had loir fair grounds for or b cl ieving the state stale could select mineral lands but bill lie he knew the land department rulings would be against lucli selections and was sure the th question 7 would have to resettled be settled by appeal to the lie courts if an attempt was to lo be made mada to establish the states right to make such selections lie he hal exan evarn incel tile th enabling acts ot of other states ani a I 1 it was the I 1 lule olo in them to except mineral lands from rom grants made to lo the hie new states no ko such exception had been made in the grant to lo utah that would bo one reason for believing the state could go into the courts and make a in the homestead net ot of IS 2 a gonema exception of min bial lands Is maddt but since that act was passed r the supreme court of the untied united states in the case of the state slate of f labout michigan hagan held hed that 9 grint grant of lands without reservation of the mineral lands carried thein with it so that michigan camo came into of lal all bable copper lands under such a grant justice field in a later opinion has held that the precious metals metal gold and silver cannot be included in a grant to the state abere there Is no express reservation tiie the courts however would be very reluctant to construe the law in favor of at utah so 03 to seem to make an exception of this state where here no such buell intention in congress IN when hen tho the enabling act was passed could boTre b presupposed supposed gov wells for tho the board called attention to an ambiguous sentence in 1 the he enabling net att referring to tile the grant of saline lands mr air raw ram una fine the sentence OR as he would construe it lit in the light of the intent of the frania a of tile the art t then lie hr added that it waa vies the custom alic there was any doubt to construe the doubt in favor a of f lio ilia government as against the state OT PASS As aa to tho the practicability ot at further OLlon col concluded 1 clouded tile the senator 1 I believe senator connon cannon it jeaa is stated staled the situation about right I 1 do nut believe that thai there Is 1 even it remote hance chanco of getting a grant of all tile the public linda to tho the state stale it bould have to bo be a I 1 general pt in laaure asure ting all such lands to tile iho states in which they iro located and that would be impossible of passage it would ile be easier to get an appropriation for a supposed harbor in the great salt lake bec because allce then there bould bo be soni basis of action to KO go on lit in I 1 which aich other oilier people V alli ith similar measures measure would bo be interested I 1 question adether it c would be to pot get it a grant of the arid land but kins king would be able to tell more about that because it would del depend e not darrely itu on tile the temper of the 1101 allonie e it il might be possible to get eel tile iho denb enabling I 1 lag act amended qa as to all allow ov the salto to select lands itura herc 11 in the state in lien ilou or of siant giant lands CESSION OF ARID LANDS Congressi king was then asked to express lila his alo elewa wo as 09 to what ought to ho a or could be b done lie ilo said bald lie thought there N vas as a R fairly rood good chance tor for tile the passage of 0 a measure ceding tile the arid lauds bauls to tile the state ile he had had a talk with mith speaker reed and sir fr larry of ohp public lends committee on the tha all subject abject at the last BeSSI OIl they were opposed to any y change in the method of sel selecting eting state stale lands from rom that in the enabling act As a to thi the c slon of the arld arid lands tho ih ro seemed a clr fair chance of legislation A bill for such cession had come mahln four or live otea of passing tho the alouse and tile the support it received then lien had encouraged the friends of 0 the me as ure to believe it would anre be hrucz ater nt at the hie net effort it vas worth the of et foit fall certainly and the ill effort to secure ua its passage would be made at this so acs Is fiton this concluded the addresses arid and a r halt t informal conference followed in which it was waa agreed that the three visitors should hould confer in Washl washington neton after a survey of tile the field find and advise I 1 the lie board as to tile the prospects of leafs lation sn an it could do to as slat the legislators from rom tills this end of 0 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