Show 31p 4 l El PASO SElECTED J AS PLACE TO HOLD NEXT j IRRIGATION CONGRESS y 1 1 H 1 Texas City Wins by a Decisive I De-cisive Majority N nil L SENATOR CLARK REELECTED G 4 i 1 4 W t BittI Fight Had Whon Resolutions Resolu-tions Were Reported 80m 110 nr Debnto of Four Hours in Which Eloquent 1 Elo-quent Appeals Were Made to i the Congress 1 TRIBUNE J SPECIAL Osden Sept lSHy 203 voles out of r0 SCO El Paso Tex was this morning selected Si se-lected as the next meeting place of the Initiation congress The report of the committee on permanent organization recommending that Senator Clark be i ilecled as president for the ensuing year was unanimously adopted and the Eleventh National J 1llga tIill congress i came to an end The platform adopted requested Congress 4l f Con-gress to make needed modifications of the exlHtlng land laws In order that 4 speculation nud monopoly of public domain 2 do-main be prevented BITTER FIGHT lAD ds The great fight of the congross came up this afternoon when the report of the committee on resolutions was made tf over the adoption or rejection of the I clauses of hc majority report requestIng request-ing that Congress repeal the desert land aa f iiU the tiribr and plane act and the commutation clause of the homestead Ict and a debate of four hours duration dura-tion occurred exceedingly bitter at d lime and participated In by some ofF of-F Hie most prominent men In the work oi co Irrigation TrilRILMNT DEBATE I VE Not even In the great deliberate body at Washington In the days when Webster 3F Web-ster and Calhoun crossed the blades of E eloquence were stronger or more of ± L ferlive in > rtils made to the t minds of oo iniiJ 15very ihordof human emotion 91 was ton > hld t by the lingers of logic or ii th > win li of eloquence and the response > as a wild discrul which was finally I modulated o as sweet harmony COMPROMISE 1 FFPECTED tOo Tl tontrovcrjy was finally settled nml the inorr radical I resolutions of the i majority defeated by the addition of u compromise resolution picsented by tOO Congressman Nemlham of California vhih < iHo l upon the CongreNS of the Vplted juites to so uni > nd the laws I J6 I question as to prevent the frauds and 11 abuses which have grown up under J t them The vote htood 232 1 vottj for and US against 1 I WILL VISIT LOGAN t Many delegates left for their homes tonight although several hundred will go on an recursion tomorrow through 4 Cuthe valley viewing I the Stale Agrlcul turrl 1 chool at Logan and the great ir Jlpitlon works of the Bear River valley jg STATE COMMISSION ENDORSED At the afternoon session the congress sUII endorsed the appointment of State commissions iellL com-missions like that In Utah to cooperate coop-erate with the National Government In ji carrying Into effect the provisions of the I D1 mid land reclamation act CF RESOLUTION OF THANKS Reuolulions of thanks were passed for 1 IB El 1 the courtesies extended by the press a55b0 i and pcoplft of Ogden and the State of ml l Utah and also to the Oregon Short LineD Line-D Hallway company MINORITY JIEPORT DISCUSSED Discussion on the minority report of jlOOftf the commltto1 on resolutions vas limIted as lim-Ited to fifteen minutes for each speaker The debate ivaw extremely bitter nt a tlmep Finally Congressman Needham nf California ofierfd o subslltule for cu both report requesting1 the CongreflH P of ifi United States to pass such F J amendment to existing lawn as would t prtJierve the land to actual pettlcm who Is W j j would build homes on the land ica icaW t ALMOST PATUE TO BLOWS A llvcmlnuU rcrcss wan then de fl clarofl and Instantly the congress broke LI into a mighty uproar of excited dlficus Tlon Every degree of emotion I was UI j manifested 1 from angry determination n1S to a mild Inclination In some caseu h cJ bitter personaliticH were Indulged and 1fThonal violence did not teem far off J George H Maxwell met Johnston of GE Colorado who had 5o fiercely assailed I him from the platform warm wUI hAGS h-AGS 0 > used and only the Intervention of lhon I t irlends prevented what might have e 1 r been a EcrlouH dilnculty I SUBSTITUTE ADOPTED Vun order was restored the substitute j substi-tute offered by Mr Ncpdham was carried tI1 car-ried by the following vole AYES IC 5L2 Arizona 2012 Texas 32 45di1 Idiho n Virginia 2 our lIchiIga 1 Colorado 20 hfl21 adt 12 Kansas 17 T OIeoii Ifi Nebraska 11 flflont 1 Oklahoma I W Yomhiig 20 Utah 20 Sg OI e I CtIIornht 11 i Washington 2 20n PI Jlllnols 2 4 tIiotjri Tolal 212 iui lexIco Ill I 1ocI1t NAVES u8 TIZo1L 19 27 Oregon 4 IlIinn Ii vashilngton pr a 1flCUIL 20 Cilifornla 0 flu ucVatla S Eansas ton t-on orth 1ukota i NlrII5kt 7 I Tex Nw York 2 a t Arhcnsrfl I South 1ihuita i w 1Isconsln S Llfl io1tana 20 o uld 2Q MexIco 2 TOtul 113 I 4 CHIEF NEWELL 1IIOAHD EO When the congress convened at 0 LP lock ihla morning F U Kewcll 1 j fl 4 chief engineer oC the United States Sovcrnmont explained the relationship between tlu forests t and the water supply sup-ply demonstrating that the preservation I preserva-tion of the llinbpr is vital to the conservation con-servation oC moisture POLICY REGARDING FORESTS Gifford Pinchol chief forester l of the government eIIflI ned the policy of the department In regard to forest reserves re-serves That policy is to use them and to do this the local needs of the people must bo studied The effort then Is to make the reserves useful to the dominant domi-nant industry of the region in which the reserve I is situated FORESTRY IN UTAH Forestry in Utah was discussed by Prof Potter who has been In charge of the reserves t In this Suite A great many papers were not read because of the limited time of the convention con-vention but all will be printed In the official proceedings of the congress NEXT MEETING PLACE The roll of States was called for nominations nations of the next meeting place Boise was named by Delegate Reed of Idaho St Joseph Mo was proposed by T TV Gregory who said that his city would send lh > < entire congress to the St Touls Worlds fair after 1U ad ournmeni St Louis i was advocated by Delegate Bean who said that 125 national na-tional conventions would be In session it the worlds fair and El Paso was nominated by Mr Hart of Texas Mr Harts appearance caused a groat out Hirst of applause which indicated the preferences of the majority UTAH SECONDS EL PASO Washington presented no candidate Spokane having I been withdrawn Reno was also out of the race and Nevada seconded the nomination oC Boise John Henry Smith of Utah seconded the nomina Lion of 351 I Paso PAEAN OF JOY When the result of the volt was announced an-nounced the Mexican band stationed outside the hall struck up a paean oC Joy and the Texans cheered lustily A nember of the Idaho delegation moved hat the choice he made unanimous and the motion prevailed Boise received 117 votes and St Joseph S The report of the committee on permanent per-manent organization was hen I received and adopted REPORT OF RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE i COM-MITTEE The report of the majority of the committee on resolutions congratulated the nation on the arid land reclamation act recommended the repeal of the desert land acv the commutation clause of the homestead law and the I timber and stone act recommended the appoIntment oC a commission to investigate I inves-tigate and report on further modifications I modifica-tions of the land laws recommended a I further appropriation for forest preservation preser-vation demanded the prevention of I monopoly and speculation in lands and water called for the encouragement of the homemaker advocated water users associations to deal with Government Gov-ernment demanded laws making atm a-tm public proptrty advocated the modification of the forest reserve law so that timber may be exported to other oth-er States where the local supply Is excessive ex-cessive and the repeal of the lieu land provision of the act demanded Statehood State-hood for the IIllolles and recommended recom-mended appropriations fot the Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland MINORITY REPORT A minority report signed by John on of Colorado and Carey of Wyoming advocated the elimination of the ieuo lutlons calling for the repeal of the desert and other land acts Just before adjournment Senator Carey of Wyoming Wyo-ming moved to adopt the minority report re-port and his motion was made a special oiiltt l CONTROL OF WATER Congressman Brooks oC Colorado addressed ad-dressed tin convention and read a reso lotion the intent of which was to wipe out several of the clauses In the report of the resolutions committee which demanded a readjustment of the methods meth-ods of handling matters ptirtainlni to the interstate control of water riparian ripa-rian rights of property owners etc and spent live minutes In reading what he considered the objectionable t clauses In the report The honorable gentleman from the Centennial State had just launched out In an oratorical effort when the presidents gavel fell and several sev-eral delegates began to calhue Mr Brooks looked surprised ind HCV cal Colorado delegates jumped to their seals and demanded that he IK given the floor President Clark very firmly announced that Prooka was talking under un-der the fiveminute time limit and should have known it S1IAFROTI TAKES UP CUDGEL Congressman Shafroth grabbed 1 the paper from Brookss hand and like a hero of San Juan 1111 captured the floqr and without any preparation took up the subject whore his colleague left off This congress haw no right to attempt to bias the public or to Interfere with matters thai arc now before the Hu preme court ot the United States said Mr Shafroth These clauses directly affect the litigation now pending between be-tween the Slaws or Kansas and Colorado Colo-rado It is a matter In which an inJunction In-junction is askol l to prevent the citizorn of Colorado from utilizing the waters of the Arkansas river and I do not believe that we desire to go on record as wishIng wish-Ing in any way to create public opinion I opin-ion In the matter The clauses mentioned men-tioned arc Inconsistent and objectionable objection-able The Irrigation laws provide for the han llne of these matters and besides be-sides the platform Is too long anyway The Intent of the resolution by Mr Brooks Is to prevent conflict which would result from the adoption of the report as framed You are asking that there be both State and Government authority in control of your water rights and there will surely be dispute EXPLAINS HIS RESOLUTION Mr Brooks was finally given five minutes in which to explain his reaolu rontlnued on Pa KG H |