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Show Davis fill Present . ; Report . Strong Fight to Be Made Against Water. Scheme. Opposition. "Will Wag1 "War Up to tho Day of Bond Election. Elec-tion. Thero Is going to bo a strong fight on tho water schemo up to tho last, Tho opposition is not ovor, now that tho ordinance or-dinance providing for tho special election has passed tho Council. A. J. Davis will make a minority roport on tho question. ThlB will bo Introduced at tho nc; meeting meet-ing of tho Council. Rumors of this minority roport have been rifo ever slnco tho plans of tho majority ma-jority of tho special commltteo wcro mado public. But none was- Introduced at cither of tho Council meeting that havo been devoted to tho discussion of tho sohomo. When tho mooting of Monday night passed and no roport camo forward, it was thought that tho opposition had .struck its last blow. But Councilman A. J. Davis said last night that ho was preparing pre-paring a report of his own. Ho will base it chlelly on tho objection which he stated In tho Council. Ho objects ob-jects to tho plan of getting water by ex-chan;o. ex-chan;o. "My objections," ha said to Tho Tribune, Tri-bune, last night, "are thoso that I put forward in opposing tho schemo. Wo are not getting a single gallon of water that we will be ablo to call our own. When wo spond such a largo amount of money, and bond tho city to get It, we ought to havo something dellnito to show for It. "We should certainly not bo In such a position that our right to the water wo have spent monoy for can bo taken away from us. Under the contracts, which tho city will enter into with tho farmers, thoy can tako their water back under certain conditions. Of courso It is not to be expected that they shall suffer; the farmers have their rights. But thoro ought to be no conditions under which nnyono can take away from Salt Lako City tho water that tho taxpayers will pay for." .Asked whether ho would mako any separate sep-arate light on tho Spring Creek plan, Mr. Davis said: "I am opposed to tho gist of tho whole atbomo. 1 do not think a system of exchange ex-change Is a proper method for tho clt7 to acquire wator "I have worked as hard on tho water question as any of the members of tho committee. I am as anxious as any of them for the city to have an adequato water supply. I havo as much Interest at stake In the city as any of them." Mr. Davis will submit his minority report re-port to the Council at tho next meeting of tho Council. Tho report is not yet prepared, but ho Is working on It. '"If tho Council will not accept It," ho salu, "I will submit the caso to the public pub-lic I certainly think the public ought to be Informed of the great drawbacks of tho plan." There is a question whether it will be In ordor to submit a minority report now. Tho proper time was when tho hubject was under discussion. But if tho Council follows the custom of the United States Congress It will occopt the roport and nlo it. even If It Is not adopted. adopt-ed. It Is usual for Congress to accept minority reports after a bill Is passed, In order to cnablo tho minority to present pre-sent Its side of the case. "I very much doubt if it will bo In order," said Councilman Wells last night, when Jio heard of Mr. Davis's intention. "But oven if it Is In order, I hardly think his report will be adopted. Tho Council has shown wha,t It thinks of the report of tho majority. That was In splto of the hard light made by Councilman Council-man Davis. As for the merits of the case, I have said what I think in favor of the plan to are offering tho public." Tho Councllmcn are In favor of having the matter publicly discussed. Councilman Council-man Hartonstein said at tho meeting on Monday night that it ought to bo discussed dis-cussed In tho press. The opposers of the committee's schemo should havo their views mado public. They should have an opportunity of nnswerlng tho arguments of tho committee. Councilman Davis's report Is awaited with considerable Interest |