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Show W WEST ENTITLED TO SECRETARYSHIP Text of Resolution Passed at Recent Session of Mining Min-ing Congress. D. W. Brunton. ono of tho beat-known mining men of tho country, who is now the president of fhe American Mining congress, and Secretary J. C. Callbreath wcro visitors in Salt bake City on Thursday, Thurs-day, cn route from Spokane, where has been held ono of the most successful annual sessions of this Institution. Tlic last session of the congress took up innumerable in-numerable matters of vital Importance to the western metal mining industry, among I hem being the matter of t2ic disposition dis-position of the 11111110 domain, -hlch the conservationists would rcniuvo wholly from any Influence e-xocpt their own. ATcssrs. FJrunlon and Callbreath stato that ono of tho most Important resolutions resolu-tions passed by the congress was along such lines, dealing especially with tho universal desire throughout the west that a western man bo uppoinled secretary of the Interior. TIUs resolution naturally Is of wldo Interest, and It here follows In full: "Whereas, The most: Important: function func-tion of Ihy department of the Interior Iv that which has to do with the administration admin-istration and control or the public lands; and. "Whereas, Tho greater part of the- public pub-lic lands aro situated within tho arid land and, mining slatert. whore distinct systems of law prevail which do not prevail pre-vail elsewhere: and. "Whereas, An intelligent administration administra-tion of tho public domain within Mich states can be best given by ;ne having a knowledge of tho conditions vhleh made necessary tho adoption or tlu-so separata systems of law; now, therefore, be it "KcEolved. Tlmt rresldent-clect of the United States, thu Hon. Woodrow WIJ-t;on, WIJ-t;on, bo earnestly requested and urged to select for ills cabinet as aecretnrv of the Interior a resident or the public lands slates acquainted with public land laws and who by uctual experience Is familiar with western conditions; and, It Is further fur-ther "Resolved, That tho secretary of this congrexn bu directed to transmit a copy of tluiso resolutions to the Hon. Wyod-row Wyod-row Wilson." |