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Show the people are rfeeaortag for this inno tum hi tagiaUUre aowi'lty," he An clared. "All that the dealr ti to ttvg and let Uv U develop their re anareee end to managa Iheir own Intel nal business HO a to furnish tuiiplm mem t, both capital and tfthor, under a constitutional foim of government I government ot Uwa. .md not ot in. u n which their own gm oi nuir nut :ind propnetarv rights ere r pec ,,. "How ofun l tienni it aai.1 that tne neMern etai? are weak; thai t hex cannot protect themselves agalnat politicians poli-ticians a,ut that they ihouM t ruled bj I'urenu heads to lt protected Are w cat rii states to surrender their righta to local lo-cal aelf iveMiinent to the bureau chiefs at kahtngtont -If the Kern bUl twain as law, it will ce the .second step- not the rlrat niep rut the aaoond In aatehl.sh.na m e mv. ernmenui policy ih Uaalntc of the remainder re-mainder of the public domain. Do you nt your children to D tenanta of the aovernineot. or do vou want them to he nome-ow ntn cltlaena? Vital Question Kvaded. "The Mtal gueaMon Ima been e aded. The irin.lplea of the Kerrla bill k i the rlg.,t and life of the state. The In deaiructlblllty of the states must be mamta.in.Kt. . . '. "wbo are da mot Inn for the Kama Mil? Bureau. rat anxious to locrea.e power and revenue-, and soma power companies, wiling to na anv chtrni th bureaus deivmnd provided that thv can pnss on the Chargea to tiio people."' To Senator Cbambariatn'l accusation that the conference was pn. ke.1. Senator Smooi rtortel that t. Or-on delegate! were lioeen by I he Oregon ItgUlature, ad be named a number or t utted State senntora and cabinet tnembeia. Including 8ecreiAr Une. who were Invited and did not attend Walsh Speaks for BUL Senator Walsh, besides preaentln a resolution tnAaretajg the Ferrts MU, apeke for It. He eejtd he wae astonished to see in a Portland chamber of commeree pamphlet, dtairtbutfd at the OOBfetenee. the statement thai it was called to con-aider con-aider whether water power should be developed de-veloped bv private tntttatlve or under federal control. He held tats entlrel foreign to the purrnvse of the convention. He peJH bis respect to "thoee gentlemen gentle-men who are on the outsMe. vet whose leaden influence, like that which pervaded pervad-ed the publh- ushr, is not nnfelt here " Maintaining that the Krrta bill Itaelf protects the states agaUist the "Iwgeji of Menu control." he declared the principal princi-pal point at tssue is the compensation to be vai'.d for the lease of public lmwt necessary nec-essary to the development of the water rip Ms. Senator Chamberlain. In his speech, said that tMe issue was belnc leclouded I by deamictire criticisms of conservation and the fores: service IMS BILL IS TSUBJECTEO 10 l! FIERCE ATTACK Lasurr h Now Before the . Solutions Committee of We$tern Stale Water Power Conference. j jOHIUW' Or.. Spt pKtotJei ct.-lnas in piitlv j ( ,tt ooi'.trol rtvdlop niam opp"ou to uvv policy towwd system of leasuxj ' lly o' li piiWio ilcmain will ; pcrlKl tOlUtUTCW 10 tht V Ast 9Us Wter Tows: cont'rieive a commit t on roliitdon. POBTLANT. Ore Sopt ?2. With jk. nnKijl W''h'', i'tposed 0f tJ JIwlion"ommi,tJ''' fu"-T in,on"e,i jMt, in wishes of aach of ! various Ei: htvrwt r presenMJ iho Ere states srater lower -outer - u e aTrtt its fc tid asj s session tone iise ' 1 '' ' K itmbsr of .BUirfe, ' ot ' - ' ' an ' . . ' I al tei t 1 K'tfiay. The roaulutioas oommilteo . L" iu ,!e'i:"..: . s over the ' Inr'o -eierred 10 it, but uo report Jgieipasted to b torthcoiuiuK llut i Cia at aooc or late J IHMiei remsris b niimher of .' KTen eaineneo to-iay ' os.-irs. Eeno'. the Ferns hill a thtir jub-Jj jub-Jj ', : .; t it-' coaferenee i- corpoiatton-jtre:'.i corpoiatton-jtre:'.i a'jo brvr!-: tU son:.' a.-ri-Ce'cus remsrr Ciie; advocates d the Kerri- bill to iT r Senator L'hinderla;n of i 'reap 're-ap sad Seas tor Walsh of Montana. soot Leads Opposition. Lkpitiea to tae meaMirr was led by 'jsi::: -: . 'ah an 1 Frank 1. ic- 12 attorney of l-"reauo. i . lavavf Walsh brought hi-i remarks to :i aaaz by iatrodjein a resolution to B the eoaferaaC'? oa record as m- cs.-j Yt" -- Mentor Chamberlain broadened the Mrs o: : s o inil:ide the land pc: lawfeiuatu held at alem l u aoD 5s the preaent cdnference. tteti both wore controlled in the )aara oi the eorporationa .i Basiln Smoot devoted huasolf par . uhilj to a denial of tbe rharees of aetor CkamberUiQ an I then laVortit- t irfiment lor staU eontr Kn T'.-Ars ar..: .: ?"?:J: k. Short are an expose of what itemed ancoasttl itieaaJ provisions of i r-r? bi. Tit speeches Tor.ipht were informal ' ere not eonf ;nel wholly to eon-Bate eon-Bate sab jet ts. lumberIain's Attack. Sritc- Qeem IS, Caml ,3 paa, to see his own wor-ii. lropr e l cl sreaeh into te ma i rv ot k lJ'eri statee water power 'unfer ee at ;; i3v"s aataion, bv eha m tie orgviizaasssi was a lopsi-i' J aT- , t. vita delegates culled from oppo- l Ptt of the Ferria bill for regulation ( w"r -ievelopment cn public lands, pa izomas J. Walsh of Montana a resolution suuc-oninv Tbe rtr? KB, -with s-raall ehane that it pHget OTwhere. and Senator Rd :f Ctan wound np a lively session sft a denial of Senntor f'hamber-t: f'hamber-t: zecQgatiou a pakei! Lcnct.ii ""tod a vigoroas sttaek on the bill. ' do not flaim that the states or |