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Show IRRIGATION BILL PASSED BY HOUSE AND SENATE ! Lcose and Whitmprc; FJjht the Measure, but Both Branches Vote It Through. - - -. --.'.' - - . . f.et feature of-, yesterday's work of the v Vtah Legislature was the .passage ofyfh-Joint; committee's Irrigation bllL ' The , measure, which represents a month's hard, work on the part of mem- , bers of the committee. State Engineer I Doremus and other irrigation experts, was passedexactly in the form that It was prepared, a remarkable victory for ; friends of the act, who anticipate- a hard fight over some of Its main provisions. provi-sions. . ; ..." . ... , lengthy discussion of the bill was ' had in the Senate, where Whltmors Lewis, Loose and C. P. Larsen opposed its passage. . . . Cppcsed ty Whitmore. The flrst speaker was Whltmore, And he opposed the passage of the measure. ' He said his district had no use for such legislation as all water rights there had been adjudicated in the courts; he : thought the bill placed too much power pow-er in the hands of one man; that it was a radical measure, and he was opposed to It. Senator Lewis also stated a number of objections to the measure. Senator C. P. Larsen said he had received re-ceived many protests from his district against the passage of the bill and not one word in Its favor. He thought ' there was mischief back of the hill.. , Lturdock for the BilL , Senator Murdock. talked strongly In, favor of the passage of the measure. Senator Bennion tlso talked for the bill. He said It was honest, fair and Jut. although far from perfect Senator Murdock talked strongly for ' the bill and thought all objectors had been satisfied; that all Questions had been answered. He said Utah was far ty hind all . neighboring States in this r ect. Senator Lawrence said the bill . lid not impair any established water wa-ter Tights, and that it would form the basis for much needed legislation. Senator Sen-ator Gardner epoke with much feeling and considerable force ia favor of the passage of ,le bill. He- said the only rtal objection raised against the biJ was that It put too much power into the hands of one man, and he did not consider this objection well founded. Senator McKay also spoke at considerable consid-erable length In favor of the bill, telling tell-ing what the committee had done and telling of the great need for Irrigation legislation. He spoke in the highest terms of State Engineer Doremus, and considered the objections to the power placed in his bands without just foundation. foun-dation. Loose Breaks Away. Senaton Loose for the first time during dur-ing the session broke away from his colleague from Utah county,' and 1 protested pro-tested against the passage of the bill. In doing this be said he was voicing the sentiments of the people of Provo and the farmers of Utah county. He thought the bill mischievous, and should not pass. Senator Williams favored fa-vored the passage of the bill, not as a perfect measure, but as a beginning, a basis for future action. The vote was then taken on the final passage of the measure, and it passed. The aye votes were cast by Barber, Barnes, Bennion, Gardner, Johnson. H. S. Larsen, Lawrence. Love, McKay, Murdock, Sherman, Williams and Allison Alli-son 13. The negative votes were cast by C. P. Larsen, Lewis, Loose and Whltmore 4. Bamberger was absent at the time of the rollcail, but. was In favor of the bill. Voto Is 34 to 7. There were a few, but not many, objections ob-jections raised when the measure came up in the House. It was urged by the opponents that the bill put too much power in the hands of the State Engineer Engi-neer and the enforcement of its provisions provi-sions would be expensive and not practical. prac-tical. The vote was as follows: Ayes Adams, Anderson. Austin, Barrett, Brink, Cahoou, Child, Chlpman; Colton. Condon. Done,. Evana, Fishburn, Hall, Hamlin, Haslam, Hawley. Johnson, J. E., Johnson. J. H., Lee, Luther. Mc-Farland, Mc-Farland, McKlnnon. McRae, Merrill. Nash, Redd, Richards. Roberts, Smith, Etne, Watts. Wilson and Hull $4. Nays Metcalf. Molyneux, Morris, Peterson, Peter-son, liobison. Stoker and White 7. |