| Show 11 S E STEPPED BURNING ISSUE Conservation Congress Con in Plat Platform form Mentioned cd cr Nor Roosevelt I FAVORED NATIONAL CONTROL J Ut cu i v I 1 tc of HC i r aI I Ia mi n u I Fi ii n II I I Short I I Ut h fit RI Sept 1 S STi a von coil tonight r n a aI platform I the woul tl of or o approve on control ot re IC resources sources 10 ou ee I l 1 A 4 on hart of tiC tho lido stati Conner ration co III III to till thu ti ot tit Tan TUt T ft platform I that of if Theodore rh otoro nt nil t tI I Ilin Ihn gres of tiC did nut on tin the nt in II WItH wn nut ut ul ot ortho th tho In n Tie nil officers President I ry VII II II C Pea Del In lit M crary cr ary K n 1 hill h U P UA IJA PA A W i Kaunas City and J 1 II H of ot Jt u elt CItY to In hI I i 1 for tho Iho and Mr Will p tnt not Tin The co m 1 1 PO CO on Oil of nt tho national lons 1 ll In turmoil or oi Ir on Oil It IL till nil 11 today tho to recommend a ft II of ot o tho win eon fIn mil on mill u a platform national control lOI nf n 0 t The MB big fight of uC the tho inott t tIn lug In which It Willi would oUI I bo 10 carried to 10 th tutor Hour of tf tho the convention ut lit tho ho night the tho n of nt the Halite of Theodore I n the thu originator of or tho policies recommended mended by the tho and anti Ignoring that thai of ot Mr tr Ir Taft Tho The of ot tho tiu th committee wow we 1 1 I executive hut reports of oC tho thu 1 leaked out Violent wore WelO made madr In I trait tho the ad 1111 advocated iii by II tho ti nut not only toro wort I tIo of at Mr dr r but hut thoo of or 1 U Taft anti that t the of ot the lutter lotter should hould bo ho 0 J men ineRt c t This occurred d tin tilt afternoon nCI tU when thero there waro but IS 18 member of ot j the committee ent und unil er r the tho chair of oC of oC nill nia TIU vote vole nt to Include till tIt of ot 1 4 lre was wn IS lost S 8 to 10 A new attack wn made to eliminate what shat a Mid to tt bo hI an nn In lii 1 Justko to tho thu and utter atter threw three I q a 11 1 motion to tin tho name 1 4 of oC noo carried mi an n I tho the copy of or tho Rho Uon given ghen to the tho n retained tio name of ot Mr Ir And aft It U wan wa wai i not until after th Ih or of tho convention lato Int tonight b W discovered The Tho rc ax Oil adopted by the thet t committee follows 3 ILA TI 1 Tim JhA fl national II conservation matin mOllo up UI of oC delegates from trill nil 1111 und and nearly cory evry tall und toY tel ItOI of ot thy thu th 1 mot Joel nt lit the fj 1 cull of a Ii I great croat l In tit L IU at St Paul hereby 11 adopt ami the tho follow following I lug hag of ot opinion and conclusion U the Ihn Inherent lights of oC the ii i of or tho Rho United I accepting tho tito spirit and In 4 lent tent of ot tho the Constitution und 1 adhering to hI t tilt 1110 principles Ink laid dawn by hy Wash Vu h i anti and Lincoln oln we wn declare our con conviction that nc we e live under a n govern KIern cf of the th by b thEo the people colle for tor forthe forthe the th and nd we c repudiate uny tiny and nil i ov ot local or putt plat or Ir policies h 1st conflict with tho lie Inherent righta will of ot our people Recognising the natural of or o the countr country as RIM the pr frine me of ot 4 property and a iid opportunity We ve holt hold tho thoI IshiI I of or the th people In III ieee tIc e rr rl 1 to 10 bo ho natural and Inh and L und t e r tho the ro re e Should and br bi b R j 11 nil l In III ways I with willI current welfare and amI ant with thu tho 2 of oC our t oil ii that nil all II nf of each tich 4 drainage hacin art uro related and aid Inter Intel InterI I w i hold hol l that carli lIeh should be he and treated HH tot iv a 1 unit front from Itt source to 10 lIe Its lI mouth and Chico tile the lire H mobile C and ond are or generally Inter elate we 0 hold that In nil ail il of ot dl di divided vided letl or doubtful Jurisdiction the lie wa wn waters teEs should hould DO be by b co to cooperation toR R operation between anil anit federal 1 Ito tho of lit th the of oe the tho waters or of the Ito country we o twit bold that IhM tho primary liMO art are 11 fur for Ice anti and for tor agri agricultUre cultUre or other niton for ami tin fur for r In water Mater 1 l not lire H nod and vo re 0 coin COlli I mend th thiS m view I that mn uRic UH at f tho tto f iw l I made matie with u reference to auditor till uses for Cor the tho pub Hi lit In lii with the of or C tho the atc to tn the tIa t number for tin lbs time Viewing purity of ot water iI at u CRiNI ut to III ii thu tho public antI and gen fen general oral eral ral wo O urge upon III tilde anti and federal on nit hit i and attil I rt reI ll li UI t action toward purifying anti and preventing RI lOUt of oC tho lie water uler A tho the efforts ol ot the tho United to I horn on lands through Irrigation wo ve In dorno ro and commend the reclamation r ton and urge urK itt Its continuance the tho of r tlc t name Illmo policy e to 10 the tho lie of oe swamp unit and overflow lunds to bo ho carried MI en 10 far tor n nit ilK ap no appropriate through cooperation bo be boI between tween I en state and i Viewing adt economical transportation facilities a tat among tilt the of lC If conservation and realizing tile lite growth of liv country hat has exceeded cI the tho development of transportation por tation approve tile th prompt adoption lI of a n comprehensive plan for Cor Cordo developing do t 11 III na the rivers and ll of or the United proceeding In ho the order of ot their tang mag and commercial Import anco the vast economic lien hon benefit ent to lu tho the people 1 of or water power potter de tie derived rived largely from Interstate Inter no titan than navigable rivers rivert we tie favor federal control of uC water stater power de development wo we dotty deny toe tile right or of or federal Cedral government to continue continuo alienating or oi conveying water by granting franchises for tor tho hut use lire u there thereof 1 of oC In lit perpetuity nn 1 we w demand that the uso uco U or ot water watNe bo be only for tor limited periods with Just juat com corn compensation In the of ot if the tho plo I L I IVo Vo Vii demand 1 ho Iho of ot tho federal commission to tu deal I with till all un uses usell s of ot the tho waters and to coordinate theiO for tur or tho the public welfare In cooperation with similar commis commissions or other oilier agency unit and ln by hy tho thu states J Approving tho th tie withdrawal or of public untie lands pending classification and the tho separation of nt rights from rota min mineral eral mI forest and tutu water waler rights Including recommend leg legislation water witter 0 I Bites we wo for Cor tho thu th classification anti ami lean Icu leaning ing InK for or grafting grazing purposes purpose pUrrO on nit unreserved i public chiefly for CI this bItt purpose subject lu t to 10 th or the thu I and Amid settlors or thereof under tho tim laws of ut t United and nel iid wo we hold hoM that lint arid anti and non nOIl l public grazing lands be bo hy by the government In tho the interest of ot all home Hl kers until out thy ha base p paused Into tho tile possession po of ot actual settlers Ab JI We Vo hold holti the deposits lt of ot min InIn minerals fuel tul Iron rala 11 underlying particularly ores lite and should be ho hehn hn ed for Cor limited periods not ilot ex cx 50 O years clr hut but subject to re rl renewal newal the lie royalty to be adjusted nt lit more frequent Intervals such Huoh leases to ho hii In lii tuch amounts anti and subject to te t tsuch such regulations re ns na to prevent oh and un wattle waste We bold that dei o tin un tho ho lands be he for Cor the tie American by appropriate legislation and anti wo we recommend the lie curly early of or the tha Alaskan and tind other oIlier coal colt untie fields b tn to the tho people of oC tho the United Unite States fir eJ purposes on un a IL system of tit 1031 III national ownership to ho re retained r rea a lard We Vo urge Immediate Investigation i Iv v the mite federal of or time the damage done dono by b tho ho at or r ole met and the elI or of BO tin hlll methods ns on to utIlize the bc InjurIous liv hy In connection with fertilIzers Wn Vo favor or on nil tho part lar of oC tho the states latcH nuil Iho ha federal gov guv go eminent anti and a approve the Iho policy oj n 0 restoring to settlement such public lands Intuit us lill a arc more inert fir rr arl ari culture Wo Ve V l ea anie tl recommend that bitt the states federal government a for tol lands landa not 1101 moire mp ii ubie bio for COf other purposes and that nl III all lag and private lv owned olId lx Ito fully tully t n J by elate la lu IllI federal government Wu o Hi the valuable service of ot thu forest lo to people 1011 mid alid no that It bo be more m fc by hy Jt federal government Ko and Mate federal mind and tIre fire patrol hi b 11 more generously provided for cor the thu III II of ot forests und tind human I life Iff tm appreciate anti approve of oC the Iho con 11 mi mimico mico of t tho the service ot of thu lit United urmy In III fire control ln In mir Wo c I fa tat r tho thu u o luC of tao Ino timber limber and tono law Wo Vo endorse e tim the th proposition for the thi by tho hi of thin tho southern Appalachian und and mountain Wo We o lull hut tho tile federal gov BOV government conserve conI fO hOrde lint ant wild wll l game gumc animals Wo Vo it that lint 1 fl flato veto ato instruct th hi youth ot or o tin tho land hind In the tile doctrine ol t Wo vI realize that lint the fullest cullen enjoy enjoyment ment int of ot our natural upon uP n tho the lito and of ot the lito Ih physically II Intellectually I ii tel lot II a 11 1 morally und out In order to promote thin wo ire that the hit train Ing n ami tint protection of or tho the people lI plo fd whatever pertains to Ii the tho health und general Bonnal efficiency b hi encouraged by hy end i to this end Child labor should In tt I prevent alit child life protected 1 ll und and VAST I OK 0 01 Li Fi finalizing the thu Mi t of nt In rant truno und tind mining wo vv vo recommend increasing The let 1111 of ut t lImiter roi cr for tor the con can of ot life And Anti we vo al also o lint In ordet ordel to letter pro ll lon for tor pre tho health of oC tin nation u n department of ut public health be bc by b thi Uk hi national govern nUIt W Vo VI recommend rt the main maintenance of oC a Il com cons to ruto lie tho i Ift ii of or if the tho country anti and to coope ate nto with the tho tork work of oC thin tho Iii MU we 0 the th Ic la gul mul and nt or commission lon or cornn corree I n on Oil tho thu part hart of ut thi th of or if tho the In thee thene th 1 re Is to tl bo b construed an us tho Ih of nt tho or tho the people Copl of oC tile tho guaranteed under tho constitution NUIE KM OIl OR Tho Thim fight for COI tho Ito of ut tho of oe Taft raft at atIt n It 1 meetIng ot of tatu coot com om At limit meeting Henry of ot loul lann declared hut tho the hy by tho Iho convention vero no nil more those tho o of lit lt than of oC Taft Ho uj with much heat that t at tile tho tJ wai much less a conservation congress than hail u It political meeting the ton Ion dency tIme of Ot e which scented to t bo be to exalt nt Ut the o of oC Taft Tho Tha state commissioner thereupon voted vot J to demand that bitt TuftS name he ht mentioned tho the name lamo ns as that of lit lilt Ills pre predecessor When tide this watt was not done It WOK Wl declared that tho tight fight would bo bit b carried to thi convention nt at the night Mr and Frank II H lOiter rel resenting power clashed cinched durIng thu Iho of ot thu the com coin bin hI chair and advancing to Judge Short hook his bitt finger lr nt It the latter and eaid had your nay tny about state con control control 1 1 Now fow ow let Iet me Ole eay tU fU to you ou e that if IC there U Is to bo be a 11 Dion of ot thin hit question troth from tho tile California standpoint there In III one olle mole minx titan man hero from tho the Golden state elate who will bu bo hoard heard I want to tell you that no mUll man even though ho lie be from Crom Fresno JoI no tint and six feet fert tall tail con can get away with u a blurt bluff and T I am nm going to it call you y u Some Soine people who live IIvo In California have havo cried for tor rights II l I T dont mean moult that hat for rUI or any i iman man flaIl In this thia room Some Horne have Itao been heen on only ly l I fooled tool d but hut 1 I vont lInt to say OilY to you ou that when hen you OU give 1110 Into loIn tho th lie power of oC state chile government tho time right fIght to of their ns tie ours ourn have havo been in California oi ou RIve give Into Inlo tho the hands of oe predatory wealth and nn great corpora tl resources fel of ot this thie coun country country try Ir You tou ace sen tilt the th result of or that In Call eoll Cornia Greece toil tell when Itt Its resources went that lint The noblemen Iti lit the tho French revolution said cold to the common people Oo Go eat cat we w In Call Cali California fornia torn In when wo we protested protected against water companies grabbing up all ull our water eater were vera told tol to go cat gra Il Turning to tn tho the committee as M a 0 whole the tho former governor raised his lle hands hund high bight In the thc air und tint shouted There N Ii I no man In this hit country who hot has greater respect for Cor constitutional rights than J I 1 I would not aol take from Judge Shorts companies tho Iho powers they have got They Thy ore are yours he said turning to tho tile California attorney they the nr are yours because youve got them But t by ho help belt of ot God you OU shall hall have no nit nomore more than what youve got You shall hall I not lot saddle 0 on oil my ill children anti my chill chil childrens i drens children n a 1 debt which they the shall pay all nl their lIves liven II Thus Thul far Car shall I I thull go and no further When It comes down to tho the question of oe whither whether the tho public l service corpora corporations lions Ions chall use uce u us when It mince comes down downto to III tho the question of or whether Judge companies shall u 11 use c us uc hy by 11 the tho ho eternal lint us 1111 fighting now and fighting when the th last ditch Is 18 reached Delegate 1 Kebe ey Interrupted him hint to 0 ink ask a n question relative to constitutional constitutional rights When Wilen he hI had finished Mr Mi 11 said Hald It Jl Is III Ill III grace for Cor you OU from Wyoming to 10 come hero here und the tho that III Is ours demand manI the ho natural r ru j sources that to trio the PeOple an Ill lU tell Jell you bitt lint got Ihl nl until wo tu give Iho them them lo to you In nit ala Judge lv two bills pending tho the federal govern government government ment meat to lu ti turn over ter erto to them thom tho tile powe pOwer sites Ite In our national forest Cor reserves nm anti they Ito lighting with wills all oil their might nl h and main to tu I gut get tiled bills billa throuGh Talk about public service corporations nail public t until tho ho como come home but when It comes conies down to the thi lino IIno point It tIlt all hinges on control Judge JUlho abort hart had quietly t to the tho th arraignment from erom tIme the former guy ROV tailor of ot his Ills state and made no Inter Int r but hurt thoro hn ho broke In and mo ma momentarily momentarily Mr ir yielded him him tin floor one minute the Judge Julg salt said 1 j want to tu comment on 01 the tile governor Slow lIow of ot When Vlon hon 1 I With told you a awhile ft I while HBO ago that hut the thu United court had settled fully cu l arid lind finally the tOte question qu of ot state rights 1 I spoke tho the truth i 1 know that wo we nr ore are In tho hut but we 0 have submitted minority Ft report Now w I want to you gentlemen warning that If It this thi report Is It will ho Ito fought taught for |
