| Show THAT PROPOSED ARTICLE logan utah march 8 1895 will you kindly publish the follow lax f here the correspondent quotes quoted the entire article which boa baa been pub abed in we the NEWS MEWS it to in my pinion luat abi ahta article in ib irom from several points ol of view aud taken in its ita broadest broaden sense mount I 1 revolutionary section 1 is a confiscation without reservation of all acquired water w all ter right or in other words a confiscation 01 ol private property prop eity without just om cm or geue aue process of law gaad fid must therefore conflict with that the fifth amendment to the constitution of the united states which abich reads nor be deprived ot of lile life liberty or property properly without due pro ciema of law jaw nor boball private property be taken fur for public use just aai 11 section 2 contains matter which belongs elonga to to legislation not to the cun tation the first two statements tate ments of section 8 re ambiguous a and nu appear to be in ID direct opposition to section 1 at best ia teems to me that it section 8 were adopted the water rights question would rould be in a worse worm condition than at present the last statement ot of section a 8 is very MOW good all matter matier of section 4 and section 6 5 should be brought about by legislation fantl od not by the in regard tu to stellon 21 2 if 1 it were d dei aided to add some 0 one DO else to this i board it would be absurd to have to set IV y all 11 the heavy machinery maoni nery necessary to mending amending the constitution in motion to do so the pame may he said bald in re sard gard to sections 4 and 5 if toi lot in instancia stancia it were decided decide ct that the water edwater divisions system would ba besto beat ebed it were fuu ad tuat tour four or live five divisions would be better than three it appears to me a lolly folly to have t amend the constitution fj make snob a change utah has got acome so far without a atae t te if inoue one in 1 now needed the legislature should pr alue lot for the appointment of such much au then again should it be fou found nd gabat this board should should elect its if own presidents think of the work of amending the constitution that the board way may do so 0 o were angine eras provided pro vi ded for it may be necessary neo eary to n r define his big powers and dubne dball we do thip by amending she be Cons titu u ciol I 1 sy aby no let the ibe legislature do d tb this Is work it appears tome to me that the tion should simply provide for aspri to the state of all katem not now hold held by J justly antly acquired further to de fl flue no the i acquired the ue floi edition tion to be based on the diTe diver elois and economical use of the water priority of right cuming first to in any n otee all further details should hould be leu leit to tre legislature I 1 firmly believe that a state irriger tiou engineer to Is needed as an also a beara boara of cottrol COL arol whose sets basy be reviewed by the higler courts there to ie no doubt but that the water rights question needs a thorough going over and I 1 iu u many cases a reloj at ciment let every irrigator irrl gator answer tais question are you willing that the state slate hould confiscate your water right and bend your answer at once to your county delegate in the constitutional convention A A MILLS agricultural college and experiment station |
