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ALD
EI Paso Texas,
Friday Evening,
September 30, 1910 - 12 Pages
EI Paso Fay:
g October 29th To
1 Nov. 6th, 1910
When Notified of Foreclos
ure Proceedings Charles
Brown Shoots Himself.
Behind In His Rent
Merchant Ends Life
IV
The California Editor Passes
Throusrh El Paso and
Talks of Mexico.
SPEAKS AS FRIEND
OF BOTH PARTIES
Gen. Harrison Gray Otis picks Hon.
Enrique Creel, minister of foreign re
lations for Mexico, to succeed presi
dent Porfirio Diaz as president of
Mexico upon the retirement of the
"gray eagle" of the southern republic.
"Resourceful, briliant, liberal toward
Americans, trained in diplomacy and ol
broad conception and progressive tem
perament, minister Creel, if selected,
would make an excellent successor to
president Diaz," Gen. Otis said Friday
at the St. Regis- "While he is not of
pure Mexican blood, no one could say
that he is not a true Mexican,- and
I know of no objection to him as presi
dent to succeed president Diaz.
"I read the story that he had been
considered as the president's successor,
but do not knotvv whether this was
oficial or merely a report- As gov
ernor of Chihuahua, minister at Wash
ington and in his present capacity as
minister of foreign relations, minister
Creel has shown himself to be a man
of great capabilities and would, I be
lieve, make a splendid successor to
president Diaz upon his retirement."
Praises Mexico's Hospitality.
Gen. Otis, who is managing editor
of the Los Angeles Times, and who
represented the United States at thf
Mrxiean centennial cele oration as a J
delegate- .from -California, arrived
Thursday from Mexico City and after
remaining in El Paso over night, left
for his home In Los Angeles. After
spending 24 days in the Mexican capi
tol as the official delegate and four as
an individual. Gen. Otis returned with
the warmest praise for Mexico's treat
ment of the foreign representatives
during the centennial celebration. Be
ing a personal friend of president Diaz,
Gen. Otis had a number of interviews
with the grand old man of Mexico
which, he said; were the most pleasant
part of his very pleasant visit to
Mexico City.
Diaz Remarkable Man.
Enjoying the best of health and as
active as his brilliant son, Gen. Otis
says that president Diaz continues as
one of the most striking characters in
world history. He was everywhere
during the centennial celebration, at
tending and tendering banquets' to the
foreign visitors and ambassadors, a
number of -which were given at the
national palace and at Chapultepec
Gen. Otis said he could detect none
of the signs of advancing age which a
certain magazine had attributed to the
president, his hearing and general
health being excellent.
Gen. Otis, who as managing editor of J thg sound principles of government ad
e Dos Angeles Times, is one of the TocateQ by the founders of the Amer
the
strongest friends of Mexico, returned
with renewed interest in the southern
republic He said that in all of his
talks -with president Diaz, the presi
dent showed a most liberal attitude
towardv the United States and th
American interests in the republic.
His only desire, as stated to the gen
eral was that they conform with the
laws of the country. Gen. Otis said i
that he was particularly .impressed
with the growth of the public school
system throughout the republic which
now included an enrolment of some
thing like 9,000,000 students. The broad .
scope of the artistic in Mexico was
another thing strikingly noticeable to
the Americans, Gen. Otis said.
Gen. Otis is himself a man of force
ful character, active in civic and poli
tical life of Dos Angeles. Gen. Otis has
a remarkable career as a soldier
and citizen. He was a brigadier gen
eral in the Spanish war and also in.
the Philippine campaign; a sldier and
officer in the civil war and represen
tative of the government in Alaska in
charge of the seal islands and twice
breveted for meritorious conduct, his
military and civil carer is as brilliantrj
in many ways as that or the presiaent
of the Mexican republic
MAYOR RESTORES THE
DEPOSED POLICE CHIEF
Had Been Removed by Police Commis
sioner For Alleged Failure to
Stop Gambling:.
Seattle, Wash.. Sept. 30. Chief of
police Charles Wappenstein, who was
removed from office yesterday by act
ing mayor Max Wardall, charged with
failure to suppress gambling and
nnt-nrinns flanp.ft hals was ren.rnointd
today by mayor Hiram Gill, and imme- I
V, diately took charge of the police force.
. Mayor Gill has been in Alaska, return-
Jng this morning.
TYPHOON DESTROYS
FOUR LUZON TOWNS
Manila, P. I., Sept. 30. A typho
valley of the Cayafiran river, proiin
era Liuzon, September 24. Four tow
thousand persons rendered homeless s
lag- relief- plans.
i igh - - -
t
Says He Will Accept Nomin
ation If Given Leader's
Support.
REST OF TICKET
STILL IN DOUBT
i
Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 30. John A.
Dix will be the Democratic candidate
for governor ir ne will take the
"nomination. If he refuses it will be
Alton B. Parker or D. Cady Herrick.
This, it was learned today, is the
slate favored by most of the leaders
at a conference which adjourned in
Charles F. Murphy's rooms at 2 oclock
this morning. Mr. Dix, who is chair
man of the state central committee,
intimated this morning that he -would
not make up his mind until he had dis
cussed the matter with other leaders.
Dix Will Accept.
Shortly before noon Dix announced
that he would accept the nomination
if the other leaders and leading candi
dates will give him personal assurance
of their support. It is understood he
already has such assurance from Ed
ward M. Shepard and Thos. M. Osborne,
and the promise of the hearty support
of the Democratic league.
Outside of the decision as to govern
or the Democratic state convention
met for its second session at 1 oclock
this afternoon without a semblance of
a slate hefore it. The only other definite
result of the night-long conference of
leaders was the endorsement of a di
rect primaries plank, which will T5e on?
of the leading features of the platform
Herbert P. Bissell of Buffalo, is the
permanent chairman of the convention,
Murphy Still Controls.
Norman E. Mack, chairman of the
national Democratic committee, admits
that Murphy' controls the situation.
Out of 450 delegates he controls, with
Kings county, led by John H. Mc
Cooey of Brooklyn, and Erie, led 'by
Wm. Fitzpatrick of Buffalo, more than
200. Up state leaders recognize the
hopelessness of effecting, any coalition
strong enough to oppose him with
any show of success.
The problem that Mr. Murphy faces
is one that needs all of his caution,
experience and judgment. He must
find a candidate who will "be strong
enough to run at least an even race
with Henry L. Stimson, backed by
Theodore Roosevelt; one who will
command 'the support of Democrats of
all shades of opinion, and who can
-win the support of Wm. R. Hearst,
-whose favor or disfavor may decide
the day.
Bissell's Address.
Herbert P. Bissell, as permanent
chairman, addressed the convention in
part as follows:
"We have come together as a rep
resentative body of Democrats or pro
trressivA Democrats who are faithful to
ican republic and the framers,of the
American constitution, but who are
progressives in the purpose to apply
those principles to the solution of pres
ent problems and the eradication of ex-'
isting evils.
"At the present time we find through
out the country many Republicans who
call themselves progressives, and when
we analyzed their progrtjssiveness, we
are gratified to find that in most cases
it consists in the condemnation of their
own party's 'standpat, dishonest tariff
revision and their advancement to the
advocacy of tariff reform, so long and
so consistently urged by the Demo
cratic pa.rty.
"We are pleased, too, to find tliat thia
progressiveness has led to the adoption
of recommendations made by the last
Democratic president for the regulation
arid control of interstate public serv
ice corporations and of the recommen
dation so eloquently urged by the last
Democratic candidate for president, fo:
the prevention of corrupt practices and
the interference of corporations In poll-'
tics.
Arraigns, Republican Party.
"Today we find the profligacy and
recklessness of Republican administra
tion calling for the appropriation bj
each congress of the fabulous sum of
$2,000,000,000.. A jcomparison of the last
four years of Democratic administra
tion with the last four years of Re
publican administration illustrates with
graphic and telling force, the strenu
ously spendthrift phase of Roosevelt
ism and its feeble proxy Taftism.
Says- People Wish Facts.
"It is our duty to present to the
people the plain facts and I cannot be
lieve that their attention will be di-
verted from the real and moment-
ous Questions to be determined at the
November election by any amount of
(Continued an Page Eleven.)
on of unusual severity swept over the
ces of Cayagan and Paballa, in north
Hs were practically demolished and a
nil destitute. The government is mak
To Represent United States
in Chamizal Zone Arbi
tration. TREATY BOARD TO
MEET IN EL PASO
William C. Dennis, former assistant
solicitor of the state department,, has
been appointed agent of the United
States in the Chamizal zone arbitration
case which is to be argued before a
treaty board here next sprinfe.
Mr. Dennis resigned his position as
assistant state department solicitor in
order to act as agent for the United
States at the Hague in the Orinoco
Steamship company case which has
beenv " considered by an arbitration
board regarding conflict between
America and Venezuela. He is expect
ed to arrive in New York from the
Hague some time during the first
week of October and will again be
associated with the state department
at Washington.
Trial To Be in El Pajo.
It is customary to select an agent
of the state department in arbitration
matters, men who are familiar with
the state department method of pro
cedure. It was for this' reason that
solicitor Dennis was selected, as he
has been connected with the depart
ment for the past six years. He will
take charge of the United States gov
ernment's case in the arbitration trial
which will be held in El Paso for the
final settlement of the Chamizal dis
pute over the land lj mg in this zone
along the Rio Grande.
The treaty which was agreed upon
by the Mexican and American govern
ment for the arbitration o.f the Cham
izal matter was signed by both govern
ments in June, the day before congress
adjourned. This treaty specifies the
selection of a third member of the ar
bitration board which is to include
Gen. Anson Mills, commissioner of the
American section of the international
boundary commission, and senor ier
Jiando Peltran y puga, the commissioner
of the Mexican section. The third
member of the board is" to be selected
from among a list of Canadian jurists,
three to be submitted by he Ameri
can government and three by the Mex
ican government. If the two govern
ments can agree on any one' of the six
names substituted he wil. be selected
as the third member of the arbitration
board. Should the two governments
be unable to agree the third member
will be selected by the governor of
Canada from among the jurists of that
country, according to the specifications
of the treaty.
Nanies of Jurists SubnilitecL
The names of the six jurists have
been submitted to the state depart
ments of the two countries, buf as yet
no announcement -of a selection has
been made. He cannot be appointed,
however, until after the treaty has
ben ratified by' both governments, a
thing which has not yet been done, ac
cording to jujdge Walter B. GranC, of
Boston, -who as administrator of the
Cotton estate, has made a careful
study of the Chamizal affair.
The case for the United States gov
ernment wil be attended to by the re
cently appoitned agent. He will pre
pare the evidence for presentation and
will also select the lawyers to argue
the case for the American government.
alhough he will take no active part
in ,the conduct of the case in the arbi
tration court. This court -will be held
in El Paso, probably in the United
States court room of the federal build
ing. The time originally agreed upon
for the hearing of the evidence and
the closing of the case was March 1,
but owing to the delay in the affairs
connected with the Chamizal matter it
will be probably two months later be
fore the final hearing of the famous
case Is closed.
DALLAS MAX OFFERS SITE
FOR W. C. T. U. HEADQUARTERS
Waco, Tex., Sept. 30. The Women's
Christian , Term crance Untor of Texas
is consilering an offer try J.Cogshell
of St. Louis and Dallaj t donate a
site on the mterurbai V e between
Dallas and Ft. Worth, fo.- building per
manent headquarters for the organiza
tion. Cogshell will also give $5000 cash.
That Continuous Performance
It Was Given To an Audience Brave But Small, and Answered the Purpose
By T. G. Turner.
Let's count noses: Besides circus
employes, there were ;let me see a
Mexican family, 14 in all; a woman,
whose husband had gone to buy a
postage stamp., one-half dozen small
boys, and, and, and a newspaper re
porter. That was all the audience which
witnessed the great and only connect
ing link between an afternoon and a
night performance when there is a tax
levied on each performance regardless
of twice daily occurrence.
It was thrilling. Just as the crowd
was squeezing out of the big tent, it
started. And it continued with more
or less.tranquilit3r until the night per
formance "began. You see ij was the
big show's first stop this season in the
big state, and that tax for each per
formance instead of each day, rubbed
the circus fur the wrong way. Even
the Kinkaboo from Zanzibar- only one
in captivity felt angry about it
As I started to say when I was so
rudely .interrupted (by myself), just
as the crowd had started away, things
began to happen. A man in a green
coat rode in on a horse with a sorrel
OWED $900 IN RENT
ON STORE BUILDING
When C. W. Fassett, receive- for the
Porter estate, entered trie Dawson
and Brown becond hand rurniture store
Friday at 1 oclock, to notify manager
Charles H. Brown that sufficient fur-f
niture would be seized on a distress
! warrant to secure a rental deDt of
$900, Brown walked to the rear of tht
j turniture store, irechned on a pile of
I mattresses and shot himself through
J the head, dying 20 mimitis later witn
i out regaining consciousness.
I Seven Years in Business.
Brown has been engaged in the bus
iness here for the past seven years,
coming to El Paso from Magdalina, N.
M. He was a member of the firm of
Dawson & Brown until the death ot
Mr. Dawson two years ago, when he
assumed control of the second hand
store on Stanton street in the Welch
huildine- as manager for his own and
Mrs. Dawson's interests. Being unable
to meet his rental payments tne sun
was filed in justice Watson's court on
Sept. 3d, by receiver Fassett, repre
senting the Porter estate, which owr.i
the building.
The debt was for arrears of
six months rent. Upon instruction
from iudjre J. R. Harper's court,
In which the justice court suit
5 -was returnable, the distress warrant
was served on Brown Monday. He
asked for time in which to secure the
debt if possible. He was given until
i Friday by Mr. Bassett and when seen
j early Friday morning .asked for a fur
j ther extension until afternoon in order
j to take some action to prevent the
goods from being removed from hi3
store and stored by the receiver. He
was granted this extension, Mr. Fas-
sett advising him to make a replevin
j bond to cover double the amount ol.
I the debt and thereby retain possession
of the goods.
Found Lying on Mattress.
When the receiver stepped into the
store shortly after 1 oclock Brown, who
had been sitting taiKlng to Thomas
Moore, his jassitant in the store
walked to rear of the store. Mr. Fas
sett notified acting constable Holgate
of his intention to have constable
Brown remove the goods that after
noon and store them at the Thorne
storage. Mr. Fassett said he did not
see Brown when he entered the store
A short was heard in the rear of the
store and upon investigation Brown
was found lying on his back ou the pile
of mattresses with a oullet wound
v,,, n-i, hie KanA lust above the riffh
j ear and which had penetrated the skull
and had comeout on the opposite smu
just below the left temple. The mat
tress was covered with blood-and Brown
died at about- 1:30 without speaking a
word.
Borrowed the Pistol.
C. L. Erwin, a second hand furnlturo
,io-ur nn v. Paso street loaned the re-
! -. ..!. l,ml TJrnirn clinr TlllTISelf-
voiveir wiui "- -uiw. -.. -.
He said that Brown came to him and
asked for the loan of a revolver tor a
few days. He was given a 38 which
answered to the description of the gun
which was found by Brown's side after
the fatal shot was fired.
Justice McClintock investigated the
circumstances and took charge of the
personal effects of the merchant, in
cluding the revolver. His verdict will
be suicide. The body was taken In
-i I,.- -Mv.Tivon Simmnni; R- Carr and
-'noved to their undertaking bulld-
ie deceased merchant resided at 707
! Boulevard and had a wife and two small
I daughters. .
Brown had just been discharged fro:
j the jury which convicted H. Springer on
the charge or iorgeo nua.. """
inc He left the courthouse about 1.S
oclock and went airecuj tu mo o
I where the suicide occurred.
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L4FOLLE1TE 31 AY NOT
UNDERGO AN OPERATION
Rochester, Minn., Sept. 30.
According to Dr. Geo. Keenan,
of Madison, Wis., who accom
panied senator LaFollette to
Rochester to consult Dr. Mayo,
DaFollette is not in a critical
condition and it is not thought
he will have to undergo an
operation at this time. Senator
LaFollette is said to be suffer
ing from gall stones. He visited
Dr. Mayo this morning for con
sultation. SANTA FE SWITCHMAN IS
KILLED IN CLEBURNE YARDS
Cleburne, Tex., Sept. 30. J. T. Mat
this, aged 24, a switchman on the
Santa Fe railroad, was Instantly killed
in the yards here, when struck by a
southbound passenger train. He leaves
relatives in Dallas.
coat. In tlie center ring the horse
performed, prancing around and keep
ing step to imaginary music. Then
two young women entered another ring
and one of them started to show the
other how to walk a tight rope.said
rope being strung over two barrels
laid on their sides. It was thrilling.
If one of the young women had fallen
she surely would have broken her
but come, she didn't fall.
Asl the man on the horse and the
girls on the rope performed, no small
army of workmen did all sorts of
things. They swept the reserved sec
tion, raked the rings, and adjusted
the aerial apparatus. Even the Mexi
can family appeared a little bit bored,
the woman whose husband sought a
postage stamp appeared anxious, all
after aboijt 60 minutes of horse danc
ing, rope practice, sweeping and rak
ing. Then the big show began. A long
procession of water wagons charged
into the arena,, and proceeded to make;
seven circuits, wetting everything, ex
cept my hat. It was impressive four
huge water wagons, one drawji by six
horses, actually parading around in a
: : .
President R, E. Twitchell
Of the Irrigation Congress
Bifc-tin;rnilicd New 1Jxican who w
tional Irrigation congress.
El Paso's red-light district, like the'
gambling of the old days, must go, tne
property owners on Broadway, Over
land. Stanton and other sections s sur
pnnniitip tVi ro5frvation sav. Two
DECLARE 'WAR UPON ..
, " ; RED LIGHT SECTION
thods of procedure are available forJJWfro occupants and agents
me
the removal of the reservation district
to another part of the city, attorney J.
M. Nealon, who has been" retained by
the men who are starting the fight,
says. One of these is by injunction and
the other by criminal procedure against
j the property owners, occupants, agents.
The fight for the 'removal of reser
vation away from the rapidly growing
hneinpcs district isbeins: led by H. C.
Mvles. James Clifford, T. C. Lyons and
other property "owners In the section Lhere when gambling was' put out of
surrounding Broadway, according to business. They say they,, have all the
attorney Nealon. These men claim that j evidence necessary to prosecute the
the restricted district Is too near to i cases in the fines which the-city col
the business section' and that it has j lects from the occupants of this dis-
demoralizecL the values of property for
several Blocks each way in the district
south of San Antonio street and that
1 . -- -- ill JlotMtAk I
they are determined to have it re
moved by legal action.
Sajs Law Is Plain.
The law regarding the retention of
the reservation in that district-Is plain,
attorney Nealon says. The statutes-pro-
i Tides for a fine of $200 a.nd by confine
ment in the county jail for each dy
the reservation Is permitted to remain.
The city has a right to establish a
reservation, the act which fixes the1
penalty providing that It shall not in
terfere with the regulation , of such
circle. But finally a troupe of trained
elephants came in, and proceeded to
repeat their regular stunts horn
j blowing and all. When finished, the
J conductor insisted that it be dtone
I again, and not an elephant said ''no"
not a single one.
Gradually other performers appeared,
most of them in semi-costume. They
tumbled about, practicing new stunts
and perfecting old ones. There was
always something doing somewhere,
and the dancing horse continued his
waltz as if it was his natural gait. It
continued for one hour, two hours,
three hours, in fact, until the big show
began. Even the small boys departed,
all except one, and he remained to see
the trick monkey ride his--bicycle. '
which he did the monkey. Then the
woman's husband came back without
the postage stamp, but somewhat re-
k lieved at something.
And then the remainder of the audi
ence at times one may speak with
authority proceeded forth' 'to- watch
the elephants eat hay an interesting
sight, highly educat'ibnal.
So was won the single tax who is
for men?
Nji.-
as chose-n at Pueblo as .head af.lSfi.2
plac.es where the city is given the right
"- ", V. ?.".. t TZ T"
a district by ordinance. lhe law does
not then apply within that district- But
the city has not passed such" an ordin-
f ance, attorney Nealon says, and the
Where the reservation is to be moved
to is not any of their, affair, the men
who are behind the movement say. AH
they .are seeking is to have the objec- j
nonaDie aisinct removea irom its pres
ent location where they claim it is a
menace to -their property and business
'interests. It Is up to the occupants of
the district to find another place, and
for the city to arrange for the restric
tion, they say. These men say they
are going to, fight the case as the
j fight was waged against the gamblers
trict. They say that- hey. are-going
into the fight to protect their property
interests and are going into "it to win.
While attorney Nealon has not
planned his case for the prosecution
of the proper tyrowners claims, he says
there are two plainly defined methods
by which he can. proceed against what
nis retainers term a nuisance and a
menace and a menace to their interests.
An Injunction suit may be brought by
any person to prevent the further con
tinuance of the reservation in its pres
ent location.Crirhinal action may also
be brought against the occupants, own
ers or agents. He says he will go into
the .fiht" for a contest to the. finish
andwftht the law on his side, as It
clearlj-' is, will win "the suit for the
prope'rty owners.
Started In 100S.
The agitation for the removal of the
reservation had its real origin in the
report of the 190S grand jury of whicb
T. C. Lyons was acting foreman. This
grand jury reported that the city either
suppress Qr remove the reservation. It
was later announced that the restricted
district would be moved to the foot of
Broadway near the river. This move
was blocked by the litigation concern
ing the Chamizal district in which the
new location was a part. The occu- i
pants of the district claimed that they
could not afford to erect buildings on
the disputed territory and their con
tention .was allowed .to stand by the
former city administration.
;TANCIA EPIDEMIC .
OF FIRES CONTINUES
Santa Fe, N. II., Sent. 30. Another of a series of fires which Im the last
tyro months have almost wiped out the town of Estancla, county seat i
Torrance county, occurred last night. The large mercantile estahllshaseat
of L. A. Bond Bros, was .burned to the jrround, after it had heea rehfced.
The total losses aggregate 50,000. '
Within two months fires have wiped out the entire business section t
the town, as well as destroyed the courthouse and a anmber of residences.
in pnrn iiirni
El Paso-New Mexico Dele
gates Start Home From
Pueblo.
FEDERAL CONTROL
ASSURED HEREAFTER
Mineral Palace, Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 30.
Flushed with as complete a victory as
they ever won, tne El Baso and New
Mexico delegations left for home this
afternoon at 4 oclock. They won hands
crowM. complete and without compromise
and consider the Elephant Butte dam
agitation settled forever, so far as op
position from Colorado is-concerned.
Exactly as the noonday whistles blew,
the El Pasoans and New Mexicans were
cheering over, a complete victory for
federal control of interstate streams ag
against Colorado's minority plea- for
state control. 'Francis Heney this
morning jumpec into tne El Paso, .New
Mexico, Colorado fight and lambasted
Colorado inarder than Gifford Pirtchoc
did yesterday.
Heney Scores Colorado.
"You of Colorado claim the water
that falls here because you say that God
Almighty lets it fall on you. He does,
but unfortunately the Almighty did not
fix the boundary line of Colorado. When
the Almighty created the rivers he in
tended that they should flow to the
mouth. Tnis Colorado-Texas dispute
has no place iii the congress. The
United States constitution and supreme
court have already settled ithese waters.
Colorado has. absolutely- ncv rierh t
Hhesters"that Texas and New Mexico
rare nowclaimingj
Mr. Heney closed by declaring- tkat
for the average man the laws of Colo
rado are- superior to the United States
His reception .was if anything greater
than that accorded Bryan at tne con
clusion of his speech", the El Paso band
played "Dixie" and the delegates
cheered wildly.
Adams Makes Reply.
Ex-governor Alva Adams f Colorado
replied to Mr. Heney, who besides 're
ferring to the Rio Grande water; made
j scathingly sarcastic references to "the
purity of politics" and "the absence of
bosses in Colorado," Adams declared
that Colorado has a deed to all the
waters in its boundaries.
Gifford Pinchot presented a resolu
tion making it a rule that any man ad
dressing tois or future convention of
the Irrigation congress must give the
.name of his employer or his business
connections. H. B. Holt, of New Mex
ico, seconded it and it was carried
unanimously.
Victory for El Paso.
Jos. G. Kibbey, ex-governor of Ari
zona, as chairman of the committee on
resolutions, began to read the report
at 10 minutes to 12 oclock. The resolu
tions hold that the waters- of the coun
try belong to the people of the country
and deny the right of federal, state or
municipal government to grant the use
of water in perpetuity or wltaout com
pensation. "We hold that federal control is essen
tial to the equitable distribution and
control of the waters of interstate
streams," declare the resplutions la
reference to the subject that has occu
pied the greater part of the attention of
tre congress. The reclamation service
is heartily endorsed.
The Colorado papers have charged
that the congress was packed by the
reclamation service, although not aa.
officer of tine service is here- The for
est service administration Is also ap
proved -and laws by states regulating
the cutting of state timber are recom
mended. "Recognition must be given to
the rights of all citizens who have
valid rights of appropriation In the-distribution
of the waters of interstate
streams," the; resolutions declare again
in favor of the l contentions of New
Mexico and Texas.
Recommendation Is made for the ap-
nointment of a "commission "to investi-
gate tne irrigation ia.ws oi .: "
ent states and draw a uniform law for
presentation to the next congress-. The
work of the Dry Farming congress Is
heartily endorsed. Alva Adams offered
a substitute to ttoe paragraphs referring
to the regulation ot interstate streams.
He offered instead the paragraph in
the New York Republican platform
referring to conservation.
Judge Goggln of El Paso raised the
point of order that the rules of the
convention provided that all resolutions
should be submitted by Wednesday
night. The chair held a motion to substi
tue was in order. Adams launched into
a tirade against the Elephant - Butte
dam. Felix Martinez of El Paso moved
to table toe Adams resolution .and It
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