Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-11-17

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began here today The sessions will
continue until Friday. and during that
time much action of Importance is ex.
pected TO be taken loonlng toward
the reclamation of the vast unsettled
territory of the west that but awaits
he touch of water to blossom ana
bear fruit
The several hundred delegates pre-.
sent represent state and municipal
governments and various commercial
and industrial organizations. They
come from Colorado. Oregon, Nevada
Missouri. oklahoma, Indian territory.
| Texas. Arizona, New Mexico Illinois,
Iowa, California and a number ot
other states and territories Canada
has sent delegates and Mexico like
wise is well represented
Not since the beginning of the
movement looking toward government
aid in a vast scheme of irrigating the
arid waste has such interest been
taken in the meetings OF the irriga-
tion congress and during the four
| lays session irrigation and its kind
red subjects. forestry and colonlza-
| ion, will not only be discussed but
| practical illustrations of what irri-
cation is doing for Montana, Colorado
| Nrizona. and other western sections
will be given. Among the speakers
| will be United States senators. gov.
| arnors of states. government experts
in forestry and irrigation and repre-.
| 'entatives of many commercial organ.
| zations and colonization movements.
President Clark. senator from Mon
| tana, called the delegates to order.
| After usual formalities adjournment
was taken till this afternoon. when
the program calls for the presidents S
address. Its keynote is Save forests.
| store floods. reclaim deserts. build
| homes"
WASHINGTON. Nov l5-Presi.
| lent Roosevelt no longer says de
| lighted" Not once has the President.
in expressing his appreciation of the
| splendid support given him. resorted
| TO the term which formerly passed
| his lips whenever he felt in the least
| iegree pleased, 81 am very very. hap
| ny over the result he has been telling
his callers. 1T was most gratifying,
| most gratifying"
When Mr. Roosevelt has undoubt-
| edly been tremendously pleased over
the vote of confidence given him by
the American people. his acquaintan-
| ces comment on the admirable poise
and self-possession with which he has
received the gratifying news.
NEW YORK. Nov. 15.-Thomas
| Taggart, chairman of the Democratic
| national committee announced today
that he would retain his Office until
| 1908, and that the other officer of the
committee would continue. too. He
added:
We will go ahead in our work. al
ways looking toward 1908. My head
| quarters will be either in Indianapo-
lis or French Lick Springs. AS re-
CARDS the reorganization of the Demo
cratic party. will say that the party
is all right and needs no reorganiza-
ton, 1t is too early to talk much about
the future. Four years is a long time
and many things may happen men
of prominence may wane and new
stars arise
| No man no policy. no platform,
would have stopped the cyclone which
swept The country for Roosevelt
Neither Democrats nor Republicans
had any idea that such cyclone was
| coming. You simply cannot account
| for it. The fact of the matter is that
the people of the United States were
evidently In favor of Roosevelt and
| his administration and wanted four
years more of IT, and when the people
want a thing they get it, There has
been the utmost harmony between the
| members of the Democratic national
committee and so far is know. there
is now. feel that everything that pos
sibly could have been done to elect
Judge Parker was done.
| MOBILE. Ala. Nov 15.-Mobile is
gay with flags and bunting In honor
of the United Confederate Veterans
Alabama division, whose annual re
union began today. The business ses-
sions of the reunion began this morn
ing in the Mobile theatre with Gen
eral George p. Harrison presiding.
The sessions will continue through
W upllpN anu VIII Dt 5tu
with liberal entertainment arranged
by the citizens of Mobile, The visit
ors include, in addition to the veter-
ans, many members OF the Sons OF
Veterans, Daughters of the Confed
eracy and kindred organizations.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Commander
Booth-Tuker. who for eight and half
years has led the Salvation Army In
the United States, win bid farewell
TO New York at public meeting to
be held in Grind Central Palace to
night. Tomorrow he will sail on the
Oceanic to London. Miss Eva Booth
who succeeds Commander Booth
Tucker in charge of the American
work, is expected to arrive IN New
York at the end Of the month
DUBUQUE. Iowa. oNv. 15.-The an
nual meeting of the Upper Mississip
pi River Improvement association be
gan here today. with headquarters al
the Hotel Julien The commercial
organizations of all the chief cities
along the Mississippi from st. Loiu,