The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-10
CAIRO MAN NAMED
As One of the Delegates TO the
Reciprocity Convention
Mr.. HARRY E. HALLIDAY TO MEET
WITH REPRESENTATIVES,
OF OTHER STATES.

Special 10 the bulietlh-
Chicago. H.. Aug. Ex-Governor De.
neen today appointed Mr.. Harry f,
Halliday, of Cairo. one of ths delegates
10 the Reciprocity conference 10 be
held in this city next week. The other
delegates are: II. T. Crowell and |
James Feering, of Chicago; E. p. ,
Bronson, of Chester: Chris Chitten' |
den. Of Mendon; t. G. Orendorff, of |
Springheld; w B. Brnton, of Peru
and c. H. Deer, of Moline.
Alvin H. Sanders, chairman of the
national reciprocity conference com
mittee on arrangements has returned
from Oyster Bay, where he went last
week at the request of President
Roosevelt to discuss matters which
will come before the convention to be
held at the Illinois theater Wednes-
day and THhursday of next week.
Mr.. Sanders visit to Sycamore Hill
assumed Importance because the op
ponents of tariff revision have circu-
lated the report that the committee
on arrangements had met with a re-
cuff at the hands of the alministra
ton.
1.-THE fact is" said Mr.. Sanders In
an interview today mot a single mem.
Der of the cabinet has been invited to
attend or to address the coming con.
vention. We are not trying to see
how many men in public life can be
: induced to participate. Senator Gull
I lom has been asked to address the
! convention, and will do 50 Wednes
I day afternoon
7 Auriculturists Are Interested.
e THE convention was called primar
lily by the great producing interests OF
/ the corn belt and adjacent states
E Probably so per cent Of the 1000 dele
gates win come from the agriculture
/ states Of the middle West, From Z
Y conference of from seyenty-five TO 1Ot
people. which was about all our com
i. mittee had in contemplation at th'
It outset, 1t looks now as If a convention
1t that will pack the Illinois theater u
d imminent. Nearly 200 separate dele
a cations have already been certified 4
lie our committee"
Is Regarding his interview with Pres
at dent Roosevelt, Chairman Sander
rs said, while / am not at liberty t
le make public the special phases OF tn
situation discussed, will say that
st pie require any assurance from me {
anybody else as to where Mr.. Roos
lie Welt stands on this subject. II is u
It's position Of the legislative rather tina
is, the executive branch Of the COVER
se ment that concerns us at the presel
81. time The President is powerless
flu avert the threatened commercial WI
tn. with continental Europe. New legi
nd lation is necessary.
lst .'This can only come from congres
lst While we arc not at all worried abo
re- the Presidents attitude, we would III
or very much to know where the powe
nj that control congressional legislati
RS. propose to stand The Gar of t
ST, Cannon, Is a man of whom we as 7
he publicans are proud. We fear, no
ter ever, he is not fully alive to I
depth and breadth of the sentime
/ that exiss throughout the West in r
I erence to this matter of revising tar
rec schedules so as to abate the exactio
rse Of .monopoists and at the same III
ted safeguard and develop foreign outl'
not for the evergrowing surplus Of {
Use. farms and factories
'als Governors viii Attend.
by Many Governors of Western sta
len, viii be present Governor Johnson
cof- Minnesota has just appointed do
and CATION from his state. and expects
vol be here in person. The same is Il
-ork of Governor Hoch of Kansas, Cove
'red or La Toilette Of Wisconsin has
Q | pointed delegation Of sixty, and y
he probably attend. Governor Denc
If a has been invited to address the {
had vention at the opening of the con
ence, to follow Mayor Dunno, who
ever
ans.