Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-19
BIC Guns ON THE PROGRAM
Kansas City to En- srssin Yssy EOtlbls'
DuSins the PTttsnt Week.
lWO FuNCIIONs AITaAcT IN.M IO CIV
Root TO Talk on the Monroe Doctrine
-E. II. Hartman and W. }. Bryan
Expected 70 BE Among
Speakers.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. is.-More men OF
public note will be in Kansas City next
week than ever before attended non
partisan gathering In this city. They
come as guests to the annual banquet on
! Monday night, given by the Commercial
| club Of Kansas City, In concentration
: Of the signing of the John Jay CONNER
cial treaty, or TO attend the seventeenth
annual convention Of the Transmississippi
Commercial congress, which will begin a
four days session on Tuesday morning.
| Upon both occasions the principal topics
of discussion will concern plans for trade
expansion, both in this country and be-
tween the United States and the Latin
American republics.
The most significant event in the weeks
doings is expected on Tuesday evening,
when lIlihu' Root, secretary Of state, will
make his first official utterances on the
trade relations between this country and
the South American republics since re-
| turning from his trip to those countries.
Mr.. Root will. upon this occasion. IL is
stated, voice President Roosevelt's atti-
| tude on the Monroe doctrine. At the
same session representatives of Bolivia,
| Peru, Colombia, Brazil and Chile, now en-
route here from Washington. are to make
short talks bearing upon the same i'm
| portant. subject.
| Among others who have accepted invita-
tlons to deliver addresses during the weak
are Secretary of the Treasury Leslie NJ.
| Shaw, f. H. Hartman, president of the
| Union Pacific railway; William ]. Bryan,
l an even dozen United States senators, flf-
teen representatives in congress, the gov
| errors OF twenty-seven states, the mayors
Of thirty or more cities. and representa-
J tives of various commercial bodies from
all parts of the country. Fifteen hundred
accredited delegates are expected.
Important Subjects UB.
1 In point or attendance and scope OF
subjects considered, this years congress
4 viii Be the most important in the history
i of the organization, taking up, as II will,
Il subjects OF an international character.
] Among the topics TO be discussed are
| flood control, hsrbor improvements, mer-
| chant marine, oriental trade, Alaska, the
Columbia river, irrigation, forestry, San
Francisco, naval construction on the Pa
eihc coast, trusts and their relation to
business, government ownership Of rail-
roads. telegraph lines and public utilities,
lsNee systems in Texas and Louisiana,
the Panamerioan Commercial union, the
drainage OF public lands, statehood and
|
secrstary Root and r. II. Hartman will
speak both at the Commercial club banquet
on Monday and 81 the Commercial congress
on Tuesday.
The guests Monday evening ct the ban
Duet will include besides those already
mentioned. the foreign representatives from
washington John Barrett. nninisler. Ia
Colombia; william Jay schishfelln. dis.
tant relative OF John jay, and Daniel c.
French. a sculptor. both Of New York
several high railway ofieials. army. ofiners
from Fort Leavenworth aud Fort Riley
lana many prominent delegates to the con.
gress
.-h Congress Meets Tuesday.
The Commercial congress will convene
in Convention hall on. Tuesday morning
David r.. Francis of st. Louis, president
will deliver his annual address at the firsi
session and in the afternoon Mr. Hartman
, win make an informal talk. Tuesday even
? ing viii be given up 70 Secretary Root and
the foreign diplomats Ignaoo Calderon
: minister from Bolivia; Felipe Pardo, minis
ter from Peru; Enrique cortes minister
from Colombia; Mr.. Gurae de Amarale
charge d'sRaires Of the Brazil Legation. anG
Alberto Yoacham, eharEs d'afaires OF ,ht
Chilean lesntioa.
on wednesday forenoon there viii be I
discussion Of navigation. led by Representa-
tive j. =, Ransdeir OF Lake Providence
la, and on wednesday afternoon Minister
Barrett will speak on our relations VIII
Southern America.
! Thursday, a. the mornipg session. ssere
tary Of the Treasury Shaw win speak OF
: the commercial possibilities OF the ives
, and William ]. Bryan Rviil address himsel
! TO a subject not YET assigned. Thursda!
{ afternoon speeches win Be made BY r. II
Newell, chief engineer OF the reclamat ioi