Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-20
WEST AND EAST MEET
Francis Opens the transmits
sissippi Congress. -.
VAST AUDIENCE ASSEMBLED
H. D. Loveland Voices Thanks of San
Francisco.
ED. HARTMAN WILL SPEAK
Much Interest is Felt Id Secretary
Roots Address on Our South
American Relations.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, November 20
When the Trans-Missisdppi Commercial
Congress convened in seventeenth annual
! session here this morning in Convention
Hall that vast auditorium was crowded
| with delegates. guests and spectators.
The arena floor had been reserved for
delegates, who were arranged by state del
egations. as in the democratic national
convention held here in 1900. Every state
in the Union was represented. The states In
the Mississippi and Missouri valleys and
those making up the western half OK the
country were represented by q greater
number Of delegates than ever before In
the history of the organization, while from
the east also the attendance exceeded that
Of previous years.
Upon the platform and in the boxes re-
served for the especially invited guests and
their ladies were many distinguished per-
sons. All sessions of the congress are
to be open to the public. and today the
balconies, which had been set aside for
the spectators other than the invited
guests were filled by several thousand per-
sons The hall was most elaborate dec
grated, the flags of the five Latin-Ameri-
can countries whose representatives are
to address the congress tonight intermin-
Cling with the stars and stripes.
The program for the first days proceed
ings included the annual address of David
R. Francis of ST. Louis, president of the
congress, who delivered his message at the
opening session. A feature Of the
afternoon session was the address of H.
dent of the congress, to whom was as
signed. on behalf of the Golden Gate city
and the state of California. authority to
make a sort of public pronouncement to
the people Of the country as an expression
of gratitude for the splendid manner in
which they responded to the appeal for
help following the great earthquake.
Many Interests Present.
At the afternoon session also E. H. Harri-
man, president Of the Union Pacific rail-
way. was down to make an informal talk;
Victor c. Anderson. president Of the Color
ado School of Mines of Boulder. was au-
thorized to speak for the Western Fedora
ton of Miners, and F. B.. Burber of New
York city was to speak of Socialism,; Its
Influence Upon Business and the Develop
ment of Our Country
This evening Elihu Root. Secretary of
State. is to deliver an address on THE
Commercial Relations With the South
to be made by Ministers Calderon of b.
livia, Pardo of Peru and Cortes of Colom-
bia, first secretary of the Brazilian lega-
ton; Sylvano Do Amaral and Albert Yoa-
Barrett, United States minister to Colom-
bia is also to speak along similar lines.
The congress was called to order today
by ]. B. Case of Abilene, Kansas, men,
Der of the executive committee.
H. d. Loveland spoke of San Francisco,
saying, in part:
THE splendid characteristics of our whole
people, characteristics which stamp our
civilization the highest product of the
twentieth century, found expression in San
Francisco's hour of suffering. We cannot
forget it, and San Francisco will hold sa-
cred and dear the memory Of that kind
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blest in that it honored those who gave and
saved from suffering those who received.
THANK God, not all was gone. Something
still remains, and out from the blackness
of that desolation and devastation there
shone and still continues to shine with ever
increasing briliancy, that divine spark that
part of Himself which God has implanted in
the hearts Of men courage that was not
born to die
Sustained by faith and hope, and en-
couraged by the most magnificent and
spontaneous exhibition Of heartfelt sympa-
thy which the world has even seen, the
people Of our stricken city have indeed set
an example for all time in heroic courage
and manly endurance. Much Is to be done,
and much remains to be done, but I assure
you that much has been done and well
DONE
Our municipality is unquestionably pass
ing through one of those periods which are
part of the history of all large cities. But 1t
is also true that this era of municipal mis-
rule must end. A Folk, Jerome, a Weaver
or La Toilette will appear in San Fran
cisco at the psychological moment when
public sentiment is sufficiently aroused, and
with powers Of recuperation characteristic
of the American people, the wrongs will be
righted. Capital and labor are fairly har-
monious, and there Is work for all at good
wages. Retarded somewhat by insurance
adjustment, the rebuilding of our city is the
wonder Of all who see 1t. Permits have
been issued for buildings since the fire az
gregating s27.O0O.OOO.
''The earthquake did but little damage
except on made ground and to cheaply con-
structed buildings. Our fire will prove an
ultimate blessing to our city: indeed In
some respects 1t has already proved of
benefit
What we most desire now Ia that you
will come and see for yourselves and let US
show You by deeds, as we'll as words, our
appreciation OF your splendid sympathy
and help at a time when we needed both"