Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-11-20
THOUSAND DELEGATES
ARE IN ATTENDANCE
CONVENTION HALL AT KANSAS
CITY, MO-, FILLED THIS MORN
ING.-BIG CONVENTION OPENS.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 20.-A thou
sand delegates filled Convention Hal
today at the opening of the seven
teenth annual convention of the
ans-Mississippi Commercial Con
gress. The largest and most notable
delegations represented California
Texas, Arkansas, Utah, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Colorado, Arizona, Washington
Oregon, Wyoming and the Dakotas.
President David R. Francis of Mis-.
souri, presided The initial session
was devoted chiefly to welcoming the
guests. Governor Folk of Missouri
and the chief executives of neighbor-
ing commonwealth extended greet
ings to the visitors. The roll call
showed that the attendance was not
able for the large number of COVER
nors. members of congress and other
public men of prominence who were
present Occupying a place of honor
upon the platform was Secretary of
State Root, who addresses the. con-
gress this evening upon matters per-
tanning to the recent Pan-American
conference at Rio Janeiro. Secretary
Root was given hearty ovation when
he made his appearance.
At the beginning of the afternoon
session the committees were appoint
ed, credentials examined, and the
convention regularly organized. The
preliminaries occupied the greater
part of the session.
The program for the congress is
only partially outlined. Following the
procedure of former years the ex-
ecutive committee has decided that it
would not fix any set time for the
discussion of various topics. They |
will be taken up in order AS rapid |
ly as one is exhausted another will |
be introduced. In this manner the
members will be able to devote time
to each subject in proportion to its
Importance
AS far as prepared the program
calls for addresses as follows:
"Alaska"-.John G. Brady, former
governor of Alaska.
San Francisco"-Col. H. R. Love
land, president of the Pacific Coast
Jobbers and Manufacturers Associa-
ton.
1.-The Levee System'-Morris Shep-
pard. member of congress, Texas.
Naval Construction on the Pacific
Coast George W. piclde. sar Fran
Rivers and Harbors'-Joseph E.
Ransdell, member of congress, Louis
lana
Irrigation Projects and Public
Land Drainage"-F. H. Newell, chief
engineer of the reclamation service.
The Panama Canal and Our Great
Undeveloped Commercial Opportun-
ity in South America and the Pacific
ocean"-John Barrett, American
to Colombia.
Secretary Root, Secretary Shaw
and Hon. John G. Carlisle are to ad-
dress the congress on topics of their
own selection. William Jennings
Bryan, who is former president of
the congress, is to close the conven-
ton Friday with an address on Trans
topics.
Matters of political nature are ex-
cluded from the discussions of the
The topics that will re-
ceive more or less attention during
the four days sessions include flood
control, harbor Improvement, mer-
chant marine, Oriental trade, Alaska,
Columbia river, forestry,
San Francisco, naval construction on
the Pacific coast, trusts and their re.
lation to business, government owner ,
ship of public utilities, levee systems