The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
INTEREST IS SHOWN
MANY DELEGATES TO WAITER c WAYS MEETING.
Secretary Ellison Expects rnhuentfai ] Men from All Sections In Weshfngton--Liat of
 fhe Speakers.

Cincinnati. Nov. 22.--(specia1.)- )---sec-
 retary J. F. Ellison of the National
 Rivers and Harbors Congress. which
 meets< at Washington December 4. B.
 and 6, for the purpose of urging the
 Federal Government to adopt liberal policy of waterway and harbor inn provement, says that despite the hnan- cial stringency. large and representa- tive delegations have been promised by nearly every section of the coun- try. In this connection he has issued the following ofiiciaI statement:
 Every indication points to the fact that we will hold a great convention, greater in every respect than that of last year Sections of the country that were. to use mild expression. luke warm in 1906. are enthusiastic in our cause in 1907.
 q am just fin receipt of a letter from Secretary Charles H. Bremen of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce. Oak land, Cal. advising me that dele gation of twenty-five prominent citi- zens of that city. members of the Chamber of Commerce. will leave Oak land in a special car on Thursday, the 21st inst, en route to the Washington Convention. This delegation is conn ing the Southern route. stopping at Galveston and New Orleans.
 "Director Rufus P. Jennings for the State of California, advises me that there will be at least two other spe- cial Cars made up of delegates from California points, who will start from
 San Francisco. Oregon will be prop
 erly represented; Louisiana, Texas and
 Mississippi will have strong delega- tions. Kansas City. Mo, will have be- tween seventy i've and 100 delegates.
 The entire Mississippi Valley. com
 mencing at St. Paul and extending the entire length of the Mississippi River,
 will be represented.
 ~The Eastern seaboard indicates that they will have especially strong dele
 gations. and the same applies to the
 Southeastern Atlantic seaboard, par ticulariy from the Caroiinas. Ine ohio Valley will be represented by delegates from every important city
 from Pittsburg to Cairo. inclusive.
 The Great Lakes district will be repre- scented by delegates from Duluth, Su-
 perior. Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit
 and Buffalo. The total list or deie-
 gatess now in my possession numbers
 clos. to 800 and sxpser ,t tG in nfs Before
 the convention opens .,
 Sneakers who will address the Ma
 tionaf Rivers and Harbers Congress
 Convention at Washington, D Cs De-
 cember 4-5-s. include the following:
 Baron H. Sternberg. -Annbassador rom
 Germany. washington, D. C.; Hon.
 W. H. Finley of the Southern Raii-
 way: Hon. James A. Hill, St. Paul
 Minr., of the Great Northern; lion. :. John Dalzeil, Congressman from Penn sy1vania; Hon. John Barrett. Wash ingtcn. D: C.; Hon. Albert Cummins' Governor of Iowa; Hon. Martin A. Knapp, Washington, Interstate Com merce Commission: Mfr. Gustave H. Echwab. New York City. North ser man Lloyd steamship Company; Hon. Edwin Warfield. Governor of iGeor- gia; Hon. Charles S. Dcnsen, Governor of Illinois; Hon. Charles Emory smith : Philadelphia; Hon. c. R Austin, Wash | ington. ID. C.: Hon. John M. Parker
 New Ovleans, for Louisiana; Hon. Hen- " M. Beardsley. Mayor of Kansas City. for Missouri River. MT. Arthur Knox, The Bronx. New York City. Tor Northside Board of Trade; Hon. A. bert Bettinger. Cincinnati. for the Ohio Valley Improvement Association; ; Hon. George Clinton, International Waterway Commission: Hon. John H. stahI. National Farmers Congress, and others.