Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-02

product ana anything that tended to
Increase the value OF this product as
commodity should be endorsed by the
congress This was the wedge that
fractured The congress Nebraska ana
other states advocated the affirmative
side of thc proposition and the states
OF the Pacific coast and Che Pacific
northwest the negative. The spit
seemed lrrcparahlc. and 40 was not June
on 1903 when Che congress held
great demonstration Don seattle in tn'
Interest of u1Nl canal CONNIE linE
Lake Washington with Puget sound
that the cordial feeling was again rec
stored
Thc tonth session in MAY. 1899. was
held in Wichita tn exploit the pnssluII-
ity of river navigation upon tnc Are
f1usas Hon T. D. Snn1rd. governor
of Missouri presided at This meeting
No was at this meeting Che Lo1ia.onh
purchase exposition was hrst oiuciaiF
endorsed
Thc eleventh session April 1900. was
held at Houston. Co assist the state OFF
rcyas BOB securing an appropriation ior
the Buffalo Bayou which would give
that CITY deen water to Oh" Euif IhIe
une successful and the work BE- sOI
boinr prosecuted by the government
under continuing appropriate ftoA
a. r. O. ltNu, governor OF Ao"I"i'''''
presided lt This congress.
REAFFIRMAT1ON or TIE MON
ROE DOCTRINE.
Tho seventeenth session Don Novom-
her 1906 was held BOB convention h1lN
Kansas city. NO. Tp Co tlis time quo
lcourrass mad grown m mp2I l"".
c9ch year. Seventeen years before %
ID meeting held ln tho same city i.-
recommendation were receiver L.'
erautly by Che government -.
the years grew the patroh.
ointment behind the movement
BEGAN TO appeal strongly TO
The members of the national CON
eress It's recommendations began l'
De accepted aa the crystalll1e1 c'in-
.7lerciaI sentiment Il the country
west OF the Mississippi river. The cone
gross had at last Obtained q l'
hold in the national capitol ana iis ula
terances began TO bear weight o--
0cial recognition came. too. nom lN'
executive branch OF the government
President Roosevelt took personal Cob-
uizancC OF she Kansas city meeting
by selecting the commercial coheI '-7
AS the proper medium through WnIcH
Secy. Of state Hon. Elinu Root should
make HIS first public pronouucem ent
OF his Impressions following MS tour
through South America immediately
after the Pau-American congress "a.
Rio Janciro the early part or la7s
wear. What was more ulitNNlN q"
the AI ADnf AafNANlNlaa ANN'H'a'NH
the Transmississippi Commercial cons
gross al its Kansas city session the
legitimate channel for the rcathrmauon
OF the Monroe doctrine iu direct COM
tradlctlon OF the Nsllely pupl-hel
statement made boy Prof BurS ss' aL
the University Of Berlin in which was
asserted. with all the vlEOr of inspli-
ed utteraucee that the intelligent pco-
pie OF the United states had come 20
regard the Monroe doctrine as obso-
lete This statement OF PROF. hurbt
which was made IN the presence OF
the German emperor ana the meihuei7
OF the Diplomatic corps, created no
end OF comment and FOR tho time serl-
ously embarrassed the administration
In the settlement OF questions iu whlch
the South and Central American re-
publics were involved. The 01mInls-
tration in making the Transmissls
sippi Commercial congress its mouth
piece, however quickly cleared the at
mOsphere and the address or Secy.
Root. vigorously asserting the admin
tstratlon's true position. was cahled
to all parts of the world The Kansas
city session was not ousy an inter-
national episode but was docuinal a.
WILL. That remarkable incident was
photographed and the picture hangs
mot only upon tho wall Of this splen-
did structure but has found a place
upon the walls OF historical societies
Of u western states. That the COM
mercial congress has found its fixed
place IN contcmpQraneoue history there
Is no doubt. That inspiring spectacle
Of secy. Root addressing 1900 peo-
pie with the diplomatic reprqsent1-
tives Of the South American repub-
lies upon the platform giving their
sanction. by voice and presence. 90
this fundamental principle 81 Ameri-
can statesmanship VIII always be ~
garded as an historical episode. As
such Il viii grow more luminous as the
years recede. President Roosevelt in
a special message 20 the national Con-
gress Jan. 49, 1907, urging the recon-
mendatlOns OF the Transmississippi
Commercial congress for the extern
sion OF American trade had this 20
say. The Transmississippi Com
mercial congress Is an organization
| which represents at its annual meet
ings the crystalized commercial senti-
ment OF the states west Of the Missis-
! sippie river. Secy Roots address be-
fore tho Kansas city session Of thai
body was 80 important that 81 deserve.
the careful study OF all public men,
COMMEMORATEs OKLAHOMA's
ADMISSION
This congress promises 10 be as
/ equally important as the memora bic
sessions which have preceded IT,
Guiding IN all probability President
Roosevelt who has been requested by
the governors OF eighteen TRANSMIT ssls-
| sippi states 20 attend and participate
! IN It's deliberations. Gov. Creel. OF
! chihuahua, the distinguished ambas-
sador from Mexico, will bear "a per-
sunal message from President Dia2 of
| the Mexican republic. other distil-
guished members of the diplomatic
| service VIII represent The Latin re-
| publics. Tho Transmisslssipp Com
/ mercial congress meets iu Muskogee
| because Of FITS location az the head OF
| Arkansas river navigation because %
Is the natural doorway Of the grent
| southwest empire and primarily be-
cause 10 desires 10 commemorate as "a
/ commercial achievement the admission
| into the federal Union as one state the
twin communities of oklahoma and In
dian Territories. No new state was
ever admitted under such favorable
conditions Having q population OF