The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-19
MANY PROMINENT
5M|.E|NvHBl'IENDlNG L \
THE MEETING
Attorney General
Bonaparte reside

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PROVIDENCE, R. L, NOV. -, with
Hon Charles j. Bonaparte inthe chair.
the thirteenth annual meeting Of tho
National Municipal league, the tit
teenth National Conference for Good
City Government and the third annual
convention Of the American Civic as
ISOLATION opened with q Joint session
this afternoon. An address Of welcome
was made by President w d. P.
Faunce. Of Brown University. Re
piles were made on behalf Of the Na.
tlonal Municipal league by President
Bonaparte and nsbehalt of the Ameri.
can Civic association by President j.
Horace Mcfarland. The greetings OF
the Canadian Union OF Municipalities
were extended by Secretary w. D.
Llghthall, ,ot Montreal. Separate aes-
sions were held later sby tie allied
organizations, the feature being an adj
dress by Hon. Brand Whitlocks who.
succeeded Golden Rnles Jones as
mayor OF Toledo. and who was recent.
| ly reelected. Mayor whitlock dis.
cussed National Parties Ia Local Eiec-
tons" from the standpoint ot an inde.
pendent. The discussion o. this qpes.
ton. as 1t Desirable Of Praehpahle
to Diminish or Exclude the influences
Of National Parties and Issues In Mu-
niclpal contests2e viii again De con.
adhered at a round table conference TO-:
morrow afternoon.
This evening the civic ASSOCIATION
will hold 2 Niagara session, when
the projects inaugurated for the pres.
ervatlon OF the great American falls
Twill be discussed. Robert Q. Ogden,
of New York, will preside The Ac.
, Kim commission, appointed by secre.
tary Taft, will be described BY Fred.
erick Law olmstead, one OF the mem
bers. Hon. Charles Il. DOW, president
Of the New York State Niagara com.
mission, will speak for that body. AMI
the Hon. John w. Langmuir, presi-
dent Of the Queen vistoria Niagara
Falls Park commission VIII tell OF
the work being Accomplished on the
Niagara side for the preservation and
Identification Of the falls.
Following the election OF officers.
the session Of the National Municipal
league tomorrow morning win be de-
voted to a considerable OF plans Of
municipal taxation Papers Will be 7
presented by Nelson W. Evans, Solo
mon woltf. Of the 1ouisiana special
tax commission; Prof Carl o. Plehn.
Of the University OF California; j. H.
Easterday. tax commissioner Of the
State Of Washington; President Allen
Ripley Foote, Of The National Tax Is.
soclatlon; Professor E. Q. Merriam. Of
the University. Of Chicago. and many
other prominent authorities on tax
problems. I. q
Municipal adornment and parks wilt
be considered at a round table confer.
ence Of the American Civic associa-
tion tomorrow morning, followed by
an address; ON HThe Railroad as 4 Fac.
tor In Civic Improvement byl Joseph
T. Richards. general engineer Of the
Pennsylvania railroad! The PIN.
board nuisance viii be taken UP in
the afternoon. The subject Of fores-
try preservation viii be discussed by
several speakers. and D. Ward King,
Of Missouri viii talk 81 ,tcIyilIzatioa
and Mud.rin connection with IN ad-
dress on the good roads movement, Ia
which he is a national leader. 'Tn,-
provement In Canadian MunIcipaiI-
ties" will be the topic OF an address
by H. Bragg, editor oi the Canadian
Municipal Journal.
On Wednesday evening the Hon.
Charles ]. Bonaparte viii deliver his
annual address as president Of the
National Municipal league. his subiect
being Government BY Pubic opin-
ion."
An important Joint sesslon devoted
to The Forces Molding the CITY ot
the Future, viii be held Thursdly
morning. the speakers including Geo.
2. Kessler OF Kansas City, President
Faunce. Of Brown Uhlyersity Homer
Folks, Of New York. Professor Albert
Bushnell Hart Clinton Rogers Wood
run, Of Philadelp lphla, and Hon. Robert
Watchcrn. Commissioner of immigsa-
ton at the port Of New York.
{ AT the Thursday afternoon session
various new plans OF uuuseipaf ror-