Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-20
WATERWAYS
DEVELOPMENT

UNUSUAL INTEREST ATTACHES
10 NATIONAL RIVERS And
tsARBoRs CONGRESS-
|jPRoMlR EMIT III EN- FORM ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY Will BE
PREsENT
Washington Nov With the
deepest interest the national capital
is looking forward to the convention
Iof the National Rivers and HORRORS
Congress, which meets here Dec 4,
S and s The delegates viii compose
Ia distinguished company. Practically
every section of the United States
will be reprsstned BY speakers on the
program. Among those who have pos
litively accepted Invitations to address
the convention are: SS.
Governor Smith of Georgia; Govern
or Denesn OF Illinois Governor F ok
| of Missouri; Governor Cummins Of
Iowa; Governor Warfield OF Maryland;
and Governor Dawson Of West Virgin
la. Former postmaster General Chas.
Emory Smith will speak, as viii Gus.
taye H Schwab, who is to appear as
the representative Of the powerful In
ternationl Mari TINA interests. Ambas-
sailors Won Sternberg and Jusserand
will deliver the greetings of Germany
and France respectively to the con-
vention, and will discuss the great
advance Ia waterways ye1opment in
their countries. Pig
The press will be well repr scented,
i so far as the east is concerned, for.
Hart lyman, editor of the New Y ork
4 Times; Albert Shaw, editor of the Re-
4 vi5W of Reviews and close personal
friend of the president and Charles
Il. Taylor, editor of the Boston Globe
4 viii appear on the platform The west
ern. northern and southern press, also
will have distinguish representatio
II although no definite promises of
speeches have been received from the
j leading neWspaper men ofgthose sec
tions. S5
The success of the convention is
assured, and lit promises to be the
most imp ortant of its kind ever held
4 in the western hemisphere, If not in
"A the world Captain ]. r. Ellison, sec
i Rotary adld treasurer Of the. National
4 Rivers and Harbors Congress, report!
n ed from the organizat ion' S headquar-
tiers in Cincinnati that the national
capital may prepare To entertain one
of the largest gatherings ever held
within the District Of Columbia. Writ
ing early this month, Captain Ellison
Al says
Every Indication points to the fact
that the Washing ton convention il
II every way will be, w orthy OF the cause
s. which is calling it together. Each
mail brings in additional lists Of dele
q gates and the total number already
II received at this early date is some
B thing ovgr 900 The Pacific noast
q will be strongly represented There
y will come from Sacraans nto, Cal, alone
a special carload the members 81
which advise me viii bei run via Gal
weston and New Orleans. Kansas CITY
Will send three, and possibly four
cars. The state Of Mississippi nov
( has on our records over 100 delegates
81 and these Statement can be consider
ed as indicative OF what Ii coming ii
( from every section Of the country. Z
OF such paramount Importance II
!, the county at large is the question o
waterways develop that Presi
d dent Roosevelt has promised TO de
vote a good portion Of his message I,
"a its consideration, In addition 1T i
. altogether likely that some membe
Of the cabinet will address the meet
4 ing as the direct representative O
the chief executive, who has been com
PEELED, for obvious reasons, to observ
a rule not to address personally an.
{ gatherings in Washington. The ne
tion,s capital has become such cor
vention city that If the rule were no
J. rigidly observed, either the president
| Time would be taken UP in maxim
! speeches, or there would be man
~ heartburnings and much dissatisfat
tion through discrimination.