Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-10
WESTERN MEN
DISCUSS MANY
VITAL THEMES
POLICIES OF ADMINISTRATION
ARE CONTESTED
TRANsMIssIssIPPl CONGRESS is
GROWING WARMER
Committee Controversies May Come
Before Main Body Today-Par-
dee and DR.. Jordan Among
Speakers
rRx Associated Press.1

N AN FRANCISCO, Oct. Sine SeS-
~ sion of the Transmississippi COM
~ merciaI congress, held today, was
devoted largely to addresses coNerdnS
wide variety of subjects TO the i,! aellp-
erations of the committee on resolu-
tions, which took action on NUMBER
of important questions, and to enter
tainment of the delegates in the form
of automobile trips about the city.
Practically all of the contests before
the committee on resolutions aHecl,
directly or indirectly, the expressed
nolicv of the national administration
upon matters relating to conservation
of resources, and in some instances II
is expected that the contrO 5ersles VIII
be carried to the floor of the congress
tomorrow morning, when the delayed
report of the committee is presented
for consideration.
One of the most important OF these
related to the disposal of water rights
suitable for power development, and
resolution introduced by Frank snort
of Fresno dealing with the subject was
so amended before the committee as TO
defeat a proposal to grant to the orig
inators of power projects the rights
and privileges which are now accorded
irrigationists.
Pardee Opposes Him
Former Governor George c. Pardee
of California, member of the natlonal
commission on conservation OF re-
sources, opposed Mr.. Short in the hear
ing, and it was agreed that the reso-
luton should not indorse the granting
of perpetual rights whether located in
or out of forest reserves, and should
not confer the right of disposal upon
the state in which they were located.
Late in the day the session was en-
Iivened by an appeal made on the hoor
orJ NJ RprWi0< president OF
the California Postal Progress league,
who accused the committee on resolu-
tions of sharp practice in encompassing
the defeat of his resolution providing
for Endorsement of a parcels post meas
ure Berwick was opposed by Col. ii.
ID. Loveland of California, who CHANGED
to be presiding and who declared that
Berwick himself had been guilty of
sharp practice in making the point OF
no quorum after his resolution had
been voted down.
1t finally was agreed that the parcels
post measure, which will be supported
bv Postmaster Arthur c. Fisk of San
Francisco, will be passed on to the
congress for general expression OF
opinion.
C. A. RuIeofson, representing the San
Francisco chamber of commerce, To-Day
presented to the congress a set OF reso-
lutions adopted last Monday by the tri-
commercial bodies of Washington, ore
gon and California. He supported the
resolution in a lengthy address IN
which he Incorporated the substance OF
81 letter written to the secretary OF the
navy, Metcalf, calling the attention OF
improved navy yards on the racine
coast.
Asks for Investigation
The letter requests that a board of
navy engineers be required to inVestl-
gate and report at once upon the steps
necessary to provide at Mare Island
the shops and dockage facilities re
quired to care for such q fleet as VIII
afford adequate protection to the Pacl-
fic coast in time of peace or war.
"While we are not alarmists," said
Mr.. Ruleofson I'VE still realize that
any fleet permanently assigned to the
Pacific could not be kept in amy state of
efficiency in time of emergency. What
is the advantage of having guns ana
the men behind the guns if we have
no place to house them or take care OF
them?"
One of the notable features of the
congress was today's address by Dr.
David Starr Jordan, president of stan
ford university, advocating the instltu-
tion of a national bureau of fish pro-
lection.
Another address of the day was that
of J. w. Howell of Seattle, who spoke
upon the preparations for the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition, to be held
next year.
A telegram from the chamber of COM
Inerce OF Venice, Cal, strongly indors-
ing the pending measures for restora-
tion of the merchant marine was read
during the day.
w r. Jensen of Utah delivered an
address upon the importance of dairy
products