Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-07
POLITICS and WATER.
Combination Attracts Large
Throng to Chicago for Wa
terway Convention
TAFT AND BRYAN MEET
Presidential Candidates to Sit at Same
Banquet Board To Occupy Places
at Speakers Table - Several Gov
ernors and Other Notables to Be
Present-Taft From St. Louis.

Present-Taft From st. Louis.
Chicago, Oct. with the opening
of the third annual convention of the
Lakes-to-Gulf Deep Waterway Asso-
citation with presidential candidates
William Howard Taft and William
Jennings Bryan as central figures, Chi
cago today holds within its gates the
biggest function of national import
ance that has come to the city since
the republican national convention.
1t is to be three days revel in
politics and deep waterway discus
sion which is expected to bring not
less than 5000 delegates and 10000
visitors to the city. Many arrived on
special trains yesterday, and the re-
mainder will come in today.
While the fourth annual banquet of
the Association of Commerce, which
takes place tonight, is technically dis
tinct from the deep waterways con-
vention, the presence of Taft and Bry-
an at the same banquet table and
the invitation of upwards of 200 of
the prominent guests of the conven-
ton to participate, has brought it with.
ing the scope of the general progrs u.
The Association of Commerce ana the.
deep waterway association are working
in harmony to make the three days
session a success.
Conspicuous in the list of features
prepared by the Association of Com
merce in addition to the banquet is a
reception to the delegates of the con-
vention at the Coliseum tomorrow
might at which elaborate plans have
been made to feed and entertain 1000
people.
The closing of the convention on FRI
day is to be signalized by parade of
1000 automobiles which have been
pledged to the Association Of Com
merce.
Taft Arrives from ST. Louis.
Mr.. Taft arrived in Chicago over
the Illinois Central from st. Louis a:
9 O'clock this, morning. He was met
at the station by a committee of the
Association Of Commerce, including
w II. Manss, John v. Farwell and
Charles H. Wacker. The committee
escorted the distinguished guest to the
Annex, where he remained until 1880,
when he went to Auditorium theater
to address the deep waterway con-
vention. AT 1880, accompanied, by the
committee of reception he left for.
Galesburg over the Chicago. Burling-
ton &sQuincy to deliver his address at
the Lincoln Douglas celebration there
at 4 p. m. He will return to Chi
cago at s:15 to sit at the Associa-
Bryan.
Another celebrity expected is John
Temple Graves, vice presidential cam
didate ON the independence ticket, who
is scheduled to come in at 1856 this
forenoon over the Chicago and East
ern Illinois from Danville.
At the Speakers Table.
The important matter of seating ar
ran gements at the speakers table
where the two candidates for the pres
idency will sit tonight was schemed
out Yesterday From the north end OF
the speakers table the order is m
tended to he as follows:
Lafayette NsSWilltams, II. N. Hagln-
botham, John Y. Farwell Walter 81.
Wilson Representing Mayor Busse),
DR.. Emil G. Hirsch, David r. Forgan.
Mr.. Taft, President Richard Z. Hall OF
the Association of Commerce, Mr..
Bryan. A. c. BARTLETT, Governor Charles
is. Deneen, John G. Shedd, Charles II.
Wacker, President w. r.. kavanagh OF
the Lakes ito the Gulf Deep Waterway
assertion, and Don Farnsworth.
Among the distinguished guests
whose presence has been assured are
Governor Sanders, OF Louisiana; Gov
Crawford, of South Dakota; James K.
Vardantan, of Mississippi. and United
States Senator William Alden Smith, OF
Michigan: r. j.. Gamble, of South Da-
kora; Chester ]. Long, of Kansas; and
Shelby NJ. Cullom and A. ). Hopkins,
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