The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-15

CON GRESS
WILL MEET
Governor Broward's Good
Work for Federal Help
on Vital Question.
AS PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL
DRAINAGE ASSOCIATION HE IS
URGING GOVERNORS OF ALL
STATES TO ATTEND OR SEND
REPRESENTATIVES. TO THE
CONFERENCE.
Special to The journal.

Washington, April 14.-Coincidental
with the conference Of the president
with the governors of the states, and
other prominent people, respecting the
conservation of the natural resources
of the country, will de the meeting
of the national drainage congress in
Washington on May II.
Governor Broward, of Florida, who
was made president OF the National
Drainage Association at its annual
meeting in Baltimore in November
last. is making very vigorous efforts
to secure a large attendance at the
prospective drainage congress. AL
though he is very busy just now can
wasting the state of Florida, as can
didate for the United States senate,
he has stopped long enough to address
communications to the governor Of
every state in the union. asking them
to appoint a full delegation 10 the
drainage congress and has urged upon
each of the governors to be present
at the drainage meeting on May IL,
when it is likely they will all be in
Washington to see the president.
1t is not yet determined in what
hall the drainage congress will assem-
BILE, but it is expected that one of the
large hotel assembly rooms will be
secured for the occasion, and a num-
der of prominent men viii be invited
to attend Already invitations have
been prepared for the three members
of the cabinet charged with internal
improvement duties, namely, the score
taries of war, interior and agricul-
ture, each of within will probably be
urged to make an address. 1t is also
announced that several senators and
members of congress who have mani
tested interest in national drainage
ad irrigation, will be invited to attend
| the meeting and speak on selected
subjects.
Taft May Speak.
/ If the present program is carried
out. Secretary Taft will probably be
! invited to make the opening address
i on the general subject of internal I'm
provement as a national policy, and
1 inasmuch as Governor Broward is
known to be a, great friend of VIM.
]. Bryan, 1t Is expected that the latter
/ will also be invited to make an adj
dress on a kindred subject. All in
I all the melting promises to be a not
able one and its proceedings will be
watched with no little interest Gov
1 ernor Broward has taken pains to an,
| nounce very emphatically that so far
4 as he is concerned it is not proposed
I to allow the national drainage associ-
l alton to espouse or urge any particu-
lar scheme of national drainage, the
proclaimed object of the association
| tional drainage as a national policy
without regard to any particular pro
| ject for drainage or other internal
/ improvement in any particular sec
ton of the country. A similar atti-
tude, it will be remembered. was as
sumed by the rivers and harbors con
gress which met here in December
last, and the friends of internal i'm
provement under federal patronage
are holding 10 the opinion that best
i results can be obtained by not at
i tempting to influence national legisla
l ton in ay particular form, the plan
being simply to urge congress to pro
! vide federal help to drainage in such
] shape as congress itself shall deem
wise and proper.