Arizona republican., 1908-05-28

oh SeSiet serNlce men Tn plain clothe.
 were actively but unobtrusively
 watchful. The official program vii give fair idea of the scope of tn,
 conference and it will be observed
 that there was no effort made tc
 Influence the proceedings by address.
 es rom government officials: all ad.
 dresses with the exception of that ot
 the president being given by men not
 officially connected with the govern.
 ment, but of the highest standing fir
 their particular line.
 OWlng to the importance of the questions discussed all speakers seem
 GU to realize that facts, not bun- compe, were needed and practically
 all addresses were prepared from ma :
 pers, even MT. Bryan reading his re-
 iiarhs' understand, for the first
 tiiie. Tn order to have no one un uuiy monopolize the time of the con- terence an excellent rule was made
 iiniting addresses to twenty minutes
 anu al the end of seventeen minutes
 oo advise the speaker that the limit ol HIS tlme was approaching. a gong sounded once, at the end of twenty minutes three strokes on the gong warned the speaker that his time was up. This rule applied to Andrew carnegie, John Mitchell, Jas. T. Hiu and other distinguished speakers with equal impartiality, although the lime or MT. Hill and several other sneak CTS, at the request of the conference
 was slightly extended.
 The presidents opening address lcalling attention to the rapid depIe- nf tI1 resources of the country and inc need or national policy for the con- servation of these resources. was a nhs'orlc and exceedingly effective document delivered in Mir. Roose- neits characteristic manner. While .he address was written the presi- ueht frequently interpolated, driving nome hls point in a way that often s.lrreu the conference to great en- thusiasm. When he stated, in refer ence to the need of continuing the inland water ways commission, that TIT congress failed to provide the means for perpetuating the work of this commission, he would do so. the Iapplause continuing for several min utes showed that the presidents per- sonal popularity is as great as ever. and the passage by congress the next morning of the bill providing for the continuance of the inland water ways commission was a considerable grati- flcation to the conference.
 one of the vital and most inter- esting questions developed by the conference was the consideration of that big question of state and federal rights, and there seemed to be throughout the conference, a patriotic effort on the part of all governors. even those from the most radical state rights states, to bring about a complete harmony of interest between state and federal rights. One of the most telling things said at the con- ference was by MT. Bryan, who, when speaking on this subject, said: There should be no Twilight Zone between state and federal rights in which pre- datory wealth might take refuge 1 This brilliant phrasing of the situation awakened great applause and one of the significant and ex- ceedingly interesting things of the conference was the spectacle of Roosevelt and Bryan, the two leaders Of public opinion in this country. ad- vocating from the same platform practically the same policies. The greatest of personal good feeling was shown between these two men. each applauding vigorously the good points made by the other. In fact this spirit | of good feeling and harmony of ac- tion, irregardless of politics, was one or the most inspiring things in the conference
 Tn his opening remarks the pres ident paid beautiful compliment to the public spirit, foresight and pa triotism of Clifford Pinchot, the chief forester. Many other speakers also endorsed the splendid work being done by Mir. Pinchot and a signifi- cant tribute was paid the for est service when Governor Gooding 1 of Idaho, from whose state has come the most active fight on the crea- tion of the national forests. said. pointing to the map of Idaho, on which the national forests were in dicated in green: Not by one foot would we decrease the area of that spot of green The subject of graz ing on the public lands was pre- sented to the conference by Mir. H. A. Jastro. president of the National A tro's request I conferred with him in the final preparation of this paper, which is a plea for the need of some form of effective federal control of the public grazing lands, a policy for several years advocated by the Ari- zona Cattle Growers Association, and recently overwhelmingly endorsed by the National Live Stock Association
 it has been asked by some what definite good the congress actually accomplished, and I think this ques- tion is rather satisfactorily answer ed by the resolutions passed by the conference as a result of the unani- nous report by the committee on resolutions composed of Governors Blanchard of Louisiana, Fort of New Jersey, Davidson of Wisconsin, Cutler of Utah and Ansel of North Carolina:
 We declare the conviction that in the use of the natural resources our independent states are interdependent and bound together by ties of mutual benefits, responsibilities and duties.
 I've agree in the wisdom of fu- ture conferences between the presi- | dent, members of congress, and the | governors of the states on the con- servation of our natural resources | with the view of continued coopera- tion and action on the lines suggest ed. And to this end we advise that | from time to time, as in his judg- ment may seem wise, the president call the governors of the states, members of congress and others into 
 "We agree that further action is advisable to ascertain the present condition of our natural resources and to promote the conservation of he same. And to that end we rec