The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-13
MIGHTY men OF NATION.
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plush. On either side of the illumina-
ton arrangement was placed a silk
American flag. back of which on the
right was the presidents flag as COM
mander-in-chief of the army. and on
the left his flag as chief
of the navy.
When the president had taken his
place on the right of the platform with
the vice president on his left the Rev.
Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of the
senate. arose and leaning with one
arm on the back of the president s
chair, read portion of the Scriptures
! descriptive of the. promised land and
! then pronounced a feeling invocation
in which he asked Heavens help in
the deliberations to be held. At the
conclusion of the invocation the presi-
dent without preliminary, began his
address to the governors.
He Made Them Laugh.
The disposition to express freely their
sentiments was INDUCED in on the part
of the governors throughout the presi-
dents speech which occupied 10 min
utes short of an hour. He was applaud
ed and cheered many times and when
after giving a praising estimate of the
work of the inland waterways COM
| mission he remarked:
The commission ought to be perpet-
uated and If congress does not see fit
to do SO I shall do it myself The
gathering was fairly stampeded by
cheers, applause shouts and laughter
When the president had finished at
11:55 O'Clock he made the suggestion
that at the afternoon session a COM
| nittee on resolutions be appointed
Merely as a suggestion, he said, the
following names for this committee had
been mentioned:
Governors Blanchard of Louisiana,
Fort of New Jersey, Cutter of Utah.
Davidson of Wisconsin and ANGEL of
South Carolina. After the president
had stated further that it might ex-
pedite the work of the conference to
have all suggestions for action refer
red to the committee he yielded the
floor to Governor Johnson of Mime
sofa, who moved that the suggestion
of the president regarding the com
mittee and it's personnel be adopted by
the convention. This motion was put
by the president and carried without
dissension or opposition. The sugges-
ton of the president that all speeches
by experts be limited to 20 minutes
duration also was made rule of the
convention on motion Of Governor
Johnson.
The session ended at noon when the
president and vice president gave an
| informal reception to those who had
attended the meeting. Immediately at
ter he met the governors, members OF
the supreme court and others who
We're his guests last night in the blue
drawing room. The afternoon session
begins at 2:30 o'clock. After the re-
ception the governors assembled on the
portfco of the White House with the
president and the vice president and
| the specially invited guests, which In
cluded w. j. Bryan, Andrew carnegie
]. J. Hill and Gustave Schwab. where
several group photographs were made.
While the group was being formed
President Roosevelt chatted enthust-
astically with Governor Hughes or
New York, also with Mr.. Hill, Mr..
Bryan and others.
| The Programme.
| Following is the programme for the
three days of the conference:
May 10, IL a. m.-Conservation as a
national duty, Theodore Roosevelt.
$50 p. m.-Minera! resources. Ores
related minerals, Andrew J. Carnegie.
| Mineral fuels-Dr. l. C. White, state
| geologist, West Virginia. @I
| General discussion, opened by John
Mitchell, former president United Mine
Workers.
May IA, 10 a. inland resources:
Soil, Prof. T. c. Chamberlain, Universe
| ty of Chicago.
Forests-R. A Long, president Long
Bell Lumber company, Kansas City
| Mo.
Public health-Dr. Geo. M Kober
dean medical department, Georgetown
| university.
2:30 D. m.-Reclamation by irrigation
and drainage, DR.. Geo. c. Pardee, ex-
governor Of California.
| Grazing and stock raising-H. A
Jastro president American Live Stock
| association.
| Public lands and land tenure-Judge
Joseph M. Corey, former U. S. senator
| Wyoming,
May Is, 10 a. m.-Water resources:
Transportation, Jas. J. Hill, president
Great Northern railway.
| Navigation-Emory r. johnson, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
Water power-H. S. Putnam, Amer1-
can Institute Electrical Engineers.
| $40 m@General discussion.