The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
HISTORY MADE
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After the cali to order, the Rev. DR..
Edward Everett Hale. chaplain OF the
United States Senate. arose and delivered
the Invocation. Every head was bowed
while he spoke. and the sincerity. shown
made It most Impressive.
After the invocation, President Roose-
velt arose and addressed the body.
The applause following the closing OF
the Presidents speech lasted eor several
minutes. After it had ceased. President
Roosevelt announced he would appoint
Mr.. Thomas Ship secretary OF the con-
vention and DT. w J MeGees recording
secretary.
The committee on resolutions of which
Gov. Blanchard. Of Louisiana. was made
chairman, was then selected. and COM
prises Cows. Ansel, Of South Carolina;
Fort, Of New Jersey; Cutler. Of Utah.
and Davidson, Of Wisconsin.
It was then noon and an adjournment
was taken until 2:90 o'clock. After the
adjournment. the entire gathering. head
ed by the President, repaired 10 the front
veranda of the White House, where a
group photograph was taken. The four
special guests-Hon. William Jennings
Bryan. Andrew Carnegie, James. ]. Hill,
and John Afitchell-then formed a group
and were photographed.
After the afternoon session had been
called to order by President Roosevelt,
Andrew Carnegie was called. DR.. I. c.
White. State geolDgist of West Virginia,
came next Following Mr.. White came
John Mitchell
A General Discussion.
At the close Of the Mitchell address,
there was s. general discussion Of the
preservation Of natural resources. led by
Cows. Johnson. Of Minnesota; Dawson.
Of West Virginia.. Blanchard, OF Louis
lana, and. in fact. nearly al of the State
executives present. Their remarks were
brief and in most instances confined to
tie resources Of their own States.
Prof. Angel, of Ann Arbor College, also
spoke, and was followed by John Hays
Hammond. the noted minings expert and
mineralogist.
Calls fer johnson.
There were loud calls for Gov. johnson,
and he made a Aan-minute address on the
great iron RESOURCES of Minnesota. The
demonstration accorded TO the governor
when he rose to speak land as he pro-
ceeded with his remarks. was a notable
one The governor spoke with great
rapidity. He feared that the sun of pros
perity had reached It's zenith. and he be-
lieved thai it was high time 10 think
about the conservation Of our natural
resources. He thought. however that
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development OF our resources as in the
conservation, SO called or those resources.
DR.. Van Heiss, now q member Of the
faculty of the University of Minnesota,
and formerly a member Of the United
States Geological Survey, was then called
and he made an address on waste OF me-
talic resources, especially coal, iron. and
copper, which eeynnanded close attention.
There were calls all over the room for
Gov. Hughes, but it was announced ne
had been obliged 10 return 10 Albany.
Somebody cried for Secretary Root. and
the delegates were cheering IN q minute.
Mr.. Root proceeded TO make most sig
niicant address. speaking Of the rights
Of the States and therights OF theiFed-
eral government
MIR. Roofs Address.
GETIF-flLlE
sovereign States-al sovereign. All arc hero at the
invitation Of the sovereign natOnthe United States
No one can oTerestimate the Importance OF main
tanning the individual s0FeTeignries Of the several
States. and no one can question the importance Of
maintaining ths sovereignty Of tns nation. feel
deeply impressed, however, with the idea that the
f0rtysix sovereign States In the performance Of ths
duties Of government are tagging behind the state
Of Development which other s0Tereignties Of the
earth have reached.
What every State does Is i1aportaut to the psople
Of every other State The States Ia the exercise Of
their s0TeTegnes, m the exercise Of the power re-
served 70 them. have a duty TO psrf0rm similar 10
that which is performed BY the nations Of Europe
when they conduct negotiations for mutual under
standing and mutual good
No State has the right TO live unto itself alone Il
is true that the Constitution forbds States to make
agreements with each other without the consent Of
Congress, but there is no limit 70 the number Of
agreements that can be made with the consent Of
Congress. The States should net force the national
government to do what they should do themselves.
Present a Resolution.
Following Mr. Hammond's address. a
committee composed OF Charles Maedon-
aid, president OF the American Society OF
CtvR Engineers John Hays Hammond.
president Of the American Institute OF
Mining Engineers; Minard Lafever HoI-
man. president Of the Society of Mechani-
cal Engineers, and Henry Gordon Stott.
president of the American Institute Of
Electrical Engineers, and representing
more than 200O0 American Engineers,
presented a resolution which they asked
be adopted by the conference.
Permanent Association.
Gov. Joseph Folk. of Missouri. also Of
~,Gr II.
looking to a permanent association of
governors, subject TO the call Of the
President. The resolutions were referred
70 the committee.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Carnegie's S
address President Roosevelt announced
that owing to the pressure of other busi-
ness, IL would be impossible for him to
remain throughout the length OF each
session, but that he would call each
session 10 order and then choose one
OF the governors 10 preside He then
called upon Gov. Noel Of Mississippi, and
after the latter had taken the chair the
President withdrew.
In the early portion Of the afternoon
session President Roosevelt turned To
William Jennings Bryan and said that
II was the desire Of the body that he
address it. Mr.. Bryan asked that he
be excused until later in the evening. and
at the close Of the general discussion Mr..
Bryan was again called upon. he asked.
however, that he be excused until Fri
day. He said he was deeply interested
in forest and waterways, and desired to
speak on that subject instead Of minerals.
His request was granted, and Mr.. Bryan
viii address the gathering at one of the
sessions on Friday.
After the Introduction Of the resolu-
tions. the meeting was adjourned until
10 o'clock this morning, when. in addition
70 the routine work. Gov. John johnson.
OF Minnesota, win speak.
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