Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-17

II ENVER, Colo, Aug. 16.-The Bal
~ linger-Pinchot controversy may
~ not be carried from Spokane to
Denver.
The difference between friends of the
two officials, which was a feature of the
National Irrigation congress at Spo-
kane last week, would be resumed, it
was expected, at sessions of the trans
mississippi commercial congress, which
will be formally opened here tomorrow
morning. Many delegates to the con-
gress are said to be opposed to re-
currence of hostilities and to be MAX
ing efforts to have discussion of the
controversy barred from the conven-
tion.
Mr.. Ballinger was expected in Dem
yer, but he is not coming. There is a
report among the delegates that Presi-
dent Taft limited to his secretary OF
the interior it would be well to absent
himself and let the controversy with
Pinchot cool down. Mr.. Pinchot, how
ever, will be here. Any delegate may
bring up any subject at any session,
and irrigation, reclamation and con-
serVation of natural resources are
among the most important Of the many
to be acted on.
Governor to Welcome Delegates
Tomorrow morning will be taken up
largely with opening addresses and II
will not be until afternoon that SUBJ
iects of Importance will be discussed.
The welcome will be delivered by Gov
ernor Shafroth of Colorado. United
States Senator Hughes and Congress
man A. w. Rucker will speak Tor the
\ congressional delegation from Colo
rado.
Responses also will be made by Gov
ernors Brooks, Wyoming; Curry, New
Mexico: Sloan, Arizona; Hadley, MIS-
souri,; Hay, washington.
In the afternoon President Thomas
r. Walsh of Denver will deliver his
address. John Barrett, head OF the
bureau of American reupblics, will
sneak of commercial relations of the
United States with the southern coun-
tries.
La Verne w. Noyes, Chicago, presi-
dent of the National Business league,
will speak on the consular service;
Truman G. Palmer, California, on beet
sugar industry and its relation to
western agricultural interests, and Don
aid Fletcher, Tacoma, Wash, on nu-
nicipal control of railway terminals.
At the night session insurance Will
be discussed by Charles B. Smith of
Chattanooga and by F. e. Campbell OF
ST. Louis. Thomas b. Love Will eX-
plain the Robertson law of Texas.
Enthusiastic for Waterways
washington, with it's Columbia river
project, and the Mississippi river states
are enthusiastic for deep waterways,
while the central western states are
working for larger appropriations Tor
irrigation A Denver man, Cornelius
G.. Gavin, has the only entirely new
proiect. He will propose that the con-
gress indorse a public highway from
Eel Paso, Tex, through Yellowstone
park to the Canadian border. 1t IS
said to have been we'll received so far.
His plan entails the building by each
state affected of the highway within
its borders.
The Texas delegation is continuing to
work for the establishment of naval
station at Corpus Christi. This matter
has been before congress, Where re-
port by committee embodying almost
the exact language OF the commercial
congress was presented.
All in all, the sessions here promise
to be interesting.
The Colorado delegates are opposed
to Pinchot; New Mexico and Arizona
always Nbring up the question or sepa-
rate statehood Kansas wants better
freight rates and water; Oklahoma has
many interests. one an expenditure or
S4, 00O, 900 on arid lands in Western Ok
la0OlIld,
ton, Colo, ask a $25,000,000 appropria
ton by congress for reclamation pur-
poses and Utah and oregon are inter-
ested in better waterways.
Col. Ike T. Pryor of San Antonio,
chairman of the executive COMMITTEES,
is being urged for the presidency. His
home city also is after the neXte con-
gress.
William ]. Bryan, a former president
Of oonoraCS will not he present.
although he probably will send COM
munication, as he has done in the past.
More than 5000 delegates and visitors
were present from every state west OF
the Mississippi river and many from
eastern commemorative at the tWelfth
annual transmississippi commercial
congress which opened this morning in
the auditorium. The congress, which
considers and acts on everything of in
terest commercially, industrially and
agriculturally to the great west, will
remain in session five or six days and
is expected to be enlivened by a con-
test, begun last week at the national
irrigation congress at Spokane, be-
tween Secretary of the Interior Bal
Both men and many of their support
ers at the irrigation congress were due
here tomorrow, but Ballinger will re-
main away.
Los Angeles and San Antonio, Tex,
are seeking the next session of the
congress.
Plans for a national western high
way, from Ell Paso, Tex, through yell
lowstone park and on to the Canadian
borders will be placed before the trans
mississippi commercial congress for in
dorsement this week.
This is the most important new fea-
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