The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-31
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INLAND WATERWAYS IN
 THE COUNTRY.
Waterways onvention-Gover- nors Are in Sympathy
 With President.

NeW OlteduS, OCl. ou.-Wlln pFeSf- dent Taft declaring himself squarely r favor of a bond issue for the de velopment of the country's inland wa terways and the governors of twenty one states voicing assurances of their hearty sympathy with the movement for such improvements the first day of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water ways Convention was characterized by much enthusiasm.
 It was after nightfall when the last of the governors had been heard and the convention hall was emptied of the hundreds of delegates.
 Owing to the fact that much of the morning program had to be moved forward, owing to several hours delay in the opening of the convention, 1t was decided to postpone the address of Clifford Pinchot, chief forester of the United States, until Monday.
 At Mondays session many members of the large congressional delegation in attendance will make brief ad- dresses in addition to the speakers, including Secretary of War Dickinson and Speaker Cannon, whose names appear on the program
 At smoker of the waterways dele. gates tonight Speaker Cannon presid- ed.
 President Taft celebrated the sue cessful termination of his trip down the Mississippi river today by address ing the delegates to the convention of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water ways Association. This organization has as its object the deepening and general improvement of the Missis- sippi river and it's tributaries.
 The arrival of the president was the signal for an outburs, of applause.
 The delegates and visitors sprang to their feet. many mounted their chairs in order 10 get a better view of the lowing, smiling big man who was working his way through the doulbe line of secret servce men and police officers.
 He stood on the platform a moment greeting President Kavanaugh, of the Waterways Association and then bow ed his appreciation of the applause.
 President Kavanaugh presented him with handsome gold badge and then introduced Governor Sanders of Louis jana. who in turn introduced the pres ident. The applause broke out again and was reinforced with some vigor- ous Yale yells. When it died away, President Taft commenced his ad- dress.
 The president began by having a little fun regarding the trip down the river. The president said the dan gers great had all been run and that the fleet had come through without tHc lCSo Dl d SiHSle lndI.
 MT. Taft taunted the congressn.un and governors for having resorted to the humiliating device or land trans. portation at one stage of the journey. He paid a tribute to the city of New Orleans and the hospitalit yof her pso- pie, and the nturned to a serious dis. cussion of the Mississippi, saying he hoped the present voyage and con. vention would mark an epoch in the improvement of the waterway. The president declared no progress had been made in river navigation in this country in the last forty or forty-fve years. The waterways of the country, he declared must be used eventually to carry the bulk of heavy mercnan- disc.
 The presidents declaration that he favored the issuance of bonds for car rying out the Ohio river improvement as one of the approved projects of in land waterways, called out burst of applause. The Ohio River improve