Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-14
An Unusual Document

An Unusual Document
The record of the proceedings of the
first conference of governors of the
United States, which was held at the
white house a year ago, has been issued
| from the government printing ONCE. Inc
volume is bound in green cloth, lettered
with gold, and is one of the really hand
some publications recently issued by the
government as a document.
The conservation of the country's nat
ural resources was the subject of the
conference of governors, and every WORD
that waa uttered at the notable gather
ing is to be found in the $50 pages that
the book embraces. Nan interesting fea-
| ture is history of the origin and plan
of the conference, together with list OF
| names of all those who participated in 1T.
The frontispiece is a half-tone engrav-
! ing of a photograph taken on the white
| house portico, showing all the governors,
| grouped with President Roosevelt, Vice
| President Fairbanks, members of the
Roosevelt cabinet, justices of the SUI
preme court, and the four special guests.
| William Jennings Bryan, Andrew Car
! negie, James j. Hill and John Mitchell.
| There are other illustrations also.
| The volume contains addresses by Pres
! ident Roosevelt who presided; members
of the cabinet, Carnegie, Bryan, Hill
Mitchell, noted government experts, gov
| ernors of the states and representatives
| of the great national organizations. No
| other volume like it has ever been issued,
: and it will be probably a long time be-
| fore another like it appears.
| Senator Lodge himself dictated the in
terview which he denied when it was
quoted on the floor of the senate by Sem
ator Dolliver. Two of the most reliable
newspaper men i'm Washington wrote
| while Lodge dictated.
Bacon and the Platform
| Senator Bacon does not entertain very
much regard for political platforms in
| general, nor the recent national Demo-
! cratic platform in particular, as will be
gathered from a recent statement he
made on the floor of the senate. He was
| answering a question from Senator Bev-
| erdge concerning the Democratic declar-
| alton for free lumber
| Here is what he said:
THAT platform, like all platforms. is
| probably written by the committee at
, midnight, and when reported by the COM
mittee on resolutions it is scrutinized by
! the convention, in the main, as to the
enunciation of general principles and not
| so particularly as to minor details. The
| senator from Indiana has been in national
| conventions. and almost every senator
who is within hearing of my voice has
! been in national conventions, and we
! kow how that is. Upon a question of
| the policy of the party, as to whether or
not it shall be in favor of a protective
| duty or a revenue duty, it is binding up
on us all. But when a particular article
| among a hundred others is picked out and
! It is said that it should go on the free list,
! that is an expression of opinion by the
! committee which is. perhaps, not partic-
| ularly considered by the convention while
! its attention is engrossed by more i'm
| portant matters"
| WASHINGTON, d. c., May 10.-The At
| lanta Journal New York Herald road
! building contest has no more ardent SYM
! pathizers than Senators John Walter
| Smith. of Maryland, and Lee S. Overman,
| of North Carolina. They realize and ap-