The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-15
UNEASY IN MINNESOTA OVER
CONSERVATION CONGRESS-
THRESH OUT ISSUES TODAY
GOVERNOR EBERHART AND
OTHER CANDIDATES FEAR Eff
FECT UPON STATE VOTE. sr

Washington, July 14.-A merry row
has started over the conservation con-
gress scheduled to meet in St Paul
on Sept. 6, and the Minnesota city may
withdraw its invitation to Clifford Pin
chot and his followers.
This situation has been presented by
the action of Mr.. Pinchot and his
associates in making up program of
speeches for the congress which the
local managers believe will stir up
trouble and possibly react on the Re-
publican party in the state primaries
to be held in September.
According to information obtained
here, Governor Eberhart, who is a can
didate for reelection, and other Re
publicans in Minnesota are all "het
up over the situation. A few weeks
ago they were tickled over having
landed the big congress, but now they
are going around under the impression
that they have good, big white ele-
phant" on their hands. Colonel Roose-
welt is one of the speakers that Mr..
Pinchot has on his list.
The local St Paul managers of the
congress have given notice that they
will not stand for an "all insurgent"
program such as they declare has been
prepared by Pinchot. The controversy
is to be threshed out at a conference
to be held in Chicago today. Mr.. Pin
chot has already left for Chicago, and
he will be joined there today by B. n.
Baker, president of the congress; ]. B.
White, another officer of the congress,
and Thomas r. Shipp, secretary of the
National Conservation association, who
has taken an active part in making
preparations for the st. Paul affair.
The conservaNonists will be met in
Chicago by Governor Eberhart and
other anxious Republicans from Min
nesota. The issue is TO be settled at
the Chicago conference.
If the conservation officials stand
pat on the insurgent program the
congress will not be held in st. Paul.
Minnesota Republicans are anxious to
have the conservation congress held in
st. Paul, but they are ready to pro
test with great heat against the pre-
sentation of speakers who, they be
lieve. may stir up controversies that
would in all probability be ventilated
in the September primaries.
Among the speakers to whom excep
tiOn has been taken by the st. Pau
men are Louis ID. Brandeis, who rep
resented L. b. CLAWS as attorney be
fore the congress joint committee OF
inquiry into the Ballinger- Pinchot af
fair Brandeis is a strong partisan o.
Mr.. Pinchot. The st. Paul authorities
fear that if he speaks at st. Paul h,
would inject lot of verbal firework!
into the discussion that might provok,
trouble. Another speaker to whom
exception has been taken is Edito
Nelson Of the Kansas City Star
Messrs. Brandeis and Nelson are car
rying a lot of anti-Taft sentiment ol
their chests, and the st. Paul board o
managers are apprehensive that the,
plan to unload it at st. Paul
st. Paul made an active fight +
land the conservation congress- /
won out in a contest for the homo
with Kansas City, st. Louis and othe
cities Senator Nelson of Minnesota
chairman of the committee of congress
that Is inquiring into the Ballingel
Pinchot affair, was opposed to 81
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