Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-06-12
THE HONOREO GUESTS
OF A ROOSEVELT CLUB
PINCHOT AND GARFIELD AT ST.
PAUL.
Banquet at Which Some Mention Was
Made of a New Party.

81. Paul. MIMI, June LII OTmeT
Chief Forester Clifford Pinchot and
former Secretary Of the Interior James
r. Garfield were guests of honor at
reception and banquet given by the
st. Paul Roosevelt club at the Ryan
hotel tonight The decorations of the
speakers tables consisted of minia-
ture mountains, forests, waterfalls and
roads, while a miniature train pro-
PEELED by electricity went whizzing
past.
Justice l. A. Jaggard of the Min
nesota supreme court was toastmas-
ter. Introducing Judge Jaggard. Pres
ident Halbert of the Roosevelt club
awakened the enthusiasm of the ban
queters by reference to an unnamed
party, some of the leaders of which
he said were present. He said: The
Roosevelt club has consistently stood
for the conservation of ideals and the
conservation of men and against plum
der and graft.
This country has lived on its capi-
tai, but at last has awakened to the
fact that it will soon exhaust its nat
ural resources by the inequitable dis
tribution of its wealth in direct vio-
lation of the law of equal opportunity
of its citizens This condition has
brought about the formation of a
new party without name, but not
without an issue nor without leaders
THAT party may be unnamed. but
its leaders are Theodore Roosevelt
and our honored guests. Clifford Pin
chot and James r. Garfield"
Garfield's subject was the "UIti-
mate Results of Conservation"
Mr.. Garfield began his address by
referring to the Minnesota swamp land
dispute with the national government
which had been pending for years and
which by the efforts of Gov. Johnson.
before him, as secretary of the inter-
ior. had been settled in twenty min
utes by the proper recognition of
state rights.
If the men of different parts of the
country will get together in friendly
spirit there will be no difficulty in
settling these questions" said Mr..
Garfield AS a nation we must take
up these problems seriously II does
not mean that the states will be com
PEELED to give up their rights. We
must recognize that in dealing with
water that all have a voice in decid-
ing what shall be done with them.
You in Minnesota who have within
your state the beginning of the great
est water course of the country can
not say that you have the government
alone to say what shall be done with
them.
Coal is :or the entire nation which
is dependent upon coal for it's fuel If
as nation we shall give to any state.
the right to control the coal deposits
OF Alaska. we as a people shall have
betrayed a trust for which posterity
shall hold our members to accounts.
Under the old laws the public do
main was given over to private indi-
viduals who ranged their cattle where
ever they wished and so long had they
held this privilege that they came to
believe they had a right to hold it for
ever
Now we demand that not one acre
of coal land shall be sold; that We
have right to mine that coal. We
demand that the forests of our pub
lie lands shall be cut in the same man
ner as we would have our coal mined
We demand that the title of these
lands shall remain in the state. but
the use of the products shall be ac-
cOrding to our necessities. We de-
mand that anyone who can form a
company to mine coal and to cut tim
ber shall be able to acquire the lands
for the peeds of his company and shall
not be barred by the interference of
anyone.
This is not revolutionary 1t is
not "A dog in the manger policy. but it
it is following a policy which will hand
down to the next generation our for
ests and coal lands and our water
power better conserved for their use
and enjoyment. The chief opposition
to conservation comes from men who
have been stopped from doing that
which is wrong"