Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-05
CONSERVATION
CONGRESS
TODAY
LIVELY SESSION At
ST. PAUL ANTICIPATED
Pubic / and States Wi' MAKE
Sttong Fight foi Go6troI Of
Their Own Natural Resources
Many VIII Attend,
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ST. Paul. Sept 4.--Polities for and
against states rights" in the matter
Of conserving national resources held
sway today among the delegates ga
thered here TO attend the second ma
! tional conservation congress, which
/ beginning tomorrow, viii continue
until Friday night
There win be addresses dealing
with everything from water power
sites to conservation of bird life
| plenty Of them-but the real interest
Of the convention lies in the expected
| fight of the public land states for
control of their own resources rather
than by the federal government.
Predictions are that there will be
fight in the resolutions committee
and again on the floor OF the conVen-
ton. As 10 the relative strength or
the two factions, nothing definite is
Ohtainable tonight The public land
states will, it is said be represented
By full delegations Less interest is
said to have been shown in the older
states where public lands are not
local issue.
According to present plans the
friends of national control of public
resources will proceed as if there
bad never been a thought of state
control They de not intend to start
anything. They admit that it won't
be necessary. Governor Hay OF
Washington and a legion of others
will attend to that at the first oppor-
tunitY and the first battle will be on.
The program calls for addresses by
President Taft tomorrow and Colonel !
Roosevelt Tuesday James J. Hill |
who is leader of the states rights /
people, will address the convention /
Wednesday. Clifford Pinchot does /
not speak until the last day. Pro
fesssor Henry ;. Graves, the present |
chief forester, win talk on The For
est and Nation" on Thursday
Two thousand delegates is .he estI"
mate of the local committee. The
fact that the president and Mr.. Roose-
yelt will be among the speakers and
that the state fair begins tomorrow is
expected TO add other thousands to
he crowd, The auditorium which
AN seat 10000 persons, will shelter
he crowd.
President Taft will deliver the
principal speech tomorrow He Will
le followed by Senator Nelson of
who is chairman of the
enate committee on public lands, as
we'll as the head of the Ballinger in
-estigation committee.
In the afternoon there will be "A
Conference of governors of states and !
ddresses by such of them as desire to
,e heard.
Night sessions are on the program
or Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
lay.
Mr. Pinchot's room was not large
nough 60 accommodate the visitors
rho called on him in almost uninter-
upted procession. He did not care
0 be interviewed for publication, but
18th certain contortions in dumb re-
ly to direct questions let il be known
hat he expects fight, and hot one
. defend the principles of conserva
on for which he stands. He left
ere tonight to make speech at
colchester, Mimi, in Congressman
awneys district in behalf of ID. An
erson, the progressive. who is op- 2
osing Tawney for the republican y
Former Governor Pardee of Califor-
ia held an impromptu reception in
ne lobby of the hotel
About 80 per cent of California's
ater power, developed or other
Use has been gobbled up said the
alifornian. | am for national con-
ol personally. but the delegation ap-
1inted by the governor is state I,d
ntrol man, Judge short" hs