Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-10
NATIONAL CONTROL WINS
Conservation Congress Adopts Plat
form in Line with This idea.
WALLACE IS NOW PRESIDENT
Des MOines Man Heads the OrRanisa-
tion without OppOsition-spOn-
sOr Of the Cause r.
Omitted.

ST. PAUL. MINI, Sept. 9.-The National
Conservation congress adopted a platform
placing the seal Of It's approval on national
control OF internal resources and adjourned
A threatened fight on the part Of the
state conservation commissioners to place
the name OF President Taft in the platform
as the great friend OF conservation did not
materialize on the floor. Under vigorous
use OF the gavel It did not even get started,
and the name Of Colonel Roosevelt was
omitted also. The following were chosen
officers:
Presdent-Henry Wallace, Des Moines.
Secretary-Thomas r. Shipp, Indianapolis.
Treasurer-D. A. Latchaw, Kansas city.
clifford Pinchot and ]. b. White Of Kan
sas City declined to be nominated for the
presidency and Mr.. Wallace was not
opposed.
The fight for the insertion Of the name
Of President Taft started originally at
meeting OF state conservation commission
ers. At this meeting Henry Hardtner Of
Louisiana declared that the conservation
principles favored by the convention were
no more those of Roosevelt than Of Taft.
He asserted with much heat that the con-
gress was much less a conservation con-
gress than a straight political meeting. the
ttuutHNg Oh WhlCH bt6hleu W bC " OA'4h
Mr.. Roosevelt at the expense OF President
Taft.
The state commissioners thsreupon voted
to demand that Taft's name be mentioned.
When this was not done It was declared
that the fight would be carried to the con-
venuon at the night session.
Committee Bars Tafps Name.
The committee on resolutions OF the Ma
tional Conservation congress was IN turmoil,
or verging on it, all day today. Eventually
| the committee agreed to recommend to
| night session of the convention a platform
demanding national control of the country's
natural resources.
| The big fight of the committee meeting,
which II was promised would be carried to
| the floor of the convention at the night
session, concerned the mention OF the name
of Theodore Roosevelt as the originator of
| the policies recommended by the committee
and ignoring that of President Taft
The sessions of the committee were exc
cutive, but reports of the warfare leaked
! out in part. Speeches were made demand
ing that the policies advocated by the con-
| gress not only were those OF Mr.. Roosevelt
but those of President Taft, and that the
name of the latter should be specifically
| mentioned. This occurred during the after
noon when there were but eighteen mem
bers Of the committee present, under the
chairmanship of Ex-Governor Pardee of
California. The vote to include the name
Of President Taft was lost, to 10.
RoOseveIt's Name Out Also.
A new attack was then made to eliminate
what was said to be an injustice to the
president and after three ballots. a motion
to eliminate, the name Of Mr.. Roosevelt
also carried.
MIR. Pardes and Frank H, Short. repre-
senting California Power companies. en-
gagged in a championship battle during the
session OF the committee on resolutions
Chairman Pardee surrendered his chair
and, advancing to Judge Short, shook his
finger at the latter and said: you've had
your say about state control. Now let me
say to you. Judge Short, that II there is to
be discussion Of this question from the
California standpoint. there Is one more
man from that golden state who will be
heard. want to tell you that no man
even though he be from Fresno, and six
feet tall, can get away with a bluff, and
I'm going to call you"
The former executive rose, his tall form
towering over the man seated before him
Some people who live In California have
cried for state rights dishonesty, and
don't mean that for any gentleman In thii
ROOM Some have been only fooled. but
want to say to you that when you give
in to the power Of state governments the
right to dispose Of its resources, as ours
have been in California, you give in to the
, hands Of predatory wealth and great cor
| pora lions the natural resources Of this
country You see the result Of that in Cali
fornia. Greece fell when it's resources wen
, that way. Rome fell when its resources
! went that way. The noblemen in thu
, French revolution said to the common poo
pie: Go eat grass" and we In California
when we protested against your water com
panies grabbing up all our water right
were told TO so eat grass
Thu fight In the committee room starteC
aoon after the subcommittee on water hat
made it's report w. ]. MCGEE OF Wash
ineton handed in q majority report, Elk
planning that il had been carried by q vot
of three to two.
short Report First.
The vote on Judge Shorts minority re
port on the floor Of the convention wa
taken first and lost-only he and the dele
u gate from Montana voting in favor Of Il
, MIR. Kelsey OF Wyoming, who had spoke
in favor of state control, did not answe
to the call.
''The other fellow fell down on you
l. laughed Ex-Governor Pardee. addressing tn
10 man from Montana
/ II vote aye" the recalcitrant one shoute
and the committee laughed.
The minority report-the one favoring fed
'e eral control-was then submitted and car
re ried without dissenting voice. the tw
e states control advocates not voting
In the course OF a vigorous and Wild
applauded speech, Francis ]. Heney Of Cal
4 ifornia said in part;
There are some evidences that publ
n opinion in this country does not have
free chance to operate need not mentio
many instances to convince you. Ninet
per cent of the people of the United State
were opposed 10 men being permitted I
~ make a profit by poisoning a people; the
wanted a pure food law, and yet II wa