Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

ST. PAUL. Mimi. June 11-Followine
an informal reception to Clifford Pinchot
and James r. Garfield this evening about
500 members and friends Of the st. Paul
Roosevelt Club filled the large banuuetinr
room OF the Ryan Hotel. thus fulfilling n
long-deferred tribute to Messrs. Pinchot
and Carried In recognition of their work
In assisting former President Roosevelt
in his efforts for conservation of publa
domain.
Besides the guests of the evening
among those seated at the speakers Ia
BILE were Gov. Eberhart. Mayor Keller.
President Hugh T. Halbert of the Roose-
welt Club and several Yale alumni friends
Of Mr.. Pinchot.
Forestry In Decorations.
The decorations Of the speakers. table
consisted Of miniature mountains. for
ests. waterfalls and roads with a minis-
ture train propelled by electricity whi.-
zing past.
Justice E. A. Jaggard of the Minnesota
supreme court was toastmaster. Intro
ducing Judge Jaggard, President halbert
Of the Roosevelt Club awakened the en-
thusiasm OF the banqueters by a refer
ence to an unnamed new party, some Of
the leaders OF which. he said. were pres
ent. He said. in part:
The Roosevelt Club has consistently
sfood for fhe conservation NJ ;dao,, ona
the conservation of men and against
plunder and graft.
Capital Near Exhaustion.
This country has lived on its capital.
but at last has awakened to the fact that
1t will soon exhaust its natural resources
by the ineQuitable distribution of its
wealth in direct violation of the law OF
euaI opportunity of Its citizens. This
condition has brought about the forma-
ton OF a new party without name. but
not without an issue nor without lead
ers.
That party has two wings composed
Of those called conservatives and those
called progressives, but the real division
is composed OF those who favor the
rights OF the people as against those
who favor a monopoly OF the benefits Of
the public domain.
Leaders of the Party.
THAT party may be unnamed. but IT.
leaders are Theodore Roosevelt and our
honored guests. Clifford Pinchot and James
r. Garfield
and his topic was The State and Con-
servation." Mayor Keller spoke on The
City and Conservation" Mr.. Garfield talk.
ed on The Ultimate Results Of
dress Of the evening was that by Mr..
Pinchot. who spoke on Our National
Resources and How to Conserve Them"
Mr.. Ptnchot said:
Progress Of Conservation.
Conservation has captured the nation.
Its progress during the last twelve months
Is amazing. Official opposition to the con-
servation movement, whatever damage It
has done or still threatens to the public
interest, has vastly strengthened the
grasp of conservation upon the minds
and consciences of our people. Efforts to-
obscure or belittle the issue have onlJ
served to make 1t larger and clearer in
the public estimation. The conservation
movement cannot be checked by the base
less charge that 1t will prevent devel-
opment, or that every man who tells the
plain truth Is either a muck-raker or a
demagogue 1t has taken firm hold on
our national moral sense. and when an
issue does that 1t has won.
"The conservation issue Is a moral issue,
and the heart of 1t is this: For whose
benefit shall our natural resources be
conservation the benefit OF us all. or for
the use and profit Of the few? This truth
is SO obvious and the question itself SO
simple that the attitude toward conser-
walton of any man in public or private
life indicates his stand in the fight for
public rights
"AI monopoly rests on the unregulated
control of natural resources and natural
advantages, and such control by the
special interests is impossible without
the help of politics. The alliance be-
tween business and politics IL the most
dangerous thing in our political life. 1t IL
the snake that we must kill. The special
interests must get out Of poll - the