Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-05
DELEGATES SPLIT
ON STATE RIGHTS
IN CONVENTION
CaIifornianS in Center of Hard
Battle Over Safety of Ma
tionaI Resources
PINCH0T WINS IN SKIRMISH
President Taft, Roosevelt and
Pardee to Discuss Problems
at st. Paul
PINCH0T WINS IN SKIRMIsH
IAssocinta1 Presa1

LAssociate4 Press1
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept 4-Politics
for and against "state's rights in the
matter of conservation of national re-
sources held sway today among the
delegates gathered here to attend the
second national conservation congress,
which, beginning tomorrow, will con-
tinue until Friday night.
There will be addresses dealing with
everything from waterpower sites to
conservation of bird life-plenty Of
them-but the real interest of the con-
Vention lies in the expected fight of
the public land states for control of
their own natural resources, rather
than by the federal government.
Predictions are that there will be a
fight in the resolutions committee and
again on the floor of the convention.
AS to the relative strength of the two
factions, nothing definite is obtainable
tonight. The public land states will,
it is said, be represented by full dele
cations. Less interest is said to have
been shown in the older states, where
public lands are not a local issue.
FAVOR NATIONAL CONTROL
According to present plans, the
friends of national control of public
resources will proceed as If there had
never been a thought of state control.
They do not intend to start anything.
They admit that it will not be neces-
sary. Governor Hay of Washington
and a legion of others will attend to
that at the first opportunity. On the
opposite side from Governor Hay
stands Ex-Governor Pardee of Califor-
MIA, who held an impromptu reception
in the lobby OF the hotel tonight.
about 80 per cent of California's
water power, developed or otherwise,
has been gobbled up" said the Cali
fornian. 1 am for national control, per-
sonally, but the delegation appointed
by the governor is headed by state
control man, Judge Short.
"rhe conference of governors at Salt
Lake City demanded that capital be
properly represented on the st. PAU
program, and Judge Short, who is at
torney for a number of water power
companies, was selected"
The program calls for addresses by
President Taft tomorrow and Colonel
Roosevelt Tuesday. James j. Hill,
who is a leader of the states rights,
and Senator Beveridge will address the
convention wednesday. Clifford Pin
chot, former national forester, and
president of the National Conservation
association, will not speak until the
last day. Henry s. Graves, the present
chief forester, will talk on "rhe For
est and Nation"
PINCHoT OPENS HIS FIGHT
Clifford Pinchot tonight inaugurated
the fight for control of the national con-
seryation congress, which will begin
a five days convention here tomor-
row.
Mr.. Pinchot had intimated during
the day that the faction favoring state
control of national resources would
have to make the first move II there
was to be fight. However. he said
he was not talking for publication.
Meanwhile, visitor after visitor came
to his rooms at the hotel and when
not talking with these he was busy
at the telephone.
The Significance of all this ill-con-
cealed hustle became apparent tonight
when a commission was formed for
the avowed purpose of bringing the
state commissions into touch with
each other and into harmony with the
National Conservation congress. Of
hcers were elected and a committee
appointed to confer with the national
body The officers and members of
, the committee are known as friends of
Pinchot and national control of natural
resources. G.. e. Coundra of the Uni
versity Of Nebraska was elected presi-
dent and ]. c. Gipe of Washington, ID.
G., secretary. The following were
placed on the committee:
President Baker of the National
Conservation congress; o. M. Griffith,
Madison, Wis; A. c. Hardtner, Urania, |
La; w. D. Douglas, Seattle, Wash; |
w. A. Fleming-Jones, Las Cruces, N.
NJ; w. H. Dye, Indianapolis, Ind; E. |
l.. Worssam, Atlanta; Henry A. Bark |
er, Providence, r. l., and E. t. Allen, |
Portland, Ore
eleven COUNT BY PINCHOT
There are forty-two state conserva-
tion commissions, which were ap- |
pointed after President Roosevelt's
famous conference of governors at
Washington The former president at
the same time appointed a national
commission which was to act as sort
of solar center to keep the state COM
missions in their orbit. Last year by
an amendment to the sundry civil bill
Congressman Tawney knocked out
the national commission. and since
then the state committees have Ybeen
working according to their lown ideas,
in the systematic fashion desired by
F; By ftHS1HdrHt; tonght's COUP as it is called,
Mr.. Pinchot is said to have played
mastery politics in behalf of the ma
tional control people, of whom he is
considered the field commander.
Reports were current in the hotel
lobby tonight that the state control
people have been playing a game of
their own. 1t was admitted that the
truth of the report could become
known only on the floor of the con-
vention, but the rumors had it. that
three states not far from Lake Mich
igan would send delegations, the MEM
bers of which are interested in water
power sites. The state concerned have
been considered safely in the national
control camp, and for this reason 1t
was generally thought best to await
confirmation of the reports.
Two thousand delegates is the esti-
mate of the local committee. The fact
that the president and Colonel Roose-
velt will be among the speakers and
that the state fair begins tomorrow
Is expected to add other thousands to
the crowd. The sessions will be held
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