Arizona republican., 1910-09-06
THE FIERY STUBBS.
Invites a Rebuke By Governor Hay of
 Washington.

1 St. Paul, Sept 5.-The immense ! crowd that heard President Taft de | liver one of the best speeches of his 1 career before the conservation con l gress here today, missed hearing some very pointed remarks in the after i room, delivered by Governor Stubbs i of Kansas.
 1 The Kansas executive pulled his i sleeves up to give his arms full swing, loosened his neckte to give play to his vocal organs and pro- l ceeded to remark that if he had the power he would kick Secretary Bal i finger out of office. As he made the 1 assertion he glared at the spectators who had not followed the president to
 the state fair grounds and then he surveyed the other governors who were on the platform.
 Later, in private, Governor Hay, of Washington, took occasion to inform Governor Stubbs that he considered | Secretary Ballinger as white a man as the United States can boast. [ The people in this country should erect monument to Clifford Pin chOt," began Governor Stubbs. He deserves it for saving the coal lands 1 of the country, if for nothing else l do not know why 1t is the corpo- rations and others that want to steal the power sites and timber, want the control of the natural resources vest | ed in states legislatures Anyway. I do not take any stock in the Bal finger idea of running things. If
 I were president of the United States l would kick him out of office in a minute. I'd like to see some of these Alaska coal thieves put where they i belong"
 The militant governor from Kansas added that that President Taft had | said some true things. and said he: [ T want to give him credit for it. This brief, but pointed address, de- l livered in vitriolic style was called i forth by the remarks of Governor | Norris of Montana. who in advocating ! the state control of natural resources. ! declared that Montana had begun
 the conservation of her resources be- fore the federal government ever be- gan to think of it.
 Isn't it a fact, Governor Norris.'' demanded Governor Stubbs, that the
 national government has led in the
 development of irrigation in the ! west?"
 Yes, in the last three or four years" came the answer
 i Mir. Norris would have made fur
 ther answer, but Governor Stubbs
 was again addressing the audience | Yes, in the last three or four years. l Why the movement only got started
 then when Theodore Roosevelt and I'M ton ought to erect a monument to 1 them"
 The Kansan at this point smiled as if amused at his own heat, and said
 more calmly: T didn't come here to
 make a speech. I kind of forgot my
 self. My intention was to introduce
 Governor Vesey. of South Dakota"
 The introduction was then made The auditorium. which seats 10000 persons, was filled to hear President Taft, but the attendance in the af- ternOon by actual count, consisted of
 PA men and 1O1 women.
 Governor Stubbs was elected as
 chairman of the session. When the
 meeting was over, Hay told Stubbs:
 T want to say, Governor Stubbs,
 you're no whiter man than Richard
 A. Ballinger" To this Stubbs made | no reply.
 Land Commissioner Ross of Wash
 ingtOn, joined Hay T want to add"
 said Ross, that Ballinger is as white
 man as Roosevelt ever had in his cabinet; that's what we think of Bal | finger in Washington"
 T said what I thought about Bal ! finger, and I'll say what I please
 about him." answered Stubbs.
 Other governors present were De-
 neen of Illinois; Brooks. of Wyo-
 ming; Noel of Mississippi. 1 Governor Deneen came out for nat 1 ional control and doing so, he briefly referred to the scandals that had
 arisen concerning legislation. We have the legislature of Illinois, he said, that has held both regular and ] irregular sessions. At present it is
 somewhat below par" This sally was greeted by laughter.
 Governor Norris says the Montana
 legislature can be trusted added Mir. Deneen. I'm sorry I cannot say