The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-12

st Paul June ii.--former Forester
clifford pinchot and Former Secretary
of the Interior James r. Garfield were
guests Of honor at "A reception and
banquet given by the St Paul Roose
welt club at the Ryan hotel tonight.
The decorations of the speakers table
consisted of miniature mountains, for
ests. waterfalls, and roads. with min
iature train propelled By electricity
whlzzing past
Justice Il. A. Jaggard OF the Mime.
sofa supreme court was POSTMASTER.
Introducing Judge Jaggard. President
Halbcrt of the Roosevelt club awakened
the enthusiasm OF the banqueters by
reference to an unnamed party. Some
OF the leaders of which," he said are
present" lie said In part:
THE Roosevelt club has consistently
stood for the conservation OF ideals
and the conservation OF men and
against plunder and graft. This coun-
try has lived on its capital. but at
last has awakened to the fact that II
will soon exhaust Its natural resources
by the ,inequitable distribution OF its
wealth in direct violation of the law
of equal opportunity of its citizens.
This condition has brought about the
formation OF a new party without name
but not without an issue nor without
leaders.
That party may bc unnamed. but
Its leaders are Theodore Roosevelt and
our honored guests. Clifford Pinchot
and James X. Garfield"
Mr.. Garfield talked on the Ultimate
Results of Conservation" and the set
address of the evening was that by Mr..
Resources and How to Conserve
Them" Mr.. Pinchot said:
Conservation has captured the ma
don. It's progress during the last IL
months is amazing. Official opposi-
tion TO the conservation movement.
whatever damage II has done or stiii
threatens to the public Interest. has
vastly strengthened the grasp of con
servation upon the minds and con-
sciences Of our people. Efforts TO OBJ
scure or bellttle the issue have only
served to make II larger and clearer
In the public estimation. The con-
servation movement cannot be checked
by the baseless charge that It will pre-
vent development. or that every man
who tells the plain truth Is either a
muckraker or n demagogue. II has
taken firm hold on our national moral
sense. and when an issue does that IL
has won
'"The conservation issue IL moral
issue. and the heart of 1t IL this: For
whose benefit shall our natural re-
sources 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 conservation OF any
man In public or private life indicates
his stand In the fight for public
rights.
"All monopoly rests on the unregu-
lated control OF natural resources and
natural advantages. and such control
by the special interests is impossible
without the help OF politics. The al
lance between business and politics Is
the most dangerous thing In our pollt-
lcal life. II is the snake that I'VE must
kill The special interests must get
out OF politics. or the American people
will put them out OF business. There
Is no third course
Because the special interests are In
politics. we as a nation have lost con-
fidence In congress. This is a serious
statement to make. but 1t is true. Il
does not apply, Of course. TO the men
who really represent their constituents
and who are making so fine a fight for
the conservation Of self government
As soon as these men have won their
battle and consolidated their victory,
confidence In congress will return
But in the meantime the people of
the United States believe that. as a
whole. the senate and the house no
longer represent the voters by whom
they were elected, but the special In
tresets by whom they are controlled.
They believe so because they have so
often seen congress reject what the
people desire, and do instead what the
interests demand. And OF this there