The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-16
Congressman J. Hampton
Moore of Philadelphia,
Delivered Address.
Attendance at the Evening
Session Was Much Larger
Than at Sessions Prior
To-Day Will See the Close
of the Convention-Visit-
ors on a Bay Trip This
Morning.

Today will see the nmSn OF the
third annual convention of the Mis-
sissippi to the Atlantic Inland Water
way Association. The final curtain
will fall on tonight's session and the
event which has been among the big
gest which ever came to Pensacola
will have passed into history.
The convention has been in session
since Monday morning. 1t has been
attended by many prominent men.
Many brilliant speeches have been
made. An impeteous has been given
the inland waterway agitation in this
section which will result in much
good. The sentiment of the conven,
ton has been for the immediate carry
ing out of it's project. which is the
reason for its existence. 1t is the con-
struction of an inland waterway
across Florida from the Atlantic sea-
board to the Mississippi river.
The convention to close tonight Is
one of the big conventions, not Of
Florida, nor not of the far south, but
of the whole nation, for 1910. It's in
fiuence will be felt in the halls of
congress and throughout the move
ment for deeper and inland waterways
throughout the United States.
The delegates to the convention are
pleased with the San Carlos hotel.
where most of them are stopping. and
at the auditorium of which it's delib-
erations have taken place, and those
not heretofore acquainted with the
great state, at close range. are more
than pleased with Florida. They
have been royalty entertained in Pen
sacola and every lone has received a
warm wlcome from the business men
particularly and the city at large.
PensacoIians, realizing the import
| ance of the gathering and what 1t
| means to Pensacola, have rendered
every courtesy and assistance. Up
until last night. the attendance Of 10
cal people was not what it Should
have been, but many did not know
that the convention was open to tho
public. But on every hand Pensaco-
with the residents of other sections,
in the inland waterway agitation.
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher,
United States senator from Florida,
president of the association, has ably
presided over all of the sessions. His
efforts for deeper and better water
ways in Florida are appreciated
MORNING SESSION.
The morning session was held with,
in the allotted hours and followed out
the set program with one or two ex.
ceptions. The features were ad.
dresses by c. o. Mclaughlin, Lees
burg, Fla, Charles J. Swift, Columbus.
Ga, A. D. Stevens and the annual re.
port of Secretary Leland J. Hender-
son. of Apalachicola. Other addresses
were also made but the foregoing
were the more important.
Mr.. Mclaughlin chose for the topic
OF his address: Increased Com
merce Requires Utilization of Water
ways. 1t dealt extensively with the
problem of reaching the market, from
points inland, when along the route
are the best and richest blessings of
kind providence to mankind, inland
waterways if developed. The great
waste Of natural resources, the speak
er touched upon. He went at length
into the proposed waterway acrosa
river with the Atlantic seaboard, by
inland waterway. He pledged the sec
ton from which he comes to the
port of every Floridian and south
erner.
Mr.. McLaughlins address was time.
ly and delivered in a brilliant manner.
At its conclusion, the speaker was
given rounds of applause.
A. D. STEVENS HEARD.
The first speech to touch upon the
completion of the Panama canal a.
that event relates to Florida and the
proposed new highway was delivered
by A. D. Stevens, Of Jacksonville,
chairman Of the Duval county branch