The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-25
President Kavanaugh of Lakes to
Gulf Waterway Association
Takes the President
to Task
EXECUTIVE ATTITUDE SCORED
Head of Nation is Said to Have Act
ed Slowly in Appointing En-.
gineers and That He Show
ed Partially.

81. Louis, Mo. Nov. 25.-With an at
tendance OF senators, representatives,
governors Industrial leaders and
heads OF commercial organizations. the
annual convention of the Lakes to- the
Gulf Deep Waterway Association was
opened in this city today with the as
surance that it will go on record as
one Of the most notable gatherings
ever assembled in the history OF this
country in the interest of waterway
development. President w. X. Kav-
anaugh called the meeting 10 order at
10 O'Clock this morning. Governor
Hadley and Bayor Kreismann well
coined the delegates. Reports of COM
mittees and officers completed the
business Of the initial session. This
afternoon the delegates inspected the
new Mckinley bridge across the Mis-
sissippi as guests of Congressman w.
Il. Mckinley. The business of the
convention will be concluded tomor-
row.
President Kavanamgh pointed out
in his address that this association
had for years condemned the pork
barrel policy and demanded that riv-
er improvements be put on a prac-
tical basis. in which commercial con-
ditions should be held paramount to
political consideration. As a result.
demands for waterway Improvement
have become nom political and J6he
pork barrel" policy Is doomed
while no single instrumentality can
alone bring about a revolution among
a great people" he continued, this
organization is among those that have
i'm the last two years stirred public
sentiment to it's depths, awakened the
spirit OF citizenship and implanted in
the hearts OF our people a sense of
civic duty rising above the call of
parties. or demand OF bosses. and let
him who doubts recall the ideas of
November"
lie discussed and pointed out the
necessity for better transportation fa-
cilities. Referring to congressional ac-
tion he said:
Thanks chiefly to the fidelity of the
men now present, the sixty-first con-
gress at its session last winter enacted
river and harfbor bill superior to it's
predecessors in several respects.
largely i'm that IT contained modest
appropriation for a lakes to the gulf
deep waterway conditional pn ap-
proyal by a board of engineers. for
which provision was made. The item
was well intended and had the intent
been carried out, the critical point
of our project would now be doubtless
passed. IL is a bitter disappointment
that we have To record at least the
partial failure of this intent through
an official partiality first noted 10y
some of us i'm last years river trip.
The president postponed the appoint
ment of the board authorized i'm the
act for many weeks, thus making IL
apparent the boards report. In con
formity with the act OF congress-. must
necessarily be hastily arrived at and
appointed men on this board whom
the people feared were unfriendly to
the project. Thus by indirection, the
purpose of the legislation has been de-
layed, IL not thwarted. Surely the
president misunderstands the mean
ing Of the memorable river trip: sure
ly he misjudges the temper of the men
Of the interior-indeed of the country
at large. our present need is for leg
islation so definite and specific that
il will become effective. despite indif-
ference and unfriendliness from any
quarter. however exalted or however
unexpected and unwarranted the op-
position may be-"