The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-03
Business, Social, Educational and
Domestic Life at Big
Congress.
NATIONS LEADING MEN
TO TALK CONSERVATION
Roosevelt One of the Speakers and
Expected to Fly the Big
Stick to Tawney-States
Send Delegations.

second national conservation congress-
under the Auspices OF the National
Conservatism Association. which will
Baltimore, president OF the congress.
will form one of the most unique
gatherings In the history of America,
In that every form of business. social.
educational and domestic activity.
will be represented by the 5000 dele
gates.
hit or miss list of representa- tives
goes like this; George w. Babb, of
New York, with other gentlemen. rep
resenting the National Fire Under
writers; ]. Adam Brown. of New
York. League of American Sports
men; Henry l. Doherty, New York.
representing the National Electric
Light Association; William butcher.
New York. National Association of
Audubon Societies, Chief Charles Lit
tie, Rochester. y. Y, National Fire
mems Association. Charles r. Nick en-
ma, American Chemical Society; Geo.
F. Nye, representing the city OF Nj
Agara Falls; Thomas =. Walker and
ptherS OF New York. representing the
Association for Protecting the Adj
rondaeks. Colonel Il. Cameron, Ra-
leigh. y. c., Farmers National Con
gress. Major f. J. Hale, National
River and Harbors Congress, DR.. j.
II. Pratt, Chapel Hin, y. G.. Asso-
citation OF American state Biologists
James X. Garfield. represe nting the
Commercial Club of Cleveland, o..
and Williams College; .. A. Miller.
Columbus, O., Natioaa! Paper Trade
Association, and ". >. Harvey. PhiIa-
nalphia- National Board of Trade.
Women to BE There.
There are many interests OF women
represented.
Mabel Boardman, Of Washington,
viii speak on behalf OF the National
Red Cross; Mrs. James l. Chamber
lain, Harrisburg, Pa, viii represent
the State Federation of Pennsylvania
Women. Mrs. Rhoda Cham oerlatn
with others, Will represent the State
Federation OF Womens Clubs OF Ok
lahoma. A dozen Southern women,
including Mrs. Beaten McMii!in. OF
Nashville, Tenn. and Mrs. ". Il. Bur
neyr of Column bus. s. g.. will represent
tne Womans National River and Has-
bors Congress.
Every state. every city. many co2n-
ties. ali of the leading organizations
pf women, the universities Of the
United States, business organizations.
commercial clubs. civic bodies, clubs
of sportsmen. scientific societies, or
Eanisations of automo bile manufac-
turers. and even. it is said, an aero
naatic organization. will be repre-
sented at the great congress,
There is no organization in the
United States to-day that brings to-
gether such a wholly representative
organization of American citizens as
the National Conservation Congress.
Roosevelt VIII speak.
1t is before this body that Theodore
Roosevelt. representing the progress
sives." as they are called. will repeat
his declarations that the Federal gov
eminent ought to eentroi the water
power and most OF the other resources
OF the country. because the States are
not so well qualified as the Federal
government TO protect these industries
sor the people.
Before this same body Reed Smoot.
the senator from Utah. will advocate
his bill. now before congress, grant
ing to the States the control OF the
water power within their confines.
Both Roosevelt and Smooth realize
that vote by the congress on any
topic would so thoroughly represent
the opinion OF the so-called upper
classes of American citizens that 1t
would carry great weight In the halls
of State.
One of the chief duties of Clifford
Pinchot, father of the conservation
congress. idea. during the congress
will be to remain In constant readiness
20 prevent Smoot and certain Western
personages including the governors of
Inc Northwestern States, from secur-
Ing control of the congress and put
10 nf a
rights
Mecca For Notables-
ST. Paul. during conservation week.
will be the Mecca for most OF the no.
tables of the United States. Tom T..
Lewis. president of the miners; Rt.
Rev. Archbishop John Ireland. Hob
son, Heney. of San Francisco; Hadley,
of Missouri: John Mitchell, President
Taft, Roosevelt, Benjamin Lindsey.
James J. Hill. w. w. Finley, president
bf the Southern railway; Beveridge---
5ust casual glance at the list of
speakers and delegates reveals these
names.
Hidden in the list OF delegates. APP
pointed by governors and commercial
bodies. are the names of men who
ptand foremost in their respective
communities.
II Is believed that Roosevelt, in his
ton congress. Will openly ply the big
stick against Tawney. as Minnesota
&c Tawney's State. and. at this time.
the congressman is seeking re-eIec-
ton.
To say that no politics will openly
/. crop out during the convention may
be true; but there win be an under
current OF politics running through
the entire program and through the
DISCUSSIONS, because. already, the old
uplit Of "progressives" against Con
servatiyes'' has appeared In the for
nation of the program and win con-
stantly widen as the program n car
ried out. The ''progressives" believs
that the congress shas been packed by
The water power Interests and that
1 Reed Emoot. who Games ~ : delegate
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