Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-23
MAY CAUSE SPLIT
IN RELATIONS OF EAST AND WEST
Sidney Norman Upon Return from Governors Conference at Salt
Lake, Says Separate PoSeFy Policy Likely to Be Framed
Here by Western Men Hostile to the Theories Now Existing

when the governors of western
states, at their conference in Salt Lake
last week, voted unanimously to recon-
vene in Los Angeles, at the American
Mining congress, to meet the metal,
coal and oil operators of the country,
and especially of the west. in an effort
to frame western conservation policy
in harmony with the interests of the
entire west, in opposition to the policies
which may be decided on at the COM
ing session of the conservation con-
gress in St. Paul they by that one
act transferred the conservation fight
squarely to the floor of the Los An
geles convention" said Sidney Norman,
chairman of the Sierra Madre clubs
convention committee, who, as the
clubs representative, went to Salt
Lake and extended the invitation of
Governor Gillett to the governors Il
come to Los Angeles.
1t now become apparent that the
coming session of the American Min
ing congress will be the most notable
gathering of western men ever held
and will undoubtedly become historic,
in that it may create a distinct issue
between the states of the east and the
west, providing the interests of the es-
tablished western industries are not
taken into consideration by the east.
FAR FROM LOVE FEAST
"The governors conference at Salt
Lake was far from a love feast of
conservationists. 1t became plain to
me from the very beginning that the
feeling in the west against conserVa-
ton, as it is understood out here, is
very strong-in some directions bitter.
OF course, it cropped out that the gov
ernors themselves and their official
representatives were almost as much
in the dark as many others of us of
the west are concerning the real prin-
ciples Of conservation and their appl-
cation to our resources which we are
endeaVoring to develop.
when discussion began among the
executives it seemed as if every gov
ernor or representative had a different
conception of this policy and different
opinion regarding its merits, although
the under current regarding its ac-
ceptance or rejection was clearly an
tagonistiC.
1.-The meeting had been called by
Gov. NJ. E Hay of Washington, as a
protest against the action of the man
ayers of the conservation congress in
refusing to allow him an hours time
on the st. Paul program to advance
his ideas regarding conservation. This
Paul convention was intended as
one sided affair, where wide discussion,
like that proposed at the American
Mining congress convention in Los An
geles was certain to be denied.
INSULTS THE WEST
1.-THE conservation congress manage
ment, evidently realizing its mistake
and the slight placed on the west sent
an extra delegation, consisting of Gov.
Eberhardts private secrtary Mr..
Wheelock: Judge Kelly, the official
trust buster for President Taft. and
Messrs. Beck and Warner of st. Paul,
to assure the governors that they
would be given an opportunity to be
heard at the St. Paul congress.
''The governors present at the Salt
Lake conference were Spry of Utah,
Brooks of wyoming, Brady of Idaho
and Hay of Washington, While Cover
nor Gillett of California was represent
ed by Congressman Julius Kahn; Gov
ernor Shafroth of Colorado by James f.
Callbreath, Jr., secretary of the Am
erican mining congress; Governor Ben |
son Of oregon by his private secretary, !
Mr.. Macarthur, and Governor Dicker- !
son of Nevada by Banker Witcher |
of Ely.
After two days of executive ses-
sions the governors decided to send
delegates to the conservation congress |
at St. Paul, but really welcomed the |
opportunity afforded them by Cover
nor Gnlett's invitation, which | pre-
sented to them. to come to the Ameri- |
can mining congress where a COVER |
nors' day and a conservation day. |
during the week of September 26 to
October l, will give them fullest range |
for debating conservation and, with /
the mining, coal and oil operators, /
formulate a general western policy re-
garding conservation.
"a WESTERN IDEA"
"It is plain. therefore, that at the |
Los Angeles convention there is likely |
to be born what will henceforth be |
known as the western idea, which will |
serve as the basis of the policy Of all |