The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-28

~ Rev. John Ireland, archbishop
or ST. Paul, Will open the second Ma
tional Conservation congress in this
city on September with prayer, and
after that no man can tell whether the
convention will be peace meeting OF
one Of storm and turbulence
Present indications point 10 storm
Clouds have been lowering over 81
Paul for weeks and they have been
growing darger daily.
Following the venerable archDlsh-
Op's appeal for divine blessing ana the
introduction of Governor A. %. Ebef-
hart OF Minnesota comes tEe address
of President Taft. What is TAFT gong
TO say is q question being asked III
this city But while there Is great IN
terest in what the President may say,
there is more speculation concerning
the probable attitude of his predeces-
sor in office. Colonel Theodore hoose-
Welt The former President Is on the
program 10 speak Tuesday, the day
after President Taft makes his ad-
dress. The colonel selected the d-le
himself. While Roosevelt is talking
President Taft Will be on his way
back east. The President and the
former President will not meet In ST
Paul.
Led bv Governor Hay of Washing
ton. Secretary Ballinger's state, the
western governors have shown lnsur-
gent tendencies The claim mas been
made that the program has been
'packed" against the west. Governor
Hay declared that he would not ap-
point delegates from his state unless
q representative 10 be selected Dy nun
should be given an hour 10 place
NVashingtou's position before the con-
.gress He was told that President
TafU and Colonel Roosevelt We're the
only speakers who would have that
much time and that Washington
would have 10 be content with the
same time allotted 10 other states.
Then Governor Hay called meet
ing of western governors 10 be held IN
salt Lake. A delegation. consisting
of Frank b. Kellogg, trust buster
Tor Roosevelt; Rap Wheelock, private
secretary 10 Governor EDerhaIJ OF
Minnesota, and J. II. Beck. represent
Ing the local board of managers 1oI
the congress, and Reuben warner
representing st. Paul and MlaneapoHs
business interests, was sent 10 the
Salt Lake City meeting. They gave
the western governors assurance
that they would be properly treated
and the result was that all OF the
western states will have delegations IN
the congress, though some OF the
governors viii not De present be-
cause of other engas ments.
Reed. SmOOt. Senator from Utah, Is
author of Senate bill No. 1882, author
izing the President To withdraw from
ali forms of settlement entry or dis
position, any lands which are or may
become chiefly valuable for the deVel-
opmeEt Of water power, and providing
for the acquisition by any state or
territory, under certain conditions, OF
anv lands so Withdrawn and for other
purposes"
This bill is regarded as containing
the cream of the state rights PROPOSE
zion SO far as the relation of federal
and state governments To the control
of water power and power sites is
concerned. The resolutions adopted
by the northwestern governors declare
openly for such measures.
That President Taft win support
this proposition is regarded as prob
able in the light of a previous utter
,ance credited 10 him. AT ST. Louis,
In his speech MAY 4. the President de-
Tended the SmOOt bill before a meet
ing of the Farmers union. He then
said;
As concerns Congress at this time,
conservation resolves itself at once in
TO the necessity of passing the bill,
which Will give 10 the executive un-
questioned authority 10 withdraw land
for power sites and other purposes.
With this power in the hands of the
President of the United States We can
cit comfortably Dy and discuss and de-
wise the best means of disposing Of the
great public domain TO the benefit of
present and future generations"
1t is pointed out that Roosevelt has
at all times maintained a position di-
Feetly antagOuistic 10 the provisions of
the SmOOt measure. As opposed To the
Estates rights" theory the Roosevelt
Idea is generally known 10 be the ''na-
tionap conservation proposition, ia
which the federal government shall
undertake the work Of conservation
when the projects considered are Of
national scope. The states may act in
matters pertaining only 10 their in
terest.
During the progress of the first
White House conference of governors,
Colonel Roosevelt. then President. IN
reply to the speech of William Jen-
nings Bryan. arose and said:
I'm matters that relate only 10 the
people within q state. of course the
state is To be sovereign and should
have the power 10 act III the matter
IS such that the state itself cannot act,
then I wish on behalf of the state that
the national government should act
There is no indication that Roosevelt
mas changed his mind since that time,
and there is no assurance that Presi-
dent Taft believes differently from the
opinion ne expressed in his ST. Louis
ADDRESS. Consequently the states"
rights question is very likely TO be the
subject Of greatest interest at the con-
YentiOn.
Senator Nelson 10 Speak
Senator Nelson Of Minnesota follows
President Taft on the Monday pro-
gram While the President is visiting
the Minnesota state fair and delivering
another address, the governors viii be
holding their conference. Governor
Stubs OF Kansas will preside.