The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-19

st. Paul's representatives straight
cned out all the trouble about tho pro
crammc at the conservation congress
to the entire satisfaction of all the gov
ernors. with the result that every west
ern state will send to the meeting the
strongest delegation possible. The trou-
BILE originally started about the discour-
tcous treatment received by Governor
NJ. Z. Hay of Washington, at the hands
of persons who represented themselves
as speaking authoritatively for the con-
grcss These persons denied Governor
HAYS representative one hour S tune
out of total of four days to present
the Washington view of conservation
3 st. Paul's representatlve-the repre-
sentative of Minnesota's governor and
the local ommittee-assured the gov
ernors at their conference Thursday
night that there would be ample oppor-
tnnity for the presentation of the west
ern idea, and that there would be no
unreasonable limit on the time allot-
ment 1t appears that since the first
programme was arranged second ana
finally third one was prepared. Inc
last programme adds another day to
the time of the congress, making Its
duration five DAYS. from September D
to 9, inclusive One of these days, the
first one, is to be "Governors' day,
and the governors of the western states
and their representatives will have all
of the afternoon and evening or that
day to present their views on the great
subject of conservation. There are, In
addition to this time, two open even
ings which are at the disposal of the
fhny
Will Send Strong Men,
Having received this satisfactory as
surance, the governors unanimously de-
cided to send the strongest men In their
states to the st. Paul meeting. They
haven't done this officially yet. but
it is the unanimous sentiment that 1t
shall be done, and doubtless will be
done this morning.
There now remains to be decided the
form of the requests or demands that
will be presented to the congress, These
Will he formulated in executive session
this morning, and when the governors
leave for st. Paul, or send their dele
gates, they will know precisely what
they want There are three main prop
ositions upon which n course Of action
will be outlined These are: Reform
in the administration Of the forest serv-
ice; the abolishment of the system
to the national government for the de-
- velopmeDt of power sites; the climina.
tion of all lands from the forest reserves
that are not strictly timber lands. In
addition TO these, there will be Il strong
sentiment for state control Of natural
resources and a stern opposition TO gov
ernment control.
Nine StateB Represented.
Governors of four states and repre-
scntatives of governors of five other
states met in conference In this city
Thursday TO discuss conservation The
meeting follows the suggestion of Gov.
ernor M. +. Hay, of Washington, that
the governors Of the Pacific coast and
Rocky Mountain states meet to decide
upon course of action TO be followed
by the West i'll connection with The
National Conservation congress. which
will meet in st. Paul in September
The governors present were. vii
liam Spry, Utah. NJ r. Hay, Wash
imgton, b. B. Brooks, Wyoming; j. II
Brady, Idaho, The representatives OF
governors were: G, N. Macarthur, Ore
gon; Congressman Julius Kahn, Califor
mia; j. F.. Callbreath Colorado; T. 3
Minnesota. Minnesota is not n par
tcipant in the conference, as it is moi
clnssed as among those states nearby
affected by the conservation movement
Mr., WhecIock, however. AZ secretary OF
Governor Eberhart, was invited 10 Z
scat in the body of the conference.
There were addresses that clearly in
dicated that the governors Of the west
ern states believe their people hay,
cause for complaint. The speaker
pointed out numerous conditions whicl
they declared were entirely wrong au'
should be ameliorated. They were no
bitter in their attacks upon any one
these governors, but they were uumer
ciful in their deuunciation of the law
and systems that permit tho evils.
View of Governor Hay.
The conference is the result of som
alarm created in the mind of Governo
Hay by reason Of n series of incident
that led him to believe that the con
eress at st. Paul might be tpackcd
by representatives Of certain 'InteT
ests'' not at all favorable to the west
ern idea of the conservation movement
Governor Hay clearly set out i'll his ad
dress the circumstances which led t
the arousing Of this suspicion, and h
gave his reasons for believing that th
west must stand together as one mar
aass hnr urerogativos be taken ava