The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-22

! rule each State trying to obtain vat
q RtaetorS fepresentat!on on this impor-
tant committees One Instance at least
= was reported in which member, first
appointed as representative from n
+ rsrtoin State. was shifted arbitra lilly
s 10 another State on the strength of his
occasional residence in that Stute, for
the sole purpose OF oifsettina the vote
OF another member OF the committee
who was known to be Of the opposite
faith.
President Page ruled early in the
week that no resolutions from the floor
VIII be acted upon without first being
reported faVorably by the committee
oil resolutions. Notwithstanding this
parliamentary exclusion. n number of
resolutions were offered and submitted
to the committee. which went into
executive session at S:p5 p. NJ and
Fought behind closed doors until after
midnight
The animated discussion OF the cues
ton ell day yesterday brought out al
abundant crop OF charges against ore
faction or another. and partisans OF
both sides did not hesitate to intimate
that there were interests other than
those having to do purely with good
roads who were taking hand in the
general sauabble. For a short time
yesterday afternoon the lobby of the
Jefferson resembled a good sized pol,t
zeal convention. and politics all but
obscured the scientific discussions go
ing on in the auditorium upstairs.
Committee of Fifteen. 4
The committee on resolutions, as II
was finally constituted, was composed
OF the following members: Chairman.
I. Coleman DUPONT, Delaware: Leo
nard Tufts, North Carolina; JesN Tay-
lor a. w. Mclean, Toronto; j. A.
Stewart, New York; w. w. Crosby
Maryland; w. d. Soher Massachusetts;
Mr.. Norris, Arizona: Mr.. Potts. Texas
w. ]. Roberts. WashinSton; r. ST j.
Wilson. Virginia; r. A. Meeker, New
J. II. Pratt, North Carolina; A, n.
Johnson, Illinois.
BE Moderate, Snys Dunlxhead.
by all means ask for Federal aid
1t is your right. and 1t is cunstitu-
tionai-but guard against asking tho
United States Congress to appropriate |
a sum so large that 1t could not be
expended without waste; to do that !
would be to kill the goose that laid |
the golden esq" This. In substance, |
WAS the counsel of Senator John A. |
Bankhead of Alabama. who spoke TO
the convention for an hour last night !
on the subject OF Federal appropria- I
ton, Interrupted every few minutes |
by the wild cheering and applause of |
the audience.
The only way to obtain the aid IL |
the government in the project for bet
ter roads. he said is to start moder- |
ately, and ask for n small appropriu-
ton. He cited the case of rural free
delivery which the government re-
luctantly undertook eleven years aro !
as an experiment on an appropriation |
OF $4,000. In 1911. Just eleven years |
after. this modest beginning, Congress |
gladly appropriated S42 900. 900 for the
same purpose. The same policy. he
counseled. should be followed. in tho |
case of highways. Begin with e. small {
experimental appropriation. and the |
success with that will soon convince
Congress of the value OF your claims" |
Quebec aIinmi Assorintiou.
At meeting OF n number of inter-
ested delegates yesterday afternoon |
was created the Quebec Miami Inter
national Highway Association" the |
lntest entry into the family Of road
building organizations. It was the |
direct result OF the movement launched '
within the past two yenrs to construct
continuous highway from Quebec in ,
Canada to Miami. Fla. The organiza-
uon will agnln meet this morning at !
1880 TO formulate constitution ana
bylaws, and to effect permanent err
iganiza ton.
The following officers were elected
at yesterdays meeting, which was
presided over by General Julian s. /,
Carr OF Durham: President. Howard |
D. Hndley. Pittsburgh, N T.; Vice !
President. George A. Simard, Montreal
Secretary. Norman NJ. Parrott. Balti- ,
more The following men make up !
the first board of directors New York |
Howard d iIadlcy; Pennsylvania. to |
be fllled by the board later; New Jcr- !
sey. Frederick T.. Smith, Bridecton; |
Delaware. General r. Coleman On pont, |
Wilmington; Maryland, Charles II.
p!ckey. Baltimore; District or Column
bia, Leslie T. McCleary. Washington: |
Virginia. Preston Belvtn. Richmond;
North Carolina. Colonel Benehan |
Cameron, Durham: South Carolina L.
J. Watson Columbia; Georgia, Joseph
F. Gray, Savannah, and Floria, e b.
Douglas. Miami.
Richmond Route.
The newly. crested organization went
on record at tie first meeting as favor
ing the construction OF the Quebec !