The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

dent of the Southern Railway Com
pany; John NJ. Parker of New Orleans,
honorary president of the Southern
Commercial Congress; Representative
Richmond Pearson Hobson of Ala
bama; Representative Henry ID. Clay
ton of Alabama; Richard l.. Metcalf,
governor of the Panama Canal Zone,
and Edmund T. Perkins, president Of
the National Drainage Congress.
1t was regarded as especially fit
ting that this convention of the con-
gress, celebrating the practical COM
pletion of the Panama canal, should be
held at Mobile, the seaport Of the
state which produced the late Senator
John Tyler Morgan, who is called the
Father of the Canal Idea" Fitting
tribute was paid during the meeting
to the memory of the man who worked
tirelessly for years to bring about the
undertaking Of the great project, the
completion Of which is now being cele-
brated. One of the features of the
program was an address by Senator
John II. Bankhead of Alabama on
The Life and Achievements of Sena-
tor John T. Morgan" 1t was proposed
to pay further tribute to the late sena-
tor by erecting tablet to his memory
at the Panama canal. This was to be
done, 1t was planned, when the dele
gates to the congress visited the canal
following the close Of the meeting in
this city.
It was expected that several hum
dred Of the delegates who attended
the Mobile meeting would take part
in the cruise which had been arranged
to enable them to inspect the canal.
An interesting feature of the pro-
gram was the evening which was de-
voted TO a conference of commercial
executives, presided over by NJ. b.
Trezevant, manager OF the New Or
leans Association of Commerce and
president of the American Associa-
tion Of Commercial Executives.
Among those on the program for
this conference were Mayor Martin
Behrman of New Orleans, whose sub
ject was THE Relation of New Or
leans to Pan-American Trade" Bruce
Kennedy, president of the Southern
Commercial Secretaries Association.
whose subject was Extension of the
South's Trade Relations; Lucius E.
Wilson, ex-president Of the American
Association Of Commercial Executives;
Leland J. Henderson, president of the
Mississippi-Atlantic Inland Waterways
Association; and A. 8. Caldwell. presi-
dent of the Mississippi River Levee
Association, whose subject was THE
Relation Of the Mississippi River As
sociation to the Panama Canal"
The participation in the Southern
Commercial Congress of representa-
tives Of Central and South American
countries, was assured by the action
of the Pan-American Union, in post
poning the Pan-American Commercial
Conference which it had been propos-
ed to hold this fall and extending an
invitation through Secretary Of State
Bryan to all Pan-American countries
to participate in the Southern CONNER
cial Congress. This official invita-
tion from the United States govern
ment resulted in practically all of the
countries of South and Central Ameri-
ca sending representatives to this con-
gress.
In connection with the meeting of
the congress, the first annual conven-
tion of the Woman's Auxiliary Of the
Congress was held. Many of the lead.
ing women of the country were on the
program at this meeting. Among them
were Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher, presi-
dent of the Congressional Club; Miss
Jane Adams of Hull House, Chicago:
Miss Julia Lathrop, superintendent Of
the United States Children's Bureau,
Washington, and the Countess of
Aberdeen