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Fletcher, Jacksonville, Fla. ; E. J. Hale, 

 Fayetteville, N. C. ; L. B. Dozier, Col- 

 umbia, S. C. ; W. B. Stillwell, Savan- 

 nah, Ga. ; Charles Swift, Columbus, 

 Ga., and John C. Freeman, Richmond, 

 Va. Gulf seaboard. T. G. Bush, Bir- 

 ming;ham, Ala.; AI. J. Sanders, New 

 ( )rleans ; S. Taliaferro. Houston, Tex. 

 and Lee Estes, Texarkana, Tex. En- 

 tire Mississippi valley district, Gov. 

 J. A. Johnson, St. Paul. Minn. ; Thomas 

 M. Wilkinson, Burlington Iowa ; W. P- 

 Kennett, St. Louis, ]\lo. ; W. K. Kava- 

 naugh, St. Louis, Mo., and Charles 

 Scott, Rosedale, Miss. Great Lakes 

 District, Edward T. Wyler, Chicago, 

 111. ; George T. Eichelberger, Chicago, 

 111. ; James H. Davidson, Oshkosh, 

 Wis. ; Robert A. Downey, Oswego, N. 

 Y. ; E. W. W^ickey, East Chicago, Ind. ; 

 H. C. Barlow, Chicago, 111. ; Edward H. 

 Butler, Buffalo, N. Y. Ohio valley dis-' 

 trict, W. B. Rodgers, Pittsburg, Pa. ; 

 Henry Reisenbcrg. Indianapolis, Ind. ; 

 Albert Bettinger, Cincinnati, Ohio; 



John L. V^ance, Columbus, Ohio ; W. H. 

 Keller, Evansville, Ind. Tennesee and 

 Cumberland district, M. T. Bryan, 

 Nashville, Tenn. ; J. A. Patton, Chatta- 

 nooga. Tenn. Arkansas valley district, 

 John A. Fox, Blytheville, Ark. Mis- 

 souri valley district, I. P. Baker, Bis- 

 marck, N. Dak. ; Lawrence M. Jones, 

 Kansas City, Mo. Pacific coast dis- 

 trict, N. G. Blalock, Walla Walla, 

 Wash. ; A. H. Devers, Portland, Oreg. ; 

 George C. Pardee, Oakland, Cal. 



The night session was characterized 

 by several strong speeches. Among 

 them was one by Gov. Broward, of 

 Florida, who said the people should 

 say to Congress : 



"You do not have to pay the bill, and 

 we do ; therefore, we demand that this 

 work shall be done." 



The session was closed with a finely 

 illustrated lecture on waterway im- 

 provement and beautification, by J. 

 Horace McFarland, of the American 

 Civic Association. 



