1908 



THE GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE 



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lustrated the country's mineral depos- 

 its. Between these maps, which were 

 the largest, it is said, ever made by 

 mechanical means, an arrangement 

 was provided whereby the different 

 phases of conservation were illus- 

 trated by means of superb transpar- 

 encies. The light for illuminating 

 these transparencies came from a win- 

 dow in the east wall, and the scenes 

 were frequently changed. 



On the floor the seating plan had 



excellent arrangement of details for 

 making the labors of the Conference 

 as easy as possible. 



The membership of this, the initial 

 assembly of what is undoubtedly to 

 develop into one of the most impor- 

 tant deliberative and advisory bodies 

 the country has ever known, follows : 



Special guests of President Roose- 

 velt: 



Hon. William Jennings Bryan, Mr. 

 Andrew Carnegie, Mr. James J. Hill, 



Photo Copyright by Harris & Ewing, Washington 



SOME OF THE SPEAKERS 



Standing — Profs. R. A. Long, J. C. White, and H. S. Putnam 

 Sitting— Dr. George A. Pardee, J. J. Hill, John Mitchell, 



been worked out most admirably. Im- 

 mediately in front of the platform spe- 

 cial chairs for the Governors were 

 ranged in semi-circles, while to the 

 rear and at the sides of these were 

 seats for the Governors' advisers and 

 the other members of the Conference. 

 The problem of seating all the con- 

 ferees in the limited space was no 

 small one in itself, and its satisfactory 

 working out reflected credit upon the 

 general secretary of the Conference, 

 Mr. Thomas R. Shipp, to whom is 

 also due a share of the credit for the 



and Mr. John Mitchell. Owing to his 

 recent illness, former President Cleve- 

 land was unable to attend the Confer- 

 ence. 



The Governors of the states and 

 territories and their advisers: 



Alaska: 



Gov. Wilford B. Hoggatt, Sitka. 



Maj. W. P. Richardson, U. S. A.; Hon. 

 Dudley N. DuBose, Nome; Stephen 

 Birch, Veldez. 



Arkansas: 



Acting Gov. X. O. Pindall, Little Rock. 

 H. M. Armstead, Little Rock; H. L. 



