NATK )\.\1. C< )NSERVATI< ).\ O INGRESS 



])i)licy supported, he said, by the Na- 

 tional Conservation Association, "an 

 organization \vhich is already quarreling 

 \vithin itself over the orthodoxy of its 

 <>\yn members." 



Governor llrooks. of \Vyoming, spoke 

 along the same line and read the reso- 

 lutions of the conference of governors 

 of the Pacific Coast and Rocky Moun- 

 tain states at Salt Lake City, August 

 18-19. 



At this point Governor Stuhbs, rising 

 to introduce Governor Yessey, of South 

 Dakota, broke into a passionate reply 

 to the northwestern men. Governor 

 Vessey took a moderate position recom- 

 mending a national commission to settle 

 conservation questions. 



Thus the gauntlet was thrown into 

 the ring and this old political issue, re- 

 vamped for a new purpose, became a 

 subject of discussion in the the cong- 

 ress. The gauge was taken up at dif- 

 ferent times by Colonel Roosevelt, Sen- 

 ator Beveridge, ex-Governor Pardee, 

 ex-Governor Blanchard, and others. 



There was no question as to ho\v th 

 congress, by a large majority, stoo 

 upon it ; it was for national control b 

 an overwhelming majority, and it hi 

 lieved, rightly or wrongly, that th 

 strong sentiment in certain wester 

 states has been worked up by interest 

 that believe they can control the stat 

 governments more easily than they ca 

 the national government. The Orego 

 delegates did not join their neighbor 

 on this issue, but voted to stand by th 

 principle of national control. Ther 

 was also a revolt among the member 

 of the Washington delegation who wer 

 not appointees of Governor Hay. Tw 

 or three of them when opportunit 

 offered denied on the floor of the cong 

 ress that Governor Hay and his dek 

 gates fairly represented their own stati 

 At a later session ex-Governor Parde 

 announced that he had messages statin 

 that the state granges of Washingto 

 and the labor unions did not endors 

 Governor Hay's position. 



MR, ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS 



Tuesday morning was all Roosevelt. 

 The ex-president took St. Paul by 

 storm. The Auditorium, seating ordi- 

 narily seven thousand people, was 

 packed to the doors. There were prob- 

 ably ten thousand people in the hall 

 when the great leader arrived, escorted 

 by the uniformed Roosevelt Club and 

 the reception committee. His recep- 

 tion, the culmination of hours of ex- 

 pectancy, was one of tremendous and 

 unqualified enthusiasm, demonstrating 

 anew his personal hold upon the hearts 

 of the people of the whole country, who 

 were so well represented in that notable 

 assembly. 



The address of Mr. Roosevelt com- 

 plemented that of the President on the 

 preceding day in a way most gratifying 

 to those who wish to see accord between 

 these two men who have been so inti- 

 mately associated in the leadership of 

 the nation. There was this difference, 

 due to the difference both of tempera- 



ment and circumstance. President Taj 

 had placed himself definitely upon 

 national conservation platform, but h 

 spoke with the judicial reserve charac 

 teristic of the man and fitting his heav 

 responsibility as the nation's chief exe 

 cutive.' Colonel Roosevelt, always ur 

 conventional and forceful in his publi 

 utterances, plunged into his subject wit 

 the sledge-hammer force natural to hir 

 and with the fredom of a popular leadei 

 untrammeled by official position. !"< 

 the most part the opinions of the tw 

 distinguished speakers were in harmom 

 The keenest critic could find no fund;) 

 mental difference. Colonel Rooseve! 

 set forth as of right his conviction 

 upon the great national issue which h 

 as president had created and to wilic 

 President Taft had with modest prid 

 acknowledged his heirship and hi 

 steadfast adhesion. 



Noting in his opening >cniences th 

 high efficiency of America under the ol 



