| Show daC C PIT Al I Fight Is Begun On First Firsti i 1 Jay Day O of irrigation r f Con Congress r ss Spokane Aug the time he be I II tween conventions of the National Ir Irrigation I congress Is virtually wasted because of the lack or of a businesslike plan of was the of R Insinger chaIrman of the board of control or of thE cOngress in his nd ad address dress thIs morning at al the opening session Mr spoke of the vast amount of business ich ann annually nail I comes before the o of oC the or and which h Is divided With Without without out orderly procedure between the heads and the board of pon on He asserted that while the con I gross gress had every year placed itself I more and more in the position or of do doin I in good still its pOE are crippled badly because there Is no I method underlying ing the ac lions of the organization This hIs statement from rom Insinger Is the tho of a change In I lions whIch it Is believed will be pro proposed po posed d during the congress and which will give glye the congress the lie latitude do de desired sired One of the speakers of the morning was Gov Hay Har of who spoke on behalf or of the tho state Governor Hay was followed by bv Ident Geo E B Barstow Barstow of Texas wito spoke for the The Spokane chorus of voices sang the irrigation ode which Is m an annual ceremony The impending lg clash between the tho natural resource preservation policies of the Ro sevelt administration and private interests got its first impetus when Mayor N S R Pratt of Spokane charged In his address that private capital Is being used to impede tIle work of the government in Its preservatIon and reclamation work It was not expected that friction would become apparent until Pinchot could coull be heard from It being freely freeh predicted that Mr Pinchot would take occasion to defend the Roosevelt policies and attack the Ope op I position policy of demanding that all I possible lands he thrown open for or orI entry But when Mayor Pratt began I his address of welcome lie he swung directly Into fin an attack on the Inter Interests eats ests which seek to overthrow the pol Ic icy o of preservation Thus the tue long expected fight of oC capital against the government so called has the floor Joor aDr anti no now bids faIr to become the tho predominant I factor In the present congress Inter Interest I est Is now centered In the utterances I expected front Crom Gifford Pinchot and Sec Secretary who wIll speak later In the week Spokane Aut Aug SA n w lion tion in prospect a warm arm fight over oel the selection of the next meeting place antI the possibility that GO Gov F F of Colorado will be a Cue tor or in the campaign for the presidency toda tolay o occupied the n thoughts of the delegates to the Na National I Irrigation Congress which will willI cOll convene no fit at 10 tomorrow I morn lag The new constitution for the con congress I gross gress Is the result of a friendly War var Warfare fare bet between the executive heads and th the hoard board of control for active man management At this time businesslike management Is Impossible according to several because there Is nothing In the present constitution empowerIng them to act with the d de desired sired latitude bot between sessions Thus it becomes becom s necessary for tor the board of control to take such steps AS are arene ne necessary to follow out the measures adopted by each ench con congress a The fhe new constitution will enable the executive heads to work throughout the year ear without hindrance caused by cleat clent I legal al power an Francisco El Pa Paso o Chicago St Sf StLouis Louis Pueblo and Rochester are ac the h cities In the rn race for tor forthe the next convention Jl It Is said that Denver will lend Ind Its alil alII to Pueblo San Francisco has the strongest delegation In the field and andis is advertIsIng heavily While politics In I the he congress Is at this Urn an unimportant factor the name 91 Governor or of Colo Colorado rado Is being put forward persistent lv h In connection with the campaign for or the presIdency Jl It Is not known whether President George E B Bar Barstow stow of Texas will bea candidate again He has held one term Ls L Baeta Nees ees chief engineer of the thet of public works State of Mines lInas Brazil probably will renly to lo the address of welcome elcome on en behalf of the foreign represent representatives lives tives Mr lr Neves carries a message from his country countr to the congress China Is represented entert b by Tov Eak Blk ITin and Germany b by M 1 of Berlin Don Doc Alberto rep regents Chile H Tapan and Eugene Is here Ing the ImperIal government of Rus Rits Russin sin James J Hill chairman of the I board of directors of the Great North Northern Northera era ern railway ralla has telegraphed that he will not he present He has sent a aletter aletter letter which will be read N Nearly rl 1000 delegates were re regis registered s terNI tonight and It Is expected that nearh will be In the cUr city before tomorrow tomorrow night |
