The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-11
ON TO WASHINGTON
Gov. Woodruff, President Had. ley, Col, Osborn and MT.
 Clark Start To day.
TO ATTEND CONFERENCE
Matters of National Interest 10 Be Talked Over With Comtry's
 Chief Executive.

The Connecticut delegation to the council of governors called by Presl- dent Roosevelt for Wednesday, Thurs. day and Friday of this week. leaves today for Washington and the men who will go will he Governor Rollin .s Woodruff, President Arthur T. Had Icy of Yale, and Col x. q. osborn of this city, and Charles Hopkins Clark Iof Hartford. In some respects the convention in Washington will be one .of the most notable ever held in this country. It will be the first time that the president of tho United States has ever conferred with all the governors formally on a matter of national pol ley.
 Neatly all tho governors will attend. Practically all Of them have accepted and will arrive accompanied by three advisers who have also been asked to the meeting In addition 10 tho heads .of the state governments there have been invited, ss experts on one thing Tor another, five men who have been termed "the first most distinguished Americans in private life" These are Grover Cleveland. Andrew Carnegie, James J. HIll, william J Bryan and John Mitchell Then thore will be delegates from civic bodies and busi- ness associations.
 MT. Cleveland will perhaps not be afle to attend but the other "distIn- galshed citizens in private life" have accepted
 II is hold that tho reception accord cd thiS project indicates that the American public expects definite re- suits of a far reaching character. No cut and dried program will he present. cd for the consideration of the distin euished visitors. The president will preside He VII make the opening speech Experts will tell the confer ence the conditions which the country Is facing through the loss of ifs stand- ing timber the failure to protect and safeguard against floods, the wastefnl- ness of mining methods and tho neglect of Inland waterway transportation.
 The conference itself is 10 decide whether anything ought to he done. and what There has been n supgcs. ton that great national organization ought to be formed to carry forward plans originated at the conference. But this must be tentative until 1t Is known what the conference will agree to do. The probability Is that at least some basis will be laid for cooperation be- tween the federal and state govern lnents in a policy of conservation. One of the things that will be shown most forclbly will be that neither tho states nor the federal government can make satisfactory headway independently
 The present situation Is described as much the same as was faced just be- fore the adoption of the federal constl- tuition, and the more enthusiastic be- leive that the coming conference will have just as far reaching results, and become quite as historic, as those meet ines which led up Co the formation of tho constitution.
 Tho conference will open Wednesday morning, May l3. As the governors ar- rive at the White House they will be received by the President Therea fter the president and the governors will join the delegates in the East room. and the president will open the con ference with an address. He will probably be followed by Andrew Car
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