Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-05-21
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Folk Introduces STATE aignts-
Wasbioeton, May II Predoent
Ronerslt hurried defiance 81 Congress
ara the Governors cane into direct
.eonsIrt vita the President ~ ne
srxt SESSIONS to-say Of the conferences
In Governors upon the eonservaiioo o.
|-,n,ernnl resources. TIE day SAs re-
nle,e ~sth sncsdsnts and TIE preiimi
n.r,es we're s~uniclsnt 70 denonstFaie
|tbst a permanent organization aoo
tangible results are 10 come o. me {
Variable meeting. Il
In she morning, President Roosevelt
delivered TIE opening address treating
m he whole. brad problem Of con
l~serying the resources Of the patton,
ard containing The announcement
Ithah Notwithstanding wha, congFss
NAV or may nOs DO be intenos 70
place. the Inland W~stersays omnis
sion 90 q permanent footing.
The President broke ssAy rom tne
manuscript Of bis speech, which q
published eleubese 10 this report o.
the meeting. 70 hurl his defiance al
lCopgress, saying that be had been
compelled 10 bring the commission In
70 existence himself, and that hOon-
Eress docs not nov appropriate the
money, be himself will perpetuate me
Icommission. This bot arrAignment
of the aw-mAklns body was heartily
cheered.
FOLK BKIges UP STATE RIGHTS
In The afternoon, Governor Folk, Of
Missouri, offered q resolution highly
explostye in character, which lard the
Issues Of States rights squArsly before
the conference and contained = back
handed wallop in The direction OF
the President.
The Governors came here with The
idea that the Presidents would open
the meeting and then turn il loose,
leaving the Governors and delegates
free to perfect their own organization
INSTEAD OF that, the President appoint
ed a resolution COMMITTEES and an
nounced that be himself would oc-
cupy the chair, except at such times
as be might designate somebody else
70 preside. In line with this pro
granme, the President welded the
gaSel, while Andrew Carnegie was
speaking this afternoon. But the
steel master provoked him TO Tzwn
several times, and, when MI. Carnegie
had concluded, the President asked
Governor Noel, OF Mississippi, to take
the chair. Not long after, the Presi-
dent vas vigorously batting tennis
balls around the White House tennis
couft
Tue Folk resolution proposes = plan
for an organization Of the Governors,
II calls for the cooperation Of STATE
commissions and q national commits
sion, which shall Investigate and Ie'
port upon what measures should b
taken 10 conserve and preserve nation
al and State resOurces,and TO improve
the waterway Throughout, the re
solution asserts the authority Of thG
States. IL concludes with the prupc
sition that this Association Of Gov,
%ernoFs be made permanent to meet q
such time and place as the Governor
here in attendance may determine
This. intImating that the next con
~yentlon viii meet elsewhere than al
the White House, is taken to imply
the removal Of the President from IL
headship The Resolutions Commit
tee will report upon this and other re.
solutions tomorrow.
REBUKE LIKELY PRODUCTIVE.
~ - b44u th4b tAAc CuUActtlGt
will take some action efiectinga per
mznent organization, and it is more
than likely that the Presidents rough
rebuke TO Congress will result in &C
tion On the bill appropriatIng for the
Inland Waterways Commission.
Just before adjournment, Ellhu
Root Secretary Of State, probably
with reference TO the obvious Intent
OF the Folk resolution, made q brief
speech, In which be bluntIY told tbe
forty Governors that the States are
far behind the standards Of effective
Governmeut setfby the other sovereign
ties OF the world.
-It is high time,f' he said, that the
States began TO perform their duties
not only with reference to their local
interests, but with reference 70 the
common good
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