The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-05-19
THE CONFERENCE OF
GOVERNORS CLOSE
DECLARATION oFOooPERATIoN
rs ADOPTED,
Roosevelt Speaks on Twilight Land
Between Powers Of State and
Nation.


final accomplishment of tn, confer
enee, which was in progress at the
whl'e mouse FOR three days, cannot be
1"rct"Id with Mathematical precision.
That It's immediate results arc more
Than ample Is tn. expression of prcsi-
dcnt Roosevelt and the governors vino
have participated.
The printed record Of The confer
enrr witch will Er available to every
American home. will be Il compilation
OF Facts, Sla.t tin., in their meaning.
convincing in their universal conclu-
Hlnh l''al tn" Si;trs, mist Hri and that
'hr States and llr nat ion must CO.
operate t" the end that to Tie whole
people "i' the nation may accrue the
ihSlln% benefit Of lis natural resources.
H"sl'lr- the compilation Of facts by
IN" experts and the freely expressed
"lnnI"n Of the governors The confer
"hrr leaves aS its permanent record Il
Thousand word "dcclaratinn Of CO.
nprrali"r.'
frrhapS greater in Importance than
hll else WAS the declaration Of lnr ruy-
rrn"rS OF States to perfect a pcrman-
rnl organization whereby Il hereto
Tor" unknown intimacy may be de-
Nrl"prd anon" the executives of thc
l"rlN->lX sovereign Sinl.S made
H'r"n" ny common purpose and made
potent ny pro-ann"unrcmcniS. which
may NOT lightly be disrcyardcd.
or ihr last day the story is one
VI many Features. The SET program
was sci aside. The president prcsid-
ed throughout. The prepared papers
wrr" not presented. hul they will be
printed in. the permanent record.
Ihr1r places were taken first by thc
'drrlaratl"n, which was adopted af
ter discussion which brought to li~ht
40 serious objection to IFS alirma
zions.
President Roosevelt himself, ans
werlng the one criticiSm-that of
aiovernor Folk, Of MiSsouri--to the
declaration, aroused the conference
to IFS warmcst demonstration Of an
proval. He swept aside the academic
question Of where the lin, OF authors
ity should be drawn between tae
States and nation. lie wanted action
and what he said received endorse
mcnt al each period. II was this:
'.'nSt II word ON what has been
called the twilight land between the
powers Of the federal and State GOV
rrnm' MIS-. My primary aim in the
Legislation that | have advocated for
the regulation uf great rorporations
was TO have provided som" effective
popular Sovcrcig ignty for each corpor
alton. tt" not wis, to keep this twi
light land one Of large and vacue
boundaries. by judicial decision that
IN given ease the State cannot act,
and then Il few years later bv other
decisions that in practically similar
ceases the nation cannot act either.
1lm trying to find out where
'"ne on ;hr other can act.
:" ihat there shall always be
some vrr"i"n powa" ia. OF behalf
'"l tn" r|"!?" can hold every nigh
''orp'ra;lCn, every b.: .ndivid,;ai 10
AN accountability SO that It's or his
acts shall be beneficial to the people
rs Il whole. In matters relating ONLY
l." the people of the State, why. of
course. the State is to be SOVEREIGN.
and II SHOULD have the power TO ac..
IL the matter is such that the State
itself cannot act, then | wish. on be-
half OF all the States. that the ma
'tional government shall act.
Take such II matter as charging
Il rent for water power. My position
Is simply that where a privilege which
may be Of untold value 10 the indi-
Nidual grantee is asked Of the federal
government. tncn the federal govern
mrnt should put into a grant con-
NNion That it shall not be grant in
perpctuity. II there is necessity for
the grant, then there must be power
to attach conditions to tho grant
Make II long enough so that the cor
poration shall have an ample reward.
Put IN Il provision that will enable the
oeXt generation. that will enable our
children. at the end Of a cdttain
specified period, to say what, in their
judgment, should be done with that
great natural power, which is Of use
to the grantee only because the .peo-
pie as a whole allow h,m !,
1t is cmincntly right that he should