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Conference At THE
White House ENDED.
GATHERING OF GOVERNORS Ap.
JoURNs WITHOUT EXPECTING
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
ANOTHER MEETING TO
BE HELD NEXT YEAR
Resolution Of Thanks to President for
Calling Body to Be Prepared-Re-
greet at illness Of Grover Cleveland
is Expressed,

Washington, May 16-The govern
ors' conference at the White House
ended shortly before one o'clock Fri
day after an enthusiastic session which
resulted in the adoption of set OF
declarations, broad in scope, but eff
fecting no permanent form of or
ganization nor making specific recon-
mendations for legislation by either
the states or the nation.
Governors to Thank President.
Immediately after adjournment the
governors met and appointed a COM
mittee consisting of Cows. Wilson
(Kentucky), Folk (MissourD and Shell
don (Nebraska) to prepare resolu-
ton thanking the president for his
initiative in calling the conference
and expressing the pleasure of the
delegates that it had been of such a
useful character. An agreement also
was reached at this meeting whereby
an executive committee of five will
make arrangements for meeting of
some time and place yet to be de-
termined. Gov. Swanson of Virginia
offered this suggestion and Gov. Will
son of Kentucky was made a member
of the executive committee, the other
members to be appointed later. At the
next conference 1T will be determined
whether there shall be a permanent
organization.
Gov. Swanson said that among other
matters that would come up at the
next conference would be extradition,
Standardization of laws on marriage
and divorce, taxation, police power
and other matters.
Roosevelt Anxious for Action.
Fridays session was replete with
feature and clinaxes. President
Roosevelt declared himself emphatic
ally as not caring whether action for
the conservation of resources or the
protection of the rights of the people
be taken by the states or by the fed
eral government so long as action re-
suited.
William j. Bryan delivered an adj
dress in keeping with the purposes of
the convention which was most cor
daily received. Governors of many
states expressed their appreciation of
the benefits of the conference.
Cleveland Resolution Is Adopted.
The following resolution offered by
William Jennings Bryan was adopted
by reclamation by the conference:
Resolved, That this conference ex-
presses its deep regret that ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland is prevented by sick
ness from participating in this historic
meeting and expresses its sincere
wish for a speedy recovery"
It was at the presidents suggestion
that the resolution was adopted by &C.
clamation.
Resolutions Are Read.
Soon after President Roosevelt
called the conference to order for its
closing days work. Gov. Blanchard of
Louisiana, chairman of the committee
on resolutions, asked for and received
recognition to present the report Of his
recommendations along general and
broad lines, avoiding specific recon.
mendations for national or state legis-
lation.
The report was prefaced by reit-
GRAFTON of what had been said in the
conference regarding the necessity for
united action which would result in
the preservation of the natural re
sources of the country. It heartily
commended the action of President
Roosevelt in calling the conference
and recommended that future confer
ences of like character be called by
the president at such times as condi
tions warrant and his judgment sane
tions.
Legislation by congress and the
states was suggested, not specifically
but along general lines, to further the
ends sought 1t was also suggested
that the states individually put the
subject into the hands of competent
commissions.
The resolutions were received with
hearty approval by the conference
After they had been read, Gov
Blanchard said it had been the pur
pose of the committee to prepare res
olstions on broad, liberal lines of ma
tional scope; that it had purposely
avoided making specific recommends
tions or advocating any permanent
form OF organization for the confer
ence.
ACTING GOVERNORS WAR.