The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-21
END
BIG CONFERENCE
ITS RESULTS ARE AMPLE BUT
NOT YET CLEARLY SEEN.
RECORD is TO BE PRINTED
Declaration of Cooperation; Is Adopt
ed and Permanent Organization !
viii BE Formed--Last SEES
sion Is Interesting.

Washington, May 16s--The first con
ference of the governors Of the states
OF the American union ended Friday.
Like many OF the important events OF
history, time is needed to reveal the
epoch which the president and the
governors believe has been made.
The accomplishment of the confer
ence, which had been in session at the
White House for three days, cannot
be set forth with mathematical pre-
cision. That it's immediate results
are more than ample is the expression
of President Roosevelt, who brought
it about and of the governors who par.
ticipated.
Startling Facts Complied.
The printed record Of the conference,
which later will be available to every
American home, will be compilation
of facts, startling in their meaning,
convincing in their universal conclu.
sion that the states must act, and that
the states and the nation must CO,
operate to the end that to the whole
people of the nation may accrue the
lasting benefit OF its natural resources.
Besides the compilation of facts by
the experts and the freely expressed
opinion of the governors, the confer.
ence leaves as its permanent record
a thousand words of declaration"
Not declaration of Independence"
but declaration of cooperation"
Perhaps greater in Importance than
oil else was the determination of the
governors to perfect permanent or.
ganization whereby heretofore un.
known intimacy may be developed
among the executives of the 46 SOW
ereign states, made strong by com.
mon purpose, and made potent by
announcements which may not light.
ly be disregarded. @
Set Program Discarded.
or the last day the story is one OF
many features. The set program was
swept aside. The president presided
throughout. He interjected remarks
and speeches He brought to the
platform men who made plain the pre-.
vailing feeling, that thought and care
must be exercised for the future.
The prepared papers were not pre-.
sented, but they will be printed in
the permanent record. Their place
was taken first by the declaration,
which was adopted after discussion.
Then William ]. Bryan was presented
by the president He touched the
same chords which had produced the
vibration of harmony and co-opera'
ton. A governors discussion brought
many state executives to the plat.
form but the product was altogether
that of harmony, and the sentiments
expressed we're applauded alike by
all ....... .
President Wants Action.
President Roosevelt himself, an.
swering the one criticism-that Of
Gov. Folk Of Missouri-to the declera.
ton, aroused the conference to its
warmest demonstration of approval,
He swept aside the academic ques.
ton" of where the line of authority
should be drawn between the states
and the nation. He wanted action,
and what he said received indorse.
ment at each period.
.s Mrs. Roosevelt Entertains. =.
The desire of Mrs. Roosevelt to en-.
terrain the governors was not
thwarted even by the rain which fell
drear!ly throughout the day. A gar
den party had been planned by her to
be held In the south grounds of the
White House during the late after.
noon. The garden party was brought
inside the White House, and lost none
. Of its zest by the transformation.
More than 1900 guests were present.
Afternoon and evening trains from
Washington took many OF. the distin.
guished guests from the city, and the
first conference of the nation on the