Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-27
GOVERNOR FORT
OUTL|NESPROGRAM
FOR BIG MEETING
He and Former U. S. Senator
Dryden Will Address Wash
ington Conference.

Governors Hughes of New York, Fort
of New Jersey, and Weeks of Con-
necticut, a committee appointed by
Governor Wilson of Kentucky, chair
man of the committee for the confer
ence of Governors, met in New York
city last week and outlined a program
for their sessions to be held in WASH
ington January Is, 10 and 20. AS the
conference called by the National Civic
Federation on uniform state legislation
has arranged its dates for January II,
Is and 10, at the request of President
Taft and Governor Wilson, Governor
Hughes's committee invited Seth Low,
president of the National Civic Fedora
ton; Alton B. Parker, chairman of the
committee on program, and r.. M. Eas-
ley. chairman of the executive council,
to confer. with them on, cooperation be-
tween the two conferences.
The delegates to- the Civic Federation
conference are appointed by the Gov
ernors and by the presidents of COM
mercial, agricultural, manufacturing,
labor, financial, professional and other
bodies national in extent. The national
association of Uniform State Law Com
nlissioners are included in all State
delegations and will take a p%roninent
part in the conference. The delegations
named by Governors are composed OF
representative men from all portions
of their respective States, some con-
tanning United States Senator's, Con
gressmen, speakers of State legisla-
lures, former governors apd attorneys
general.
Among the representatives OF ma
tional organizations is Louis e. Pear
son, who heads the delegation from
the American Bankers Association:
Charles w. Eliot leads the delegation
from the National Conservation Asso-
ciation: John f. Dryden heads that
from the Association of Life Insurance.
Presidents; Joshua Strange from the
Farmers National Congress; A.. A.
Sprague, of Chicago. from the Whole
sale Grocers' Association; Frederick w.
Lehmann, of st. Louis, president of the
American Bar Associations: Charles J.
Bonaparte, president of the National
Municipal League; J.. Horace McFar-
land, president of the American Civic
Association; David Heinaman, presf-
dent of the League of American Mu-
inequalities; Eugene s.. Benjamin. presi-
dent IF the National Association of
Clothiers: Martin S. Decker, president
of the National Association of State
Railway Commissioners; Joseph E.
Ransdell, president of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress; Allen r.
Foote, president of the International
Tax Association; James G. Cannon,
George B. Cortelyou, George F. Seward.
and David r. Francis are on the dele
cation from the New York Chamber
OF Commerce: w. G. Gorges, chief
sanitary officer. of the Isthmian Canal
Commission, is chairman of the delega-
tion from the American Medical Asso-
ciation; Irving Fisher, president OF the
National Health Association, heads the
delegation from that body; Curtis
Guild, jr.. heads the delegation from
the American Forestry Association and
d. A. Tompkins, president Appalachian
National Forest Association; John A.
Hartigan, president National Conven-
ton of Insurance Commissioners;
M,rdo Mackenzie, American National
Live Stock Association; B. H.. Robson,
American Life Convention; James
O'Connell, president International As
~sociation of Machinists; Charles ID.
walcott, National Academy of Sciences;
N. J.. Bachelor, Master National
Grange; j. e. Sterrett, president
American Association of Public Ac-
countants; Frank Cheney, president
the Proprietary Association of America.
Other delegations include Andrew
Carnegie, John Hays Hammond, Elihu
Root, Alton B. Parker, w. r. Wilcox,
Henry Wade Rogers, Samuel Gompers,
John Mitchell, Warren S. Stone, James
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