Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-20
HUGHES REPORT ADOPTED
Sessions Will Not Be Hold Here,
But in the State Capitals.
IOWA SUBMITS INVITATION
Mrs. Harriet S. Blach Urges Uni
formity in Laws for Woman
Suffrage.

be lasting organization was made clear
by the adoption this morning OF the re-
port submitted by Gov. Hughes for the
committee on scope and plan. The gov
ernors in session at the New Willard
Hotel unanimously approved the report,
which contemplates a meeting of the gov
ernors next December, and provides for
meetings at least once year. But the
meetings of the governors will hereafter
be held in the state capitals. and not In
Washington, for the governors decided
, that it would add to the interest and inn
portance of their meetings If they were
held In the capitals Of their states.
committee Of three, Cows. Wilson of KEN
lucky, Hadley of Missouri and Ansel of
South Carolina, was appointed to make
the arrangements for the next meeting
and TO select the meeting place. Gov.
Carroll Of Iowa invited the governors to
! come to Des Moines. This matter has
not yet been decided. however.
Voice of the Women Heard.
The voice of the women OF the country
who are demanding the franchise was
heard at the conference this morning.
, The spokesman of the women was Mrs.
Harriet Stanton Blach of New York She
| appealed to the governors Of the states of
| make uniformity in regard to woman's
| suffrage throughout the country one of
the topics at their next meeting. Mrs.
Blach declared that there was the great
| est diversity in the laws of the states re-
garding woman's suffrage, ranging from
the four states in which they have equal
suffrage through municipal suffrage,
school suffrage. to those states where
they do not vote at all: This creates an
| unrest among the women of the country.
| said Mrs. Blach. which has a bad effect
| upon large proportion OF the country's
population. Although the governors did
not in any way discuss the proposition.
Of woman's suffrage, or give their approx
| al to it. they heartily applauded Mrs.
Blach.
The request that the women be heard
was made to the governors by Gov.
Hughes Of New York. who said that
committee consisting Of Mrs. Blach, Mrs.
John Winters and Mrs. Frances Cabot,
all of New York, was present and wished
| 20 be heard.
Beyond Scope Of Conference.
The resolution submitted to the gov
| errors yesterday afternoon by Gov. Eber-
| hart of Minnesota. asking Congress to
| enact laws fixing the powers OF the courts
| Of the states and of the federal courts
| in dealing with the railroads and inter-
state commerce, was voted d~wn on
report from the committee appointed to
| consider the resolution. Gov. Fort OF
| New Jersey made the report, saying that
| the committee thought the re olution
| went beyond the score of the governors
conference. since il recommended action
| by the national Congress, and the gov
! ernors were met together to decide, II
| possible upon recommendations to their
own legislatures for uniformity In laws.
| Clifford Pinchot visited the conference
| this morning and talked with some OF
| the governors.
| Control of Western Waters.
| "Irrigation'' was the subject OF an adj
dress delivered by Gov. Brady Of Idaho,
in which he secuted the idea that
water power trust could be formed In the
west at least far as Idaho was con-
cerned. He said that the laws OF his
state provided that each man who wished
| To use the waters Of the streams for irrl-
cation or for power must first apply TO
| the state officer in charge before he could
touch a drop. The laws also provided
| that the legislature could control the
prices asked by individuals or corpora
| tons for the use of water or water power,
and that these prices could be regulated
| by the legislature at any time.
az came here expecting to find that the
governors of eastern states were opposed
water power to state control. But hnd
that 1 was mistaken and will take back
to nv people the message that the people
of the east believe with US. II you peo-
nle OF the east will only trust US or the
west we viii make that country garden
of which you may we'll be proud. For the
last three years we have been led TO De
lieve that you thought We were conduct
ing land frauds and water frauds out
there. and l am rejoiced to find that this
was an erroneous idea.
State Extradition Laws.
Gov. Ansel Of South Carolina read a
paper which he had prepared on the ex-
tradition laws of the states. He gave a
detailed account of the provisions of the
Constitution for intrastate eXtradition.
He concluded that the only question
which a chief executive of a. state must
pass upon when extradition is demanded
by another state Is whether the person
charged is fugitive from justice.
THE assessment and Taxation of
Mines" was the subject OF a paper read
by Gov. Dan OF Arizona. He was fol-
lowed by Gov. Carroll of Iowa, who dis
cussed the divorce laws of the country.
Gov. Draper will deliver an address on
Automobiles and Their Regulation this
afternoon. After the general discussion
Of this subject and the completion Of
miscellaneous business. the governors
the committees appointed to make ar
rangements for the next meeting.
Corporation Regulation Considered.
Interstate commerce and the regula
ton Of railroads was the chief topic
discussed by the governors at their ses-
aion yesterdav afternoon.