The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-15
MEET AT TOPEKA.
Will Organize Kansas State
Civic Federation.
Assemble at Representative Hall
Saturday.
UNIFORM LEGISLATION
VIII Be Principal Purpose of
Organization.
Movement Is Spreading to Mid
die West.
UNIFORM LEGISLATION

A meeting will be held in Repre-
sentative hall at the state house here
Saturday to organize a Kansas council
of the Natioual Civic Federation. The
object of the organization is uniform
ity in legislation. At the Topeka meet
ing Governor Stubs will preside
Other speakers will discuss the follow
ing subjects: Charles w. Smith, Work
of Commissioners on Uniform Laws;
stephen H. Allen. Reform in Legal
Procedure; A. A. GODDARD. Need for
Uniform State Legislation; John A.
Mitchell, Compensation for Industrial
Accident; John NJ. Stahl. Good
Roads and Automobile Regulation"
and Ralph M. Easley, "Plan of Or
ganization."
The meeting will be called at 10
a. m. The organization meetings are
being held In different states IN ac-
cordance with n resolution introduced
by A. A. GODDARD of Topeka at the
conference in Washington. d. c., last
January in regard to uniform state
legislation.
President Taft is on the executive
committee. Seth Low is president of
the national organization; Samuel
Gompers. president of the National
Federation of Labor. is one of the
president of the National Miners Fed
Grafton, is chairman of the trade de-
partment.
The executive committee in part fol-
lows:
On the part of the public-wm. H.
Taft, president of the United States,
Washington, D. c.; Franklin Mac
Veagh, secretary of the treasury,
Washington, d. c.; Elihu Root, United
States senator, New York; Andrew
acria fnI OF Seth
Low, publicist, New York City; John
Hays Hammond, mining engineer,
Gloucester, Mass; Benjamin l. Wheel
er. president University of California,
Berkeley, Cal; Nicholas Murray But
Ter. president Columbia university,
New York City.
On the part of employers-Henry
Phipps, director United States steel
corporation, New York City: August
Belmont, August Belmont & Co, New
york City; w. c. Brown, president
New York Central lines. New York;
George B. Cortelyou, president Con-
solidated Gas Co.. New York City;
Frank A. Vanderlip, president Ma
jamin F. Yoakum, chairman executive
committee Chicago. Rock Island &
Pacific r. r. Co. New York CITY.
On the part of wage Gamers
Samuel Gompers. president Ameri- |
can Federation of Labor. Washington, |
D. CT John Mitchell, former president
United Mine Workers of America. New
York City; A B. Garretson, president
order of Railway Conductors, Cedar
Rapids Iowa; James Duncan. general
secretary Granite Cutters lnterna-
tional Association of America, QUINCY
Mass: w. G. Lee, grand master Broth
erhood Railroad Trainmen, Cleveland,
Ohio: James NJ. Lynch, president In |
ternationaI Typographical union, In
dianapolis Ind; Denis A. Hayes, presl- |
dent Glass Bottle Blowers Association
of United States and Canada. Phlla-
delphia Pa; William d. Huber, pres1- |
dent United Brotherhood of Carpen-
ters and Joiners of America. Indian |
apolis, Ind.
The national organization has been
formed for about ten years. The
meetings of the body have often been
attended by Mr.. GODDARD, and on ac-
count of his interest in the movement, |
he was asked to arrange for meeting
in Topeka He is working in connec-
fion with John Hays Hammond, chair |
man of the national committee on or
ganization, who Is a noted mining en-
gineer. ,~
to the federation and by the organize
ton considerable along the line OF Ia
Dor questions, taxation proplens' sooo
road movements, ETC., has been accom-
plished.
The organization now includes states
&C far west as Illinois and now MIS-
souri,. Nebraska and Kansas, as we'll
as other states of the middle west are
being taken into the civic federation:
Regarding this, Mr.. GODDARD is OF the
opinion that much sooo Can pe uol ne.,i
tba right men are placed on the conf
rnittees to look after the various Things
which would come under the purpose oI