The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-30
Executives of Many States En-
JOY Kentucky Hospitality at
Frankfort and Then Get
Down to the Work in Hand.
PRESIDENT REGRETS
INABILITY TO ATTEND
Outbreak of Political EnthuS-
iasm on Behalf of Harmon
Declared Out of Place and
Stopped by the Chairman.
WOODROW WILSON TALKS

EHANKFORT, Ky., Nov. 29.-The
third annual conference Of COVER
nors began five days session
here today With twenty-fOur state eN-
ecutiYes present. For several days Gov
ernor Wilson of Kentucky has made ia
ninia that he would do all in his power
80 eliminate politics from the confer
ence. hut at the first session today
there were two OuthurstS of political
enthusiasm. One was when Governor
JudsOn Harmon OF Ohio entered the
hall. He was greeted by IA slight hand
eiapping, which Was accorded no other
governor. The moment the meetiRls
adjourned man la ihe gallery called
for Mr. Harmon.
With a frown. Governor Wilson
raised his hand and stopped the pro-
posed demonstration. He said such
suggestion was entirely. out of place
and would not be toleWIed He had
already laid stress on tns,teature when
in his opening remarks he said the
governors were called together for a
conference only. and il was not "A
house of governors as previous meet
mas had been termed.
Governor Wilson then read letter
from President TAFT, regrettlng his alb
sence. in which DE said.
Fl have great sympathy with the OBJ
jects of your meeting which. 1 under
stand 10 he Tor tile general national
M eiIare bN uniformity or state leElSla-
tlHH upon SUBJECTS having general Nd-
lional interest which are not by the
constitution lntrusted 10 the Congress
and the central government. ] wish
for your meeting the most successful
issue in substantial results.
Response BY Governor Pothier.
Governor Aram j. Pothier OF Rhode
Island responded to the welcoming adj
dresses. after which tie visiting party
and several leading kentuckians were
entertained at luncheon in private
elect Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey
delivered an address on The POssibili-
ties Of the Governors Conference"
Tonight Governor and Mrs. Wilson
save reception al the governors
mansion. Tomorrow morning special
train VIII carry the governors 10 Louis
vile. where sessions win be held I'M
al Saturday.
The governors present are, Weeks.
connecticut, Mann. Virginia Pothler,
Rhode Island. hiJchiu. North Carolina;
Fort, New Jersey, Noel. Mississippi,
Wesley, South Dakota, ShafrOth. Colo
RADIO Deneen, Illinois, Marshall. In
diana Hadiey, Missouri, Norris, Mon
tana Harmon. Ohio; Spry. Utah. sloan,
Arizona, Brown, Georgia Draper. Mas
sachusetts, Ansel. South Carolina; Will
Governors-elect present are: Wilson.
New Jersey O'Neai. Alabama. Cruce.
Oklahoma; MeGovern Wisconsin, Plais-
ted Maine.
Governor Burke Of North Dakota is
expected 10 arrive AT Louisville tOmOr-
row morning.
Woodrow Wilson's Address.
Woodrow Wilson, governor elect Of
New Jersey, said On part
The last sixty wears have seen the
great continent knit together bv svs-
TENS OF railway and telegraph and the
telephone. More and more completely
has the network spread over every
quarter Of the grea: area. With the
perfecting of the means Of intercom-
munication, with the sWifter and swift
er movement Of trains, the moro and
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