The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-01
GOVERNORS CUT
THEIR PROGRAM
Will Not Discuss Election Of
Senators By Popular Vote.
INCOME TAX IS BARRED

Norris Of Montana Reads Paper on
Conservation and Expresses Faith
In Power Of States to Care For
Own Natural Resources Without
Interference on Part Of Federal
uthorities--Boston Orator Wants
Governors to Help Make Laws.
Louisville, KY, Dec. 1.-The house
Of governors decided to cut their
meeting from five to three days here,
eliminating all speeches and debates
on the question of the constitutional
amendment. providing for an income
tax and the election of senators by
popular vote
A committee OH bylaws and consti-
tuition was appointed by Governor
Wilson. The members are Cover.
nors Fort, Harmon, Weeks, Marshall
and Ansel. Governor Draper of Mas
sachusetts will preside over all the
sessions here.
Governor Norris of Montana read
paper on conservation from the
states standpoint. He favors state
conservation as against national con
servation. lie called the national
conservationists "faddists," and made
the issue state conservation against
national conservation as one between
the east and west.
1T seems to us in the west" said
Norris, that our brethren I'm the
east bear In mind the case of the
prodigal son and, having consumed
their substance in riotous use, now
want a paternal government to make
another division aud assign them a
part of our patrimony. The last
frontier of the natural resource prod
iga' sees naught of justice in this.
Let It be said in language es en-
phatic as | can command that the
people of the northwest enthusiastic.
ally favor and strenuously advocate
the strictest conservation of natural
resources. We do not differ from the
most ardent nationalist in princip. ,,
but we most radically differ as to
methods employed"
Norris said the western people IA
vor the conservation Of forests, but
hold that the policy of holding in
forest reserves land more valuable
for agricultural purposes than for
the growing of timber is not the
most profitable use or the wisest
economy"
The speaker concluded: Those
who blazed the trails and made the
present civilization and development
of the west possible believe them
selves as much interested and fully
capable OF protecting their heritage
as are the people of other sections to
do 1t for them. This Is the sum
and substance of the so.called rights
of the states in claiming this right.
No ghosts of disloyalty to an indis-
soluble union are raised from the
graves wherein southern hopes lie
buried"
Stripping state legislatures Of many
powers, making the governors office
the real organ of authority and vot-
ing for men, not measures, were ad-
vocated by Gamaliel Bradford of
Boston. Unless governors are given
the right to be heard in discussion of
proposed laws in the legislatures, an
other revolution will result, he pre-
dicted. Government by commissions
Is all wrong, he declared.
ION all hands" he said, "come the
cry that we must look to the people,
that the remedy lies with them in
the elections. 1t is a false scent.
The people can no more reform n
government than an army of privates
can win battle without officers and
previous training and drill.
'The old political cry was Meas
ures and not men, II Is the root of
all our troubles. Men first and meas
tres through them, Is the true slo-
gan. In the great current of modern
democracy leaders are the first thing
wanted, and the rule of legislatures