Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-30
G0VERNORSAT WORK
Matters Pertaining Only to
States Discussed Today.
ASSEMBLED IN LOUISVILLE
Subjects of National Scope to Be
Taken Up Later.
SPEECH OF GOV. WILSON
Open Leadership Desired by People,
He Declares-Message From
President.
ASSEMBLED IN LOUISVILLE
SPEECH OF GOV. WILSON

| President.
| LOUISVILLE, Ky. November 3O.-The
scene Of the governors conference shift
ed from Frankfort to Louisville this
morning. when special train brought
| the governors, their wives and daughters
| here
| Sessions will be held until Saturday.
| Today the governors settled down to the
work for which they met-discussion Of
| the issues that now confront many states.
The morning session was given over to
short talks on the responsibilities of a
| governor, appointment of his cabinet,
power of removal and like subjects. The
| discussion embodied matters pertaining
| alone to states
Beginning with the opening session to-
| morrow, subjects will be of national scope
| Among these subjects are conservation
of national resources and human life
| the income tax, direct primaries, popular
elections of United States senator's and
the corrupt practices act.
Wilson Greets Governors.
| FRANKFORT, Ky, November 3O-The
| third annual conference of governors. the
| first to be held outside Of Washington,
was in session here yesterday. with TWEEN
ty-four executives Of states present.
Heads Of commemorative from almost
| the extremes of the nation were brought
together in one body to derive benefits
from the experiences Of one another.
For several days Gov. Wilson Of Ken
lucky has made it plain that he would
90 all III his power to eliminate politics
| from the conference. and in the prelimi-
nary arrangements has done it. How
| ever. at the first session yesterday, held
| IN the hall Of representatives Of the new
state capitol building. there were two
outbursts Of political enthusiasm.
one was when Gov. Judson Harmon of
slight hand-clapping, which was accorded
| no other governor. The moment the
| meeting adjourned man in .the gallery
called for cheers for Mr. Harmon.
win IroMn Gov Wilson raised his
hand and halted an incipient demonstra-
ton. He said such a demonstration was
entirely out Of place and would not be
tolerated He had already laid stress on
this feature when, in his opening re-
marks, he stated that the governors were
| called together for conference only.
and that 1t was not "house of gov
ernors, as previous meetings had been
termed.
President Taft's Message.
Gov. Wilson then read letter from
President Taft, regretting his absence, in
which he said:
L have great sympathy with the OBJ
Jects of your meeting, which understand
to be for the general national welfare by
uniformity Of state legislation upon SUBJ
JectS having general national interest
which are not by the Constitution In
trusted COn "a
eminent. I wish for your meeting the
most successful issue in substantial re-
SUITS
Gov. A. J. Pothier Of Rhode Island re-
Gov. Wilson and Mayor olsgioye of
Frankfo.t t, after which the visiting party
and several prominent Kentuckians were
entertained at luncheon.
At the later session Gov.-elect Woodrow
Wilson of New Jersey delivered an adj
dress on 1.-THE Possibilities Of the Gov
ernOrs' COME. ence." He favored state
regulation of corporations, and urged the
governors to become real leaders of their
commemorative, and to take the initiative
in the matter Of legislation.
Gov. Wilson's Views.
''To put federal law back Of the great
corporations would have been to give
them the right to dominate and override
local conditions" said Gov. Wilson in
his address. ito equip them with the
majesty and supremacy of the law which
created and regulated them and to level
the variety of communities before them
mo absolute, uniform set Of rules is
likely to fit the infin tely various circun-
stances Of the states and their people.
Hence this conference.
Our function is one Of leadership. It
is our privilege and duty to study the
problems common to all the states and
to suggest the means by which the states,
without loss Of their natural variety or
may yet freely throw their energies into
a common task Of protection and deve.op-
ment.
II am sure that I am not mistaken
when say that the people are calling for
open leadership, and that they wish their
leaders to be men who represent them all.
They are tired of the hide-and-seek OF
legislation as it has generally been con
Quoted.
I'VE shall not bring clear action out CT
confusion until we supply the need. until
we assist at the simplificaticn. which will
inevitably come when some one man uli-
dertakes in each state to keep the people
informed as to every chief step of their
business, particularly of the business of
legislation. and to challenge all who are
engaged in it to submit to the frank and
clarifying processes of debate"
Reception to Visitors.
Last night Gov. and Mrs. Wilson gave
a reception at the governors mansion to
the visiting governors.
Among tho governors present are
Weeks. Connecticut: Mann, Virginia:
Pothier, Rhode Island; kitchin, North
Carolina: Fort New Jersey: Noel, Missis-
sippi: Harmon. Ohio: Brown, Georgia:
Draper. Massachusetts: Ansel, South
Carolina, and Wilson, Kentucky
The povernorS-elect present are Will
son, New Jersey; O'Neal. Alabama:
Cruce, Oklahoma. and PlaiSted of Maine.
Wanted in Atlanta for Assault.
Wylie Godfrey. who was employed as
cook at the Capital Hotel, was arrested
last night by Detectives Evans and O'Dea
by request Of the police authorities of At
lanta, Ga. Godfrey. it is charged, assault
ed a man with a base ball bat during a
row in Atlanta more than year ago. He
told the detectives he used the bat in self
defense. He will return to Atlanta with