The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-11-30
GOVERNORS WILL
CONSIDER MANY
LARGE SUBJECTS
So Far Discussions Have Been
Along the Line of State
Activities
TOMORROW THEY WILL DIP
INTO NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Among the Questions Will Be Con.
scrvation of National Resources and
Human Life, the Income Tax, Direct
Primaries and Corrupt Practices Act

Louisville, KY, Nov. 30.-The scene
of governors conference shifted from
Frankfort to Louisville this morning
when special train brought the gov
ernors, their wives and daughters
here, where the sessions will be held
until Saturday.
Today the governors settled down
to work for which they met, discussing
the problems that now confront many
states. The morning session was CIV
en- over to short talks on the respon-
sibilities. of the governor, the appoint
inent of his cabinet, the power of re-
moyal and like subjects. The discus
sion embodied matters pertaining
alone to the states, but beginning with
the opening session tomorrow the SUBJ
lects will be Of national scope.
Among these subjects are the conser-
vation Of the national resources and
human life, the income tax, direct
primaries. popular elections of United
States senators and corrupt practices
act.
For several days Gov. Wilson of
Kentucky has made 1t plain that he
would do all in his power to eliminate
politics from the conference. How
ever, at the first session today 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
Ohio entered the hall. He was greet
ed by slight handclapping which was
accorded no other governor The mo-
ment the meeting adjourned man in
the gallery called for cheers for Mr..
Harmon. Gov. Wilson, however,
stopped whatever progress the sug-
gestion might have made. He said
such a suggestion was entirely out of
place and would not be tolerated. He
had already laid stress on this feature
when in his opening remarks he stat
ed that the governors were called to-
gether for a conference only and that
1t was not house of governors" as
previous meetings had been termed.
After these words. Gov. Wilson read
letter from President Taft regretting
his absence in which he said:
Il have great sympathy with the
objects of your meeting, which l un-
derstand to be for the general national
welfare by uniformity of state legisla-
ton upon subjects having general ma
tional interest which are not, by the
o"AAosA1utAoAA' SAtA uSICu " LuC ScuIIdl
government. wish for your meeting
the most substantial results
Gov. A. j. Pothier of Rhode Island
responded to the welcoming addresses
of Gov. Wilson and Mayor Polsgrove
of Frankfort, after which the visiting
party and several prominent kentuck-
ians were entertained at luncheon in
private home. At the later session
Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson of
New Jersey delivered an address on
The Possibilities of the Governors
Conference"
The only chance the public had to
meet the governors was at reception
held at the new state house this after
noon.
The governors present are: Weeks,
Connecticut; Plaisted, Maine; Mann,
Virginia; Pothier. Rhode Island; Kit
chin, North Carolina; Fort, New Jer-
sey; Noel, Mississippi; Vessey, South
Dakota; Shafroth, Colorado; Deneen,
Illinois; Marshall, Indiana; Hadley,
Missouri; Norris, Montana; McGovern,
Wisconsin,; Harmon, Ohio; Spry,
Utah; Sloan, Arizona; Brown, Geor-
gia; Draper, Massachusetts; Ansel,
South Carolina, and Wilson, Ken
lucky.
Governors-elect present are: Will
son, New Jerseyj O'Neale, Alabama,
and Cruce, Oklahoma.
Governor Burke Of North Dakota is
expected to arrive at Louisville to-
morrow morning.