The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-20
IRRIGATION, Z. /. :.
EXTRACTION
AND DIVORCE
Three Of the Heavy Matters
Considered by Conference
of Governors
GOVERNOR EBERHART Of MINNESOTA
( OF THE PROMINENT SPEAKERS
Many Questions Of Interest to the Sew.
eral States Were Considered at the
Session Yesterday-Governors Were
Dined ut the White. House.

tradition. mining and divorce we're the.
questions on which four governors
spoke at this mornings session of the
governors conference. Idaho's execu-
tive head, Governor Brady, talked on
irrigation. Governor Ansel of South
Carolina followed with an address on
extradttton Mining was the topic of
Governor Sloan of Arizona. The fourth
and last address of the morning was
by Governor Carroll of Iowa on the
divorce question. The formal ad-
dresses were followed by a general
discussion on each of the subjects. The
governors were guests last night at a
d1nner at the white house.
States rights was the burden 6f
most OF the addresses delivered at the
conference yesterday with particular
reference to the conservation of re-
sources and the regulation and SUPER
vision Of public service corporations.
An interchange Of views on these two
subjects showed unanimity of opin-
lon as to the necessity for state ac-
ttvtty. A feature of the afternoon
session was speech by Ambassador
Bryce, who believed the conference
would emphasize the Importance of
the governorship and that the chief
executive of each state was coming
more and more to be looked upon as
the 4.ersonal representative of the peo-
pie of his state.
Governor Dberhart of Minnesota
spoke 0n the right. of the states sin-
voivdng Interstate Commerce.. These
were referred to- q committee Of Ave
consisting Of Governors Fort of New
Jersey, Harmon of Ohio, Burke of
North Dakota, Prouty of Vermont and.
Ansel of South Carolina. Seth Low
laid before the conclave a number Of
resolutions which had been adopted by
the CIVIC Federation relating particn-
larly to uniformity In legislation.
The two sessions were followed by
"a dinner at the white house. In the
absence of Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Charles An
derson acted as hostess and the guests
included in addition to the governors.
several members of the Civic Fedora
ton conference.
Governor Quinby of New Hampshire
opened the morning session with an
address.
Gov. Wilson of Kentucky declared
the state had the right to control over
water power and that the federal gov
ernment did not have a scintilla of
right to it. Gov. Carroll of Iowa said
he was in sympathy with the moye-
ment for uniform laws for the states
while Governor Fort of New Jersey
declared the time had come for the
states to control more of those things
wnlcn tney nave hitherto passe din
silence, including water power.
Governor Draper of Massachusetts,
said the states should own and control
the water power Of their streams.
Governor Hughes of New York con-
sfdered the forests among the states
mots precious possessions and said
the state, so far as it could, should
own and preserve them. He adyo-
Gated the development and state con-
troll of water power.
State supervision and regulation of
quasi-puhlic enterprise was the sub
ject of an address by Governor Fort
and Governor Brooks of Wyoming. ad-
dressing the conference on the SUBJ
49, ~ "~SoA POWCAs odAu CllO COHLFOl
Fof industrial energy should rest in
the state.
Governor Shaffroth of Colorado read
statistics to show the magnitude of the
value of the water power of the coun-
try and the great possibilities of their
development. He contended that the
ownership of land by the federal gov
eminent in state was proprietary
right and not political or government
tai; that the United States holds the
land the same as an individual and
that the government of the land rests
in the state.
Gov. Hadley of Missouri delivered an
address on the subject of railroad rate
legislation. He referred to the dis
parity In rates for passengers and
freight in interstate and intrastate
traffic. declaring the charges for the
transportation of persons and prop
erty should not be left to the owners
of the lines, but control should be
exercised by the government.
TRIPLE HONOR
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