The Washington times., 1910-01-19
Vigorous Protest Is Voiced
Against Much of Present
System.
IS LAST MEETING
OF THE CONVENTION
Nineteen Resolutions Suggesting
Changes Are Adopted By
Delegates.

Antiu,sS-nd, unjust, destructive Of lib
srty, ana weakening TO the Government
were only some Of the terms used by
Judge Stephen H. Allen, Of Kansas, and
Charles Mccarthy. OF Wisconsin. in
attempting to describe the mesh Of un-
inteIligibIe laws and tedious court pro
ceedure into which the courts and the
people find themselves
This morning at the last session Of
the Civic Federation's conference on
uniform laws at the Arlington Hotel
Judge Allen devoted himself almost
wholly 10 court procedure, and Nfr.
Mccarthy declared himself in unmIs-
takeable terms against what he called
the system Of careless legislation that
fills the statute books with pages OF
anintelllgible rubbish, practically max
ing II necessary for the courts to re-
solve themselves into legislative bodies
90 that the real law that rules the
land is the law Of the judges and not
the law OF the people
ExtempOTaneOUs Speech
Both speeches were extemporaneous.
and only one. that Of Judge Allen. was
On the program Both speakers were
vigorously. and frequently appIauded by
the delegates. the demonstrations OF
sympathy with the views expressed be-
ing given with greater freedom than al
any other time during the conference
Nineteen resolutions, indorsing the
various movements for uniform laws
that have been suggested through ad-
dresses before the conference were re-
ported from the committee on resoI,,-
tons this morning by Chairman Seth
Low and adopted by the delegates
These resolutions, in effect, can on the
proper legislative and administrative
bodies to take action that viii bring
a bout uniformity in the State laws gov
eTning water power, court procedure.
forestry wOrkmeu's compensation or
employers liability. child labor. traffic
in narcotic and habit forming drugs,
pTObating of wills, transfers and con-
veyauCes. insurance code. vital stats
tics. practice Of medicine, taxation.
municipal accounts. certified public ac-
cOUntants and mining laws
Resolutions Of thanks TO Senator Root
for his address yesterday afternoon.
anu 10 LilE EGEStltil-s LilE EDllAt ELGE u
governors and all organizations sending
delegates. as well as to the committee
on resolutions for its faithful work.
we're formally adopted
Few Present
Only four Of the sixteen spea kers
scheduled for the morning session of
the conference were present when the
session was called to order thss morn
ing BY President Parker About the
same percentage Of the delegates were
in attendance on the session II was ex-
pIained. however. that the absentees
were almost all attending the meeting
Of the governors for the purpose Of
bringing before them the matters the
conference has been discussing during
the past two days
The regulation Of railways and pub
lie utilities was the first subject tC
Be discussed and Martin s Decker, pres
fdeat of rhe National Association OF
Railway Commissioners was the only
SPEAKER
Railways Ask Uniform Laws
With the statement that proper pro-
lection Of the public interests cannot be
bad without regard TO proper protection
Continued on second PaEe-)