New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
Will Organize for More Work
and Less Play Next Year.
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE PLEA
Governor Fort of New Jersey Ad-
vocates Direct Primaries as
Making Bossism Impossible.

Louisville, Dec AFTER starting move
ment to put the next conference of gov
ernors on businesslike basis and estao-
Iish permanent headquarters where pro-
erammes will be arranged to insure better
results listening to a suffragist speech and
discussions of various important subjects
the third annual conference OF governors
adjourned here late this afternoon
Some opposition to adjourning was ex-
pressed, as many of the governors peheVed
they should stay In session longer, as so
much of the time had been taken up WIN
social affairs Next year the programme
will include more real work and fewer cln-
ners and receptions.
The plan OF organization advanced py
Governor Sloan of Arizona and adopted IN
executive session is that the present COM
rnittee on arrangements, of which Gov
erpor Fort of New Jersey is chairman
draft q. statement of the object of the con-
ference for presentation to each Leslsiat-
ure and that an appropriation be asked Oh
..cb for maintenance 1t was decided that
subjects for discussion would be seiecteo
with more care and that the paper on each'
nrepared bv the several governors, be sent
tn all governors in advance Of the CONFER
ence so intelligent discussion could pc had.
Future sessions will last week 1hese
plans were adopted to get away from the
haphazard manner In which the conferences
have been conducted and with we"
of making them more beneficial.
At the afternoon session Governor VIZ
son asked that Miss Laura Clay, president
of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association
he allowed to address the conference MISS
C1av made an appeal TO the governors TO
| recommend equal suffrage to their l'eglsia-
lures.
General discussion to-day was on the ell
ployers' liability and workmens compeh-
sation act, direct primaries and automooiie
| reciprocity.
Following a general discussion in open
conference, on the subject or empioyeiS
liability and xorkmens compensation act,
resolution introduced by Governor Hahiey
of Missouri was adopted. 1t provides thae
commissioners who are investigating this
| matter in several states send report oi
their findings to all governors.
In his speech on the direct primary, Gov
ernor Fort of New Jersey said that money
was rapidly losing its hold as a FACTOR III
elections and that young men with hish
ideals were more and more becoming lac
tors in politics. He said that II the rules
of the primary system are observed, BOSS
ISM is impossible. Party organizations
should try to elect, but have nothing to
do with the selection of nominees, he de-
clared.
The Individual counts for more each
day and party principles are fast being
relegated to the rear. The only successful
primary will be one that gets closer TO the
people, said Governor Fort.
In discussing the same subject Governor
Hadley said 1t was apparent to students
of public affairs that the direct primary
had come to stay and it was the abuses OF
the convention system that had made it
possible.
Automobile reciprocity interested only
the Eastern governors, where the subject
has recently received attention. This dis
cussion was limited to Governor Fort of
New Jersey, Governor Weeks of Connecu-
cut and Governor Draper of Massachusetts.
All agreed the laws of New Jersey and
Pennsylvania were too strict and that in
the near future uniform law for all the
states would be necessary.
No action was taken on any conmunlca-
tons received by the conference. They
were all referred to a committee.
Many important matters were embodied
in these communications. including the re-
port of the National Civic Federation, re-
ceived also at the last conference, and the
recommendation of Senator Root that the
conference discuss the subject of a National
Jail Commission, recommended by the
National Prison Reform Association.