Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
WARD FLYING WELL |SEEKS A SHOWDOWN
Aviator Makes Landing at Governors Challenged to Line
Mddletown N. 7. Up on Suffrage Question:
GREETED BY 5000 PEOPLE NO FORMAL ACTION TAKEN
Will Try to Reach Ea Conference Disappointed
Darkness Tonight. Dr. Anna Shaw
FOWLER WORKING ON MACHINE REUNION AT GETTYSBURG
Of
and Hopes to Resume Flight States of Anniversary
on Saturday The
Governors Challenged to Line
Up on Suffrage Question.
NO FORMAL ACTION TAKEN
Conference Disappointed at Absence
of Dr.. Anna Shaw.
REUNION AT GETTYSBURG
Proposed Commemoration by the
States of Fiftieth Anniversary
Of the Battle.

SPRING LAKE. n. j.. September IA
IL was expected this morning that Dr.
Anna Shaw. president OF national wom-
an suffrage association would take her
battle for the ballot TO the floor of the
governors conference here today Twen-
ty-eight governors, among them several
| champions of her cause from the west.
assembled half an hour earlier than usual
| to hear her speak
The convention hall was crowded to
| capacity by the wives. daughters and
| friends of the governors and women who
| had come for many miles. in some cases.
| to help the cause with their presence and
applause
Miss Shaw was late In arriving and the
hearing granted the suffragettes was tenn
| porarily postponed to permit the presen-
| tation Of plan TO commemorate the fif-
| feth anniversary of the battle OF Gettys-
4 burg July Ia, 1913. Each governor was
invited to attend in his official capacity
and TO urge his Legislature to send the
states civil war veterans to participate
Woman's Status in Different States.
Mrs. ]. W. Brannan of the woman's
Political Union of New York then pre-
| sented to the governors book showing.
| she said, the strange confusion Of wom-
ans status in the different states"
I appeal to you governors TO give the
| thought of your minds and the feeling OF
your hearts to this question:" she said
| There are five states-only fve-where
your wives. daughters and sisters have
the privilege they want-to serve our
| country. how can you. gentlemen. ex-
pect the women of these disfranchised
states TO rest satisfied and content under
this discrimination?
There is but one more appeal to
make, Mrs. Branan concluded. and
that Is to a higher, bar. We appeal to the
Cod OF our country to befriend us. for
our cause Is just
Showdown Demanded.
Mrs. Abram Van Wrinkle Of Newark,
n. j.. head Of New Jersey organiza-
/ zion. followed Mrs. Brannan. Mrs Van
| Wrinkle read a petition to the gov
ernors Representing the militant
wing Of the party. she demanded that
each state executive. including Gov.
Woodrw Wilson, come into the open
with his views and "in the light of
pitiless publicity align himself with one
side or the other Of this question"
we. the women or New Jersey.
| she began. point TO the gross Unequal
tty of woman before the law with re-
spect to property rights in GU, own
state. We have protested in vain against
the continuance of this injustice.
The responsibility for the welfare Of
the child is peculiarly ours. We de-
sire to have the responsibility in full
measure. The people OF your states
have recognized the justice Of the ap-
peal which we now make. We ask you
to aid us in the manner we have sug-
gested in securing the privileges which
have been accorded the women of your
states"
No formal action was taken and Mrs.
Van Wrinkle sat down amid applause
Gov. Shafroth of Colorado ten an
nounced that DR.. Shaw had been de-
tanned and probably would not reach
Spring Lake in time to address the gath
ering. The conference thereupon began
its regular routine of scheduled business.
Divorce Laws of Nevada.
Nevada's divorce laws need revision and
improvement. according to her governor.
Tasked L. Oddie. who is i'll of appen-
dicitis and unable to attend the meeting.
but who sent q telegram to Secretary
Jordan voicing his views. 1t was received
without comment In part it follows:
IF the question of divorce laws is dis
cussed. please say for me that while am
not yet prepared TO state just what
changes in the laws of this state ! will
advocate. 1 am most anxious for an i'm
provement over existing conditions. which
have caused so much unfavorable COM
ment. some of which is merited and much
of which Is unjust and harmful
Gov. Herbert s. Hadley of Missouri
| spoke upon THE Right of the State to
Fix Intrastate Traffic Rates"
He was succeeded by Gov. Aldrich OF
Nebraska
State Right to Regulate Rates.
Gov. Hadley said:
The question as to the right OF the
states to regulate within their limits the
rates OF transportation of railroad COM
panies engaged In interstate commerce.
which is now pending before the su-
preme Court of the United States for de-
cision, is, in my opinion, one of the most
important if not the most important
louestlon with which that court has had
to deal in recent years. For the ques-
ton Of transportation is the most i'm
portant question of commerce and. in
fact of civilization itself
| Most of the important present-day
problems are clearly state questions. and
not national questions. The most I'M
portant phase of the question OF trans
portation 1 contend, is still a question for
the states, rather than for the national
government The question of taxation.
or TO speak more exactly. the reform OF
the many inequalities. imperfections AMI
injustices incident to our general pr perty
tax Is primarily q state problem. The
proper compensation OF those injured in
| Industrial pursuits. is. as this program
evidences, essentially a state problem.
The laws res ulating marriage and d.
vorce; the conduct OF public service COR
porations and ordinary business affairs;
| judicial procedures; laws regulating the
hours OF labor. improving the condition
under which 1t Is performed. and protect
| ing the health and safety Of those who
perform It. as well as the people as
! whole, are all pr marily questions with
| " tich the state must deal IL they are to
be effectively dealt with at all. The field
| is a broad one, and the work Is one
which has In II the destinies or people.
because 1t concerns their happiness ana
| their welfare. But this field VIII De mar
rowed and the power to discharge this
duty to humanity seriously impaired II
the right of the states to regulate trans
portation within their borders snaii no"
be denied.
Opposes Federal Ownership.
..some people see in the present situA-
tion such difnculties that they contend
that government ownership and operation
of railroads 10 the only practical solution.
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