The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-08
MANY GOVERNORS
CONFERENCE AI
Program OF Subjects to Be
Discussed During the
Five Days.
BY JAMES A. HDcHRToN.

ernors' conference, as IL Is of
~ ficially called, has now been In
existence two years. 1t is no
longer an experiment or concrete re
suits there are perhaps not many to
show, at least on the surface, but the
one big concrete result is the body
itself. That is permanent In it are
bound up all sorts of possibilities. 1t
has already given direction and ex-
preston to what the Outlook calls
"the new stateism," as the complement
and accompaniment of the new ma
tionalism."
This year the governors conference
meets at Spring Lake, n. j. The ses-
sions extend from Sept. II to 16, inclu-
sive. Spring Lake is the home OF for
mer Governor John Franklin Fort OF
New Jersey and is near the summer
home of Governor Woodrow Wilson
at Sea Girt. Governor Wilson, by the
way, is chairman of the executive
committee and therefore the presiding
officer of the conference.
lie lueeliuS VI ltSL year dc idhh
fort and Louisville, Ky, was not as
productive as 1t otherwise would have
been for the reason that large mum
ber of governors were going out of Of
fee and others were coming in. This
year the new men are firmly in the
saddle and have prospect of continu-
ing for a year or two at least. They
are not distracted by the prospect Of
private life Immediately before them
and by the presence of their soon to he
SUCCESSORS sitting in the same body
with themselves. Thus the Spring
Lake conference should have more
tranquility and peace of mind than did
the one in Kentucky. Possibly also
the form of hospitality may not offer
so many distractions.
Scope of the Conference.
Some idea of the scope of the con-
ference may be had from the official
program, which is as follows:
Tuesday.-Address of welcome by Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson, New Jersey; re-
sponse to address of welcome by Governor
Joseph M. Carey Wyoming; appointment
Oh temporary chairman, ADDRESS on 'GOS-
sibilitles Of the Governors Conference"
by Governor Augustus e. Wilson, Ken
lucky; orgaaization; discussion and ap-
pointment OF committee on organization,
Strengthening the Power of the Execu-
tive" address by Governor Edwin L. Nor
ris, Montana; address by Governor Emmet
O'Neal, Alabama; discussion.
Wednesday.-"Enploy Liability and
Workingmens Compensation address by
Governor ChaSies s. Deneen, Illinois; adj
dress by Governor Eugene N. Foss, Mas
sachusetts; discussion. Evening session
hearing report of committee on organiza-
tion; discussion; appointment of executive
committee for 1872; discussion of plans,
details and suggestions; arranging budget
for 1872 miscellaneous business
Thursday.-"The Inheritance Tax and
State Comfy" address by Governor John
A. Dix, New York; address by Governor
Edmond F. Noel, Mississippi; discussion;
1.-THE Right of the State to Fix Intra-
state Traffic Rates." address by Governor
Herbert S. Hadley, Missouri; address by
Governor Chester H. Aldrich, Nebraska.
Friday.-"State Control of Public Utili-
ties" address by Governor Francis E.
McGovern. Wisconsin; address by Gov
ernor Beryl F. Carroll, Iowa; discussion.
Saturday.-"Problems of Prison Labor"
address by Governor Oswald West, Ore
gon; address by Governor Chase s. Os-
born, Michigan; discussion; adjournment.