Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-13
REPLY TO CHARGES F0R STATE CONTROL
Casualty Hospital Managers Foss Opposes Unnecessary
Answer Mrs. Cynthia Mann. Federal Intrusion
AL LEGGED LOSS OF MONEY TALKS TO THE GOVERNORS
Patient Also Declares She Was Neg Discusses Employers Liability
eced by the Physicians Workmen's Compensation
STATEMENT REPUTATION THE LAW IN MASSACHUSETTS,
President Directors Woman Lively
Was Properly Treated and Her of the nd
LossR
Foss Opposes Unnecessary
Federal Intrusion.
TALKS TO THE GOVERNORS
Discusses Employers Liability and
Workmen's Compensation. !,
THE LAW IN MASSACHUSETTS
Lively Discussion by the Conference
of the Referendum and
Recall.

Recall.
SPRING LAKE, y. J.. September IA
With Gov. John Burke OF North pe,xot.
| In the chair, the conference OF governors
began today the second days session Of
Its third annual gathering Gov Eugen.
n. Foss of Massachusetts was the nrst
speaker Employers liability and work
/ lngmen's compensation was his theme.
and opposition to "the unnecessary intru-
sion Of federal control was the keynote
/ of his speech
There is vague theory" he said
| that where the individual power Of dif-
| ferent states proves insufficient the fed
/ eral government comes in In such mat
! ters as WoTkingmen's compensation fed
eral power. il was thought might h..
invoked to cover the entire country AMI
afford uniform laws If, however. there
is anything hostile TO elf-government n
the state 1t is the unnecessary intrusion
of federal control
Gov. Foss outlined the new liability law
| of Massachusetts. and classed II as
! the first law of its kind to be enacted
| on broad lines in any state.
| Invited to Kentucky.
| Gov Augustus F. Wilson of Kentucky
extended an invitation to the governors
to attend the Lincoln memorial exercises
! at Hodgenville. Ky, November and
| No formal action was taken but several
| OF the governors expressed their thanks
| for the invitation.
The afternoon session was planned TO be
| informal. and the governors will go To
Sandy Hook the guests of the govern
went to witness the workings of the
heavy guns there
Three more delegates arrived here dur
| ing the morning-Govs Spry OF Utah
/ Tener of Pennsylvania and Crothers OF
Maryland, bringing the total to twenty
| six.
Not Part of Wilson Room.
FORMER Gov. Fort of New Jersey, chair
| man of the entertainment committee or
the governors conference in session her.
took official recognition TODAY OF an AL
| legged interview with Gov. Osborn OF
michigan. In which Mr.. Osborn was
quoted as saying that he would not Al
tehd the conference. on the ground that
| was a part of a campaign to boom
! woodrow Wilson for the democratic NOM
lnation for the presidency
1 am quite sure that Gov Osborn
: never said any such thing" reads =
statement issued by Mr. Fort IT hava
been in correspondence with 90, Os
born. and he had intended To come never
suggesting that or any other reason as q
hindrance Gov. Wilson did not get the
conference TO come to Spring Lake
was Governor Of New Jersey when the
conference at Louisville last year agreed
70 come here. and they came on my in
vitation. As republican. l can repu-
diate any such insinuation as the inter-
view would seem to make
The correspondence between Gov O.-
born and Mr.. Fort bearing upon the
question Of the Michigan governors at
tendance also was made public. In a let
! ter of August 16. and in telegram
August 1o Gov. Osborn expressed his
! intention of being present Later Gov.
Osborn notified the committee that he
would be unable to attend.
Referendum and Recall.
/ After somewhat humdrum reading
| Of papers for several hours. the con-
| ference of governors took on lively
| aspect late yesterday afternoon when
| the initiative. referendum and recall
| were brought into the discussion by
Gov Emmett O'Neal Of Alabama who
| read a paper on strengthening the
| Power of the Executive. He spoke
| III approval OF the tendency in that
direction. and then denounced the OPP
| posite tendency as shown in the move
| ment for direct legislation and the
| recall Gov Woodrow Wilson was
! one of those who took issue with him
on that subject. and the discussion be
| came very warm. To those VINO de-
| Tended these new political ideas, COY
! O'Neal retorted that the recall would
| convert the public officer into spine
| less and seryile hireling. stirred BY
| every passing breeze of public opinion.
obeying every popular impulse and
| yielding to every wave OF popular pas
J sion or prejudice
Wisconsin's Governor Responds.
When Gov O'Neal made this thrust
| everybody expected Gov. McGovern OF
| Wisconsin. who has long been one OF
/ Senator La Follette's chief lieuten-
ants. to come to the front for them.
! and they We're not disappointed. II
4 would be unfortunate. he said. for the
| idea to go out that the conference or
/ governors was opposed TO the initia-
! tive referendum and recall for the
| reason that they would hamper the
| governor. If the extension OF the
power of the governor would facili-
| tate his work in carrying out the Will
| OF the people. he was in favor OF u.
| but if the object of such an extension
was to permit him TO defeat the popu
! lar will. he should oppose IT.
Don't attempt. he said, TO array
the governor under any conditions
against enlightened public opinion
Gov. Wilson Seeks to Harmonize.
Gov Wilson said an apparent difference
of opinion had arisen I'm the conference
which he believed only apparent.
1T seems to me- he said that on the
question Of the initiative and referendum
II IS necessary that We carry the analysis
little farher than il has been carried
A very important thing, fundamentally
important thing is the source of the law.
Some Of the laws that we have are bad
laws and they are bad for a reason that
there is a suspicion as to their source.
The people Of the United States want
their governors to he leaders i'm matters
of legislation because they have serious
suspc con as to the source or the leg1s-
lation and they have serious disgust
OF their legislatures
Gov. Wilson then cited Great Britain
as an example OF a country where ths
executive undertakes to formulate prao-
tically all the legislation for the king
dom. and when the legislature refuses TO
follow. the executive dissolves the legis-
Iotura and goes to the people and says:
..yyiu you send us men who Will follow
,s ar will YOU not ?" AS consequence.
he said. Il is the strongest and most di
rectly democratic government in the
..1,herefore" he continued what
would urge as against the views OF Gov
O'NeaI is that there Ia nothing incon-
sstent between the Strengthening Of the