Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-29
GOVERNORS ID Z TAKEUP.|SSUES
Conference in Spring Lake, New Jersey Next Month Expected to Be of Great
 Import
PART OF THE PROGRAM

| or Rl4NG LANrE N. .sAus. ZS--DlS-
 cussion of the employers liability and
 wiorkingmen's compensation will be
 one of the principal topics at the an
 nual conference of governors in the
 the New Monmouth hotel here on
 Sept. l2. An entire day will be given | to the subject Another matter con-
 sidered of equal importance by -rhe executive will be that of the state
 control of public utilities, and a full
 day will be given to this.
 ! The remainder of the time will be taken up with talk about the inherit
 ance tax, the fixing of intra-State traf- ' fic rates, prison labor, and the ! strengthening of the powers of the i Executives, according to the program made public today following a con. | erence between Gov. Wilson, former ! Gov. J. Franklin Fort, who is chair
 man of the entertainment committee,
 and William George Jordan, secretary. [ While there is no place provided for ! 1t Cn the program, a movement has been started by some of the execu. tives to bring the question Of uniform [ Hvorce laws before the body. and l. ! time can be found for this it will ' probably be discussed.
 Gov. Wilson will start the session with an address Cf welcome. This will ! be responded to on Tuesday morning ! hy Gov. Joseph M. Carey of Wyoming ] The first prepared paper will be by ! Governor Augustus E. Wilson of Ken lucky. whose subject win be "Possi- bilities Of the Governors Confer ence." It is probable that in the dis cussion following this address plans
 will be made for establishing a perma, nent reference bureau, with a secre-
 taTy, 10 whom the executives can re- fer fer information which may be of value so all of them, and through
 whom bulletins will be published on
 topics of especial interest at stated periods In e way this work is now being done voluntarily by MT Jordan.
 who has given much time to the work
 because of his intense interest iz the subject.
 Another paper on the first day will
 be that of Gov. Edwin L. Norris. of Montana on Strengthening the Power of the Executive" This subject will
 also be treated by Gov. Emmett O'Neal of Alabama. Temporary organ ization will also be effected during the
 day. In the evening Governor and Mrs. Wilson will give a reception at Sea Girt for the visitors.
 Wednesday will be given up to the discussion of Employers' Liability and Workingmen's CompensaJfon,'
 with Cows Charles $. Deneen of Hi ncis and Eugene M. Fcss of Massa-
 chusetts making the opening ad- dresses. In the evening there will be a business meeting, when the pre- liminary plans for the session Of 191z will be made.
 Cows John A Dix of New York and Edmond W. Noel of Mississippi will
 make addresses on Thursday. with
 The Inheritance Tax and State Comi- ty" as their subject. The law of New
 York state passed last winter, Is said to be a model on thiss subjec+, and there have been many requests for Gov. Dix's paper. When the discus sion is completed The Right of the States to Fix Intra-State Traffic
 Rates" will be taken up:- with papers
 by Cows. Herbert s. Hadley of Mis- souri and Chester H. Aldrich of Ne braska Do open the argument in the evening aNlinner will be given to the governors by the entertainment com mittee at the Spring Lake Casino. State Control of Public Utilities will be the subject on Friday, the prin- cipal papers being by Cows. Francis F. ! McGovern Of Wisconsin and Beryl F.
 Carroll of Iowa On Saturday morning ] Problems of Prison Labor will be the topic, with addresses by Cows.
 Osfald West of Oregon and Chase s. Osborn of Michigan. this being fol lowed by adjournment
 All the western executives will
 come in a special car leaving Chicago
 on Sunday night and rmrfng direct to Spring Lake over the Pennsylvania ! railroad Monday night after their ar rival there will be a fireworks display,
 and the town will be decorated. The . acceptance received Indicate that there will be thirty-seven governors { in attendance, or four more than at, tended the original conference in ' Washington. called by President
 Roosevelt. Gov. ludson Harmon Of Ohia. about whose presence there was
 some doubt, will attend with Mrs
 Harmon.