The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-27
HENRY STUART MAY
CO TO CONFERENCE
HOPES TO ATTEND MEETING OF
GOVERNORS AT MADISON,
WISCONSIN.
EARLY IN NOVEMBER
SEVENTH ANNUAL sEssION-PER-
MANENT ORGANIZATION WAS
EFFECTED IN RICHMOND AT
ITS 1s1: MEETING.
EARLY IN NOVEMBER

Governor Stuart has not definitely
decided that he will attend the an :
nual conference of governors which
Is to be held this year at Madison,
{, Wisconsin. but he expects to 60 Gov
ernor Stuart will return from tho
Ninth District early next week ana
II business permits Will at once make
arrangements for gong to Madison the
. following Monday.
- The governors conference Will 70
held from November 20 to IA Six
subjects are on the program for pre-
sentatton and discussion. Two have
10 do with uniformity Of laws, tive
with the functions OF the Govern or and
State administration and two are of
I more general nature.
II is hoped that President Wilson
may be In a position to accept an
Invitation to attend the meeting, He
was an active member of the confer
snee while Governor of New Jersey.
An Unique Instifutfon.
The Governors Conference Is
unique institution in our political life.
II exercises no legislative power. nor
can the organization lay down an ad
ministrative rule that has the force
IF law. Its direct powers are those Of
influence and persuasion only. Gov
ernor. now President Wilson. address,
ing the Governors convened at Frank
fort. Kentucky, in 1910. said of the
conference: I'VE are setting up. out
side the sphere OF the Federal Con-
gress, n new instrument of political
sfe. national In its character. scope
and intention: an Instrument not OF
legislation. but OF opinion, exercising
he authority Of influence not law"
Nor is the Governors conference es-
sentiaiiy a states rights cham pion.
Surely 10 does not advocate the de-
struetton of or transgression upon the
powers and sphere of State action
Bss il was net q disposition to- en-
\ croach upon the sovereignty of the
States rights by Congress that brought
tho conference into existence or In
t,ced it's continuance 1t was the
uniform State action by all the States
on matters of nationwide interest and
aspect.
Permanent Organized.
Also the necessity for greater Co
operation between State and Nation
along certain lines prompted Govern
Tors Hughes Of New York. Fort. Of
New Jersey Shafroth. 81 Colorado;
HadIew 81 Missouri: Draper, cf Masss :
Ichusetts: Burke. Of North Dakota; Nor
= rix. ~ Montanna; Wilson. of Kentucky I;
l.
WISCONSIN. Wilson Of New Jersey Al
ssrich. ~ Nebraska: Carroll. 81 Iowa:
Harmon. Of Ohio. Mann. Of Virginia
I:flehrist Of Florida oddie. OF Nevada {.
Srry. of Utah Carey. Of wyoming,
and other Governors In 1908. 1909 and
1910. to advocate permanent organi~
saticn They urged that the chief exc
rutive Of the different States meet
wear for an exchange Of views and
.srfzNx Of sr,
rortanee" and for ''the. promotion of
greater uniformity in State admins
Xiratis,a."
TIRE Madison meeting will he the
seventh annual session of the confer
ence Previous meetings have been
bed ~ Washington. II. C.. Frankfort
louisville. Ky. Spring Lane. y j..
Fsichmond, Va. and Colorado Springs.
ksnio.
Met Here I'm 1919.
The FIRST conference of Governors
|sas called ny President Roosevelt and
was held Al Washington. y, G.. in 1905
|The purpose of the meeting was to
discuss uniform legislation for the
conservation, Of national resources
rhis meeting demonstrated TO the
Governors present the big results that
you'd accure through yearly confer
knces. Plans were made for another
meeting. which was held in the early
part OF 1910, and although held at
Washington was entirely and indepen-
Fently a Governors conference. Two
more meetings were held before the
conference became permanently or
kanized at Richmond in 1912.
Much is expected of the Madison
neetng, and Governor Stuart is very
esirous of attending