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Show GOVERNORS INTEHB M TO 111 won 9 Conference of Stale Executives! iPI and President Adjourns Sino rH Die on Third Day. H WILL NAME COMMITTEE TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE) r 1H r m Roosevelt and Bryan Deliver i (II Addresses That Capture tho i WM Delegates Present. . JH 1 iH 91 WASHINGTON. M'av 15. The first ' conference of the Governors of the! ilH States of the American Union onded- ' t todn-. 'Like main- of tho important . iSH events of history," timo is needed to ) ilB reveal the epoch which tho President I and the Governors beliovo -has been made. The accomplishments of tho cou- ll forence which has boon in session at m tH tho White Houso for three days cannot i i be set forth with mathematical proci- 1 sion. That its immediate results aro v more than ample is the expression qt ilH President Roosevelt, who brought it L (jsH about, aud of the Governors who par- V i'H ticipatcd. ti H Kocord to Bo Printed. 'TH The printed record of the confer- ni-'lfl enco, which will laler b available to , fvfl every American home, will be a coin- ' it pilation of fads, startling in their IL'il meaning, convincing in their universal i, conclusion that the States must act tU-l and that, the States and tho Nation 'K'l must co-operate to the end that to tho VH whole peopln of the Nation may accruo til tho Insting benefits of its natural ro- ' raffifl sources. Besides the compilation of 1 till fads by the exports and the freely ex- NrWB pressed opinion of lite Governors', the 'mail conferenco leaves as its permanent rec- onl a thousand words of "declaration." tiVWH Not a "Declaration of lndependeiico,' ' flH but a "Declaration of Cooperation. f ' rUJa Perhaps greater in importance than ,VHlfl all else was the determination of tho liB Governors of the States to perfect a yl permanent organization whereby a here- tofore unknown intimacy may be de- re 'H voloped among tho executives of tho juirH forty-six oovoroign States, mado strong fl 1 by a common p'urpose and mado potent by pronouncements which may not !'B lightly bo disregarded. ?lv..l PeatureB of Last Day. ! Of the last dav the 'story is ono 0.1 I flH many features. The sot programme was jj ' VI swept; aside. Tho. .President presided i MM throughout. He interjected remarks and f V&M speeches. Ue 'brought to the platform " ' WM men who mado plain the prevailing MM feeling, thnt thought and care must bo -m exorcised for tbo future. Tho prepared i'VM paper's wefo not presented, but they jafl wall bo printed in tho permanent rcc- j ., ord. Their placo was taken first by ?! 1 ! tho "declaration," which was adopt- i rV ed after discussion which brought to t jl light no serious objection to its affirma- 1 mm tion. Then WjJHam. ,T .Bryan. v:is pro-" J M sented by the President. Ho touched 9M tho samo chorda wliich had produced f . Jl the vibration of harmony and co-opo- p I I ration. A Governors' discussion brought H j many Statu executives to the platform. f jl but tho product was altogether that or R ; fl harmon-, and the sentiments expressed j j ill were applauded alike by all. j l-jjfl Prosldent Wants Action. j ! President Pooscvelt himself, answer- 1 rfl ing tho one criticism that of Governor j i-'feffl J'olk of Missouri to the declaration, I ffH aroused the conference to its warmest; illStB dcmoiiHtration of approval. Ho swot t j asido the "academic question" of '7)-M where the liuo of authority should be i- I 'M drawn between the States and tho Jsa- Y H tion. Tie wanted action, and what lie rg IS said received indorsement at each ne- An fl riod. The declaration, upon which the jqB President's remarks were predicated, J J was presented to tho conference by . J M Governor Blanchard of Louisiana at tho i pM opening of the session shortly after 10 1 ( jl 'o'clock. After reading it, Governor Blanc-hard stated that it proceeded iion 1 &fl broad lines and purposely avoided mak- f H ing specific indorsements of desired pro- I, "rl jects or legislation. ujfl It was upon tho suggestion of Gov- j crnor Glenn of North Carolina thtit nl further conferences should depend upon j the expressed desires of two-thirds of r :'H tho Govornors, that Governor Folk f mado tho criticism which called forth f the President 's remarks. (fll Tho declaration was adopted with- J '91 out dissent, after which tho President J. WM introducod "William J. Bryan, who re- jllH coived a most enthusiastic, reception. ' rM Tho desiro of Mrs. Roosevelt to on- v fBM tertain the Governors was not thwarted even by the rain which fell all through- f out the day. A garden parly had boon t QflH planned bv her, to bo held in the south VmM grounds of tho White House during tho i fH late afternoon. Tho garden party was -m brought insido the While Houso and j lost none of its zest by the transfor- K fH matiou. Moro than 1500 guests worn 'H present. j ' Afternoon and eveniug trains frjm ' 'JB Washington took many of tho diatin- t,j guished guests from the city, and tho if ) first conferenco of tho Naiion on tho conservation of its natural rcsourceo I-tH passed into history. (f'foH |
