| Show NO USURPATION Of STATE POWERS S President Declares National Government Only Desires f iS 5 Public Welfare GOVERNORS ENTHUSIASTIC Iv J I Permanent Permanent Organization Effected Effected Eft Ef Ef- t and Conference Will ill I Meet Next Year p S. S 5 Washington May Tn In cut clear t enunciation the voicing of or which y aroused a a. tumult o of enthusiasm in the theS conference of or the the- governors go called to S de so ways wars and means for or conserving Ing Jj the r resources of the count country President dent lent Roose declared toda today that the tho national sought no 1 J S government go usurpation of state powers that all sc- sc ho hc desired was to see the he states act f the power potter that wai vested in them With ith a D. vigor igor that was unmistakable j to and a sincerity that carried conviction tion with Ith It he declared that all the t. S national government eminent was seeking wast was wasa wasi I i t a n sovereign rIght light the exercise of or which would wo work l' l the greatest Soo good to the 5 5 greatest number at nt all times l With this expression before them u the governors governors' effected a n. permanent ri organization Tho They will nil meet next e- e J in a place jet et to be ho determined upon A committee of five fi of ot which I i f Governor GO Swanson of Virginia lnla Is IsIf c If chairman was voted with tho the powers t to cak catTy carry out this arrangement Wr Tho The statement hac ha been heen ma made e that the 1110 calling of If th thE thc S conference was vaa to subordinate the thc state to the federal government So that tha 5 tho tue President sought ought a centralization f S 1 of this portent loomed over o LZ the con conference terence when i It met today President Cl CI Atmosphere J Tho The question of ot states state's rights and ancI fe federal cral power was is-as raised b by Governor Go If Comer Corner of or Alabama who has been Int Inv in v t conflict with the f federal courts over O railroad regulation and control k-c k r r Tho lle President sought ht to clear the I atmosphere With a vigor of 7 I elation with an emphasis that lInt none could mistake and with an enthusiasm enthusiasmS that brought many of his hearers hearer to S their feet before he had concluded his his his' I. I remarks tho tire President said tt- tt f. f My r primary object has been to llIs- llIs y cover v cr o some popular t sovereignty o for tor j each corporation I have tried Ole to I k i find 1101 out where hero the state or nation sJ 5 5 could act and always havo hayo some soy so fr i n power to hold CYC every big cor- cor all and person perron to a n strict accountability accountability ac- ac In older that the r er people t as ns a 3 whole mi might ht b bo be benefited J State St o cr Sn Sovereign n. n S State Slate power Dower I is 3 sovereign so In Its S. S own state If Ir a 1 state cannot act then I wish on behalf of oC the state that tho the thel l J government should act Take the rent for mr water power for Instance r rr where lIe privileges lieges es of an untold value are arc granted ranted by the federal government VS S S the HIP grant should not bo be in perpetuity h.- h. j Wi YG Yo should give ive a corporation a I 1 UC lIH to bo be am amply lv rewarded for Its investment and development but th the grant should not be eo the f th the feature should d dS dp- termine how privileges should be bo con eon When hen that policy can bp be carried out by the state It Jt should bo be carried d dout out b by the tho state stat when It can be bo bocan can carried led out by the national government government govern govern- ment it should bw bt carried out i bv by that government go My 1 object ha has been n to best con conserve er C the Interests of or the people as a l whole As he concluded he leaned on a a. I table and trembled from the Intensity of his feelings s. s For a no moment the situation was dramatic Then Jhen came a n single cheer In an Instant It was WS taken up h by the entire conference and anda a a. demonstration such as has not or- or at any stage of ot the proceedIngs proceedIngs proceedings proceed proceed- ings was waB on Staid St. governors go leaped l to their feet oct and nd yelled G Grave ra 0 experts OT- OT f- f who give gl little thought to political poll poli matters carried away uway b by th th thc c en enthusiasm n- n m cheered like college collego ho boy boy It was many minutes minute before order was restored and tho the conference rence proceeded pro pro- n Adopted J The resolutions unanimously re reported reported reported re- re ported b by tho ho committee and adopted by acclamation by tho the conference carry carry car car- ry specific recommendations for legislation legIslation legis legIs- lation b by congress They Include Tho The continuation and extension of forest policies adapted to secure the husbanding and renewal of ot the timber supply The prevention pro of or soil erosion Tho protection of oV hea and the maintenance of t the o purIty and l navigability aMilt a- a Milt of streams The Tho adoption of or measures maSUles looking to the protection anti and replacement of privately atel owned ned forests Tho The enactment of laws Jaws looking to the conservation alfon of or water ater resources for tor Ir Irrigation ir- ir water supply power and nay nav- gation to the end that the navigable portions nod and source of or supply of or such streams may he be brought under complete com corn control and fully for tor every evry ev- ev ery ry purpose The immediate tc adoption of a 0 y-Ise y active and thorough h waterway policy providing ln for fOl the Improvement of or streams and the conservation of their water vater when required for the use of commerce and the the- protection of or tho the Interests In- In n- n of or the people The enactment of ot laws looking to the prevention pre of ot waste In tn the mining minIng- and extractIon of coal oil all gas gaa and amI other minerals with a 0 clew a-clew view ew to lh their lr wise vise con- con ser for the tho use of or the tle people and ando andl to o the protection of ot humin humm life life- In tho the l pI cU I I- The President lr Ir by bv the governors for tor sounding Rounding tho the note of warping as na to the waste ant and exhaustion tion lon of ot tho the natura resources and in calling tho the conference ot of governors o and anti experts c on the subject of ot conservation conser of ot resources Future Futuro similar con conferences renes dro approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved anti and the President is fa advised to I call thorn thom when in hl his Judgment thoy they ma may seem wise an and necessary A permanent organization was effected effect effect- ed eel b by tho the go governors and id Irrespective of the tho call of or the Pre President l they will meet next year car to discuss state mattei rat mat tei tore s. s Governor Go Willson Wilison of or Kentucky is chairman or the executive committee which will arrange for tor the meeting and outline the subjects to be there dis drs- drs cussed Commenting upon khe he the work vork of the conference the President said You have ha set before yourselves cs the performance of oC a duty to your states and to tho the Union You can go home rewarded for Cor tho the time and trouble It has hM cost you ou because you ou have o worked efficiently for tho the furtherance of the popular good and end I thank you ou ou The White hUe House has held heM many distinguished distinguished distin distin- gatherings gathering buLl but I 1 dot t think It its has ov 0 r bald n as J. 1 l this r I bod ip o s tat was ever Y r more welcome to me mc x Heart leonie Jj for 1111 William WIllam J J. J Bl Bryan Brjan an especially Invited In b by th the President to attend the conference confer confer- ence heartily welcomed when alien called called call call- ed d tr to th th pIn platform by President t noose welt velt t io lo oJ speak upon the subject before the tho conference I I 1 hn have haC e hesitated to speak said he while you as 38 governors have state lines and constitutions to look after afLer I 1 as DR a private citizen am nm without a fixed and have less right to speak This conference marks the beginning begin begin- n ning In of ot a a. new era The making speech of the tho chief executive c will wilt exert exon an arm on the tho country at large These meetings will facilitate tc operation co-operation between tho the states themselves them them- s selves sel heg and stimulate them to do what th they thoy y should do O I f am a a. strict constructionist constructional and e that the tho states are arc Indestructible ible even cven ns as tho the Union is In Indissoluble There Is no twilight zone between the nation and nn the tho state in which exploited Interests may take talo r fugo from both Most lost of or over o the line between between be- be tween the nation and tho the Is due duo to he the pre predatory corporation Earnest men with unselfish purposes pur- pur po poses es will a agree rec on legislation n to pre pre- er c th the natural resources s of r the time countr coun- coun tr tn r i We Ye should sea seo to it that a a. few persons do not monopolize the of ot all the tho l people eople The earth belongs to all au generations Life JU ns l nn AsVelT e. T Te Tc e first asset of ot a nation Is tho the life lire of or Us its citizens Wo We can cnn well afford for congress to appoint a a. commission for forr r h sean h work that will tend to prolong life lire b by curing or 01 preventing pro disease Water a tel on one of our most moat Important natural natural natural nat nat- ural resources Is necessary t tt to life If U there thc is anything that should Joon go Jo goon goon on tho the free list it Is the tho raw materials of or those things s In which our supply Is limited There Thero should bo be tho the closest I operation co between the agricultural department and like institutions in the I various arlous states Tho The farmer pays more I II I I than his share of ot taxes and gets sets lessof loss less of or the al approprIations made by tho the gov ov- ov t. t The drainage of ot swamps Is as legal legala a as the tho Irrl Irrigation atlon of ot the arid wastes castes The denuding of or tho mountains Impairs Im- Im pairs the underflow on which we de depend depend tie tie- pend for our ours well water The states and the nation nalton can exert themselves to the full fun and not do clo too much along alonS' this line Forest reservations reser including that proposed for the Appalachians can be beBO beso beso so BO administered as 88 no to b a a. bur burden en enon of oC the on the states Improvement will re regulate railroad rates Water transportation is cheaper than by rail S Investment In a Il Money spent In the care caro of or life or health or the soil from erosion the mine from waste aste the forests from de- de the watershed led from depletion depletion tion the Improvement of waterways is isan isan isan an investment In tho nature of oC a n. beLu be be- que quest Lu e s t. t ThIs gathering will be remembered b by futuro future generations because they as ns aswell aswell well as ourselves will wili bo be the tho recipients of or benefits which will wIlt flow from tram this conference c We e have nil all been strengthened strength strength- f cued ened by communion to together ether our vision Islon has been bren enlarged and the tho enthusiasm here aroused Wiit permeate ever every state and anti r er every cry community Mr Br Bryan Dron an introduced anti and time the con- con rc adopted a resolution of or myrn- myrn pathy for former fonner President Grover Cl In tn his Illness 0 a hope for his recovery and regret at his In Inability inability In- In ability to attend the conference The only marked difference of opinion that has arisen in the conference conference confer confer- ence o occurred today when the tIme resolutions w were ro under consideration Governor Governor Governor Gov- Gov G Glenn nn ask asked cd time UmA their con- con 4 He quailS quah- quah S 1 S 'S 4 P iJ y i ion D. D 1 1 J I i. i i t t. t t should be thrown around the right of or the tho President to call a conference conference confer confer- ence of ot governors saying Wo We may not always have a President President dent so minded broad as the tho distinguished distin rUstin- gentleman who now no occupies that office Amendment i In I offered At the suggestion of ot tho the President Governor Go Glenn offered an amendment providing that tho the President call a confor ico e of lC the governors so when re requested requested re- re quested to do clo so eo by third one-third of ot all th the governors While I dont don't always alwa's agree wIth the policies of oC the President no one has more admiration for tho the President than I I have hav Ho lie Is my President as well weB ns as the thc President of ot the Republican party sal sold said the tho governor A hot debate arose over the am amend amend- amendment nd- nd ment In which Governors Go Folk and anel Dl took opposite sides It was wa decided by Governor Glenn who ars alst and anti slid said I 1 withdraw the tho amendment because I I we never have had and never wll have havea a little moan man for rOI our President The Presidents President's emphatic pronounce- pronounce I mont on a talc's atalo's rights was waR called forth ba 7 a. a Aped 0 of Governor Comer of Ala- Ala W J Ita tili Interested Mn In tn th oH m o b because bause Alabama had all the resources reoU the eon con sought to conserve c I The United States Steel corporation nearly nearl as powerful as the government has acres of coal and ore lind lindin in tho state slatE How can call vv W we control the corporation of Federal 10 IV lr You may with your federal law an and ind your bl big stick but we wo cannot with our state laws We have more wat av and les less less- less channels channels than any state In the Union but we are afraid to see you vou develop clop them We e aro are afraid ot of th the federal power We Ve tried It H with our railroads and antI we were told toM we wore were breal breaking ln the tho fourteenth amendment of or the tho constitution of the United States Slates But nut this amendment amendment Is for our protection protection tion as ns well ell as that that that-lor for tho the corporation and we beg heg- you OU Mr 11 President that w we ma may maj be ho permitted to lo enforce our nur laws Then rhen came come the tue speech of or the President Prest- Prest dent that electrified the assembly Governors Mead of Washington Hanly Hardy of Indiana Willson of Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky Hoch lloch of or Kansas and SI Sheldon eldon of Nebraska short speeches commending com corn mending time the worl vork of the tho conference All AU urged that while the conference had no authority It rested on the power of ol reason and that in the tho future it may prove as powerful as though It tt rested on constitutional law and authority Governor moved mo the adjournment ad ad- and tho the conference that Is IsI I likely to prove provo a 1 milestone In the progress progress pro pro- gress of or development of ot tho the country pas passed ed into history at 3 p. p m. m It was decided lh that t Irrespective of ot the call pf ot of the President there would be a n meeting of time the governors go In which would be he discussed matters of or Bp special Interests to the states Governor Mead of Washington will Invite the governors o to como come to Scathe to hold hoM their me meeting during tho the Seat Seat- te- te Yukon tIe exposition 10 lo be held In Seattle next t 5 year ear |
