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Show PLAN CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS SPRING LAKE, N. J., Sept. 3. -For the first time within recent American history the governors of approximately approximate-ly forty of the forty-six states, will meet In conference- here Tuesday, September 12 Thirty-seven chief executives ex-ecutives havo accepted the call outright. out-right. Several from nearby commonwealths common-wealths have yet to be heard from and of tho small remainder thoso who can so arrange their duties will attend for, at least, a portion of the time. The original cemforenco at the white house, held upon call ot President Roosevelt In 1907, -was attended at-tended bv thirty-three conferees. The full five days of the program will be devoted to discussion of questions ques-tions now uppermost in the minds of statesmen, while social affairs will bo kept In the background. Last yenr at Louisville, a round of entertainment enter-tainment was provided which took so much time that the business of the conference was curtailed. When they adjourned to meet at Spring Lako. the governors told Governor Wilson I that they Avanted to come thla year I for serious business, and would leave! the social end to their tvIvcs and othors who might accompany them. I Accordingly Governor Wilson and the committeo have jefused to allow any entertainments to be arranged, ex-1 cept a reception which he and Mrs. Wilson will give at the state cottage cot-tage at Sea Girt, September 12. and a dinner to be given the following Thursday. On tho program, which has already beon announced, arc topics ot wide-, wide-, sprend Interest, To the discussion of omployors' liability and workingmen-s compensation laws an entire day will be given and the stato control of public utilities will bo discussed for another full day. Governor John A Dlx, of New York, wijl discuss tho new inheritacc tax law passed last winter, and tho question ot fixing Interstate In-terstate traffic ratos will also bo considered con-sidered at a separate session. Governor Gov-ernor Horbert S. Hadley of Ttflssourl will bo a speaker on this subject "Added intoreBt to the gathering will be given by the presence of two prominent Democratic govornors, Judbon Harmon, of Ohio and Wood-row Wood-row Wilson of New Jersc. President Presi-dent Taft may be prosent for one day and address the mooting, but this has not yet beon definitely arranged. ar-ranged. Governors of tbo western states will lea-o Chicago on Sunday night. September Sep-tember 10. on a special car which will reach Spring Lake Monday afternoon. Townspeople of Spring Lake are planning a big celobrdtlon for that night by way of wolcome. |