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Show 1 ' TFT MISTAKEN ON I UNIFORM DIVORCES ;R i ,:' CHICAGO, Sept. 10. John Rich-, JB berg, president of the Illinois commls-B commls-B sion on uniform state laws, declared ' 9 today that President Taft is seriously a mistaken on the subject of uniform dl-" dl-" N ' vorcc Mr. Richborg's statement was JH brought out by tho announcement that HIMr. Taft will discuss the divorce ques-Jl ques-Jl ;j tion freely while on his long tour, bell be-ll i ginning next Fridav, and will urge tho J iv necessity of a uniform law. More than J ,1-90 percent of the stales, according to J 3Ir. -RIchberg. already have uniformity J;tof legislation on the crux of the dl- I :("vorce question, oiaraely, "cnuses for tl divorce-" ("What the president is mistaken about," said Mr. Rfchberg, in an Inter-rlew, Inter-rlew, "Is that he is eidontly not aware of a uniform divorce law prepared pre-pared and adopted by a congress on divorce composed of delegates of tho '1 respective states who were appointed : for that special purpose In 190G, and I I l-who formulated a uniform divorce ' ? code, which was subsequently adopted ; by the conffrence of commissions on i -uniform state laws These oommls-: oommls-: slonera are officially appointed from ' ,' all the states and territories Qf the "United States except. "ThlB divorce code contains all the f features to which the president has r made reference. ,' , "Regarding the crux of the divorce 1 rouentlon, namely, cauEes for divorce, :the code names six, and thoy were ' ithen and are now legally in force in j more than 90 per cent of the states of I the "Union adultery, bigamy, felony, j ; cruelty, desertion and drunkenness. "The president will undoubtedly be ; r doing a good work by calling attention ' to the necessity for the different I istates adopting the uulform divorce code as a whole, action which already i has been taken by the states of New 1 Jersey, Delaware and Wisconsin. I 'trust that the president will especially ' see that the code is adopted in the District of Columbia. This would 'If bring about what the president advo- ! ;cates, particularly as such a law j i would be enacted by the national ! .house and senate, reporting as early j as possible the average sentiment of j : the whole American people." |