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Show I CONFERRING I j ' r If Woodrow Wilson and J Judson Harmon Ex- . 1 change Pleasantries , ft' ' Spring Lake, N. J SopL 12.-iGov- I ernor "Woodrow Wilson, of Now; Jor H Eey, called the third annual cqnfer- H enco of governors to order this morn- H lng. Nineteen governors took Jthelr A seats within the convention hall. J Gov- H ernor Francis E. McGovcrn was ?lect- R cd temporary chairman. In welcom- H lig the delegates. Governor Wilson H paid H "I suppofie there never was a 'time H in America when large questions were H more generally debated than now H There it; no mistaking the signs ol H the times. The people oC these H United States expect their governors W to exercise leadership leadership ot H the most vital sort thcrofore it -is of H the utmost lmportanco that the men H -who undertake leadership should come B together in common council to ' con- R elder the affairs of the whole- coun- H try. It is more important to draw the B country together in thought than In H any other wa B "The vitality of this conference, is H manifested by the fact that it has re- Rj leased itself" from, federal guidance. R "W'p are now an independent .bojly." R Governor Joseph W. Carey of, Wy- R omlng made the rcsponso on behalf R of the delegates. Hl For the llrst time in a ycaj- or R more, Governor Wilson of New Jer- H sey and Judson Harmon ot Ohio faced H each other today. The greeting,- wit- H nessed by a dozen of the sixteen' who R spent tho night here, was niosb cor- H H "Kow are you, Governor?" inquired R Governor Wilson. R "I am delighted to see you, sir, and H to bo hcic," was the Ohio executive's H H The two men grasped hands and R placed their hands on each other's R shoulders. For a few minutes thoy H exchanged pleasantries. R Former Governor Fort of New Jer- R rbJf who is chairman of the qomrult- H tec in charge, lecelvcd a telegram B from Adjutant General Alnswortli, ot B the United States army, at Wnshlns- B ton, stating the government would ho' B glad to welcome the governors at B Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, tomorrow B afternoon and to demonstrate the B workings of the new 1-1-inch guns B there by firing a salute. The govern- B ors plan to visit Fort Hancock in a B body tomorrow. |