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Show GOVERNORS ARE TO GO TO NEW JERSEY liOnlsville, Ky., Dec. 1. Unless plans are changed suddenly late today to-day the governors attending the third annual conference will leave with carefully prepared discourses on Intricate In-tricate subjects tucked away for future fu-ture reference. The social feature of the conference has been paramount and has taken so much time that lit-I lit-I tie business has been transuded. Tho conference may adjourn tonight. At the session this morning general gener-al dlscuslscn of Guv Hadlcy's address of yesterday was taken up. lie spoke on "Employers' Liabilities and Workmen's Work-men's Compensation." Various ideas were given, but each to tho effect that tho laws on these subjects were adequate and that the states should carefully revise them. The appalling death rate on railroads and in mines of this country were compared with the lower rate In European Eu-ropean countries ln discussing ihn vast difference in laws of foreign nations na-tions and ours regarding the liability of employers. Though not a member of the conference, con-ference, one of the Interesting figures at this meeting Is Gamaliel Bradford I of Boston, who was accorded the hon ! or of addressing the body even though ! it was pressed for time. Naturally 1 the governors liked his speech, advo- catinc more power for the chief ex-, ex-, ecutives, and curbing of legislatures. : He urged a yearly conference of governors gov-ernors that will bring benefits to the ! people. j New Jersey had great advantage over other states in lalng Its claims for the next meeting of governors. It Is the only state represented by a ' governor and a governor-elect and the 1 place at which they asked tho conference confer-ence to convene Is remote from those social acthltles the visitors have partaken par-taken of here. The theory is advanc- ; ed that more real work w ill be done ' at Spring Iake, N. J., thnn would be done at any state capital. Other states wanted tho next conference, but two talking for New Jersey and the added inducements of Spring Lake over a capital w on and Wood row i ilson was made the host Governor Deneen of Illinois re-open- 1 ed the subject of conservation by ask Ing Governor Norris of Montana and Governor Sbafroth of Colorado, lf the western states would be willing to preserve the forests at headwaters so as to avert floods each year In other states. Governor Norris replied that the experience ex-perience of the western states was that the preservation of forests and re-forestati n did not relieve the flood situation. "We all know that conservation Is necessary." said Governor Deneen, "but we appear to differ on methods. We must not decide on a plan of action ac-tion based on the ldens of theorists, but must look at the question from all Bides and the ndeclde whether I the state or the federal government shall have charge of our natural resources." |