Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-20
THR EVAPORATION CONFERENCE.-The Bait
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more tmericGn OF this morning saws:
The Convention assembled yesterday morn
ing AT broadway Institute Hail, and was ctllet
TO order by Mr.. Fred. Rhine. " no READ Tue rlro
,cedlpgs Of the informal meeting at the Ger
mania Club House, and the list Of delegate
there present, wheTeupon the following gen
tlemen, VINO had arrived during SUNDAY. pre-
seBted their credentials Mr. Joseph NoVninV
of The Association Sloyansks SIpa: Mr. kar
Jenas OF TIE Bonernian NationII Union. both
4 hacine- Wisconsin. and l.. H"roerI. EIce
President OF the German Society of PennsyI.
wanna
Schumacher, Esq, president OF the in.
fCImal meeting, L ok the chair, and made a
short addre 10 ne Delegates, and entert1ined
The hope that the proceedings of the ConypD-
iion might promote the interests involved in
the clusa.
The Comm.itt on Business, appointed AT the
previous meeung. reported that TIT had been re-
solVedTo pTopo-e for permsnent organization
one president, one vice president and two sec
TttarIes: " hICb " as accepted
MIR. SchUmaCher aclined the tandnred honor
10 oreside over tha body, and Colonel Rutis.
hausrr, OF Chicago, was elected As Vice
President Mr.. + Funk, of Philadelphia, re-
celVed Inc majority OF votes. and as Secretaries
Colonel Ludwig. from Missouri. and Dir. L -
schmidt, OF WashiDgton,D. &, were appointed
The rules for transaction of business were IA
give every State represented two votes. and
every Society one vote The President was
authorizes to appolnt the necessary commit
tees.
he States Were called. and the following an
swersd ty their representatives:-NewY York
Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia. Ter
Dess ee, Illinois, Miss ouri. Kansas, Nebraska
ana Wisconsin. Sixteen Emigration Bureaus
ana nineteen diff. lent societies were rep
resented. Before receiy wing the proposition
OF Tue business Committee, MIR. Charles Luu-
dell, OF the Scandinavian Society of Chicago,
vas allowed 10 read a memorial 20 the Conyen-
tion, recommending, ifthere should be a petition
10 Congress resolved on, to insert in It as a
special resolution that the National Govern
ment should not allow the authorities OF Cau
ada TO collect from emigrants landing in n
Canadian port, ard going further West to the
States, the bead moneys and other dues belong
ing 10 the authorities of those cities where such
emigrants are definitely landing and settling
The memorial WIS accepted TO be laid before a
committee tor further action.
Mr.. Frftsch and Colonel Knobaldorb by per
mission OF the Convention, read q diffrrep,
proposition and olutions. and a COMMITTEES
OF one from each State represented was an
pointed TO consider them, and report II in the
evening session.
At7k O'Clock the Con venticn rpassarnhlad AZ
the Germania Club House. and the committee
reported on the different prupos itions and
fsointons, which Were amended and adopted
The work of the Convention has resulted iu
the passage of resolutions to memorriaIiza Con.
grese TO devise means for the more perfect pro-
lection Of emigrants by creating Offices at the
entry ports, by means of which emigrants can
have all necessary information. Resolutions
were also passed to organize union of the it,.
fereDt emigration societies Messrs Fritsch
knoteldorf, Jonas, Herbert, and Schmidt wer,
appointed a committee 10 frame a constitution
and bylaws for the Union. The convent on
tben adjourned sia. dis.