The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-20
ME MPHIS.
Tho Commercial COnEentiOn-secOnd
Days Proceedings.

MEMPHIS, May 19.-Every train ar
riviDg. still brings additional mem
bers to the already large crowd of
delegates, who now number some
/ eight hundred The Convention was
called to order at 9 o'clock A. N. At
ter prayer by Rev. Wm. NJ. Patter-
son, of Memphis, the Chairman, Gov
ernor Anderson, announced the read
ing of the minutes to be dispensed
with, and the first business in order
was the supplemental report. The
Committee on organization as to the
order Of business, Judge Williams. of
Kentucky, as Chairman, reported the
following subjects for consideration:
1st, the Southern Pacific Railroad /;
End, railroads generally; 3rd, direct
trade with Europe; 4th, emigration;
Ssh, finance and banking; 9th, man
ufacturers aud mining; 7th. river
levee improvements; Slh, Tennessee
River improvements; 9th. river, nav
igation. canals, and other improve
ments; 10th. agriculture and all other
business;and that thedelegation from
each State represented, announce a
Chairman for each State delegation.
and that each delegation select one OF
their number to constitute a COM
mittee- on each of the above subjects,
to whom all resolutions pertaining
thereunto shall be referred without
debate; also, that in order to expedi
ate business, only twenty minutes be
allowed the Chairman of each COM
mittee for debate on any one subject,
a0d ten minutes to others.
Report unanimously adopted.
On the cali of States, the following
were reported as Chairmen of the
State delegations: Alabama, Judge
w. NJ Byrd; Arkansas, Colonel ID.
G. Cross; California, Colonel W.nJ.
Gatewood; Georgia, Z. b Cole !. Iowa,
Hon G.. w. Jones; Indiana, Hon.
Hamilton Smith; Kentucky, Judge
z K Williams; Louisiana, General
Cyrus Bassey; Missouri, Hos. Eras-
tus Wells; Mississippi, A. E. Reyn-
olds; New York, Frederick Z. More
head North Carolina, George l.. Da
Wis; Ohio, George f. DAVIS; South |
Carolina, George w. Williams; West |
Virginia, Hon j. f.. Hoke; Virginia, |
Colonel Wm. Lamb; Tennessee, Mil |
ton Brown.
Recess of fifteen minutes.
Various standing committees were |
then announced, at the conclusion of |
which it was announced that Senator |
Sprague and General Halstead were |
on the floor, and a motion was made |
to invite them to seats on the stage.
After repeated calls, Senator |
Sprague was introduced by Governor |
Anderson, and spoke for half an
hour, dwelling particularly upon the /
pernicious effects of the Capitalization |
of the money power, as In New York, |
and taking strong grounds against
free trade, showing that by combi-
nation of England and France, plans
could be formed for the culture of
cotton in Egypt that would eventually
drive it from America, unless means
we're taken to reform and cheaper |
labor at the South. His remarks
were listened to with eagerness, and
well received. . 81. .t.. .'ras
General Bussey, of Louisiana, read
a letter from the New Orleans Cham
Der of Commerce, earnestly inviting
the Convention. as a body, to attend
the Convention to be held there on
the oath instant, and in a foTcible
speech urged the acceptance of the
invitation. The letter was referred
to the Committee on General Busi-
ness. ...
The Convention then adjourned
until 3 p. NJ.