The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-14
LOUISVILLE.
Southern Commercial Convention
Reports OF Different Committees.

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o'clock, with full attendance of del
egates and spectators, including a
large number of ladies'.
Prayer by w. II. Platt.
The Convention proceeded to bust
ness.
Committee reported on general or
ganization. together with arecommen-
dation as. to the organization and or
der of business and the subjects there
of as follows:
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PER-
MANENT ORGANIZATION.
Your committee appointed to con-
slider and recommend to the Conven-
ton persons to be Vice Presidents
and Secretaries thereof, and rules for
its proceedings, and the order and
subdivision OF its business, have the
honor to report that having duly
considered the subject they beg leave
to recommend the following gentlemen
to be appointed by this Convention
Vice Presidents:
Vice Alabama, r. NJ.
Patton; Arkansas, George Il. Dodge
DelawaFe. James Bradford; Florida,
~. 81 Williams; Georgia. Thomas
Ilardeman; Indiana, G. Il. Cookery;
Illinois, James M. Richards; Iowa,
George w. Jones; Kansas, John
A. Halderman; Kentucky, Charles
Andersonis Louisiana, Paul 0. He
bert; Minnesota, &. Underwood; Mis-
sIssippi, @. A. Sykes; Missouri,
Adolphua Myer; Indiana, p. 2. Pen
dleton; Massachusetts, S. w. Bush;
New Jersey. David Mar; New York,
Thomas E. Alvord; North Carolina,
w. T. Besby; Ohio, r. NJ Bishop;
Pennsylvania, George w. Thurston;
Rhode Island, A. 5. Walcott; Ten
nessee, N. B. Forrest; Texas, E. r.
Lubbock; Virginia, W. Roberts;
Vermont, @. Pomeroy Bulton; Wis
eonsin, John Wassero; West Vir-
gnia, b. I'll. Smith.
- Your committee also recommend
that Charles NJ. Thurston, of Louis
vile, KY. the temporary Secretary,
be chosen permanent Secretary of the
Convention, and that Messrs. w. r.
Bowers, of Michigan City, Indiana,
and Il. A. James, of Tennessee, be
appointed Reading Clerks and Secre-
taries thereof.
They also recommend that the fol-
lowing gentlemen be appointed as ad
ditional Secretaries Of the Convention
G. IL. Wilcox, Mobile, Ala; James
b. Moles, Helena, Arkansas; George
w. Stone, Wilmington, Delaware; r.
b. Burroughs. Tallahassee, Flor
ida; w. A. Martin, Allan
ia, Georgia: O.. III. OberlY, Cairo,
Ills.; p. f. Lomax, Keokuk, Iowa
IL. Foote, LeaVenworth. Kansas; +.
Dalhoud, New Orleans, La; Grant
Hunt, St. Paul, Mimi. j. w. Will
Iiams, Kansas City. Mo-; E. Speed,
Vieksburg, Miss; II. Mccoy. Balti-
more, Nd; l.. B. Bacon, Boston,
Mass. VIM. Schmoul, Jr., Egg Har-
Dor. n. j.; John Tracey, Albany, NJ
y j. A. Fuqua. Tarboro, N. c.; w.
s. Stevenson, Aiken, S. c.; Lewis
Seasongood, Cincinnati; Lewis @.
Whittenger. Philadelphia Henry Tip
petit, Providence, r. l.; Z. j. Camp
bell. Jefferson, Texas; j. 9. Arm
stead, Petersburg, Va; W. G. Kit
teridge, Fair Haven, N. Y; j. r.
Goodrich, Milwaukee, Wis. and j. NJ.
Causland, West Virginia.
The committee offer for your adop-
tiOn the following regulations:
l. That each delegation be re-
quired to announce to the Conven-
ton. and to the Secretaries thereof, |
the Chairman of such delegation, and |
that all resolutions, after being read,
shall be referred to an appropriate |
committee without debate.
2. That all votes shall be per capita, |
except when division shall be called |
for, when each S ate shall have one
vote for each Senator and Representa-
tive to Congress to which the State is
entitled; provided, that when a State |
is not fully represented no delegate |
therefrom shall be allowed to cast |
more than one vote.
3. That 40 delegate shall speak |
more than five minutes at a time, and |
but once on the same subject, except |
Chairmen of Committees being al
lowed ten minutes.
4. That the Chairman Of each dele |
CATION shall each morning, Immediate
ly after calling the Convention to or
der, suggest such corrections as may
be necessary as to his delegation.
5. The Convention shall meet at |
ten o clock each morning, aud adjourn
at three P. NJ.
6. That all State delegations shall |
sit together, and only delegates shall |
be admitted to the floor unless other |
wise specially ordered by the Conven-
tiOn.
Signed: A r. BACON,
SecretIry of Convention.
Mr.. Hdiyard, OF Georgia, offered an
to the report of the com.
mittee that committee on the sub
jeet Of l4bor and reduction of taxa
tion be added.
After adopting the amendment
offered by Mr. Hillyarl. the report of |
the committee was adopted.
Chairmen Of Standing Committees
B. d. Williams, of Alabama; L. G. |
Young, of Florida; v A. Gaskill, of
Georgia; Hamilton Smith, of In
diana; j. NJ. Richards, Of Illinois
j. p Richards, OF Iowa; j. d.
Bright, of Kentucky; j. A Halde-
maD, of Kansas; n P. Coleman, of |
Louisiana: S. w. Bush, of Massa-
chusetts; 2. p. Pendleton. of Mary |
land; Horace Manuel, of Mississippi; |
p. o. Lanard, of Missouri; ID. Naar, !
of New jersey; e. Rrooks. of New |
York; Daniel Pierson, of Ohio; Mr. |
Wilson, OF Pennsylvania; w. G. |
Bryan, of Tennessee; VIM. Lamb, Of |
Virginia; ID. w. Wells, of Texas;
@. Pomeroy, of Vermont.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
The Committee recommended the |
appointment of the following standing |
committees, each 10 be composed of one |
member from each State represented, |
and each COMMITTEES its own Chairman,
and that each committe be as follows:
l. On the Southern Pacific Rail- |
road; 2. On railroads generally;
3. On direct trade with Europe;
4 On immigration; 5. On finance |