Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-27
The COMMERCIAL CONVENTION.
Second Days PrOCesdIngs-BusIness Be-
ing Rapidly Pushed Through.

BALTIMORE, September 20 The
National Commercial Convention as
sembled at ten o'clock this morning
Hon. r. NJ. Bishop presiding. Prayer
was offered by Rev. DR.. Fuller.
Mr.. James, of Tennessee, submitted
a report relative to the removal of OBJ
structions in the Tennessee river,
accompanied by resolution request
ing Congress to make the necessary
appropriation for the work. The re-
port was submitted to the proper
committee.
Hon. Henry G.. Davis, United States
Senator from West Virginia, appeared
and took his seat as a delegate.
Resolutions being in order, the roll
by States was called, and a number
were sent up, and, under the rules,
were appropriately referred. These
resolutions embrace almost every SUBJ
ject, such as the removal of duties on
salt and coffee, and the reduction of
tolls on the Louisville canal; and re-
questing Congress to establish bonded
warehouses for the storing Of tobacco
and whisky, in Cincinnati, st. Louis,
Chicago and other cities.
Mr.. Amin, of South Carolina, offer
ed a resolution asking the convention
| to appoint a committee of three,
whose duty itshan be to prepare and
present to President Grant, in the
name of the convention, a memorial
asking him not to proclaim martial
law in South Carolina unless RESPONSE
bic citizens of that State refuse to use
their influence to bring every person
to justice who is charged with Aidlng
the Ku hiuX.
The resolution also directs the same
committee to issue an address to the
people of South Carolina, urging them
20 do their utmost duty in arresting
every person who is proven TO have
committed deeds known as "Ku-Klux
outrages." The resolution was laid on
the table and the convention TOOK
recess.
AFTER TIE RECESS.
On reassembling, the presentation
Of e5olutiOns was continued, among
which we're the tOlloWing:.
Regulation Of the sale of petroleum
by Congress;
Working Of coal mines, and the en-
actment of stringent laws for the pro-
lection of minersEand labOrers.
Relative to railroad freights in the
South;
Relative to postofices, and pro-
viding against duplication OF names
thereof.
A resolution was also offered by Mr..
Monroe, Of Iowa, indorsing and ap-
proving the action of the Southern
commercial conventions held at
Louisville, in 1869, and at Cincinnati,
in 70, EraV--
nicatiOn between the Mississippi river
and the seabOard, comprising the first
connection, through the States Of Wis
cOnsin and Illinois, between the upper
Mississippi and Lake Michigan; the
second, the. e.cOnnectiOn OF the Mississip-
pi river, from the mouth of the Ohio, |
with the Atlantic seaboard, through |
the rivers Ohio, Kanawha and James, |
and the James River and KanaWha |
canal; and the third, a removal of OBJ
to an easy and cheap outlet |
from the Mississippi river to the Gulf, |
and urging upon Congress a speedy |
completion of the same; all of which |
was referred to appropriate commit
tees.
The president then announced a
special committee of one from each
State represented, to whom all resOiu-
tons regarding other matters than
those embraced in the order of busi-
ness will be referred.
The secretary read the names of the
members of nine regular committees
handed in this morning.
John II. Mise, Of San Francisco,
was admitted as delegate from Cali
fOrnia. The convention then adiOur-
ned till O'Clock tomorrow.
During the session today, an in
was received by the con-
ventiOn from the president of the Gin
cinnad exposition to visit that fair.