, 1874-12-04
Wholesale Approval Of the Win
dom Committees Report.
Tom EC0tt's Southern Pacific Scheme
Put Ont Of Doors.
Opposed to An Of Which, Is a Good
Letter from MIR. GoodIng.
Commercial Necessity Of Completing
tile illinois River I'M
proveMent.
THE RICHMOND CONVENTION.



THE RICHMOND CONVENTION,
rl1I COMMITTEE On REPORTS.
spec,at Dispatch to 3Ac Chicago TrtbHne.
RICHMOND, W., Nov. 3.-Two notable results
havo bocn achieved BY the Transportation Con-
ycntion to-day. THO iirst waB tho adoption Of
tho report Of tile Committee Gil Reports, Of
which ex-senator Il. NJ. T. Hunter il Chairman,
n,,,,, ,roa Sormn,,v rern;vc,, INIT n;rht. II wns
..,"s,..;, ,,Jt,.o,t 5o,oto IN Inn f,ouvention,
auupte" "'.no"' 'oo"'o' - t"'
and thc iaot WAS EoE hho"h se'H'al5 LUZ nouta'
Alen Of tho Northwest were mott little irlig-
nu,,t Mt this ,ncoromono1lH work. Mr., Doro. Of
.n,;,.a,,o made n vcrr vfrorons mud oarnest
1o'sas'' ."A.e H.: e -. ,.;.,'s
pfo1ea1 hsalteh 1n'' hhoP!'"hn'en' n4''1
Of troatmont OF erohe lsh'fesi ana tl'c1l
lilo vireinian orators ably disDuased
tl ,,,.t.ov all out ut ordar Tt,t, rst of the ro-
sno ~. a.. s.,,,,t,s,,t oon,ss;o. ~ t,a
PUT IL tlat 'no 1t1"h.4'''oo''S -. - NV
Selsct senato committee Oh 1''i"ta 1tni'7poe,A-
tun arc nll expressly adopted ~ expressing tho
yiows Of this Convention, It is admitted tllat
~ ,.orrv mt Ihcso yicws wli involve m osponti-
s"l45 o"' ''sao eon oao mn n,,,s ..,o,~s1 49,;
t"ie u VI te''o' f+oo'ouo,ooo o 1"'' NJ. n.s
mates FOR tho on1argchoas ol ''e 1anl's hser
t. KAnM,rbe Canal, Ntd ttg ext1N6l1u to til1
mir ,r, a5n nm ma II waY tllis witch carried
o. ..4 n,n,,,ah nth +, ,,u,,
VIZ ~ :, =. ,rr,,nsn r,,r coxrrxr,ox
nlchAoSp 'lAa oapi"hhD -. y. H.,
When tho matter WIS again brought up. III .he
;,nd,n, of t,Ns ci,v. exnressly admitted, in rcply
~ cato,,ar;.ol manhattan, fron, arr rottor Of
~. ;" H." IT,, r,a,,a.oa. H. would ,.o,,
lo"n. tut II no mo was IN congress- ne Mo"u so.o
mendcd i'll the }yipdom report, and now Endorsed
hv lila couyontion. trhs brought down, tho
t,s,,sa .r,,n,no1 with 1irlnond men snd
Aohhe, e1''nine" "4'' '''Ne'A'' @''~'' N'N'
"omen' l :, ,.mxn., ntr stoxoru 9 ,xoo1tbv ,nor.
.,,, ~, 4,,oda or"' n,ors nn,,Iie
enane " t'n - ~, ~ aan,o ,"rac.nr wei wern
s,,pE,.S;a,,si, ssp..si y. t.1,a"raJ ''&0
up.oa'!ouay ..1eEto" ~, to, 4t,o,o 3oc,np
~ nors a ' ;;t osilt ii vns s sxe. ill., v liz
y. m suo - sa,,nr,' en,,ma;ssm IN lin roornt of
noou " 'ot'e. - W., aan"aa H., al MAJ, n,ii
to cooa nens an. " aAp rr;nS" NJ c,,esn ,yns,oro
~ 'nurI ~, , omit t,,c nstriot;" n,ntvea
~ ''o um ~, ,o,;ro In ;nnrscmnn or lin ~
tel D 'ey oea f t'1u H., aroi au
"''"6Hnr 6%,.rmnrn n n Tu.y.,o1,.r ,r,oy I,rrnI.,,,
.,u, ,,ano 10 ,,'c ,n,,s, i,s,rn, ~'
IL h.suu ~ 1aoIss ni ,,.i,,r" H. ,vas t,n.
',n,,u "n1 n9eat ~ If Tm, srntt ar Johnson oI
Mash Hr,i;na rosia'.1n,, ;,,tr,1mcaI n rcan5n
on Sets asronGy ,to .', H. so,,r,,,.x
oo'1""''@'A "'"7'' ,,r,n.n
r. ,.,on..oa - .. 'st;n,,o, ronte with tin
unn, au ',,'s wa roferra} to Tia ;mnnajtie 60
nnaRt w. osRa,"sons Re1 unin,itv of wbom recnnnenj
" nesoi9suns. r., ;,.,a,,it,, hnt 1,i
su Us aoopt1, u, ~ ~, no,oao ~ th T.,,n;t ~.
p.lEss - ;,a ~ 1asa 3Ir prott NJ nh;n and
mo ~ twn n. ,norc. ,,,ndp n 1nino ity ronott
spainat it, and il was finaiy iofeatea by vutp Of
,nrn t;,an twt, To one. Il. D Incorsul IT illinois,
bcrnu tlle onslaught by saving (: "Mr. Parton
soInewhcro aays tint if you scratch New York,
Won sill lind a Commune; If you scratcl, this
rosolutio1l. you will lind Tom Scott" Tic
sneecn following this b, ought on fierce debatc
BY all odds the .ilost earnest Of tile Convention
tlp to TINT time. Tho minority were sustained
hy Potter J)ore. md plnels. while Mr.. Aikgu, CIr
South Carolina spoke strongly for tho reEoilI-
toa. Tho aobata waB long, al,d decided by r.
vote BY delegations, tho first tof tho kind yet hail
lu tho co.lrse Of tho deuute and slde'talks III
Convention, AIr. IngergoII made
HOME n1o11 pryrIop,ESrs
touching tle Credit Mob;ljor Of t1e Southern
Pacific. Uo Ball tint some years ago q syn
Gicate, or construction company, was formed.
narteB subscribing to the stock iu ynti0us Sums
from sl00u0 to 100000. Illsae not III tho
Dircctoryhip we're required to pny 1l,,, and not a
fow were iuiucl in paying up. rho Directors
proposed to 70 through OH their notes. 1tis lit
lilo scheme WIN blasted by tl,o patic OF 1879, aud