Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-19
Resolutions Passed by the st. Louis
Executive Committee, and Remarks
Of Colonel BrOadhead in Sup
port of II.
Opinions Of Northern and Southern
Journals UnfaVOrable TO the Tom
Scott Project of Road from
st. Louis.
Historical Review Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad and Texas Pacific
Logical Reasons for a Purely
Southern Road.

The Paclnc railroad convention Whlcn
meets to-day at the Greenlaw Operahouse is
the engrossing topic of public opinion, and Is
regarded as the most important gathering for
our interests that has ever assembled here.
Besides the delegates appointed by the city,
the cham beT Of commerce and the cotton eX
change, our own State, and those from other
cities and States, all delegates appointed TO
attend The st. Louis convention are specially
invited TO be present and occupy seats in the
body of the OperahouSe. The committee of
arrangements, of which MI. f. S. Davis is
chairman, have prepared the following
ORDER OF BUSINESS:
F. S. Davis, chairman of the executive com.
mittee, will call the meeting to order at eleven
o'clock In the morning and nominate tenn
porary chairman TO preside during the organl-
cation Of the convention.
Second-Electlon Of temporary secretary,
Third-Appointment OF committee on
Fourth-Appointment of committee on
permanent organization.
LIST OF DELEGATES.
So far as asoertained, the following is a list
Of delegates that had arrived up to last night,
though the larger number will arrive this
CinciTsnuti.-Sidney B. Jones. James NJ, Wise,
+. n. Bailey and l.. Deviney.
RnoEUtIe.- Colonel John NJ. Fleming.
81. LouiS.-General Irving Duysn.
State Il heHtucky.-EX-GOvernor Magoffin.
Camden, ArE.-COlonel Tyra Hill and Hon.
LitIe Rock Ark-Judge John Wassell,
Judge John Mcclure, Major John d. Adams,
General T. P. Dickey, and W. ]. Murphy.
Fort Smith, 1Tk.-Hor. John Carnall.
Vicktbur0, MSs.-Hon. JEFF Davis, Hon. c.
K, Furlong, Gen. n. ID. Harris, Colonel +. +.
Raworth, DIR. Nj Emanuel, U. NJ. Young, Cap
tain George I. Hardy, and James IL. Sullivan.
The following delegates will arrive from
M'Cardle, DR.. e. X. Marshall, DIR. John r.
Hicks, Captain J. J. Powers.
THE MISSISSIPPI DELEGATES
Appointed to represent the State are Colonel
e. d. Frost, Water Valley; General A. NJ.
West, Holly Springs; General n. H. Harris,
Captain George t. Hardy, Thomai Rigby and
Charles b. FurlOng, Nlcksburg; General W.
7: Tucker, okolona; n. B: Holland M'Comb
Columbus; Colonel W. {. Falkner, Ripley;
General ". T. Martin, Natchez; Ex-Governor
X. Z. Powers, Shuqualak; Major H. h. Chal-
mers, Hernando; Hon. X. N, TAYLOR, sardis:
DR. c. K. Marshall, Vicksburg; Judge Thomas
Christian, Meridian; Hon: H. Musgroye,
jackson; Colonel +. Dismukes, Macon; Col
onel s. N. Me X, Columbus.
THE VICKSBURG DELEGATION
held a caucus in the parlor of the Peabody
hoIel last evening, when DR.. NJ. Emanuel was
chosen temporary president, and Jas. ID. sui
ivan Temporary secretary of the delegation:
Major IL. II. Benyard was requested to attend
the caucuses and the meeting adjourned to
ten O'Clock this morning.
THE ARKANSAS DELEGATION
held meeting in the Peabody hotel yester-
day afternoon. The meeting selected Chief
Justice Mcclure as chairman of the delegation
and advocated the making Of Memphis the
eastern Tel minus OF Jne southern Hacinc Fall"
road. We take pleasure in publishing the
following proceedings OF the sald meeting:
PEABODY HOTEL, I
MEMPHIS, November Is, 1915.
At meeting OF the Arkansas dele cation as
sem bled at the committee room at the Pea
body hotel, the following preamble and reso-
luton was unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, We notice that the general com
mittee on transportation has received propo-
sitiOns from several roads proposing to carry
delegates TO and from said convention for one
full fare; and
WHEREAS The Memphis and Little Rock
railway mpany has furnished, unsolicited,
the entire Arkansas delegation with free
transportation 10 and from said convention;
therefore be it
ReS0tUed, That our sincere thanks are ten
dered TO said corporation and its efficient Off
GERS for this generous courtesy.
W. j. MURPHY,
Chairman Arkansas Delegation Southern Pa
cifc Railroad Convention,