Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-31

if it came to a division, the canal report
might prove to be the majority report. and
the railway report the minority. They &C
cordingly came down with the best grace
possible, and announced that they would
append the Caughnawaga resolutions to
the report of the committee on resolutions
and recommend their adoption. This prop
o>ition was satisfactory to the friends OF the
ship canal They considered that they
were there. not to fight other projects not
directly antagonistic to the canal, but to
secure an endorsement of the canal enter
prise, as one of national importance They
accordingly acquiesced in this disposition Of
the subject.
Thursday afternoon and evening were
mainly devoted to sightseeing and local
festivities. The Convention visited. in a
body, the great hall of the Chicago Board
of Trade, where of course the American
procliyity to speeeh-making found fresh IL
lustration In responding to welcome
from the President of tie Board OF Trade,
Vice President John F. Henry OF the Conven-
ton, expressed himself, a. he also did On
other occasions, a. uhequiyocaily 40 favor
Of Opening the ship canals from the 81
Lawrence 10 the Hudson, a. well as OF the
enlargement Of the Erie, and 81 the great
ALBRIGHT railway. The delegates also,
upon the invitation OF the Michigan South
ern Railroad, visited the great stock yards
! in the southern suburbs Of Chicago. and
witnessed among other things the operation
Of one Of the immense pork packing estat-
lishments, said to be the largest in the
world, in which Thousands oil swine are
converted into pork in day. In the even
Jug, the delegates were the guests OF the
city Of Chicago and State Of Illinois, at q
nrand banquet rendered to them by the city
and by the Illinois delegates. 1t Is an un-
usual thing. the Chicago papers say, for
that city to extend such all honor to con-
yention Be that n it may, the compliment
could not have been more courteously ten
iered and more handsomely carried through,
if the city had beeu in the daily business Of
entertaining such bodies, for generation.
The immense dining hall of the Grand Pacif-
ie was filed with some 400 guests and hosts.
Governor Be,eridge, OF Illinois, presided
and wa> aauked IN either hand by
the more distinguished delegates and
city officials. The menu was not
too bewildering in the number OF delieaeies,
and was choice III the quality Of the ylands.
1t was in all respects elegant entertain
ment The regular toasts were but three in
number and were furnished, IN printed
note, to every guest. The hrst was to The
American Continent. an entity not often
toasted. This wa respouded 10 by ex-
Lieutenant Governor Doug hvrty, Of Illinois.
The second was TO Cheap Transportation
responded to by Hon. John F. Henry aud
Francis b. Thurber, Egg, oi New York.
The third Wa to "Our Quests. To re-
spond to thi- four gentlemen were Sc
lectcd-Mr Benedict. Of Vermont, Jn the
part of tie East Col. Peytou, oi Virginia,
on the part of the South Hon II. j. Chap
man, Of Oregon, for the Far West, aud Dr.
Bernard, OF Montreal, ex-Nlayor Of that city
for Canada
Volunteer :oast- followed, responded to
by Hon +. T. Eo>~. Of Mississippi Rev.
Dr Sullivan, ii Chicago. Hon. b. +. Baker,
Of New York, aud Jther> The last oi the
aiter-dinner speeches, and d very noticeable
one, Wa by Mr. Randolph, the Secretary If
the Chicago Board Of Trade Thi> gentle
man took up in very clear aad torcible
way the question OF transportation. He
dismissed the national freight railway pro-
project, a. at best, distant and costly rem
edy and -peaking for the producers Of the
/ Wet, and for tie merchants aud forwarders
oi Chicago, he declared tina, they must look
Tor adequate relief to tho perfectly feasible
water route by way Of the Great Lake.,
( The St. Lawrence and Lake Champaign, with
it. unlimited capacity AMI comparatively
>ma. maximum OF cost
the LAST DAY OF ruE CONVENTION.
The Committee on Resolutions and Re
port>, reported On Friday afternoon series
Of twenty resolutions, the asst Of which
was a. follows