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THE MISSISSIPPI.
Resolutions Adopted by the Inter. State
Convention.

Associated p less Report,
NEw ORLEANS, VOy. IS I'm the Missirsippl
valliy interstate river Improvement cohven.
ton the Committee on resolutions reported
the following which was adopted;
WHEREAS, tho congress Of the Uaited States
by an act passed and approved by The pr,si-
dent June 90, 1870, created the Mississippi
river commission, composed Of engineers
and ~scieLtitlc experts, whose duty it was to
make, take in C, nsideratlons and mature ,uch
plans a. will connect, permanently locate
and deepen the channel and protect the
banks OF the Mississippi river, improve and
give safety aad ease TO the navigation ihsreo',
and tor othSr purposes; and,
WHEREAS, said commission, After q careful
survey, baTe made u detpiled report az to III.
most practicable feasible ard econumiu
method ofimproving the navigat. on and CON.
rnerce Of the Mississippi river; aRd,
WHEREAs a bill M. 8, 20 has been it,
troducs5 md Is now pending in the congres
OF the United States iramt q 10 seorusree
with plans, estimates aud specihca iyns, AID
drawn in accordance vita the report Of
said cOmmissiou; therefore be II
Resolved that this convention cordially ap-
prove the report Of said commits, on anu
,%arnesily request senators and members Of
congress from the States includes in Ire
Mississippi valley to use their best efforts TO
SECURE the passage ofssid bill.
Resolved thar We Teeogn q the Improve.
mont OF tributary streams a, sesoud only In
Importance to the main stream, and that IL
ia the du y and interest Of the government t.
i%nadgRrate u geaeral system oil r yer IMPROVE
ment embracing the whole sv.ltem oi river.
In The valley OF The Mississippi.
Rstolyed that the legislatures OF states.
chambers Of commerce, lords Of trade sbd
other commercial and municipal bodlesi 10
every city sad town on the banks OF thu
Mississippi river and its tributaries, be and
They are hereby requested ~ take such &C.
tion as may aid in the passage OF bil No.
63.28i, and now pending before congress, Tor
thu improvement Of the Mississippi rivsA
Aahons's organ, tho Richmond Wing, has
undertaken to deano his position. 1t says
he IA a s'DemoeTai, q Virgiuisr, n southeIner,
an American and a palriol;' but tha! ''he
will not sacrifice present realities 10 sbsole,e
a%clions, nor subordinate things to nsmrs.p
Nov, II sOnebCdy viii! only rise up and
define this deauitiop, 1t Nay throw soGae
glimmer OF 10 Jonsbine on lbe question a. to
whether Malone will vote with the Dem.
oerEtS % Rspubheans In organizing the
Senate, Kansas Oily Mail.
Way thal's as clear as mud. Il means
Just Sbat Senator joe Brown, OF Georgia
meant, when be said;
You know that / was an original ssces-
s%'onist' l have nothing to take back. 1
accepted the constitutional amendments and
reconstruction measure ia good faith. I
mtAu to 10 abide by them in GOO faith We
have 3 neR south. The world moves; Pm
going to moYs With IT,"
Il is stra0gs how clearly lhese great men
can define thsiT positions 10 SO few words.
Anybody who eau. understand the don't
uDds stand we'll the Eaglish language.
NJ hone will ".uboTdinate things TO
names" Brown Il going to move with the
world,