The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-20
RIyER IMPROVEMENT.

RIVER IUPROVEMENTs
A Conference Held At ct. Louis, Mo-. d
J Discuss the subject-The Resolutions
Adopted.
So. Louis. Mo-. July II.
The Executive Committee of the commit.
tees appointed by the exchanges and other
commercial associations of the Mississippi
Valley to promote the improvement of the
Western waterways, met yesterday morn.
Ing at eleven O'Clock, in the reading.room
Of the Southern Hotel. Tho committee is
composed Of one member from each Of the
commercial bodies in the Mississippi River
States. President Ewald, of the Merchants
Exchange, called the meeting to order and
welcomed the delegates to the city. He
said he was pleased at the alacrity of the
response to the call for meeting. The
cause was not a local one, but national and
needed only to be set before the people of
the country to gain their appreciation and
10 force through them recognition of it by
the National Legislature.
The meeting then addressed itself to tho
business of permanent organization. Mr..
ID. B. Wood, Of New Orleans, was elected
permanent Chairman. Mr.George L. Wright
was made Secretary, and the following gen.
tlemen were elected Vice Presidents:
Messrs. w. F. Phelps, of Winona, Mimi. /;
ID. G. McPike, of Alton, ILL.,; C. N. Clark, of
Hannibal, Mo-; p. w. Crawford, of Dr.
buque, To-; A. II. Voolfolk, of Kentucky;
J. F. Brown, of Mississippi; John G. Adams,
of Arkansas; r. C. Gray, of Pittsburgh,
Pa; Ben Eckerson, of Cincinnati, o.; O.W.
Oliver, of Wichita, Kan; Thomas w. Hal
liday, of Cairo, H.; John J. Parker, of Da-
venport, To-; VIM. Seedentopp, of Council
Bluffs, To-; Governor z. o. Stanard, of st.
Louis, Mo-; John Mcclure, Wheeling, w.
Va, and Capt. John Gilbert, Evansville,
Ind.
Committees on Resolutions and Order Of
Business were then appointed, and the Con.
vention took recess until three p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The committee met at three o'clock in the
Mr.. w. F. Phelps, of Winona, from the
Committee on Order of Business, reported
as follows:
Your committee beg leave to report recon-
mending: i. That permanent Organization
be effected. 2. That the headquarters of this
organization be Mt ST. Louis or such other
place as this meeting may determine. 3. That
all local permanent committees be considered
as branches of this central organization and
report to ii such matters as may he of use i'm
prosecuting the work before u.s. 4. That the
membership of the central organization con-
sist of one delegate from each of the per-
manent committees now or that may here
after be appointed in the prosecution of this
work. 5. Your committee further recon-
mend that a committee be appointed to draft
rules for the government of the said central
organization, and that they provide therein
rufCinU N nc ma ha 70
quired. 6. That Convention be held ut such
time and place as this central committee may
decide; and that every member of the local
permanent committees be called as delegates
to said Convention.
Mr.. Wright then read the following Eeso-
lutions:
RcsoIrcd, That it is the sense of this meeting
that a River Convention be held in the Mis-
SiSsippi Valley, the place to ne hereafter des-
ignated, not later than the 10th of November,
1888
ResOIred, That it is.the duty of the CONNER
cisl bodies of the cities and towns, of the far
mcrs and laborers in each Congressional Dis
trict in the Mississippi Valley, to petition their
respective Representatives in Congress to
uphold and vote for adequate appropriations
for the improvement of the Western water
ways.
Rcsdred, That in the selection hereafter of
members of Congress from the Mississippi
Valley il should be the especial care of all the
people interested that no candidate be select
ed except those pronouncedly in favor of river
Rcsolped That subcommittee be chosen by
this meeting to fix the time and place for CALI
ing the River Convention, and that this COM
mittee prepare in due form the call for said
Resolved, That the seasoning of time has but
more valuable and necessary to the
public veal the proceedings of the Mississippi
River Improvement Convention held in st.
Louis October %, % and ., 1881, and we COM
mend its action to the public mind.
Some discussion occurred upon the re.
ports of the committees. The sixth article
Of the first report was finally stricken out,
and then both reports were adopted.
In order to bring the subject of the place
Of holding the next Convention before the
meeting Governor Stanard moved a recon- 1
sideration of the resolution that Conven-
ton be held in the. Mississippi Valley. At
Ter the motion had been thoroughly dis
was decided that the next Convention be
held in Washington, D. c., on the second
in February, 1884.
The question of who should be the Cen.
,ral Committee, only one delegate from
Zach organization being PRESENT, came up.
It was resolved that the present Executive
Committee be changed into Central Com.
nittee, the organizations at home having
he power to make change in their rep
should they choose.
Mr.. d. B. Wood, of New Orleans, was
elected permanent Chairman; George l..
Wright, of st. Louis, was made permaVent
Secretary and Michael McEinis, of st.
louis, was elected permanent Treasurer.
On motion, the actions of the Executive |
Committees were adopted by the Perma-
lent Central Committee.
The Secretary was empowered to draw !
Up the call for a convention, and to append |
he names of the members of the Central |
Committee. The st. Louis Merchants Ex- |
hange Committee were authorized to |
ssist the Secretary in his work.
The committee then adjourned sine die.