Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-07-20
hETTER NAVIGATION.
A Conference Held At ~. I.auls, We, 10
nlseas. tho suhiect-fhs iies sinl,ons
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Adopted.
ST. LOWS Mo-, July II,
The Executive Committee " tho commit
tAts appointed hy the exchanges and olhcF
commercial associations of the Mississippi
Valley 10 promote the Improvement of the
Western waterways. met yesterday morlf
lug at eleven o'clock, In the readingroVm
hf The Southern Hotel. The committee Il
tumpased of ,nt uiember from each Of the
commercial bodies IN thb Mississippi River
States. President Ewald, Of the Merchants
Exchange, called the meeting % order and
welcomed the delegates to the city, lie
said he was pleased At the alaerlty Of III,
response 10 the call for a meeting. The
cause was not a local one, but nailonal,and
needed only 10 be sei before the people Of
The eu"1isy % gpln their appreciation aud
70 fctee thtoiigh thpt aieeognllion Of u by
the National legislature
Tho meeting then addressed Itself 20 the
business Of permanent organization. Mr.
D. u. 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. r. Phelps, OF Wlnona, Mimi.
II. q. McPike, Of Alton, H.; Q. N. Clark, Of
Hannibal, Moi r. W. Crawford, OF Du-
luque, i0ll A. H. Voolfolk, Of kentucky;
4. brown Of Mississippi John q, Adams,
Of Arkansas; H. Z. Gray, II Pittsburgh
Pa. Ben Eckerson, Of CiIcinnatii ! 0,W
Oliver, of Wichita, Kan.i Thomas W. Hal
liday, OF Cairo, III; John j. Parker, Of Da.
vcnport; lo:; Wm Seedentopp, Of Cohneil
Bluffs, io,; udVefhtr r. u,slanard, Of 81.
Louis, NO.; John Mcclure, Wheeling, W.
Va, and Capt John Gilbert, Evansville,
Ind.
Committees On Resolutions and Order OF
BUSINESS verb then appointed, and the Con.
yention took recess dhti three pi M
AFTERNOON sKssIoS.
The committee met at three o'clock in the
: Mr. w. y, Fheips, N Winona, from the
Committed Oh UrdeP 0f business, teported
as follows;
Your committee beg leave to report, recon-
mending: |. That perman nj organization
be- effected 2 That the hcade euArters OF this
Organization be at ST. Louis ur such other
place as this meeting may detc.inine. y That
all local permanent committees NJ considered
az branches of this central orgt nization aud
tbp3rt N n siich iiigiterF Ne tiay 1e ot use IN
hrosecutlhg The vtrh helotf u.s. t. That the
membership Of TIC central 0rgaihrtidn con
sst OF one delegate from eact o. the per-
mancnt committees now or that y ay here-
after be appointed IN the prosecution Of this
furfhHr
mend ihat \ 6tlnhIittte he appointed to draft
rules for the g6ternnlent 81 tht sud Central
organization, and that they iirofidt therein
for the raising of such funds as may " re-
quircd. O. That Convention be held ut s ION
time and place as this central committee II Ny
decl,le and that every member of the l0Cl
permanent committees be called as delegates
to said Convention.
Mr. Wright then read the following reso'
buttons
hssated ritz Il Il Die sanso 81 itis rhecilas
that Rhdf ltn'hiiibii n heM 1 the, Mis
sissipp Valley, the place to be bTeattrt ass
gnated, not later than the sO.h OF Au'e'netr
1883
Resolved That It is the duty Of the CONNER
clnl bodies of the cities aud towns, of the far
mers epd nhQrers IN each Congressional DIS
lrct IA w ''-7'a'irpi yell.ey- 70 petition then
respective Repusenia,h IN - fan%ress 6
ilUblu anu NbAt lNA oNtihNN' Hil'ANi
for the Improvement Of the western water
ways
Resolved, That in the selection hereafter Of
members Of Congress from tho Mississippi I
Valley Il shoud hc the especial care OF all tho
hooIle Interested ihat no candidate be select |
I'd eAttpi llihse r~onhbneedls IN iayer Of river |
Improvement .i., he ,,,ass., A.,
this meeting to fix the time and place for call /
ing the River Convention, and that this com /
mittee prepare in due form the call for said /
Res0lred, That the seasoning of time has but /
rendered more valuable and necessary TO the |
bubls Yaal fht nfpeendngn Of the Mississippi I
River Improt thlth' ftittnntigh held IN 81. |
Louis October g. q and n 1891, RFd W tHnh |
mend its action to the public mlnd.
Some discussion occurred upon the re- /
ports os the committees. The sixth article T
Of the first report was finally stricken out /
and then both reports We're adopted.
w order td brlig the subject Of the place
6i holding the he<t C5nvehtion before the
meeting Governor staildra hloeed q feem
sideration Of the resolution thdt SbnT9n' /
tion be held in the Mississippi Valley Ar
ter the motion had been thoroughly dis
cussed and a number of speeches made, 1t
=. as HhAiAed that the next Convention be
held in Washington, " ~ on the second
in February, 1881. u...
The question Of who should be the Cen
trail Committee, only one delegate from
zach organization being peesent, came up.
V was rssolyed that the present Executive
Committee D6 ghHnEad into q Central Com
nittee, the organizations IL h9ra having
the power to make a change in their itt'
resentative should they choose.
Mr.. d. B. Wood, Of New Orleans, was
elected permanent Chairman; George H.
Wright, II NJ, Louis, was made permanent
Secretary ana Mlcli7N AcEnnis, Of ST.
Louis, was elected permanent Treessr'r,
On motion, the actions Of the Executive
Committees were adopted by the Perma
nent Central Committee.
The Secretary was empowered to draw
In thg cali far convention, and to appenc
lie names OF the hcmbsrs st the Central
Committee The st. Louis Merchants Ex
change Committee were authorized 10
assist the Secretary in his work.
The committee then adjourned sine die