The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-07-19
BETTER NAVIGATION.
A Conference Held at st. Louis, MO., t..
Discuss the Subiect-rhe Resolutions
Adopted.

Discuss the Subject-The Resolutions
Adopted.
ST. LOUIS, NO. July IL.
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 The 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 a meeting. The
cause was not local one, but national,and
needed only to be set before the people of
the country to gain their appreciation and
to force through them recognition of it by
the National Legislature.
The meeting then addressed itself to the
business of permanent organization. Mr..
D. 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;
III. G.. McPilze, of Alton, ILL.,; G. N. Clark, of
Hannibal, Mo-; p. W. Crawford, of Du-
A.
J. r. 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, ILL.,; 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
afternoon.
Committee on Order of Business, reported
as follows:
Your committee beg leave to report. recon-
mending: /. That permanent organization
organization be at ST. Louis or such other
place as this meeting may determine. q That
all local permanent committees be considered
as branches of this central organization and
report to it such matters as may be of use in
prosecuting the work before US. 4. Ihat tne
membership of the central organization colt
sist of one delegate from each of the per-
manent committees now or that may mere
after be appointed in the prosecution or TINS
work. 5. Your committee further recon-
mend that committee be appointed to draft
rules for the government of the said central
organization, and that they provide therein
for the raising of such funds as may be re-
ouired g. That Convention be held at 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 reso-
lutions
Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting
that a River Convention be held in the Mis-
sissippi Valley, the place to be hereafter des-
ignated, not later than the &Oth Of November,
Resolued, That it is the duty of the CONNER.
cial bodies of the cities and towns, of the far
mers and laborers in each Congressional Dis
trict in the Mississippi Valley, 10 petition their
respective Representatives in Congress TO
uphold and vote for adequate appropriations
for the Improvement of the Western water
ways.
members of Congress from the Mississippi
Valley it should be the especial care of all the
people interested that no candidate be select
ed except those pronouncedly in favor OF river
improvement.
ResolUed, That a 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
ResoIued, That the seasoning of time has but
rendered more valuable and necessary TO the
public veal the proceedings of the Mississippi
River Improvement Convention held I'm st.
Louis October rs, 2T and 2S 1881, and we COM
mend its action to the public mind
Some discussion occurred upon the re.
ports of the committees. The sixth article
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 recon-
sideration of the resolution that a COnven-
tion be held in the Mississippi Valley. At
ter the motion had been thoroughly dis
cussed and a number of speeches made, it
was decided that the next Convention be
held in Washington, d. c., on the second
Thursday in February, 1884.
The question of who should be the Cen
tral Committee, only one delegate from
each organization being peesent, came up.
1t was resolved that the present Executive
Committee be changed into Central Com
mittee, the organizations at home having
the power to make change in their rep
resentative should they choose.
Mr.. d. B. Wood, of New Orleans, was
elected permanent Chairman; George L.
Wright, of st. Louis, was made permanent
Secretary and Michael McEnnis, of st.
Louis, was elected permanent Treasurer.
On motion, the actions of the Executive
Committees were adopted by the Perna-
nent Central Committee.
The Secretary was empowered to draw
up the call for a convention, and TO append
the names of the members Of the Central
Committee. The st. Louis Merchants Ex-
change Committee were authorized to
assist the Secretary in his work.
The committee then adjourned sine die