Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-07-26
RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
A Conference Held at St. Louis. No. "a
Discuss the Subject-rLe Resolutions
AdODted.

Conference Held at st. Louis. Mo-. -
| Discuss the Subject-rLe Resolutions
| Adopted.
| ST. Louis, Mo-, 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 reaGing-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 ana
| welcomed the delegates to the city. be
| said he was pleased at the alacrity OF the
| response to the call for meeting. Tho
| cause was not a local one, but natlonal,and
! needed only to be set before the people of
! the country to gain their appreciation and
| to force through them a recognition OF 1T by
the National Legislature.
| The meeting then addressed itself tc 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. T. Phelps, of Winona. Mimi:
=
Hannibal, Mo-; P. W. Crawford, Of Du-
buque, To-; A. H. Voolfolk. OF Kentucky;
J. F. Brown, of Mississippi; John G. Adams,
of Arkansas: r. c. Gray, of Pittsburgh,
Pa; Ben EcSerson. of Cincinnati, o.; Q. 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 f. 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.
Mr.. W. F. Phelps, of Winona, from the
Committee on Order of Business, reported
as follows:
Your committee beg leave to report. recora.
mending: l. That permanent organization
be effected. =. That the headquarters of this
organization be at St Louis or such other
place this meeting may determine. j. That
all local permanent committees be considered
as branches OF this central organization and
report to it such matters may he OF use in
prosecuting the work before A. 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
mend that a 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.
Qured. d. That 4 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 rs delegates,
to said Convention.
Mr.. Wright then read the following rsso.
lutions:
ReSolred That it is the sense of this meeting
that Il River Convention be held in the Mis-
sissipp Valley. the place to be hereafter des-
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Resolred That it is the duty of the CONNER.
cial bodies of the cities and towns. OF the far
ners and aborers in each Congressional Dis
trct 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
Reso7oed. That in the selection hereafter of
members OF Congress from the Mississippi
people interested that no candidate be select
ed except those pronouncedly in favor OF river
Improvement.
Fp:solred. That a subcommittee be chosen by
tins 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
I.soIrfd, That the seasoning of time has but
rendered more valuable aud necessary to the
public veal the proceedings of the Mississippi
River Improvement Convention held in St
Louis October 70, 2. and ~; 1851. and we CON-
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 'hen both reports We're adopted.
In order to bring the subject OF the place
of holding the next Convention before the
meeting Governor Stanard moved a recon-
sideration Of the resolution that Conven-
ton be held in the Mississippi Valley. At
ter the motion had been thoroughly dis
cussed and number of speeches made, it
decided that lNs.