The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-25
DEEP WATER.
Meeting of the Committee of
the New West at Dallas
Yesterday,
Judge Hancock's Bill Approprla-
ting slo,ooo,ooo Adopted
by the Committee.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.

DALLAS October 1.-THE interstate
deep water committee, created by the late
Denver deep water convention, met in
this city to-day in adjourned session. The
following members were present:
Arkansas-I. F. Sorrels, Pine Bluff;
VIM. Fishback, Fort Smith.
Colorado-Governor Alva Adams, ex-
Governor Evans, F. L. Dana, of Denver;
CO. Davis, of Leadville; Senator Adair,
of Wilson,
Kansas-Howell Jones, j. R. Mulvene,
of Topeka; W. E. Hltchison, of Wichita,
and E. W. Emory and Marsh M. Murder,
of Lawrence.
Nebraska-Hon Champion s. Case,
Herman Kountze and William N. Mason,
ofsQmaha; O. E. Goodall, of Lincoln.
New Mexico-Frank @. Plume, of
Taosa, and o. l.. Houghton, of Las Vegas.
Iowa-A. PeChamberlain, of Des Moines.
Missouri-Senator D. H. Armstrong.
Texas-J. A. Carroll, of Denton.
Usah-E. Wilder and Chas. Z. Toney
The meeting was called to order by
Governor Adams, the chairman, and Mr..
F. L. Dana, the secretary, was at his
post. Ex-Governor Evans stated the
object of the meeting, which is to visit
Texas and transact any business that
might be brought up for consideration.
M, Mason nf OD,obo ropoorbod
knowing the hospitality of the people of
Texas, he supposed the committee would
be called on to consider several invitations
to accept and enjoy the same, and added
that the representatives of his section
came long ways to aid in the WORK for
which the body was called together, and he
desires to see the business transacted first
and afterwards consider invitations from
the people of Texas to partake of their
hospitality.
Judge Gresham, of Galveston, repre-
senting the municipality and citizenship
of his county, extended the
committee a hearty invitation to
visit Galveston stating that free transpor-
tation would be furnished.
Senator Houston then extended the
hospitality of the southwest to the COM
mittee.
Mayor Conner then stepped to the front
and advised that as the committee had
business to transact he would not burden
them with long and formal speech, but
in the name of Dallas he extended
hearty welcome to the committee.
Col. Mason then read the following
resolutions:
Whereas, The government of the United
States, under whose exclusive control the
harbors of our country has been placed by
our constitution, has contributed nearly
$100,000,000 of money and nearly $780,
100000 worth of acres of our national
land to great railroad lines belonging to
private corporations and running across
the northern part of our country; and
Whereas, The northern and eastern
harbors through which these railway lines
empty their traffic into the lakes and
ocean, have had many millions of money
appropriated from time to time,
by the congress to meet the past demands
of the vast commerce thus built up; and,
Whereas, There is an immense area of
country lying below the Rocky Mountains
and the Mississippi river, constituting
nearly one-thlrd of our national domain,
and having nearly one-fourth of our
nation population, the natural outlet of
which is the gulf of Mexico, but for the
opening of whose harbors the congress
has appropriated amounts totally in
adequate; and
Whereas, 1t is not consistent with the
general welfare, nor can we believe that
national sense of Justice and fair play
of our fellow citizens who have been so
greatly benefited by the appropriation
for northern and eastern ports, will insist
that the traffic of this great region shall
be forced to be transported half way
across the continent, thus imposing a
burden on our commerce, which amounts
often to a total interdiction and at all
times to serious charges upon both the
consumer and the producer; therefore
Resolved by this convention, That we
demand of every senator and representa-
tive from this region genuine and hearty
cooperation in an effort to secure the
necessary appropriations for opening up
such harbors on the northwestern coast of
the gulf of Mexico as may be necessary to
meet the demands of our growing COM
merce.
Resolved, That the chairman of
this committee be appointed a sub
committee of one to prepare and
subject to the legislatures of the several
states of the union at their next sessions