Telegram-herald., 1889-10-18
ALL HAIL COLUMBIA
IaE COUyIRIES TaEr REPRESENT
Ehs OflEia aaa Purposes of 30 Congress
--skefshes 90 n.s FsEstSa Dsis-
gate Fhe taaE4eteF aaa A.
ssafcss 81 Their Gouafriss-


taat lo which those Hho are ~ visit
Grand Rspds toiay are delegates, has
beea 8 subject " more 0r less consider
stop Jos many years. ,moa Bolivar,
~ Raose statesmauship. p. patriotism aud
military genius. Yeaetlsla. E4s4dor,
Peru and Bolivia were emanclpsted,
eonce ved tie .dea If America tor
Amercans a. long 40 a. 1871. and sag
ge-tsd conference At Panama. Tns
f.ea found favor ga tne Cnted states.
ans was the per.Od Which gave birth -
tae famous Monroe doctrine" and
the c9ulegencs Was for pol tleai rather
than commercial p1rpoaes Two dele
gates were sent from the United states
nHt oac iei on the wav. and when the
other arrived enc conference had add
Iolmed without having accompl shed
aly important sud.
The -ubIscs oi he1nfercnccof amer
eAu -tatss eaanu.t .o be- talked of oc-
caaona.ly. hat va. not 1ut,l during
tne administration ~ President Car
feil that anything definite Was done.
e. OF secretary Blame. hrss Official
a.ls was t) ssue an invitation - Mex
i-o and 40 the Central aud south
American States o. aeet ln Washing
Ton 40 come date 90 oc fixed later. Be-
i1re Che plan was perfected President
Daru t died and Secretary Frelng-
hIyeu whl succeeded Mr.. Blaine,
rltlireg tuo invitations. Then thc
Project Numbered until just before the
close of C.eve.aud's term when Sccre-
ury Beyam took tae matter up and
uew uY.,At5ns were issued Thc out.
come 81, ta.s is the present Congress.
lle purpose ana limitations ot the
'pngfcss a. seq forth arc these.
flaf Hsasarrs chat shall trat to preserve
CO. nears tnt promote fhr prosperity % t1c
eeraud- Measures tDuarf the f1rfa-tl1n o.
aH American customs uulHH. under which th
iL- ~. N-'.li't .-'l.u, WI tN.'
other Shalt 81 far as o. ss.n.e and profitable.
Filrl-th esiablishment 20 regular aud
ffr Iar 10 O. ImnufIrlfIau bffwaru tho ports nf
o.. s.s,n,i AMERICAN stats anl tho ports Of
iaurtn-rhs esttb.i.hment OF universal
q
fdrpsndrHt american rlatfs to govern tha
nudr ef importation and expectation 90 met.
fhaHd tHd p'rt dNra e1a cnat2sH 4 uniiorm
Wrtani af a.fa rminiuI the rlts1ifrh aud
v1IHtt.nn ~ sura meFrh1udtse iu enc putts of
each coun try. aud a Uniform system 1T tn
f..ass. an4 tae subject or the sanitation OF
Iifh r',s adoption ola uniform system ~
wrifhfsHHt mralurf't Aui laws % protect tho
patent ftrift rpuffI .hfs auh iralr marks of
rIfifrns ~ either country ln The other. and Tor
tHr rHfrnd 'tiUH ot friWlualt
-IatH- iua adoption ~ common silver
cola. 10 ba Issued by each toycrnmont. the
Same to D. ieEai tender in an commercial
tfanaseflona between the citizens 81 all the
Amfrican states.
medallion fr adoption tu fhrir respective
tHtfrufnrufs 20 "A denuftF piau 90 arbitration
0f tii qur ti1n7. dl.yntra aud differences tnet
may u1w or hereafter estat oefwrrn them 20
tne END that pii dimeult s aud DISPUTES d.
tween tuch nations may De uraceabiy settled
ant SHrs prevented
Eithth Anf 90 consider xgch other subjects
rratIu. o. the welfare nf -ur several states
r.frrsfufat as may De prHfentcd hy any ~ said
rtf-f witch tfr hereby Invited 90 participate
OIL t.id conference.
Iua states represented iu tho Con
gross are tac United States 0t America,
NeNco, tho Argentine Republic, lo-
Iva. Brazil, Ch.li. Ola, United states of
colombia. Costa Bca, Ecuador,
Guatamala, Honduras. Nicaragua.
Peru. Salvador. Uruguay and Nouc-
zurla. Tho DOMINION Of Canada D.
NOT rcpreautcd. because being under
foreign domination, it is not an indo-
pendent American state. Paraguay
tlia and tho West ludian Islands hayo
faNrd tu srud delegates
Just before noon, Octc,er =. tho dele.
gtiDs eecmllcd Dos Washington and
wero welcomed oa behalf ot the United
States u an ahle and eloquent address
hr secretary Blame. Nj. Blanc was
elected president and Hon. John d.
Henderson. OF Missouri. president pro
t.mpurr. ot thc tongres1. a reception
wae e.feu tnr delegate hy rrcsldent
Harasuu AZ tho White House. On thc
following morning they started on t1cir
present Sour. lhe tour A madc in "a
f.t.u Uf Pullman cars. Tho following
places have been visited in tnc order
uamnd West Point. Sew York. los
tnu. Lawrence. Mas, Lowell Mass
Manchester. y. 80. Portland No..
Worcester Macs. 81 mantle, CONT,
-alth Manchester. Comm, Hartford.
Conn. Do.fn.tilic. Comm. Mcrdeu,
tYan. New llaFcn, Coma. springfield.
M lilivlke. Mass. Albany 81
s.a.. ta|.. EuetIu. tur. Pa Nsa
lar.a oho, tla.,'ant, pcuot fui
AHn At.e.
rne panty wN have lerr ~ o.
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