The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
NlUIMAlBER IAl I. 10.

The ID.
| Grana
| United
There will b.,
Washington, n ga,
rank among the leaa.
| in the history Of the
LEverica. This is tn, Com -
Ams--- Itch is to meet l.
Nations, wh-- lion on OS defonai
capital for organizae-~- >etobsr 9, and
after tour through this country, uiidsr In
teliigent guidance, which will show tho brin-
cipal industries and the geographical extent
OF the United States, will assemble egain to
discuss questions Of mutual interest to aiIthes
governments and peoples I'm the New Wor4ds
that Columbus discovered almost 400 ysats
ago.
Tho idea that oil the nations In this netv
world should confer together for their com
mon good first assumed definats form before
the public OF this country in 1891, whom Mr..
Blaine, then Secretary o. St1te for President
Garfield. promulgated his plan. Tho idea.
however, Is Older than that. 1t originated
with Simon Boliver, that great leader OF
men, whose statesmanship, patriotism nnd
VeueZuela, Colombi,, Ecuador, Peru md
Bolivia. This Washington of Ave Spanish-
American Republics reaz ii that to promote
their common interest aud to secure their in.
dividual success there must be concerted
action. He called, with this purpose in mind
an international conference ut Panama in
1871 to which every independent American
republic was aske To son deiegatse. Moth
Ing came Of This call not because the in vitssl
m tlta
ence, but bccaus, internal causes intorferod
After Mr.. Blaine revived this proj,ct OF
Bohver's It hung fro for SOM time, mainly {
because Of tho assassination OF Pres dent q ,r-
field Tho Fittieth Congress Il ially passed q
@ gt ss s p s SrfsSh T iJoysrns
men:s 10 meet representatives OF the United
States on October =, 1889, to consider certain
propositions OF mutual interest. The nations
which have appointed deey gates to this Amer
ic,n International Congress are: Brazil,
Lafayette Rodigues Perfira, DR.. j. g. de-
Amerei Valcnte, Salvadop do Hendouca:
Bolivia, Juan +. Vclarde; Honduras, Jerout-
mo n ,laya; San Salvador, Jacinto Castel. 4
lauos and Samuel Valdene 9; Colombia, J.. Z.
NJ. Huatada; Costa Rica, Senior ZsIandon; s
Guatemala. Fernando Cruz; Mexico. st
Mateo Rom 20 nd Angel .. Costsrio; Nicara-
qua, DR.. Horncio Guzman; Ecuador. ES-
President jose N Comasuo; Peru, DIR. F. e.
c. n .rorrL; Vtnezu,'n, Bales Parazs; Argen-
tine Republic. Don Vincente, G. Cuesada.
Don Rogue, ). Pena D)n Manuel Quintanac.
Several other nations have accepted the in
vitation to join in the Congress, but the
names Of their delegates nre not Yet an
nouuced. The delegates who will represent
the United States are: John Ii. Henderson,,
of Mssouri; Cornelius b. Bliss, OF New York;
Clement Stu iebaker, OF Indiana; 7. Jeffer.
son Coolidge, OF Massachusetts; William
Henry Trescott, of S5uth Carolina; Andrew.
Carnegie. of Pennsylvania; Morri. II. EItee.
The International Congress is called to con- )
cil INN mt IN hn hnc
of final action 1t can only consult and
recommend It will be composed OF men
who rank high in their rsspec Two countries.
most Of them for example, standing in the
political -cipcles Of their own land as James
q. Blaine, Samuel j, Randall, Thomas b.
life Of the Tais sSfates. For this G reasons euS
it is hoped that the Conclusions of the Con-
gross will carry such weight as will result In
closer ali iations between the governments
of the Continent aud an increase in their in
terchange OF commerce.
But the members Of the Congress. though
they are TO consider questions Of prime i'm
portanoe to the whole continent, will not b. -
gin their deliberations at once. Some OF
them are already in tho country. Others
will arrive ina few days. 1t is expected that
America, together with the ton United States
delegates and the officials. will mako up O
party Of a. out Seventy.f five. These will mset
IL Washington October 3. anl organize
L
one Of the United States delegates. After
the ad journment of tho first days sessio D.
tho delegates will call in n body upon, Sscrs-
| tary OF state Blaiue, and in the evening wills
probably Le rec ,ived hy President Harrison.
On tho morning of October tho entir3>
Congress will leave Washington on train
of palace cars, which will b., next to the
train In which President Harrison made his
tourney from Washington to the IrauguraI
Centennial in New York, the most luxuri-
ously equipped ever run in this country. It
will contain bath rooms, barber shop,
dining rooms. smoking rooms drawing
rooms, and sleeping compartments and will
DO run on fast time by special schedule. -ThA
train will go first to Now York, where the
Congress will take n steamer To Fall River,
Mass. After viewing tho Factories, there
they will 60 to Providence. Willimautic and
Hartford. all on the 4th Ga the 5th they
walt visit Merid-n, New Haven and Ansonia.
The 9Th will be spent at West Point. Thenc1
the party will go to Sringfield, Holyoke amf.
Chicopee, Mass, and thence to Boston wbss5H
three days are to be spent Manchestfzfx$&
H., and Portland. Me-. will be visi 4HXz#
then tho journey will run throug &H6f&z#
| Albany, and the cities of central N 25xz8&z:
| to Buffalo. After view OF Nia6&9$438f
Congress will visit the principal S&HEff2S
the West and South, and before reHS3$XE1
! to Washington will inspect the irQ$$3$$S&
| steel and other industries OF PennsyS&4f&S3H
| All the expenses of the Congress ar$S&#$l
paid by the State Department., our G8$$54
having made an appropriation OF s%E8$&
Tor that purposs. EASsS$S
Not until taeir return to Washington, ,G$as&&fI;
| this impressive tour of the country w.
| guests they are, will the delegates settle 2
the consideration of their business In regular
session. Thsir work is divided under eight
| heads These are:
| lSt. Measures to preserve and promote the
prosperity Of the several American states. q
| II. Measures toward tho formation or aa
| American customs union.
81 The establishment Of regular and fre-
quent communication between thu ports OF.
| the several American states. E&t
4.h. The establishment oi u uniform as,
tenn of customs regulations in each OF the
| independent American states; un form
method of classification AMI ralultioa OF
merchan iise, aud uniform system OF IN
voices, and the sanitation Of ships aud quar-
antine.
5:h. The adoption of uniform system OF
weights aud measures. patent rights, copy.
eights and trade marks, and extraditioa OF