The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-09-20
One Man Wants His Governor to Name Dele
gates, While Others Confound II with the
Worlds Fair. and Ask for Show Space.
Report of the Land Office, Showing How
the Public Domain Has Decreased.
Attention Called to Irregular Action Of the
Last Administfation-CorpO Tanner
Will Not Go to Ohio to Speak.


Queer Ideas Of People Regarding the Coming
international American Congress
Special TO the Indianapolis journal
WASHINGTON, Sept 19.-There is a Gu
rious misapprehension in certain quarters
regarding the International American Con-
gress, and the State Department is receiv-
ing great many letters inquiring as to the
number of delegates the different States are
entitled to, and as to the compensation
they Will receive. Notification has also
been received from several States that per-
sons have been appointed by the Governors
as delegates. and the same write to ask
when their duties will commence. and
what they will consist Of Among other
communications was the following. re-
ceived to-day by the Secretary of State:
CHICAGO, Sept. 16.
sir-I have been named with others by the ex-
ccutive committee of the - association OF the
United States to wait upon the Governor of ILL
nois to request him TO recognize our manufactur-
ing interests in naming delegates to the confer
ence OF representatives from the South American
republics, to be held in the city of Washington,
in October. 1889, with q view OF arranging for
O congress TO be held in 1892 to promote and
encourage closer commercial relations between
the South American republics and this country
i'm pursuance with an act Of Congress, etc.
We are informed that Governor Fifer has
not yer been officially requested by the Depart
ment Of State to appoint any delegates to said
conference. If it is the spirit of the act of Con-
gress to have every state in the Union repre-
sented in said conference aside from the ten del
egates appointed by the President would re-
spectfully suggest that the Governor OF Illinois
be authorized and requested. through the proper
channel, to appoint delegates to said conference.
Please pardon me for addressing you upon this
subject. The deep interest that take in this
matter must be my only excuse for making this
suggestion.
There will be no delegates to the con-
gress. 1t is a diplomatic body. and the act
of Congress authorizes its llmlt-the rep
resentation on the part of the United States
to the ten appointed by the President for
A good many people seem to have got the
conference which meets in October mixed
up with the exposition that is to be held In
1892 One gentleman writes TO the State
Department asking that space be reserved
for him to start a candy factory at
the International American Congress, aud
another gentleman desired to know wheth-
er he and his wife could accompany the
delegates upon their excursion. He said
that he intended to travel in South Amer
lea shortly, and wants to make the &C.
quaintance of the delegates and get some
practice in talking Spanish by assocfating
with them. He thought it would be good
time to do so while on the excursion. Sew
eral applications have also been received
from business houses for tickets for the use
of drummers on the train, the writers
apparently thinking that the excursion
would consist entirely of merchants who
had come to this country to purchase goods.
Among the curious requests comes one from
st. Louis from a gentleman who desires TO
make the opening address at the Congress.
AS all of these letters are answered in
respectful manner he was informed that
Mr.. Blaine had been selected for that duty
The Department of State has leased one
of the handsomest residences in the city
for the use of the Congress. 1t is. perhaps,
the largest private house, with one excep-
ton, in Washington. has ballroom which
will be used for the meeting of the Con-
gress. and spacions parlors. which will be
utilized as consultation rooms. and where
the delegates can make themselves at home.
The upper rooms will be used for the
secretaries and stenographers.