The Red Cloud chief., 1889-10-11
FOR DEEP WATER.

FOR DEEP WATER.
The Deep-water conventioo Meets 1t To-
peka-A Large ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Men Present.
TOPEKA. Kan, Oct. AT four o'clock
yesterday afternoon the deep water con.
vention Wa called to order by ex-Gov.
ernor Evans of Colorado. president OF
the permanent executive committee In
the Grand Opera House, in which all ses.
sions will be held, and was packed from
pit to roof. The delegates were seated
by States and Territories. On the stage
were many distinguished men amOug
whom were Governors Francis, of Mis-
souri,: Thayer, Of Nebraska; Humphrey,
Of Kansas: ex.Governors Evans, OF
Colorado; Hubbard, Of Texas; Click, OF
Kansas; Senator Plumb, Congressmen
Weaver, Of Iowa; Grain and Martin, OF
Texas; Carey. Of Wyoming; Funston.
Perkins, Morrill, and Kelley, Of Kansas;
ex-senator Armstrong, of Missouri; Major
Fulton, of Galveston; c. s. Chase. of
Omaha, and many others. Thc Stage was
handsomely decorated. the most notable
features being two obslisks thirty feet
high of Kansas corn md grain, and one
bore the inscription, Gulf Port" tho
other. "Liver pool. |" and flags and bunting
were displayed everywhere and the gen.
eral aspect was that OF q great polit.
ical convention. The invocation was
pronounced by DR.. J. A. LipDincott,
chancellor of the State University, and
Chairman Ev-ns addressed the conven.
ton, Endorsed on behalf Of the inter.
State committee the call aad supple.
mental issued by Governor
Humphrey and thanked the delegates for
their prompt response to these calls He
called attention to the object Of the
gathering and outlined the work OF the
committee and its success in having .
commission Of eminent engineers ap-
pointed to examine tho harbors
on the Texas coast This con-.
vention. he said, 10 not to say where
the port shall be located, but to secure the
cooperation Of Congress. the source from
which the appropriation must come. The
appointment OF q temporary chairman
being next in order. Hon. James Legate.
Of Leavenworth, nominated Congressman
Charles H. Mansur. of Missouri, who was
unanimously chosen. On taking the chair
Mr.. Mansur made q splendid speech
which captured the convention outright
He counssled harmony between the rival
factions representing Galveston, Aran.
sas Pass and Sabine Pass and said the
people Of the North are not SO much
interested in where the harbor shall be
located as that you shall have q harbor.
We. in Missouri are welded almost to .
man to the improvement of the Mississippi
river and il We aid you We expect that in
due time you will aid US in our pet project
Of improving not only the Missis .ip2i but
ifa trihut~rios fha Missouri auA Es~ Tn
approaching Congress let US do it not
with baied breath and Bonded kn ee. but
as free men demanding our rights" F.
& Dana was elected company secretary.
Thu committee On credentials were then
appointed.
On motion Of Mr.. Legate, Of Kansas. the
delegation of thirteen from Illinois was
admitted to the floor as delegates and
granted all the privileges OF the
ton. A committee Of i've from each State
and three from each Territory was ap-
pointed on permanent organization. The
convention will report his morn.
ing in favor OF Senator Plumb. of Kansas
for p ornament president, and F. L. Dana
for permanent secretary. Governor Fran.
els. of Missouri, moved a call OF the roll
by States, and that zach S.ate hand in tho
names OF five delegates and each Terri
tory of three each on order of business
and on resolutions, two separate commit
tees. There was q lively little fight over
this motion. but it finally prevailed, and
the committees were named:
The committee on resolutions Is: Utah,
H. d. Johnson; California, Colonel A. s.
Johnson and J. F. McGraih; Wyoming,
H. F. Cabber. F. J. Stanton, j. n. Carey;
Arkansas. W. n. Fishback: Louisiana, s.
p. Watts; New Mexico, Richard 81. White.
W. B. Brunton, W. W. Griffin; Iowa, A.
r. Chamberlain, J. N. Camp Eli wilkins,
Philip Grape, n. r Jones; Nebraska.
Champion s. Chase. H. n. Bushnell, g..
n. Lamberison, II. C. Smith, A. II. Tai
bot; Missouri. ID. H. Armstrong,
Thomas Shackelford, Noah Given, N.
J. Murphy, E H. Allen; Kansaa CYRUS
Leland. Howell Jones. J. s. Emery, ]. n.
Gray bill J. H. Downing; Texas, A. W.
Houston. Walter Gresham, I. W. Ford,
]. II. Garrett Major E c. Douglass;
Illinois, r. A. d. Wilbanka r H. Cable,
]. r Clark, Charles Wallace. J. W. Ela.
The delegation from California reported
late and was authorized to I'LL mp its
places on the committee A motion to re.
fer all communications and resolutions to
the committee on reso usions without de.
bate prevailed. The convention VA
invited to attend a reception at
Representative Hall and take q drive yes.
terday and then adjourned till this morn.
ing. The reception last night was Q bril-.
liant affair. Representative Hall. the larg.
est in the city. was deliberately decorated
and ablazs with light. All the departments
cf State were thrown open and the rooms
and corridors were everywhere hung with