The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-12-25
THE IMMIGRATION CONVENTION.
The Last Day of the Convention at Ashe-
ville N. G.

The Last Day of the Convention ut Ashe-
vile, N. G.
AsHEvILLE, N. c., Dec. 70 The last day
of the interstate immigration convention
was busy one receiving reports from va
rious committees.
Gen. r. b. Vance and w. G. Wilson, both
of North Carolina, offered resolution de-
claring it to be the sense of the convention
that proper observance of the Sabbath
requires the closing of the Columbia Worlds
Fair exposition on the Sabbath.
After heated debate the resolution was
referred to committee of the Columbia
exhibition.
A resolution to recommend to the gov
ernor of each state to appoint committee
of five from their states to act in conjunc-
ton with another committee, and to be
known as the prom )tion committee of the
Worlds Fair Commission, was adopted.
The report was as follows:
We recognize the necessity of action by
the Southern states here represented and
that it can best be accomplished by \ con-
certed system of legislation.
therefore you are requested to provide by
law for the appointment and maintenance
of commission of Immigration whose duty
ii shall be to form board of southern inn
migration to cooperate with the southern
immigration bureau in promugating the
great cause of southern immigi alton and
the upbuildiDg of our common southland
that the executive committee present to the
legislatures suitable bill to carry this recon-
mendation into effect and urge the passage
of such measure; that the general man
ager by the executive committee be re-
guested to draft constitution and by laws
for the permanent government of this body
and report at the next convention; that the
general manager and committee issue O
periodical as the general official organ Of
the bureau, to be under their control but
the character and expediency of the same
and the frequency of publication TO be dis
cretiona!y with said manager and commit.
tee,
The report was adopted. The report of
the finance committee was read and
adopted. 1t recommended that the ex-
ecutive committee appoint q delegation to
request the governors of states to call on
the legislatures OF states for financial aid
and that an appropriation of $4,000 from
each state be asked for the purpose of maxi
ing full exhibition at the Columbia ex-
hibition. The bureaus of mining, manu-
featuring, agriculture and immigration will
be asked to lend financial aid
that where there are no such
bureaus the executive committee shall
call convention TO organize state inn
migration, and that this bureau shall raise
| funds and take such action as they deem
best That the general manager of the
association be made u paid official by the
| railroads of the south, and his salary as
general manager shall be $4,000 year that
| the bureau, If it deems it best, shall publish
| the resources of the states with illustrations
and with space for each, according to con.
| tributions. Committees appointed for that
purpose reported that they had inyesti-
gated the charges made by the Manufac-
tuners Record against John T. Patrick and
| found them unfounded.
The report was adopted unanimously.
The committee ON manufactures recon-
mended that all persons contemplating rba
beginning of manufacturing Interests he
invited TO correspond with the officials Of
the bureau. Adopted.