Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-23
SILVER WINS.
Trans mississippi Congress
for Free Coinage
OF ALL AMERICAN SILVER.
The Next Congress to Meet in New Orleans in
February, 1892.
The President and Congress to be Petit
toned to Take Steps to Prevent
Railroad Companies From Alb
sorbing Mineral Lands
The Silver Question.

OMAHA NEB, Oct. % The trans Mis-
sissipp congress devoted its morning SeS-
sion 10 the discussion of resolutions as fol-
lows: That we petition the president and
congress Of the United States TO once more
make an attempt to bring about an inter-
national congress to adjust the matter of
silver as money, and should that effort fail
that a limited agreement be sought with
the Latin union whereby the mints Of those
nations MAJ again be opened for the coin
age of silver
Resolved. that we petition the president
and congress to continue and if possible to
complete the negotiations with Spanish
American nations for common currency
for this continent south of the Dominion OF
Canada.
Senator Warren of Wyoming. Senator
Maginnis of Montana and Governor Fish
back spoke in favor of the resolutions, and
were followed by Hon. A. B. Hopkins of
Omaha
The debate was still in progress when ad-
journment was taken at noon.
At the opening of the afternoon session it
was announced that the next meeting OF the
congress would be held at New Orleans
February % to 26, 1892. 1t was then agreed
that the silver debate should close at 3
O'Clock. and speeches be limited to ten min
uteS each
Col. Doniphan of Missouri was the first
speaker in favor of free and unlimited coin
age. He did not believe that European
countries would dump all of taeir silver
upon the United States. Silver was worth
less in the United States chan in Europe.
Silver men We're simply asking for a recog-
milton of silver as product and not for pro-
lection, as some of the gold men claimed.
DR.. George Miller of Omaha spoke for an
honest dollar and was followed by Senator
Warren of Wyoming, who favored the plan
of establishing free and unlimited coinage
for the products of the mines of the United
States.
Mir Clark of Wyoming was for free coin
age of home product as he thought that was
all congress would at present concede.
Governor t'ishback Of Arkansas followed
in favor of absolute free coinage, and the
debate was closed by Col. Buchanan OF Col
oradO on the same line.
The congress then voted upon the second
minority report. which favored the calling
of an international congress for the purpose
of establishing a universal ratio of gold and
silver values and was opposed to free and
unlimited coinage of silver. All the states
voted against this second minority report
excepting Minnesota, South Dakota and
fourteen delegates from Nebraska. The
vote stood 29 for and ll6 against.
The vote upon the first minority report,
which favored free and unlimited coinage of
all silver offered at the United States mints,
against. This left the majority report just
rs it had been presented
The vote REQUIRED upon the majority re-
port, favoring free silver coinage for the
American product only. The vote stood
lO2 for and As against. The states voting
yes upon the majority report We're: Arr
iona. Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Ne braska Is
votes. New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota,
Texas 10 votes, and Utah.
The states voting against We're Arkansas,
California. Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota,
Montana, Nebraska 8 votes. Texas | vote.
The report of the committee urging upon
congress the practicability and necessity of
encouraging the reclaiming of arid lands by
means of irrigation was adopted.
The resolution calling upon congress to
protect the owners of mineral lands in the
states of Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Cali
fornia, Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming, Or
egon, Idaho, Montana ard South Dakota
against possible loss from the encroachment
of railroad grants was then discussed.
The resolution was adopted
A resolution favoring the improvement
of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers was
then read and adopted
The resolution offered by DR.. Miller of
Nebraska, declaring that the interstate
commerce law was q hindrance TO interstate
an interesting debate. 1t was generally
discussed, but was finally laid owe until
the next meeting Of the congress.
A resolution was then adopted ecom-
mending Omaha TO the national central com
mitteeS OF the Democratic and Republican
parties as the place for holding the n1-r.aeH
conventions of the two partio >1fNSs
After passing some D0.esnln+ions tho
congress adil..<nce1s 5is ''0''' '--o