The rustler., 1891-12-25

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KANSAS Cfra. Ma. dee ta-1'he Mis-
suuu river Improvement convention
Ssas called = ufsicr Il the Cuaies sfuse
at ie.a8 Yesterday morning bf President
Putnam. ~ the CONNER ,ial rluh. who
nominated lion. I. u. Thaearr - t.
prha. Kan. for temporary chairman, in
the absence of Gar. Francis who had
tssen selected bat was uireut MessrN-
Putnam and Thachcr each delivered
stirring addresses upun the Importance
- improving She Missouri and other
river ~ the ycst The convention IL
largely attended hy delegates FROM
western and southwestern states. After
the preliminary organization and sew
eral addresses the convention took a
recess
At the afternoon session officers were
chosen as follows.
Permanent chairman. Gov John ".
Thayer. II Nebraska. permanent secre-
tary. " II. Miller. 81 Kansas City; as-
/ sistant secretaries, VIII I. Walker 81
+ Kansas CITY. Kan, {. H. Carroll II East
I st Louis and ". X. Ford of Platts-
mouth, Neh-; viee-presidentz. Champion
/ =. Chase 81 Omaha. Judge Francis Of
+ North Dakota, ". A. Everman of Mis-
/ sissippi. u. g. King of Missouri. Capt
! Hickman uf Missouri J. II. Rice ot
/ Kansas, +. G. Palmer Of Iowa, T. ".
Halliday of Iowa, y. H. Henry of South
Dakota, l.. :. billiard of Arkansas and
+ t. H. Bryan uf Tennessee.
ON motion of Col. J. NJ. Hall, of Mis-
souri,. the chair appointed Mcssrs. Hall,
uf Missouri. {. :. chase, Of Nebraska,
and J. H. Rice, Of Kansas, committee
To- conduct Gov. Thavcr o. the chair.
Gov. Thaycr expressed his thanks for
the honor conferred upon him In a few
we'll chosen words. lie said il was the
duty Of people to improve the land
in which they lived. The west knew
aud realized that the vast power of the
Missouri river was going 81 waste. The
present condition If the river showed
that the government had neglected is
duty. The time had come for the west by
united effort to secure recognition from
benefited 10y the Improvement lie was
Il believer in internal improvements.
Under the system the nation had grown
great He wanted all waterways inn
proved and above all hc wanted the
Missouri made the channel Of commerce
that God and nature had intended. lie
complimented the Commercial club or
taking the initiative in the great stcI
and then asked the convention it'
pleasure in the conduct of its business
The delegates all seemed loaded Will
resolutions aud were popping up ON al
sides Of the hall to present them whcr
"a motion To permit the commi. .ee I
resolutions 10 retire with the resolu
tions that had been offered started quit,
debate. Gen Rice thought the com
mittec should wait until evening so tina
all the resolutions would hc in Tn,
Nebraska delegation was "A unit for per
mitting the committee to retire and g
u work and MIR Chase spoke earnestly
for il. arguing that the work was mos
important and should bc given plcnt,
of time
,, GEN Rice interrupted the discussion
to submit report from the executive
committee upon u permanent organiza
tion of Missouri river improvement
association. The comm ttee reporte,
in favor of such plan and submitte'
bylaws and rules to govern the assoc
alton.
MIR. Gates, Of Tennessee. moved tina
the report be referred to n special con
. mttec of eight
Before this motion was recorded
4 vote was taken on -ee motion to allo'
: the committee on resolutions to retir,
which passed unanimously.
: The rest of the proceedings until AZ
:, iournment was of a triiling nature, I'll
: convention waiting the report of con
mittccs