The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-04-22

ing the worlds fair; indorsing the Torrey
bankruptcy bill and making the congress
a permanent organization 10 meet BIZ
ennially. The usual complimentary reso-
lutions were then adopted and the con-
gress, at 9:l5 p. m, adjourned to meet at
the call of the executive committee.
The majority report favors the adoption. by
the issuancs of sufficient amount Of legal ten
der notes, TO be redeemable In both gold and
silver, to restore the equilibrium between
money aud all other products; declares the
congress to be unalterably opposed to the
protective tariff principle; favors tariff
for revenue only; declares that the interstate
commerce of the country should be controlled
by the general government and that the inter
state commerce commission be strengthened
by appropriate legislation; favors .beral po-
lice for the improvement of the water
ways, especially the Mississippi river
and its affiuents; indorses the action
of congress in making an appropriation for
the construction of the Hennepin canal; and
recommends the completion of this work;
recommends the proposed canal connecting the
Tennessee and Mississippi rivers; endorses the
appropriations for a deep water harbor at Gal
weston; favors the construction OF a chip canal
connecting the northern lakes with the At
lantic; favors the establishment of
navy yard at some point on the Mis-
sissippi river near its mouth; declares
il TO be the judgment of this congress that the
Mississippi river can be and should be made
navigable for ocean steamers Tor considerable
distance above New Orleans, and recommends
the construction OF levies from st. Paul to the
gull.
The resolutions provide for the appointment
of a committee of three from each state repre-
sented here to lay the resolutions before the
next national congress and urge the adoption
of the policies herein recommended. The ma
iority report further recommends system Of
| canals aud a slack-water navigation to con-
meet the waters Of the Tennessee with the gulf
/ of Mexico, and also canal from the head
waters of the Ohio to Lake Erie and ship
canal from the head of Lake Superior to the
| Mississippi river.
Favors the construction of the Nicaragua
canal as q distinctively American work under
| American control; favors such reforms in
methods OF taxation as will remedy the inJus-
tice of unequal taxation and as will place just
share of taxation upon the accumulated wealth
! of the country; favors national
| bankrupt law; condemns trusts and combina-
tions; favOrs the amendment OF immigration
| laws so that only immigrants who both desire
and are fit for American citizenship should be
! permitted TO land upon our shores; and the
| opening OF the surplus lands 10 settlement un-
| der the provisions OF the homestead law; favors
| the prohibition of nonresident alien
ownership OF lands; recommends that all un-
! earned railway grants be restored to the public
| domain for homesteads, that the general
| government should cede its arid lands to the
various states; indorses the action OF the de.
| partment of agriculture; favors the enactment
| of laws to prevent dealing in futures; recon-
mends the admission OF the territory Of New
Mexico and Arizona into the union.
In conclusion the report halls with delight
the spirit OF fraternity that is displayed by the
| delegates now in attendance upon the first
/ Western commercial congress; and, also, the
| manifest determination that old animosties,
too long engendered between the sections,
shall be forever displaced by the more import.
ant work of securing the complete establish
ment OF equal rights" to all and special privi.
| leges to none.
The majority report opposes q tariff for rev.
| enue only and indorses protection; declares in
favor of fair trial of the present law with
reciprocity and In favor of a non-partsan tariff
/ commission. The report favored the permanent
organization OF the Western commercial con-
gress.
Two resolutions were reported without
Recommendation zone Endorsed the Torrey bank
ruptcy. bill and the other favors the free and
unlimited coinage of American silver, but not
until just ratio be established between
silver aud gold by an international monetary
| congress.
Following is the minority report offered
| by California:
We object to the free coinage of silver on
the ground that the taxpayers of the
| United States are buying al OF
| the silver output at about 81
/ cents per ounce, whereas it is claimed that
the free coinage will raise the price against the
taxpayers to Sl.29 per ounce. We see no use
OF taxpayers advancing the price OF the article
| against themselves for the benefit of the few
| that own the silver
| We recommend the purchase OF the silver
output of the United States for money used at
the lowest bidders price just as the govern
ment now buys any other article needed.
The delegates who remained IN the city
were entertained by banquet tonight
rendered by the citizens of Kansas City.