The record-union., 1891-10-23
TRANSMISSISSIPPI CONGRESS.
ULTRA SILVER ADVOCATES RE
CEIVE a SETBACK.
Resolution Adopted Favoring the Free
Coinage of all Silver of
American Product.
special to the RFcoRp-uN1oN.


OMAHA, Oct. 22.-The Trans Missis-
sippi Congress devoted its morning ses-
sion to the discussion of the following
resolutions:
ReSoLred, That We petition the President and
Congress OF the United States to once more at
tempt to bring about the international recog-
milton and adjustment of silver and money
and should this effort fail that q limited
agreement be sought with the nations of the
Latin Union whereby the mines of those ma
tions may again be opened for the coinage of
silver.
ReSolued, That we petition Congress to con-
t1nue, If possible, to complete negotiations
with the SpaniSh-American nations Tor a COM
mon currency for this continent south of the
Dominion.
Maginnis of Montana and Governor
Fishback spoke in favor of the resolution,
and were followed by A. p. Hopkins of
Omaha in opposition.
The debate was still in progress when
an adjournment was taken at noon.
AT the opening of the afternoon session,
it was announced that the next meeting
of the congress would be held in New
Orleans, February 18th to 10th next.
Colonel Doniphan of Mississippi spoke
in favor of free and unlimited coinage.
DR.. Miller of Omaha spoke for an
Honest Dollar" and was followed by
Senator Warren of Wyoming, who
favored free and unlimited coinage for
products of United States mines.
When the debate closed the congress
voted upon the second minority report,
which opposed the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and favored the calling
of an international congress for the pur-
pose of establishing a universal ratio of
gold and silver values. All the States
voted against it except Minnesota, South
Dakota and fourteen delegates from Ne
braska, the vote standing 30 for and Il6
against. A vote upon the first minority
report, favoring free and unlimited coin
age of all silver offered the United States
mints was then taken. 1t stood 56 for
and 50 against. A vote was then taken
on the majority report, favoring free
coinage of silver for American product
only. 1t resulted in 102 for and 40
against.
The States voting yes We're Arizona,
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska t15
votes, New Mexico. Oregon, South Da-
kota 90 votes and Utah. The noes were
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisi-
ana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska (6
votes and Texas Il vote).
The report of the committee urging
upon Congress the practicability and ne
cessity of the reclamation of arid lands
by irrigation, was adopted.
A resolution calling upon Congress to
protect owners OF mineral lands in Ari-
zona, Utah, New Mexico, California, Col
orado, Nevada, Wyoming, Oregon, Idaho,
Montana and South Dakota against possi-
BILE loss from encroachments of railroad
grants was adopted.
An interesting debate arose over q reso-
luton by Miller of Nebraska, declaring
that the interstate commerce law was a
hindrance, and should be repealed. He
spoke at length on the subject, and re-
ferred to the visionary schemes to which
the people resorted for relief. The people
of Nebraska, for instance. appealed from
God Almighty to the Nebraska Legisla-
ture last winter; that the Almighty got
his work in this summer by giving the
State magnificent crops, and that the
work of the Legislature had faded out of
mind.
Colonel Gage of California said the in
terstate commerce law had benefited some
of the Eastern commercial centers, but
had been curse to the trans Mississippi
States.
The resolution was then laid over until
the next session.
A resolution was adopted recommend
ing that the Democratic and Republican
National Conventions be held at Omaha
next year, and the Congress adjourned
sine die.