The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-02-11
CONVENTION
Of the Interstate Congress in
Session at Galveston.
ITS AIMS AND PURPOSES.
Urges Congress to Provide for Oompls-
tion Of Harbor at Galveston.
FAVORS FREE COINAGE.

Reciprocity With Brazil Meets the Ar
proval OF the Convention.
GALVESTON, Tex, Feb. 9.-The re-
port of the committee on resolutions o
the Interstate Congress submitted Sat
urday provides that the congress shal
be styled as "The Trans Missouri Com
mercial Congress-" and states that tn,
sole purpose of the convention, and tha
to be called by it, shall be considers
tion OF economic questions only. Il
urges upon Congress to provide by ade
quate appropriations for the compile.
tion of the work on the deep water har.
Dor at Galveston as speedily as possible
without interruption; favors free and
unlimited coinage of silver; favors re,
clamation of the arid region of the
West by the National Government
through systems of water storage, res
voirs; favors the immediate opening of
Indian reservations in Oklahoma and
elsewhere to the end that the vast areas
Of land now appropriated to no useful
purpose may be added to the productive
sections of the nation.
The action of the Government as to
reciprocity with Brazil meets the enthu.
siastic approval of the convention and
1t is hoped the movement will be ex-
tended until it embraces the whole OF
South and Central America and Mexico.
The report favors the granting Of ma
tional charters TO corporations running
American vessels in foreign trade, and
declares that the basis Misrepresentation
for future sessions of this congress shall
be: Thirty delegates at large from each
State and Territory, TO be appointed by
the county commissioners; one delega
from each city and one additional dele
gate for each 10000 or faction in excess
OF 10000 of the population to be ap-
pointed by the mayors, ten delegates
from each board of trade, chamber OF
commerce, or other commercial organi-
zations; to be selected by such bodies as
they may elect; that all railroad COM
panies operating west of the Mississippi
river shall be entitled to two delegates
each and that they be earnestly
urged to be represented, TO the end
that a just understanding may be
reached between the people and the
transportation lines of the West and
that the boards of trade,
chambers of commerce, exchanges Of
clubs represented in this
shall be entitled to thirty
votes and that all other organizations
Df progressive or commercial charac-
Ter here represented shall be entitled TO
ten votes whether the delegations be
fully represented or not; that the per-
organization effected at this ses-
sion be continued until the next meet
ing Of this congress and that permanent
officers Of this congress shall act as tenn
Dorary officers Of the next; that we rec
the appointment of ID. C. I'm
,odem, Of Galveston: Il. Richie, of
iansas City; II. L. Pierce, of Wichita;
:. o. Flood, OF Galveston, and the sec
etary of this convention as commit
ce TO formulate and present at our next
statistics relating TO the COM
nerce Of the West and Southwest.
The committee was unanimous on all
oregoing resolutions, except the ono
Ell ting TO reciprocity, and upon that
minority report was presented, but was
elected. Major L. W. Cane, OF Hous-
1n, then moved to amend the resolu-
on relating to the free coinage Of sill
er by adding the words 1.-THE product
the mines Of the United States.'
fter short discussion IL was adopted.
he convention adjourned TO meet in :
enver, Col, on May 10, 1891.