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were filed with their friends aud Kan
sas Cityans.
AZ 1880 o'clock State senator Kelly.
of Kansas, the father Of the congress,
stepped 10 the front Of the stage, and IN
measured tones said:
Gentlemen, delegates TO the first
commercial congress Of the western
states: As chairman Of the executive
committee Of this congress-, ! now call
this convention u order. The chaplain
will now invoke the divine blessing,
Rev, DIR. Hays. of Kansas City"
Dr. Hays then delivered IA prayer for
the divine blessing upon the congress.
Taking up the gavel, senator Kelly
said: Gentlemen, the first thing in or
der is the selection OF a temporary chair
man"
Gov. d. Il. Francis, who occupied n
seat upon the stage, arose and moved
that senator Kelly be chosen temporary
chairman. There were no other nomi-
nations, and the governor declared Mr..
Kelly temporary chairman.
Senator Kelly then delivered Il care
fully prepared forty-fivc minutes speech
reviewing the causes of the calling of
the congress, and delivering an exhaust
i've presentation of his ideas upon bust
ness and agricultural depression, its
cause and remedy. He said:
Gov. Francis and Gentlemen of the
Congress: You have assembled here
upon the calls of state legislatures. pri-
marily Of those states in the great val
ley of the Mississippi. embracing a re-
gion Of country unsurpassed in extent
rs a fertile agricultural country, a re-
gion with a population of a little less
than 1000 900.
This congress represents the great
est intelligence in agricultural regions,
and the greatest productive region in
the world. The eighteen states com
posing this sistcrhood produce three
fOurths of the cereals, meat product
and cotton Of the country. They pro-
duce enough meat to feed the nation,
enough wheat To supply the United
States and 1000. 900 n year more and
cotton enough To supply the spindles
and looms of Greut Britain; and vet
from this region comes complaint-not
OF this year, not Of last year, not of the
year before. but for a number Of years.
1.-The question is and has been:
what is clogging, what is retarding the
prosperity of agriculture?' This
thought suggested this convention.
This convention is not drawn upon the
line between the man who holds the
handles of the pillow and the man who
lives in the city In the same region. All
wealth is the result of labor, and in this
country the one great source of wealth
is our fruitful, fertile soil.
when the thought of this congress
was first discussed the cry went up that
the coming together of men with party
utilization from Kansas and from Mis-
sissippi, from Michigan and from Ala
bama, from Missouri and from Ohio
could but result in political controver-
sizes"
''.Iay Gould. Mt one time" he contin-
ued, when he was most interested in
the Erie railroad, was talking Erie with
"A gentleman, and the conversation
driftcd to politics. Gould said: Well,
when ! am in a republican district / am
n republican. When | am in n demo-
cratic district | am a democrat. When
! am in a doubtful district / am very
HdphbbluAs buA 4 ah away " Iiit-
Thought that gave this congress
birth, WINS that we, whether we be dem
ocrats, or republicans, or alliance men.
or whatever be our political predilic-
'1ion, we should be for whatever will
advance the material interest of the
country we represent. IL is time that
we were taking a lesson from the east
in this matter. The east has seen fit to
hook upon this congress with suspicion,
with misgivings, with fear. Why, bless
their souls, we are not here to array one
section against another. This congress
Is simply the coming together of one
people to talk over plans for advancing
their prosperity.
1--WE have got to restore silver In this
part OF The commercial world to a