The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-23
THE DENVER MEETING
Resolutions Adopted Asking
Restoration of Silver.
A LOTTERY LOBBY AT WORK
Law Prohibiting Foreign Capital From
Investing In Real Estate Deplored
Reclamation of Arid Lands.

DENVER, May 22.-The report of the
committee on resolutions of the trans
Mississippi congress, which was made last
night. recommends that congress pass the
Burroughs bill, appropriating $4,000, 600
for the building and maintenance of levees
on the Mississippi river; demands govern
ment supervision of railroads; recon-
mends granting liberal charters and
subsidies to steamship lines under the
American flag; favors the admission of
New Mexico and Arizona into the Union;
asks congress to pass the Torrey bank
ruptcy bill, and to enact such legislation
as will foster our mining interests; recon-
mends more stringent naturalization laws,
and immediate completion of the jetties at
Galveston. Upon the silver question it asks
that congress be petitioned to repeal all laws
which in their effect work dishonor upon
or in the least challenge the sovereignty
of the silver dollar as an absolute measure
of value, and to restore to silver the place
given it as a perfect money by the trainers
of our government. The congress also
asks the president and congress to attempt
to bring around international recognition
and adjustment of silver as a money,
or that a limited agreeme mt be sought with
the nations of the Latin union, whereby
the minis of those nations may again be
opened for the coinage of silver. 1t also
favors negotiations with Spanish-Amer-
lean nations for common currency for
this continent south of Canada. The
minority reports silver clause demands
free and unlimited coinage of silver. !"
The forenoon session of today was entirely
taken up in the discussion of the majority
report.
The fine hand of the Louisiana lottery
combination was manifested in resolu-
ton calling for a constitutional amend
ment by which lotteries could be legal
lied in any state. The vote stood % to so
The remainder of the day was spent in
consideration of the resolutions. All were
passed as reported by the committee,
but a warm debate was provoked
by the question of the government ceding
arid lands to the states and territories. A
resolution deploring the law of the Forty
ninth congress, prohibiting foreign capt.
tai from investing in real estate and mines,
was adopted. The majority report on arid
lands urged the cession of arid lands to
the states in which they were situated,
and limiting individual purchases to
800 acres at not less than $1.25 per acre, and
that only citizens of the United States
shall be eligible as purchasers; the funds
derived from such sale to be devoted to
the development of irrigation and the rec
la.nation of arid lands. The minority re-
port was devoted to strong argument for
system of government irrigation that
would bring the lands under cultivation.
After much debate, participated in by
Senator Warren, of Wyoming; Judge Bel
ford, of Colorado; Delegates Gum, of Ida
no; Morse, of Colorado. and Hardy, of
Utah, various amendments offered were
voted down, and the majority report
adopted by large vote 1t was voted to
hold two meetings each year, one in Febru-
airy and one in November. A basis of rep
resentation was fixed.