The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-04-23
ENDED IN A BIG ROW.

ENDED IN A BIG ROW.
KANSAS CITY CONVENTION DIVIDED
OVER POLITICS.
Majority Of the Delcgstes, Headed by
the Minnesota Contingent. Bolt-Fres
Trade and Free silver the Rock Upon
Which they Split.
KANSAS CITY, April 18.-The first
Western states commercial congress has
wound up, not in blaze Of glcry, but
il decidedly boisterous manner. The
assertion that the congress was develop
ing into political movement proves to
have been the truth.
Interest during tho last day conferred
upon the reports from the committee on
resolutions. They were identical. ex-
cept that the majority declared in favor
Of free coinage and tariff for revenue
only, while tho minority report opposed
free coinage and declared IN favor Of
protection.
The Majority Report.
The majority report favors the adopt
ion, by tho issuance Of . sufficient
amount of legal tender notes to be re-
deemable in both gold and silver to re-
store the equilibrium between money
and al other products; declares the
congress to be unalterably opposed 10
the protective tariff principles; favors
tariff for revenue only; declares that
the interstate commerce OF the
country should b controlled by the
general government, and that the inter-
state commerce commission be strength
ened by appropriate Legislation, favors
q liberal policy for tho Improvement Of
the waterways, and especially the Mis-
sissippi river and its affiuents; endorses
the action Of congress in making an ap-
preparation for the construction Of tho
Hennepin canal, and recommends the
completion Of this work; favors the con-
struction Of d ship canal connecting the
the establishment Of : navy yard At
some point on the Mississippi river near
its mouth; declares il to be the judg-
ment of this congress that the Missis-
sippi river can Be and should Be made
navigable for ocean steamers for . con-
siderablo distance above New Orleans,
and recommends the construction Of
levees from st. Paul to the gulf.
acssr Fst.. ship Canals, Toe.
The majority report further recon
mends 9 ship canal from the headwaters
Of the Ohio to Lake Erie and ship
canal from the head Of Lake Superior to
the Mississippi river; favors the con-
struction Of the Nicaragua canal as
distinctively American work, under
American control; favors such reforms
in methods of taxation as will remedy
: the injustice of unequal taxation and as
win place just share of taxation upon
the Accumulated wealth of the country;
favors national bankrupt law; con-
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 surplus lands
to settlement under the provisions of
the homestead law; favors tho prohibi-
ton of nonresident alien ownership Of
lands; recommends that all unearned
railway grants be restored to the public
domain for homesteads; that the gov
eminent should cede its arid lands to
the various states; favors the enactment
of laws to prevent dealing in futures;
recommends the admission of the terri
tories of New Mexico and Arizona into
the Union.
A Bitter Argument.
The argument on the adoption of the
50 -
was very bitter. The convention adj
journed at $50 for twenty minutes
to reassemble in another hall on account
of theatrical troupe needing the thea
tire. At sos they met again and the
discussion was resumed, getting hotter
and hotter every minute, until $50,
when the majority report was adopted
as a whole without amendment and the
announcement was received with vo-
ciferous cheers from the majority. As
soon as quiet was restored the Mime
sofa delegation rose to it's feet as one
man and Mr.. e V. Smalley, speaking
for his brother members, said that Min
nesota wished TO emphasize the objec-
ton to making the so-called non. parti-
san congress bitter partisan conven-
ton, and in order % do this, 10 that
there would be no mistake Is 10 their
attitude, the delegates filed ont of the
hall amid the cheers, bowls and calls Of
those who remained.
Free SILVER a.A Free Trade Did Il.
The free silver and free trade resolu-
tions were the ones which were the
cause of the trouble, and while Mime
sofa made their protest emphatic, many
delegates from the. Republican states
left the hall during tho debate and re-
fused to take part IN thu proceedings
when they saw how the matter would
end. tres4f5t fssr - -a,
After the Minnesota delegation left
the hall there was . regular stampede,
and in Eve minutes there were hardly
enough delegates left to adjourn de-
Gently. A cross-fre of talk was in
dulged in until 9;15, when the congress
adjourned sine die.
Tho Heroism Of CAildhood.
There Is somsthing very pathetic
about the heroim Of childhood, where
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