St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-04
Stand Up Like Heroes After a
Hard Night at the Board
and Bowl,
And Put Into Resolutions
Their Endorsement of
Nicaragua.
The Vital Interest Of Uncle
Sam Therein Dwell on
Periodically.
Committees Named to Sound
the Big Conventions on
the Scheme.

ST. LOUIS, June 3.-RaceS and cham
payne lunches with six salad accom-
paniments are not calculated to accel-
crate the gathering of a convention.
and perhaps that was the reason the
Nicaragua convention was late this
morning. 1t was 10 o'clock before
Temporary Chairman Stanard raped
the body to order ana called for the
report of the committee on creden-
tialS, Thich accorded each delegate pres
ent one vote in the proceedings of the
convention. There were no contests or
Irregularities reported, and. the roll or
delegates having been read, the report
was adopted. The committee on per-
manent organization presented its re-
port. naming Hon. George l.. Converse,
of Ohio, permanent president and
Horace DAVIS, of California, senior vice
president, with one additional vice
president from each state and an eXecu-
tive committee OH the same basis. For
permanent secretary F. ID. II. McAdam
and j. G. Breadwell were named.
Chairman Converse, adverting to the
objects of the convention, declared the
building of the canal as necessary as
the casting OF cannon or the building of
ships in time of war, and for that rea-
son, as well as
Commercial Necessity.
the government should have control OF
SO great waterway, which, he felt,
should be constructed at once. The
committee on rules decided that all
resolutions be referred without reading
and all speeches be limited to ten min
uteS. An invitation from the worlds
fair authorities that the Nicaragua
canal be represented at the worlds
waterways convention at Chicago in
1893 was referred to the executive COM
Eiittee.
The committee On resolutions having
its report ready, it was then presented
and read. The report began with pre-
amble stating i'll concise terms the his
tory of the canal and benefits to accrue
from its construction and then pro-
ceeded:
Whereas. the Jnitec States is more inter-
ested i'll the construction of this canal than
is any other nation, and should aid in build
ing it upon such terms as may be safe to the
government and just TO the company; and.
Whereas, the tolls en- said canal should be
reasonable and so regulated by our govern
m ent that commerce shall not be oppressed
hereby: be it
Financial Aid Asked.
Resolved, by the national Nicaraguan canal
convention, that the congress of the United
States is hereby requested to give such finan-
eial assistance 10 said maritime ship canal of
Nicaragua as shall be necessary to secure
the speedy completion of the canal. and that
this shall be so done that the government
shall be made secure and be it further
Resolved, That inasmuch as it is made to
appear to the convention that in order TO
successfully prosecute the work at this time.
pending the action OF congress, without
fioating any loan in foreign countries, said
cent bonds, payable at the end of five years
at the option OF the company, and that the
interest thereon has Teen guaranteed by the
Manhattan Trust company, of New York.
and that purchasers of said bonds will re
ceive as q bonus an amount of the full pal
stock of said company equal to 70 per cen
ON the amount of their bond purchase, this
convention recommends said bond purchase
to the American people as wise and safe
investment; and be it further
Resolved. That two committees OF five
members each be appointed, one to visit
each of the great national conventions to
urge the adoption by such conventions Of
resolutions in favor of The building of the
Nicaragua canal, and asking aid from the
general governmentas condition thereof.
The first and third resolutions were
passed without much discussion, the
second being passed, as upon its read
ing an evident intentiOn to contest was
evinced. The second resolution was
then taken up and lively debate
sprang up which ended i'll Chairman
Estee offering the following substitute:
Resolved. That this convention recon-
mend 10 the generous and patriotic people
of the United States the investment i'll the
suretes of the company until the general
government shall have acted thereon.
With almost no delay vote upon the
substitute was reached, and it was
adopted. The resolution as amended
was adopted, aid then the question re-
CURED on the preamble and resolutions
reported by the committee as whole.
They were adopted practically without
a dissenting vote.
Rear Admiral Ammen Omitted States
navy, retired) then, by invitation. adj
dressed the asSemblage upon the phySi
cal characteristics of the various canal
projects as compared with each other.
At the conclusion of his remarks num-
Der of minor resolutions looking to the
publication of the proceedings, thank
ing Admiral Ammen for his address.
etc, were adopted, after which the con-
yention adjourned sine die.