Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-08-31
BOLD THREAT OF COMMERCIAL
DtSUNiON OF THE STATES.
GoY. Stone OF Missouri Fay0rs the Plan
OF Kansas Petiti0ners--St. Louis
Should BE the Money and
Trade Center or the
West.

Stone of Missouri to call conven
ton of Governors of western stateI
To meet in st. Louis too The purp6s'
of devising means for the arrange
ment of "such trade relations al
may render this section free of de.
pendence upon the eastern section
of the United States in business af.
fairs" This action has been fol
lowed by other State officials ane
many Boards of Trade in the West,
all praying Gov. Stone to call 6
conference looking to "commercial
disunion" of the West from the
East.
The World of this city prints to.
day opinions from a number ol
Western Governors upon this prop
osition. The World sent to each
of the Governors of the Western
States this telegram:
Will you kindly telegraph at our
expense answers to the following
questions:
First. What do you think of the
petition of Kansas officials for a
commercial division between the
West and East?
Second. What would be the re-
suit of the proposed convention OF
Governors to consider this?
Gov. Stone of Missouri, Lewelling
of Kansas and Pennoyer of Oregon
favor the convention. Gov. Boies
of Iowa says it is unwise and does
not think any considerable number
of Governors would attend such a
convention. Other Governors, ,nota-
bly, McGraw of Washington, Col
cord of Nevada and Nelson cf Wis
consin, oppose the scheme.
GOV. STONE FAVORS IT.
Here is the interview with Gov
Stone of Missouri on the proposed
convention and its results:
ASPEN, Colo, Aug. 22.-Gov.
Stone of Missouri, to whom the petit
ton for a convention OF Governors OF
Western and Southern States has
been sent by Kansas officials who
would try to establish a commercial
division of the country, said to :
World and Post Dispatch CORES
pondent yesterday at Glenwood
Springs that he was satisfied the
South and West could unite upon q
plan to make st. Louis the money
center and Galveston or New Or
leans the outlet for Western com.
merce. If it were demonstrated up
on his return home, he said, that &
representative convention of The
kind proposed should be had b,
would call the same at such time al
would in his judgment best suit The
object to be attained. He deploree
sectionalism, but the time hae
come, he thought, when the people
of the West and South and the grea
wheat raising sections OF the Nortl
and Northwest must act to preserve
their own interests, and, in fact
their own fresides. He had formed
the idea from what he has seen il
the daily press, that it was proposed
to exclude from the convention t.,
agricultural states east of the Mis-
sissippi River, and certain of thos'
north of the Ohio River whose in
terests were the same. This wa
not, in his opinion, the prope
thing. They were silver people AM
| should participate. As to the plac
| of meeting, st. Louis was probabl.
| the most central and convenient;
| left to him he would call a conven
ton to meet October 1. This dat
| would give him time to consult th
Governors of other states, and what
ever action was taken would b
fresher in the minds of Senator
and Congressman and would n
doubt have its influence with Pres
dent Cleveland.
THEY WOULD BE ORATORS.
Here are the replies from th
| Governors OF other Western State
on the proposed scheme:
"I believe this nation to be a
Iindivisible union; that any ma
who proposes any measure to- ola
looking to a secession OF State
| from the union is a traitor to tt
flag of freedom as he was 1861 ;th'
united we will stand, but divided y
fall, whether we attempt to divit
on the line of slavery Norl
and South or of silver East ar
| West. j. ID. McGRAW.
| SEATTLE, WASH, Aug. 20.
PENNoYER FOR FAIR PLAY.
| The Southern and Western Stat
are now really the bond slaves
the Eastern States between the tv
thieves, the Eastern protected inte
ests and the Eastern gold bug bon
holding oligarchy. They are e
during greater oppression than o
forefathers endured when they I
belled against Great Britain. Th'
ought to secure either fair play
commercial freedom.
SYLVESTER PENNoYER.
i PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 81.
/ approve the action of Kans
and other State officials looking t.
closer commercial union of the we
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