Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-13

RICHSOyBS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
RECESS 7 KEN UNTIL 4 P. NJ.
convening of tho Governor. at Richmond
This Morning.

This Morning.
Special Dispatch 70 The Ev,nlrs star
RIcHNoSD, Va, April iS-The southern
governors were Sstir early this morning. When
the convention adjourned yesterday t ~ss with
the understanding that they meet at II O'Clock
this morning. but it WAS decided a; the meeting
OF the committee on organization last night to
call the convention 60 order today at go
O'Clock. Consequently all OF the chief rnagis-
traies were down at their hotels for early calls
this morning, and IN view OF the fact that they
were up late las; night it Is reported this morn
ing that just before breakfast the governors Of
the Two Caro.inas INDUCED an a welI-lnoun
conversation. and they had sympathetic listen
ers among the other executives.
Gov. i. X. hilman ot south Carolina reached
the city YESTERDAY afternoon from Washington,
II. c. Accompanied by his new hGuor oomInls-
sioner, he had just retained from Illinois.
| where he examined the whisky dlstiIling sys-
ten, with a view 20 enforcing his new houor
law. He Joined tie other governors yesterday
afternoon Ia criye over aud around the citv
when many historical points we're visited They
dIned with GOV. Mckinney at the executive
mansion last night, after which an Informal
discussion was held as to the pans and suggos-
tions for the work OF the convention, but no
definite conclusion Was reached.
| PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
1t was, however. 10 O'Clock before the con-
vention was raped to order. The committee
on organization reported ana the temporary
officers We're made the permanent ones
Governor Carr of North Carolina offered a
resolution recommending that the governors OF
the several states appoint several persoils one
70 Invesslcaie carefully all 81 the subjects per-
! tnlHinC TO immigration. and they shall cooper
! ate Wl-h the governors. who shall constitute u
cooperative committee and shall confer to-
| Gether If necessary.
no'. flsn6ack OF Arkansas introduced the
! following letter
To Has EAce!lency, tine President OF the
| United States:
The governors Of the southern states of our
Union m convention assembled beg leave re-
specifully TO call your attention To . .'condi-
! uon. not a theory. which cOnfronpe and
affects our entire country. but more pArticu-
! larly the southern hsii 81 T. what are known
as the southern states of the United States are
unquestlonablv superior IN climate. soil. in
| natural resources and IN their capacity for
! greater diversity of agricultural and horticul-
/ tural products to the northern half of the
Union, If indeed not 20 any other region Of the
world While their system of laws. their socizl
| amenlties their love for law and order. their
general refinement. though differing IN some
! peculiarltles. are not inferior 10 those of any
otner portion Of our country. these states
faf behind their sisters of the north.
For ten or fifteen year after the late civil
| war the uncertain condition OF the race prob
| lem not unnatarally repellcd immigration aud
| Investment from our section, but happily this
condition no longer exists. Yet what Is
commonly known as the south does not
receive that share Sf immigration and that
| low OF capacity which her unDaralieled induce
ments would lead to expect. The reason
| for this lies not in the facts Of the situation.
but in false ideas OF the real stat of things in
| this region Tnis is an unhealthy condition.
What affects the prosperity of the whole Union,
| for 30 interdtpendent are the various sections
of our common country that one portion cannot
suffer without Its affecting the whole.
/ Much. IL. indeed. not mos, OF those false ideas
originated in the Systematic slander which one Of
the great political parties of the United States
has thought its interest 10 promulgate We use
! the word SANDER advisedly. Take as an Illus
| tration in proof the state Of Arkansas. There
| is no other section Of the country upon which
has been hurled so much vitgperatlon and abuse.
Her people. her laws. her institutions, her
| society have all alike been denounced in un-
| measured terms until the idea prevails in many
places that her people are lRw!ess, IL not unciv-
| ilized. let Congress composed of q ms
jority OF these very slanderers. republican
| IN both its branches, only two wears ago.
| when called upon TO enact a code, a body with
every state IN the Union 10 select from, chose
the entire code from the statute Of this very
state of Arkansas. They cannot escape the
| alternative conclusion to which the inevltabls
leads; they stand convicted OF either slandering
| one OF their fellow cOmmonwealths or of reck-
| lessly trlfiing with rights and interests
| of another. But while the slsnder is
made more apparent an the case
OF Arkansas by TINS qualification, yet
/ IL not peculiar to that state The whole
| south is included. Nor are these slauders con-
| fined 10 this country. For the past thirty years
| the United States have been represented in
! all the countries of The world with whom We
have diplomatic relations by men who were
not only preJudiced against the south. bat whose
| political interests demanded, as they seemed
! TO think, that they spread mlsrepresen tatlon
and intensity partisan prejudice against this
portion of their coantry. believing that you
appreciate the situation ana that your
pair o.lsln Is broad enough to cover all sec
tions of the great country over which you
are called to preside, We respectfully .sk
of you that you award to the south a larger
share of the representation. especially in those
| foreign ports from which most OF our i'm
| migration and capital come, thRa has heretofore
been permitted Us. to the end that the mind Of
| mankind be dlsauused Of the felse impressions
Of the south which have been sedulously. 30
systematically and so lnjuriously spread abroad
| throughout the civilized world"
TIE ADDRESS REFERRED.
The address Of the president was referred to
| a committee appointed for that purpose
Gov Tillman said he indorsed the general
purport OF the address. but would like 70 mod
| ify It's language just little.
| 1t In TO to.
Cows. Jones OF Alabama and Foster Of Lou
| isiana would not be quoted. saving they hsd
| not examined it as they would like.
Gov. Carr when approached said that so far
| as he had examined the address he did not in
| dorse it,
Col Nicholson OF Louisiana offered resola-
| tion:
THAT the Congress Of the United States be
| requested TO supply substantial aid, such the
issue of srms. camp and garrison equipage and
| subsistence during encampment 20 the military
studepts of the various institutions of Learning