Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-14

| day called to order by President FISH
back. The committee on permanent
Organization reported through Cover
ner Mckinney, recommending that the
TEN porary officers be made permanent
and on all questions before the conven-
tion each State shall be entitled to one
vote to he cast by the Governor, and II
not present, by one of the delegates
from that selected by representatives.
| Adopted.
Governor Fishback called Governor
Carr, OF North Carolina, to the chair and
| took the floor and presented the follow
ing:
First-That the Governor OF each Of
the Southern States be requested to have
a paper prepared which he can endorse
and to which he can attach his official
| signature, succinctly setting forth in
not exceeding 5000 words In relation to
the social condition, religion, education
and physical resources Of the State and
that these papers be prepared on or be-
fore the first day OF May, and when pre-
pared they be forwarded to the secre-
tary of the convention, to be published
in pamphlet form for distribution at the
Worlds Fair.
Second-That on or before the first
day of May the secretary Of this con-
vention be directed to advertise for bids
| for publication, etc.
Third-That the boards of trade or
chambers of commerce of the several
Southern States which are interested be
requested TO supplement this effort OF
the States by having articles in relation
to their respective commonwealths pub
lished in some of the leading periodicals
OF the North in order that they may
reach the larger class Of home seekers
who will not attend the Worlds Fair.
Referred.
Gov. Fishbaak presented the follow
ing, which was referred to President
Cleveland:
The Governors Of Southern States in
convention assembled, beg leave re-
spectfuly to call your attention to a
condition, not theory, which confronts
and affects our entire country, but
more particularly the Southern States.
What are known as the Southern
States are unQuestionably superior in
what are known as natural resources
and their capacity for greater diversity
of agricultural and horticultural pro-
ducts TO the northern half OF the Union,
II, indeed. they are not superior to any
region Of the world; while their system
Of laws, their social amenities, their love
for law and order and their general re-
fnement, though differing in some re-
spects, are not inferior to those Of any
portion of our country, yet the fact
stares US in the face that in material ad-
vancement these States are far behind
their sisters In the North.
The address then reviews the situa-
tion In the South after the close OF the
war, refers to aiding the business inter-
ests Of the Southern section by repre-
sentatives sent abroad, and ends:
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 but whose political interests
demanded, aS they seemed TO think,
that they spread misrepresentation
and intensified partisan prejudices
against this portion Of their country.
Believing that you appreciate the situa-
tion and your patriotism is broad
enough to cover all sections OF the great
country over which you are called to
preside, we respectfully ask OF you that
you award to the South larger share
OF the representation, if possible. in
those foreign ports from which most Of
our immigration and capital come, than
has heretofore been permitted US, to the
end that the mind of mankind be dis
abused Of the false impressions OF the
South, which have been so sedulously,
so systematically and so injuriously
spread abroad throughout the civilized
world.
When the convention re2ssembled at
4:20 .. m. the committee on resolutions
presented the address to the people Of
the United States and Europe. 1t was
in part as follows:
The Governors of the States Of Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia, Ala
bama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri,
Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi,
assembled in convention at the city Of
Richmond, Va, on April -, 1898, for
the sole purpose OF advancing by CO.
operation and concerted action the in
dustrial interests and well being Of their
several States, do issue the following
address to the people Of the United
States and those in Europe who may
contemplate making investments in this
country or immigrating here in search
of homes.
The address then deals with the area,
climate conditions and natural resources
of the Southern States. Under the
heads of minerals, forestry, agriculture
and horticulture it points out many ad-
vantages awaiting the settler, and con-
tinues:
'sHitherto immigration and capital
have flowed more towards the Western
and Northwestern States. This was
due, no doubt, largely to the fact that
these were new States where the immi
grants couli find free homes by right Of
settlement on the public lands OF the
UnitedStates and partly,it may be.to the
fact that most OF the States represented
In this convention were the theatre Of
war during the struggle between the
States sand were interrupted In their
progress by the somewhat turbulent
conditions Immediately following the
cessation OF hostilities, incident TO the
so-cailed period OF reconstruction. But,