The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-11-30
Resolutions Begin 10 Come In.

The introduction of resolutions, to be
referred without debate to the com.
mittee ON resolutions when that commit
tee shall be appointed, was then begun.
Delegate Stanard, of ST. Louis, intro
duced resolution favoring the renewal
by proper legislative enactment OF the
reciprocity treaties recently abrogatcd in
the authorization of new treaties; Dele
gate Lubin, of California favoring the
payment of bounty upon exported agri-
cultural products, us n just return for the
aid afforded manufacturers by protective
tariffs; Delegate Smith, of Iowa, favoring
appropriations by the federal government
for the completion Of the Hennepin canal.
Then Frye, Of Missouri presented me-
mortal notable for It's comprehensiveness,
covering as it docs oil the subjects to come
before the congress and suggesting cura-
tive processes for all the ills OF the finGn-
cial system relating to silver; Delegate
Bowen, of Utah, favoring the restoration
by the independent action of the United
States of silver to its status prior TO tho
enactment of the law OF 1873; Delegate
Stoddard, Of Colorado, favoring free gold
and silver coinage OF tho ratio of i6 30 j.
providing fer the uso of coin certificates,
and enabling and directing the retirement
of national bank notes as faS5 as bonds
supporting them can be paid and taken up
by the coinage OF Goid and silver.
Delegate stanard, of Missouri, offered
resolution favoring the use of silver coin.
age to the fullest extent possible at such
ratio rs may BE- susceptible OF being ocil-
nitely maintained; also indOrSing the cf-
forts Of the government to secure the
more extended use of silver by othor niI-
tions. Among the others were rc30lu-
tions favoring the improvement OF The
Duluth, Mimi, harbor; favorng the re-
fusal OF this congress to adopt any rccom-
mendation as to silver or the tariff; urg-
ing the opening of the Indian Territory in
order to put an end to outlawry; favor
ing the Nicaragua canal under the dom
ination of the United States; favoring a
tariff commission with plenary powers;
demanding the repeal of the free lead
bill; short resolution indorsing free sill
yer coinage ut B-to-1.
An address ,Gpon the beet sugar indus
try occupied the convention for some
time, it's delivcrer being Delegate ;. Z.
Hamilton, of Nebraska. Tho executive
committee was instructed to present not
later than tomorrow morning the plan of
permanent organization which it was di-
rected by the San Francisco congress to
prepare The committee on credentials
reported full list of delegates, which
was accepted. The report of the commit
tee on rules and order of business was
made q special order for this morning and
the convention then took another recess
The attendance ut the evening session
at which irrigation was the set subject FOR
discussion, was rather light AT Prcsi-
dent Whitmore's request George l.. Can
non, of Utah, took the chair and intro
duced the subject of discussion with brief
review of his own experience in the past
forty-seven years with the growing of
crops, etc, by artificial overlooking of
otherwise desert lands. The opening pa
per of the evening was upon 1.-The Water
Supply of the Rocky Mountains Region"
and was read by n II Newell, of tho
United States geological survey.
The paper was IA general review OF tho
subject, pre- ;enting more especially the
fact that the area of lightcst rainfall is
coincidcnt with tllc lands still held i'm
government ownership. Hon. Elwood
Mead, state engineer of Wyoming, next
read paper upon Reclamation of Arid
Lands" discussing moro especially the
lack of concert of action between the
authorities In the control OF the water
and those in control OF the land
Irrigation a Living National Issue"
was the subject of paper by Editor w.
Smythe, of Tho Irrigation Age. The tenor
of his remarks was that no issue be is ir-
rigation or otherwise, which affects ever
so small portion Of the country can, IL
1t tends to tho good OF that portion, be O
local issue.