The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-01
ITS SESSION OVER.
Close of the Great Western Con-
Dress

ST. LOUIS. Nov. 30.-The Trans Missis-
sippi Congress ended to-day with light
attendance, large proportion of the dele
gates having left for home last night or
this morning. President Cannon an
nounced the order of business to be the
naming of vice-presidents and members
of the executive committee. The follow
ing selections were announced. leaving the
list to be filled later by communication
with officers of the congress:
Minnesota-Vi president, Flaundrau, ST.
Paul; executive committee-D. M. Gilmore, E.
c. Gridley.
-Vice-president William johnson
executive committee A. E. Castle q. W.
Parsons.
Oklahoma-Vice.p president, C. G. Jones; exc.
cutive committees. A. Clark, C. a. Smetzer,
Kansas-Vlce-P President, J.. D. Lewelling
executive committee-W. r. Savage w. Ii.
Toothaker.
neutrality-suspicious., Eugene Sem.
pie; executive committee-W. C. Jones, A. L.
Black.
Arkansas-Vice- president, - -; execu-
tive committee-J A. Teller, George Sengel.
Oregon-Vice president. C. G. Frank; execu-
tive committee-Ernest z. DoSh, M D. Butter
field.
Alaska - Vice president, James Sheakley
executive committee James Bugbee. E.
Schuyler.
-vice-president, A. c. Fisk; execu-
tive committed l.. johnson. I. N. Stevens.
Nebraska-Vice president. X. w. Richard
son; executive committee-W. j. Bryan, Judge
Bradley of Omaha.
neutrality-suspicious., W. j. Cheyney; ex-
ecutlve committee-Theodore Comstock
Montana-Vice-p president Governor John E.
Richards. executive pOmmIttea- q MorrIIi
W. A. Clark.
New -Vice-president, L. B.. Prince ;
executive committee-T. j. Helm L. B. Prince.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. George NJ. Parsons;
executive committee-Waiter Hoge, f. A.
Fem.
Iowa-Vice- president. E. B. Tucker: execu-
tive committee-Lou Breyson. S. ID. Cook.
Indian Territory-Vice- president, ID. NJ.
HALEY; executive committee-Glbson Morton.
w. II. Haley.
Utah-Vice- president. c. c. Goodwin; execu-
tive committee-L W. Shurtleff, w. III. Culmer.
Texas-Vce-pr Louis Hancock; ex-
ecutive committee-Thomas Randolph, T. j.
Ballinger.
A motion was adopted empowering the
executive committee as appointed here to
fill vacancies.
The reading of the remainder of the
report of the committee on resolutions
was begun, and the following expressions
were ADOPTED as the sense of the congress /:
IndorsDg the recommendations of the
recent convention at San Francisco urging
appropriations for dams in certain rivers
in that State as being of benefit to hydrau-
lie mining and navigation. 1t was also
recommended that the original resolutions
be extended to other States where similar
conditions exist; recommending to South
ern States the production of ramie as the
means of diversifying crops in that sec
ton; favorng the action Of Congress
extending the provisions of the Carey
arid land act to the Territories, and urging
Congress to pass acts enabling the admis-
sion of Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Arizona into the Union as States; favor
ing allotment OF lands of the five civil
ICED tribes, and creation of State or
Territorial Government. with complete
court jurisdiction or union of all or part
of the Territory to Oklahoma, and the adj
mission in single Statehood of that Terri
tory. This was adopted after some de bate
on the minority resolution favoriDg the
largement of the jurisdiction and memb ers
OF the Federal judiciary in the Territory,
and deferring Statehood until the lands
are allotted and the new citizens ready
for self-government
There was a contest over the place of
next meeting between Portland, Or. Boise