The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-22

NEW YORK. June 2l.-About 3oo
gentlemen who are interested in thu
commercial prosperity Of the South and
VINO wish to attract the attention of
Northern capitalists to the adyantages
1t offers for investment, had a confer.
ence at the Fifth Avenue Hotel this
morning. The meeting was the con-
tinuance OF one Of a similar Character
held at Augusta, Ca, three weeks ago
and with the result OF which Senator
Patrick Walsh, OF Georgia. Col. D. b.
Dyer and R. Fl. Edmonds, OF Baltimore.
the prime movers in the enterprise, were
not entirely satisfied.
All the varied business interests OF
the South sent representatives to the
conference. Senator Walsh did not an
pear, being detained at Washington by
the possibility OF vote in the Senate
TO- Day on the income tax provision or
the tariff bill. Among the Virpinians
who were present at the conference to-
day we're Augustus Wright, W. e. Dib.
bel and Padchal Davis, manufacturers
OF Petersburg; Thomas w. Miller, of
Roanoke; Dawson Mccormack, Norfolk:
4. G. Marshal and Alexander E. War
ner, Portsmouth; Charles L. Todd and
Henry w. Wood, Richmond
The meeting organized with the an
pointment OF Capt. hugh R Garden, a
Southerner, but resident in New York
for twenty five years, as chairman, and
the selection OF .. j. Bayne, OF the Au-
gusta Chronicle, as secretary. A com
mittee Consisting of r. ii. Edmonds.
Stuyvesant Fish and George S. Smith
were named 70 wait on Secretary Hoke
Smith who is stopping 1T the hotel, and
escort him to the meeting.
In the midst OF discussion over q
resolu ton offered by Fred b. Gordon, of
Colum bus, Ga for the appointment Of q
committee on plan and scope, Secretary
Hoke Smith entered the room He was
given an ovation and was cscorted to a
seat beside the chairman. IL VAS finally
decided 10 appoint plan and scope
ommittee, consisting OF eight mombers
from New York and seven from the
eleven Southern States sending dele
gates to the convention.
Chairman Garden appointed the fol-
lowing gentlemen: Hugh B. Garden.
| eX.offcio; II. Is. Clafiin, Stuyyesant
Fish, Theodore Frelinguhysen, VIM. l..
Strong, William Stanton, Samuel l..
Jarvis, OF New York, and D. Il. Over.
OF Georgia; w. II. Edmonds, OF Msry-
land; John j. Hemphill, Of South Caro-
lima; DR. ID. NJ. CALDWELL, o. Alabama:
Hamilton Disston, OF Florida; Judge
Chas. e. Fenner, OF Louisiana, and
Barton Meyers, OF Virginia
Secretary Hoke Smith made an adj
dress which was received with much
enthusiasm and was punctuated with
applause. He was offered unanimous
vote of thanks for his remarks and
shortly after left the hotel
Letters OF regreat expressing the
greatest interest in tho work OF tho con-
vention were received and read from
Secretary OF tho Navy II. A. Herbert,
Governor Northen, of Georgia, Senator
Walsh. w. j Morgan, s. M Eel ton,
s. A. Pierce ana A. b. Andrews.
Two plans for the convention, as g
basis for its work, were submitted to
tho committee ON plan and scope. They
were offered by r Wayne Wilson. Of
New York, and R. H. Williams.
Resolutions were adopted indorsine
the plan for permanent exposition in
Washington, where the several States
and Territories can1eXhibit their pro.
ducts, the exposition to DO under the
charge of the Secretaries Of Agriculture
and the Interior and the Postmaster
General. Also the Baltimore Centennial
Exposition and the exposition to be
held st Atlanta.
Al 1870 o'clock the convention ad-
journed Till $50, to meet in the large
dining-room Of the hotel. the parlor
being too small to accommodate the
me IN bers who attended.
Chairman Garden called the conyen-
ton to order this evening shortly after
0 o'clock and submitted tho report of
tho committee on plau and scOoc This.
committee recommended that per-
manent committee be appointed, COM
posed Of twenty members, ono
from each Of the Southern States and
ten from tho North and West, to take
charge Of all work in tho line OF South
ern development, This was adopted
and the following permanent committee
was appointed:
R. S. Ednonds. Maryland; j. F. Will
Jams, Virginia, II. 5. Carr, North Caro-
lima; A. s. Haskell. South Carolina; d.
b. Dyer, Georgia; d. II. Elliott, Florida;
H. NJ. Caldwell, Alabama; b. Allen;
Louisiana,C r. Breckenridge. Arkan.
sas; w. R. Nelson, Mississippi; Ii. r.
Courtney, Kentucky; j f. Peters, Ten
nessee; II D,ss,on. Pennsylvania; S.
Inman, NV York; John Chaplin,
New York; Stuyvesant Fish, New
York; c a Deshon, New York;
T1eo. Frelighuysen, New York;
Russell a Alger, Michigan; T.
Jefferson Coolidge, Massachusetts; S.
M Jarvis, New York; II. R. Garden,
New Yo:k; a Gresham. Texas: A. B.
Fleming, West Virginia; w G.. Yegar.
Mississippi; G.. II Sullivan, New York;
Boyd Smith, Dist.cd OF Columbia, and
Samuel Spencer.
The convention thon ediourna5 suh