Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-01
SOUTHERN WELFARE.
RESOURCES OF THIS SECTION DIS
CUSSeD At WASHINGTON.
Tho DEVELOPMENT Convention-Plsn and
Scope of Organization-AnxIety that
Politics May BE Excluded.

sas. as the public schools were educauhs
the negroes To the duties or citizehsh'p'
the Australian ballot system had e.inl-
mated dangers from ignorance and Inc
negro had become reconciled to the fact
that the white man, who paid most Oh
the taxes must rule. lts mineral weaI'h
Is considered the greatest resource OF
the State and Mr.. Vincenheller laid stress
upon the need of more railroads for It's
development.
The report OF the Committee on Pan
and Scope was read by W. seymour
White, Of Virginia. IL provided Tor
permanent bureau in Washington for the
exhibition Of the resources of the Solth-
ern States and for the general Information
of capital and labor, the expense
of the bureau TO be paid by pro rata con-
tribution from the States; also suo-
bureau In each state, through when eN-
hibits should be forwarded to NashlhS-
ton. to be IN charge OF the Colnhlss.on-
ers of Agriculture. Labor or immigration,
who should verify all Information filed
with the. bureau. 4 small commission
would be allowed on sales made through
the bureau A committee Of one member
from each state and the District or To-
lumbia was provided for. 10 be appoihleu
BY the Chair and a meeting. 10 be heid
in Washington. to which the governors
Of States would be invited TO perfect the
details of the organization. 80,
Another resolution endorsed the Dill
introduced dn the Senate by senator
Walsh for a permanent exhibit In W aSh-
! ington Of the resources of all the states
4 warm discussion was precipitated ~
/ Mr. Charles Catlett. OF Nhglhit " ~
/ declared that the southern states. ha'
taken little advantage OF the great W
rortunitv afforded by the Worlds Fair.
Mr. " + CLAYTON. OF Florida, held
that a plan to confer authority upon the
governors Of the States would give
| political character 70 the organization.
Mr.. Robert ". Hunter. OF Virginia, sus-
teined the report when he said that lAe
! Sou,h did not expect TO build herself w
/ in a dav. That she did not care FOR wha'
was called the tide Of immgratlon' Io'
/ Poles. Hungarians. and Anarchists IL
was applsuded.
Nr. BelrIsley, Of North Carolina, mal'
an earnest plea for the adoption OF III.
/ report. He held that the establishment
! of 4 nermanent bureau would Do away
with the boom" idea and prevent mis-
representation to prospective investors.
Another defence Of the report wa
made by Major Yancey. Of Floriia' "n'
prophesied that the Southern states "ou'
make appropriations for the support o'
the permanent bureau. He arsueu lo'
| Washington az the proper place Tor th'
| bureau. because ii would be nearer th'
northern people, whom the South hope1
10 reach.
AGAINST THE REPORT.
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emphatically against the report, which
he said, was on the plan Of a circunloeu
tiou office. II the matter was going {.
be submitted to legislative action and tC
the Governors OF the states, II woul
rever amount to anything; the legisla
tive piseon-holes would absorb II.
arother plan, business plan, wer
a6opte1 tie convention would secur
CROUCH money before any legisittur
could meet 20 carry out the pracuci
ideas for which the convention VA
called.
l.. o. c. Lamar. Of Mississippi. spok
FOR the report. He contended that tn
uresent Meeting was not Il representa-
five body What was wanted was
representative body. appointed by u
heads OF the southern States, VINO repte
scented the popular vote or me peolie
| IllS convent III WI tb'NN'A Ntt F+~''
picion by newspaper enl pubic men
and to divert this idea permanent repre-
sentative body shouli Le organized.
Mr. Barrett. Of West Virginil, though
that delegates 10 the permanent cohNeH
tion should be appointed by commerc'a
and indu-trill bodies and farmers or
Mr clayton asked If from the momen
4 Governor Of u state made appoint
meuts Of delegates To the convention IN
movement would not he a political one
lAppl,use) He thought the businessmen
should take hold Of the idea, and s,NciuH
politics.
That part Of the resolutions about IN
establishment o. permanent bureau .
exhibits H. Washington was aioplei Ni
Irvine. Of Alabama, offered an aHlehi
mont proyiding that the permanent *
htblt should be- supported by annual con
tributions of 80 each from all southern
business and other bodies, instead of D!
such southern states as take part III IL
establishment. THIS amenIment was lost
The rest II the first section W-s tht'
adoptel IN ia entirety. and the secoh
section was agreed 10.
The section provding that the Cover
n0rs Of the several Southern states an,
the Board Of District Commissioners shal
each appoint ten delegates 10 the adjourn
.d convention was adopted, with th'
elimination OF the clause giving prefer
enc, TO members of the present cOnVen
tion and the addition OF an ameniineu
! maj businessmen shall have representa-
ton i'm the adjourned meetns' but ina
IN. voting powers oi the states shdl
b. equal
The section providing that the cohVen
tion adjourn to meet in Washington Wa
| also adouted. as was also an amendnen
reoIssting the Governors TO appoint a
delegates men representative OF the In
dustries I'm their several States
Alr. Irvine. Of Alabama, offered al
amendment to provide that before an.
Industry shall be listed 1t shall be en-
dorsel by a State bureau, board o
trade. town council. or three BANK
WAS laid on the table.
Tho r,uort as amended was thei
adopted and recess taken until O'Clock
MINERAL RESOURCES.
In III, afternoon. Or. Day. Of the Geo
logical Survey, told the convention aDou
rho mineral resources OF the So4th. II
told of the wonderful deposits in III
mountains Of the Southern states, and hi
tax proved so interesting that a specia
resolution Of thanks for his informatio
\ was ddoptrt'
Virginia and Her Resources were tol
of by william Catlett. He called part
cuiar attention 10 the great fields o
marble and slate. which were oVerloOke
hv builders in the city Of Washington
who brought these things from Vernon
and PENNSYLVANIA at double freight rate
claude Bennett. private secretary 70 th
Sacretnry Of the Interior, told OF Georgia
resources.
More about the mineral resources
virginia was told by w 5. White, &
Fredericksburg The South had produce
no Debs and no riots. II did not giy
birth 10 Coxeyism, and when the Coxeyii
tramps crossed the Potomac and campe
on Virginia soil, they were taken by th
scruff OF the neck and thrown out. Th
vast mineral deposits OF the State wei
not in the wilderness. nor In the deser
they lay close to the heart Of civilization
Another recess was then taken until
i. NJ.
ALABAMA WATERWAYS.
The evening session OF the conven,io
was given up principally to a lecture b
Hon. Richard VI. Clarke. OF Mobile, repr'
! sentative in Congress from Alabama, o
the navigable waterways OF Alabam
and the influence OF their improvemeI
upon the commercial development OF N
mort OF Mobile When Mr.. Clarke col
) , cludel some business was transacted ar
the convention adjourned sine die.
|, The chairman announced the committt
, | IN formulate a plan for permanent organ