The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-27

PAPERS READ.


Trans Mississippi congress assem- bled
yesterday afternoon Elk Governor
Prince Of New Mexico was then asked
BY President Whitmore to take the
chair for the afternoon session and
that gentleman proceeded to give
business an impetus By telling the
mem bers of the congress what was in
order and urging action upon what
ever it was possible to consider
Upon motion Of Delegate HuntoOn
of Iowa the Missouri river improve
ment commission was formally IN
vited to attend the convention and
enlighten it upon the progress Of the
work of Improvement The intro
duction Of resolutions. to be referred
without debate TO the committee on
resolutions when the committee
shall be appointed, was then begun,
VIZ:
BY Delegate Standard Of St Louis,
favOring the renewal by proper legls-
lative enactment of the reciprocity
treaties recently abrogated in the au-
thorization of new treaties
By Delegate Castle Of California,
memorial to congress tavorlng the
construction Of the Nicaragua canal
under the control and supervision OF
the United States gOvernme
Bv Delegate Harding Of NJ issOuri.
demanding the defeat Of the free lead
bill now before the United States
senate.
Bv Delegate Lubin Of California,
favoring the payment of a bounty
upon exported agricultural products.
as lust return for the a i'd afforded
manufacturers by protective tarlHs
BY Delegate Smith of Iowa, favor
ing appropriations b. the federal
government for the cOmpletlOn OF the
Henne pin canal
Bv DeIepate Sansel Of Arkansas, IA
voring a tariff commission VITA plen-
airy powers, thereby removing tnat
matter from the influence Of the mu-
tati0ns of the parties.
Bv Delegate Frye Of Missouri
memorial covering all the su biects to
come before the congress and sug-
costing curative processes for all the
Ills Of the financial system, as relat-
ing to silver.
Bv Delegate Parsons of California
favoring governmental construction
OF a deep water harbOr for Southern
California at San Pedro
BY Delegate Bowen Of Utah favor
ing the restoration, by the indep pen
dent action of the United States, Of
silver to its status prior to the enact
ment of the law Of 1873
By Delegate Stoddard of Colorado,
favoring free gold and silver coinage
at the ratio of 16 to I, providing for
the use of coin certificates and en-
abling and directing the retire ment
Of national bank notes as fast as
bonds supporting them can be paid
and taken up by the coinage Of gold
and silver.
Bv Delegate Stanard of Missouri.
favOring the use of silver coinage to
the fullest extent possible, at such
ratio as NAV be susceptible Of be ng
definitely main tained; also indorsing
the effort of the government to Sc
cure the more extended use OF silver
by the nations
Among the others were resolutions
urging immediate action toward the
opening of the UncOmpaghre and
Uintah reservations, as provided by
act Of August 10 last favoring the
Improvement Of Duluth, MINI. har-
Dor; urging the improvement Of the
commercial facilities Of Alaska;
favOring Cover nment aid IN
the removal Of mining de orls
from the Sacramento and san
favoring the refusal by this congress
adopt any recommendation as to sll-
yer or the tariff and urging the open
ing of the Indian territory, in order
to put an end to outlawry- Delegate
Rush of Idaho introduced short
resolution indorsing the free coinage
of silver at the ratio OF IS to l.
An address upon~the beet sugar IN
dustry occupied the convention for
some time its deliverer being Dele
H.
The ate ndance at the evening ses-
sion 1t which irrigation was the sub
1ect for discussion. was rather light
At President Whitmore's request
George Q. Cannon of L tab took the
chair and introduced the subject Of
discussion with brief review of his
own experience IN the past forty
seven years with the growing of
crops etc, BY artificia overlooking
Of otherwise desert lands.
The opening paper Of the evening
was upon The Water Supply Of the
Rocky Mountain Region and read BY
geological survey. The paper was a
general review of the subject pre-
senting more especially the fact that
the area of lightest rainfall is coinci-
dent with the lands still held in gov
erment ownership
Hon. Elw00d Mead, state engineer
of Wyoming. next read a paper upon
Reclamation of Arid Lands. discuss
ing more especially the lack Of con-
cert of action between the authorities
in the control of the land
Irrigation a Living National Is
sue, - was the subject of a paper by
Editor W. E. Smvthe of the Irrigation
Age. The tenor of his remarks was
that no tissue. be it irrigation Or 9th
erwise which affects ever SO small
portion Of the country can, if ittend
to the good of that portion. be a local
issue. At the conclusion Of Mr..
Smvthe-s address the congress adj
journed to 10 O'c ock this morning.
Horse Trainer Becomes Insane.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Nov. 27.-Gus
Wilson. the well known horse trainer