The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-11-30
DEMANDS Of THE HEST.
THE TRANS MISSISSIPPI CON-
GRESS in SESSION.
PRESENTED II EAEG RESOLUTIONS.
Free Silver Men Largely IN Evidence
Irrigation Also Comes in for Good
Share of the Attention-valusble
Papers Read and Addresses
Listened to by the
Delegates.

ST. LOUIS, No, Nov. rs. When the
Trans Mississippi congress assembled
yesterday afternoon Ex-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
members of the congress what was in
order and urging action upon what
ever it was possi's, to consider
Upon motion o. Delegate Huntocn
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 Stan nard of st, Louis,
favoring the renewal by proper legis-
lative enactment of the reciprocity
treaties recently abrogated in the su-
thorization of new treaties:
By Delegate Castle OF California. a
memorial to congress fayoring the
construction of the Nicaragua canal
under the control and supervision of
the United States government.
BY Delegate Harding OF Missouri,
demanding the defeat of the free lead
bill now before the United States
senate.
BY Delegate Sansel of Arkansas, IA
voring a tariff commission with pIen-
airy powers, thereby removing that
matter from the influence of the mu-
tations of the parties.
By Delegate Frye of Missouri, a
memorial covering all the subjects to
come before the congress and sug-
costing curative processes for all the
Ills of the financial system, as relat-
ing to silver.
By Delegate Stoddard Of Colorado
favoring free gold and silver coinage
st the ratio of l6 to l; providing for
the use of coin certificates and en-
aiding and directing the retirement
of national bank notes as fast as
bonds supporting them can be paid
and taken up by the coinage of gold
and silver
By Delegate Stanard of Missouri,
favoring the use of silver coinage TO
the fullest extent possible, at such a
ratio as may be susceptible of be ny
definitely maintained; also indOrsing
the effort of the government to Sc
cure the more extended use Of silver
by the nations.
The attendance at the evening ses-
sion at which irregstion was the sub
ject for discussion. was rather light.
At President WhitmOres request
George Q. Cannon of Utah 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 artificial overlooking
of otherwise desert lands
Irrigation q Living National Is
sue" was the subject Of a paper by
Editor w. E. Smythe 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 it tend
to the good of that portion, be a local
issue At the conclusion of Mr..
Smythe's :Rddress the congress ad-
iourned to 10 o'clock this morning.