Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-27

California and Salt Lake city, and this
worthy project has the endorsement OF this
congress.
The resolution commsdndns the Hsnnepin
canal was adopted without discussion:
Resolved That the Illinois and Mississippi
cana, known as the Hehnepin canal, con-
Meeting the great lakes and the Mississippi
river. Is Of vast Importance to the trans
miss ssippi states, and we urge its speedy
completion without unnecessary delay, and
ask congress to make sucn continuous ap-
propriaiions as viii accomplish this desired
result.
The following was also unanimously
| adopted:
Resolved That we urge on the Fifty
! fourth congress the necessity of deepening
| the harbor Of Duluth, MINI, to a uniform
! depth of twenty feet, and also the deepen
ing Of the natural highways from the great
! lakes TO the Atlantic ocean.
resolution in relation to the protection
| of American shipping was adopted without
| discussion OF any amount:
Whereas, The merchant marine of the
united states has for number of years
been constantly on the decline, and the
| foreign merchant marine of the United
! States has also ceased to exist
Resolved That the Transmississippi Com
United States congress to further such leg
islation as Will restore American shipping
| among the nations of the earth.
NICARAGUA'S CANAL
The following was unanimously adopted:
The Transmississippi congress respectfully
but urgently calls your attention to the
during The Fifty-fourjh congress as shall
| Insure the prompt completion of the Mica
ragua canal under the control of the United
states gov srnment with provisions which
| ehali secure to American commerce., as
well as, to the commerce Of all nations as
| low tolls as practicable, and freedom from
| discrimination of any kind.
! The last resolution was on the silver ques-
| ton, and no opportunity was given for dis
cussdon, as the hour was late. A motion was
made that 1t be made the order of the day
| at 2:3O this afternoon, and the motion pre-
| vaisd without opposition The text is as
| follows:
| Whereas, An appreciating money standard
impairs all contracts. banl,rupts enterprises,
| It's purchasing power and suspends pro-
d1stIye forces res of our people; and
the outiawry of silver in the interest of the
! creditor. class by constantly increasing the
value of gold is undermining all industrial
Res5lyed, That we demand the immediate
restoration rest s ion, of the free and unlimited coin
age OF gold and silver at the present ratio
aid or consent of any other nation. such
legal tender of all debts, public and private.
AS soon as the resolution had been read it
was suggested that it aroused much discus
sion in the committee that 1t would be use
less to begin the discussion upon 1t at once.
The suggestion appeared to voice the senti-
ments of the delegates, and the resolution
was consequently laid over.
AS soon as 1t had been announced that
there were no more resolutions reported one
Of the members of the California delegation
who halls from San Diego demanded to know
why resolution which favored the building
of fortifcations about San Diego and the deep
enins of the harbor had not been reported.
He claimed that the resolution had been ap-
proved b. the committee.
Governor Prince of New Mexico, who is
chairman of the committee on resolutions,
said that he had been present when the reso-
III ion had been approved, and claimed that Il e
had the right to withhold the resolution until
the complete report of the committee had
been made. Other delegates expressed a like
opinion and although the California delegate
introduced motion to compel the chairman
to report back the resolution to the congress.
ne finally withdrew it.
The matter of selecting a place of holding
the next meeting was made the special order
of business at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Tele-
grams were received last night from Des
Mones and Nashville, asking that they be
chosen. Delegate Keaton of Idaho has sgni
fed an intention Of making a strong fight to
get the next session for Boise City.
BASIS OF VOTING.
Governor Prince said that before choosing
the next place of meeting he desired to bring
up a consideration Of the basis of representa-
tion. Under the existing rules, while each
state was entitled to at least ten delegates
roll call no state was allowed more votes
This is last years amendment of the old
rule which provided that on roll call each
state represented in the congress should be
entitled to ten votes, without regard to the
number of delegates present
Governor Prince asserted that the existing
basis of representation was not equitable He
said that under it the country in the neigh
borfood in which the congress was being held
was easily abis to hold the majority of votes
while the more distant portions of the terri
tory had hardly voice in the proceed ngs, be-
cause each state could send but few dele |
gates on account of the expense He there
fore moved that the existing rule be amended
10 its former shape so that each state would
be entitled to ten votes on roll call, no matter
how many delegates it had present
number Of delegates spoke on the ques-
;Cn but the only one who opposed the pro-
posed amendment was f. w. Richardson. Mr. |
Richardson held that if the basis of repres n
tstion was so amended it would tend to de- |
crease the number of delegates sent by states |
to the congrs
The motion passed almost unanimously.
On adjourning it decided to meet this |
morning at 8 o'clock account of the long |
program that has been arranged. The fol |
lowing subjects were announced for discus |
sion; !
"Irrlgation," II. Jones.
"Resources Of Arid Idaho T. p. Keaton.
"Irrigation in Nebraska" william Reece.
Irrigation lin General" A. G. Walfen-
barger
.,Tba Ady,ptopae pf the Sunshine Rapion - |