Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-26

ferred TO the same subject. Governor Prince
submitted a resolution advocating the ad
mlswion OF New Mexico to statehood and an
other declaring for the free coinage OF sill
/ yer at l6 to 1. All the resolutions were In
the nature of memorials to congress urging
various lines Of action, and the most impor-
! tant were the following:
Urging the construction OF the Nicara-
guam canal. and favorlng improvement OF har-
bOrs and extension of deep waterways by
! A. j. Vanlandingham OF Kansas City; rela-
! tive to governmental control Of levees on the
! Mississippi river and its tributaries, and
| favoring the annexation of Hawaii. by Hugh
| Craig OF San Francisco; urging completion OF
J the short line from southern California TO
/ Salt Lake, by w. J. Carlson. San Diego, Cal.
! fayOrng the enforcement of the Monroe
! doctrine, by taking absolute control Of the
! Nicaraguan canal Colonel Doniphan, st.
/ Louis; urging an appropriation for the i'm
| provement OF the upper Mississippi and Mis-
! souri, rivers, Mr.. Brice of Iowa; urging gov
ernmental action and aid relative to the
Hennepin canal to connect the grsa lakes
with the Mississippi river and urging the
secretary of war to take some action to re-
| adjust the exorbtant bridge tolls on the Mis-.
sissippl river
The Nebraska delegation attending the
Transmississippi Commercial congress met
in the Commercial club rooms yesterday aft
ernoon and organized by electing the follow
ing officers: President. Robert w. Richard
son OF Omaha; secretary, William Resce of
Falls CITY; member of the committee on
permanent organization, Ross Hammond OF
Fremont; members OF committee on resou>
tons, w. j. Bryan Of Lincoln, J. l.. Web
ster OF Omaha; vice president of congress.
p. Rosewater; member of executive commit
tee OF congress. Judge d. d. Gregory of
Omaha.
o. e. Holmes Of Omaha presented the mat
ter OF Trsnsmisssslppi exposition. A COM
mittee will be appointed to consider It.
The officers Of he Young Mems Christian
association, through Secretary Ober. have
hn ,lN.re tt.t
the extensive reading and correspondence
rooms Of the association. together with the
parlors, gymnasium, bath room, and other
accommodations will be at the disposal of
the members during their stay in the city.
The Young Mems Christian association build
ing is located at Sixteenth and Douglas
streets, and the secretaries in charge will be
glad to show the visitors any attention in
their power.
Among the delegates who have arrived are:
Calfcrnia-fugh Craig. San Franc sco w.
w. Carlson, San Diego; William Johnson
Courtland
Utah-George @. Cannon. Salt Lake; C. w
Shurtleff, Ogden; John r. Barnes. Kaysvlle;
Ezra 7. Clark. John w. Keys, Farming on;
ID. =. Ellison, Layton. James Andrus, ID. ID
Macarthur William Paxman, H. s. Steed,
John r. Park, w. H. Culmer, S. S. Jones
and wife.
New Mexco-L. Bradford Prince, Paz
Valverde, Santa Fe.
South Dakota-C. v. Gardner, Piedmont.
Kansas-A. C. Shinn. Ottawa; f. M Baker
H. II. Bayley, Atchison.
Mssouri-John L. Bttinger, John NJ.
William Warner. Kansas City; s. Waterhouse,
Isaac NJ. Mason, II. l.. Langenberg, M. j.
Murphy, H. r. Whitmore, st. Louis.
Iowa.. s. Root, Keokuk.
Idaho-T. p. Keator, Mountain Home.
Montana. X. Clark, Butte; Thomas G.
Merrill.