The record-union., 1895-11-27

ment of the Columbia River" by Mr.
Eddy of Oregon; on Restoration or
Duty on Wool" by NJ b. w. Holman Oh
Missouri.
iZation, through G.. w. Norton, Char
man, and Thomas H. Wells, Secretary,
submitted the following report:
For President, Hon. w. j. Bryan or
Nebraska; for Secretaries, the present
officers to serve during this session, and
after the location of the next meeting
the Executive Committee to have power
to select a Permanent Secretary and
Assistant Secretary and a Treasurer.
On motion of Paz Valverde of New
Mexico. the report Of the committee was
unanimously adopted.
President Cannon congratulated the
congress on the election of Mr.. Bryan
as it's President for next year, and said
il would meet with universal approval
He appointed Ex-Governor Prince OF
New Mexico, Hon. Hugh Craig of Cali
fornia and Captain Mason of Missouri
d committee to escort Mr.. Bryan TO the
stage.
President Bryan was received with
applause, which was renewed several
times during and at the close of his
speech accepting the office.
MIR. Bryans response was: Il am
deeply sensible of the honor which you
confer III S6i6ClltiS ME dS pcfulttilCiAl
President of this congress The trans
mississippi country is an empire in it
self. and surpasses in its area, in its re-
sources, in it's undeVelOped wealth and
in it possibilities many of the nations
Of Europe. Between the Mississippi
and the Golden Gate, and between the
Canadian border and the border OF the
Mexican Republic. are found all the
nacessarieS of life III profuSe abUn-
q no Ioc CT ho1
messed the transformation of this great
region from a wilderness into a garden
from savagery 10 civilization. The next
half century bids fair to dwarf the
achievements of the past, and to realize
the hopes which we are almost afraid
to express. Cur people are first in intel
ligence by every test that can be ap-
Piled, and last in pauperism and vice
II we lack stupendous accumulations of
wealth, we also lack, as someone has
said. the shadows which they cast.
I'VE have not met in a narrow or
selfish spirit nor have we assembled to
plan an invasion of the rights of others
our purpose is not to appropriate to
ourselves the wealth produced by
others, nor to throw an obstacle in the
path of any fellow-laborer in the Ma
tiCn's vineyard In local matters, such
as irrigation, transportation from the
Mississippi TO the Pacific, and railroad
communication with the seabOard, our
experience and our necessities not only
qualify us to speak, but make it impera-
tive that we do speak, if we desire re-
lief
only those who live in the arid re-
gions can understand the advantages
OF irrigation, or be impressed by the
magnitude of the subject; only those
whose commerce is burdened by the eX-
tortionate rates, collected to pay an in
come on fictitious capitalization and
watered stOck-only these, 1 say, can
appreciate the iniquity of an extension
of the Pacific liens, which would enrich
the stockholders at the expense of the
public; only those remote from deep
water can appreciate the necessity for
direct and cheap railway connection
with the ocean.
IF our sympathy is quicker to span
the seas which separate US from the
inhabitants of an island, struggling to
establish a republic. it must be remem-
bered that we are nearer to those who
are struggling. If we insist strenuous
ly upon the maintenance of the Monroe
doctrine, it will be remembered that
the expression comes from a people
who contribute to q nations strength in
time of war as we'll as to a nations
wealth in time of peace. If we en-
phasiZe our advocacy of ship canal
dCIOSS TIE lSIiiIlIUS, II IllIiSl NC ICiiC1il-
bered that such a waterway would be
of immense advantage to the States
along the Pacific Coast and of great
value to the central West in reducing
transcontinental rates.
''If we reiterate our oft repeated de-
mands for the restoration of silver to
it's ancient position as a standard
money, equal with gold in mint priyil
eges and in legal tender qualities, it
must be remembered that, as produc-
ers of wealth, we find the products of
our soil falling with the appreciation
of gold and that. as debtors, we find
our debts increasing in weight, because
the money to liquidate them can only
be secured by an ever-increasing sacri-
flee"
This afternoon the delegates visited
the Omaha and Grant smelter and
the packing houses at South Omaha.
A reception was given by the Omaha
Woman's Club to the wives of the dele
gates at the Womans ClubrOOms from
to o'clock p. M. About 200 women
were present.
At the evening session Hugh Craig
of California made an address on the
Hawaiian question. Resolutions were
adopted indorsing ramie, the cable to
to Hawaii completion of the Hennepin
Canal and proportional representation.
A hot debate on the silver question
will occur tomorrow at 2:30, in which
Mr.. Bryan will speak for silver and
John l.. Webster of Omaha for gold.