The herald., 1897-07-16
COIN AND
A HARBOR
Recognized Needs of the
West
PRESIDENT BRYAN ARRIVES
PRESIDENT BRYAN ARRIVES
FINDING AN ENTHUSIASTIC
WELCOME
The Transmississippi Congress Has
Reached the Stage of Discussion
of Coinage and Harbors

Associated Press Special Wire.
SALT LAKE, July 15.-The Transmits
sissippi Congress was called to order
promptly at 9 o'clock this morning with
a large audience in the galleries and the
delegates seats well filled. 1t was ex-
pected that William Jennings Bryan
would be present.
The resolutions introduced and re-
ferred were as follows:
By California delegation, instructing
the Secretary of War to take immediate
steps toward work on San Pedro harbor
By Ex-Governor Prince of New Mexico
urging admission to statehood of the ter
ritories of New Mexico, Arizona and
Oklahoma.
By Keller of North Dakota, favoring
government control of the Union and
Central Pacific railroads
The regular order of the day, mines
and mining, was then taken up. TREY
l.. Ford of California read a lengthy pa
per on the necessity of esta blishing a de-
partment of mines and mining. Judge
Royal of California followed on the same
subject.
| At this point William jennings Bryan
entered the hall and was greeted with
the widest enthusiasm. At suggestion
from Black California;, three cheers
were given for Bryan with will. Bryan
In taking the chair said he was fully in
accord with the movements of the Con-
gress, which represented the great en-
pire of the West. The more he Travelled
over this vast region the greater it
seemed. He indulged in little pleas
antry while touching upon irrigation by
saying that the Democrats found water
very important, in this country especial
ly. In conclusion, he said:
1--WE will rear a people in the great
West that will stand for American
liberty and American progress"
The regular order of business was then
proceeded with.
The congress resumed it's work at 2:10.
A double quartet of little girls sang a
song, the lay being Bryan, echo his
name-Bryan of Nebraska"
When they concluded Mr. Bryan, who
had bten surprised by the nature of the
song, said: Hereafter. whenever there
is any singing to me done, please let me
know whether there is anything per-
sonal in it. If there is 1 will know how to
act"
Then Mr.. Bryan ard the little girls
were applauded together.
James Graham, of the Idaho delega-
tion, introduced a resolution asking
that if any import duty shall be made
obligatory and that no ores be permitted d
to be smelted in bond or sent out of the
country for treatment or refining with
out first having paid all duties due the
government uIder the law
Charles w. Thomas of California made
a twenty-minutes' talk on the agricul-
tural interests of the country. He said
he knew nothing of the financial ques-
ton but he did know that something was
wrong. Every industry and interest in
the country except that of the farmers
was looked after by the country
E. r. Moses of Kansas, president of
the Irrigation congress, was introduced
to speak on irrigation. The west, he
said, should be united on some specific
| plan to enable every acre of arid land
to be irrigated.
The millions of dollars lost through un-
successful irrigation and through floods
will cause unification in providing for
| the conservation of waters and better
and more effective methods ofdrrigat ting.
| The report of the resolutions commit
tee was that it had drawn a substitute
for the free silver resolution which was
presented by Mr.. Thomas of Colorado
yesterday, referred.
A motion to have the resolution
brought up tomorrow at 10 o'clock for
discussion was carried.
| The substitute resolution is as folows
| Whereas, the Transmssissppi con-
g'ress has at its last six sessions declared
in favor of the free and unlimited coin
age of both gold and liver at the ratio
of sixteen to one; and
| Whereas, such action by this congress
has proved a most potential factor in
arousing the nation to the necessity of a
return to it's former wise and beneficent
coinage system, the success of which eff
forts calls for redoubled energy in that
| behalf on our part, therefore be it
| Resolved, that we heartily commend
the action of President Mckinley in ap-
| pointing committee to try to secure an
International agreement and most ear
nestly hope that success may crown
| their efforts We further affirm that such
| efforts are proof of the failure of the gold
standard to advance the interests and
| prosperity of the American people and
| of the fact that the restoration of bimet-
allism Is almost universally demanded