Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-17


your good opinion by retaining posi-
lion in which my judgment requires IN
your interest a presiding officer in iull
sympathy with the FIVE to one vote re-
corded by you in favor OF free silver
BRYAN AGAINST THE RESIGNATION.
MIR. Bryan objected to the accepting
OF the resignation. He said that the
president OF the congress neel not
necessarily be In ncord wit the mSlet-
lily OF the congress ON all snbIecth' p)t
seven years the congress has been IN
favor OF free silver and the speaHef
knew Mr.. Craig 10 DO hopoiHDlo
enough to carry out the VIII VI the
the congttBl.
Mr.. Craig said that he had consld.
cred the subject and that ne hhu con
quilted bis friends and his vile ana
that the resignation irrevokahle.
Mr., Prince seized toe ga
vel and alter come discussion
put the question ana 1t was unani-
mousIy carried that MI. Craig act as
president.
COAST HABBoRs AGAIN.
Mr.. Kinney OF San Ped TO now cor
iinued the discussion OF the racine
Coast harbors. MIR. Kinney siid ihHt
nothing more than breakwster
could be- constructed at Ssn Pedro ny
the expenditure OF three millions. a
grent bArhOr would cost at least twenty
millicns. San Diego has natural
harbor and u eeds not nearly 30 great
an expenditure. 1t is capheious anu
could accommodate all the ship. on the
sea. There are no heavy sWells
"a ts-ys, al q nj n
feet could enter. Judge klnney ealu
that the question was OF banonnl I'm
porta ace und not OF rivalry between
two oities.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The chairman OF the committee on
resolutions now reported. The DrsI
resolution related TO the Transmissis-
sippi congress. Ii expressed warm
approval Of the work done and asked
that liberal appropriations be made by
the State.
Other resolutions recommended the
admission OF territories 10 tho u MON;
that the cesaion OF public Janus for the
purpose OF irrigation be extended to
territories az well NJ states; that the
general homestead laws be extended
to states ana territories alike; that ur-
der the direction OF the national gov
eminent the Mississippi river be- res
trained anu be made navlgablt; that
fast transcontinentai mail train he
run from the Pacific to the Atlantic
and the Atlantic to the Pacific with.
out delay at Chicago ana elsewhere;
that the Federal cJnstiSution be
amended 20 rs to permit election Of
T., Gk.s lty Ia
that the game ana fish oil the west ana
especially OF Yellowstone PARK he
preserved; that the m outh OF the Nit
sissippl river be enlarged 20 as to per.
init passage OF the largest ocean aieam-
ert; that the general government
donate to the statei and territories ali
public lande with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Hpeculators and syndicates from
grasping them; that congress classify
vacs mt lends into thoae valuable for
agriculture, forest ana gre zing; that "a
secretary VI mines and mining be
made n member of the Presidenta
cabinet ami that department OF
mines and mining be established; that
regular International weather and
crop report be made; that the congress
express Its sympathy with efforts to
control and develop irrigation intereste;
that the tariff on cyanide potassium
be MADE IN low AZ possible; that Con.
gress appropriate s5OO.O0) for the im.
provement OF the Sacramento and
Feather river; that the secretary OF
war begin without further delay the
construction OF the deep water harbor
at San Pedro.
All OF these resolutions were adopted,
the vote being taken separately on each
Of them.
PACIFIC ROADS FORECLOSURE.
The following substitute resolution
by Mr.. Bryan was also adopted:
Resolved, That tits tho sense Of this
congress that the Pacific limos should DO
ioreclosed as they become due and that
tho government should aUOpt such
measures AS will secure TO the patrons of
the Pacific railway the use OF SAID roads
upon the payment OF rates which yield a
reasonable return upon the present value
OF the roads measured by the cost OF re-
production.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the opening OF the afternoon
session three resolutions were read and
referred to the committee on resolu.
tlons.
A telegram was read from Dean