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

the congrtss. ,,.
Mr.. Craig said that he had consiu'
cred the subject and that be had con,
suited bis friends and his VIE anu
that the resignation W irrevoRshie.
MIR. Prince seized tue ga
vel and alter come uitcuselon
nut the question ana 1t was uhahl-
mousiy carried that MI. Craig ac' as
president.
COAST HApBoRs AGAIN.
MI Kinney OF Ssu Ped TO now cor
tinued the discussion OF the racine
Coast harbors, Mr.. Kinney si1d mat
nothing more than bIeakwatef
couId be constructed at San Peuro ny
inc expenditure OF three miiii0ns. q
great harbor would cost at least twenty
miIIiens. San Diego has a natural
harbor and needs not nearly 30 greht
an expenditure. 1t Is capaeions anu
could nccommo date all the SHIP, on the
sen There are no heavy ewells
and n vessel drawing twenty.nine
feet could enter. Judge kinney ssiu
that the question was nf Dationhi In
pOrta nee and not OF rivalry between
tw cities.
RESOLUTIONS ADOflEo'
The chairman of the committee on
resolutions now reported. The brst
resolution related to the Transmissis-
sippi congress. Ii expressed warm
approval OF the work 1one and asked
that liberal appropriations be made by
the State.
Other resolutions recommended the
admission Of territories 10 tho MON;
that the csssion OF public lenue for the
purpose OF irrigation bs extended to
territories az well as states 8; that the
general homestead laws ba extended
to states ana territories alike; that ur-
der the direction OF the national gov
eminent tho Mississippi river BIO res
trained anu be made navlgablt; that
fast transcontinental mail train be
run from the Pacific to the Atlantic
and the Atlantic to the Pacific with
out delay at Chicago and elsewhere;
that the Federal cJnstituiion be
amended 80 AZ to permit election Of
United States senators by the people;
that the game ana fish OF the weBt ana
especially OF Yellowstone PARK he
preserved; that the mouth OF the Nit
sissippl river be enlarged no as to per.
NIT passage of the largest ocean steRm-
err; that the general government
donate TO the state, and territories all
public lands with restrictionsItolpreven
speculstors aud syndicates from
graspIng them; that congress classify
vaosn lands into those valuable for
agriculture, forest and rszlng; that q
secretary OF mines and mining be
made member of the President'e
cabinet and that a department OF
mines and mining be established; that
regular International weather and
crop report be ma de; that the copgresB
express Its sympathy with Efforts to
control and develop irrigation interests;
that the tariff on cyanide potassium
be- made an low ~ possible; that Con.
gress appropriate s500.UOO for the i'm.
provement OF the Sacramento and
Feather riverf; 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 lines should bt
toreclosed AZ they become due and tha
tho government should ADOPT such
measures MS will secure 10 the patrons o
the Pacific railway the use of said road
upon the payment OF rates which yield {
reasonable return upon the present valu,
OF the roads measured by the cost of re-
production.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the opening OF the Afternoon
session three resolutions were read anC
referred to the committee on resolu.
lions.
A telegram was read from Dear
Gordon, president OF the Commercial
Club of Wichita, kap.. Inviting thu
congssss TO meet In Wichita mex
year.
Rich Introduced the resolution tina
the city receiving the congress should
pay the expenses. Mr.. Gibbons In /
neat speech asked the congress to mol,
Its tenth session at Los An
gelee. He stated that although
IL would seem that Cnllfornit
wanted everything In sight, Los An
geleB was In the southern part OF tn,
Stats and in what would seem u dir
fsrcnt state from San Francisco
Los Angeles in the most prosperou
city in the West. 1t vii
give q royal welcome. 1t the meeting
ia made In spring the delegates will b,
shown two miles OF vehicles covere,
entirely with flowers. Gardens o
fruit will be turned open and every
expense OF the congress- paid.
E. II. Moses name1 Wichita, Kan