The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-11

The Trans Mississippi commercial con-
gress will be in session here in Just 3;
days Not a dollar has been subscribed
by the citizens of this city to defray the
| expenses of entertaining the visiting dele
gates and not a step has been taken to-
wards arranging any mode of entertain
ment. More than this, no money VIII DC
/ be decided upon until Mayor Glendinning
/ appoints the three very important COM
mittees to take these matters in charge
He has been expected to make the ap-
| pointments for a month past and on sew
/ eral occasions has promised TO do so AZ
once, but the secretary of the congress is
still awaiting some word from the mayor
! on this subject, and he does not know
/ when the appointments will be forthcom-
| ing. Secretary Gunner is deluged with
correspondence daily. relating to affairs
connected with the congress, and he is
proceeding with his arrangements for the
/ details of the convention without regard
to the mayors failure to appoint the nee
essary committees. though his frame of
mind on that subject is anything but a
composed and satisfied one
Among the most recent letters which
the secretary has received is one from
Governor Frank Stuenenberg, of Idaho,
stating that he has been offered sug-
gestion by one of the executive committee
that the Idaho delegation would be given
an appointment to present paper to the
congress. and he asks if an address on
the subject of Idaho and her resources
and possibilities, or one on the subject of
Our commercial and mining relations
with Canada would be within the OBJ
jects ard purposes of the congress. The
secretary has replied that either subject
the congress, but that the first one was
dealt with extensively at the last annual
session and he suggested that IL would be
better for the Idaho delegation to present
a paper on our commercial and mining
relations with Canada. particularly If it
could be made to include within its scope
all the Mississippi states
F. ]. kiesel. who was ore OF the dele
gates appointed BIZ Governor Wells of
Utah recently. resigned, and Secretary
Culmer suggested to the governor the adj
visibility of filling the vacancy by a0-
pointing some one interested in the pro-
ject of a railroad between Salt Lake City
and Los Angeles The governor has re-
piled that Hon. George @. Cannon, one of
the delegates. represents this interest in
Salt Lake City ard he thinks that an
other delegate for this purpose should be
appointed from Ogden. 1t is probable that
the name of w. II. Rowe, = Ogden, will
be suggested to the governor.
ADDITIONAL DELEGATES.
delegates have been sent to the secre-
tarys office in the last few days. Gov
ernor Sadler, of Nevada, has made sub
stitute appointments of Joseph Ponjacle.
of Carson. and Colonel II. b. Maxson. of
Reno. Mayor Glendinnins, of this city,
has appointed DIR. Charles p. Hough in
place of ID. E. Burnley. Other additional
appointments are as follows: j. P. de
Mattos, New Whatcom. Wash; George
Hazard. Tacoma. Wash; ]. H. Todd,
Shelton. Wash; H. ]. Sheffield. Kaysville
City. Utah; William Semby, ChillicOthe,
Mo-; II. c. Sherman and DR.. /. Z. Stan
ton. Sterling, Colo; Judge j. F. Kinney,
II. p. Wood Philia Morse. S. T. Barker
and A. g. Mason. San Mason. San Diego.
Cal: John Latimer. Gunnison, Colo;
William Wallace New Chicago. Mon. Up
to the present date4 Secretary Culmer. has
received notices offthe appointment of
trans Mississippi states as follows:
Missouri Is; New Mexico 10; Minnesota
Q; South DAKOTA. ); Utah land points
east OF the MississipDD. Il; Washington.
10: North Dakota. 10; Alaska, 8: Kansas.
-: Iowa. q; Montana, 10; Texas 81:
Wyoming, Z: California. 81: oregon, 3:
Arkansas, 90: Louisiana, 10; Idaho 4:
Colorado. IS; Nevada, u: Arizona, 4;
Oklahoma and Indian Territory. u: Ne
braska &C.