Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-09
SALT LAKE IN 1898.
Uran'm0uS ChOies Of The Cold hiI-
Inc CONVENTION.
a. NJ. cASSoS Returns THANKS.
Resolution on thu uncampahgre Indian
Reservalinn-tG to 1 out
OF order.

DENvEn, Col, July o.-The frat
CUISINES. OF the last dny's session OF the
Iutefnptionsl Gold NJ ming convention
was the selection OF a plnce for holding
tho next convention 10 1888.
j.. Buckley Of Wisconsin with
drew MilwaGkee from this contest.
After the call OF atates hai been hu-
isbed aud before tho vote was an
nounctd, Montgomery Of NIB. with
drew Omaha and moved that 5ali
LAhe City be declared tho una nlmous
choice u the convention. The motion
wac carried. Angus M. Cannon
thanked this convention for tue homer
bestowed upon his city.
An animated debate was precipi.
tn,eJ by Mr.. j. jacobs, representing
National Travellers Protective nssecla-
tiou, as TO the eianding Of his organi-
zatiun in the convention. IL was
agree that he be recogn ized and al.
lowed a v0te sepsrate from any state
or territory.
This following resolutions were In
trO1uced and reierreL:
BY J. o. Ctawforl. ILL.,, that for
the lutpeso OF stimulating the mluiug
ludustry, Congress be menoralizsd to
establish IN each United States lani
district IN the mineral producing
| stntes q government experimentlns
and testing station on plane sim liar
/, government agricultural BiatlonH,
| where oTes may be tested Tree oil ex-
| peDse to the prospectOrs.
BY Judge Brown, OF w. Va, 10
l q In Al inn
| from the International Gold Mining
| convention to International Mining
con yeBtion.
The chairman appointed the folio -
| lug com miltes 20 take the ptceasary
steps toward scouting the passage Of 1
constitutional amendment eeto blisni s
cabinet department to be known al
the Bureau OF Mines and Mining
Iafe Pence. Colo; M. ID. Herring
TexaF: J. Il. HtdgeR, Pennsylvania
VIM. F. Bechel, Neb.; L. V. 6malley
Minnesota.
The committee on resolutions sub
mitted Their report. II Yves considered
section by section, speeches beinl
Ilmiled to i've minutes.
The section memorable pg Congress
10 throw open all mineral la ds OIL
Bpauish land granite ia California
Anz)pn, New Mexico anu Colorad
to location as mining claims wa
adnptt d.
The resolution asking CoDgrese L
throw open the asphalt and gtlsopit
lands of the Uncompahgre Igdiai
reservation i'm Utah to mintrei iocn
lions was universally reported upon.
A motion to by the report on tb
table and to adopt the resolution wa
carried ny q vote of 90 To 90 The
A. NJ. Cannon OF Utah spoke against, III
resolution and moved that the Who'll
matter BIO laid on the table. His mt
lion prevailed.
Two resolutions providing for tn
appointment Of n committee to tax
such steps az may be necessary
secure rec0di fication OF the mimi
laws were adversely reported On. Tn
convection disagreed with the repo
and referred tha resolutions to tn
COMMITTEES already appointed for tn @
purpose.
The res1lutiou relating TO the pre-
rospd new cabinet bureau OF mines an
mining was adopted aud referred
the special committee already appoin
, ed.
Resolutions OF thanks to the govern
ments of Venezuels, Belgium, Italy
Sweden and Norway, Dsumark an
} Mexico for the interest they hhv
taken In this convention by sendin
representatives and to Prof Geore
Knapp OF Illinois for valuable reli,
presented to the convention wei
adopted.
N. Il. .Guyot, member q the resol
, tons committee from New Mexic
, offered minority report declaring u
! the free ana unlimited coinage OF 81
} YER at the ratio OF 10 TO l. The ado
/ ton OF tho report was seconded
+ another New Mexico delegate.
. Instantly malt dozen delegat
i were on the floor declaring the repo
I out OF order. The point made again
/ 1t was that the Order OF business ella
I. mated all political questions from d
o cussiou. The chair sustained u
objections and the minority report W
refused consideration.