The record-union., 1897-07-16

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The trans Mississippi Congress was
called to order promptly at y O'Clock
this morning with a large audience in
the galleries and the delegates seats
well filled The large attendance was
due to the fact that Hon. W. j. Bryan
President Of the Congress, was expect
ed to be present.
Resolutions were introduced and re-
ferred as follows:
BY the California delegation-In-
structing the Secretary of War to take
immediate steps toward the work OF
the San Pedro harbor.
By Ex-Governor Prince of New
Mexico-Urging the admission to State
hood of the Territories of New Mexico,
Arizona and Oklahoma.
b. Keller of North Dakota-Favor-
ing the Government taking 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 paper on the Necessity OF
Establishing a Department of Mines
and Mining"
He was followed by Judge Royal of
Colorado on the same subject.
At this point William j. Bryan en-
tered the hall and was greeted with
the widest enthusiasm.
Black Of California moved that three
cheers be given for Mr.. Bryan, which
the latter said was out of order, but
the cheers were given nevertheless.
MIR. Bryan, in taking the chair, said
it was a matter of great regret that he
was not able to be here earlier but he
knew that the congress had been ably
presided over by Messrs. Whitmore and
Craig. He said he was fully in accord
with the movements of this congress,
which represented great empire IN
the West There were numerous mat
ters in which this section was peculiar
ly interested and that was one OF
the reasons why the congress had met
here. for an interchange of views on
these matters and another reason was
that the Trans Mississippi States We're
a part of this great nation and inter-
ested in every thing of national i'm
portance. They had a right to secure
everything which would tend to their
advancement, but did not desire to do
so at the expense of any other part of
the country. The more he Travelled
over this vast region, the greater it
seemed. Touching upon irrigation, he
indulged in little pleasantly, by say
ing that Democrats had found out
that water was very important, es-
pecially in this part of the country.
He felt more and more hopeful Of
the future of this Western country and
it was not beyond the range of possi-
bility to see millions of people living
in the fertile valleys of the West. Mr..
Bryan concluded by saying: I'VE will
rear a people in the great West that
vii stand for American liberty and
American progress"
After the speech Bryan was pre-
sented with a magnificent bouquet by
Mrs. Warren, a delegate from Colorado.
The regular order of business was then
again taken up.
Bryant of Louisiana introduced a
long resolution on the subject of en-
larging the channel of the Mississippi
River and uring Congress to take
action in that direction.
Ben C. Wright of San Francisco read
a paper on The Contribution of the
Western States to the Gold and Silver
of the Country
T. NJ Patterson of Colorado Chair
man of the Resolution Committee, re-
ported the following resolutions, which
had been approved by the committee:
Favoring the annexation OF Hawaii
favoring the construction Of the Mic
auaguan canal; expressing sympathy
for the cause of Cuban independence;
providing for a National Board of Ar
bitration; for fostering the beet sugar
industry. The congress adopted all
these resolutions excepting those re-
ferring to Hawaii and Cuba, which
were made a special order for this
evening.
Recess was then taken to 2 o'clock
p. m.
The congress resumed its work at
2:10 A double quartet of little girls
sang song, their lay being Bryan,
Echo His Name-Bryan Of Nebraska. -
When they had concluded Mr.. Bryan,
who had been surprised by the nature
OF the song, said: Hereafter when
there is any singing to be done, please
let me know whether there is anything
personal in it. If there is, 1 will know
how to act" Then Mr.. Bryan and the
little girls were applauded together.
James Graham of the Idaho delega-
ton introduced a resolution asking
that if any import duty shall be made
obligatory, no ores be permitted 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 under the law"
Charles w Thomas of California
made a twenty-minutes talk on the ag-
ricultural interests of the country. He
said he knew nothing of the financial
question, but he did know that some
thing was wrong. Every industry and
interest in the country except that OF
the farmers was looked after by the
country.
E. r. Miser of Kansas. President of
the Irrigation Congress, was intro
duced to speak on irrigation. THE
West" he sbaid, should be united on
some specific plan to enable every acre
of arid land to be irrigated. The mil
lions of dollars lost through unsuccess-
full irrigation and through floods will
cause unif1cation in providing for the
conservation of waters and better and
more effective methods of Irrigation
The report of the Resolutions Com
mittee was that it had drawn sub
stitute for the free silver resolution
which was presented by Mr.. Thomas
of Colorado, yesterday. Referred.