The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-07

a century. while circumstances have al
| tered and many new conditions have
affection Of the best and most enlight-
/ ened minds of the country The intro
duction into the United States under. the
act creating the court of private land
1 claims, of a system of dual ownership,
1 heretofore unknown 10 American law,
whereby a private individual owns the
I land while the government reserves to it
self the precious metals within IL, has
created condition which requires the
| Immediate action of congress so that the
prospector and the miner may develop
the riches so secured for the benefit of the
people and thus add to the wealth of the
nation. And the establishment of a de-
partment of the national government to
be devoted to mines and mining is not
only a proper recognition of the magni-
tude and importance of this great branch
of industry, but viii have most inSpr-
ing practical effect in the lines of indus
try and invention and in the development
of resources now dormant and useless.
Countries with less than a tenth of our
annual product have department devot-
ed to this subject. and the concession of
such recognition TO agriculture natur-
ally leads to the Ike action in favor or
the mining industry of our own land.
But l will not anticipate your action
further, and perhaps l should stop here
altogether.
GLORY IN OUR NATIONAL VICTORY.
Yet the circumstances of our meeting
are peculiar and that which is in every
heart is better uttered than passed in 81
lence. l have said that this is u bust
ness meeting composed OF business men
and women. But the American man or
woman is no less an American citizen and
no less d patriot, and so even the foreign
representatives 1 trust will pardon me
if | add 10 other CONGRATULATIONS moe
earnest, heartfelt words of th1nkfulness
and JOY over the glorious tidingS of ma
1onal victory which have thrilled every
heart and shed a radiance upon every
face. Patriotism is never Inappropriate;
honor to the brave ans the true is al
ways in order; and the expression of
thankfulness of God is never out OF place.
And we may rejoice at the connection
OF our industry with the great events OF
the day. The cannon, the sword. the rife,
the projectiles OF every kind. are the pro-
ducts or the mineral Kingdom. But for
the mine and the miner. we could not
possess them. Half a century ago the ma
VieS of the nations We're aptiy called their
wooden walls, and they were propelled
by sails of cotton and ropes Of hemp. All
that Is changed now. ard the bulwarkS
of iron and steel. the ordnance of steel
ana bronze the propelling power OF great
metallic engines fed by thousands of tons
of mineral fuel. all proclaim that on the
water as on the land. the dependence of
the nation is on the product of the mines.
Let US rejoice that they are our mines:
that not one ounce of all this mineral has
10 come from any foreign shore. and that
the development of the great industry
represented here today has been such that
even on the Pacific coast an Oregon can
be built and launched and manned so
lllaI after clfcu1lNlSatln& more Tnan half
the globe she is as ready for action as
whom she left her mornings in the Golden
Gate.
President Princes address through
out was punctured with applause, es-
pecially did his reference to the great
victory before Santiago provoke en-
thusiasm.
At this point it was discovered that
the regularly elected secretary of the
congress was absent and Charles II.
Mc'surrin of Kalamazoo. Mich, was
chosen TO ill the position.
VICE PRESIDENT DERN.
Upon motion of Pierce of Idaho, per
sons holding proxies from regularly
appointed delegates were admitted to
full membership in the congress.
Vice President John Dern of Utah,
supplemented the flow of oratory by
making a welcome speech. inviting the
delegates to visit the camps around
Salt Lake.
At the conclusion of Vice President
Dern's address the appointment of
committee on credentials and one on
permanent organization were taken up. |
An intermission of ten minutes was |
agreed upon to give each delegation an /
opportunity to select their representa- |
tives on the committee and the result |
was as follows:
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
Committee on California,
George Stone; Colorado, A. Graves; |
Georgia. s. II. ellison; Idaho, James A. /
Hayes; Illinois. David Ross; Indiana.
H. c. Voderweli; Iowa, W. G. Clark;
e. J. Gilbert: Montana. j.
a. Murray: Nebraska. Charles II. Bru-
rer; New York, II. F. Peery; Nevada,
]. C. Powell; New Jersey, Louis Ruhl;
New Iexic0 4 I Dpmulee. Oregon