The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-01

Which VIII Continue Today.
WICHITA, Kan, May 31-The tenth
annual session of the trans -Mississinn,
Commercial Congress opened here TODAY
with 5oo delegates in attendance. Two
hundred more are expected tomorrow
Every state and territory west of tha
mississippi with the exception of Wash
1ngton, Nevada and Idaho, are represent
ed. Hugh Craig, of San Francisco nras-
ident of the congress- failed to come and
vice President Prince, of New Mexico
called the congress to order. Gov.
Stanley, of Kansas, delivered the address
Oh welcome for the state, and Mayor Ross
spoke for the city of Wichita and the
Wlch1ta board Of trade. Congressman
elect Julius Kahn. of San Francisco, and
Gov. Murphy, of Arizona, responded.
A sharp contest came up over the Sc
lection of committee on resolutions. If
was named as follows: George r. Brown.
Arkansas; Gov. N. o. Murphy, Arizona.
julius Kahn, California; T. C. Henry
Colorado; r. J. Haus, Commercial Trav-
eiers' Association; ]. E. Humphrey. In
dian Territory; c. F. Saylor, Iowa; ]. ].
trost,' Kansas; ]. r. C. Pitkin. Louisi-
ana; John Caulfield, Minnesota: 7 n
O'DonneI, Montana; ]. M Lowe Nilsson
RI; Henry Meyer Nebraska; NJ. s. Goetz
new Mexico; H. B. Maxson, Nevada; F.
II. Greer South Dakota; Presley Ewing
ana walter Gresham, Texas; J. H Smith.
Utah; Col. Winston, Wyoming.
The first address of the session was
made by Prof. Morrow, of Oklahoma
Agricultural college, on the Introduction
OF Corn in Europe as a Food Product.
Francis Thurber, of New York City.
chairman Of the American Exporters,
Association, spoke on Wider Markets
and How to Get Them
Congressman w. B. Slosson, OF Texas.
spoke on kansas and Deep Water Ports
on the Gulf"
Fred W. Bentley, Of Wichita, spoke on
Equitable Freight Rates" 80
EVENING SESSION.
AT the evening session Hon. George IT
Maxwell. OF San Francisco. representing
the National Irrigation congress, spoke
on the Creation Of an Inland Empire.
He urges the policy Of the reclamation
and settlement of the arid region that Il
being advocated by the national trriSa
tlon congress. that the federal govern
ment should give the West its share OF
river and harbor appropriations fur
building OF great storage reservoirs to
save tho waters which in flood times now
go down in great volumes, and that title
to the public lands should be coded to in
d1v1dual settlers only and not coded to
states.
illustrated lectures were delivered by
II. c. Frankenfeld, Of the United States
weather bureau. and T. H Newell. hy-
drographer of the geological survey DR..
F'rankenfeld spoke on floods and flood
problems.
A resolution. introduced by Mr.. Lewis.
of Oklahoma, condemned Edward Atkin-
son, of Boston. for his pamphlet against
war in the Philippines, and asked the
national congress to encourage the ex-
portatton of negroes to the Philippines.
. Other resolutions were:
By Gov. Prince, of New Mexico. ask
ing for the establishment of a department
of mines and mining, to correspond with
the department of agriculture, also for
government aid for the Improvement Of
merchant marine.
BY Mr. Stuart, Of South Dakota, ask
ing for government aid to build reservoirs
for storing waters on the upper Missouri
BY Gov. Murphy, of Arizona, asking
statehood for the territory, and ces-
sion of arid lands.
Hot Springs, Ark, Cripple Creek, Col,
and Houston, Texas, are after the next
congress.
C. A. Fellows. of Topeka, and Thomas
Patterson of Denver, are candidates for
president.