El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-20

on the part of Individuals communities,
! governments. The cry is awake,
look ahead, choose q way, and take IT,
Don't conjure up evil for the cake OF
evil, don't see obstacles where ohsta.
cles are not, don't stop till you have
achieved what you ought to achieve. :"
| 1t is striking to note the wide diver
gence OF views as to what interests OF
the traus- Mississippi states ara of the
| first importance. The representa-
| tive citizens of over a score of states
and territories are here, met on COM
| mon ground to discuss the interests of
| over a score of little empires, whose
| com bined extent covers al area twice
| asgrest as the area OF the U nited States
| at the close of thu revolutionary war,
and while there are common interests
indeed, such as 6he necessity OF open
! iug up more foreign markets yet there
are as many sided views as there are
delegates. These men have no poll
tical ends to further. They have no
| "cops,ituents" to concilIate. They
have no axes to grind. They repre-
sent the greater interests of mankind,
and nobly do they discharge their
trust.
Partisan politics is banished from
the discussions. Both great political
parties are Represented, perhaps a. bout
equslly, but both sides are quick to
resent the intrusion of political amin
Us into the meetings. In your cor
respondents hearing today, a prom
iuent delegate from ST. Louis re-
marked 30 a fine old Mormon patriarch
from Utah: You and I have been
working together here for ten years,
In the same committees, aud yet do
not at this moment know your politics,
nor DO | care. -
The meetings Of the congress are
held IN the great audit orium. a build
ing which will seat six to eight thou
Sand persons. The attendance OF dele-
gates Is from two to three hundred
The delegates are seated by states
and by signs announce the location OF
the various state Representatives. The |
interior of the building is beautifully |
decorated with flags, bunting, Spanish |
moss, and flowers. Electric car lines, |
several of them, run TO the door. The
attendsuce of visitors is generally
large. There are good many women
among the delep ations and audi euce
The proceedings are enliveped by |
band music, aud there Is never dull |
moment.
The congress was formally opened !
this morning at 10. After prayer,
Hon. Presley K. Ewing, mayor of |
Houston, a man of siogularly winning |
personality and popular orator, vel
come1 the deles a es. Responding to |
Mayor wing, b. r. Whitmore, Of ST. !
Louis, ore OF the pioneers CT the con.
gress, and for four years chairman of |
the executive committee, made one of |
the best addresses OF the day. Mr.. |
WhitDore, in the course OF lis recital |
of what the congress had alresdy &C.
said that the movement
for the annexation of Hawaii started |
10 the Traus- Mississippi congress, and |
that the congress was semi-officially |
given due credit for It's work in bring
ing this movement to successful con-
summation. The statement was greet |
ed with great applause, both from re-
publicans and from what one may term
tie 'prosperity democrats" who seem
to be in the maj )rity. The mention by |
the speaker of the necessity for build
ing the Nicaragua cspal brought forth |
great applause. Other etraws showed
that the congress will not be the most !!
active campaign committee that M.
Bryan might have.
E 0 Stsnsrd, the noted manu- &C.
turer of St. Louis, formerly governor
IF Missouri, in his capacity as pres
dent then made an address. Mr.. |
Stanacd is tall, bread ebouldered,
erect man. whose personal popularity
5 great. His speech was very well re-
,eived. He struck the key note OF the
congress- when he said "WhaE we need
md brookiug no Interference. II does
lot need to be argued, that we must
ither broaden our markets and in
rease our facilities for marketing our
'oods, or we must close up cur mills,
iank our fires and turn our laboring
nen out by the thousands Mr.. Stanard
rged most eloqueutly the extension OF
ur trade to the orient, until we shall
re supreme there as at home: and most
specially he demon strated how the
outh will benefit by such extension to :
degree to be limited only By Ler de-
ire.