El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-20
Cripple Creek Gets The Next
Session Of The Con-
gresS
ST.LOUISFAIR ENDORSED
Today With An Enthusiasm
That Marks The Unity Of
Purpose Of The Great
Men Of The West.
Special Dispatch to the HERALD.

Special Dispatch to the HERALD.
BoUSTON, Tex, April 20.-The
| livliest time of the Trans -MissIssip ppi
congress came yesterday afternoon
when Cripple Creek won the next
meeting. So strong was that ci.y's
grip that New Orleans withdrew and
the selection of Cripple Creek was By
acclaim alton. Many of the originstors
of the congress idea looked upon this
con test as crucial test of the per-
mauency Of the congress, fearing that
unless the session went back to the
Rocky Mountains this year there
would be great decrease In interest.
By this action the far west regains its
rightfnl position.
Todsy's session was highly enthu-
siastic. Interstate Commerce Commits
sioner Prouty made mastery plea
for increasing the power of the COM
mission to enforce its orders. Said he:
sion today has no more power TO regu.
late the rate at which Kansas shippers
can get their grain to market thao it
has to regulate the rainfall or the sun
shine"
Following him, Governor d. r. Fran
els, of Missouri, addressed the meeting
on the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
in 1903, st St. Louis. The climax of
unity of purpose and enthusiasm was
reached when each state delegation,
one after srother, seconded the resolu-
ton of Endorsement
It is 4 splendidly succe sful opgress
and will work great good. Tomorrow
the elegstes go to Galveston to in
spect Buffalo Bayou and the hsrb Dor
jetty works.
Special Correspondence of the ERALD.
H CUSTOM, April 17.-Ooe who has |
not been in the habit of attending the
annual sessions of the Trans -Mississ- |
ippi Commercial congress must be
deeply Impressed INN ediately by the
very high character of the delegates in
general. Many OF the delegates are
meo Of moro than state or national
and all are marked by in
dividual characteristics that di5tin-
guish them from ordinary men.
Delegates to this congress stand for
something. To be permitted to wear
the badge OF the congress signifies that !
the wearer has been selected as o repre- |
because OF some special |
qualification, by the mayor of q city, |
the governor of state, or some COM
mercial body OF weight and IL haence.
Theor etiCally, the meeting should be |
l most dIstin guished one. Practically, |
i is what it ought to be.
Men of such sterling worth do not
'toop to petty things. The proceed
ngs are at all times conducted upon a
very high plane. The keynote is
'commercisl suprem cy"-suPre remacy
If American labor, American enter
,rise, American honesty o: purpose,
,ver foreign com petition In our own or
oreign markets. Necessarily, in con-
lection with this question Of suprem-
cy, there came before the congress a
ast nun Der of interlocking subjects,
ubsldiary it may be, but of vital i'm
ortauce. IF the territories need state {
nod in order to make them able to
ompete. then state hood' is q leei-
innate subject for the congress to dis
uss. l. lack of water In the arid bslt
ompels the people of the arid belt to {
pend their hard earned money in mar
cts where there is no far exchange, {
hen the congress must discuss irriga- {
ion, for what Is not good for the arid {
cit is certainly harmful to the nation {
; a whole.
The congress hunts for weak spots in
ur comm ercisl structure, aud seeks 20
cal them. No subject is too large, |
one too sectional, to merit attention,
its consideration is Ia the interest OF ;
be people who live west OF the Mis-
ssippi river. The ablest thin K ers in
heir resp ctive lines a-e chosen To ad-
ress the meetings. The papers are
with the greatest care, aud