The age-herald., 1900-04-19
HARD AT WORK
 ON RESOLUTIONS The TranS-MiSSisSippi Congress
 Hears Many Speeches. NOMINATION OF OFFICERS Committee Has Over One Hundred Res o,utions to Pass On-Not More
 Than Twenty-Five Will Pro- nt bably be Accepted
NOMINATION OF OFFICERS

Houston, Tex, April 1S.-The committee on resolutions, the most important of the Mississippi congress, is at work to- night preparing to report tomorrow It has something over 100 resolutions before 1t to be acted upon, and not more than twenty-five will be accepted. Special in- terests are, of course, behind most of these and the committee has no easy time selecting only those which will affect the whole west, which is it's object. The com mittee is expected to report at Thursday s session. Several important resolutions were adopted today.
 The first business today was the intro- duction of resolutions, as follows:
 By MT. Patterson of Colorado, endors- ing the bill now before congress to appro- priate $5, 100000 for the St. Louis World s fair; by MT. Whitmore of Missouri, favor ing a government cable from the United States to Hawaii and Manila; by MT. Pat terson of Colorado opposing the Hanna Payne subsidy bill by MT. Bryan of Tex as, favoring the improvement of the Bra EOS river.
 Governor Savers having reached the city, addressed the convention, bidding welcome to the delegates. A telegram from w. J. Bryan thanked the congress for its invi- tation to attend the sessions, but declined because of other engagements.
 somlnation of Officers
 The committee on permanent organiza- tion reported the following nomination of officers:
 President-Hon. John R. c. Pitkin of frc x,io Gresham of Galveston; second vice presi- dent. L. B. Prince of Santa Fe, N. M; third vice president, s. o. Brooks of St. Paul; fourth vice president, George 0. Cannon of Salt Lake,
 The report was adopted, and the officers declared elected The selection of secre- tary is left to the delegation of the state, which scures tn next congress.
 Mir. Woodward of Louisiana introduced a resolution endorsing the proposed Houston ship channel and asking the national con- gress to make an adequate appropriation therefor.
 w. M. Bates of Denver then read his address in opposition to the ship subsidy bill.
 He was followed by Professor Water- house of St. Louis on Trade with the Orient"
 At athe afternoon session MT. Whitmore
 
 ing aEwaterway from the lakes to the Gulf via the Chicago drainage canal and the Mississippi river. He then read a paper prepared by Lyman J. Cooley of Chicago.
 This was followed with an address by Rev. pr. Lucey of Arkansas on industrial development of the south as affected by the negro race"
 MT. Coleman of New Orleans and MT. Whitmore of St. Louis introduced resolu- tions endorsing the bills now pending be- fore congress providing for the immediate construction of the Nicaragua canal. There was great applause when MT. Whit more declared that "the time has gone by for argument over this canal; it must be built and at once."
 MT. Troutman of Kansas City then ad- dressed the convention.
 After a brief discussion of the time at which the next meeting is to be selected (which was set for Friday afternoon) MT. Mead of Oklahoma read his paper
 The congress then adjourned.