The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-21

ciple of the greatest good to the great
est number. Because a stage driver or
a drummer is forced to change his
vocation by the locomotive or the
trusts" 1t does not follow that the
evolution should not take place; be 1t
therefore
Resolved, That the Trans Mississippi
congress, while fully believing in main
tanning public rights, deprecates hasty
and radical treatment of so new and
important question concerning which
public opinion Is liable to be misled
by political and journalistic rivalries.
Provokes no Discussion.
The efforts of Mr.. Thurber were re-
ceived in dignifled silence and 1t went
to Join the growing number reposing
in front of the secretary's desk.
Late in the afternoon the resolutions
were handed over to the committee
selected to inspect them, but nothing
was done beyond to divide the COM
mittee into subcommittee for the
purpose of passing on the various sub
jects. On the question of trusts the
delegates seem to be pretty badly di-
vided, but for harmony sake the COM
mittee will undoubtedly fail to make
any reference to them in the report,
which will be made today.
Some of the delegates, however, es-
pSC4clly lIlG duIHOIS VI Lie wv CoOlo-
lions given, will insist on their consid-
Grafton and if this is allowed an in
teresting session is promised.
The mornings business included a
brief address by Maj. John ESpey and
one more lengthy by LYMAN e.
Cooley, of st. Paul.
Both spoke on improved navigation
for the Mississippi river and what
Maj. ESpey ommited in respect to
statistics and the relation of the river
to the railroads, Mr.. Cooley furnished
in a comprehensive manner. He de-
| clared that the river was not a menace
to the railroad or vice versa. One de-
pended. on the other and from both in
creased business grew.
For a Department of Irrigation.
AT the morning session numerous
resolutions were introduced, the ma
| jority bearing on congressional aid fol
improved navigation and the solution
of the irrigation problem.
One asked for the addition to the
! cabinet of a department to be known
as the department Of irrigation. The
! principal resolution was introduced by
J. c. Davis, of Keokuk, Iowa.
| 1t renewed the Endorsement of the
| congress for a deep waterway between
| Lake Michigan, at Chicago, and the
| Mississippi river at st. Louis; the i'm
| prOV0n10nC OIL the MISSISSIPPI river De-
| tween st. Louis and Carlo, so as to Sc
cure a depth at all times Of nine feet;
| the deepening of the Mississippi river
| between ST. Paul and Minneapolis; the
I substitution of dam and lock for the
present canal at Des MoineS and the
/ further development of the reservoir
| system at the headwaters of the Mis-
sissippi river.
Hills's Address the feature.
Fight for the Presidency.
The election of officers by the nom
mating committee was made in one O.
1 the ante rooms and, though the return
! they made was fully Endorsed by thu
/ delegates, few were cogniZant that tht
| contest for the presidency was so keeI
/ that at one time it looked as if thu
! matter might have to be referred tt
| the regular body for final adjustment
John Fl. Kirby, of Houston, Texas
| was named over J. Huston Mcknight
| of Wichita, Kan, by a vote of eleven tt
one, but it took several ballots to reael
| the conclusion. Kansas, it was claim
/ ed had been promised the presidenc.
| and a spirited fight for the place wa
made by Mr.. Meningitis friends. The!
| eventually, however, came forward ant
| made John r. Kirby's election unani
| nous.
Of the North and South.
An address was made during the aft
| ernoon by Norman G.. Kittrel, of Hous
| ton, Tex. His subject was, "Texa.
| and Her Deep Water Ports" Col Kit.
trel drew unlimited applause for hi,
references to the Sunny South and it
| chivalry. He was frank in his state
ment of the differences that had existeC
between the North and the South, an
brought out not a little applause whel