The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-10
Resolution Indorsing the Merger Is
Forced Through and Then
Reconsidered.
President Hill Delivers His Promised
Address He Defends Railroad
Combinations.
From a Staff Correspondent,

From Staff Correspondent.
Fargo, N. D., Jan. 10.-Fargo is enter
tanning between 1000 and 5000 visitors
to-day, attracted by the address delivered
by President James J. Hill of the North
ern Securities company in the operahouse
this afternoon. Farmers, business men
and politicians from every section Of the
state arrived last evening and this fore
noon. Minneapolis, st. Paul and Duluth
are represented by delegations of bust
ness men arriving In special cars this
morning.
The Minneapolis delegation is made up
as follows: J. w. Raymond, G. T. Jaffray,
G. 3. Thayer, j. b. Gage, Secretary G. D..
Rogers of the Chamber of Commerce;
Harry Douglass, w. H. McWilliams, F: A.
Chamberlain, L. r. Brooks, S. D. Cargill,
H. V. Jones and DR.. Frank Burton. P. B.
Smith heads the delegation,
The ST. Paul party is headed by H. A.
Boardman, president Of the St. Paul
Commercial club. Other members are:
T. L. Schumacher, J. w. Cooper, Richard
S. Gordan, R. A. Kirk, H. C. McNair,
| George Benz, Joseph Elsinger, c. K Sha-
! rood and George H. Arune
Duluth also sends delegation headed
by A. D. Thompson. Others are G. G.
Barnum, president of the Board Of Trade:
| w. j. Olcott, president of the Duluth
'Missabe & Northern; A. G. Weiss of the
Herald. M. BunneH of the News-Tribune
Joseph b. Cotton, attorney for the United
States Steel corporation. Ex-Governo,
John Miller OF North Dakota, George L
Barnes. Jr., =. w. Leithead, C.E Bassett
g. }. Desure, Berner Hoch, A. d. David.
son, A. L. Ordean, A. M. Marshall. f. A
Patrick. E. K. Smith and ex-Mayor R, T.
| Lewis.
The morning was spent by the visitors
IN discussing the merger in the hotel
lobb1es and paying informal visits t.
business concerns of Fargo.
The Hill RESOLUTIONS.
The feature of the mornings session
| was the adoption of resolutions. The chic
interest conferred in the clause which in.
dorsed President Hills plan of consoli:
| dating northwestern roads. It required
a division of tie house to get the reso1u.
lions passed, but they went through on s
ruling of the chair.
After they had been declared adopted
Henry Henderson of Halstad, Mimi. who
was OF the number that strenuously on.
! posed the Endorsement OF HILL moved :
order by Vice President T. A. Hoversta1
| OF Crookston, who was presiding, on thu
J ground that having voted in the negative
Henderson could not make the motion.
! There were cries from different parts
! of the house from both opponents and ad.
vocates of the resolutions, but finally or.
! der prevailed.
Reconsidered, but Not Expunged.
! After some little time another motor
| was made by O. H. Larson of Nelson
county, North Dakota, to reconsider the
Hill plank Of the resolutions. This was
almost unanimously adopted. Then
motion was made that the Hill plank BIZ
expunged, and this was tabled. Afte1
some sparring an adjournment was take1
till 1:30 p. m.
A fine point has been raised as tt
whether President Hill has been indorsec
or not. The motion to reconsider wa:
adopted, and the motion to expunge wa.
lost. According to all parliamentary
rules the resolution was still pending ex
actly as if 1t had never been adopted
Some Of Hills opponents were inclined tt
use denunciatory language in the corri.
doris afterwards, and declared that the
Hill part of the resolutions had been pre-
pared in st. Paul and forwarded here fol
adoption.
The session was SO lively that it gave
the convention the appearance Of typi-
cal North Dakota political gathering an6
the episode formed an exciting diversion
] of harvesting calves and threshine
j pumpkins
The rest Of the resolutions thanked