Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-24
CONGRESS CLOSES
MANY RESOLUTIONS ON VARIOUS
SUBJECTS.
Single Statehood for Indian Terri.
tory and Oklahoma and Terri
tOrial Government for Alaska.
Lake Washington Canal En-.
dOrsed--Other Resolutions.


mississippi congress finally got down TO
work yesterday, the delegates ground
out the business in hurry. and before
adjournment they lad furnished the
next national congress with sugges-
tions and advice sufficient to last at
least through the long session. 1t will
not be the fault Of this congress if the
members of the real congress of the
Unietd States are not kept hard at work
this win'er.
With the utmost dispatch the con-
gress disposed of the matter Of terrific
rial government for Alaska, with the
vexing problem of the merchant ma
rine, and closer trade relations with
Canada The consular service of the
United States was put under civil serv-
ice, and even before leaving the pavil-
ion the members could notice a vast
improvement.
Without dissenting vote they ar
ranged for irrigation of the arid lands,
the improvement of rivers and harbors
and the disposition of public lands.
They tossed off million to the Lewis
and Clark exposition. and they favored
building lot of roads and bridges in
Alaska, without ever pausing to inquire
the cost. The roads are needed. SO cav
the delegates, and they must be bnlt.
The congress will be we'll pleased if
men living in the tranemississippi re-
gion are chosen to fill places in the bu.
reauo manufactures and on the inter.
state commerce commission.
OF Benefit to Seattle.
Seattle benefits from the congress by
a resolution favoring canal connect.
ing Lake Washington with Puget sound,
though no specific route is named. Also
resolution favoring differental of
per cent on the bids of Pacific coast
bidders on battleships and cruisers, and
protest against taking more of the
timber lands of the state and putting
them into forest reserves.
/. More stringent pure food laws are
wanted, and the congress would like to
see the Hague tribunal made the court
Of last resort when war is threatened.
The congress voted in favor OF single
statehood for Oklahoma and Indian
Territory combined, but not until after
a flood Of oiatory on both sides of the
question. The congress also decided
against allowing big corporations to
grab big slices of the Philippines upon
which to work coolie labor, but again
not until after a big fight had been
made, and the original resolution was
laid on the table.
The original resolution said it would
not do to allow the people of the islands
to raise tobacco and sugar, for they
would be competing with the people in
the United States, and the chairman
ruled that that was political question,
involving the tariff, and ordered it cut
out.
After lot of speech making tie en-
tire resolution was tabled by count OF
noses, and later in the afternoon, when
most of the delegates had gone down
town the resolution was resurrected
and with everything cut out except the
size of the plantations and the employ
ment of coolie labor, it passed without
| a dissenting vote.
Not voice was raised against any
of the resolutions except those relating
TO the statehood question and the con-
ditions in the Philippines. The chair
man simply read the resolutions by
tions. and, amid storm OF mo- de-
clared them passed.
\ fight was expected when the reso-
luton asking for territorial government
came up, but it went through without
hitch. tie delegates from ALASKA
shouting loudly, so as to make up in
volume what they lacked in numbers
The people of Seattle were warmly
thanked for the manner in which the
delegates had been entertained, and the
press for the manner in which the pro-
ceedings of the convention had been
handled.
The display of Washington products
was great surprise to most of the del
egates, especially to those from the
South, who had an idea that woods and
water were about all that were to be
| found in abundance here. When they
saw prodcuts supposedly only grown IN
the "Sunny South, growing here as
luxuriantly and in as great perfection
as in their native soil, they were sur
pristd indeed. They could hardly be-
lieve, even with the products visible
and as perfect as possible.
Seattle, Aug. 20 st. Loris will
probably he selected as the place OF
meeting for the Transmississip Com
mercial Congress next year. and with
this understanding, Hon. K c. Ker-
ems, OF st. Louis, was elected president
for the ensuing year; A l.. Black, of
Whatcom, first vice president; Walter
Gresham, of Galveston, second vice
president; John Caultield, of st. Paul.
third vice president; c. B. Booth, of
Los Angeles, fourth vice president
George B. Harrison, OF Kansas City.
Mo-, treasurer; Arthur F. Francis. OF
Cripple Creek, Colo, secretary. The
last two named were reelected.
A number of resolutions were intro
duced, and able addresses were made
by John Barrett, Major John Mills,
Hon. Edward F. harris and Hon. Tru-
man 6. Palmer. A warm debate is ex-
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