Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-23
Substance of the ResoIu-
tions That Were
Adopted.
BRYAN'S SMOTHERED
No Fight on Trusts, but Various
Projects Are En-
dOrsed.

Kansas City, Nov. 23-The delegates
to the 18th annual convention of the
Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress
today placed the finishing touches upon
the work at this gathering. The pro
gram for the morning session included
the following addresses: "One Phase
of Insurance" by Sidney A. Foster,
Iowa; Beet Sugar Industry" by 4. G..
Palmer, Los Angeles; Statehood" by
l.. b. Prince. Santa Fe y. NJ; Good
Roads by F. ID. Coburn, Topeka, sec
retary Kansas board of agriculture.
Bryan Offers Important Resolutions.
The committee has had a hard strug-
gle to reach an agreement upon the
platform treating with the ship subsidy
suggestions made before the conven-
tion by Elihu Root. who is believed to
have spoken for President Roosevelt
Two other important resolutions, pre-
sented TO the congress personally last
night by William J. Bryan and consid-
cred this morning by the committee,
asked the congress to endorse a res
Olution adopted by the Interparliamen-
tary union at its London session last
July in favor OF submission of interna-
tiOnal questions to an impartial court
for investigation before a declaration
of war, and another one sought to com
init the congress as being opposed to
private monOpolies as indefensible and
intolerable. and favoring the enforce
ment of existing laws and the enact
ment of such new ones as may be ne
cessary to protect industry from men.
ace offered by the trusts
The New officers.
The following nominations for Off |
GERS of the congress for the ensuing
year will be presented to the conven.
tion. As there are no contests, they
unquestionably will be ratified:
President-Colonel H. d. Loveland, |
San Francisco.
First Vice President L. Bradford
Prince, Santa Fe, N NJ
Second Vice President-N. G. Lari |
more, Larimore, n. d.
Third Vice President-F. a. Fellows, |
Topeka. Kan.
Fourth Vice Presidential Colbraith, |!
Denver. Col
Secretary-Arthur F. Francis, Grip
pie Greek, Col. /
The Measures Approved.
Resolutions submitted by the com
mittee endorse the propositions sub
mitted by Secretary Root for encour-
aging the upbuilding of the American |
merchant marine and for increasing
our intercourse without America by
adequate mail facilities: to renew and !
emphasize congress with approval and |
devotion to the Monroe doctrine; urge
thorough reorganization of the consul
lar system; favor construction of an
intercontinental railway between
North and South America.
The earnest efforts now being made
10 obtain necessary aid and support
from the national government for the
Improvement of canals rivers. and
harbors is emphatically approved and
endorsed and a movement to secure |:
the annual appropriation of 10000, 900
for the furtherance of this important
work is commended; the proposed in
ter-cOastal canal from the Mississippi
river to the Rio Grande is endorsed
1t is recommended that no legisla-
tion antagOnistic to the beet sugar in
dustry be enacted and the opinion is
expressed that the measure calculated
to introduce into the financial system
of currency an element of hexibility
should receive consideration by the ma
tional congress.
Held Them Down.
The resolutions committee held
down the two resolutions submitted to
the congress last night by Hon. Will :
liam j. Bryan. The first favored the
Endorsement of the resolution adopted
by the Inter-Parliamentary union in
favor of settling the international
questions impartially by a court or
commission of investigation before n
declaration of war The second sought s
to place the congress on record as be- I
ing opposed TO private monopolies and
favoring the enforcement of existing
laws and the enactment of such laws /
as may be necessary to protect indus s
try from menace offered by trusts. lr
Bryan and Shaw. n
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 23.-Lesliel I
NJ Shaw. secretary of the treasury, and v
William J. Bryan had the lions share 7
of attention here yesterday among a C
long list of speakers at the three ses- il
sions of the ans-Mississippi con-