The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-24
Resolutions Committee OYtrid-
natC0mmtrciaI Congress
POLITICS BARELY AVtRTtO
Resolution Adopted Favorina Separate
Statehood for Acknowledgements
Adjourns to Meet Next Year
at Muskosee, |. T.

Kansas City, November 2s.-After elect
ing II. d. Loveland of San Francisco
president for the ensuing year. adopting
the two resolutions by William j. Bryan,
after they had been voted down by the
committee on resolutions, and accepting
the platform endorsing the proposition
submitted by Secretary of State Root.
for encouraging our merchant marine,
and for increasing our intercourse with
South America by adequate mail facili-
ties, the ns-Mississippi Commercial
congress adjourned late today to meet
In 1907 at Muskogee, |. T.
The last session proved stirring and end
ed in a victory for Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan
was not present, having left this morning
for Columbia, Mo, to deliver an ad-
dress.
Bryan's Resolution.
The first of Mr.. Bryan's resolutions fa-
vored the endorsement by the congress
of the resolution adopted by the Inter-
Parliamentary union at the London ses-
sion in favor of the settling of inter-
national questions impartally by court,
or commission of investigation before
declaration of war. or the opening OF
hostilties by any country.
The second resolution sought to place
the congress on record as being opposed
to private monopolies, and believing them
"indefensble and intolerable, fayors the
enforcement of existing laws, and the
enactment of such new laws as may be
necessary to protect industry from the
menace offered by the trusts"
The Introduction of politics into the rro-
ceedings was narrowly averted when tha
report of the committee resolutions
was submitted. John p Irish, chairman
of the committee, had scarcely finished
rea4lng the report when l.. c. Irvine OF
st. Louis vice president of the con-
gress, made an impassioned address, CEN
surng the resolutions committee in
emitting from its report the two resolu-
tions introduced by Mr.. Bryan.
Political Influence Charged.
Mr. Irvine intimated that the omission
of these two resolutions sayored of poll
teal influence and that their authorship
rather than their subject matter was the
reason for the failure of the committee to
report them. j. A. Ross of South Dakota.
seconded the speech of Mr.. Irvine and
Chairman David r. Francis, suggested
that the consideration of the two Bryan
resolutions be postponed until the re-
port of the committee ON resolutions was
adopted.
The report of the committee was then
adopted and Mr.. Irvine then formally Of
fered the Bryan resolution against the
private monopoly. Mr.. Irish made STIR
ring reply to Mr.. Irvine. He said that lie
opposed the Bryan resolutions because or
views Mr. Bryan expressed in his New
York speech. He said that these views
We're of such q nature he did not want
the congress TO go ON record as support
traI a gniI
that Mr. Bryan had advocated government
ownership of all public utilities and that
an endorsement Of his trust resolution
would be an indirect Endorsement OF gov
ernment ownership.
The resolution was adopted. Then Mr.
Bryan's peace resolution was submitted
and adopted without debate.
Strong Resolutions on Statehood.
Ex-Goy L. B. Prince of New Mexico
made a strong plea for separate state
hood. Congressman John Stevens of
Texas, requested that he be allowed 10
submit a resolution favoring statehood for
Arizona saving that he wanted to act
as the friend in court of that terri
tory which had no member in Congress.
Mr. stephens wanted to make his reso-
luton an amendment to the New Mexicn
resolution. but Governor Prince objected,
saying that New Mexico had voted in fa
vor of statehood while Arizona had voted
against It,
~ don't blame Arizona for voting
against it. They are Americans there
while you have a good many Mexicans
in New Mexico" rejoned Congressman
Stephens
Congressman Stephens then submitted
resolution favoring separate statehood
for Arizona, and the resolution was then
adopted. Date of next meeting of the
congress will be decided on by the execiI-
tive committee. The congress directed that
the executive committee select n commit
tee of three to go to Washington when
Congress considers the rivers and har-
bors bill.