The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-11-29
TWO RESOLUTIONS
OF BRYAN ADOPTED
WARM DEBATE AT END, OF COM
MERcIAL CONGRESS.
COMES NEAR TO POLITICS
Congressman Stephens Speaks in Be-
half of Arizona-H. D. Loveland
of San Francisco Elected
President of Body.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 24.-After
electing H. d. Loyeland of San Fran
cisco president for the ensuing year,
adopting two resolutions by William
]. Bryan, after they had been voted
down by the committee on resolutions,
including an endorsement of the prop
osition submitted by Secretary of State
Elihu Root, "for encouraging our mer-
chant marine and for increasing our in
tercourse with South America by
adequate mail facilities" the trans
Mississippi Commercial Congress ad-
journed late Friday, to meet in 1907 at
Muskogee, /. T.
The last session of memorable
gathering proved one Of the most stir
ring of the convention, and ended in
q victory for Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan
was not present, having left in the
morning for Columbia, Mo-. to deliver
an address.
Irvine Speaks Warmly.
The introductions of politics into
the proceedings of the congress was
narrowly averted when the report OF
the committee on resolutions was sub.
mitted for action. John P. Irish, chair.
man of the committee, had scarcely
finished reading the report when L. G.
Irvine, of st. Louis, vice president oil
the congress, was recognized by the
chair. Mr.. Irvine made an impassioned
address, consuming the action Of the
resolutions committee in emitting
from it's report the two resolutions in
troduced to the congress by Mr.. Bryan
during his speech Thursday night.
Mr.. Irvine intimated that the omis
sion of these two resolutions savored
of political influence and their author
ship rather than their subject matter
was the reason for the failure of the
committee to report them. He said ali
of the American people were in favor
Of the Bryan resolutions, and that ii
this convention did not want to lose
its power and its influence 1t had bet
ter not commit itself to an action in,
dicating a partisan feeling. He said
that the Republican leaders who are
fighting the trusts and Mr.. Bryan were
a unit on the trust question. He said
that if you took speech delivered by
Mr.. Bryan on that subject and another
delivered by Mr.. Roosevelt or Attor.
ney General Hadley, and you were moi
told the name of their authors, you
could not tell which man was the au
thor of either speech"
]. A. Ross, of South Dakota, second
ed the speech of Mr.. Irvine, and Chair.
man David r. Francis suggested that
consideration of the two Bryan resolu'
lions be postponed until the report OF
the committee on resolutions as re.
ported had been adopted. The sug
gestion was accepted, the report of the
committee was adopted, and Mr.. Ir.
vine then formally offered the Bryan
resolution against private monopoly.
Mr.. Irish made stirring reply to
Mr.. Irvine. He said that he opposed
the Bryan resolutions because of the
views Mr.. Bryan had expressed in his
New York speech. He said that these
views were of such a nature that he
did not want the congress to go on
record as supporting them directly or
indirectly. He said that Mr. Bryan
who was an eminent dialectician and a
candidate for political honors, had ad
vocated government ownership of all
public utilities, and that an indorse,
rnent of his trust resolution would be
an indirect Endorsement of govern
ment ownership of such utilities.
Several delegates demonstrated with
Mr.. Irish that Mr.. Bryan had not ad,
vocated the public ownership of all
public utilities.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Irvine
was adopted. Then Mr.. Bryan's peace
resolution was submitted and adopted
without debate.
Ex-Goy. L. B. Prince, of New Mexi.
co, made strong plea for separate
statehood for that territory. He said
that New Mexico had elected &c dele.
gates at the last election who would
meet in January and draft a constitu.
ton, after which 1t would be submit.
ted to congress.
Pleads for Arizona.
Congressman John Stephens OF
Texas requested that he be allowed to
submit a resolution favoring statehood
for Arizona, saying that he wanted to
act as "the friend in court" of that
territory, which had no representative
in the congress. Congressman Steph.
ems wanted to make his resolution an
amendment to the New Mexico resolu.
ton embodied In the resolution, but
Gov. Prince objected, saying that New
Mexico had voted in favor of state
hood. while Arizona had voted against
Il.
81 don't blame Arizona for voting
against you. They are Americans
there, while you have good many
Mexicans in New Mexico" rejoined
Congressman Stephens.
Congressman Stephens then sub
mitted a resolution worded similarly
to the New Mexico resolution, favor
ing separate statehood for Arizona,
and the resolution was accepted by the
resolutions committee, and adopted
with the rest Of the report.
The congress directed that each del
egation select committee of three
members to go to Washington when