The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-25
VIEWS Of BRYAN
ARE SUSTAINED
Resolution Adopted by Trans
mississippi Congress Oppos-
ing Private MOnOpolies.
WERE PREVIOUSLY TURNED
DOWN BY COMMITTEE
Next Session TO Be at MuskO-
gee, |. T.; Election of Off
GERS Held.

N ANoAS VI WV" ~
Transmississippi Commercial congress
ratified the nominations Of officers for
The ensuing year as presented this
morning, headed by H. d. Loveland OF
San Francisco for president, and at
4:20 adjourned sine die.
The other nominations for officers
for the ensuing year as presented to
The congress, and ratified, are:
First e.president-L. Bradford
Prince. Santa Ee, y. NJ.
Second vice -president-N. G. Lari-
more. Larimore, y, u.
Third vice-president-G. A. telloWs,
Topeka, Kas. r.,
Fourth vice-president-J. f. Cal
breath, Denver.
Secretary-Arthur F. Francis, Grip
pie Creek, Colo.
The programme for the morning ses-
sion included the following addresses:
Zone Phase of insurance, sydney
A. Foster of Iowa. >,
"Thc Beet Sugar Industry L. h.
Palmer, Los Angeles.
Statehood, l.. B. Prince, Santa Fe,
n. n. c.,- r,n..
ka, secretary of the Kansas State
Board Of Agriculture,
Muskogee Gets Next Session.
The congress voted TO hold its next
gathering, in 1907, at Muskogee, /. I.
Denver, one of the leading contestants,
moved TO make the vote for Muskogee
unanimous and this was done.
John P Irish, IN presenting the
claims of San Francisco for the honor
of entertaining next years congress,
denied with vigor the truth OF the ap-
tiop nn1l1s1 n San Fran
cisco, that of ga city of graft.
The resolutions committee of the
congress, in session this morning, voted
down the two resolutions submitted to
the congress last night by William ].
Bryan The first Of these resolutions
favored the endorsement by the con-
gress of the resolution adopted by the
nter-Parliamcntary union at the Lon.
don session in favor OF settling of in
ternational questions impartially by
court or commission of investigation
before declaration of war or the open
ing of hostilltes by any country.
The second resolution sought to place
the congress on record as being opposed
to private monopolIes and, believing
them "indefensible and intolerable,' -
favors 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.
offered Bryan Resolutions.
The introduction of politics into the
proceedings of the congress was mar
rowlv averted when the report of the
committee on resolutions was submit"
ted for action. John P. Irish, chair
man of the committee, had scarcely fin
ished reading the report when l.. Y.
Irvine of St Louis, vice president of
the congress- made an impassioned adj
dress censuring the action of the reso
lutions committee in omitting from its
report the two resolutions introduced to
the congress by Mr.. Bryan during the
speech last night
Mr. Irvine then offered the Bryan
resolutions for the consideration of the
congress.
The chairman suggested that consid
GRAFTON of the two Bryan resolutions be
postponed until the report of the COM
mittee on resolutions as reported had
been adopted, and the suggestion was
adopted. The report Of the committee
was adopted and Mr.. Irvine then for
ulallv offered the Bryan resolutions
against private monopoly.
Mr. Irish, in reply TO the speech of
Mr. Irvine, said that he opposed the
|. BRYAN resolutions because of the views
Mr. Bryan had expressed in his New
York speech, He said that those 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 candidate for
political honors, had advocated govern
ment ownership of all public utilities
and that an Endorsement of the resolu-
ton would be an indirect Endorsement
Of government ownership of such util-
ities.
Some Sharp Repartee.
Several delegates demonstrated with
Mr.. Irish that Mr.. Bryan had not ad-
vocated the public ownership of all
public utilities and Thomas Knight of
Kansas City asked Mr., Irish; "Does
the authorship CT Z resolution stamp
the resolutionS' And Mr. Irish re-
joined; Would you consider any res
oluticn put by Mr. Hartman '' Mr..
Knight answered. "I would, if good
one
Without further debate the resolu-
tion offered by Mr., Irvine was adopted
and Mr.. Bryan s resolution was sub.
mitted and adopted after debate
Among the resolutions as presented by
the committee and adopted were the
following;
Elastic Currency
We are Of the opinion that measure cal.
cul0ted 10 introduce into the financial sys.
tenn OF tho country the element OF hexibility
of currency should receive early and car.
nest consideration by the United States
CongyesS, having in view always the sccur.
ity. safety and value Of such currency az
par with gold.
We favor the beet sugar industry, and
recommend 10 tho United States Congress
that no legislation antagonioiic to it's future
development be enacted, This congress M
its sixteenth session, recommended the loca.
tion Of naval station the southern coast
OF California. near the Mexican border but
yet the National Congress has not laken
any action regarding this importan; matter.
Since tho passage OF tho resolution and rec.
ommcndation, Admiral Goodrich and other
prominen: naval officers have publicly advo.
Gated tho location of such naval station in
the harbor Of San Diego, California. Wo
therefore again respectfully request that
naval station and also n coaling station be
located at San Diego. California and that
the necessary funds be appropriated for this
purpose.
Agriculture,
We commend most heartily The disposition
Of tho Congress OF the United States Ia fou.