Show TRANS mississippi CONGRESS FAVORS MINING department work of tl e mecene 1 nisi cd st paul so lecter tor dext place ot meeting the trails miss ss appl ppl commercial congress thursday the most important of i s work adopting reso lations covering a m lit tude of sub acts of interest to the great west and selecting st paul as tl e next place of meeting the only debate of the sea eion that at any time threatened to disturb the harmony of the occasion came over tl e ons proposing the establishing of government de apartments part ments of mining and of commerce comme ice and industry the friends of the for mer feared that adoption of the latter would be anim eal to tl hopes the danger being that them ning industry might be relegated to a bureau of other departments the debate was led by R II 11 whit more of st louis F I 1 thurber of new york on the s de of the depart ment of commerce and industry and montgomery speaker of the colorado legislature and former arnor adams of pueblo colo for the m ning department finally on mot on ot ex governor prince of bew mexico tie industrial feature was stricken fro n the resola tion advocated by tl e eastern dele gates and both depart bents v ere then unanimously government aid in tl e reclamation of and lands was strongly urged and the restoration of the mercantile mar ine was advocated in general terms harbor and river improvements were recommended include ng a deep water nay connecting the great lakes with the mississippi river |