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Show GOMES TO M EI. Close of tlie Trans-Mississippi Congress. 'E- Jiamite" Coodwin" Kicks J .fer the Admission cf Utah. Tl-Co T?ress, However, Sit ' U 1 1 on Him in Approved Ap-proved Style. Deshb, Col., May 23. Special , coiTfbpOi d(juce of The Dispatch: Theorem Tiaus-Mississippi Commercial Commer-cial Gong-ess, so long talked of and for which such extensive preparations have been made, is at last at an end. From all over the great anj prosperous prosper-ous Centennial State; fr in the railroads rail-roads that center in the mighty Western West-ern metropolis of Denver; from our own glorious Utah; lrom the broad w heattields of Minnesota; from the mines and the cattle ranges of Montana; from the semi-tropical empire of New Mexico; from the broad and fertile prairies of Kansas Kan-sas ai)d Nebraska; from the plantations planta-tions of Louisiana; from the young but powerful and ambitious State of Washington; Wash-ington; from the oil fields of Wyoming; Wyom-ing; from the forests of Arkansas; from the plains of Arizona, from the vineyards of California and the orchards of Oregon; from invincible Idaho; from the boundless prairies and plains of Texas; from Iowa, from Oklahoma, from the Dakotas and from Missouri from mountain and plain, all over the great and growing empire that lies west of the Mississippi, came hundreds of delegates, the brightest i and brainest men m the nation to-dav. i to demand a proper recognition of j Western and Southern interests. Tweuty-one states and territories were represented, and that, too, by their most active, enterprising and practical business men men who have made the West, who believe in its future, who are determined . that it shall receive just recognition at the hands of the federal government, and w ho propose as citizens to so emphatically emphat-ically affirm their wants and desires that their voice will be heard and heeded by both of the great political partirs of the country. Not the slightest slight-est intimation of partisan feeling has been discovered, the sentiment of the Congress being-enthusiastic on effecting effect-ing action on national questious only, j ui.l suet as relate wholly to the com- i toit-rcial and Industrial w elfare of the i I trans-Mississippi Slates and Terri-; . Uil Its' legardless of polities'. Thu con.- i elusions of the Congress were in favor of the free coinage of silver; of donations dona-tions of lands to the State for the construction con-struction of irregation reservoirs, and of liberal appropriations for the improvement im-provement of the Mississippi and for the creation of deep water harbors on the Texas coast, and for the admission of Utah, New Mexico and Oregon as Stales. I The one question uppermost in the minds of the delegates to the Commercial Commer-cial Congress v;;s the tree coinage of silver. Thai was clearly demo astrated by the action of tlie assembly over the election of permanent chairman. The committee on permanent organization was split over the question. Three reports re-ports were presented, one of which, ihe majority, recommended the appoint ap-point incut of ex Governor Anthony of Kansas; th- tl.er, hich w as cail-u the minority, nominated Mr. E. P. Feiiy til Utah, who was eventualh elected. Why tlie first report should have been styled 'majority" is something some-thing which the average man enn never understand, and with regard to the term 'minority' he w ill remain in the same state of anxious cogita tion. Each was signed by six members mem-bers of the committee. There was a third report signed by one gentleman, whose courage and strength of conviction con-viction should send his name down to posterity. That his action may meet with the fame which it deserves, his .). name should be mentioned. He was Mr. 11. Keatley of Iowa. Mr. Keaihy read his report with great modesty. He seemed to have been placed Li a clett stick He supported the majority, major-ity, first for peace sake (blessed be the peace-maker), then lit supported the minority for a similar reason, although he does not approve of a man who is not heart and soul a free silverite. Eventual! Even-tual! v, Mr. Keatley, soeiug his efforts at peace without results, presented the report of his own convictions. The reports were dncussei for fully two hours. The debate was passionate passion-ate and humorous by turn, But the dominant note of the debate was iU earnestness. It was evident from the beginning that none but a free silver man, were the president himself to put himself in nomination, would be elected. Anthony's friends contend that he had been misrepresented in the interview, inter-view, lie was lriendly to the silver and a better presiding officer could not be named. He had denied that he was not a silver man on more than one occasion, and the committee would make a fatal mistake in not selecting him for chairman. Mr. Ferry's friends said nothing against Anthony, but they stated that Mr. Ferry was on record as a silver man. He was the owner of .the Ontario On-tario mine in Utah, one of the greatest great-est silver producing mines in the country'- He was a citizen of Utah w hom the people delighted to honor. He had held many important offices and at present was a member of the upper house of the territorial legislature. He was also a brother of Senator Ferry of Michagan, and he was a staunch advocate of the free and unlimited un-limited coinage of silvpr. No mistake would be made in placing this man at the head of a congress for a law which would place silver on a par witli gold. So the battle raged. An occasional ballot would be taken without a result and more speechmaking woud be indulged in-dulged in. A vote was then called for upon the original motion to adopt the minority report, and resulted as follows; Ayes Arizona 30, Colorado 30, Idaho 30, Wyoming 30, Missouri 16$, i, Montana 30, "Nebraska 30, Nevada 30, New Mexico 30, Oregon 30, Utah 30. j Nays Arkansas 30, Kansas SO, I ' j ... Louisiana P.O. Iowa 30, Missouri lot. South Dakota 30. Texas 30. Total Vote Ayes. 3164; nays. 1931. When the chairman of the Nebraska delegation announced that State's vote, several of his colleagues arose and loudly protested that they had not consented to have their vote cast in favor of the adoption of the report. The uproar in this delegation became so great that, upon a motion, they were instructed to retire from the meeting and settle their differences among themselves. This they did and were soon able to reach an amicable agreement. Upon the announcement of the result re-sult of the vote, ex-Governor Anthony An-thony moved that the minority report be unanimously adopted, His motion carried, and the election of E. P. Ferry as permanent chairman of the Con gress was announced. The remainder of the majority report re-port was announced, and Judge II. 15. Morse of Denver moved that a committee com-mittee of three be appointed to escort the new president to the chair. Upon the motion being carried, retiring chairman Fishbeck appointed Judge Morse, ex-Governor Anthony and ex-Senator ex-Senator Tabor to escort Mr. Ferry to the stage. He spoke as follows: " Mr. Chairman and DcUyalcs to the Tra us- Mississippi Com mercial Congress I am deeply impressed with the responsibilities re-sponsibilities of the position to which you have assigned me. I am most profoundly pro-foundly grateful for the honor conferred con-ferred upon me in my selection to preside pre-side over this convention. You have left your homes to tarry awhile in this most beautiful city, this grandest monument mon-ument of western enterprise, the pride of the Centennial State. You arc here to give your attention to the economic eco-nomic questions which are now pressing press-ing upon the minds of the American people. 1 have no doubt that you will bring to your fraternal d;scussion deliberate de-liberate consideration and intelligent judgment, and it is expected that fervent fer-vent patriotism and a deep love of country will override and ignore all State, Territorial, political or section al issues. Applause. "It is more and more apparent, as the years come and go. that the men of agriculture and industrial pursuits, and of trade and commerce, are coming com-ing closer in touch with national legislation. legis-lation. In that sense, your convention is important, and it is" the hope that the results will permeate the welfare of the people and the prosperity of the Nation. Applause. "This, gentlemen, is a business convention, con-vention, and this is no time nor place for long speeches, at least from me. We will now proceed to the consideration considera-tion of matters which will properly come before the congress." At the conclusion of the address. Mrs. Judge J. D. Jones and Mrs. W. W. Funge. of Ogden,sent to Mr. Ferry two eloquent boyuets of lloweru. One ot the unpleasant, in -fact the only ui,vleasant feature of the Congress, Con-gress, was the little incident that occurred on Thursday when the subcommittee sub-committee on territories, consisting of C C. Goodwin, of Utah. J. B. Catron, of New Mexico, and Z. Jacobs, of Arizona, Ari-zona, reported in favor of the claims of Arizona and New Mexico for statehood. state-hood. Utah was not mentioned. When the report was presented Mr. Hyde, of Utah, made an amendment, including Utah in the list of prospective states. Judge Goodwin then took the floor and m a vigorous speech opposed tlie anie-.ninieni. lie regretted that the master had been brought up at all, and announced his intention to light it in -ha coimuiittee and on the floor of the '-(invention if necessary. His spet'c:: contained his usual bitter du-nuncuii du-nuncuii u oi the Mormon church. Mr. 1; oo r-i bed to Mr. Goodwin, stating :!..-.t he knew the latter to be a tighter. :n f said he was the only one 11;. in tlie Trntory opposing stateln oil. Judge Kerr, of Pueblo, favored the amendment, lie was a Fresbjienan. hut believed the people of Utah were capable of managing their own affairs and would conform to all the laws of the country as they were now doing. The way the Mormon Mor-mon peopie had been robbed and outraged out-raged by the territorial government was a shame and a disgrace to the country, coun-try, and lie wanted to see it stopped. United St;;ls Senator Warren, of Wyoming, spoke feelingly in behalf of the people of Utah, and especially the Mormons, who had suffered so much under a tenitorial government. The amendme- t was defeated by twelve in rubers not voting. U. No. " |
