| Show WESTERN INTERESTS The TransMississippi Congress A Adjourns DIVERGENT VIEWS ON SILVER Protection for Mineral Lands Asknu Reclaiu Rtlon ut Arid Lands Debate on the Interstate Commerce Law OMAHA Oct 22The TransMississippi congress devoted its morning session to the discussion of the following resolutions Resolved That we petition the President I and Con reis of tho United States to once more uttempt bring about the international i interna-tional recognition and adjustment of silver and moue and should this effort fail that a limited agreement be Bought with the nation na-tion of tho Latin union whereby the mints of those nations may again be opened for the coinage of silver 1 Resolved Teat we petition Congress to i coninue if possible to complete negotiations I p negoti-ations with the Spanish American nations 1 for a common currency tor this continent cOllncnt south of the Dominion Senator Warren of Wy ming Senator Muginme of Montana and Governor Fish buck spotte in favor of tile resolutions and they were followed bv A P Hopkins of Omaha in opposition The debate was 6tM in progress when an adjournment was tartCii at noon At the opening of the afternoon session it wns announced the next meeting of the congress would lie Held in jew Orleans Februarj 13 to 10 next Colonel Doniphan j of Mississippi spoke m favor of freo and t unlimited coinage Dr Miller of Omaha j bpuke for an honest dollar He was fo i lowed by Senator Warren of Wyoming who favored free and unlimited coinage for i the product of the United States mines When the debate closed the congress voted < S upon tuo second miuoity report which opposed the free and unlimited coinage of i silver and favored railing an international I congress for the purpose of establishing a I universal ratio between gold and silver I vioies All the states voted against it except I ex-cept Minnesota South Dakota and fourteen i deJegaes from Nebraska the vote stand I ing 2J for and 11G against The voto upon the first minority report I favoring Iree and unlimited coinaco of all I 1 silver offered to the United States mints i ivi s then taken It stood 50 for and 95 against i f vote was then taken on the majority report fvoring the free coinage of silver of American product only which resulted 102 for and 45 against The states voting yes were Arizona Iowa Kansas Missouri Nebraska Ho votes New Mexico Oregon South Dakota 10 votes and Uah The noes vere Arkansas California Colorado Louisiana Minnesota Montana Nebraska 0 votes 1exas 1 vote The report of the committee urging upon Congress the practicability and necessity of eiicouruping tho reclamation of arid lands by irrigation was adopted The resolution calling upon Congress to protect the owners of mineral lands in Arizona Utah New Mexico California Coloraao Wyoming Oregon Idaho Montana Mon-tana and South Dakota against possible loss from the cnchroachment of railroadS railroad-S grants was adopted An interesting debate arose over a resolution reso-lution by Miller of Nebraska declaring the interstate commerce law a hinderance to interstate commerce and should be re1 caed He spoke at length on tIe subject ind referred to the visionary schemes to j Which the people resorted for relief The people of Nebraska for instance appealed from God Almighty to the Nebraska legis lure lust winter but the Almighty got his work in this summer by giving tho state a inagniticent crop and the work of the legislature had faded out of mind Colonel Gacre of California said the interstate commerce law had benelitted EOtne of the eastern commercial centers commercal but bad been a curse to transMississippi etates Tho resolution was the laid over until the next session b A resolution was adopted recommending that the Democratic and Republican national na-tional conventions be held in Omaha next year and the congress then adjourned sine die |
