Show TransMississippi Congress DENVER May 22The report of the committee on resolutions of the TransMis sissippi congress which was made last night recommends that Congress pass the Burroughs Bur-roughs bill appropriating 10000000 for the building and maintenance and levees on the Mississippi river demands government govern-ment supervision of railroads recommends granting liberal charters and subsidies the steamship lines under the American flag favors the admission of New Mexico and Arizona into the union asks Congress to J pass the Torrey bankruptcy law to cede to the different states all the arid land except ex-cept mineral lands to enactsuch legislation legislaton as will foster our mining interests recommends recom-mends more stringent naturalization laws I immediate completion of the jetties at Galveston Upon the silver question it asks that Congress be petitioned to repeal n laws which in their effect work dis honor upon or i the least challenge the Bovereignity of the silver dollar as an absolute ab-solute measure of values and t restore to silver the place given it a a perfect money I by the framers of our government The congress also asks the president of the congress to attempt to bring around international inter-national recognition and adjustment of silver as money or that a limited agreement agree-ment be sought with the nations of the Latin union whereby tho mints of those nations may again be opened for the coinage of silver I also favors negotiations with SpanishAmerican nations for a commission on currency for this continent south of Canada The minority report on the silver clause simply demands the free and unlimited coinage of silver The forenoon session today was entirely taken up in tho discussion discus-sion of the majority report and at noon the congress took a recess without having taken final action NJ The fine hand of the Louisiana lottery V combination was manifested in the defeat of a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment in which lotteries might be legalized in any state The vote stood 95 toSS The remainder of the day was spent inconsideration in-consideration of the resolutions All passed as reported by the committee but a warm debate was provoked by the question of government ceding the arid lands to the states and territories A resolution deploring the law of the Fortyninth Congress prohibiting foreign capital from investing in real estate and mines was adopted The majority report on arid lands urged the cession of tho arid lands to the states 1 which they were situated and limiting iuduvidual purchases to 320 acres at not less than 125 per acre and that only citizens citi-zens of the United States be eligible as purchasers the fund derived from such sale to be devoted to the development of irrigation and reclamation of aridlands k Tne minority report was devoted to a J strong argument for a system of government govern-ment irrigation that would bring the lands under cultivation After much debate participated in by Senator Warren of Wyoming Judgo Belford of Colorado Delegates Gunn of Idaho Morse of Colorado Colo-rado and Hardy of Utah tho various L amendments offered were voted down and the majority report adopted by a large vote It was voted to hold two meetings each year one in February and one in November Novem-ber A basis of representation was fixed |