Show THE COMING CONGRESS LEGISLATURE ASKED TO APPROPRIATE APPRO-PRIATE 2000 FOR EXPENSES Of Holding the Transllississippi Congress in This City The Importance portance of the Congress and the Advantages to This State if it i Held Her Speaking of U affairs of tho Trans Mtesissipnl congress a gentleman yesterday yester-day said The appropriation list to be passed by tb legislature bofore adjournment should contain an Item of 2000 which is prfiyed fur by the Utah officers of the Trans Mississlppl commercial congress This amount of money is required to pay the Actual working expenses of the next session sIon which Is scheduled to b held In tfc state this summer The commercial cnlzat1on known a the T M C C MSIS of delegates who are known as L most representative and influential < ons of all the states and territories i i of the Mississippi river and from i ld county municipality and trade org or-g nization theisin it meets annual atc txn > at-c prominent city which ha been B hitid endorsement the I by endorement or previous s < Mon I is now in Us tenth year of activity and has held previous sessions eutessively in New Orleans Los Angeles Ogden Denver San Francisco S1 Louis and Omaha Each of the states repre seated by these citIes have vied with the others in making a success both In Jiueniially and frnlernally of the sessions ana LhC cost has been from 15000 to J15000 lot each < The l last congress was held in Omaha in November ISft At that time a spirited < rnixtition was made for the net ses eun Iowa Idaho South Dakota Oren Ore-n and Tennessee glowingly pictured the jrrn welcome they would give and the I vvurdt rful facilities that they had g offer nl the cheerfulness of providing for the i i > nse if they were permitted to enter i i the next session Utah was there tou ropre willed by JS delegates A meet ir of the delegation was held tfic ad ksat < iiity I rd offering Utah was discussed i < grants to resjionstble and representn ne citizers were sent home replies came vising the delegation by all men to urk for rtah Hrst lust and ill the time 1 I h WA modestly proposed by Chair Him George Q Cannon who of rn 1 I I i ft Lake o Provo Sal tat t ludl 1 Salt oaY r if Onti and a tOW side IssueR l with I OLr loruJ climate railroad facilities i1 1 ttiicr iclo choir thrown in a warm w ome a tl i U expenses assured In adui to the MVM and daughters of the delrpates were promised attention pro lorllon ana Antortainmonl Uoon being sriien I appuranco that the ladies would be mite to return a vote was taken r suing In unanimous choice of Salt Li k < f City Utah Hon Willlpm lJ Tlryan succeeded Hon I George Q Cannon as president and Mr V i Culmer of this city ucceed < nl him f If as secretary and treasurer I was planned to hold the next session during Sfrtember of last year but the nomlna tort o Mr Bryan by the Democratic rttY prevented this and the so lon may t row hI traneed for some time to fit In with the wmlpcntentilul colebr ton Bv this It will e seen that tile honor of Utah Is pledged to entertain this ses 1 h ii ian f the congress and must furnish the means to pay for It I Is not pretended that the J2000 asked for in the petition will b strict wi pay the whole expense but by economy Itls thought to oe enough or nearly enough for reporting compiling and printing the congressional report rent of halls banners badges stationary postage cte The officers of the congress serve without pay and I is expected that tbe expense of ectertainmenl ban queuing etc will be borne bjv popular < subscription of citizens of Salt Lake I Is expected that the delegates will number num-ber at least LOCO and wJth ladles maybe may-be many more These all pay their personal per-sonal expenses hotel and traveling and should b nicely entertained while here The advantages to be derived from the TransMississippi congress being held here are great consess boy itself Is influential influ-ential in a commercial and western sense i drccts and harmonizes national legislation legis-lation for the west I brings together oncb each year the representative men of 2t states and territories for concentrated action to cton on mailers that are important 000000 transMississippi people collectively col-lectively I emphasizes the wishes and needs of thee people and strengthens the hands of their representatives in the national congress i fraternizes the commercial com-mercial and trade bodies of a vast area socially and in business and It evokes a progressive spirit The TransMississippi congress is abroad a-broad educator to the east of the needs of the west and while the benefits derived west te rived from Its meetings cover a vast area l i the good it has done and will do for this I I state will much more than compensate us for the trifling expense that will be incurred I in-curred Congress expne importuned for I curre raeiiy favors in tile years to come for our jljst share of national appropriations of money and lands and protection for our growing Industries and there is no erO available lo e so Influential as that derived from the preliminary legislation legis-lation commercial laton of the congress Let the modest appropriation that Is assort for be made so that the selfsac rlScing gentlemen who will dx the work rfcng gentemen wl dJ of the congress and Utah itself may creditably and with dIgnity entertain the notable representatives who will consti tute its membership |