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Show TELEGRAPHIC nt. ron.s. The Southern Puciftc HullronU Coitveutiun Opened. Chicago, 3. A St. LouU special s.iya: Alwtit 1,000 delpjmtps huvt' arrived ar-rived toatteud the raiiroiuJ couvtntion to be lield here to day. The temple building had been decorated espuciilly for the occasion. The Iront of the galltTy is covered with bearing striking and characteristic mottoes expressive of the great railroad movement. move-ment. The back of the tAge-lms displayed a large map on canvas representing re-presenting all the states of the Union and Mexico, with the trans-uuntinont-al roads, the Union Pacific and the cjoutbern Pacific routes so marked as to be plainly seen and traced by the most distant spectator in the hall. The northern road is seen penetrating penetrat-ing the snowy craius a nil savaji.s chasni9 of the Rocky Mountains, Willi a snow bound train struggling ag:ULut the obstruction, while a train at full speed is seen crossing the pampas of the Southern Pacific in a sunny tropical clime, in which the a.'peet is truly elyeian. The southern delegation delega-tion to tlie convention held a cuucu.s last night, at which Iho S2d parallel route was discussed, and the action of the Memphis convention partly indorsed. in-dorsed. Resolutions were adopted pledging the caucus to statu! by a regular organization of the couven- , lion with properly accredited delegates. The National ftailro;id convention was called to order by Col. James 0. Broadhead, chairman of tlie executive execu-tive committee. Dr. W. G. Elliott ofiered a prayer, after which Col. Broadhead read the call under which the convention had assembled and then stated somewhat in detail the object of the convention. JJe said that delegates wero here from twenty-seven twenty-seven stjtes and territories, composed ui men oi science, engineers, uirm-ers, uirm-ers, mechanics and niercbuuts, men of intelligence and enterprise, and thoroughly representative of the various vari-ous interests of their respective communities. com-munities. He referred in glowing terms to the fact that men wuie here from every section ol the country in the interest of peace and to promote (he interest ol the whole Union, He ihen read the bill granting the charter char-ter by congress to the Texas and Pacific Pa-cific railroad company, and gave some statistics of the working ol that part of tlie road now finished. He described the country through which the proposed line is to run, and drew a comparison between that and the northern route quite favorable to the former. |