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Show UTAH" TSVICT0RI0US. After a Stubborn Fight Free Silver Win and Ferry ia Elected Ohaiamao if the Denver Congress, ' 'TWAS A B0I3TEE0U3 BE3SI03T, But the Fosition of Ei-Governor Anthony on th Silver Question SesnlUd in His Utter Defeat. Special to Tha Tims. DitNVEK.May 20. (3 p. m.)- Utah and silver are triumphant after a stubborn light. Ferry ii permanent chairrtan of the Trans-Mississippi congress. Dover,. May 20. Thia morning'! session of of th Trans-Mississippi con grass was boisterous in the extreme, caused through the report of the com. mittea on permanent organization which occupied the entire morning. There-were both majority and minority minor-ity report. The former favors ex-Governor ex-Governor Anthony of Kansas for chairman, chair-man, while the minority advocated the selection of Judge C, C. Goodwin of Salt Lake. Governor Anthony is well . known in his opposition to the free and unlimited coinage of silver, while Judge Goodwin's Good-win's viewi on this question are too well known to need comment. These , reports resulted in a division and the name of Mayor Shakespeare of New Orieaus was then presented as a compromise com-promise candidate. This met with the nearly approval or the southern delegates. dele-gates. Uo to noon no decision ha has been reached. Denver, Colo., May 20. Asso-' oiated Press. Last night the committee com-mittee of the Trans-Mississippi con gress on permanent organization made up the following slate: Chairman, Chair-man, ex-Governor Anthony of Kansas; first secretary, B. F. Forsythe of New Mexico; assistant, T. Richardson of Texas, and a numberof vice-presidents, including N. B. Gwinn of Idaho, II, V. Lawrence of Utah, and J. C Bayard Bay-ard of Wyoming. There ii a strong probability, how-. ever, of a struggle over the chairmanship. chairman-ship. Some it rung objection are raised against ex-Governor Anthony, He ba been interviewed and talked too much. He did not know it nntil a house fell. He was asked if he said a silver dollar was worth only seventy cents, and he had to plead guilty to the impeachment. Idaho sprang upon him without unnecessary unne-cessary dolay. W. M. Ferry of Utah was then nominated. The delegate of South Dakota was absent and a vote resulted in a majority and minority, and it is not improbable that the convention con-vention mav compromise on Mayor ... ' |