Show COMMITTEES CHOSEN All the States nnd Territories Did Not Act Houston Tex April HThc eleventh elev-enth annual session of the TransMis sissippi congress was formally opened this morning by President E 0 Stan nard of St Louis Thc morning session ses-sion was taken up with addresses of I welcome and responses thereto At I the conclusion of the first session the I I different State delegations met and sc heeLed vicepresidents executive com mlltecmen and members of committees on resolutions and permanent organization 1 organi-zation All of the States and Territories did not act The selections made included in-cluded the following Colorado Vicepresident J Maurice Finn executive coinmittecman Charles E Henkcl of Pueblo Texas Vicepresident F P Holland Hol-land of Dallas executive coniniHtee men Tom Rirhnrdson of Houston and B B Paddock of Fort Worth Utah Vicepresident John Henry Smith of Salt Lake executive commit tceman L W Shurtllff of Ogden Wyoming Vicepresident H A Cot fen of Sheridan SOUTH AND THE SEAS Hon John H Pltkin of New Orleans was tlc first speaker his subject being be-ing The South and the Seas lie advised Southern ports lo get together and advocated the shipsubsidy bill now pending in Congress RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED At the conclusion of his address resolutions were called for and several sev-eral were Introduced among them t three Indorsing the merchant marine subsidy bill now pending III Congress Indorsing time Nicaraguan canal advocating advo-cating Statehood for New Mexico and indorsing efforts to secure deep water at Houston BRYAN INVITED TO TALK Mr Montgomery of Colorado introduced intro-duced a resolution instructing the president lo request W J BryjUi as expresident l of the congress to attend the sessions of the congress With a few dissenting voles the rules were suspended and he I resolution whs adopted F B Thut ber of New York then read an address He was followed by I George B Harrison Jr of Missouri In nn address on the consular service At the conclusion of the address Mr Harrison Introduced a resolution mea me-a the I declaration uf the congress con-gress at Wichita In favor of u trained nonpartisan consular service UTAHN OBJECTS Mr Young of Utah arose to a Clue lion of privilege and declared the resolution I reso-lution Inviting Mr Bryan to be present had a political motive The congress did not take that view of thc matter and the Invitation stood The congress adjourned until 10 oelock tonionow morning I i |