Show tie kana oct 1 special governor murell WAS kept busy this miming shaking hands with delc gilea to the Voa tern stated confer enca and several hundred of whom visited the capitol for mhd purpose of paying their ru acts to the chief executive of the the conference which has been called to discuss and utilize the advantages of deep water at Galyea tou as well as to consider the advisability of holding an inter american exposition displaying what the west can profitably produce and export as well as what it will be to its interest to import will be called to order at 4 this afternoon in hall of the capital building by alie governor secretary bom richardson will read the governors proclamation and also the letter addressed to him by governor of texas and which about the present gathering hiie delegates on the ground represent colorado iowa missouri wyoming nebraska texa oklahoma louisiana new mexico arkansas exl this state two jesiona will be in tomorrow and thursday on alie evening date the convention will adjourn Gover coi corrilla Mor rilla official call for alie present gathering was prompted by a letter received from governor C A culberson of texas received early in august last in this communication attention was called to the fact that for many years the people of texas had been endeavoring to secure a deepwater deep water harbor on the gulf of mexico conventions leaving this object in view were held in denver in 1883 and in loncka in 1889 and as a result of alie latter galb tring an appropriation of oer six million debars was secured from Congi for the purpose of developing a deep water har boron alie gulf withie theSta teof thia appropriation has been used to eucla god advantage that there appears no longer any doubt of the realization of the highest hope for an adequate harbor and hence it is desirable that another convention should be bield bot only to consider this particular question but also to discuss plans for the inter american exposition at galveston eslon which might bring together the people and products of alie states west of the mississippi and encourage and develop plans for inter american commerce governor morrill heartily responded to this communication by issuing the call fyr the convention which opens this afternoon and in turn hig call was responded to with equal cordiality by the governors and commercial bodies to which it was addressed the present convention will be much larger than that held in this city in 1889 and promises to be fraught with important and valuable results to the states most directly concerned |