Show tho the Trans mississippi sipp i congress conara s the congress held its first rw session sion nt lit three thre 0 years ngo ago its second was held at ver about six months later it met a third time at omaha and fixed now new orleans as its place to meet next neit the rile meeting g nt fit new orleans was nas its is fourth and the congress in that city list february this made four meetings of tile the co congress digress cast of the rocky bocky mountains ind and it vaa Is decided to hold the next session west nest of the mountains and ogden was selected as the place on account ot of the railroad raili I 1 oad facilities for reaching that lity floell all p arts of tile the far x west est its fine oper aliouse ahouse arid and other for handling a large assemblage i alaa I 1 2 1893 was wait fix died ed as tile the fall time balt on oil account of if this date conflicting with tho the worlds fair opening the executive committee lias has charng changed d the date dale to monday april 21 24 2 1 the territory embraced in the re depre resent to this congress takes in arl all of tile the united states west of the mississippi mis 81 river and that small pirt part of louisana and minnesota enst of the river till basis of representation is as follows the governor of each state and territory lias has a right to appoint ten dele delegates galss the county comm commissioners 0 or r county judges may inay name one 0 lie delc de lerate cale from each county the mayors of all towns and cities select elect one delegate for each people or fractional p art e of and no matter how small email a tonn may be if it hasa lias a May mayor it is entitled to one delegate all commercial bodies in all towns and cities may appoint the number as alie major this last includes chambers of real estate exchanges produce exchanges cotton exchanges arid and all s hir it corn coin mercial iner ciAl bodies each of these can call lie represented by as many delegates as tho the city from which they come is ell entitled to all transportation tran tation corn com pan lee ica m ah ether bether rail or esteana ship are entitled to one delegate ca each ch governors mayors count county judges and presidents of boards of county Sumi supervisors visors are ex cx officio delegates dee gates to thy the congress the object of the eon congress gross is to lis lie cuss all questions affecting the west that may bo be the ill subject of legislation at wash washington in ton anti and cozean to eteaki through h its ita t to th the e national a iona I 1 hence irrigation arid and land silver public in landi ti the 1 a policy of tit or of the ill interior i rate pacific and abt harbors and many zy other important quo rame up in a body composed entirely ell of western men this is the most moat important re presen hatiye assemblage of the west it lias has already irea dy influenced legi legislation latiuri notably measures for the improvement of tho the mississippi river the congress is ia becoming better known and conj influential with each session it is in tile the earnest desire of tile the officers ind friends of the coriz congress aress that tile the next session should bo be r by bv all tile the governors GoTer norB anti and congressmen of tile twenty two states with nith a i view to harmony in the intel I 1 est of the west |