Show THE DENVER CONGRESS WHAT is now known sit aa the trans mississippi congress Con greaB held at denver which opened on the dinst adjourned at midnight on the to meet again at omaha next october it was waa purely advisory in its purpose and was composed of representatives from the states and territories oriee lying be tween the mississippi river and the pacific ocean its ito particular object was waa to devise ways waye and means meana for the promotion of the delft welfare re and pro prosperity opert of the western portion of the united states it is ie gratifying therefore to lmke note that to in its ite d ta there wal w except in one small email instance complete absence of sectional or party strife in this respect it transcends in dignity and in good sense the kansas city affair by a head and shoulders the resolutions resolution adopted are such however that the country at large will not accept them without hearing bearing furtner discussion the demand of from congress for improving the mississippi river Is ie not an exorbitant nor an unreasonable one this river to is an interstate inter state highway and in a sense would be an adjunct to foreign commerce if maintained in a proper condition the government supervision of railroads is demanded subsidies for steamships are recommended congress Con grees in ia asked to pass the torrey bankruptcy law it to is recommended that all the arid and lauds lands except mt mineral be ceded to the states government paternity for mining in crests is for the regulation of immigration is demanded also the completion of the jetties betties at galveston after a good deal of discussion a report favoring the free and unlimited coinage of silver was adopted and even the advocates of a lottery system were given an opportunity to show their strength the admission of new mexico and arizona into the union was favored in the committee on resolutions while the same justice to utah was opposed chiefly by a utah delegate this is rather an anomalous part of the pro ce edings and constitutes the one exception above referred to the congress was assembled to devise ways and means for furthering the Tro prosperity ot of the west yet here to is a measure by which that prosperity could be accelerated and it in opposed by the very men whose duty and whose pleasure leure it should have been to advocate ate it under existing conditions territorial government within the do maia is of the united states is a political ex cresence in the case of utah it is a living contradiction to our national system we are aware that the individual who led the opposition to our ad admies minion ion has baa a monomania on the subject and with him the disease is incurable perhaps thereto there is in his action some purpose his perpetual threshing of old straw his insane ravings about religion and americanism clearly indicate a hidden bidden motive and it a not very creditable one it is in some satisfaction to know that notwithstanding the tribune editor is opposition tn in committee the resolution on territorial admission as a adopted by the congress contained no clause of ex elusion cluston against utah she was left as favol favorably bly recommended as 4 wo the rest reef |