Show THE WESTERN CONGRESS Is DEN DENVER denvert vEat may 21 at the morning session SUB as the trans mississippi congrow congress representatives of the different sections urged the selection of their cities of the next place of meeting amaba seemed to have many friends rho phe matter was not settled A large number of resolutions were introduced favoring the nicaragua and hennepin hennegin Henn epin canals argi urging ilkew the early admi admission salon of arizona and new mexico favoring a restriction of immigration recommending amendments co the n naturalization laws favoring the free coinage of silver defenses for deep water harbors and navigable rivers the torrey bankruptcy bill etc ex congressman belford made a speech for free silver river and harbor improvements etc the time was not far distant when the clamor of the west would demand that the nation give its iff attention to the development of the bests resources the committee asked further time for the selection of the next place of meeting it was not accepted and the vote resulted omaha new orleans the announcement of the selection of omaha was received with hon 0 0 sims spoke on free coinage the east he said was misled by a pamphlet pomp blet circulated by the eastern bankers free coinage would reak up three quarters of the english commerce on the seas ex governor anthony of kansas spoke against free coinage and chairman perry for it at the evening session the committee on resolutions made two reports on the silver resolution the majority favors the free coinage of silver but limited to the Amei ioan product while the minority favors the free and unlimited coinage adjourned until tomorrow BITTERLY OPPOSES UTAH may 21 all da day the committee on resolutions have bave been at work A E hyde and 0 C J goodwin represent utah on this committee yesterday anub a subcommittee sub committee on territories was appointed consisting of rodwin goodwin of utah catron of new mexico and jacobs of arizona roday the committee report edJa favor of the claims of arizona and new mexico for statehood but utah was not mentioned when the report wah presented mr hyde of utah moved an amendment including inc luding utah in the list of af prospective states judge goodwin then took the floor and in a vigorous speech opposed the amendment he announced his in to flight it iu in the committee and on the floor of the convention itself if necessary his speech contained his big Is bitter denunciations h mr hyde replied to mr goodwin good W win n stating that he knew the latter to be a fighter and said he was the only one leftin left in the territory opposing statehood KIND WORDS FOR FOB UTAH judge kerr of pueblo favored the amendment he was a presbyterian but believed the people of utah were capable of managing their own affairs affair and would conform to all the laws of the country as ag they were now doing the way the mormon people had been robbed and outraged by the territorial government was a shame and a disgrace to the country and he wanted to see it sto stopped d united diee states senator warren of wyoming spoke feelingly in behalf of the people of utah and especially the mormons cormons Mor mons who had bad suffered buffered so much under a territorial government the amendment was defeated by twelve members not voting it is thought that the utah men will accept this gracefully and not attempt to push their claims before the conven tion though there is a strong feeling among the delegates in their favor led i by the foremost men present DENVER may 22 the report of th the committee commit tee on resolutions of the tras trana mississippi congress which was made last night recommends that congress CM gress pass the burroughs bill for the building and maintenance of levees on the mississippi river demands the government supervision of railroads recommends the granting of liberal charter and subsidies for steamship lines under the american flag favors the admission or of new mexico and arizona into the union asks congress to paw pass the torrey bankruptcy law to cede to the different States all the arid and land except mineral lands to enact such legislation as will foster our mining interests recommends more stringent naturalization laws the immediate completion of the jetties betties at galveston upon the silver question it asks that congress be petitioned to repeal all laws which in their effect work a dishonor upon or in the least challenge the sovereignty of the silver dollar as an absolute measure of values and to restore to silver the place given it as perfect money by the framers of our government the congress also asks the president and congress to attempt to bring around an international recognition and adjustment of silver as money or that a limited agreement be sought besought with the nations of the latin union whereby the ml mints ants of those nations ii may ay again be opened for the coinage of silver it also favors the negotiations with the spanish american nations for a common currency for this continent south of canada in the minority report the silver clause fit simply demands the free and u unlimited n coinage of silver the forenoon session today was entirely taken up in the discussion of the majority ity report and at noon the congress took a recess without having taken final action the one fine hand of the louisiana lottery combination was manifested in the defeat of a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment in which lotteries shall not be legalized in any state the vote stood 95 to 88 the remainder of the day was spent in ilk consideration odthe of the resolutions all were passed as reported from the committee but a warm debate was provoked by the question of the government ceding the arid and lands land sto to the states and territories A resolution deploring the law of the forty ninth congress prohibiting foreign capital from invest investing inic in real estate and mines was adopted THE MAJORITY REPORT ON ARID LANDS LAND urged the cession of arid lands to the states in which they are situated and limiting individual purchases to acres at not less lea than per acre and that only citizens of the united states be eligible as purchasers the fund derived from such sale le to b bt devoted to the development of irrigation and the reclamation of arid lands the minority report was devoted tu to a strong argument for a system ot government irrigation that would bring the lands under dundei cultivation after much debate participated in by senator warren of belford of colorado delegates gunn gun n of idaho morse of colorado a and dd hardy of utah various amendments were offered and voted down and the majority report re vo rt adopted by a lagge vote it t was voted to hold two meetings meeting each year one in february and one in november A basis of representation was fixed at the evening session the silver reports were heard the majority favored the free and unlimited coinage of silver and the minority report was withdrawn there was a lengthy debate on the question tonight participated in by ferry goodwin of salt bait lake and others DENVER may 22 mr hyde of utah is not one of those men who let a chance of carrying his bis point slip by in the trans Missi mississippi ost api congress today when the trimble resolution came up he resumed his endeavors to have the congress recommend statehood for utah editor goodwin good win then moved that the resolution be made general in its provision and read that all the territories be admitted as soon as qualified fled the rho latter was carried and the resolution on indian matters was replaced by a substitute to abolish reservations and tribal relations disarm the indians give them land in severalty make them amenable to the laws of the state in which they might baand open the remainder of the reservation lands to settlement the day was spent in discussing the resolutions and the only changes of moment were these ment mentioned ionel above the night session was spent in a discussion of silver the question bebing as to whether to favor the coinage of all silver or simply the american product many of the delegates left tor for home this evening believing the main work of the convention done those who remained used up a great deal of oratory and rhetoric on the question at about 2 the congress rati ratified fled the majority report in favor of the coinage of american silver only the majority was very narrow being by three votes the convention then adjourned and will meet next next year in omaha herald ff eroM |