Show I ry l t CONGRESS Meets in Om Omaja Oma a to Discuss Discus the Interest In- In terest teresh of the West Wet Tho The Trans met metIn metIn metin In Omaha on tie the tle with about 10 delegates dole dele gates In The Tho first day dayas was as occupied occupied oc oc- oc- oc copied with wih preliminaries On ills tho the second day tho the officers were ele elected ted Charles S. S Thomas of Denver was WIS chosen president C. C A. A Atkinson of ot Lincoln permanent secretary see sec see wl II H. I. I II I. I Smith of ot Now New Orleans and O. O W. W Crawford of Velasco Texas Teus assistants Mr Thomas addressed tho the congress and after thanking thanking- the convention for the honor said 5 day To To day including Texas aud and tho Delco- Delco 1 ve states and two territories terri tern tories with wih R 1 of of tf t people and miles of railroad in this trans Mississippi domain it is the seat of brawn braw and brain of the tho sturdy resolution and undismayed ambition of an enlightened enlightened ened and glorious country whose hose Indomitable indomitable indomitable table citizenship have developed its is wonderful won won- resources until they hey exceed the Credulity of ordinary man and give ive us an era of prosperity unexampled In la the history history hi his his- tory of ot the tho A large largo number of resolutions resolutions were Introduced Introduced In In- n- n and a few gentlemen con concerning Ci corning tho the general interests of the tho West Wednesday morning cx ex bard of ot Texas addressed tho the dele delegates ats on ona ona ona a water deep-water harbor on the Gulf Gul Mr of Arkansas chairman of the tho committee o oj stated that biter alter ater working until unU midnight his bis committee commit commit- commit teo tee had completed its It labors and was ready to report It wife was ws decided to t read them at length and th opt the them section by sec see tion ton The fr first t resolution was ono one asking Congress to allow alo alono no railroad grants glants to include mineral lands Moro More stringent naturalization laws were de de- de- de Tho The early completion of the tho deep water barr at Galveston was ur urged ed S. S A. A Thompson Thomps of ot Minnesota made an address on the importance of waterways in general and the tho beauties beautes of ot Duluth as a great groat shipping point in particular He held beld that lake tr transportation cost only one ono twenty sixth twenty twenty-sith part panes as much as rail raU freight and steamers m made de as fast time bet between een Duluth and Bul Buffalo lo as did freight trains At Thursday mornings morning's session o of ot the tho congress congress W. W M. M Fishback Fish Fish- back of ot Arkansas kansas A A. J J. J ot of Missouri Walter Waltr W. W Waltr Gresham of f Texas N. N Mason of ot Nebraska Alva Adams of Colorado J. J G. G Lowe of Kansas and W. W M M. Mills Mis of w were ero appointed a 8 committee with tho the Western estern States Commercial Commercial Com Corn mercial Congress on on the proposed consolidation consolidation consol consolo of the tw two i bodies Resolutions wece s-eto we adopted asking more stringent naturalization laws and that only such persons as a as aro are fit ft for tor and desire desiro dEsiro de- de dE- dE siro sire American citizenship should sho-ld be bo al- al al allowed lowed to land on these theo A lengthy discussion on the subject of ot free coina coinage o was precipitate y Buchanan of Colorado Senator Sentor Warren V S. S A. A Thomp Thompson son sea of Duluth A K P. A-P. P. P Hopkins and President President President dent Thomas of De Denver ver At the tho opening f tho the afternoon session it i was that the next meeting of ot the to congress woud be held at New New Orleans Orleans Or Or- r- r leans February 23 to 26 20 The discuss f sliver silver coinage was as then taken up and nd continued until 3 o'clock The vote vot upon the first frt minority report which favored free and unlimited coinage of ot all al sit sliver vel offered the United States mints was then taken It stood 57 1 for and 93 05 against This left the majority report just as it had bad been beAn presented The vo vote e then upon on the majority ret roe re re- ro t v v e eo naK for fO th the mer American can product only The he I vote vote stood 10 for and 4 45 The states states voting ye yea upon the majority Arizona Iowa Kansas Mis Mis- report were fifteen votes New Mexico co do Oregon So South lh Dakota Dakota Texas ten votes Utah The states voting against were Arkansas Arkan Arkan- California Colorado Minnesota Min Min- sas sac Montana Nebraska six si votes Texas one vote vote The Tho report ot of the tha committee urging upon Congress Contress the practicability and necessity essiy of encouraging tho the reclaiming of tho the arid lands by means of Irrigation was adopted A resolution calling upon Congress Con Con- gross gress ress to t protect owners of ot mineral lands land in inthe inthe inthe the states of Arizona riona Utah Now New Mexico California Colorado Nevada Wyoming Oregon Idaho Montana aud and South Dakota Dako Dako- ta Ia t a against possible Urn tho encroachments encroach encroach- monte ments ment of railroad grants was vas then thon dis dis- dis- dis cussed The resolution was adopted An A interesting debate debat arose over the resolution offered by Dr Miller of Nebraska ka declaring th that t the Interstate commeree commerce law was a hindrance to interstate commerce corn com cm- cm merce and should shoud be bo repealed repealed Colonel Gage of t California said that the interstate commerce law had benefited some of the eastern commercial centers but it i had been a curse to the Trans Miss states The resolution was then laid ald over until the next meeting of the the congress A resolution reso reco- lotion lution luton was vas then adopted adopted recommending that Omaha be selected by the national central centra committees of the D Democratic and Republican parties partes as the place for holding the tho national conventions of ot the two parties pUrI par pUr ties in 1893 1892 I tes A Adjourned sine aLne die dEe |