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Show MINING MEN AT GOLDFIELD Able Addreaaea Made at Opening Sea-(ton Sea-(ton of American Mining Congreae Deoartment of Mlnoo Urged. floliineld. Nc At Iho opening aea-alon aea-alon of Ihe American MIuIuk cntigreaa nn Tucaday, a reauliitlon calling fur Ihe otganliatlnn of a federnl mining department, which waa preaented by K li. Kurhlev of MlMourl. waa ailotit- ed and handi-d lo the Han Franclaco delegutioil to be prelented to Preal dent Taft on hla arrival In that city next week. Tha addreaa of Jntnea A. Heckman of New York on "Proper Retttement nf the Silver lineal tun of Vital Importance Import-ance 10 the American Manufacturer," waa read. The general allver debate waa opened op-ened by Thutuaa Keppner of Nevada. Ile waa followed by aeveral iithera, j all of whom declared fur the placing of allver on more Important baals. A dlacitaalun of Ihe need of a federal detainment of nilnea waa tho feature of the afternoon aeaalon. I'nlled Hta'ea Senator Francla 0. Newlanda of Nevada and Congrraaman W. F. 1-iglebr'ghl of California were the apeakera. Ruaaell Dunn of Ban Franclaco Introduced In-troduced A reaolullnn calling on Ihe department of the Interior to remove certain rvetrlctlone. In lu wording the roaulutlon auiated an. attack upon the Ireaeury department. - - Prealdent J. H. Hlrharda of Bolae, Idaho, delivered hla annual addreaa Tueaday night. After extending greeting to the delegatea and expreea-Ing expreea-Ing hla appreciation nf Ihe rnnndeticc ahown In hUn by hla election to head Iha cuuKroia aeven aucceealve yenra. Ihe prealdent went Into the hlatory .and piirKaeM of the organisation. "The rotiKreae la a national urgnnlzn-llun." urgnnlzn-llun." he ld. "yet Ihe qneatlnna with which It ahuuld denl are built national and local. It will take yenra propurly to organize, becauae of Ihe extent of the movement." Ou Wedneadny a xeaalnn uf the congreae con-greae wan held In T inopnh. Ihe delegatea dele-gatea having been Inv'ted by the cltb lena nf Tonopnh to hold one of their acaatune In that camp. |