| Show TRANS mississippi CONGRESS kansas city mo nov 20 when tle the trans convention convened in its seventh annual convention on the vast auditorium was crowded with delegates guests and spectators the arena floor had been reserved e d for delegates who wao were arranged by state delegations as in the democratic national convention held there in 1900 every state in the union was represented the states in the mississippi and missouri valleys and those makins making up the western half of tho the country were represented by a greater number of representatives than ever before in the history of the organization while from the cast also the attendance exceeded that of previous years upon the platform and in tho the boxes reserved for the especially invited guests and their ladles ladies were many distinguished persons all sessions of the congress are to be open to the public and today the balconies which had been set aside for the spectators spectator other than the invited guests wei e filled by several thousand persons the hall was most elaborately decorated the flags ot of the flye five latin ameri can countries whose representatives are to address the congress tonight intermingling with the stars and stripes the program of the first days proceedings ce edings included tho the annual address of david R francis of st louis president of the congress i president francis said that the trani commercial congress through its past efforts hisil had much to do with the ahe passage of 0 ciany many important laws by thelast session of ta national congress HO he urged the delegates to still greater efforts and outlined a long list of questions particularly those affecting the mississippi valley and the west that needed their attention ile he characterized the present gathering as the most moat important in the history of the van ton gross gress mentioning particularly tho the international ter scope that it had assumed tills this year at the afternoon session 11 D loveland of san francisco franciaco Franc laco vice president of tho the oan gress was listed to deliver an address on behalf of the golden gate city and the state of california to him having been delegated authority to make a iso sort rt of public pronouncement to the people of the countr as an all expression of gratitude for the splendid manner in which it responded to the appeal for help following the great earthquake in the afternoon session also E I 1 IL harriman president of the union pacific rall railway way was down to make an informal talk victor 0 alderson president of the colorado school of mines of golden colo and who was vas authorized to speak forthe for the western federation of miners and F B thurber of new york city was to speak of socialism its influence upon business and the department development of our country the most important session sension of tho the day will bo be that in the evening when ellhu root secretary of state is to deliver an address on anthe abe commercial relations with the south american republics to which replies are to be mado made by ministers calderon of dolla la pardo of peru and cones cartes of 0 colombia first secretary of the brazilian legation sylvino doamaral and albert yoachim charge of tho the chilean legation the congress was called to order by J B D case ca se of abilene Ab llene kansas a member of uie the committee following him welcoming addresses were made by colonel frederick fleming of kansas city chairman of the executive committee by senators stone and warner and governor folk of missouri by governors hoch of kan sas mickey of nebraska and by frantz of oklahoma |
