INTEREST IN OHIO,
THE FIGHT IS OF NATIONAL
IMPORTANCE.
United Stales Senators lo Be Elected
from Two States—Everything Point#
to Republican Victories but Democrats
Art) Banklug on Over Confidence.
Washington Letter.
•Advices from Ohio indicate that, the
voters there understand pretty clear
ly the heavy responsibility which rests
upon them. A failure to elect a Re
publican from that state passes the
control of the Senate into the hands
of those opposed to President McKin
ley at least until March 4, 1899, perhaps
to the end of his term. It is a big re
sponsibility. and it is well that the
Ohio Republicans recognize it.
Much interest is felt here in the Sen
atorial contests in the several states,
especially Ohio, and also Maryland,
New Jersey, Texas and Iowa, for por
tions of the Legislatures which are to
be chosen in Iowa and New Jersey are
to participate In the election of Sen
ators.
While all Senatorial elections are
subjects of especial Interest here, those
(his fall, especially in Ohio and Mary
land, are particularly so because the
control of the Senate from March 4,
1899, to 1901 may be determined by
them. On the Ohio election will de
pend the complexion of the Senate be
tween this and 1899, provided -a Re
publican is seated from Oregon.
So Ohio is the first to attract at
tention, because she may determine the
control of the Senate for the next two
years, while she, with the other states
above named, may control It for two
years more. It is not surprising, then,
that every politician from Ohio is eag
erly questioned on his arrival here, and
that those from other states are also
the subject of attention when they put
in an appearance. On the state above
named may depend the control of the
Senate during all of President McKin
ley's term.
There are now 43 Republicans in the
fc«nat? 32 si v“i Dcmccrats, 5 silver
Republicans, so-called; 5 Populists and
3 sound-money Democrats. The death
of Senator George and the absence of a
Senator from Oregon leaves the total
number but 88. With a Republican
seated front Oregon, and one elected
in Ohio, that party would, with the
co-operation of one Populist, control
tho Senate. Even If a Democrat were
appointed to succeed Senator George
It Is considered probable that at least
one of the Populists would co-operate
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nn Ohio, Maryland and a few other
dose states as to the control of that
body during the remainder of President
McKinley’s term. •
Happily, the reports from all of these
states are very encouraging to the Re
publicans. In Ohio there now remains
no doubt, of success provided the mem
bers of the party in that state do not
allow their good prospects to lead to a
neglect of duty. They have some very
shrewd men to deal with, and some
very, unscrupulous ones, too, and be
tween these two they will need to get
out every vote. But if they do so, it
is conceded they will win. In Mary
land the Republicans are hopeful. They
are all standing now well in line, and
when the good, round majority by
which they carried the state last year
is remembered, it is apparent that they
have good chances of success. Yet,
they have as shrewd and unscrupulous
a man to fight as have the Ohioans, for
Arthur P. Gorman is a man who can
only be beaten by the most heroic work
on the part of the Republicans of
Maryland.
G. H. WILLIAMS.
All, There!
Exclude Till* Cheap Labor.
It has long been known, and recent,
experience has- shown Its intensity,
that quite a number of unemployed la
borers come to this country across the
Canadian border. It is not the mere
fact that they are unemployed to which
we object, as It is the fact of their un
fortunate impoverished conditi m. The
immigration laws upon our statutes are
supposed to check any Influx of pauper
labor. But they do not, because they
are not rigidly enforced. It is not pos
sible to watch every mile of the Cana
dian border, but it should be possible
to prevent the admission of British
pauper labor at those points where
American officials are stationed. With
the restoration of prosperity under our
policy of Protection, and the conse
quent greater employment of labor, we
are sure to see many hundreds of Bn
KEEPING OUT THE FOREIGN LIVE STOCK.
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with the Republicans, thus leaving that
party In control ot the Senate, with
the aid of the vice-president’s vote.
' Thirty-one seats In the Senate are
to be filled between now and March 4,
1899. Eleven of these are now filled
by Republicans, fifteen by silver Demo
crata.„two by Populists, two by silver
Republicans and one by a sound-money
Democrat. It 1b conceded that the Re
publicans will elect Senators from
Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania,
lowa,f Michigan and Minnesota; the
Democrats In Virginia, Florida, South
Carolina. Texas and probably Missouri
and Tennessee and the sllverltes in
Nevada, Montana and Utah. With the
Ohio Republicans successful this fall
the Republican party Is practically sure
of 4t votes in the Senate in the last
half of McKinley's term and the silver
Democrats 25. There is reason to be
lieve that the Republicans may be suc
cessful in sending members of their
own party from Maryland, West Vir
ginia, Indiana, Wisconsin, North Da
kota, California, New York and New
Jersey to succeed Demccrats now hold
ing seats from these states. Should
this happen it would give the party
an easy control, of the Senate. Should
they only win in one-half these states
they would be able to control the Sen
ate with the vote of the vice-president,
l It will be seen, then, that there Is
good reason for the Intense interest
with which the Ohio election of this
tall is being watched. Upon It alone
may depend the control of the Senate
between this time and March 4, 1899,
while upon Ohio, Maryland and a few
other close states will depend the con
trol after March 4, 1899, to the end-of
President McKinley’s term.
, * Therefore, all eyes are on Ohio as
to her possible control of the Senate
H {twins the next eighteen mdnths, and
fe * • * , \» ***• A wi
gllsh. Canadian and Chinese laborers
attempting to locate in the United
States, and every effort made to do so—
In eontravention of our immigration
laws—should be promptly checked. The
American labor market should be sup
plied by American wage-earners. There
are more than enough of them to sup
ply all demands at present.
KSeet of Discriminating Duty.
A 10 per cent, discriminatory duty
Imposed by Great Britain against
United States wheat and corn would
soon bring the latter to their senses.—
The Canadian Manufacturer.
We are rather inclined to believe
that “a 10 per cent, discriminatory
duty Imposed by Great Britain against
United States wheat and corn” would
have the effect of bringing the people
of Great Britain to their senses by
showing them, directly and conclusive
ly, the benefit of a policy of Protection
to British agricultural interests.
A Urnmble from Scotland.
The people of these (British) islands,
who admit the surplus produce of the
United States free, will not be disposed
to grumble over-much at the barriers
by which American legislators seek to
exclude our manufactures.—Edinburgh
Scotsman.
Why, then, so much grumbling on
the part of the Scotch manufacturers
because we propose to establish indus
tries for the manufacture of our own
flax goods, burlaps, bags, bagging, etc.?
The End of Bryan.
To-day Bryan couldn’t poll half as
many votes as he did In November.—
Minneapolis “Journal.”
Glad to hear It. And let us take care
that he doesn't poll a dozen votes In
1900. Kill him at the Democratic con
vention.
REPUBLICAN OPINION.
The silver men admit grurabllngly
that there has been an advance in
wheat while silver has fallen, but say
that this is due to shortages abroad.
Oats are 25 per cent higher than a year
ago; wool 50 per cent higher; tobacco
double in value; corn, rye, barley, hay
and meats have all advanced; mean
time silver has fallen 20 per cent in a
year. How is this, anyway?
Can it be possible that the "gold pow
er” has obtained control of the trades
unions? Here they are reporting an in
crease of 34 per cent in the number of
people employed as against one year
ago, and silver steadily falling mean
time.
That party of Republican “spellbind
ers” who are stumping Ohio will please
omit to mention the fact that silver
has fallen over 15 per cent in value
since the Democratic platform was
adopted, and 20 per cent in the past
year. The mention of unpleasant facts
of this sort 13 rather embarrassing to
Mr. McLean and his followers.
Mr. MBryan still has confidence. He
hopes that the price of wheat will go
down again, and then there will be an
other chance for the silver argument
and the calamity cry. At least he pre
dicts that the price will soon go back,
and that the demand for free silver will
then come again with renewed vigor.
Altgeld, in his speech in Philadel
phia, says that railway rates are twice
as high in this country as they are in
Europe. On the contrary, it is shown
by abundant consular evidence that
railroad travel in this country is cheap
er, more comfortable, and better than
anywhere in Europe. Such reckless
statements as these can only result to
the disadvantage of the speaker when
the facts become known.
Those who have doubted the accuracy
If reports of increased employment can
now have the benefit of official figures.
The reports of the New York trades
unions show an increase of 34 per cent,
in the number of people employed in
that city compared with those of one
year ago. It is estimated that this
rate of increase applied to the country
at large would mean about 350,Ouv ad
ditional persons at work in these Me
Kinley times.
Senator Foraker says Ohio sheep
have doubled in value in the past few
months. That may be more difficult
for Mr. Bryan to ’'explain” than was
the advance in wheat, which he says
was due to scarcity abroad. The fact
is, the theory that the low prices of
farm products were due to the treat
ment of silver never had any founda
tion, and the general upward march of
farm prices while silver was falling
shows it to be true.
The great free-coinage prophet, John
P. Altgeld, in his speech on Labor Day,
was strangely silent on the money
question. Last year, according to Alt
geld, all that was needed to effect a
perfect condition of affairs was to es
tablish free coinage, but even so soon
as this he has practically dropped the
silver issue and is now holding forth
on government ownership of tele
graphs, railroads and other things.
Without going into the question at all
of the merits of these questions, the
people will be liable to doubt the de
sirability of any measure advocated by
such a champion as Altgeld, who, it
thus appears, is liable to let go of his
subject at any time to take up some
other idea.
The free-traders contend that the
consumer pays the protective duty.
Why should foreigners object to It,
then, and threaten retaliation and all
that sort of thing? The following
statement by the Daily Argus, of Brad
ford, Eng., is significant: ' “There is
not a weaver for the American market
In this district who could not ofTer his
or her own experience showing that he
or she contributed by the docking of
weekly earnings to pay the duty Amer
ica imposes.”
now uo ue uieuas oi silver account
for the fact that there was an advance
of 6% per cent, in values during the
months of July and August, while sil
ver was rapidly falling? Silver in New
York was worth 61 cents per ouncef on
July 1 and on September 1 was worth
61 cents per ounce, a fall of 16 per cent.
Yet Bradstreet’s index table of the
prices of 100 staple raw and manufac
tured articles show an average ad
vance of 6V4 per cent, in their value
during the two months. ~
It may, be that the advance in wheat
is due to shortage abroad, but how
about cotton, wool, barley, tobacco,
corn, oats, and meats of all kinds?
They have advanced, too, and yet sil
ver has fallen.
The calamity shouters are not refer
ring to the fact that official reports of
the New York trades unions show an
Increase of 34 per cent, in the number
of people employed.
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Bryan Democracy Is being assailed
at every point by sound-money Demo
crats. The late action of the Ohio
sound-money men will tend still fur
ther to decrease the McLean vote in
that state.
Silver fell 16 cents an ounce In the
year from September l, 1896. to Sep
tember 1. 1897. At that rate it will be
worth Just 3 cents an ounce by the time
the campaign of 1900 opens.
The Ohlo-Democrat-afraW-of-hls
platform is having difficulty In escap
1 ing from It.
A PROTEST .IS FILED.
OBJECTION TO THE USE OF
SILVER REPUBLICAN.
Hon. J, R. Webster of Lincoln Makes the
Complaint on the Ground that it Is
the Use of an Old Party Name—
Silver Republicans but so
Offshoot of the Party.
A Republican Files Protest.
John It. Webster of Lincoln filed a
protest last week against the use of
tiie party name “silver republican” on
the official ballot. The protest was
filed with Secretary of State Porter
who will fix a date fot a hearing after
he has consulted the attorney-general
in relation to a method of procedure.
The protest is filed by Mr. Webster as
an elector. He objects to the use of
the name “silver republican” because
it is the adoption of an old party name;
because it is calculated to confuse
voters, and because the party attempt
ing to use it is but a faction of the re
publican party and by the statutes of
the state is prohibited from using the
name “republican.” The protest in
full follows:
“Whereas, A political party desig
nating itself as the “silver republican
party” has filed a certificate of its nom
inations by its said convention in the
office of the secretary of state, certify
ing that said party did at said conven
tion nominate John J. Sullivan for the
office.of judge of the supreme court for
the state of Nebraska, and George F.
Kenower and E. von Forrell for the
office of regents of the university of
Nebraska, now, therefore, I, Joseph R.
Webster, an elector and member of
the republican party, and a resident
and citizen of Lincoln, Lancaster
county, Nebraska, hereby protest and
object against the use of the term ‘re
publican’ by said party and hereby
protest and object to the use of the
term ‘silver republican party’ as a
party name, and protest and object
against designating the nominations
of said party on the ticket as ‘silver
republicans’ and protest and object
against the placing on said ticket of
the words ‘silver republicans’ and pro
test and object to the secretary of
state certifying to the several county
clerks of the state of Nebraska said
nominations under the name and style
of ‘silver republican.’
"said Joseph K. Webster objects to
the use and designation of the name
‘silver republican’ on the said ticket
for the reasons:
‘‘First: That it is the adoption and
use of an old party name, to wit, ‘the
republican party’which party is known
as a national political organization,
which has been in existence for more
than forty years and which is a party
organization in the state of Nebraska,
and throughout the United States and
has a place in history under the name
of the ‘republican party.’ That the
use of the name . ‘silver republican’ on
the said ticket over the said nomina
tions is calculated to mislead and con
fuse the voters and electors of the
State and is in violation of the letter,
spirit and intent of the statute.
‘‘Second: That said' Joseph R. Web
ster further objecting and protesting
says that the ‘republican party’ of the
state of Nebraska met in convention
on the 26th day of August, 1897, and
adopted a party emblem and made
nominations for the said offices and a
certificate of the party device and
emblem, and of the said nominations
made by the said ‘republican party’ of
the state of Nebraska at said conven
tion have been duly filed by the prop
er officers with the secretary of state
of Nebraska, and no objection to the
same has been filed nnd the said party
name and emblem of the ‘republican
party’ are entitled to a place, and will
be placed upon the ticket by the see
retary of state.
“Third: Said Joseph R. Webster
protests and objects for the further
reason that the said party styling
itself as ‘silver republican’ is but a
faction and off-shoot of the said
‘republican party’ and by the statutes
of Nebraska is prohibited from using
or adopting the old party name ‘repub
lican’ of which the said ‘silver repub
lican’ is a faction and off-slioot, the
members and organization of which
are not in accord with the principles
of and do not and did not at the late
general national or state election sup
port the platform of principles adopt
ed by the ‘republican party’ or. support
the nominees thereof, but opposed and
endeavored to defeat the same, and
aided their adversaries in so doing.”
Mexican Price (or Wheat.
Detroit Journal: Misfortunes never
come singly. Mr. Bryan has hardly
had time to flounder through an ex
planation of the simultaneous rise of
wheat and fall of silver when another
perplexing situation has arisen to an
noy him. When the Nebraskan was
making his memorable campaign for
cheap money last fall, it will be re
membered that one of his stock argu
ments was the assertion that the low
prices of farm products was directly
traceable to the gold standard. Based
upon this assertion, he drew the con
clusion that the free coinage of silver,
by largely increasing the amount of
money in circulation, would effect a
corresponding increase in whatever
the farmer had to sell. In proof of
this contention he was accustomed to
point to Mexico, as tangible evidence
of the value of cheap money to the pro
ducing classes.
It may be unkind of the Mexican* to
strike a man when he is down, but the
facts appear to indicate that they have
| dealt the boy orator a body blow when
he was hardly in condition to receive
such a shock. In a dispatch from the
City of Mexico yesterday, it is said
that wheat is selling in some parts of
the republic at prices equal to 50 or 60
cents in gold. American farmers who
are receiving from 95 cents to $1 a
I bushel for their wheat will probably
: find it difficult to reconcile Bryan's
I flimsy argument with the cold facts.
| Wild Goeitwork •( Popoerat*
j Kansas City Star: There seems to
1 be a serious disagreement among the
silver men as to what the price of
wheat ought to be. Bland says,
“under a good government wheat
would be worth SI. 75 instead of a dol
■ lar.” Ex-Congressman Towne says
* wheat ought to be selling for #2.50,
and Altgeld declares that #1.50 would
1 be the price if this country had free
silver coinage. They merely made an
. off-haud guess, whereas there is some
* login underlying Towns'* figures.
With silver and gold at the present
commercial ratio dollar wheat, meas
ured by the gold standard, is equiva
lent to $3.50 in free coinage dollars,
and that is the price, plus freight
charges and import duty, for which
wheat sells today in Mexico. So the
logical slogan for Mr. Bryan’s follow
ers today is “free silver and $3.50
wheat.'’
The Fused Triplets.
Chicago Inter Ocean: The demo
cratic party in Nebraska hardly knows
whether it is standing on its' head ow
on its feet. It is triplets, and there is
much noise in the land.
Globe'Democrat: A change of 7,000
votes in Nebraska will give the state
to the republicans. There should be
more than that number of voters who
are tired of exploded fallacies.
Buffalo Express: As Mr. Bryan is
preparing to make the fight in Ne
braska this year on the silver issue, his
i challenge should be accepted by the
! republicans and the best oratorical tal
ent of the party in the country should
be employed to beat him on his own
ground. Two months of hard cam
paigning would probably end forever
the career of the late national candi
date in Nebraska.
New. York Mail and Express: The
republican party, supported by the
sound money democrats, should be
able to defeat this combination of pop
ocratic forces in Nebraska. Business
conditions and political events have
discredited the issue upon which Mr.
Bryan carried the state last fall and
his fight this year is inspired not by
any vital public question, but by a des
perate realization that his defeat now
will render him an impossible candi
date for the presidency in 1900.
Springfield (Mass.) Bepublican: The
Nebraska populist convention adopted
one resolution expressing thankfulness
to Providence "rather than to any
man for the measure of prosperity
with which our state has been blessed,
and we attribute the rise in wheat to
foreign scarcity rather than suppose it
to be the result of dear sugar or an in
creased tariff on straw.” It is some
thing for populistst to admit the ex
istence of a measure of prosperity
from any cause whatever outside of
populist government. Altogether,
then, the resolution exhibits populist
platform improvement, both in temper
and wit.
Blow Hot and Cold.
Ord Times: The without-the-aid-or
consent people claim noiv that prices
are getting too high for the poor labor
ing people. Last fall prices were too
low for the poor farmer. When prices
are low they are anxious to die for the
farmer and put the price up, and the
next week when the price has come up,
they begin to be friends with the city
consumer and want the price down.
Now if they will explain how to have
high prices for one and low prices for
the other at the same time, there would
be some sense in their talk.
Not a Democrat.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Mr. Bry
an deplores the fact that the New
York popocrats refuse to say anything
about silver in the present campaign.
In this Mr. Bryan and his national
committee chairman, Mr. Jones, are at
loggerheads, Mr. Jones having advis
ed the course which Mr. Bryan depre
cates. This, however, is only one of
the differences between Mr. Bryan and
Mr. Jones. Mr. J ones was long a good
democrat; Mr. Bryan lias always been
more of a populist than a democrat,
and more of a Bryanite than anything.
Time to Cot Lonw.
Weeping Water Republican: Judge
Sullivan said the next day Sifter he had
received the nomination for supreme
judge that he thought the high prices
for farm products would injure him to
some extent in the campaign, but dot
enough to prevent his election. May
the good Lord deliver us from a party
that thrives on the adversity of the
people. Is it not about time for honest
men to cut loose from parties holding
theories that require calamity to the
people in order to secure party success?
If It Should Rain.
.South Sioux City Record: Our free
silver friends hate to admit that times
are nicking up under a republican ad
ministration, but it keeps them busy
getting out of the way of prosperity.
No matter how unwilling they are it
is bound to be thrust upon them, and
the Record advises every one of them
to hold fast to as much as he can. If
the unexpected should happen and the
democrats secure control three years
hence, they will need all they can get.
A Dire Extremity.
Boston Journal: Those who are in
clined to cast harsh reflections upon
Mr. Bryan because he traveled on
passes which implies that he repre
sented papers with which he had no
connection, should pause a moment and
consider his means of support. He is
an office-seeker without an office, and
a lawyer without clients. The lectur
ing business has been, ruined by the
wheat crop, and the misguided, over
advertised man has a family. What if
he did stretch a point to get a pass?
A Smooth Scheme.
Elk ©reek Herald: The populists
did not do a thing but sell their body,
and souls to W. J. Bryan and the crip
pled wing of the democratic party at
the triangular state convention at
Lincoln. It was another one of Bryan’s
smooth schemes and the pops are now
black and blue from kicking them
selves over being duped .so easily by
fceir idol. After all the scheming it
took exactly twenty seven hours to se
lect a candidate.
Bitter Pill for Fops
South Omaha Sun: The fact is daily
becoming more apparent to the popu
lists that they were buncoed in the re
cent three-cornered state convention
deal. They went there to have one of
their kind put up for them to vote for.
but they have got to swallow the pill of
voting for one who in no way repre
sents them. They are to furnish most
of the votes and the other fellows are
to get what there is in it.
Tba Coa Man Among Farmers.
Springfield Republican: The silver
republican Charles A. Towne of Minne
sota is telling his democratic audi
ences in Iowa that under silver remon
itizatlon the American farmers would
tod^y be getting S3.50 instead of less
than SI. This would mean flour at
over S15 a barrel. How that would
: draw the wage laborer of the country
I to the radical party.
ITS WOJJK IS BONK
CLOSING SESSION OF THE IRRI
GATION CONGRESS.
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Tenor of the Resolutions Adopted—Col
onization'of the Arid West Commend
ed—Cheyenne, Wyoming, Selected as
the Place for the Kext Meeting—The
Executive Committee and Choice ol
Officers for the Ensuing year*
Closing of the litigation Congress.
On the last day of the irrigation con
gsess in Lincoln the following resolu
tions were adopted:
“The value of the irrigated farm and
the security of. the homes thereby crea
ted are alike dependent upon the effi
cient public control of the water sup
ply and the prevention of water becom
ing R speculative commodity. We
believe that the waters of all streams
should forever remain public property
and that the right to tlieir use should
inhere not in the individual or the
ditch, but in the land reclaimed.
“Whereas, The perpetuation of the
forests of the arid region is essential
to the maintenance of the watSr sup
ply for irrigation as well as the supply
of timber for industrial needs,
“Resolved, That the presidentof the
United States be memorialized to, so
soon, as a proper and adequate form of
administration shall be provided, with
draw from entry or sale under the act
of congress of March 3, 1891, all the
public lands which are of more value
for their timber than for
or for their minerals.
agriculture
“Whereas, The present public land
laws having developed under the con
ditions where irrigation is not a neces
sity and having in their operation
proved utterly unsuited to the condi
tions and the needs of the arid region,
and
“Whereas, The present policy of
divided control between state and
nation of the public lands and waters
of' the arid region retards development, 1
misleads settlers, hampers enterprise
and is responsible for the rapid de
struction of western forests and
pasture.
tion by congress of a commission of
skilled and experienced persons to in
vestigate the conditions now existing
and to submit to congress such changes
in our land laws as the investiga
tions shall show to be desirable.
“Resolved, That the executive com
mittee be authorized to appoint a com
mittee to proceed to Washington and '
urge the early creation of such a com
mission. We favor the construction at
the earliest practicable date by the
general government of two reservoirs,
recently located under the direction of
the United States engineer corps, one
each in Colorado and Wyoming.”
This section brought a minority re
port as follows:
“Believing that the construction of
storage reservoirs for irrigation pur
poses is not a proper function of the
federal government, but its work
should be confined to snrveys and in
vestigations for the collection of infor
mation in regard to water supply, ex
tent of irrigable lands, location of res
ervoir sites, etc!, the minority of th&T
committee on resolutions recommend.m
that the resolution favoring construct
tion by the federal government of res-' '>•
ervoirs be not adopted:,”
The majority report was adopted.
“Resolved, That we eommend all
efforts looking to the eolonizatfon of
the arid west and the creation of homes
there for the worthy poor,
“Resolved, That we have heard with
the greatest interest and pleasure Mrs.
Bootli-Tucker’s presentation and ex
planation of the plans and purposes of
the Salvation Army in organizing col
onies of the worthy poor of our great
cities to settle and build, homes upon
the ricli irrigated lands of the west.
Theirs is a grand, noble and patriotic
work and deserves the earnest com
mendation and support of every citizen
of our country. The west extends its
hearty welcome to those worthy peo
ple and pledges our sympathy and sup
port in aiding the people to make
happy homes upon our rich, and' pro
ductive lands.”
Delegate S. M. Emery of Montana
warmly protested against a project
which he asserted was bound to bring
to the western states a population
that might prove undesirable, but this
motion to strike out was defeated.
The report of the committee was then
adopted as a whole.
uneyenne, wyo., was setuea as me
place for the next meeting.
The election of officers being in
order the roll of states was called, and
the following members of the execu
tive committee were named: Califor
nia, C. M. Hemtz; Colorado, A.. L. Kel
logg; District of Columbia. E. F. Best;
Idaho, F. J. Mills; Illinois. C. A. Park;:
Kansas, J. A. Churchill; Kentucky, A.
VV. Pickering; Missouri, Thomas
Knight; Minnesota, T. J, Frost; Mich
igan, O. E. MeCutehen; Montana, Si M.
Emery; New Mexico-, Thomas J. Clark;
Nebraska, Matt Daugherty; Nevada.
H. B. Maxon;- Ohio, W. Lawrence;
Oklahoma, II. E. (Hazier; South Da
kota, C. V. Gardner; Tennessee, Chas.
T. Harrison; Utah, H-:. L. Shurtletf,
Wyoming, George East.
The executive committee made its
report, ha ving selected .Joseph M. Cary
of Wyoming as chairman; T. G. Mills
of Idaho, secretary, and C. M. Ileintz
of California, treasurer. The selection
of the committee to wait upon con
gress was left to the chairman. It
was decided that each member pres
ent be eharged 31 membership fee.
The congress adopted a supplement
ary resolution endorsing the Herman
irrigation and commission bill, which
provides that the government cede to
■ach state 1,000,000 acres of arid lands,
provided they reclaim the same within
ten days after the cession.
The business having been completed,
the convention adjourned sine die.
State Irrigation Association.
Lincoln dispatch: The state irriga
tion association elected the following
officers for the coming year: President,
A. G. Wolfenbarger; vice-president, W.
R. Akers; secretary, Joseph Ober
felder; treasurer, T. C. Lloyd. The j
sommittee on resolutions was in- L
structed to report to the executive *
committee, which was authorized
act on the report. President Wolfen
"barger stated that the executive and
ether committees would be appointed
at an early date and announcement of
the selection would be made through *
the public press.