Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-12
FOR SOUND MONEY.
The Convention That Assembled at
Willard Hall Today.
ABOUT Two HUNDRED PRESENT.
Mr.. B. n. Warmers Brief Address
of Welcome.
WHO WERE THERE

composed of delegates from about every
important commercial and financial asso-
citation in the country, which met at noon
today in Willard Hall, this city, was not
as largely attended as first believed 1t
would be. nevertheless between one and
two hundred delegates were present when
the convention was called to order. and,
as may be seen from the delegates regis
tered, they represented almost every branch
of business and come from every section Of
the land. The delegates began to arrive
early yesterday morning, and all during
the day, last night and this morning not
train came into the city which did not
have aboard a number of additional ones.
When the convention was called 20 order
1t was the impression that the last OF the
delegates had not by any means put in an
appearance, and it is expected that they
will continue to arrive throughout today
and tonight.
At COnventiOnn Headquarters.
AS the delegates arrived they registered
at convention headquarters in the Glover
building. 1913 F street. where President B.
II. Warner and Secretary Alex. ID. Ander
son of the local board of trade and the re-
oeption committee appointed from the
board welcomed them to the city and af-
forded them every convenience and COM
fort. 1t seemed that about the very first
thing said by the delegates was to express
the fact that they had but one object in
view-the immediate and unconditional re-
peal of the Sherman act.
At a conference of the leading spirits of
the convention this morning II was agreed
that President b. H. Warner of the Wash
ington board of trade should be invited to
act as temporary chairman of the conven-
ton. 1t was also agreed that the invita-
ton should come from the Cleveland rep
resentatives. The motion for the election
Of permanent chairman, II was arranged,
G hA do Nv 90 fha orly
delegates. When the conventio was called
to order the following delegates had regis
tered:
Delegates Regfstered.
W. c. Robertson, D. T. Wade. Josiah Pen
field, and H. B. Herbert New
York produce exchange; F. F.
Wheeler, chamber of commerce. Albany, N.
Y; Geo. E. Newell, Business Mems Associ-
alton, Pawtucket. r. l.: Ryerson Ritchie.
David A. Dangler and Geo. Ely, chamber
of commerce, Cleveland. Ohio; Chas L.
Adams and Wilson Godfrey, New York
Lumber Trade Association; g. Waldo Smith
and l.. s. Lyon. New York Wholesale Gro
GERS Association; Edward Hayward, presi-
dent of Protective Association of Cigar
Manufacturers Of New York. and Morris s.
Wise Of the same; WI Parsons, New York
board of trade and transportation; 7. At
water Barnes and Lynde Harrison, New
Haven chamber of commerce; Silas NJ. Gid
ham. New York board of trade and trans
portation; Adolph Meyer, New Orleans
chamber of commerce; ID. p. Cruikshanks,
New York board of trade; Julien Hammers
Tough and Albert l. Hochstader New York
Clothiers Association: II. Fl. Sheldon Bus
mess Mems Association, Pawtucket, X. l.;
Charles E. Adams. state board of trade,
Boston; Frank S. Gardener, board of trade
New York; Edwin l.. Sprague. state board
of trade Boston; Darwin r. James. board
of trade. New York; Clarence Z. Lowell,
Fruit Producers Association Boston; JAS
Randolph Anderson, board of trade Savan-
nah. Ga; William Foster and Charles H.
Meygands. board of trade. Newburg, N. y;
William Brookfield. beard of trade and
transportation, New York; c. w. Woolley
and Thomas Morrison chamber of
ber of Commerce and Merchants Exchange.
Cincinnati. Ohio; w. A. X. Tenney. VIM. $.
Z. Oskamp and Henry b. Niche, board of
trade and Order of Cincinnatus, Cincinnati.
Ohio; H +. Paine. board of trade, Scranton,
Pa; d. +. Dolan, board of trade. Lawrence
Mass; Jas f. Smith. board OF trade, Low
ell, Mass. II. X. Slayton, board Of trade,
Manchester, n. H.; w. &. Robertson. Daniel
r. Wade. Josiah Penfield and Henry B.
Herbert Booth King, board of trade. New
York; b. II. Warner. Thos w. Smith. =.
W. Woodward, G. j. Bell and Geo. T. Dun
lop. Washington. u. c., Board Of Trade;
n. PHIL and Lafe Prince, chamber Of COM
merce. Denver Col: Jas. NJ. Carpenter and
40. Rule. st. Louis Real Estate Exchange;
f. .. Stannard, VIM. T. Anderson, Chas.
+. Joy, f. II. Ludington and Clinton Row.
ell, st. Louis Merchants Exchange; Jede-
diah i. Jordan. Boston Paper Trade AS
sociation; ex-Gov H. w. Ladd John w.
Vernon, Providence Board of Trade; John
H. Flood, Lynchburg Wa) Board of Trade;
II. @. Tombler and J. Whit Wood. Easton
Pa) Board of Trade: VIM. NJ. Coates and
VIM. r. Tucker, Philadelphia Board OF
Trade; r. A. Dobie, chamber of commerce,
Norfolk, Va; Geo. e. Leighton and r. A.
II o,lio no bor nf
J. G. Downtain. Huntington CW.Va.) Cham
ber of Commerce.
The Convention Called to Order.
Just as the city bells rang -he hour of
noon President Darwin r. James of the
New York City Board of Trade and Trans
portation called the delegates to order,
the place of meeting. Willard Hall, being
well filled with delegates and specta-
tors. He briefly congratulated the dele
gates upon the number assembled and
upon the great and varied interests of the
country, as represented by them. TIe ex-
planned that the object Of the convention
was a most urgent and immediate one.
the unconditional repeal Of .he Sherman
act. The enthusiastic applause which
greeted this remark left no doubt that Mr..
James had correctly stated the precise
purpose of the convention. Mr.. James
then read the call for the convention and
introduced President b. II. Warner of the
local board or trd0e, VINO VelcOfneu the
delegates to the city in the following ad-
dress:
MIR. Warmers Welcome.
Mr.. President and gentlemen Of the con-
vention: 1 take pleasure as president Of the
Washington board Of trade in welcoming
you.
We are assembled here today for the pur-
pose Of urging upon Congress the business
necessity for the immediate and uncondi-
uonal repeal of the silver purchasing Sec
tions of the Sherman law, and for the ap-
pointment of a national non-partisan and
expert commission to consider the future
financial needs of the country.
We are assembled In the interests of sound
money and honest business to urge the
restoration of confidence at home in the
wisdom OF our legislators. without regard
to party lines. the security of American in
vestments and the welfare of our common
country.
There is no political rivalry or party feel
Ing as We gather here in sight of the Cant
tol to impress II possible upon the Senate
of this great republic the urgent demands
of the whole people for promptness in deal
ing With a question of such Importance to
which Is not only blunder, but q crime
Ant who are represented here today?
/ may well answer: The merchants manu.
facturers bankers. railroad and transpor-
tation lines of the whole country, every
kind of business which hopes for future
prosperity, all products and all markets all
buyers and all sellers You have not come
here for pleasure to be entertained, to see
our avenues and streets to examine our