New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-21
THE MISSION OF H H. HANNA
,,rpr IN THE INTEREST OF THE INDIAN
,pO1Js MONETARY CONVENTION
.pRANGING FOR DELEGATES TO BE sANi ~ -
THE PLAN TO PLACE THE CURRENCY
SYSTEM OF THE COUNTRY on
A SOUND BASIS.


A SOUND BASIS.
,u Hanna. chairman Of the Executive COM
,,,eo Of the Monetary Convention winch 10 ~
=. ,eld in indianapolis on January H. io''' %
-, IN the city Mr.. Hanna who is staying az
.hs Fifth Avenue Hotel. is here 10 'o"su''
, ,as,ress men who are interested III the 'o"''"e
..,vention. When the recent eiecuoh was o'''
"a IL. battle for sound money erueo !" VIZ
'orv Mr. IIarna and other business men oi
,rf,arapolis. believing that some al
ohanres should be made IN the Oh''eu "'".e'
~re,ar,. SYSTEM decided to act at once Ac-
oord,nglv a convention was called al ihoianap-
SO. The result Of the convention was the loi
lowing call c.
The r.nre,entatves Of Boards Of Trade. Cham,
,.5s Of commerce and similar commercial Dodes S Hl
,se cities of Chicago. ST. LOUIS, Wo',mbns
w..stsnG wsuSter roledo Grand Rapids and INDIANAPOLIS.
IN eqneio iss; after due deiberation. do
Sereby cal partisan convention TO so NEE, hs s
the city Of indianapolis on Jamuaa siness men chosen
conn Eoarls of Trade Chambers OF CrI; CommrrGIe;
conmeca clubs or other dro nhabitsnts accord
the ceasus of 1890. the basis OF fepr @
he as tabulated and in accordance WIN dping ,J
70 ~ said cities for the purpose OF *
S sugges.ing such legislation as may, III IL, 'nrn &
Ssment be necessary 10 place ,he GU a 80,
lem Of the country upon a souhu anu
basis. .,.
This call was signed by the following;
,ancinnau Chamber OF Commerce-Representea
%W Z. ingalls, Herman Cooper a"0 '" O'''''
FSS'1 rsisago Board Of Trade-RePrsssn'sd Tsor Sy r.
Donsm1,1, rhamber OF Commerce-Represented by
JG coyIes and F. A. 1nSsl Rspresen.ed by Joseph
y cSumSssi Soaphwsi's wiis% bqTas by NJ
Grand Rapids Board O. TraaenHepneSe"'e' sedsrspn
n"f hOsrd %i"%
- niSano,oiis nS', Commercial Club--Representen Dy
,obn r Brush. Louis Holl~eg ana .aa Ieaah hv Angus.
Louisyie Board of Trade-Represeh'eu o' '''e'
'1s W,Iwavkee chamber of Commerce-Represented oy
M@dssoqRRs Roard r,'u Of Trade~Represented by T.
Walker and Joseph l. barnes: po,rosented by
20 stanard and Clark H. Sampson NV
ST Paul chamber OF commerce
EN smn mpIogrce leg acknowledgements by Denni-
'V w, Wanna at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last
evening explained his mission East. 'ur -
on, hone. ne said "is that a commission may ne
chosen by this coming convention 10 ""'"
be delegated the power of judicial and imparha'
-. -, tho subject and 10 which may fall the
duty of preparng a plan for a general ourrency
system that will do away with present uilh.u' u
ties and will hc broad enough Tor uie i.h
grovtb of commerce All the men connected WIZ"
ri en,ornrise must be broad gauge ana non
nartissn II the work Of the commission y III i AZ.
cordance with our hope. then II VIII pe t .ie - -
NJ tho executive committee CHOSEN ny
yertion 10 publish the results widely anu e.u
,stn IN. people to the importance or 'nr az
cepfance Of the plan and 10 the adNisao'',.s -, VI
promoting legislation accordingly IL Is T prIeHtu
-, no ,,oemters Of Congress and Senators VIII
fa clad 10 divide the responsibility with pusl-
ress men upon this issue MY present wv
tect is 10 meet business men ana urge upon
them the necessity and Importance OF choosHs
the right delegates 10 this convention. TOO
much stress cannot he laid upon this point. We
want men of the highest character and aoility.
hroa A. enough
the whole people and in a line with duty; men
Of the highest standing. not bankers alone but
business men and men OF affairs we want 10
get the men who are in touch with business
and can talk ntelligently on this matter Mind
you this is not the creation OF a moment. the
impetuousness of a few fanatics and revou-
tionsts We intend to move slowly but thor
oughlv Our idea is 10 find out by careful and
judcious search what the country wants. and
then ask Congress to give Us this relief. 1t
may take long time. but we want to move
ahead slowly and surely until accomplish
H. All we want TO do is to be sure that we are
right and then will go ahead
Mr.. Hanna, after leaving Indianapolis. visited
Chicago. Cleveland. Pittsburg and Philadelphia.
While i'm this city he has talked with William T..
Dodge Darwin r. James, Alexander f. Orr and
others Chicago's delegation 10 the Convention
includes Lyman j. Gage. Cyrus Mccormick,
Franklin MacVeagh. a. A. Sprague, John J. Nit
chell and John Cudahy. Those who will attend
the convention from New-York as representa-
tiyes Of the Chamber Of Commerce are J. Harsen
Rhoad des, w. l.. Trenholm. II. w. Cannon. A. b.
Hepburn and G. s. Fairchild. The representa-
tives OF the Board Of Trade and Transportation
are Darwin r. James. W II. Parsons, Alexander
Gilbert. Richard s. Ramsey. IsadOr Straus and
Simon Sterne. Representatives are to be chosen
from the Cotton and Coffee exchanges.
Mr. Hanna will go TO Boston tonight to con-
tnue his work. His parting words were that he
wished to lay stress upon the necessity of ap-
pointing able business men to attend this con-
venton He hopes TO get the currency question
eventually out OF the arena Of politics.