Evening star., 1896-12-16
3 M E TAI Lie UNIO N
The Executive Committee is Now in Session
Here at It's Headquarters.
The Object OF the Meeting Set Forth
In n Talk With Gen. Warner,
President of the Body.

The executive committee of the Bimetal-
lie Union, which has headquarters in this
city. Chicago and San Francisco, and which
took prominent part in the recent cleo
tion. is In session today at the offices OF
the union in the Sun building. The meet
Ing was to have been held yesterday but
the failure of some of the members of the
committee to arrive delayed the beginning
of work. The committee is composed of
Gen. A. j. Warner of Ohio. president of
the union; Senator Stewart. Nevada; Sen
ator Butler, North Carolina R. c. Cham
bers. Utah: Henry G. Miller. Illinois: ]. b.
Grant. Colorado; Joseph Battel, Vermont;
Thomas G. Morrill,, Montana, and ex-Rep-
resentative Rartine of Colorado, formerly
editor of the Bimetallist, the organ Of the
union, which suspended publication after
the defeat of Bryan,
The Object of the Meeting.
The object of the meeting is to arrange
for the future work of the union I'VE ex-
pect to keep up our work." said General
Warner to Star reporter. THAT is a
foregone conclusion, and is not to be de-
cided by this meeting We have met to
arrange for extending and systema tizing
the work, that the cause of bimerdllism
may be pushed While this is really the
object of the meeting. there is a good deal
more back of the gathering. The members
of the executive committee will be here
several days, and during that time they
will have frequent conferences with free
silver leaders in Congress. These confer
ences will not be in regard to the work
OF the union. which Is conducted independ-
ent of any of the parties. They sill re-
late to the future work of the parties. aad
there will be general Interchange of
views. 1t was expected that there would
be a general caucus of the silver forces
about the time of this meeting. but ,-one
has yet been called. 1t is looked for in a
short time.
No Call for Convention. .
1t has been stated that before the meeting
adjourns il will arrange the details for
convention Of the silver leaders of the
country. which will consider the inaugura-
ton Of comprehensive organization in be-
half of silver. this organization to be per-
fected by the campaign of 1890. General
Warner states that be knows of no such
project by the committee ever which he
prestdes. There has been talk of this kind
among silver men in Congress. but it has
met with opposition. General Warner takes
the position that the political parties which
favor silver would likely cali conventions
Ii they saw fit.
In quiet way the executive committee
may consider the project of few of the
members winch mas Tor us ODJect the eu-
rcation of the business men of the coun-
try. Those who favor this say that the
business men fought silver in the last
campaign because they We're not enighten-
in the course of the educational work which
l. proposes to continue in behalf of the
white metal, could 1t is argued. devote q
good deal of its attention to this new field.
Changing the Dy-Lavs.
The executive committee has been at
work today making changes in the consti-
tuition and bylaws of the union In ac-
cordance with the idea that the work of
the union must be enlarged and systema-
tized. numerous changes will be made. One
of these will provide for state and county
organizations. Heretofore the union has
been conducted on a general plan, with
LEGAL auxiltaries here and there throughout
the country. There have been no regular
state organizations, and the county Or
ganizations have been conducted indepe4l-
dent of the national organization Here
after there will be state unions which
Will report to the national union. There
Will be county unions which will report to
the state unions. General Warmers opinion
is that this will bring the work in the fu-
ture to a system.
The committee will be in session this
afternoon and tonight, and hopes to ad..
journ tomorrow. .-.
No statement Is made as to the financial
situation of the union, hut Gen Warner
says the organization will be able to con-
tinue work without trouble.
Gen. Warner Talks.
Gen. Warner says that the fight for the
white metal will be kept up by his or
ganizatfon. well all other organiza-
tions 1.-The intention is manifest enough
in all quarters to continue the work with
out abatement" he added. because the
consequences attending the gold standard
make 1t impossible to relax our efforts to
restore a bimetallc standard"
Relative to prospective tariff legislation,
Gen. Warner said: The gold standard cam
rot be maintained by increasing taxes an
any form. There only two ways Of
maintaining it. One is 20 borrow gold,
as we have been doing The other is to
destroy other forms Of currency and so re-
duce prices in this country that we VIII
not only pay what we owe abroad with
commodities at gold prices, but SO low that
gold will come here of itself and cons,i-
tute part of our currency: so that when
the revenues are paid they will be paid in
gold; so that the lower prices go the more
must be given to discharge debts and
bring gold here"