Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-01-26

snail demonstrate as God grant
that it may not) that. there. is
within this body not sufficient
wisdom to arrive at something
wise and conclusive, or if, hay.
ing so come to- a conclusion
among yourselves, it. is demon:
strated that you. are SO far. re,
moved in influence from the law
making power that no results
come OF it, I tell you, gentlem en-,
you may tremble for the bust
ness and political future of the
conntry.'' (App]ause:l
Now what was the result:
We quote from the Minneapolis
Tribune:
The final outcome of the mon
etary conference at indianapolis
is somewhat disappointing. Here
was u body Of carefully selected
men. supposed to be among the
most intelligent representatives
Of their respective communities,
all favoring sound money-and
yet when they come together
they find themselves unable tn
agree upon a plan of financial
reform OF upon the best method
Of promoting sound financial
legislation The convention, in
fact, narrowly escaped breaking
up in u row, which may be taken
as another striking evidence of
the intensity OF feeling upon the
troublesome financial question. .
But it remained for Congress-
mau j. H. Walker, of Massa.
chusetts. chairman of tho com
mittce on banking and currency
Of the House Of Representatives,
to tel these 30l representative
business men how much they
knew about monetary matters
and legislation.
Said Mr. Wal!ier:: Now, | did
propose that you say something
about the methods ct securing
legislation, il there had been
the slightest nope OF encourage
ment from this convention, but
| want TO say TO you that yon
have damned the whole reform.
damned it here today in the
weakness of human nature, and
there is no sa|v;ition.' -
And again: ''Congrcssman
Walker at this point again took
the floor, saying among other
things: You have q friendly
congress now: you may have a
hostile one next The mem bers
of congress are not absolutely
ignorant, and Ill the wisdom OF
Tic country is hot outside.
After d running debate, in
which E. @. Kan!p, Of Knoxville,
Tenn. Mir. Rhodes, Of New York
and Mr.. Walker took par. the
latter said:
The spirit manifested here
and IA;it has prompted this re.
port has been defeated for ten
years, ard will be for ten more.
Proceed in a WY that will bring
results with t!se iuen you have tC
deaf with, and who are as much
interested us The members oi
this convention. And if you take
up any Of them fox It fool you had
better let him u!oue. -
Now, rcmem Der that these 3O1
Dig guns, who, according to Mr..
Walker, dam ned the whole mollc-
tary reform to failure for twenty
years, were the men that, three
months ago, denounced every
free siIverite for u fool. Il traitor.
q rcpudlator and an anarchist.
They spouted on every street
corner that all that was ncces
sary to correct all ills that
human nature is heir to, Was
to vote down the fools and
allarchis Is, aud give themselves
d cl1ance to reform things. And
no" at their first meeting they
show less business capacity than
an equal number of farmers
would at q cream cry meeting.
A leading republican Of this
county, with whom we had a
chat about the failure of this
notable convention, said that
the failure was due TO the
neglect Of inviting Birch, Has,
elton and Ogreen to give them
pointers to work from. He said
tboJ7 .,.yf.,,l1 bI: fo1l Il, :,