The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-07-08
AFRAID OF SILVER MEN.
President Hesitates to Recon-.
mend Currency Commission.
MAY SEND MESSAGE NEXT WEEK
He WIN Decide the Matter ON His Re-
turn From Canton--secratary Gage at
Work on a Comprehensive Currency
Reform Scheme.

WASHINGTON, July 3.--The question
whether the president will send q
special message TO congress recommend.
ing the creation of currency commits.
sion win be definitely decided next
week, when the president returns from
Canton.
1t was semi. officially announced at
the White House that such message
would be sent to congress next week,
but some Of the presidents most influ-
entail advisers on financial questions
are opposed to message as impolitic at
this time.
The executive committee of the In
dianapolis sound money convention
have been actively advocating the COM
mission scheme ever since the advent
of the present administration. 1t had
also the sympathy of the president,
committed himself to it in his inaug-
ural. President Mckinley, however,
did not care to recommend il to con-
gress while the tariff bill was pending,
lest 1t might complicate and delay
action upon the measure.
While the bill for the creation of q
commission could easily be passed in
the house where faotious opposition
would be unavailing against the opera
ton of q cloture order that would bring
it to vote, such opposition in the SEN
ate might be almost interminable.
Several of the silver senators have
openly avowed their unalterable hos
tility to the creation of o commission,
and Senator Teller of Colorado has de-
clared that he would remain here until
December to defeat il. This being the
situation, it is understood that some of
the members Of the executive commit.
tee of the Indianapolis convention are
now inclined to believe that it would
perhaps be q mistake to press their re-
quest for the creation of a commission
by congress. The better and wiser
thing to do some of them now think
would be to withdraw their requests for
commission and to use the provis-
ional power vested in the committee by
the Indianapolis convention, and them
selves select a commission to investi.
gate the currency question and present
their conclusions through the public
press. If those conclusions were such
as the administration could subscribe tC
they could be made the basis of an ad.
ministration measure modified as Sec.
retary Gage. conducting an independent
ihN0SIiBdGlOu' lulRnI SupBeSt.
The secretary has been at work some
time on a comprehensive currency re-
form scheme, and some suggestion has
been made as to the wisdom of not hav.
ing further agitation of the question
but of permitting Mr. Gage, who has
the full confidence of business men
generally, to frame measure after
such consultation as he may desire
with finanCiers. business men mem.
bers of the house and senate and
| others.
Next week it is probable that Mr.. H.
II. Hanna, chairman of the executive
committee of the Indianapolis conven.
tion, and perhaps other members of the
committee, will come to Washington to
discuss the situation with the president
and Mr.. Gage. Upon the result of the
conference will probably depend Presi-
dent McKinleys action as to special
message to concongress.