The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-16
TO MEET HERE AGAIN
SOUND-MONEY CONVENTION WILL
RECoNvENE IN INDIANAPOLIS.
Boards of Trade, Commercial Clubs
and Similar Organizations Asked
to Send Delegates.
TUESDAY, JAN. 25, THE DATE
MONETARY COMMISSIONS CURRENCY
PLAN TO BE SUBMITTED.
Programme of the House Banking
Committee-ResoIu Adopted by
Southern Bankers Convention.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15-The convention
last January and authorized the appoint
ment of the Monetary Commission will be
called together again for the purpose of
considering the commissions report. This
was decided on to-day at a meeting of the
executive committee of the convention at
the Arlington Hotel. The new convention
will be held in indianapolis on Tuesday,
JAN %. The invitation will go out, as be-
fore, to all boards of trade, commercial
clubs and similar organizations in all cities
of the United States having a population of
eight thousand or more. The executive
committee determined on this course with
view of crystallizing public opinion in
support of the report of the Monetary Com
mission, in case the plan presented by the
business community. The commission was
in session to-day at the Arlington and it is
expected that it's report will be presented to
the executive committee within short
time.
The executive committee was clothed with
full power to receive the report, present
it to Congress and endeavor to secure the
adoption of the plan of currency reform
which it will embody. The committee
thought proper, however, to summon again
the delegates from whom they received
their aI1thoritv in order IN irnnress on then,
the Importance of earnest effort to secure
action by Congress during the present ses-
sion. They feel that the work already done
has accomplished much in arousing public
cial problem and the necessity of solv-
ing it.
Letters are pouring in on the commission
daily, giving the strongest assurances of
support, and the attitude of leading men,
bers of Congress is much more encouraging
than was the case several weeks ago. The
action of the banking committee to-day in
deciding to postpone consideration of legis-
lation until the report of the Monetary
Commission was received is accepted by
members of the commission as indicating
the Importance which is attached to the
movement of the business men in Congress
and the growing interests in the report Of
the commission
The convention called for Jan. 25 is ex-
pected to be even more largely attended
than the convention of a year ago, when
$50 delegates responded to the invitation of
the boards of trade of the Central West.
The invitations to the meeting of next
month will not be restricted to those only
who attended the convention of year ago,
but will include all the cities which were
then invited to send delegates The con-
vention of year ago was arranged on
short notice and with only limited amount
of preliminary correspondence with the
boards of trade of the country. The ex-
ecutive committee has since received as
surances of support from many cities and
commercial bodies which were not repre-
sented in the original convention, and it is
expected that many of them will send dele
gates.