The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-14

STATES ana IL you desire TO carry out that
spirit let the States here. from out OF the
hearts OF the delegates select for each State
a representative upon that committed tap
plause); then, having selected that commit
tee let them go from this convention with
your earnest injunction that they shall con-
Ter with your representative in the House.
both being your Representatives. and by
conferring and cooperating Immediately. IL
possible. secure the passage OF "A financial
measure carrying out the principles that
you have so bravely adopted just now.
(Applause.) Gentlemen. / venture TO say
that in the prolongation OF this question,
complex machinery that has been offered
here will result in dry rot. and the ulti-
mate defeat of the noble purposes that
have called YOU To this convention. There
fore. j beseech OF you IN the nrst place
to make a popular executive committee-a
committee OF the people representing every
State and make them feel the i'm
giving them TO understand that
you want them TO act. and TO act at
once. Coming. as they then Will. from the
people, they will be i'm touch with the peo-
! pie, and will bring from the people TO Con-
gress a popular sentiment that Will force
the congressman 10 see that the people or
all these States demand from the con-
gressmen immediate action on this IMAM
cial question
Mr.. Roots-I rise TO a question OF
privilege. l want To say to the honorable
gentleman. who l understand TO be a mem
Der of the banking committee. that am
here not 10 reiterate or retract one SEN
tence. but 1 am here 10 take back the sheer
which L never intended.
MN. DOLIlI1 NE i<lGc-
Mr.. Bullitt. OF Pennsylvania, spoke in
support of the adoption of the resolutions
presented by the committee. as follows:
Mr.. Bulitt-No one. perhaps, takes a
deeper interest in the questions which have
brought this convention together than l
have done. II is a subject which / have
had to consider I'm various forms, and I
nave e~ndeavored TO inform myself as well
as / am able in regard TO it, L had felt
that the situation was one that seemed i'm
possible of any Improvement until i was
called upon at Philadelphia by Mr.. Hanna
some four or five weeks ago. with the
suggestion by him as TO the calling to-
gether of this conference. L went over the
matter with him as fully and carefully as
/ could. L found that his ideas seemed to
be very sound. they seemed TO me TO be
practicable They seemed 10 me To have
about them that odor of earnest determine
ton, and good practical common sense, at
my earnest support in the movement he
was making. and i come here for the pur-
pose of making good that promise of sup
Now, the plan which he has suggested in
the resolutions which he offered seem TO
able, and / rise especially ON account OF
the proposed amendment of the gentle
man from New Jersey lMr; Fowlerl in
reference to the selection of the executive
committee OF this conference. As / u3dgr-
stand it he proposes that this conference
should not select n member from each
State which is represented here. In the
first place how can you select here "A per-
son from each State? You represent In
dianapolis. and others represent other
places, but how can you come together and
select n man from each State on the execu-
tive committee? On that executive commit
tee you want men OF the same caliber with
the man who has brought this conference
together. (Applause.) You want men OF
business, you want men OF experience, you
want earnest men. You want men that
will not be deferred from carrying out
their plans or purposes by being told. even
hu tho ahafrpaon n tho C,.rranrx m militia.
of Congress that our movement here to-
day is damned. tLaughter.) Gentlemen.
no man who has the manhood to undertake
to accomplish anything for the benefit OF
the human race ought to be deferred from
going forward in a movement which he be-
lieves TO be right, because some man who
in a moment OF fear or alarm or disap-
pointment tells you that you are damned
(Cheers.)
RIGHT TO DEMAND'OF CONGRESS-.
This is the first movement / have ever
seen in my history in which the men OF
business without reference TO party affilia-
ton have got together upon a matter OF
such moment and of such Importance. and
with such determination TO assert their
rights. and to call upon their representa-
tives in Congress TO perform their vuties
to the business men of this country. You
have the right to call upon them, you have
the right TO say to them that they must do
that which is to conduce TO the true in
terests of the country. and which is to pre-
serve 10 you and TO The other citizens of the
the rights they shall ernjos. YOU have that
right. (ApplauseD So Ear from believing
that this movement is either TO fail in the
future. or that it is to be struck down be-
cause We may have offended members OF
Congress. gentlemen. let US move forward
confident that we are right. determined TO
hold them responsible if they do not per-
form their duties. Great applause.)
Now. let me say to you a word as to the
Having been one of them. | can say this
much with reference TO their action: We
met together-some twenty-five or thirty ot
us: we differed in our views; we conferred
together; we discussed: We differed;
we finally adopted that which TO
cious. the most expedient method of carry
ing out the purposes and the objects OF this
conference. ApplauseD
We all know, gentlemen. that the subject
which you are dealing with so far as the
remedy by legislation is concerned. is the
most complex and difficult problem that has
almost ever been presented TO any man
who has had to consider IL. rou have nine
different kinds of circulating medium. They
are Of different values. Some are legal ten
der and some are not. Some can be used
for reserve by the banks. and some cam
not; some can be used In one way, and some
in another. / r~ecollect another thing. that
whenever you begin to legislate upon the
subject of your currency you are treading
upon dangerous ground. for you must take
care to avoid a contraction upon the one
hand and a redundancy upon the other.
You need, therefore, to have the wisest,
the most careful, the most thoughtful men
that can be found in this country to take
up these questions TO call upon the ablest
and the most experienced and the most
learned men in the whole country to express
their views, and when. after weeks and
months of study. they have fully saturated
themselves with IL and informed themselves
as to al its bearings and all its relations.
then, and then only. can they present a
scheme which is worthy TO be adopted by
the Congress of the United States for the
purpose OF the reformation OF the evils UNI
der which you are suffering.
Therefore. it is that We report that in
case Congress does not appoint n commit
tee, that then a commission of that class OF
men should be selected who shall proceed
to do this work and should present "A
scheme for the people throughout the land,
from one end 10 the other. To see and be-
hold and express their opinion Of. in order
that Congress may have before IL an in
%telligent and comprehensive scheme upon
to the end which we all deem TO so
desirable. (Applause.) trust sincerely
that you will adopt the resolutions as they
have been reported, and / trust still more
that you will vote down the amendment
proposed by Mr.. Fowler. OF New Jersey. TO
appoint one man from every State i'm the
Union as a member Of your executive COM
mittee.
Mr.. Camp, of Knoxville-we should con-
slider these matters in a calm. dispassionate
manner. and not show so much feeling. IL
ing upon very tender ground. We are a
convention called without any authority
except it's general purpose. We cannot force
legislative consideration. 1 think the
amendment is more businesslike. j think IL
would be an easy matter to select one or