Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-14

posed the convention. lie added' we came
here to express our sentiments, and danger
GUS is the position of that man In congress
who charges us with being lobbyists for I'M
moral or other purposes"
FOWLER OFFERS A SUBSTITUTE.
BY this time the delegates were aroused
and began to prepare for the squall that was
to come. Congressman Fowler offered the
following as an amendment to the COM
mittees report:
Resolved, That the permanent executive
committee of this body shall be const-
tuted by the selection of one member from
each of the states represented and that
the selection of such me'nper shall be by
the delegates of the respective states, ana
that said committee shall confer ana CO.
operate with the banking and currency
committee of the house and the hnance
committee of the senate to secure the in
evitable passage of a bill carrying out the
principles adopted.
Mr.. Fowler urged the substitution OF his
resolution. He said the complicated ma
chinery proposed by the committee on reso-
lutlons would cause the noble purpose OF
the convention to perish through dry rot.
He urged the immediate appointment OF
committee to wait upon congress.
Mr.. Bullltt of Pennsylvania, E. c. Camp
of Knoxville Tenn. and MIR. Rhodes of New
York spoke in opposition to the plan proposed
by the congressman.
Mr.. Walker made spirited reply. in the
course of which he said THE spirit mani
port has been defeated for ten years and will
be defeated for ten more. Proceed in a way
that Will bring results with the men you
have to deal with and who are as much In
terested as the members of this convention;
and IL you take up any one of them for a
fiat, you had better let him alone"
At this juncture Mr.. ingalls, of Cincinnati,
in remarks that evidently voiced the senti-
ments of every man on the convention
floor except Congressman Walker and Fow-
n
give lecture on the best way to help con-
gress l will hire a hall and give him an
evening In the next sixty or ninety days
there is no question but what you can get
this measure through congress at it's special
session, If 1t has one
There are some men, whom you know,
who for the glories of this world, sigh for
the prophets paradise to come. There are
some things they never like, but there is one
thing we may congratulate ourselves upon,
and that is that convention of 300 odd
business men is going to resolve that the
future standard of this country shall be
gold"
Mr. Hanna of Indianapolis followed. He
said there was no question that il the com
mittec performed it's work well it could have
measure ready to present to congress next
winter
Congressman Fowler interrupted to state
that as the unanimous sentiment Of the
meeting seemed to be against his substi-
tute, he would withdraw it. A burst of ap-
plause greeted his announcement
Chairman Patterson then read the origi-
nal resolutions. and the convention with a
hurrah adopted them as a whole.
Af.er resolutions extending the customary
votes of thanks had been adopted, Mr.. Wood
ward OF Washington rendered the Board of
Trade rooms in the capital city for the use
OF the executive committee while in Wash
ington. The invitations was accepted and at
3 O'Clock the convention adjourned sine die.