The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-14
MR.. INGALLS, CONCILIATORY.
The Committee Had Considered Ever,
PInn Presenfed.

Plan Presented.
NJ. F.. ingalls, was somewhat conciliatorv
in tone when he spoke in behalf of the
report, and his voice had a kindly ring.
Said he:
i did not intend TO take up the time of this
convention with any remarks until within
the last ten or fifteen minutes 1t has
seemed to me that our work was in dam
ger OF injury by the discussion that is going
on here. and which has nothing TO do with
the case. IL our friend Walker wishes to
give a lecture on the best way TO help
Congress. viii hire a nall and give him
an evening. L know the sincerity of the
man, and / think he Is mistaken i'm his zeal
for the cause. and has worked himself to
the idea that there is but one way to &C.
compliSh this thing, and as the committee
he is disappointed. But if you chance to
meet him tomorrow on the train on his
way to Washington. you will find him the
most enthusiastic man for this plan. When
We go TO Congress we will first send In our
card TO the member from Massachusetts,
and next to the member from New jersey.
We will ask them to bring to us members
of the Senate and the House. and we will
convince such members of what we want.
Mr.. Walker will go from here Keeling thai
he has had his day. and while we have not
done the business as he wanted il done,
we have done the best that could be
brought amout.
PLANS TURNED DOWN.
Now. the result OF this. my friends. is
al VI COMPROMISES lake the very
amendment here before you. 1t was offered
in our committee. and was discussed, but
it was felt by the members of that COM
mittee that ii was not wise 70 pass it, con-
slider 1t. 1 will venture to say that there
is not a plan that can be proposed i'm the
next half hour that was not brought be-
fore our committee and turned down.. All
1 want to beg of you, gentlemen. TO re-
member is that the mmit of thirty
five on resolutions which considered every
paper which was presented TO this conven-
tlon Tor discussion in which almost every
body participated, appointed a committee
of five. and that committee spent hours
upon this report, and finally brought il
bdck into the committee on resolutions and
1t ran the gauntlet of twenty-eight MEM
bers and came out as a unanimous report.
Now. gentlemen. give us a unanimous
vote.
And if you each and all will do this i'm
the next sixty or ninety days. there is no
question but what YOU can get this meas
ure through Congress at it's special session,
II 1t has one. Now, our friend from Massa-
chusetts criticised us somewhat. There are
some men, you know. who. for the glories
OF this world. sigh for the prophets para
disc to come. There are some things they
never like, but there is one thing we may
congratulate ourselves upon. and that is a
convention of three hundred and odd bust
ness men who are going to resolve that the
future standard of this country shall be
gold. tApplause.) That is n great step in
cAN 'AhN1 lit 10 aiAOll-Cl AtSOlullOH Il
| trust and hope will go through unani-
mously. That is that We shall have a
proper banking system in this country that
snail suit every school district in Il. Now.
how do we propose to provide that? That
Is the question We are coming to. 1 came
here. gentlemen. opposed to any commits
sion: | thought it was better TO do the
work through n committee.
THE INDIANAPOLIS IDEA.
Our friends in Indianapolis came ,here
with what is known as the indianapolis
idea, which was the appointment of a
commission by this convention. Our friends
from Chicago came here with their views.
which was that a commission should be
created by Congress. the appointments to
be made by the President. | think the
Ohio gentlemen who are all unanimous, and
they are wise men. without consideration
decided that if they could get a declara-
ton of principles here In favor of honest.
good currency, that they would be in favor
of the Chicago commission to be- appointed
by the President of the United States. and
after long wrangling we compromised with
the indianapolis gentlemen by which it was
agreed that a should be created.
appointed by the chairmn of this meeting.
who should go TO Washington at the extra
session which is expected to be called. and
should ask Congress to pass q law creating
a commission which should be appointed
by the President. and who should report
on the monetary condition OF this country.
its evils and its remedies. If, however.
they fail in that. If there is any objection.
it would be Il great gain to have this ex-
ecutive committee To appoint an outside
committee that would say TO the world
what we believe in. That IS the result
of the labors of twelve or fifteen hours OF
the gentlemen of this committee, and 1
hope that Git is getting late and time to
adjourn)EI hope for one thing. and that is
that the three hundred and odd gentle
men here will each and every one vote
aye for these resolutions exactly as they
came from the hands of the and
send out "A platform TO the world that is "A
credit to this convention so long as the
memory of man shall last