The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
C. P. BRYAN FIXED At List
WILL BE MADE MINISTER TO BRAZIL
IN PLACE OF MR.. CONGER,
Who VIII Relieve Charles DENLY at
nations and New Appointments.
Journal.

cy tomorrow to explain Representative
Overstreet's bill and their report. The COM
mittee will be addressed by Judge Edmunds,
Mr.. Fries of North Carolina, Mr.. Fairchild
of New York and Judge r. S. Taylor of In
diana. Judge Taylor will contine himself to
the demand obligation feature of the bill
and Mr.. Fairchild to banking, while Judge
Edmunds is likely to extend his remarks
over a wider range. The hearing before the
committee tomorrow will probably occupy
two days, as it will not be an easy matter
for the sound-money advocates to get
through with what they have to say at one
sitting.
Tomorrow afternoon and evening the ex-
ecutive committee Of the Monetary Com
mission will convene to complete range
ments for the convention to be held at In
dianapolis on the 25th inst. Chairman Han
ma said to your correspondent this evening
that from the present outlook he felt quite
sure that the coming convention would be
as large in numbers and as influential in
every way as was that which assembled a
year and a half ago. Men of the highest
character, representing every branch Of
finance, commerce and industry, have sig
niied their intention to be present, and the
action of the convention cannot fail to have
oANok = - f0O
at the headquarters of the Monetary Com
mission that several lukewarm Republican
leaders who had been for a policy of mac
ton on the financial question had expert
enced a change of heart and that they are
now convinced that the safety of the Re-
publican party depends on making an ag-
g~ressive fight during the present session of
Congress. Among this number are the
names of Senators Allison and Gear, Of
Iowa, who appear to have heard from their
constituents. The Indianapolis convention
will be presided over by Governor Shaw,
of Iowa, and that State will be tremen-
dously represented at Indianapolis.
The way in which public feeling in favor
of currency reform is developing in Iowa is
one among many encouraging pieces of news
which have. been received at the h%eadquar-
tiers of the Monetary Commission. Letters
from leading editors and prominent citizens
indorsing the report of the commission have
been supplemented by the information that
popular meetings will be held all over the
State for the Endorsement OF the report Of
the commission, and that one hundred rep
resentative business men will be sent to
the indianapolis convention, which con-
venes on Far % to consider the report. Mr..
w. w. Baldwin, one of the leading sound
money men of the State, secured the calling
of one of these meetings in Burlington last
week and the appointment of a strong del
egation from that city to Indianapolis.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing the
principles recognized in the report of. the
Monetary Commission and the plan sub
mitted for reforming the currency. The
resolutions were adopted with only one dis
senting vote, and copies were ordered sent
to each member of Congress from the State.
Other meetings are now being arranged for,
and are exclusively in the hands of the
business men. Bankers and fnanciers are
being kept out of the work. The entire
movement has been spontaneous and with
out any suggestion from the executive COM
mittee of the Indianapolis convention, but
sentiment in the State seems to be aroused
even more than in some States from which
letters are coming pledging support for the
plan OF the commission.
The earnestness of some of these letters
is indicated by one received from Mr.. G..
Watson French, president of the Bettendorf
Metal Wheel Company, of Davenport, la.
Mr.. French declares that the plan of the
commission will increase the amount of
money available for legitimate use in those
districts of the South and West which are
without great money %centers, and will re-
duce the rate of interest. He winds up by
declaring that, IF our senators and con-
gressmen s~hilly-shally and delay in the
matter, it will be at the risk of the national
welfare, and also, 1 believe, at the risk of
their own reelection. The business men of
the country cannot afford to continue sup
porting men for Congress who care more
for keeping their jobs than for the business
prosperity of the country"
Other letters from Iowa come from edi-
tors of leading papers, who express eager
ness to print anything that the Indianapolis
committee are preparing in favor of cur
rency reform, and a determination 10 pre-
sent the issue clearly and fully to their
readers. Some of the members of the Iowa
delegation in Congress have until recently
been maintaining a waiting attitude regard
ing the subject OF currency reform, but sew
eral have expressed warm admiration for
the report of the Monetary Commission
since it's appearance, and are preparing TO
distribute copies at home, in response to
the requests which they are receiving.
The question what to do with Charles
Page Bryan, which has been vexing the
President for some weeks, has finally been
settled and this time it is going to stay set
tied. MIR. Bryan will be sent to Rio Janeiro
as minister, and Mr.. Conger. who is now
representing this country there, will be
transferred to Picking. Mr.. Angel, minister
to Turkey, who was asked to change with
Mr.. Bryan and go to China. declined to do
so. He said that he was only going to re-
main in the diplomatic service a few months
longer and that he did not care 10 30 far
ther awaysfrom home. His leave Of absence
IC bAA = Sly ONN4 WHICH JIG DIGSlUGU
will expire next fall, and it is understood
that unless there should be some unexpect-
ed emergency in our international relations.
he will not ask for an extension of that
leave, but will return and resume his edu-
cational duties. Mr.. Conger, VINO is to be
the new minister to China, served three
terms in Congress from Iowa and is cegard-
ed as a very strong man. Mr.. Conger could
have had Turkey if he had been willing to
wait until Dr. Angeles retirement next au-
tumn, but he preferred something imme-
diately. 1t looked for a time us though
General DENLY, of Indiana. who has been
minister to China for twelve years, would
have another four years lease of life, but he
Will have TO come home after all.
ly appointed consul to Bahia, Brazil, to-day
passed the best consular examination of any
candidate who has been before the State
Department for a long time. Mr.. Furniss,
who has been in Washington for two or
three days, viii qualify at once and VIII
sail for Bahia about Feb. l.
The Eastern sound-money Democrats are
showing unexpected strength as the time
approaches for the completion OF the ma
tional congressional committee, and while
they may not be able to elect a sound-mon-