The San Francisco call., 1898-09-16

Members of Democratic committees in fifteen States in the South and West emphatically in- dorse the remarks made by ex-Governor stone of Missouri to the effect that Bryan will be renominated in 1900 and that the issue of the campaign will be the free coinage of silver"
 We may n as well prepare promptly and epe6 If the advocates of free silver-in other words Of fiatism
 -of this country and of the commercial world, Is gold, and the experience of the United States in the past two years has fully vindicated the
 The report of Secretary R. M. Welch showed that the membership of the asso- citation Is 150 The total number of banks and recognized banking firms in CaIifor- mia Is 2SS, segregated as follows: 36 na- tional banks, 174 other commercial banks, 5S savings banks 1s private banking State commercial banks, 31 savings banks and : private banking firms are members of this association. Of the remaining stock of less than $1000 900, indicating that but few of the large banking institutions of the State fail to appreciate the ad- vantages of a bankers association.
 Treasurer G. w. Kline's report showed for sixteen months ending September l receipts Of $1565, expenditures $1105 50. Chairman James M. Thompson of the executive council presented report show ing the work of the Commission of Banks that assembled in Washington on September l, 1897. and remained in ses- sion putil December of that year. This commission prepared the currency bill introduced into the House of Represent atives. At a session of the council held in July a resolution was adopted recom- mending the abolishment of the system of taxing credits in this State, which works a hardship particularly upon cit ies, counties, small municipalities and school districts.
 pointed by Mir. Elliott: Auditing com mittee-J. E. Ward, P. E. Bowles and Richard Bradley.
 Committee on resolutions-A. Gold stein of Fresno, M. J. Daniels of River side, T. s. Hawkins of Hollister
 Committee on nominations of officers for the following year-I, Steinhart of the Anglo Californian Bank, H. H. Hewlett of Stockton and J. K. Lynch of the First National Bank.
 Frank Miller, president of the First Ma tional Bank of D. o. Mills, delivered an interesting address upon Currency Re- form and Reorganization of the Ma tional Banking System,'' in which he, too, discussed the bill now before Congress. Considerable of the afternoon was con- stunned by the Hon. F. G. Newlands of | the House Committee on Banking and | Currency of the late Congress, his sub- l ject being "The Monetary System of the Chamber of Commerce. took an opposite position to that of MT. Newlands by ad- | vocating the gold standard. MT. Craig was supported in his argument by MT
 
 1 Salem, Or Several others participated 1 in the discussion.
 | Among the bankers in attendance or | the convention were:
 James Mccormick, Bank of Northern Cali. fornia of Bedding; Frank Miller, Nationa | s. snodgrass, Bank of Selma; J. E. Ward l Yokohama Specie Bank; T. Harrington, Colusa l County Bank; B. A. Becker and A. W. R. 1 Schmidt, German Savings and Loan Society ot San Francisco; Henry Brown. Bank of Napai | N D. Rideout Rideout Bank of Marysville Alexander Godstein. Farmers Bank of Fresno; S. Mitchell, Producers Bank of Visalia; Rich ard Bradley, Pineer Bank of PortervilIe J. W. Henderson, Humboldt County Bank Charles M. l Stone. Peoples Bank of Pomona; Lowell A. K. Lynch, First National Bank of San Fran | cisco; P. E. Bowles. First National Bank of l Oakland; c. R. Burdick, London. Paris and redge, National Bank Examiner; Ignatz Stein hart and F. E. Beck, Anglo-Californian Bank | of San Francisco; J. M. Elliott, First National 1 Savings Bank of San Francisco; W. E. Street. l Bank of Winters; James M. Thompson, Dono- F. K. Towne, Bank of San Mateo County; J. 1 H. Albert, Capital National Bank of Salem, Or: T S. Hawkins, Bank of Hollister; A. Tom 1 Holister; J. Surface of lone; N. R. Harris of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Company of San Francisco; Charles Sleeper. San Francisco Bank of Riverside; L. c. Waite. First National Bank of Riverside; J. H. Jewett of Marys- of St Helena; F. W Robinson Producers Savings Bank of Bakers-eld; George A. Story, Mutual Savings Bank of San Francisco C. D. Wash; c " Bush Bank sa of a Yolo of Wood Baker, 4er Bank k,et of Alameda; A. F Horstman and 1 G. w. Kline. Crocker- -Woolworth National Bank of San Francisco.