The Springfield herald., 1898-09-03
CURRENCY CONVENTION.
Three Days Set Apart at Omaha for I'M
Discussion of Gold, liver and Paper
Money.

| Money.
OMAHA Aug. 27.-One Of the most
notable of the gatherings which nave
been arranged in connection with tht
| Transmississlpp Exposition Is the VA
tional Currency Convention, 10 be heiu
| under the ouspices of the Nanona
| Sound Money League, September 18Th
| 1itlI and 18th. This will be the nrs'
asscmblagc of its kind in American
history, and the arguments in favor oi
| the various forms of currency Will bt
presented by many of the ablest eN'
pcnents of currency, reform in the
country.
Tuesday. September 18th will be
Cold Day. j. Sterling Morton OF Ne
brasta City. Nebraska, president of the
National Sound Money League. VIII
call the convention 10 order at II IL M
and will deliver The opening address
| Other addresses will follow by Horace
| White, editor of the New York Evening
Post, on "rhc History of the Gold
Standard" Governor Leslie NJ. Shaw
of Iowa. on "rhe Farmers Interest in
Sound Money" H. F. Robinson of Chi.
cago, editor of the Hallway Age. on
"1hc Gold Standard and Railroad In
icrcsts," and Louis L. Enrich of Colo
RADIO Springs. Colorado.
The second day will be "Silver Day.
Hon Charles a. Towne of Duluth will
preside, and the speakers have been
chosen by Mr.. Towne from among the
Iblest cNponents of the free silver doc.
trinc in the land Mr.. Townes open.
ing address will he on "The Coinage
and Use of Silver ms Standard Money
Co-ordinately with Gold" Other
speakers will be Senator James
*. Jones of Arkansas, Congressman
c. S. Hartman of Montana; III. +. Bar
tine of Washington. ID. c., editor of the
National Bimetallist, and Hon. Horace
Boies of Iowa, who will advocate his
theory of II variable ratio.
Hon. C. \. Fowler. NJ. c., of New
Jersey. will speak in opposition TO the
bimetallic double standard theory. The
arguments of the silver speakers will
be met also in speeches from the sin.
gle gold standard point of view by able
orators. including the following: Hon
I'latt Rogers of Denver. Hon. Edwin
Burrltt Smith of Chicago, w. c. Corn,
wall, Buffalo; j. Adam Bedc. Duluth
II. l.. Framing. Ohio. The debate will
be thrown open to all speakers whc
desire to talk for five or ten minutes
each, and will be prolonged into an
'''tih- s'70l'li II tilt
sres. Hon. c. a. Towne will close the
discussions.
Hon, \. j. Warner of Ohio will open
the convention on the third day-papeI
money day. He will advocate n pa.
per currency composed exclusively of
government notes. Hon. ]. Ii. Walker
of Massachusetts. chairman of the
House of Representatives committee on
banking and currency, will reply.
In the afternoon addresses on ''Whal
is the Best Form of Paper Money!
will be delivered by Hon. c. n. Fow.
Ter of New Jersey. l.. ID. Reynolds OF
Chicago. William Dodsworth. editor OF
the New York journal of Commerce;
George ii. Shibley of the American In.
stitu;e of Money and Prices. and by
speakers invited by the Reform Press
Association of Chicago.
Hon. j. II. McCleary of Minnesota
will explain the provisions of the cur.
rency bill. generally known as the Nc.
Cleary bill, reported to the House nj
the last session of Congress by the
committee on banking and currency.
Arguments in favor of government
paper money will be met also by Other
able opponents of that system and up.
holders of the single gold standard
These will include George Francis Pea.
body of New York City. NJ. Il. ingalls,
of Cincinnati. ii. w. Peabody of Bos.
ton. y general debate will follow on
government paper money versus bank
money.
The event is attracting great atten-
ton from all sections of the country
and advocates of the various currency
systems are equally eager for the op'
portunity to present their ideas and tc
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