The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21
WILL BE A STRONG BODY
MONETARY CONVENTION COMPOSED
OF MEN OF HIGH CHARACTER.
More Cities Elect Representatives
Programme of WOrlx-Chairman of
the Reception Committee.

Chaplin c. Foster was yesterday chosen to
act as chairman of the reception commit
tee for the monetary convention. 1t is the
intention to appoint reception committee
of 200 members and they will be expected
to act. Mr.. Foster will be ready to an
nounce his committee to-day some time
and a meeting of the committee will be
in the Century Club room, in the Denison
House, at 4 o'clock, tomorrow afternoon
to divide up the work. The appointment of
this committee and mapping out it's work
will practically complete the local ar
rangements for the convention, as w. F. c.
Colt, the sergeant-at-arms, has made very
complete arrangements for the decoration
of the opera house, the seating Of the dele
gates, etc. The presidents of the Board OF
Trade and Commercial Club will meet to-
day to arrange for the entertainment of
the delegates after the session Tuesday
evening. This will probably take the form
of luncheon.
The first session Of the convention will
be held Tuesday afternoon at o'clock 1t
will be opened with prayer and an address
of welcome from Governor Mount. Gov
Shaw, of Iowa, will be introduced as the
permanent chairman and will probably
make an address. The report of the none
Stuart Patterson, of Philadelphia, who will
speak briefly upon the main features or
the plan devised by the commission. A COM
mittee on resolutions will be appointed
Tuesday evening a session will be held at
the opera house, when Charles S. Fairchild
will deliver the principal address and there
will probably be few ten-mnute speeches
by other distinguished delegates. On
Wednesday morning the resolutions COM
mittee will report and the commissions
plan will be open to debate. 1t is likely
that the convention will finish it's labors
Wednesday afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon the Columbia Club
sent out notices to its members inviting
them to hear Judge Taylor, of Fort Wayne
who will speak upon the work of the COM
mission, of which he was a member, in
the audience room of the club Monday
evening.
The Des Mones Business Mems Associa-
ton yesterday wired that twelve of their
prominent men would accompany Governor
Shaw to the convention and strong dele
cations were reported from New Haven
Hartford and Pittsburg, as we'll as from
a number of smaller cities. If anything the
personnel Of this convention will be strong
er than that of year ago. Every city
seems to be sending its strongest and most
influential men and should the action of the
convention be unanimous, it will represent
a tremendous power. 1t seems likely that
the action of the convention will be har-
monious in support of the plan devised by
the commission. A great many of the COM
mercial organizations sending delegates
have discussed the report in their own
meetings and wherever this was done IT re-
suited. in unanimous Endorsement of the
plan. Thus many of the delegates come
with instructions and many others were
chosen because their views were known to
represent the sentiment of their organiZa-
tons in harmony with the plan. Among the
resolutions received yesterday were the fol-
lowing from San Jose, Cal:
whereas, 1t is generally conceded by all
political parties and by all classes that the
reform of the national currency / to-day
the most important question before the
country, which awaits only the practical eS-
tabishment of sound principles of finance,
beyond any possibility of Subyersion or in
reference, to be enabled to make the best
of the encouraging existing industrial and
commercial conditions and to enter upon
an unprecedented era of prosperity; there
FORE
"Resolved, BY the Santa Clara County
Board of Trade, that while we are unable
to accept the invitation of the executive
committee of the indianapolis monetary
convention to send delegates TO the second
meeting of the convention, to be held at
Indianapolis on the 18th inst. this body
cordially approves the movement inaugu-
rated by the first convention, and it most
heartily indorses the plan of the currency
reform formulated by the Indianapolis
monetary commission, and believes that the
principles embodied in that plan should be
enacted into law by the Congress OF the
United States.
''Resolyed, That a copy of this resolution
be forwarded to the executive committee of
the Indianapolis monetary commission, to-
gether with an expression of regret by this
body that it will not be enabled to send
representatives of the board to attend the
convention"