Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-13
FINANCIAL DEBATERS HERE
Ready to Start the Argument as to the Best
Form of Money.
LEADERS OF ALL SIDES TO TAKE PART

Each OF the Three Predominant Ideas
Is Represented by Its AbIest Cham-
pions and the Debate VIII
Re warm.
Instead Of the exposition Auditorium, as
was intended, the national currency con-
vention is to be held in the Nebraska State |
building on the Bluff tract The debate !
will begin promptly this morning at 10
o'clock, Horace White, the editor OF the
New York Evening Post, opening on behalf
OF the gold standard. His address will be
in the nature of history of it and some
strong points of argument in its favor. Ex-
Congressman II. F.. Bartine. editor Of the
National Bimetallist, will reply to him on
behalf OF the silver side. Hon j. Sterling
Morton will preside today.
The three days of the convention are to
be devoted respectively to gold, silver and
paper money. Ex-Congressman Charles A.
Towne Of Duluth, national chairman of the
silver republican party, will open for silver
Wednesday, Congressman NJ. C. Fowler OF
New Jersey, member of the banking and
currency committee, to take up the opposi-
ton for gold. Mr.. Townes address is to be
on the subject of the Coinage and Use OF
Silver as Standard Money Co-Ordinately
With Gold" General A. ]. Warner, ex-
congressman OF Ohio and president Of the
American Bimetallic union, is to open the
debate for paper money on Thursday, the
last day of the gathering, and Congress-
man J. II. Walker of Massachusetts, chair
man of the committee on banking and cur
rency of the house of representatives, Is
booked to answer Warmers theories of fiat
| isms.
There is to be series of speeches in the
nature of a joint debate, each day Of the
convention in which ONE OF the most prom
inent men of the country are to take part
| according to their standing on the money
question
| Horace White, Congressman Fowler OF
New Jersey, Editor II. P. Robinson Of the
| Chicago Railway Age and Louis r. Enrich
of Colorado Springs arrived yesterday and
were at the Millard, which is the gold stand
ard headquarters, last night. These gen
| tlemen and Secretary E. V. Smaley of the
National Sound Money league met together
| and discussed their different points of ar
| gument during the evening. meeting OF
| the executive committee of the National
Sound Money league was held formally dur
ing the evening to arrange the plan of de-
bate for the gold standard. visit of cour-
Fred williams and others Of the silver
champions during the night was also en-
joyed.
| Atkinson Too Ill to Come.
Edward Atkinson of Boston, who was to
deliver an address today on Legal Ten
der as a Factor in Money" is i'll and can
not therefore be present, but his address
has been sent here and 1t will be read by
j. Sterling Morton Both Governor Leslie
NJ Shaw OF Iowa and Hon. J. M. Carey Of
Wyoming are expected to be on hand In time
this morning to perform their respective
parts as advocates of gold, and possibly ex-
Comptroller of the Currency James b. Eckels
of Chicago, Judge NJ L. Crawford Of Dallas,
Tex. and John p. Irish of San Francisco
may be able to be present.
The silver forces have been disappointed
in National Chairman James X. Jones Of
the democratic party. He will not be
here 1t is said; nor will John r. Sovereign
of Carthage, Mo-, general master workman
OF the knights of Labor. Henry w. Pea
body of Boston, who is to oppose silver to-
morrow, is already here. and Edwin Burritt
Smith of Chicago is expected. Mr.. Smith is
on his way home from California
OF the debaters for the paper money day
} only General Warner and George II. Shibley
for the side of governmental issue of paper
money are here and none of the opponents.
Congressman Walker of Massachusetts, Con-
} gressman James T. McCleary Of Minnesota
and Editor William Dodsworth of the New
York Journal of Commerce are believed to
be on their way, however, and Governor
elect Geer OF Oregon, if he has started on
his intended eastern trip, may be here. The
fiatists who are looked for are Prof Thomas
E. WILL president of the Kansas Agricul-
| ,, tnIo
! Prof James Allen Smith of the university
of the state Of Washington, General James
b. Weaver, and Ex-Governor Horace Boies
of Iowa Editor l.. D. Reynolds of the Chi
cago Express and the contingent Of the Re-
form Press association. Ex-Governor John
p. Altgerd of Illinois and Prof Frank Par
) sons of Massachusetts are off the program
Horace White on the Outlook.
Horace White, who, as stated, Is to open
the debate this morning as the first cham
pon of the gold standard, may be consid-
cred a pioneer of the west. He came to
Chicago as early 1854, with which city
he remained to participate in its phenom-
, email growth until 1877. He saw the town
of Omaha as early as 1865, at the time Dr.
Duranu was having his rails shipped here
for the Union Pacific, bringing them up the
river from st. Joseph by steamboat He
l had time last night to comment briefly or
the political situation in New York, as fol-
9 lows:
The republicans will capture the legis-
lature Of New York If Roosevelt is NOM
S mated for governor; il Roosevelt is not
nominated l do not think they will | dc
not believe Mr.. Plat is taking any particu-
lar interest in the contest between Roose-
, welt and Black. The leaders OF the demo-
cratic party in my state are opposed to sill
yer, and do not believe there will be any
i thing said about silver in their platform
l save to smoothe it over in some way. As
S to business there has been a steady improve
= ment in every line Of industry and trade
e We do not attribute thu prosperity to the
= war for the only thing benefited by thu
2 war has been the production of the mum
- tions of war, and the consumption OF bread
. stuffs and the other staples and necessities
y of life would hae been just as great II thu
L men mustered INTO the army had stayed
l. at home. The withdrawal or men from thu
= channels of industry to carry on war die
e not have any perceptible effect on SO grea
Q | a city as New York. The prosperity, in m!
: | opinion. has come about through the conf
. | dence the people have in the wisdom Of thu
. . administration. Business has simply re
II sumed in view Of the safe conservatism o
: the administrations financial and CONNER