The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-27
transactions and in the ownership and value


of property
That the executive committee be continued
with power and authority to add to their
number and to fill any vacancies which may
occur and also with power to adopt such
MEASURES for procuring the needed legisla-
ton from congress. as they in their judgment
may deem advisable and expedient.
FAVORABLE DEBATE
Mr.. Bullitt spoke at length in favor
or the resolutions, and as a gold Demo-
crat urged concentrated effort looking
to currency reform without regard to
party ties. The resolutions were dis
cussed in five minute speeches.
John Harsen Rhodes, of New York,
favored the plan Of the commission
He said: What is needed in this coun-
try today is not more currency, but q
better credit, which alone can come
from a desire and will on the part of
the legislator and individual alike to
deal in honesty and with honor among
our fellow men. When this great truth
is recognized and followed in all sec
lions Of the land, then, and not until
then, will it be found that capital will
flow freely into city and town and
hamlet, and peace and prosperity will
follow everything in its train. 1t is
full time that the merchant, the manu-
facturer, the farmer and the artisan
and all who by thrift and enterprise
have accumulated property, be the sum
great or small, should arise from their
lethargy and spring to the front to de-
fend the rights of property and estab-
lish a standard of value and a system
for the exchange Of commodity which
Will place and keep this country in
the foremost Of all the civilized coun-
tries Of the world; first in liberty, first
in commercial development, first in the
arts and sciences, a leader and not a
follower in the race for social, econom-
tc and mental development"
Other prominent speakers were VIII
liam E. Dodge, Of New York; ex-Gov.
Q. V. Coffin, of Connecticut, and Judge
Crawford, of Texas.
A long resolution prepared and sub
mltted by the executive committee and
Which was enthusiastically adopted by
the convention. expressed hearty APP
probation Of the monetary commits
sions report and of their recommends
lions 1t embodied. The resolution re-
cites the fact that the eleven members
Of the commission, who are severalIy
named, gave to their work without any
compensation or reward, except the
consciousness Of duty we'll and faith
fully done, many months of arduous
work, at great sacrifice by each Of
them, in absence from home and in
valuable time needed for their own
serious ana important duties, and de-
clares it to be he earnest conviction of
the convention that there has never
been in the history of our country a
body Of men more truly representative
Of all that is best in American life,
manhood, patriotism and intelligence,
nor one that undertook and fulfilled q
great task for the general welfare in
a spirit Of more unselfish devotion to
our country.
At 2 o'clock, after two hours of IA
vorable debate, the resolutions were
unanimously adopted. The convention
adjourned, subject to the call of the
executive committee
The monetary executive committee
was in session most Of the afternoon
discussing plans for furthering the
educational feature of the work It
was decided to continue the Washing
ton and indianapolis bureaus indefin-
itely and to attempt by the dissemina-
ton Of literature to work up popular
sentiment for the commissioners plan
rather than to convert Individual con-
gressmen. Chairman Hanna was given
carte blanche to conduct q campaign
along this line. The speeches Of the
convention will be distributed in
pamphlet form and vast amount of
other literature will be distributed.
Sufficient money to conduct the cam
paign has been pledged.