Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-04-20
CURRENCY QUESTIONS.
Conference of the Committee on Mono-

tary Legislation Begins.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., April IT,
The committee OIL monetary legisla-
ton appointed at caucus of the re
publican members of the national
house of representatives shortly before
the adjournment Of congress will be-
gin its session in this city today Gen
eral David B. Henderson of Iowa is
chairman and the other members of the
committee are as follows: John Dali
zell, Pennsylvania; Zereno E. Payne,
New York; Jesse Overstreet, Indiana;
| William Lowering, Massachusetts,;
Charles Curtis, Kansas; Page Morris,
Minnesota Eugene F. Lout, Califor-
mia; R. B. Hawley, California; J. w.
Babcock, Wisconsin, and Kerr, Ohio.
| The committee is considered to en-
body the sound financial thought of
the republican side of the house.
Messrs. Henderson and Dalzell make,
with Speaker Reed, majority of the
committee on ways and means, and
| several others are representative bus
mess men, who are in sympathy with
the movement to put the monetary
standard beyond attack.
Hadden hall, one of the largest hotels
on the beach front, is the headquarters
of the committee and the meetings will
| be held in one of the parlors. The
| gatherings will be private and will
| probably be irregular and the work
assigned to the members partakes more
of the nature of a conference and as
the committee Is not a public one it
will only give out such news for pub
LEGATION as best suits its purpose 1t is
expected that the sessions will last not
less than two weeks and they may ex
tend much longer.
| The committee may decide to perfect
bill to meet the situation, or it may
outline measure and adjourn to meet
again in a year. Vt will have all the
important bills on the currency ques-
ton that were before the last congress,
including the McCleary bill, which was
reported favorably to the house by the
banking committee; the Hill bill, which
was given a favorable report by the
house coinage COMMITTEES; the bill pre-
pared by Secretary Walker of the COM
mittee on banking who is no longer
member of congress.
Mr.. Overstreet, who has given the
subject much attention, has prepared
comparison of the principal features
of all these bills, which will be of much
value to the committee.
There has also been secured from
the Treasury department a great mass
of valuable finance data, including the
reports of the secretaries, comptrollers
Of the currency and directors of the
mint. In addition, the committee will
have at its command a complete codifi-
cation Of the existing currency laws.
Although only three or four members
are here tonight, it is expected that all
will arrive by tomorrow. Mr.. Loud
reached here tonight.
1t is expected that many distin-
guished financiers will be given the OPP
portunity to appear before the commit
tee and present their views on the SUBJ
ject of the expansion of the currency.
the establishment of the gold standard
and other matters to be considered.
H. H. Hanna and other representa-
tives of the executive committee of the
Indianapolis monetary convention will
be here during the session to urge the
bill of the monetary commission. This
bill was framed by commission Of
which ex-senator George F. Edmunds
was chairman and which included ex-
Secretary Fairchild of New York, c.
Stuart Patterson of Philadelphia, John
w. Fries of North Carolina and other
financial eperts.