New-York tribune., 1900-01-28
LOOKING TO THE CAMPAIGN
so--Nn MONEY COMMERCIAL TRAVEL
,rzs TO HAVE CONVENTION HERE

LERs TO HAVE A SON EN- AiO1' Il
,,..-,sa,+ Y ". Dearborn win within a few days
- csu for convention OF the CommerciaI
jewellers Sound Money Leegue OF the onileu
c-..ss The present plan is 70 bring the Hehloeis =
= - ,aar,,e into congress at Carnegie Music han
- - - l.++.- mart Of February. At this conVen-
=. = ss nroposed 70 have speeches Delivered oy
.,-s-x AZ reuute, including Senator Chauhcey
~ T,enevv cx- Mayor Charles F. Warwick OF Fhi'A-
selnhia and Edward Lauteroach-
PRESIDENT Dearborn and Harry P Disoecker' at
,,-nev for the league. viii submit reports as 70
80 has been done IN the way OF Incorporation
- reorgsntzation since the campaign OF 1870 III
80. canvass IL viii be recalled, nfty-nVe i@ie
s,gv meetings were held in the John JACOB As'oI
-5tlsi,z broadway and Prince-st- These meeungs
zrers addressed by ex-President Harrison ea-5oN
- waller Of Connecticut; James c carter,
cbsuncey NJ Depew. Theodore Roosevelt Eo~'lru
T.uterbach NJ A Hanna, General Henry L. Dur-
nett and dozens Of others
= January 1887 Harry p. Disbecker nleo AT Al
s.-v the articles Of Incorporation FROM that oA'e
- .sscers Of the league have enrolled many thou-
-ss II members. Many Of these have hao Ihelr
.-,ss placed upon the lists by commerclal uaNsF
- ss they passed from city 10 city To-day iuny
=. r,,,dred thousand are on the books OF the
on - = tba canvass OF 1900 really begins
- -e,,rership IS expected 10 be largely Increased
--he cfHcers follow: President H w I'earOorh'
s-st vice-presIdent E. c. Mathewsoh' se0Oiu
PRESIDENT John J. Stonehara, third Vlce-pIesUe"''
n { Jenkins; fourth vice-presoent August 0Oei -
sr.h vjoe-president E 3. wilkins; secretary %
T,.r -rbroctr,orton There are also nfty ei-
rectors. 4,,.- Load
On the Advisory Board are such Republican leao-
s~s a. Senator NJ A Hanna. Joseph h MANY,
c-.,or c.bau7cev NJ Depew. Ex-Governor Danei
4 E4+ir,qs of Pennsylvania. Postmaster Corneilus
- 90. ex-Nayor Charles r Warwick OF Phlia-
selnbia Colonel A A Pope, OF Boston; Perhe a
Dvar ex-president Of the Boston Board OF Aiuei-
Tnen and Colonel " { Brown OF ONO
Of he
when seen salo;
-, N n-ssent time 70 the press but since l nave
been asked 7r9TeIlers sound Money League has
snt u the work since the campaign % t0o % "a
[s vel prepared 70 repeat our good Work OF thSI
campaign
VI Disbecker said.
The league was Incorporated in 1897 when
-hoTough Teorganization took place. have on he
1.,ys from Commercial travellers from all parts
s - o,SrrrT who were members Of the organiza
fion al that time and who lndorse the Mckinney
b61sss Brospery N al parts Of the country and
would anticipate any change OF Administration 10
be Of great detriment TO the present conaltiqns n
from q business point OF view. Our organization
has from the outset been non-partsan, ana IN
cludes Sound Money Democrats as Wen as Souno
Money Republicans 1 can TESTIFY 10 the great
Il " Dearborn, not only n the organization OF
the league, but keeping II well in line This Is
s-sstCsrs so of The same order that addressed the
noonday meetings in the last campaign 10 carry
cur work
Colonel John L. Sheppard, who has been with
The Keystone Watch Case Company for twenty
five years. said;
took active part with the Commercial
Travellers Sound Money League during the last
Presidential campaign, and presided at the meet
ings almost daily During travels in the last
three years through many States. can personally
testify that the commercial travellers have sold
more goods than in any year in the history OF the
country particularly in the last eighteen months:
! have heard some reports about the majority OF
commercial travellers losing their places. I would
like say something this point There are
commercial travellers on the road to-day than
there have been before during my experience az
e salesman. The commercial travellers commits
sious more than well pleased, and have failed
find commercial traveller yet who is dissatis-
fed with the existing financial policy OF the Gov
eminent II has been reported that twenty thou
sand Of the four hundred thousand commercial
travellers IN the country are out of employment
Thai is not true