The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-29

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- Interna1aeaal 1EeoseaEy OoesS
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ee,ys6l teupssE aoala at ths ea.ss p.aee
- ~ m oenont neal1&1 THO 500
...t31en Who yegsseene sne Un,'
49, Il - Cooessssee viii not necs1
oarvs upoa TIE Commission. 1
o3hv o. Howe, who = Postmaster Gen.
es,i. cannot q ooosse, )eeve n1o P'
tion q washington, and Nj: Allen y:
Thurman, Il issaid, declines on seeoon'
a hb 40 and the state Of h1e hsesn' ~
riuk another 80 voyage. M. vs!
who h deeply Interested in the oa9eot o.
the Conference, win continue upon me
- Senior Representative
There remains, then, Two voeenc'es %
A . Our dispatohes have been o.
.ent in regard to this mat
,er and no information ne
I cen reported concerning the sppo'n'
ment Of pesp. NJ to flll them. From our
Eastern exchanges We learn 1t 10
thousht the rssident will appoint Mr.
Levi P. Morton, now Minister t.
France. and Mr.. Walker, now Consul
General 1t Paris, to represent the United
States with Mr.. Evarts at the Confer
euce. Az there h no contest for tho pe-
sitions there may be some grounds for
this surmise. Mr.. Morton b mono
oetallist. ard Mr.. Walker 10 credited
with having some little knowledge o.
the silver question and with adestre 70
recognise silver - IN element In inter-
national currency. These gentlemen
may or may not act in harmony with
Mr.. Evarts in furthering the objects OF
the Conference. In view Of the we'll
known feelings Of President Arthur and
Secretary Folger upon the matter, 1t
may be fairly presumed neither Mr..
Morton nor Mr.. Walker, II they be ap-
pointed to all the vacancies, will make
any extraordinary efforts to carry out
the object of the Conference.
With these facts before ~ taken In
connection with the further fact that
neither the English nor German Gov
ernments have yet shown any shangein
their former attitude toward the object OF
the Conference it must be confessed the
outlook for the establishment Of IN In
ternational monetary standard in the
near future is not at all flattering. In
the first place bi-metallists at the Con-
ference will he embarrassed by the pro-
nounced hostility of the President and
Secretary Of the Treasury of this coun-
try to any measure lookiugto the full ~
monetization Of silver. In the second
place England and Germany will turn y
cold shoulder to the purposes Of the
meeting, and in the third place bi-nlet-
allists Themselves are not agreed
a. to the best manner Of carry
ing out their programme. So the
probability is the Conference will par
take more of the nature of an interna-
tional debating society than the DELHI
erations of a body Of men firmly intent
upon the carrying out Of given project,
aud will finally agree to disagree or ad-
journ over to meet again next year in
the hore that public opinion in England
and Germany will by that time forcethe
governments of those nations into active
cooperation with France and the United
States I'm the establishment Of an inter-
national monetary standard. The prns-
pects are that both England and Ger
many will soon have to yield to the
pressure of public opinion upon this sub
ject. Bi-nleta]lism ia making great pro
gress in both countries. In the latte
country the "Cernian Union Of
International Double-Standard lie about
to start an organ in its advocacy,
and in England stn.icties are being
formed whose object is IN agitation in
favor Of the adoption Of the double
standard. These movements will soon
be felt in the councils Of those nations,
and in due time will yield their fruit in
= universal recognition If the benefit.
Of bi-metallic currency. The meeting
recently held at the Mansion House,
London, ut which, Mr.. Grenfel, governor
Of the Bank Of England, and Mr.. Gibbs,
Il former governor, and now a director
Of the hank, took an active part, is full
Of signifi canoe. This meeting took
strong ground in favor Of bi-metallisn,,
and will have powerful effect in favor
Of the white metal. Whether that and
other meetings for similar purpose re-
Gently held in Germany and England
will have much weight in the forthcon,-
ing Conference cannot ut this date le
determined. What we most fear is the
lukewarmnr>s of the representatives Of