The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-11
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Mr.. Marble Reports the Result Of his Csnddsn-
tial Mission to Europe.
Report OF tho Commissioners Of Emigra-
ton of the state OF Now York Go the
Secretary Of the Treasury-Antece-
dents OF Late AppOintees.


and President Cleveland the results OF his
ccnfdentia; mission there, in which
be has been employed since last May.
The chasacte- and purpose OF this mission
now first made public, ard which are fully
stated in the following letter OF instructions
from 6ecretsry Bayard to Mr.. Marble, and
his circular letter to our Ministers IN Eng
land, France aud Germany, show that the
President, whatever the views expressed in
his silver letter written at Albany before his
term Of Office began, or those which he made
thereafter, set forth in lis first message TO
Congress, promptly accepted The duty i'm
posed upon biIa by the existing laws of Con-
g-esS requiring a renewed endeay0r ia pro-
mote q bi-rnetallic union With the leading
nations Of Europe:
lCcpy-CenGdential.j
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WAsHISefcS, May 10, 1855.
Manton Marble, Esq, New York:
efR-The President has hsd in review the several
successive acts OF Congress OF the United States
from March, 1876, 10 July, 1Ssl which. Ruthoriz-
teasI NonesS cerereaSe at Paris S 81 Hpr
July, 1851, AID also negotiations with foreign gov
ernneRts under tire acts OF June, q, 1879. and
the S same under The he oct Of July = 1855,
have sought 10 prepare for, promote and obtain
the adoption Of a common ralio between gold and
ally the use OF bi-metsllic money and securing
SIXTY OF value between those metals. In COM
these farioss acts Of Congress Ia furthcrSnce Of
their object, and in execution OF the policy they
prescribe 70 the executive, am directed by the
tency IN the practical monetary and economic
sciences, 20 request that you proceed 20 Europe at
Che esrlieyt date WHICH shall suit your conven-
ience, and by personal conference with the ex-
pert advisers and statesmen Of the principal gov
ernments OF Europe, and il conjunction Win
near those governments - particularly with
our Ministers % Great Britain. FRANCE
aid Germany, 10 whom you VIII
OF this Instruction viii be eonfdentislly trans
mitied, and who VIII be directed 20 facilitate the
object in view 10y every means IN their poverty
SFs0la, conference with Representatives oi those
governments duly apthorizcd in this behalf. tina,
you assist the hinisters oil the United States 20 as
governments in respect 10 such an establishment.
Internationally, oisa fixed relative value between
DC 80 metals. one ratio OF weight between coins
f ff -f coins OF silver. the free coinage of both
H.fls. taC Hiuts OF ali, and the international
Cse Is 60 2 metals a. money oi unlimited legal
tender. lour services 10 the Government in this
and viii end before the rsasSeu milling of Con
greSs in beeelaAeT EeAt I Eais sir, your obedieHt
serTGDtl I. :. BAYARD.
iCcnadentiall
DEPARTMENT or STATE, I
WASHINGTON, Nay II, 1853.
Robert ~. McIane, Isl. Paris:
sIE-Mr- MantOn Marble has been chosen by The
President as the confidential agent of the Govern
ment OF the United States 10 visit the
principal countries OF Europe 70 ascertain
The present opinions and rgrpose. OF their gov,
silver, and their unrestricted coinage and colat-
erai use as money in domestic circulation ard
INJUNCTION given 20 Mr. Marble viii poss 81 y sS
OF the objects o! his mission and the manner and
event of the aid which you and the other Minis
tiers OF the United States 60 whom like instrric-
ton is addressed VIII be expected 60 assist him.
A ii Is diGcuh "a 0Yerstate the Importance OF the
question. and the momentous consequences 20
solution, the necessity for accurate and full
knowledge OF all the facts and OF the real inten-
lions and attitude of the leading powers OF Eu-
rope in regard thereto becomes apparent. de-
SIRE therefore, that not later than the Ist OF No
yembeT next, with the assistance of Mr.. Marbles
labor You win enable the President 20 lay before
Congress information, coupled with proper sug-
gestiOns, which may make practical such legisla-
impress upon you the necessity for reticenee as 60
Mr. Marbles functions. You VIII naturally regard
this instruction FOR the present rs personal with
holding 10 from the files OF the Legation until the
proper time arrives for making il OF record. !
TT BAY,nD.
Mr.. Marble has spent the last four or Eve
months in personal conferences with the
principle members of Finance Ministers of
the Governments in London, Paris and
Berlin, and in such consultation with the
leading economists and monetary experts
OF the three great Powers OF Europe, in
Guiding all the principle bi-Inotallists in
England; conversations OF such
character, especially with the lead
are, OF course, confidential, unless il is de-
sired to create difficulty like that which
lately arose between Lord Granville and
Prince Bismarck concerning the alleged adj
vice OF the latter OH the occupation OF Egypt.
But the State Department permits It to be
known that Mr. Marbles private letters to
Secretary Bayard and the President have re-
counted his discussians respecting an Inter-
national By-Metallie Union, held with an
extraordinary number of persons in those
countries of the highest competency in this
regard. by their political rank and influence
or by their cxdert knowledge. For example,
OF the opposition.
OF the opposition leaders in Great Britain
Mr.. Gladstone, Mr.. Childers Mr.. Goshen,
the eminent economist and statesman, who
was in 1876 the chairman of the House of
Commons Committee on the Depreciation OF
Silver, and in 1873 the chief delegate of
Great Britain 10 the international Monetary
Conference at Paris; Earl Spencer, the late
Lord Lieutenant OF Ireland: Lord Roseberry,
Lord Sherbrockc, who, as Robert Lowe, was
formerly Chancellor OF the Exchcquef under
Mr.. Gladstone; j. X. Cross, the late Parlia-
mentary Under Secretary OF State for India;
Sir William Harc0urt, John Bright, etc. OF
the present Government, Lord 1ddcsieigb,
First Lord OF the Treasury, who, as Sir
Stafford Northcote, was Chancellor of the
Exchequer under Lord Beaconsfeld; Sir
Michael Hicks-Beaci, the present Chancellor
OF the Exchequer, whose melton defeated
the Gladstone Government in the House OF
Commons last June; Robert Griffin, formerly
an editor of the London Economist and
President Of the Statistical Society, now at
the head OF tho Commercial Department of
the Board of Trade. OF other well-knOwn
men, Mr. Henry Il. Greenfell, whose writings,
with those OF Henry Gibbs, have chiefly mp
held bi-metallism in England, both direc-
tors OF the same bank; Professor J. Il. Tho
rad Rogers, of Cambridge; Professor Da-
Wis Mason of EdInburg; Professor James
Boyce, Of Oxford, NJ. p; Samuel Smith,
who with S. Williamson, represents bi-met-
allism and Liverpool in the House OF Com
mons: Mr.. Herbert Spencer, Count Munster
and NJ. Waddington. The German and French
Ambassadors in England, besides numer-
Gus merchants, bankers, and publicists,
many Of the latter having been brought to-
gether from all parts OF Europe by the fifty
year jubilee OF the Statistical Society held in
London last June. OF France and Germany,
the princiDal men with whom Mr.. Mar