St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-09
Talking About silver.

WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-Mr. Manton
Marble, who returned from Europe a few
DAYS ago, has reported in person to Secre-
tary Eayard and President Cleveland the
results of his confidential mission there, in
which he has been engaged since last May.
The character and purpose OF this impor-
tant mission, now first made public, and
which are fully stated in the following let
ter of instructions from Secretary Bayard
to Mr.. Marble. and his circular letter to our
ministers in England, France and Germany,
Messrs. Phelps. AIcLane and PendletOn,
show that the president, whatever the views
expressed in his silver letter written at AL
banv before his term of Office began, there
are those which he may hereafter set forth
In his first message to congress, promptly
accepting the duty imposed upon him by
the existing law of congress requiring a
new endeavor to promote bimetallic
union with the leading nations of Europe.
TCopy-Confidential
Department. of State, Washington, May IS,
ISS5.-MantOn Marble. Esq, New York, Sir:
The president has had in review the several
successive acts of congress of the United
States. from March, 1876, to July. 1884, which
authorizing the commission of 1876, the inter-
national monetary conference at Paris OF
April to July. 1881, and also negotiations with
foreign governments uuuST lil6 dCIS VI a uuS
81, 1879, and Aug. 1, 1SS2, and the eontln-
nance of the same under the act of July Z,
1854, have sought to prepare for, promote
and obtain the adoption of a common ratio
between gold and silver for the purposes of
establishing internationally the use of BIZ
metallic money and securing fiXity of value
between those metals. In compliance with
uniform purpose indicated in these various
acts OF congress in furtherance of their OBJ
jects and Ill execution OF the policy they pre-
scribe 10 the executive, l am directed by tn g
president, who recognized your
ESPECIAL COMPETENCY
in the practical monetary and economic
science to request that you proceed to
Europe at the earliest date which shall sr1i +
your convenience and by personal conference
with the expert advisor and statesmen of the
principal governments of Europe, and in con-
junction with the members representing the
United States there near these governments
particularly with our members to Great Brit
ian, France and Germany, to whom you will
be duly accredited, and TO whom copies of
this instruction will be confdentially trans
mitted and who will be directed to facilitate
the object in view by every means in their
power by personal conference with repre-
sentativeS Of those governments duly author
iZed in this behalf, that you assist the minis
Iers of the United States to ascertain the
present opinions and purposes of those gov
erumentS in respect to such an establish
ment internationally of fixed relative value
between two metals, one ratio of weight be-
tween coins OF gold and coin of silver, the
free coinage of both metals at Inints of all
and the international use of both metals as
money of unlimited legal tender, your service
to the government in this special confidential
mission to begin at once aud will end on or
before the reassembling of congress in De-
cember next. l am, sir, your obedient SER
want, L. +. BAYARD.
TConfidential.
Department of State, Washington, D.
c., May II, 1SS5.-Robert NJ. McLane,
ESQ. Paris. Sir: Mr.. Manton Marble has been
chosen by the president as the confidential
agent of the government of the United States