The leader., 1889-10-12
AMERICAS CONVENTION.
The International Congress to Meet at
Washington.

Washington.
The delegates to the International Ameri-
can Congress at Washington assembled at
the State Department, and at 10 o'clock by
appointment, proceeded in body from a
waiting room to the diplomatic reception
room. Here they were presented to Secre-
tary Blaine who delivered an address of well
come
After the preliminary ceremonies at the
State Department the delegates were es-
corted to the White House, where they were
presented to President Harrison. Short
complimentary addresses were made by sew
eral of the delegates which were replied to
by the President in the same courteous tone.
The scope and purposes of the Congress,
as stated in the law passed May "a, 1888, are
to consider:
First-Measures that shall tend to preserve
the peace and promote the prosperity of the
several American States.
Secondly-Measures toward the formation
of an American Customs Union, under which
the trade of the American nations with each
other shall, so far as possible and profitable,
be promoted.
Thirdly-The establishment of regular and
frequent communication between the ports
of the several American States and the ports
of each other.
Fourthly-The establishment of uniform
-
independent American States, to govern the
mode of importation and expectation of mer.
chandise and port dues and charges a uni
form method of determining the classifica-
tlon and valuation of such merchandise in the
ports of each country, and uniform system
of invoices; and the subject of the sanitation
of ships and quarantine
Fifthly-The adoption of uniform system
of weights and measures and laws to protect
the patent rights, copyrights and trade
marks of citizens of either country in the
other, and for the extradition of criminals.
Sixthly-T'he adoption of common silver
coin, to be issued by each government, the
same to be legal tender in all commercial
transactions between the citizens of all of the
American States
Seventhly-An agreement upon and rec
ommendation for adoption to their respec-
tive governments of definite plan of arbi-
tratiOn of all questions, disputes and differ
ences that may now or hereafter exist be-
tween them, to the end that all difficulties
and disputes between such nations may be
peeceably settled and wars prevented.
Elghthly-And to consider such other sub
jects relating to the welfare of the several
States represented as may be presented by
any of said States.
The countries represented and their dele
gates are as follows:
Argentine Republic-Vicente G.. Quesada,
Rogue Saenz Pena, Manuel Quintana. Bo-
livia-Juan P. Velarde. Brazil-Lafayette
Rodriguez Pereira, J. G. de Amaral Valente,
Salvador de Mendonca. Chili-Emilio c..
Varas, Jose Alfonso. Colombia-Jose M. Hur-
tado, Carlos Martinez de Silva, Climaco Cal
deron. Costa Rica-Manuel Aragon. Ecuador
Jose Maria Placido Caamano. Guatemala
Fernando Cruz. MISUNDERSTANDING
Zelaya. Mexico-Matias Romero, j. N.
Navarro, Jose Y. Limantour Nicaragua
Horacio Guzman. Peru-F. C. C. Zegarra
San Salvador-Jacinto Castlelanos Manuel
Valdivieso. United States-John B. Hender-
son, Cornelius N. Bliss, Charles R. Flint,
Clement Studebaker, T. Jefferson Coolidge,
w. H. Trescot, Andrew Carnegie, Henry G.
Davis, M. NJ. Estee, John F. Hanson. Uruguay
Alberto Min. Observation-Disclosures Bolet
Peraza, F. A. Silva. Jose Andrade