New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-02
SCOPE OF THE CONGRESS.
coprCS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE DELE
GATES FROM THE THREE AMERICAS.
a SESSION FOR ORGANIZATION TO BE HELD IN
WASHINGTON To.DAY-THE PROBABLE
oFFICERs-PURPosE OF THE
COMING TOUR
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Washington. Oct. 1.-The International Amer
tsan Conference as it is styled in the official
bulletins of the State Department, will begin
tomorrow, when official organization Will be
Effected This Congress- or. " Conference" is the
outgrowth of q policy initiated by President Gar
feld eight years ago, on the suggestion OF MI
Blaine who was then, as he is now, Secretary OF
State. II would be proftless to recall the cir
eumstances which led TO the temporary abandon
pent of that policy. The report of the South
American Commission aftcrward appointed-crude
md imperfect though that report was-did much to
revive interest in the subject. and played its part
In inspiring the legislation which has resulted in
The assembling of the "Conference'
II is proper 10 state here the scope and purposes
of the Conference as outlined in the law approved
Nav "a 1883 In that act the President was
directed in forwarding the invitations to the Gov-
ernments specified, to set forth that the Conference
was called 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 oil an
American Customs Union, under which the trade
of the American nations with each other snail, so
far as possible and profitable, be promoted
Thirlly-Thc establishment of regular and fire.
ouent communication between the ports of the
several American States and the ports of each
other.
Fourthly-The establishment of uniform sys-
tenn of customs regulations in each of the lnde-
pendent American States, TO govern the mode OF
importation and expectation of merchandise and
port dues and charges a uniform method OF de-
tcrmining the classification and valuation of such
merchandise in the ports Of each country, and a
uniform system of invoices and the subject of
the sanitation of ships and quarantine.
Fifthly-The adoption of a uniform system OF
weights and measures, and laws to protect the
patent rights copyrights and trademarks OF citi-
,ens Of either country in the other, and for the
e1tradtion of criminals.
Sxthy-Tbe adoption of common silver coin,
70 be issued by each Government, the same to be
O legal-tender in all commercial transactions be
tween tie citizens Of all Of the American States.
Seventhly-An agreement upon and recon-
nendation for adoption TO their respective Gov
ernments Of a definite plan of arbitration of all
questions disputes and differences that may now
or hereafter exist between them, TO the end that
al difficulties and disputes between such Nations
may be peaceaby settled, and wars prevented
Eghthly-And 10 consider such other subjects
relating to the welfare Of the several States
represented as may be presented by any of said
States.
Tho invitation was sent, in due course, TO
South America Hayti, San Domingo and Brazil;
and has been accepted by all of them except
Paraguay IIayti and San Domingo. 1t appears
that the reason for San Domingos decInanon was
the failure of the commercial treaty negotiated
when Mr. Felnghuysen was Secretary OF state,
and aftcrward withdrawn from the Senate by
Secretary Bayard The declinatiOn of San DO
olingo is q matter of regret, and there IS some
round 10 hope that il may be rcconsidcrcd, so
wilt In cd when the !
bnference IeasscmblcS in Was hington next
nonth The conference will consist of thirty !
eight delegates as follows:
Argentine Republic-Nicente G. Quesada, Rogue !
Saenz pena Manuel Quntana. Bolivia-Juan +. |
veardc Brazl-Lafayette Rodriguez Pereira, !
J. g. de Amaral Nalentc, Salvador de Mendonca.
ChH-Emilio c. Va-as, Jose Alfonso. Colombia
Jose NJ Hurtado, Carlos Martinez de Silva, Climaco |
Calderon Costa Rica-Manuel AragOl. Ecuador |
Jose Maria IacidO CaamanC. Guatemala
Fernando Cruz MISUNDERSTANDING Zelaya. |
MexicO-Alatias Romero, j. y. Navarro, jose \.
Lmantour Nicarag agua-HOrclo Guzman. ieruI|
I. C. I. Icgaua San Salvador-Jachtc Cast9i-
lanOs Manuel NaldiviesU. United States-John B
hendels SON. Cornelius y. Bliss, Charles H. thnt, /
Clement Studebaker, T. Jefferson Coolldge, " II. |
lpscolt Andrew Carnegie, Henry o. Davis VI; VI
Eslre ,johl +. Hanson. Uruguay Alberto Mn. /
Venezuela -Nicanor Boet Peraza. f. \. Silva,
OF the foreign delegates, seven represent their !
respective Governments III Washington IN a DIP
omatic capacity They are Seniors QueSada, Vafas,
hsrtado, Romero, Giuzman Zogarra, ana silva.
On questions which may arise in the conference
requiring show of hands, each country VIII DE
entitled To one VOTE that the voice OF honduras
with her single delegate, or little Salvador WIN
her two delegates, Will be AS powerful as timt
Of the United States with ten delegates From
oil that can be learned here respecting them, tbe
foreign delegates are men of marked ablllly, many
OF whom have had the benefit of much experience |
In public affairs IL is to be expected that each
one of them will faithfully represent the interests
Of his country and reflect the policy OF the Coy
ernment which sent him here. Why should ne
not do so And why should not representative
of the United States do so?
1t is understood that the long journey which
the delegates are to make before the ASCENDING
OF the Copferelce for business will be supple
mented, after the deliberations OF that body are
concluded, by journey through the Southern
States, which may include visit 10 the Pacific
coast Some of the foreign delegates look upon
this Iourneylng as sort of spree while others,
who Will be glad to see the country and stHdy
It's resources, are inclined to repine because they
will be obliged TO compress SO much into so small
o space. The foreign delegates held a private
conference this afternoon and second one To-
night, 10 decide upon the presiding officer of the
Conference, and as to who shall respond TO the
address which Secretary Blaine Is expected 10
meke. Mr.. Blaine undoubtedly will be chosen
president Of the Congress- but it is probable that
he will not be able 10 preside regularly, and
that q vice-president will act in his stead. II
l. understood that Senior Romero the Mexican
Minister, who heads the delegation from that
Republic, Will probably be selected. lie is s.
thorough English scholar and knows the Unitel
States almost as well as he does his own country
>, The American delegates called on Secretary
Blaine at noon to-day, according TO instructions
sent out from the State Departments MIR. Coo
lidge the only delegate who did not appear,
being detained by his business in Boston, where
he VIII loin the party later; c nan 49,.
Mayor Grant, OF New-Y York, 10 meet the Congress
~ West Point on Thursday, and return with the
party 70 New-York City on the Yorktown.