New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-23
THE SCIENTISTS STUDIES
HIMETALLISM DISCUSSED BY THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION.
THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
PROFESSOR LECoNTE FOR PRESIDENT
ROCHESTER THE PLACE FOR
THE NEXT MEETING.

oroi sections of the American Association for the
Advancement Of Science was concluded TODAY, anu te
association adjourned till Tuesday evening. when tle
anaI general session will be held Meanwhile MohoaJ
and Tuesday will be occupied by meetings OF the geoi'
| gists American and international. 80
| At q meeting Of the Nominating Committee "a '''
American Association for the Advancement OF sclence'
held last night the Of the following persons "eie
recommended to the General Association fer election
for tie ensuing year
President, Professor Joseph Leconte, Of the uhl-
ysr;y Of Bee EsS s Nsvp Wash
ngtqn CITY Professor S b Fl Tho sr:d s' spnger
G yersy D Professor John D. Johnson Washing
OF Cornell F, Professor s r. Gage Of Cornell II bo w.
eroy Ohio; permanent secretary, F. W. Putnam u
Harvard University general secretary amos copncis
Professor T. H. Norton, Cincinnati secretaries OF &c.
lions a, Professor W Upton Of BToWn Unyer Ney
orleans C. Professor j. L. Howe, POLYTECHNIC lnsIl-
tute Louisville D. Professor H. Landnth Of Nsnaer
state University, Madison Wis F. Procssor bS, d.
astead Bngcrs coese IL wo Mr. S The OF eooscal
survey. Washington: treasurer william Lux Salem,
| Chunk Penn; auditors DR.. H. Wheatianu' penn
| Mass, and Professor Mehan Germantown i'""'
The committee recommend that the next meeting Oh
the association DO held in August, 1872, at hocho'i'
n. Y.
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reputation as geoIogist and is also an authority OIL
standing Oh optics, aerostatlcs physiology ara oter
branches Of science lie has given special ATTENTION
| to binocular VISION certain obscure phystooGo fnhc
lions of the human body. aerial navigation ana many
other subjects He was bern in Liberty County
| Ca on February 26, 1923. and was grad'a'eu
| at the University of Georgia in 1s41. lie
obtained his medical degree at the College OF
| Physicians and Surgeons, New-iork CITY, III l04''
and settling in Macon Ca, pacsed his profession lor
several years In 1850 he entered the Lawrence
scientific School at Harvard, and devoted MS ATTENTION
principally to the natural sciences ana geot"eS huo
Louis Agassiz. lie received the degree Oh b. . III
| 1851, during the same year accoinpaIieu ASiSs
| on an exploring expedition to Flord1 In 1897 ~
became professor Of natural in Oglethorp' o
lege and a year later called to the clar o. ,,
| and natural history in Franklin College u OoP'sN
in 1857 the protessorship Of chemistry ai 49, -
south Carolina College, and in 1869 becado I,
| geology and natural history in the - go srca
| fornla with which he has been cc"'T Ctsa..
Du'is 'p0 va" ~ ,oAuoO f medicine and in
similar capacity to the nitr anu '',,'"e r.,
1s64,65 He received the "e.eo VI l.' - -, ~ -
verslty of Georgia in 1870 anu - iII" - -
scientific societies. inc,unie INC ->S'on"i A'"'e' "
eo,oos liz oroct;d will be only matter OF course
- oii thotGll the other nominees will also be
| ,.I ~ ~ aeral meeting such being the usual
80 - s occurred last year at indianapolis
"t,"o.;o sbord be raised to Mr. Horton on account
80 MI ,.iews on silver The substitution OF ProfeSsor
Ir,as Cow dr. Horton at indianapolis last year. how
- o,,r the latter had received the Endorsement OF
~ initiating committee, was an Unprecedented
L. on the part Of the general session. Mr.. Hor
s,o ,,nrd now think that he has really claim
~ ,ho oWe Should he be elected, the economic sec
uo ,yi, pass into entirely hands, as neither Mr.
I.o. Mr. Ward, who is nominated for secretary.
hse Ter before attended meeting Of the section.
re silver question before the Economic section
B., 7,e reading of two papers, that Of Mr. Atkinson
Free conage-why not2" and that Of E. T. Peters,
III Washington, on THE coinage ratio in our silver
policy Mr. Atkinson's paper read In his absence
by Secretary FerDow 1t pointed out clearly the alb
sudity and injustice of free coinage under existing
egalten laws and suggested an Ingenious method OF
free coinage which would be Just to all, namely, by
first modify legaltcnder laws, so that silver shall be
a legal tender only when stipulated between con
tracing parties This, however would not answer
the demand of the freeconage advocates, subserve
tie ends they have in view. Dr. Peters, on the other
hand advocates bmetalllsm the basis of a ratio
OF value preferably 10 IL to J. to BE- agreed upon by
such nations as be brought 70 Join the United
statos in that policy. He would make both gold and
silver OF legal standard the theory that International
action will be adequate preserve the relation SO es
tabllshed within range Of fluctuations less than the
cost OF coinage, that, II this ratio should be eX
cecded the increased demand for tho deprecated metal
would stimulate additional production and restore the
legal ratio. Mr.. Horton not present, ard
in the discussion time only suifced for one
member 10 speak before the recess. His position
TO bimetalism Dr. Peters having eX-
pressed the view that free coinage under existing
conditions without any International union would re-
suit in driving gold out Of the country and substituting
q debased and fuetuating monetary standard, the
resolution pending before the section amended
as TO dlscOuntenance free coinage with egal-tender
laws as they now stand. and in that form 1t was
seconded by Dr. Peters. but as no action had been
taken on il by the sectional committee, the vote was
deferred.
At the general session several important resou-
tons were passed, including one recognizing the
service to science Of the Wheeling Construction Com
pany In sinking the deepest well but one In the
world and favorng action to sink It 5000 feet deeper;
another recommending that the Government under
take or foster plans for water management irriga-
ton and drainage In the humid well as the arid
regions: and anOthc? in favor OF establishing No
ona ArboTctum.
George A. Priest explained the collection Of statistics
# manufacturers the eleventh and advocated
the establishment of permanent census bureau Pro
lessor c. " Riley gave forecast of the groSs1opper
corgc showing the situation T. be reassurng and most
Of the sensational reports unfounded. paper of
practical value by Professors G.. l. Spencer and Il.
=. Ewcll on Limitation Conees" read
,efore the Chemical Section. The paper stated
that the writer's had examined number
Of imitation coifees in connection with the food
Investigations OF the Department Of Agriculture.
Dr. Thoma, Taylor, United States microscopic, De
partment Ct Agriculture. read paper entitled The
of Fish oil in Llnseed oil when Used as
IN Adulterant by sve, Nitrate solution In paper
entitled Archaeological Contraventons.' by Ger
,rd Fowe Ii stated that, since the first decade of
Inc present century speculation has been active con
erning the origin. identity and fate OF the mound
builders. lie thought that these people were probably
primitive.
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