The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-23
The Silver Men Prepared to Sink Party
Affiliations.
THE PROPOSED BINETiLLIC CONVENTION.
An international Conference Favored by the Admin
istratien-A Special Message to Be Sent
to Congress.
Special TO THE MORNING CALs.

Advertisers Washington special says: The
extreme silver men, leaders in the silver
cause, are in dead earnest They may be
Democrats or may be Republicans. but they
are for silver first and foremost, and, If
necessary. 10 the exclusion and sacrifice OF
all other party affiliations. In fact, Ii was
stated this morning by one fully conversant
with the ideas of the silver people in Con-
gress that the threat to bolt meant what it
eXpressed-that if the Republicans at Min
neapolis nominated a ticket on a platform
inimical or equivocal toward silver, and if
the Democrats at Chicago nominate sim
liar ticket, the liver men. West and South.
either with or without the cooperation OF
the Farmers Alliance, would bolt both
tickets and run ticket of their own on this
direct and sole issue.
WASHINGTON. April 22.-It was ascer-
tanned from the members Of Congress who
attended the meeting of the National Silver
Committee last night that the interest and
demand for silver legislation by this Con-
gress shows no abatement. Hope was ex-
pressed that some action might yet be taken
by Congress on the Bland bill or some other
measure for the full reconciliation Of
silver. The question OF All international
monetary conference is only incidentally
mentioned, as no confidence is felt among
the frec-coinage men in tho outcome. There
was no expression on the part of those pres
ent that could be interpreted as fayoTing
the immediate formation of third party. as
suggested heretofore. A humber declared
that they would not vote for the Presi-
! Dental candidate who was against free
| coinage. The Bimetallic League topic re-
| ceives much discussion and there is gen.
eral impression that such league should
| be formed.
While it is an open secret that the Presi-
| dent is endeayorlng to secure an interna-
| ti0nal conference on the silver question the
! closest reticence III regard TO the whole sub
! ject is maintained at the White House and
| the Treasury Department ). Dana HOr-
| ton, the con fidential representative of this
| Government, spent a year or more among
| the financial officers of the Governments of
| Great Britain, France, Prussia, Austria and
J Italy, for the purpose of aseertaining their
| views on the subject of bimetallic stan
| dard. he made elaborate private reports
| OF the result of his mission. He is now in
| Washington, and frequent visitor TO the
| State and Treasury departments. IL is said
| the reports received from different countries
| have satisfied the President of the adytS-
| ability of an International conference, and
| that he has practically decided to take the
| initiative in the matter. Ii is understood he
| will soon send special message to Con-
gress transmitting the correspondence on
| the subject
The published reports that the President
| has practically completed arrangements
| looking TO an International monetary con-
| ference, 10 be held early next summer, aud
| that invitations have been issued to the
| foreign @ yeTnments to participate therein.
| were not received with any display of en-
! thusiasm by the silver Senators. Senator
| Stewart was nutspoken In characteriZing
| the alleged plan as IAN electi0neering de-
| vice, absolutely devoid of any honest pur-
pose, to carry out an expressed declaration
/ that Congress- favors the fun remOnetiZau IN
of silver" Senator Teller does not see how
| the conference can have any practical re-
| suits In view of the insurmountabe limits-
! tiOn to be placed upon the conference.
according TO reports 1t is quite clear that
| none OF the Republican silver Senators have
been taken into the confidence of the al
ministratiOu on this latest alleged project.
| One of them says he knew that some such
plan was in con Dtemplation; that this Gov
| eTnment had already made overture;
| TO the Governments of European
countries looking to conference,
| but as be had been informed that before any
! definite proposition was submitted To The
parties TO the conference, the silver Sena
tors would be consulted. He was sur.
| prised to read that there had already been q
| practical agreement which had absolutel J
negatived any idea tina; the result of the
conference would he as it was intended by
Congress to be, the restoration OF silver tc
| its place as money metal. This Senator
limited that the administration and not
/ Great Britain, as reported, had really sc.
cuIeu the aileReu LIMITATION OIL tue subJec
to be passed upon by the conference TO TIE
Consideration OF the means 10 secure th'
enlarged use OF silver as money, and pre-
sented the consideration of the question o.
the best means of securing the free coinag,
of silver. He held, and other silver Sena
| tors entertained the same belief, that III,
conference would come TO nothing unless il
was allowed TO consider the free-coinag6
question.
WASHINGTON, April o. The Nationa
Silver Committee this morning decided {,
call national bimetallic convention in thi
city May 26. The formal call and address
is to be issued tomorrow evening.