New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-14
AFREE COINAGE FIGHT AHEAD
ANOTHER STRUGGLE CANNOT BE AvERTED
Mr. TEILER's RESOLUTION FOR AN INTERNA'
TgoNAI. CONFERENCE LIKELY TO PASS.
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Washington Jan. 13.-The Finance committee
of the Senate Will hold n special mceuhg ."
Friday TO dispose Of Of the business referred 10
II since the beginning Of the session Intli "-u"S'
when he appeared and sworn in for another term
Mr.. Jones' Of Nevada has been absent from Washing
ton and Mr.. Vance Mr.. voorhees, ana Dir. sheiina"
all members Of the committee, have Also been away
part OF the time since the end OF the honday ioes'
The committee will probably report favorably at once
upon Mr. Telers resolution for an international shver
conference This measure has the support OF Me
anti free coinage Senators as well as the more iaoo
friends Of divers on the Republican side, ana IL WI"
probably pass the Senate early In the present seS'o
It's provisions sensible and moderate and are en-
t,rely In harmony with the policy Of the ADMINISTRATOR
ON the diver question Mr. Teller properly leaves the
sppontment OF delegates from the United STATES rs
well as the control Of the arrangements WIN o'"e'
Powers 10 the scope and character OF the eoieIo'
to the Executive, who alone, of course shouu nave
such power and direction In any international proJecV
The Springer proposition on the contrary Vioa'e'
usage and proprety by vestng the choice oi uoioso
partly In the House, partly In the senate ana party
Ia tho President, and in other ways hampers te En-
ecutive any negotiations that Will nave 70 NC GU
terod into with other Powers to secure eone'ehco ny
authority already given him.
The President has for some time been WORKING W
convince the leading financial countries In Europe Oh
the advantage Of participating In another geherai
silver conference and he recently instructed Sinister
Lincoln 10 enter into negotiations with the BRUSH
Government TO determine what basis, IL any, ure''
Britain would consent TO participate IN such
congress. The Teller resolution Will not Interfere
with these or other negotiations carried on through
the state Department and will, perhaps, be OF some
value IN increasing their chances OF success IL Is
the opinion OF leading senators and members, how
ever that the Springer pan If adopted without sweep
Ing notifications will pretty certainly prove rmnous
20 the success Of any international conference
Though Mr.. Teller and other Republican advocates
In the senate Of the free coinage of silver VIII
cordially support the international conference prof.
ect they Will not in the least abandon their efforts
10 get an absolute free coinage bill through Congress
OF this session. such bill. introduced by Mr.
Stewart, viii be reported upon, though adversely by
the Senate Finance Committee, and Will Inevitably
come before the senate. The determination OF inc
House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures
To report a similar bill favOraby makes II certain
that The fee coinage question will also be taken up
I'm The House whether the international conference
project goes through successfully or not The pest
Judges In both houses admit freely tha anOth strus
gle over free coinage cannot readily be aVolded at
This session of Congress.