Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-26
BY THE AMERICAN DELEGATES
Allison Explains Tho Position Of Him.
self and Colleagues.
ACTION POSTPONED r'..L LATEn
Peculiar ueiipsior oi thr EnGii,h
beie=nti.i ,hcy scftn be
Ia Iiufrg


made by the American duitrn,ca At
ycsierdsy'8 session Of the monetary
couiefeuce were printed 10 English
aud French and distributed am0ng the
delegates whom the conferences RESUME
ed its sitting thi, morning. The pro-
po,als, In part, sAy: at IL generally
admitted there has been a very large
dcpIeci tiOB Ia silver as compared
with gold. The frequent violent fIctu.
eIj = In gold ana Ia the price otsilver
incident thereto are injurious 10 the
cpiuiuufcal mud other economic inter.
.sls OF nj. civilized courtrieH nui are
causing serious evils and Inconvenience
to tIaio thvfuil extent Vi which cannot
yet bu measured. II II the unanimous
opinion OF the people OF tue United
States that The establishment ola fiS!iy
oi value VI gold aud silver aud thu
lull use o. stver az coin negal upOu
ratio liked by nu agreement between
The great commercial ceuier- VI the
world, would greatly promote the pos.
| perity Of NJ classes VI people. They
/ believe public sentiment Ia favor NJ
larger use Of silver 10 steadily growing,
\ thh AihN NiANNAtAt lAhlAhlVAN ibA 80
| International conference GA the sub
Ject. The government OF the United
states, while frankly disciusing It's
own yipw., does not wish TO impose
any cou1it!On that viii cmbarrlss any
| government willing 10 c4nles on the
| question, The United States delegates
| Iva conformity WIN uhu general purpose
u the conference, HubmllH the follow
lag resolution:
| Resolved, That In the opinion OF this
conference, tes'rnblo moaua should he
i0unI for incroasiug tue uas VI silver
tue currency sysEens OF tho nations
Of tue wOrld.
The document went on 10 say that II
was the desire anu expectation tnat the
powers represented at the conferences
would submit 10 proposals tenIered TO
this end, and further, that such PRO.
posals should have precejence over
any others.
In addition to this the delegates
submitted n plan as foiloss:
Firsl, that which Moritz Levi pro.
posed at the conference OF 1881; sec.
Ondiy, the plan ~ Professor = Irltrf;
AMI, lastly, the plan submitted by tue
delegates.
Ia explaining the position OF himself
and colleagues, senator Allison said
that while they came representing the
government Of the United states AM
! fayOflng tue binctallic plan, they were
/ willing q difcusa any plans calCulatei
| g promote an Increase in the value VI
silver tuilion. He said 1t was 10 the
/ interest VI the people Oi the United
states a. well "a those VI other LaliOus
/ 10 secure under an International
II n m ala if.r /
ment.
sir Charles Riv,r..Wiisln said the
British delegates adhered 70 the
| American resolution, which was really
the bass on which the conference met.
sir. IierarJ Of this French delegation
thought the methods OF procedure pro.
Iioscl by the American, peculiar. He
wished u say, however, for the French
delegation, tnat they CANE with thu
earnest desite 10 consider mos. cor.
daily every proposition 10 reliaDuitale
ailver.
Toe Austrian AMI German deiesa.
lions inlimatei that they were III.
s,fuct,d IL say that they SHOULD not
assentio any modification ui their OK.
istlns moDulaEy iawt.
The Dutch, spanish and Mex lean
| delegates assunted To vote iRvbfabiy
on the American resolutions while tne
! Russian, Italian, RJumauian, Swiss
aud Greek urless,us declared under
Instructions that they were not per.
mlttcd 10 vote on the resolutions.
The conference ultimately resolved,
| ia aucOriauCp with the request Ol
senator Al!isoa, 10 postpone auslOn on
the American proposals untii later, aud
meet on Monday u consider thu pr.-
I0sals submitted by tho tolhchilds OF
the British delegation.
the ENGLISH DELEGATES.
LOSDoN, Nov. Is. - Sir William
| NrfDDn Hauourt, chancellor VI the
exchcquer, instructed the English
delegates TO tbs Brussels conference 10
expedite the deliberations sO No TO
bring the conferences " an end within
few weeks. IL IL learned iron nigh
| authority that II the conference shall
be prolonged beyond three weeks,
leading English representatives viii
return 10 London, leaving less Import
Hnt nemuers To watch the proceedings.
| Advices from brussels show opposition
to prolonged debates opened with the
EDgiIah delegation. Tncy only iinally
Oondsscendvu to sitting on each alter
nate day on finding they stood alone.
The incident created a Commotion
among the members u tho conference
ami Brussels officials that tue British
delegates want 10 take up tnc time OF
tho meeting or cause It 10 isil 10
achieve definilo results. They received
"a decisive check, however, lbs u naJori-