New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-18
WELCOMING MR.. FOSTER.
THE SECRETARY RETURNS FROM ENGLAND
HE THINKS THAT SILVER CONFERENCE MAY
pp urr mis- HEALTH MUCH IMPROVED.


personal and made solely for the purpose OF improving
his health he took occasion to call upon George D.
oio+chen the British Chancellor Of the E1che4uer ana
I'm a general way the advsabinty o. holding an Inter
national money conference, at which France, Germany
Great Britain and the United states were to oe
reprsented was talked OF BY the two men. Inc
financial systems Of the different countries were freely
discussed and Nr Foster says that he has hope that
the silver conference which he will strongly advocate
will be secured Mr.. GoSchcn, the Secretary says he
IS led to believe IS bmeallist but he cannot say tit
he fnvors rehabilitation Of silver. But tho pubhc
utteranceS of the Chancellor Of the Exchequer ne says
would indicate that he was in favor OF It. The talks
which Mr. Foster and MIR. Goschen had were entirely
unofficial but almost the exact position Of England on
the silver question learned and the monetary con
srnce which Mr.. Foster favOrs so much, can now be
more easily arranged.
The secretary has returned home with MS heal'h
greatly benefited. lie went across the water OF thc
steamship spree Of the North German Lloyd company
and returned on the vessel The snip was
sighted Oh Fire Island at 10 "a o'clock Ncuhes"ay
NIGHT and about three hours later was at anchor OH
Quarantine Great preparations had been maze Dy
the secretarys Washington friends to greet MN Oh
his arrlvu but the hour OF the >precs arIlNm uP9ct
most Of the plans. The steamer Laura H. 9'4i"
was chartered on Wednesday morning and kept al VIC
Dattery In readiness ~ take Mrs Foster Miss foS'cr
and other relatives and friends out to the spree az
.oou ~ she WAS sighted. The United states revenue
cuticr Manhattan nth Collector Hendricks ana oheIS
on board. also - steam down the iay 10 mro'
the spree a. soon she should bc sigh'oi' i"0
spree was due Tuesday, and the secretary reI'''c'
and friends waited all that day and wednesday '"' W
igral to get on board the starn and the MahiAitau'
Iut no information about TIE spree reached uo Guy
,,tu arter midnight Wednesday, and TIE plans 'i"o
Ind bccn arranged could not be- carried ont HV"
ever A. soon a. the new, Of the 9PreS "'''"'
reached Robert Wynnc. Mr Fosters pFINA'e sc'I''H''
md one or Two friends OF the secretary, the '''"'"
mud Starln were ordered "a steam down 10 VIA.
Those on the rvcuue cutter were Nhhah b. "o"'"'
-. the rre,.ury Department; Mr. Wynne Frederick l..
,ls chic, clerS of ~, Treasury Department ana
t,r,,r .nerry secretary to Collector Heho'lc"S
Howard Carroll tie only passenger Oh '''' 7'''''
collcctor Hendricks. Mrs. Foster Mi's f'''' -
seyr al Others wcr, expected 70 go 70 S'i'''' % w
-,ar,n hut they gave this up when the spree '' NV
hoo, heard from at n la'e hour The revenue cutter
reached the spree about 80 O'Clock ye''eIuAS "',"
ING but nj that time the Secretary hid gone I" ','
,.r,r, ,,r the ulght and he was not disturbed.
ana, ,nccr. ~ the spree invited the party Oh bosru
ga. br steamship. and tie secretary IleIu' w.
assigned to staterooms. They we're called Z" . ''0
A. n and were much surprised to h'd -N'' i'''''
nlr,ady deck. , ,
remained there until TIE secretary went on O'''1
D., .t,ut o'clock WITH lin were ". 7. McLeh"ah'
u, f,np r. Hamilton and l.. H. smith, who comprised
~. ~ecrctary'- party the spree An hour E'"F "'
vera landed at west Twenty second ST. ftou 'c'o "a"
,rtv went 10 the Flfth Avenue Hotel IN carriseS'
Everybody who the Secretary when no sa''en i'i
,,,,,pe noticed the remarkable change Tor uio D''e
- r,t ms taken pf,ce IN ms appearance The 'ihhsc -
..,,tpiv remarkable one. When he went away HIS
face WAS pale and his step was not n elsuc ~ "'u
Vow there Is the ruddy color OF health III Ms '"'
eyes have their old time brightncs, In the'h anu nc "
a. alert MS old friends say. rs ne WIS t"""' '
oco The Secretary ha, badly bruised eye ho"e''''
ore ,hcrc IS a prominent scar on his ioI"heAu' i"''o
rorls ON his features nre due to h'' attempt 10 80
o, 80 the women passengers from injury. III u'o
,.cord d,v after the spree left southampton uIo
steamer ran into strong westerly gale Mss '"s i
Mallory. Of New York; Mr.. smith ara u'e 0'''''"''
were sitting in chair, on the upper deck q" '"o
when a heavy wave sent the vessel r"''"N "'' ~ -,
IA, ui.s Mallory lot her hold on her chair ana II"
=, ma deck Mr. Foster FASTENED to her hsSiSt'"'''
,, inst ~ he left MS seat the big ship gave Iur'h
an, the >c,retar, wa. thrown against the iaihS WIN
,r.ot force Ills face struck the WOODWORK """ 10"
,.f, eve WAS badly bruised and ms ioIch'a" "' Va"
The wound hlcd pro.G,cy, and although MS i.r ""'
covered with blood. he did not forget MISS .N"'''S
,, ,o on III, .cc ia time q help her rom inc wv
ann, c,ort her Ia the ladies, cabin. The secretary p
eve IS sun di,colorcd, ana h' VII" '"''' wv
his forehead for several weeks
Tribune reporter WA, among the hrst U SPe"~ W
,be secretary about his trip, and he taken ''S
,hout hi, interview with Mr.. Goschen' his op'n'o" VI
r,na,s po.ition on the money question, the iihn'Sr'
,,o, pr,blcm. the nanncl-mouth' story ETC.
. Nv trim wa, purely personal one s'iu '''
Faster but while IN London took occasion u can oi
Mr. ,,oschcn As both are at the h''h "l INC
,,ot.i dcp,rtmrnts OF our respective "pNcihWV"t''
az, naturally talked about the financial systems Va ".
d,rcr.nt nntions. Official us may be mace o' "'''
learned Of Mr. Goschcn', Views on tle SNol P"''
,,op hut nv visit to him can hanN Ue '"'''
oecol one am convinced that II iour ol ''c '''''H
49,. -, ,h. world could reach some agreement On
a.. .tlyrr auc-flon the problem "oud pe S".'
~ coschen nnd talked about the ho'dhS oi S"N'
nr.,cc with that object in view. but no plans were
| ,do for - conference. England Is hardly i"'"S 'o
.,,c, a sion but she soon will be- Ehslahu icSctNo
uoyy Is wholly made up Of god' when lh"heS " u''
elimination against silver. England """'u w ""
rcb,cd n We passed fscc coinage "'l' U''""'' ''
"'', -, an Il silver basis Bimctali,m. however,
f.. rrowjng in England, bat one cannot e''''"''' ''
a,,,t growth Of the sentiment 1t Is S"o"s
| =, v,rchester Lancashire, Yorkshire, LNerP"''' anu
=, thor plncc, but Lombard Street L'nNo',
"h,,h * Hike our Wall street. Is oppoS'"
;, amy chance from the gold stAnu'rd '".
,i,,I sentiment IS growing however, rs sa'u' Is
fo,nd two directors Of the Bank oil hnsHNu WIN "''
| blmctnst,." ,, ,.,nt,,,
! ma secretary made no attempt 10 a'ou "''""''
.,a,, thc - -ganneLmouth," or "clam'nou'h S"'S =
,,,, bout il frankly and said that lie cond not
| TINT b,,v ,icil "a tao got Into the publlc prlhS'
lie said that he discussed the question OF a9'''''o"
-, races in the United states and called attention 70 'n'
,act that after few generations IN TINS country, "c
children Of Irsh parents seemed to losc hoV onp % ','
| h,nc,c but their facinl characteristics !" o'",'
| .,o,, lacked like Americans, and not Ike lrl'h-
w,o lie also said that the change was TO be seen
',.,,,, fine descendants OF German as well d. Hi'"
| Immigrants. ,, l.. otr,,ed a.
81 never said anything that could be coh',''eu a.
derogaory to the Irish character anu ''''''' ,,or
| e,acd how tlc interviewer made the error i''o' ,
| t,.i,g I'm England from the way was ''ne"
unon and talked to by reporters for 'he Lo'u''
| ,,nnrs l. rs much OF feature 81 ."., ne"9
| I"po' ,rorI, a, IL IS in America. had -up!D,'
! i'i, ',,,i.vlug was exclusively American .u'
In' , Ir,nd has evidently adopted THIS Amei.a %a
t i irtcrvcwcs there are not ~ proncioit III "u,.
- a.. the uicrvicwcrs nero NJ lchst' u'"V va" '
| experience. u - suvor T.. , subicct Of inter
est +" Tic people Of England stringent penrcd ~
Gst " ~ tbe mart Of the United States are e"r.u M ~,
ENS w, and a pr.at deal OF this anxiety y due 10 th W.,