Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-11-22
SILVER'S CAUSE.


BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 22.-The in
ternational monetary conference meets
here to-day for the purpose at the outset
of listening to the propositions to be
made by the American delegates, the con-
gress having been called at the instance
of the United States. No definite pro-
gram has yet been outlined for to-day
beyond the presentation of plan which
contem plates an increase in the use of
silver and the establishment of more
equitable bimetallic ratio. The Ameri-
can delegates are ex-Comptroller Henry
W. Cannon, Senator William B. Allison,
of Iowa, Senator John P. Jones, of Ne
vada President E. Benjamin Andrews, of
Brown university, Congressman McCreery,
of Kentucky and Edward o. Leech, di-
rector of the mint. DR.. Roland p. Faulk-
ner is the secretary of the American dele
cation. Among the delegates from other
countries are:
Great Britain.--Sir William II. Houlds-
worth, NJ. p, for northwest Manchester;
Mr.. Bertram Curne, partner in the bank
of Messrs. Glynn, Mills, Curne & Co.; Hon.
Sir Charles Freemantle, X. c. B., deputy
governor of the mint
Government of India.-Gen. Richard
Strachey, G. P. S., formerly member of
the Indian council; Sir Guilford l.. Moes-
worth, <. C. l. E.
France.-Mr. Tirard. former minister
of France and president of council; Mr..
L. DeLiron, high official in the depart
ment of finance; Mr.. D. Faville, high off
cial in the department of finance.
Switzerland Cramer, Frey
and Lardy, minister at Paris.
Italy.--Mr. Luigi Luzzatti Mr.. Ramere
Somonelli and Mr.. Dominica Zeppa, all
members of the late parliament, Italy.
Sweden. Hon. Fersell, ex-minister f.
nance.
Denmark-Mr. G. f. Tretgen.
The Belgium delegates include three
monometalists, Senator Weber, Supt
Sainctlette, of the Belgian mint, and NJ
Montefore Levy, banker, and one
bimetalist, M. Allard, director of the
mint. In the absence of M. Beernaert
prime minister and minister of finance
who ought to preside at the conference,
but who pleads pressure of business as
his excuse for not Going so, an American
will probably preside.
Count Won Alvonsleben, German min
lister to Belgium; DR.. Won Glasenap, of
the Imperial treasury department, and
Herr Hartung, director of the Reichsbank
are the German delegates.
If an American is chosen to preside, it
will probably be Senator Allison, who, as
chairman of the senate committee on
appropriations, is also chairman of the
delegation. The following is one of the
plans which will probably be submitted
Immediately after the opening of the con-
gress and which will be turned over to
the committee on plan and scope of
work: Recognition of some definite
weight of fine gold as the universal
foundation of the measure of value of
the monetary system. Maintaining of
the existing gold monetary systems of
the various countries; cessasion by them
of the further coinage and Issue of gold
coins under 5,065 grams to fine gold
go franc piace); obligations of such
countries to retire their smaller gold
coins within the next ten years. Issue
of gold certificates for gold deposited, by
the principal mints or central banks, for
amounts of 500 grams of fine gold or
multiples of that amount. Agreement on
a uniform mode of assaying. Obliga-
tions of the government of each country
to receive into its public treasures the
principal silver coins bearing their own
stamp in payment of all sums.