St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-08
MAY CD TO A VOTE.
Mo~.ennant to Bring De Roth
schild's Proposals Before
the Conference Again.
Tietjen's Scheme Treated
With Indifference by the
Delegates. q
siq ]
Attitude Of the French Dele
gates PuZzling Members
Of the Conference. a.
Influential Opposition Devel-
oping Against the Amer
lean Proposals.

BRUSSELS. Dec. 7.-An important sec
ton of the international monetary con-
ference holds that Mr.. de ROthSchlld's
withdrawal of his plan for a solution
of the silver question does not debar the
further discussion of his proposalsby
the conference, the committee to which
the plan was referred having presented
it for the consideration of the confer
ence, thus taking it out of the hands of
Mr.. de Rothschild.
Today M. Sainctellette,a Belgian dele
gate who supports the De Rothschlld
plan, with the MoritZ Levi amendment,
substituting silver for small gold coins,
held a conference with Sir c. Fireman.
tie, one of the British delegates and
deputy master of the British mint, and
Senior Toca. a Spanish delegate, OH the
question of putting the amended De
Rothschild plan to vote Of the confer
ence.
Both Senator Toca and M. Sainctell-
etuee hold that a failure of the confer
ence can yet be averted by majority
Of the delegates recommending either
the Levi project or the amended Roth
schild plan. The scheme proposed by
q. F. Tietjen, the Danish delegate, is
treated with Indifference. 1t
May BE Dropped
without discussion by the conference.
The proposals advanced by Sir G..
HouldSwOrth. though aDplauded by the
pronounced bimetailist delegates yester-
day, is not considered by his colleagues
worth wasting time over in discuSSi on.
His plan will probably be referred to q
committee tomorrow, and will not be
heard of again.
The uncertain attitude of the French
delegates is influencing the other repre-
sentatives whose countries belong to the
Latin union. 1t has been the cause of
complaint that other members who ore
DESTROYS of frank opposition to or CO.
operation in the De Rothschild plan
communicated these proposals to the
French delegates before they were sub
mitted to the conference, and were led
to believe that the French del
egales would support the plan. Had
they believed otherwise, they would
have recOnsldered the question of pre-
senting the plan. 1t is the opinion of
many of the delegates chat the French
government does not desire the confer
ence to decide anythlng. An interview
has been published here with M. Leon
Say, the well known French tinancier.
M. Say declared that he thought that
the attitude of both the English and
American delegates was a deplorable
one, especially to the Americans, who
appeared to be without any definite
proposals. M. ay could not under
stand why the British, as practical bust
ness men, wanted
The Assistance of France
in matter which was their own con-
Germ. In regard to the De Rothschild
proposals, M. Say declared that he
thought they solved nothing and he
added that he thought deliberations of
he conference would end in nothing.
M. Says remarks define the action of
the French delegates, who criticise
everything that is said in the confer
ence or in committee, but who suggest
nothing in exchange. The opinions
among the delegates have become
sharper and more clearly defined, the
partisanS of the single and double stand
ards proving more irrecOncilable as the
discussion develops.
Henry w. Cannon, one of the Amer
lean delegates. and president of
the Chase National bank. has asked
the com mittee to discuss the pro-
posals of the American delegates as
stated to the plenary conference. M.
Montefore Levi, the president Of the
conference, opposes the committees
proceeding to discuss the American
proposals. He bases his objections on
the ground that the committee was APP
pointed to discuss a special question OH
reference from the conference, and that
the American proposals are related to
fundamental principles that would bet
ter come within the competence of the
conference, A majority of the confer
ence concur in the opinion of President
Levi. E. Benjamin Andrew, of the
sevan, of the Netherlands, will speak
is discussed tomorrow.