New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-27
T. JEFFERSON COOLIDGE HERE
ENTERTAINED AT DINNER BY J. c. CARTER.
THE NEW MINISTER TO SAIL FOR FRANCE To
MORROW.

THE NEW MINISTER TO SAIL FOR FRANCE To
MORROW.
T. jefferson Coolidge the recently appointed
United States Minister TO France arrived In New
York yesterday afternoon from Boston. and Is now
at the Murray Hill Hotel Mr.. Coolidge Is fine
looking man Of mlltnry bearing, with n white mus
tnchc and imperial. and yesterday when he walked
briskly from the Grand Central station to tic hotel
he looked a, If he were conented with the world and
Its surroundings Mrs. Coolidge Mrs. Sears, his
daughter and Mr.. Sears, his soninaw and secretary,
are with Mr.. Coolidge, and will accompany him
abroad The party will sail for France tomorrow
on the French steamer La Tourainc.
As soon as Mr.. o'dge reached the
hotel he found many friends there to
greet him. and lie overwhelmed with invitations
from wellknown NewYorkers lie found ht'ie
time however, to talk to reporter from The Irioune
IL Ike France ard the French people, he said
and know my stay abroad will be pleasant one
7 shall also endeavor to make 1t useful one and as
Mr. Reid has left the affairs in such admirable shape
| fecl assured that shall succeed In that dlrecuoh
NY time Of going abroad, too is at most interest
ing period Bl mctasm and the Behring Sea contro
versy are two Of the great questions when VIII come
up within a year. The President mas invited tne
nations N Eurore 10 send delegates to an international
money conference and the invitation has been ac
cepted Paris will no doubt be chosen for the place OF
ectinc because the French language the only one In
which Italians Germans, Frcnchmen and Englshmen
can meet on a common ground and understand one
another Bi-metallsm has grown steadily In Eng
land Some OF the directors OF the Iahh
OF England are b metallists, and Loru
salisbury. Mr. Balfour and Mr. Goschcn. the
Chancellor of the Fxchcquer supposed to be favor
ably inclined Tho boards Of trade all over the Cnlted
Kingdom have petitioncd In favor Of the conference
md there was never better time for such gathering
of ihe
depreciation Of the silver rupee may induce England 10
90 further than she has ever been willing to go be-
fore and when England speaks ont France ana
Germany no doubt viii declare their willing
ness There Is already a law allowing % per cent
OF tho bank 10 be held IN silver, and IL England
should agree to hold 30 per cent 1t would occasion
purchases Of about sG0,000,OOo Of silver, and give
strong moral support 10 the nations which like France
and the United states wish to establish bmetaliic
coinage ut a fixed ratio between gold and silver
I watched Secretary Fosters trip abroad with mere
than usual interest and think IL will yet bear fruit
Mr. Coolidge accepted an Invitation to attend CON
p'mcntary dipner given at the Union League Cup ~
the evening by James Z. Carter Plates were mid
for thlrty-two, and every man who was invited re-
spondef The dinner an Informal affair ana
there were no speeches. Mr.. Coolidge thanked .r
and that ended the speechmaking. Among tie Others
present were l.. c. Ledyad. Judge Barret,
clarence A. seward. samuel d. Babcock, Charles H.
FLINT Charles :. smith, Herman Oerichs. Whitelaw
Cornelius e. bliss. DR. T. q. Thomas Edmund Wet
more Thomas C. Acton, Ehn Root Judge Van Brunt
p Randolph Robinson. cy-Mlnistcr Phelps, John l..
Cadwalader General Fry and John Bigclow,