The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-17
SILVER MEN WIN AT BERLIN.
TIE REIcHsTAG VOTES FOR A
MONETARY CONFERENCE.


the Chamber.
Berlin. Feb. 1e.-The Reichstag to-day
adopted by an overwhelming majority a
resolution favoring an international mon
etary conferences. in accordance with the
views expressed yesterday By Count Won
l1rbach-
Eugene Richter, the radical leader. ac-
oused Prince Hohenlohe Of yielding TO the
agrarians. The present resolution, he
said, merely paved the way for Count Ka-
nirzs monopoly bill The government
knew that If the agrarians were not ap-
peased, discomfort would arise that ten
anti-socialist bills would not allay. CHEERS
from the left)
Count Posadokski said it could not be
denied that the constant falling of silver
was injurious to industry and German
mines, and prevented numbers of work
men from getting a livelihood. Even the
7nonometallists did not deny that the de-
probation of silver was mischieyous NJ
Ribot had declared the necessity of
Frances reverting TO the double standard.
and held Germany answerable because the
latter country had first adopted a gold
standard. The rural populace as well as
many manufacturers, We're convinced that
the declining value of their products were
ascribable to the fall in silver. It was.
therefore, the duty of the government to
treat that question in a benevolent man
ner Count Posadowsli's remarks ELECTED
enthusiastic cheers from the the members
on the right
Herr Won Kardorff said that bimetalllsm
was the safeguard Of the German peas
antry, and a sure bulwark against So
Cialism. This was received with cheers
from the right and derisive laughter by
the socialist members.
The majority in the division on the ques-
ton of holding a monetary conference
u-2e corOrngnd of fx-ass IL
and national liberals. A few of the ma
tional liberals abstained from voting
The victory of the silver men was no
surprise. Count Mirbach, the agrarian and
bi-metallist leader, had secured 30 sigma
lures to his motion for an international
money conference and the rehabilitation
of silver. Therefore, he opened the debate
with the certainty of large majority.
Among the signers was Prince Alexan-
der Of Hohenlohe. the chancellor's son,
and the chief of his private bureau in the
chancellery. He had not associated him
self before with the bi-metallist agitation.
He probably felt, as did many other sign
ers who had no active interest in the
issue, that the motion would do no harm,
and that some good might arise from
renewal of the battle of the standards.
The heavy speakers in the heated two
days debate were drawn from the con-
servative, national liberal and clerical
ranks. They held the attention of the
house from the beginning. The benches
we're not filled, but all who were present
displayed such intense interest as has not
been evoked by any other discussion of
the session.
Count Mirbach opened the case for the
silver meO in imposing style. He is a
good speaker and had his subject well in
hand, as for four years now he has thought
and talked only bi-metallism and the
tariff. He quoted statistics without end
to prove the fall of prices since Germany
adopted the gold standard. He argued at
great length to show that, under mono
metallsm, agriculture had gone
from bad to worse in
England and Germany, and that the En-
glish exports to silver-usipg countries had
declined steadily. His plea for silver was
great EFFORT but as usual it left the radi-
Gals and social democrats on the other
side quite unmoved and Hnconvinced.
DR.. Lieber, the leader of the clericals,
defined in brief declaration the atti-
.tude of his party and the neutral deputies
in general. He said: I'VE believe that
the present time is opportune in view of
the universal depression of economic life,
to revive the international consideration
of the problem affecting most vitality the
trade of the world
The tenor of the rest of his remarks
was that he and his friends did not wish
to retard an inquiry which could do no
harm, and might accomplish much good.
The radical and social democratic speak
ers represented the gold men. They
charged the supporters of the motion with
working for political and not economic
ends.
This is the agitation of the agrarian
high tariff people in another guise,'' said
DR.. Theodore Barth of the radical union.
1T is designed to deceive the peasants,
to lead them to believe that the remedy
for their present distress is to be found,
not in wholesome reforms of the land
laws. but in the adoption of a double
standard. Such an agitation is doomed
to failure. 1 do not deny that another
conference like the one in Brussels may
be brought together, but what of it? The
conference will result in nothing, as did
the meeting in Brussels"
In the Hobbies this evening the chief
topic was Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe's
cautious statement that he had no OBJ
lection to opening negotiations for
money conference. The precise signifi-
canoe of his assurances seem to be in
doubt.
The bi-metallists, however, certainly
expect an early decision from the federal
governments empowering the imperial
chancellor to take steps toward summon
ing conference. Privately the chancellor
has declared himself to be without bias
N the matter, and both nonometallists
and b1metallists regard him as a rather
slippery trimmer in the conflict of the
standards. The bimetallists feel that they
cannot rely on his initiative, and there
fore are determined to seize every oppor-
tunity in the Richstag to strengthen
their demands for international action
They will also organize a series of mass
meetings in Leipsic, Frankfort Cologne
Dresden and other commercial centers
The first of the meetings will be held
here next Tuesday.
The persistence of the high tariff and
silver agitators of the conservative party
has forced the emperor's attention to eco
homie subjects. He is especially interest
ed in the financial experiments making
In the United States, as was proved by
his conversation with Ambassador Run
Yon at the charity ball in the Royal Op-
era House last Wednesday night. In
lnediately after entering the diplomatic
box his majesty began addressing the
American ambassador on questions con-
corning the new gold loan and the sugar
tarin. In a loud tone he remarked that
happily nothing had happened to disturb
the friendly relations between the United
States and Germany. The two great
countries were SO bound by commercial