Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-03-09
SILVER MEN NAMED
Delegates to the Proposed Inter
national Congress.
CRISP FROM THE HOUSE
s.pa,ors Jones, Daniel aud Teller Are
Delegates From the Upper
Branch.

washington, March 3.--The pro-
visions inserted by the senate In the
sundry civil bill TO send three OF ITS
members TO the prospective information
al monetary conference has been the !
cause of considera BILE rivalry among the |
factions on both the democratic ana
republican side OF the chamber as to
representation on the commission
From the time the amendment was
voted on by the senate. the silver men
believing themselves TO be In the ma
jority in the senate, have assumed that
they would be allowed to name all three
OF the democrats OF the senate and TINS
was apparently Mt first conceded TO
them by the anti-silver men. Conse-
quently. when a petition was circulated
last night asking Senators Jones OF
| Arkansas, Daniel OF Virginia. demo-
Gratis, and Teller OF Colorado. republi-
can, all free coinage advocates, to al
| low the use of their names for the posi-
tions of delegates, there was compare
lively little objection heard. The paper
was generally signed by the silver men
and by several senators who We're not
included In that classification. Some of
the anti-silver men declined, however
to attach their names and II was not
long until a murmur arose against the
program to select none but silver men
from the senate. This soon grew into
an animated protest on the part of
silver antagonists. There were. of
course, conferences between the con-
tending interests, when the anti-silver-
ties confessed that IL was their purpose
to secure representation on the sena-
torial delegation or throw the selection
of the entire commission into the hands
OF the president.
The senate went into executive SEES,
sion. which closed at LOO a. M. and
: ended with the selection OF Senators
Teller, Jones and Daniel as the senate's
representatives In the international
monetary conference
CRISP A DELEGATE.
No sooner than had the house agreed
to the plan of appointing delegates to 4
possible bimetallic conference than tbs
members ON both sides began a can
vass looking to an agreement upon can
didates to recommend for the speaker
consideration. 1t Is generally under
stood that two of the delegates are I,
Z be selected from the democratic sid
I and one from the republican. Petition
: were started on the republican side, on
r for MIR. Hit of Illinois. the other 10
! MIR. Hepburn of Iowa. The Hit petit
J. ton was circulated by MIR. W. A
Stone of Pennsylvania. The Hepburn
v petition was in charge OF Mr.. Hartman
of Montana and was soon signed b,
\. nearly all the republicans. MIR. Hep
burn Is pronounced friend OF silver
Il but one who is said TO believe In inter
national bimetallism rather than FIRE
d coinage by this government independ
u emily.
v Speaker Crisp, by a unanimous vot
= of the house. was selected as one of I'll
q delegates.
= The provision for the lnternationi
N monetary conference which remains
a the sundry civil bill. the house col
RI ferees having yielded. provides that III
1t senate is TO select three members. II
house to appoint three and the pres
pr dent to name three.