Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-05
Silver Will Be Well Cared for by the
American Delegation.
PRESIDENTS POSSIBLE APPONTEEO
Gold Men Encouraged by the Fac
tionaI Silver Contests.
GOOD RESULTS EXPECTED

It Is the purpose Of its advocates In this
country. so far as 1t may lie in their power.
to make the international monetary con-
ference in every way noteworthy and sue
cessful, and many friends of silver. no
less than the friends of gold. are hoping
for substantial results from the meeting.
Silver, 1t is observed, ought to be well
cared for by the American delegation.
Five out of the nine members will be
champions of the white metal, even If the
President, as Is thought altogether likely,
fills out the delegation with three men
of the pronounced gold standard stripe.
Messrs. Jones, Teller and Daniel from the
Senate and Messrs. Crisp and Culberson
from the House have all given earnest of
their friendship for silver, and are expected
to present the silver side of the question to
the conference with much ability. Mr..
Hit makes a good starter for the gold
side, and the expectation Is that the Presi-
dent will give him three colleagues of
purpose as firm and of parts solid as
his own. There is much curiosity felt as
to whom the President will decide upon.
Charles s. Fairchild and Edward Atkin-
son, Horace White and Manton Marble,
John E. Russell and William c. Whitney
make up list that is much discussed.
Prof. Dana Horton, who died here two
u,
have stood a good chance of appointment
and would have served with eminent
credit. He had come to distinction in the
study of monetary questions, and was
highly esteemed by the President. 1t is
claimed that at least one member of the
delegation should be an expert Of inter-
national reputation, and this fixes general
attention on Prof. Atkinson.
Democracy Played a Good Hand.
The democracy seems to have played
power in Congress 1t named the American
delegates and secured for itself majority
voice in deliberations which, so far as this
country Is concerned, must be legslated
on. If at all. by the republicans. Mr. Jones
and Mr.. Daniel will not attend any republi-
can senatorial caucus next winter or spring
called to consider the financial question,
but Mr.. Teller will. And so in the House.
Messrs Crisp and Culberson. who will be
able to outvote Mr.. Hit, and are likely to
when the time comes for legislative action
In their branch of the lawmakiug body.
A republican majority of unprecedented
proportions will be charged with consider
ing the results of a conference and with
sacting on them when republicans were in
the minority.
The conservative friends of silver are
ye.y much pleased with this order of
things, and are hoping for returns from it
In the conference. Foreign statesmen are
expected to be impressed with the appear
ance at the council table of a delegation
from the United States made up of a ma
jority of silver men, who will participate
in the financial legislation of this country
curing the next two years. They will con-
slider the matter only in its general aspect
and outline. They will not be able, it is
thought, to work out the problem in all
of it's details. American subjects, and par
ticularly political subjects. are accustomed
to tangle up the most astute English and
European intelligence, and, so, how shall
the foreign delegates to the conference rise
to the difficulty of making the distinction
between Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Daniel as
American delegates to the conference
speaking and voting for silver with a ma
jority voice If need be as representatives of
the American Senate. and Mr. Jones and
Mr.. Daniel as Senators in their seats at
homo powerless as members of the minor
ity party in that body before the leader
ship of John Sherman? And how shall the
foreigners understand the difference be-
tween Mr.. Crisp and Mr.. Culberson, with
their majority vote over Mr.. Hit at the
council table. and those two gentlemen
helpless in the clutches of the Reed rules
in the deliberations of the next House?
This, the silver men believe, WILL in the
main, be lost on the foreigners, who will
note only to them the impressive fact that
the American Congress has sent represent
atives to the conference and that not only
are the majority Of those representatives
favorable to silver, but are legislators Of
renown at home.
ructlOnH IN the silver Camp.
In the factional contests in the silver
camp in this country there is the promise
of much bitterness. There are many ex-
pressions that already show a great depth
OF FEELING. Mr.. Wolcott'S action in moving
for American participation in the confer
ence is the subject of some censure, even
In Colorado. The all-for-silver men regard
1t as a great mistake. Some of them Sc
rfously fear the consequences. But these
deliverances are mainly from men who
have just gone out of office. And this fact
leads 10 the assertion, heard in many quar-
ters, that the silver men anxious to stake
all on single throw are being led by the
Blands, Hatches and Bryans, whose for
tunes have just suffered a reverse, while
the men who, though anxiously hoping for
nee coinage, are yet willing to wait for
some outside expression on the subject are
led by Teller, Wolcott Jones and Daniel
whose places appear to be secure, and who
therefore will be in position to lCgislate on
the question.
Gold Men Encouraged.
This division of their opponents gives the
gold men much encouragement They see
the promise of good things in it. On the
one hand, they point out faction muster
ing under men who have just been retired
from public life and therefore without pa
tronage or prestige, and on the other a fac
tion led by men like Teller and Wolcott.
who are not only strong in themselves but
safe in office, assured of influence in the
next Senate and of liberal supply of pa
tronage in the event of republican success
in the next presidential election The gold
men predict that the latter camp will grow
at the expense of the former, and hence
that the effort to break up the two old
parties on the money question will come
to nothing of any value in time for use next
year Accordingly, they have great faith in
being able to make the fruits of the mon
etary conference serve as the basis for the
next national campaign.
Consul General Williams' Instructions
While it may be that United States Con-
sui General Williams at Havana has acted