The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-12-01
MIR. CHANDLER'S PLAN
NEW HAMPsHIRE's SENIOR SENATOR
SEEKING FRESH NOTORIETY.
Wants Another International None
tary Congress in Face OF Previous
Failures and British Opposition.
Mr.. BRYAN ON "BIMETALLISMp
HE THINKS DEFEAT AT THE POLLS
DID NOT INJURE HIS CAUSE.
Many Politicians at Canton Yesterday
Senator Lodge and Others Con-
fer with Mckinley.
Mr.. BRYAN ON "BIMETALLISMV
HE THINKS DEFEAT AT THE POLL.
DID NOT INJURE HIS CAUSE.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Ex-senator Chand-
Ter is a man of intense enthusiasm in ev-
erything that interests him for the mo-
ment. A few days ago he was interviewed
and expressed himself earnestly in favor
Of passing, at this coming session, a bill
authorizing the secretary of the treasury
to issue low-rate, short-term bonds. Mr..
Chandler thought there would be no troub-
lie about passing that bill, but it was re-
membered by some less enthusiastic per-
son that just such a bll known as the
Dingley bond bill had been sent to the
Senate and there converted by rousing
majority into bill for the free and un-
limited coinage of silver. Nothing da,nted,
Mr. Chandler now comes forward with an
other proposition which, to his sanguine
mind, presents no trouble at all in passing
the present session. This time he wants a
commission authorized to meet similar
commissions from other countries and dis
cuss that time-worn deluSon, an interna-
uonal agreement on the coinage of silver
If Mr.. Chandler will go down into the
vaults of his memory he may recall that
about the closing days of the Fifty-third
Congress the free-siiver senators passed
through Congress a resolution authorizing
the appointment Of commission Of nine
members-three to be selected by the Sem
ate, three by the House and three by the
President of the United States-who were to
attend the international monetary commits
sion conference which the young German
Emperor had then announced his intention
TO invite to meet in Berlin. President
Cleveland. it was then predicted by the
Journals correspondent, would never ap-
point those three commissioners allotted
to him, because it was predicted here the
international conference would never be
held. And so 1t proved. for young William
learned eventually that to have interna-
tional conference you must have interna-
tional attendance, and he was not very
long in discovering that, there was not
much enthusiasm over international bimet-
allsm in his own empire and absolutely
none in Great Britain, so that International
conference has never been called and never
Will be. The European nations are heartily
weary Of these conferences. Within the
past decade there have been three, two at
Paris and one at Brussels. and all three
have the same results-voluminous reports
OF speeches, but absolutely without one
iota of practical result, so far as the wider
coinage OF silver is concerned. There is
nothing TO prevent President Cleveland
from appointing his three commissioners
authorized several years ago, but on the
other nand there is nothing TO warrant
the hope that another international confer
ence, even If attended by the leading com
mercial powers of Europe, will result i'm
anything practical These nations would
probably accept an invitation from this
country to attend such conference but
at the last moment the delegates from
Great Britain would undoubtedly do what
they nave done at every preceding con-
ference-solemnly announce that they were
not authorized to bind the British govern
ment to any action taken at the confer
ence, and this announcement always put
a stop to all further proceedings