New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-25
y,-s,vrss MEN SEE THE SECRETARY
A NUMBER OF wE1L-KNoWN fEf'SoN' i|'i''
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION WITH HiA'


socrs.a-v Carlisle held what ne was peased 10
call =, informal reception at the fII'h @A, 49, ~
o,,,o.I Yesterday afternoon. He h2d come over
- v.,shington late Sunday night. ana went I'M
,oedia.A,v 70 the Fifth Avenue Hote.. he ueoii'cu
20 zee reporters. and main'alneu an an ~ 49,
about his movements. The ostfnsloie 'e'son 4o' ~
,,. % tho city was % attend the banquet al te
Ns,ropolitan Club last evening. rendered 10 "''i ~
r. = ralsv,in and also TO be present al a reception
ia l., h,s honor ~ the Manhattan Club to-nigh''
suprie-nentai to this. Nh Carlisle announced n'S
v.illireness TO meet and consult members y. N'0
Chamber Of Commerce Committee on Sou'H me"
c,al LEGISLATION about the best meihod 20 De ioi,
lowed In securing slaticn in the interest Oh s0U'
money. 49,. c,,.,o
The business men who called 10 see M'' Oa'nse
were reticen; IN speaking Of what had take" pa0e
during the informal gathering. The secretary ai
rived az the hotel from the downtown ds'r'c'
eho-y after o'clock and at once went to his room
7, vas about o'clock when the members OF TINS
committee who wished 10 consult with ME- Oa'AS'e
began 10 arrive. Those who were present al "ie
meeting were Henry W. Cannon. j. Kennedy loo'
Gustav H. Schwab. Henry Hentz. lsidor Straus'
George G. Williams John =. Townsend, Louis WIND
muller Jacob H. Schn James speyer' aired H.
IIe,de!bach John Bull and Charles Stewart smith
The meeting lasted for more than an hour. In 'he
time that the bankers and others named were up
s;a,rs with the Secretary, large NUMBER OF wen
known business came into the hoteI' !ooheu
around left cards for the Secretary and went out
These men declined to talk about the meeting up
stairs and ev.nced desire TO be present
When the Informal meeting broke up those VINO
had been present hurried downstairs and out oi ths
hotel There no disposition TO taik pu' heh'y
uen,z. chairman OF the Chamber Of Commerce
Committee on Finance, said. in reply to question:
THE melting was purely an Informal one. me me
bes: to be followed 70 secure cspe SPOKE
esTnestly In behalf Of sound money He said mat ina,
he hoped 6oh pST9 M and that he believed they
would lie added that II ether parry s|eIVI ten
this course he expected that party 10 Dc ue'ea's'
was any policy mapped outT' Mr. Hentz was
"Ch no. That cannot be done until the co'mittee
q the Chamber Of Commerree, Ierc meets "s1"eSoA'
The fact leaked out yesterday that there was "a a
fayor,ng another bond issue Preposterous as II may
SEEM It is nevertheless SAID uIqn rW IT,, snne
he srrived in The City has been approached with the
suggestion that another issue be mads me ,
bankers They got no part Of it; because Iang 10 10
estimate properly the demand t fSr tae o R nd sy no
tbev want TO get another chance. This fact was
yssn bs anSher py Bond issue by the woud
be hailed with 10Y by by lss hes bs Admnstra n
ton. Some people. apparently would IKE oona
After the meeting was over Secretary Carlisle, In
reply to a letter sent him by members OF the press
sent back word that only few friends had called on
the conversation had been only general and that ne
could see no one
Custav H. Schwab. when seen last evening at his
home in Madison-ave.. said that there was no IDEA
NJ n formal meeting with Mr.. Carlisle. 1T was
merely an informal talk about the financial situa-
tion" he said. Some Of us thought we would IKE
IN hear the Secrctarys views to the effect OF
tbe latest bond issue. The opinion seemed 10 be
general among the men at the conference that the
iaroe oversubscription for the bonds by Americans
would give greater impetus to the sale OF all Ameri-
can securities. The financial condition OF the coun-
srv Ia hound 10 improve II the two great politicaI
parties will come out squarely for sound money in
their platforms and II the international troubles are
settled"
The Chamber OF Commerce Committee on Sound
Financial Legislation will meet at 2:30 D. m. to-
morrow in the rooms Of the Chamber.