Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-04-01

good roads to the farmer, which con-
tanned many points OF interest. Mrs.
SHul. of Illinois, followed with paper
ON "The Citizenship of Woman, in
which she presented able arguments in
favor of woman suffrage.
The committee on location, presented
their report, favoring St. Paul, Mimi, for
the place of meeting of the next congress,
which was adopted. Detroit, Milwaukee
and other cities were applicants for that
honor.
INTERNATIONAL BIMETALLISM.
Gen. Roy Stone, special agent Of the de-
partment of agriculture, Washington, D..
G., in charge of the good roads division,
delivered an address of some length upon
1.-The Silver Question after Election. He
advocated the establishment of an inter-
national mint, under management Of the
chief commercial nations OF the world, for
the coinage of what he termed "globe
dollars, and fractions thereof, bearing
their denominations in shiIlings, francs,
etc, and on one side an international
symbol, with the name of the United
States on the other, to be coined and
freely issued in exchange for gold or its
equivalent, or for silver bullion at the
market price. These "globe dollars" to
be used for payment of duties upon i'm
ports in all the countries joining in the
compact, and to be coined for each
country in proportion to the value of
its foreign imports. This system the
speaker thought, if adopted would take
the "silver question" out of poltcs-a
very BILE thing in itself.
DIR. Sotolds, of Venezuela, was intro
duced to the congress and made n short
but very effective speech. He thanked
the people and government of the United
States for unfolding he Monroe doctrine,
which means so much for Venezuela. At
the close of his short speech the delegates
stood up and gave three cheers for Ven
| eZuela, and voted DR.. Sotolds an honorary
member of the congress.
The closing act of he day was a resolu-
tion offered by Hon. l.. S. Coffin, of Iowa,
calling upon the Congress at Washington
to Danish the saloons existing in the
basement of the capitol, which was unan-
imously adopted under a suspension of
the rules.
In the evening the delegates were en-
tertained at the commercial club-rooms
with an informal reception, collation. and
music. Upon entering the rooms the
ladies and gentlemen were introduced by
President Clayton, of the congress, to
Gov. Matthews, Mayor Taggart, E. b.
Martindale and j. G. Adams, of the board
Of trade, and William Fortune, of the
commercial club, and then to the leading
members of the two organizations and
their ladies.
The billiard-room was turned into a
smoke-room for the occasion, where, after
the collation., the gentlemen enjoyed
their cigars and where informal speeches
were made. The writer was asked to
make some remarks, which he proceeded
to do along the lines of river and harbor
| improvements, and the upbuilding of
American shipping in the foreign carry
ing trade, upon which he had prepared
himself to speak before the congress, but
did not find opportunity to do, owing to
| the press of other business and the short
session.
There was goodly number of ladies at
the reception, one of whom, when intro
duced, asked where we were from. Upon
being answered that we were from the
rocky, salt-spray-d dashed shores of Massa-
chusetts, she asked what were the chief
productions. We replied that it is not
noted for its agricultural products, like
the great West, but that it is fertile in
the production of women and men, who,
when they reach maturity, immigrate to
the West to aid in building up its great
agricultural and commercial prosperity.
She said she knew that to be true, as she
had met many such, but added, l have
never seen the great salt sea, but have
been outsight of land on the great lakes
on steamship, which suppose gives me
some little idea of the great ocean. To
one born, bred and always living by
its shores and had seen the changing
moods of old ocean, her confession
seemed strange.
The gathering, after more than two
hours of social intercourse, separated
with the feeling that an extremely
pleasant time had been enjoyed and that
through it the delegates would carry with
them to their distant homes pleasant
recollections Of the hospitality of the
merchants and business men of Indian
apolis.
Concluded nert week