The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-02
BRITISH BIME7ALLISqS..
Annual Meeting Of the League
Opens in Manchester To-
day-Reports Reads.
[By Gable to The Associated Press.l

MANCHESTER, Eng, Jun 2, 1S97.-The
annual meeting of the Bimetallic League
opened here this morning. There was a
large attendance, including over fifty
delegates from labor associations. mostly
Lancashire %spinners and weavers. The
Lord Mayor of Manchester presided and
welcomed the delegates. Letters of re-
greet were read from Lord Aldenham,
head of the firm of Anthony Gibbs &
Sons, a Director of the Bank of Eng
land; the First Lord of the Treasury,
Mr.. A.. j. Balfour; the President of the
Local Government Board, Mr.. Henry
Chaplin; Mr.. Alfred de Rothsehild, the
C~onsul-General for Austria; the Duke of
Fife, son-in-law of the Prince of Wales;
the Marquis of Lorne, the husband of
Princess Louise, of England, and others.
The annual report Of the League ex-
pressed the deepest regret at the death
of General Francis A. Walker, of Boston,
classed as one of the greatest economic
authorities of the century"
Continuing, the report said the most
important event of the year was the
election for President in the United
States, when Bryan polled 6,500,000 votes
on the platform of National Bimetallism,
and Mckinley polled 7,000,0 900 votes on a
platform pledging him to promote Inter
national Bimetallism."
The report then refers to the support al
legged to have been given to International
biinetallism by M. Meline. the French
Premier, in the Chamber of Deputies,
and touches upon the mission to Europe
OF Senator Edward o. Wolcott, of Col
orado, which was so successful thai it
led to the appointment Of the Special
.1i a@-, -, EI-o,.o e., ,-L;oL a. r.
earnestly hoped some cooperation will
be accorded by leading nations that an
international agreement will be conciud-
ed at an early date"
TIL report Of the Bimetallic League
concludes as follows .-"While the neces-
sity for international bimetallism was
never greater than at present, Ito Council
can with confidence affirm that never
since. 1873 have the prospects been SO
hopeful. In view of the serious attempt
now making to secure a settlement on an
international basis. it earnestly calls on
all friends of monetary reform to redouble
thelr effor5s during the coming year"
THE greatest evidence of the progress
of the cause is shown in the famous reso-
March. 1886, and in the promises aieessli Of the he
Chancellor of the Exchequer. Such
promises are not made and such resolu-
tions are not adopted without the GER
tainty that they are consonant with the
general wish of the nation. Our objects
viii be gained if the United States
and France or some other great CONNER
cial nation, agree to carry the matter
through, ven without England, though
1t would be only political wisdom to add
our forces to theirs. 1t is certain that
the United States means business and
expects success, or the President would
not have sent Senator Wolcott and his
colleagues to negotiate, and it is salts
factory to know from the Chancellor of
the Exchequer that he will do all he can
to facilitate the mission"
The letter of Lord Alderman con-
cludes:-'We should not relax our eff
forts to secure the wisest solution, an
equal agreement with the United States,
France and Germany. If prejudice pre-
vents this, we should do our best to sec
ond he efforts of the Chancellor of the
ExcEequer and thus make the American
Mission successful
The letters of Mr.. Balfour and MR..
Chaplin express continued sympathy with
the bimetallic movement.