The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-24
THAT "IMPLIED INVITATIONS

We asked the Tribune to give it's au-
thority for it's assertion that the VOL
colt commission went TO Europe on the
implied invitation of the English gov
eminent, and this is, in part, the reply
it makes:
Suppose the congress of the United
States was to, three times in five years,
by unanimous vote, declare the belief
that the re-estabIishment of a parity
between gold and silver was an abso-
lutte necessity; suppose that on the last
occasion of such vote, the secretary of
the treasury. speaking for the presi-
dent, should, in response to that resolu-
ton declare the readiness of this coun-
try to enter into negotiations with any
other nations who might agree upon
plan. and volunteer to expressly state
what under such circumstances the
United States would do; would it not
be fair to say that the United States
had issued an implied invitation for
such action on the part of other ma
tons? The more especially if the sec
retary had declared that the United
States was ready to enter into con-
! ference. or what he thought much bet
ter. q negotiation to bring around that
result. That is what the commons and
cabinet minister of the treasury of
England did
Our contemporary says the speech of
Sir Michael HicksBeach was regarded
by the bimetallists of England as equiv
alent to an invitation Is the United
States government to act on the con-
struction by English bimetaIlists or
monometallists of q, speech in parlia-
ment? To whom was Sir Michael speak
! ~, he
eminent at Washington? Does this
! government conduct its negotiations
with the English government throush
( the house of commons or through
! Downing street? When a member of
congress, either in the house or senate,
gets up and discusses any subject,
even when he upholds a position that
is there put forth by some member of
the presidents official cabinet and the
matter has to do with foreign affairs,
does Great Britain or any other gov
eminent regard such speech as a proper
initiation of diplomatic negotiations?
Hardly Governments initiate and con-
duct all their diplomatic relations with
each other through their executive
branch and not through their legislative
one
The WoIcott commission went to Eu
rope at the behest of President Nc
Kinley and not at the invitation of
Great Britain. implied or direct. If it
went on an implied invitation from
Great Britain, why did it not visit that
country first and ascertain it's attitude
on the silver question? It did not do
this but consulted with that govern
ment last of all When Senator VOL
colt and the other members of the COM
mission met the British premier Sena-
tor Wolcott explained what the object
of the mission was. Was not this a
strange proceeding on his part if he
was there in response TO an implied
invitation?" Sir Michael Hicks Beach
was present at the conference where
Senator Wolcott made his explanation,
vet he said not word about the invi-
tation. This was surely a great dis
courtesy 20 his official chief and to the
American commissioners.
The fact of the matter is, there was
no implied invitation, and our con-
temporary knows it; and when it says
there was it says SO merely as part
Of its general scheme to help bolster
up the Mckinley administration and
deceive the people into the belief that
The administration was going to do
something for silver What fraud it
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