The San Francisco call., 1897-04-13
mckinley MOVES
FOR BIME TALLISM
Appoints Three Monetary
Conference CommiS-
SiOnerS.
Senator Wolcott, General Paine
and Ex.Vice.President
Stevenson.
Interesting Political Personnel of the
Trio-They Will Shor tly Sail
for Europe.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. April 12.-Un-
der authority conveyed by an act "To pro-
vide for the representation of the United
States by Commissioners at any interna.
tional monetary conference hereafter to
b. called" Mckinley tonight appointed
Senator Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado,
General Charles Paine of Massachusetts,,
and ex-Vice-President Adlai E. Stevenson
of Illinois, Commissioners and envoys for
the promotion of an international agree
ment for bin etalism.
The missioners are all well-known
men. Wolcott has made his mark in the
Senate as forcefuI speaker and a stu
dent of monetary matters. General Paine
is best known as a yachtsman. He is
wealthy and stands high in Bos-
ton financial and educational cir
cles. He is a director of the Massa-
chusetts institute of Technology and is
connected with many other institutions.
Stevenson started to resume the practice
of law at Bloomington, Ill, after his term
as Vice President ended last month. He
was in Washington recently and saw the
President with reference TO the appoint
ment of a commission.
Wolcott Is we'll acquainted with both
Paine and Stevenson. Last summer,
when the Colorado Senator went abroad to
sound the foreign Governments about the
international monetary conference, Paine
went with him, although this fact has
been known only to few of the personal
friends of both. Politically, the person.
mel of the commission is interesting. Sem
ator Wolcott is pronounced silverite.
who supported Mckinley in the cam
paign. Paine is Q stanch Republican
and gold man. Stevenson cast his lot
with Bryan and stumped illinois for him.
The appointment of the com mission is
made under a House amendment to the
Senate bill, which became q Law on March
3-one of the last measures approved by
Cleveland. AS passed. the Senate act
provided that whenever the President
should determine that the United States
should be represented at any international
conference called with view to securing
by International agreement the fxity of g
relative value between gold and silver as
money by means of common ratio, with
free mintage at such ratio, he be author
lied to appoint five or more ommission-
ers to the conference. The sum of S100. 0OO
was appropriated by the bill for the COM
pensation and expenses of the com mission.
Authorization was also given the Presi-
dent to call international monetary
conference in the name of the United
States. The House amendment which
gave authority for the appointment of the
commission directs the President ''if in
his judgment the purpose specified car
thus be better obtained" 10 appoint one
more special commissioner. AS much o.
the appropriation as necessary for the ex
penses of this preliminary commission
was appropriated by the amendment. The
President was given discretion to appoint
as many special commissioners as desired
Wolcoit, Paine and Stevenson viii, prob
ably not sail for Europe until after the
new ambassadors to France, Germany
and England have reached their posts. Il
is likely that they will leave about May 10
II is understood that all three EmbasSa
dors are friendly to international bimet.
allism