Salt Lake Herald | 1897-02-21 | Page 4 | Local News

The house committee on coinage has decided to report favorably the senate bill for an international monetary conference con-ference with amendments authorizing the president if he shall see fit to seek an agreement by diplomatic negotiations negotia-tions instead of a conference This amendment coming from the house which is so strongly antisilver makes it look as though the purpose of it was to give the president a good large loophole loop-hole through which to escape calling an international monetary conference A diplomatic negotiation Is at best a slow affair and where it is not desired to hurry up a matter or to delay action upon it it affords a perfect means of procrastination If the president deems it wiser and better for the purpose of securing international action on silver to open diplomatic negotiations who can say he is not doing everything possible pos-sible for silver This house amendment amend-ment gives him a discretion in the matter mat-ter and a discretion where there Is a Q n t I i i desire to postpone definite action is the finest thing in the world I