The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-30

| Who legislated bonds non-taxablel The
| same men-the same power
| Who legislated bonds payable only in
| gold, after they had taken the bonds with
the contract on their face that they were
| payable in coin, that is, silver or gold? The
same men and the same outside power
| Who legislated silver TO its d ath in 1878,
and made gold the only legal tenderf The
| same millIonaires in and out of Congress.
Who have time and again defeated legisla-
| ton intended to recover from railroads
over hundred million acres and to restore
them to the public domain? The same
power and influence.
But, it is wearying to recite all this kind
of legislation and obstruction of legislation.
am not saying that great wealth IS not
desirable, or that it necessarily units man
| to be guardian of the interests of the great
| mass of people. On the contrary, one of
the truest men in the House of Representa-
tives is, perhaps, the wealthiest. point SIM
| ply to history to show that, as a rule, money
| tegtStdtes for money, and to say that, so far
| as know, the South has not yet entered
upon the Northern usage of making wealth
a merit in legislator.
But have already said more than / in
tended to say, and will close after briefly
noticing the points of your letter, in which
you refuse to go with me and speak to the
people.
You say my duties require me in Wash
ington.
You, of all my constituents, have no right
to complain. / came here to defend client
in the United States Court whose case
was engaged in in November, 1886. 1t was
no feU case. The District Attorney, Mr..
Guerry, notified me In lcgiting last Novem-
Der that had had my last continuance, and
| must try the case this term. He wrote me
the .fnHepp had cpt thu for t,.ia lou
49, | arrived here that day and the case
was postponed by the Judge to April 25
/ came to try that case, but YOU are
keeping me here. heard here you had
been in Tattnall and other counties hunting
for 'black seed cotton and when | learned
that to be your grip and pass word" for
roteS. decided to go out myself and look
at the crop. Don't be worried. There is
no danger to your interest in Washington.
am paired there, and [ want to
pair with you here; do not feel uneasy
My constituents do not ask me to sit down
IN Washington and be stabbed to death in
the back. Not one of them would submit
to it, and they would not ask me, or you, to
do it. They would not respect my man
hood or courage if l did When [ am
needed | will go. Until then, my invita-
ton to discuss is open. You can reconsider
any hour, and will meet you on notice.
=
me, that there are other candidates. Cap
tain, If you even do go to Congress, you
must reason better than that when you take
the floor. If you do not, one of those Re
publicans will punCture your logic lust by
looking at it. And is that your reasoning {?
No, you can do better than that. Your
trouble was, you ere very hard pushed to
find any kind Of excuse, and you did your
best.
paoo,,eo tbora avn o4bor oaoJ;IoAa. x-a..
decline for the reason that l did not invite
all? If gentleman having equal cause of
grievance against a dozen men, of whom
you were one were to challenge you and
you recognized the code dWeLEo, what man
ner of man would YOU be, to decline on the
ground. that he had not at the same time
challenged the other eteuen? That won't
do for a statesman. That won't make
''black seed cotton" grow.
Your last point is your offer to have a
primary election. We're I disposed to be
illogical, | would initiate you Just here
would say there are other candidates than
you and me, and as you did not extend the
proposition (challenge) to them, feel that
my chivalric duty to the other gentlemen,
who have been thus neglected, forbids me
to accept your offer to join in a request for
primary!
But while it will do me good to initiate
your virtues, / must draw the line on your
logic. [ can't stand everything. 1t ought
not to be expected of me. 1t is not right,
in fact, not humane. And so / answer to
your offer, that knowing full well it is not
made in my interest and would not have
been made had you not believed it would
give you some advantage, shall leave the
mode of choosing delega es to be decided, as
for all time past by the Democratic Execu-
tive Committee. I. NJ. NORWOOD.