The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-11
HON. HENRY G. TURNER
ADDRESSES HIS CONSTITUENTS ON
THE sUB-rREAsURY BILL,

40 Saws That il is Not Only lmprac-
+,cable. but Dangerous to the Whole
Country-An Able Defense OF SOUTH
ern Congress men, etc.
rrha forowing article from Hon. II. u.
Turner against the sub-treasury Dill VIII
appear in the Quitnnan Press OF July ~
To M Constituents: on June - d
number of gentlemen, members OF tre
farmers alliance, met in secret conference
at Albany. at which an address was deilv-
cred bv Mr. jackson Of Decatur. mat
addrase Is said TO have. been adopted as
embodying the views Of the conference, or
ratber of a majority of the members. These
proceedings are published in the last issue
If the cambridge Democrat, and had been
previously distributed through the district
in the form of secret circular. As these
contain a very serious arraignment of dem
oorstic representatives, l propose brief
reply.
,enrosentatives. of whom | am the hum
hist, met in caucus and ''repudIated, as un-
1.1,rthv their consideration, "a bill for the
reIief of agricultural depression" and IN
obliged in Ignorant criticisms of the bill:
If is perhaps a sufficient answer to these
examinations to say that they are entirely
-rInndless. We held no such caucus; we
saouisad nobody: we gave the measure
cereful study and returned to all inquiries
courtaous and candid answers. 1t Is true,
in the face OF the assurance that we wouln
he returned without opposition In case we
should support the bill, we felt bound TO
saw that we could not conscientlously give
il our support. 1t was persls1ehVIy pIesseu'
1nd IL lrouLd hare been much easier to
Eueel Our constituents are largely en-
caqeo in farming What motive could we
have had for unworthy or contumellous
treatment of farmers.
The address affirms that 1--WE are given to
understand by discourtesies shown our dele
cation that on account OF our stupldlty we
don't know what is best fer us. "
II the gentlemen who made this charge
will investigate the matter, they will find
that these discourtesies never occurred.
We are also accused of ''fumbling with
the tariff, - and it is also said in this address
that "while our representatives have been
.umbling at the spigot, the main leak has
-,een at the hupg and that which has been
regarded as the principal issue has been in
great measure decoy for our representa-
ives This is an indictment of the Dem
ocrntic pdrtm If we have shown an inter
est in tariff reform, which means the
reduction of taxation, we have but fol
lowed Mr.. Tilden and the platform OF
1916. Mr.. OleYeidQQ 6Ilu Guo pldC'
form of 1883. Every presidential campaign
Turing our entire period of service. and
every platform of the state has made the
tariff the chief issue. Was it wrong for us
% follow our own faith, the creed which our
rartv has so often formulated for our guild
ance. and 09Gch has SO often been ratified
l.; our cor rHts! When Mr.. Cleveland
sent his 4e sage to congress devoted
to one subject, and thai
the tariff, i, he a ''fumbler" And
when we passed through the House. in &C
cordance with his message and with the
sentiments OF the people who voted for us
a measure of real reform, were we blame
worth? And when the people of our party
renominated Mr.. Cleveland for the leader
ship of our party after that message, anC
chiefly on that great issue, were we cul-
pably stupid because we followed his fial
and the national democratic platform. W.
are not ashamed of our allegiance to ouI
party on this cardinal principle. and FIR ou
fidelity to tive will go to the political block
The preamble to the resolutions recite
that it is ''evident that the interests of tn
farmers have been wilfully ignored" etc
1t cannot be denied that we have at leas
been democrats. If new test is to be ap
piled to us, it ought at least to be prescribed
by a convention Of our party duly constl
tuted, according to established usage
But if it is proposed to divide our pee
PIE on JnlS CLASS issue, IN our preSeu
situation, the burden is on these VIII
lead the movement to make a clea
case. The gentlemen who have pre-
pared this manifesto, must say, with al
due respect, nave taken too much fo
granted. If they are "better informed,
they ought to have left out more denuncia
ton, and put in its stead more informa
ton. They are silent as to their plan O.
relief. The governor, who is a candidat
for the United States Senate-mo, It accept
able to these gentlemen, | presume IS no
prepared to advise as to the SUBJ reasury bill
and Mr.. Northern, the candidate for tn
81 next gubernatorial term, in his Thompson
speech, seemed to favor that bill, "or SOM
better plan" Mr.. N. then added this quo
tatlon from DR.. Macune's speech Def re tn
committee on ways aud means: eff thi
bill, after mature elaboration, be found TX
be lmpra cticable, the farmers do not wan
1t. If it be found to be a class measure, j
is not what they ask" And Mr.. Living
ston is represented, in the repJr5 of hi
Georgetown speech, published in the Cuth
bert Enterprise and Appeal, to hav
said that 'he was not particularly
welded TO the sub-treasury plan" etc
Senator Vance, who introduced the suu
treasury bill in the Senate and on accoun
OF his popularity with the agriculture
classes, was nominated by DIR. Macune'
paper for the presidency, has just writer
4CUteI ueCIdIluS undG ne CennOG supper
the DILL Surely, in such a state of the case
no man ought to be outlawed because b
doubts the iufalhbility of the measure.
II unquestioning support of the sub-treas
ury bill is to be prescribed as the indispen
sable prerequisite to a nomination fo
congress in this district, then will the sam
measure be applied to the candidate of tn
democratic party for the next speakershi
OF the House of Representatives? Our peo
pie have recently had very vivid and luri,
Illustrations of the great powers of til
speaker The present occupant of that hlg
place has done more to alarm freemen and
mould ana advance measures for thei
A oppression than was ever done by any MAJ
10 THIS country in time of peace. If to,
proposed sub treasury bill is to be apple,
10 members who are to vote for a man n
ms successor, will the same test be apple
10 our nominee for that most importan
cIilce! The speaker can do more in this O
Ine next or any other congress for the adj
vancement of the bill than any other renre
Rsentatve According to the ineyitabl
logic OF the case, the advocates of the bill
elected on that measure would be force,
vote Tor candidate for speaker VIII
aSrees with them in opinion on this schem