The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-13

WOulu EHtueE NObe lOT nlu1 bnan any Otner
living man. They will respect his frank
ness and courage in maintaining his per-
sonal convictions, even If they do not agree
with him, and they will probably be for
him anyhow"
Mr. Tracey Of New York said: "Mr.
Cleveland having been invited to attend the
meeting at New York acted courteousy and
properly in sending reply. Tohave sent a
letter without giving any expression of his
opinion would have been the act Of a weak
man, which Mr.. Cleveland is not. He has
decided convictions in opposition TO trying
the experiment OF free coinage at present,
and it is better that he frankly made them
known when circumstances arose calling for
q statement of his views"
MIR. Dunphy of New York, Hill democrat,
said: ''Mr. Cleveland undoubtedly ex-
presses the views of New York, and no man
who does not can carry New York. New
Jersey or Connecticut.
BLAND SARCASTIC.
On the other hand Mr.. Bland, speaking
Tor the free coinage men, says: every one
must see that Mr.. Cleveland has made a
mistake. This is the first time that we have
heard from this patriotic reform club We
have been under the shadow of threatened
despotism controlling the elections Of the
country during all this congress. This club
the country from Capitalization and despot-
ism, it was an alliance Of the west and south
which fought the battle of freedom. They
got no encouragement from the reform
club Of New York. Only when the money
bags Of Wall street were threatened
patriotic indignation seemed to have seized
a hold upon them. The free coinage of silver
is a western and southern measure in the
interest of freedom and from the thralldom
Of all okv .lz a.
coinage 60 hand in hand, and no man can
be elected on q democratic platform who is
not in sympathy with that movement The
farmers of the west, northwest and south
are solidly banded together on these propo-
sitious of the freedom Of the states, the con-
stitutional money Of our fathers, free silver
and free gold, and they propose to press the
fighting in that line. Even the state
of Kansas denounces the elections bill
as a sectional measure, while the money
bags of Wall street were silent on that ques-
tion. Mr.. Cleveland's letter makes his can
didacy for the presidency ridiculous He
will have no following west Of the Allie
ghany mountains"
Senator Faulkner, expressing the senti-
ments Of Senators Barbour, Pugh, Daniel
and large majority of the other demo
cratic senator's. said: SIT was a mistake.
The Democratic party is now united on the
tariff question. Mr.. Cleveland's letter dis
places that for the silver question, on which
it is not united. 1t forces that question on
the next national convention. and you know
how the democratic state conventions have
declared upon it,"
Mr.. Pugh added: "If the silver question
was before the country in 1892, Mr.. Cleve-
land would not be thought. of IN connection
with the democratic nomination. NJ
Mr.. Crisp said: "It was mistake. The
people want free coinage"
IN THE SAME BOAT.
The Critic says Mr.. Wilson, a republican,
of Kentucky, thinks that the letter puts
Mr.. Cleveland and President Harrison in
the same boat. He asked Mr.. Dalzell, a
Pennsylvania republican member, if he
was for Cleveland or Harrison. Mr.. Dalzell
Dickinson, a democratic member from Ken
tucky the same question. He replied that
he was for Cleveland.
BROUGHT UP IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The House this
morning went into committee of the whole.
with Mr.. Payson as chairman, on the legis-
lative appropriation bill. In speaking to q
verbal amendment Mr.. Grosvsnor
of Ohio sent to the clerks desk,
with his hearty Endorsement, an account
of the meeting at Cooper UAion
last night. and the letter addressed by
Grover Cleveland TO E. Ellery Anderson.
The letter having been read, Mr.. Grosvenor
said he had thus placed this important and
statesmanlike document in the permanent
records OF the country to the end that in
the coming campaign it should be available
under the frank Of the members of the
next congress to be used in disseminating
the information throughout the country
[Republican laughter.]
Mr.. Kerr also commented upon the Cleve-
land letter.
Mr.. Bland-I thought the gentleman was
in favor Of free coinage.
Mr.. Kerr-I am.
Mr.. Bland-Then you ought to be called
"Y oung-M -Man-Afraid-o -Free-C Coinage" for
you never vote that way.
Mr.. Kerr-I never had chance, though
was a member Of the last congress. when
the gentleman was chairman of the COM.
mittee on coinage, weights and measures.
Mr.. Bland-You had chance the other
day, but you did not vote with us. Now
that ex-President Cleveland has been con-
firmed in his views by such great states
man as the gentleman from Iowa, i don't see
how he can ever change his views and be
converted
HOOKER OBJECTS.
Later In the day Mr.. Hooker Of Missis-
sippi referred to the printing of ex-President
Clevelans letter In the Record and said
that, for one. and speaking only for him
self, he was not disposed to permit that let
ter to become part of the Congressional
Record of the country without saying some
thing in regard to it, SO that he might ex-
press the sentiment of the people he ia part
represented. He had very great defer
ence Tor the views of the distinguished
statesmen; he had very great Difference
for the distinguished men who, in
the other branch of the legislature,
had declared that the Judgment of the
American people as expressed on many
occasions, and especially at the last eec-
ton, was unalterably fixed In favor of free
coinage of silver [applausel; and although
the business men of the great metropolitan
city of New York may have met and re-
solved that it would disturb the business
interests ofEthe country, he thought they
ought to pause moment and reflect that
in that great city not ore brick would have
been piled upon another had not the great
agricultural interest of the country
sown the earth in good season and
brought its produce to the sea~
board. It was something for New York
10 be monarch. She would be king without
a subject to obey her if agriculture did not
bring its produce TO her port.
POWER OF THE PEOPLE.
1t must be remembered that while busi-
ness men might speak there was a power
behind the tnrone of the business men, be-
hind the banks, behind the gold men, and
behind the silver men-the power of the
people of the country, who had declared in