The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-09-12

sure ana the extent and character u i'e
| influence that have been brought to bear on
| the representatives of the people here 10
induce them to vote for unconditional re-
| peal. This fact OF itself ought to be a SUI
| icient warning to those who can see IN
| unconditional repeal nothing more th1ii
a step in the direction of bimetallism; II
unconditional repeal We're not an attack on
the prosperity of the people, if it dld not
lead directly and inevitably to the utter de-
| monetization of silver-wc should not see
allied in its behalf the bank syndicate the
| mOney-lending interests. and the repMphcah
party led by John Sherman and THOMAS
Il. Reed. 80,
Under cover of it the whole combination
of bankers money lenders and Wall street
SPECTATORS are urging unconditional repeal.
! They will make no COMPROMISE the! haNe
no other programme JUST eve 1M US uu ,,.,,
are standing up for the people nave no
influence at court They do not have
the ear of the administration. The benefits
of patronage are not for them, nor TOT thoSe
| of their constituents VINO 100 he"i'n' VII
dorse their position. -.
Mr.. McCreary. of Kentucky. IS. i'm
arine. a type of the true bimetallist. |
am told he announces ne Is III l h;,ora o.
| bimetallism because he belleVeS pihe'ai
lisln to be an impossibiN. 1t may DC
that his brother congressman 40 not dHole
| him correctly. But it seems TO be lace
that all who favor the demonstration OF
silver whether they are n 1pc e'uVN
One great trouble is that those who are
in favor of the free coinage of silver are
| always in favor of some sort OF COMPROMISE
| in both legislation and argument, Renee
| we had the Bland bill and now the Sher,
man law, with a prospect Of a revival or
the law of 1873. So in argument. when
n goLibug declares that the free coinage OF
| silver will drive out gold and establish the
silver standard, the tree eolhase in"n -
|
| a;ctions. The answer is that the single sll-
yar standard is better thousand tunes
for the prosperity of the people ana me
| industrial progress of the country IMAM the
the single silver standard is infinitely pre-
! frrablc. AS Mr.. Balfour and all scientiic
| b;motoIlsts say, q depreciating standard Is
! far better than a standard OF Vaiues 'h.t
is constantly approaching. IhelsiIlu' II
we are to have but one standard. by all
| mems lot it be silver. so that the people may
nn;ov the fruits of their labor and the
nrofts of their industry. ! ain only running
| into argument in order TO get nySelf used
to the situation here, which is full or re-
| sounding arguments
AS 70 the atmosphere here. 1T has been
powerfully impressed upon me by httle
| impromptu talk made at the railway sta
tion CAST night by a negro man somewhat
past middle age. He was talking to Il white
man whom he had known in happier days
and his remarks were delivered Ill tone
high enough to attract Il little crowd. lie
was almost weeping.
"Yasser," he said when ! live down
| dar in Fergnny. dey wernt no better man
| dan me. | preached preached so dat de
| police come tell me dat Jared folks in der
bed 1asser, l Jared 'um. | could 60
| out in der bushes and pray, and my prars
| come true, kaZe they wernt no better man
dan me. But, sub, | come up here an |
fallen; lasser. | fallen. Time | struck dis
| town fallen"
How many mon who are not preachers
could duplicate this old Negroes experience?
IL there IS a moral in it, the reader is vel
| come to ind it out
VI.
And yet there are signs of COMPROMISE
III the ar-Whlspers, rumors, suggestions
| all possessing more or less significance with
those who circulate them. Yet | am told
by those who certainly ought to know
that there has been II good deul of uneasi-
| hess III administration circles during the
! past few days over developments in the
senate that have not yet become visible TO
the naked eye of the casual observer There
| Is IA hitch somewhere i'll the programme.
| Whether the trolley is off, OF Il fuse burnt
| out, 1t is impossible to say, but the car has
| stopped Oh Il curve, and the current is of.
1t is said now that Mr.. Carlisle is extreme
| ly ANXIOUS to preserve the solidity of the
| party ana the suggestion Is
! made that his views are to be found in the
suggestion of compromise offered in the
speech of Senator Faulkner, Of West Nir-
| ginIa, yesterday,
But the puZZing thing is, why should Mr.
| Carlisle have any more interest in the unity
of the democratic party than any other part
! of the democratic adminstration-than Mr..
! Cleveland for Instance? A western sena-
! tor said i'll my hearing yesterday, that it
Was pTeposterous to suppose that Mr.. Car
| Gi>l. p-aS 10 th., al
| his own errands. The gentleman to whom
! he was talking acquiesced in this, and said
! that there was but one member of the
cabinet above obsequlousness. He named
Graham the exception. The idea is
strong here that Mr.. Cleveland is his own
| party, his own cabinet and his own congress.
! The fact that the senate Is about to go to
| sleep on the bosom of Il compromise shows
! that the back gate has been inadvertently
! left open.
The compromise that has been cutting a
| figure in newspaper hints and private con
! ycrsation was briefly outlined in the speech
! delivered by Senator Faulkner yesterday.
| The fact that he read the speech showed
! that it had been carefully prepared, but
! 1t did not attract much attention. A few
| senators listened but the majority of them
! seemed to be in a cOmatose condition. John
| Sherman's long. bony fingers thrummed on
/ his desk what seemed to be an acc0lnpani-
ment to johnny Get Your Cum Mr..
! Hoar, who has the aspect of presiding
elder, cast his eyes hcavenward and seem
! ed to be i'll state of ecstatic Stupefac-
/ ton. Mr.. Voorhees, strolled out into the
! cloakroom. but got back to his seat in time
! to congratulate Senator Faulkner as heart
! i!y as if he had heard every word of the
| speech.
| presume your special correspondents
! here have outlined the suggestions of com
promise contained in the concluding para
graphs of Senator Faulkner's speech. The
senator wants silver dollars coined at the
rate of 100000 a month, until our stock
! of that coin reaches the amount Of $500
100000, which is 500, 100000 more than
France has. The opinion here is that the
compromise suggested by Senator Faulkner
finds favor with Secretary Carlisle as well
as with the free coinage leaders who see
no other way to carry out their views. Ry
the time our stock of standard silver dol
lars has reached $500, 100000. or even be-
fore. the people may have it in their power
to resume control of their governmental af-
fairs, legislative and financial
VII.
The banks still cutting up their cap
ers. Great surprise is expressed in New
York because Senator Noohees has not
answered a letter asking him to visit New
York and consult with Wall street bankers
The letter. asking him to consult with the
representative financial men OF the east
was sent on Friday of last week. A tele-
gram says that the Indignation of the