The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-13
- ncmncratle platform ovsrloolcd.

The Democratic Platform Overlooked.
The Columbia Register. which d. h.
ucyoI tt expires lhc sentiments of Gov
Tuuaa. takes exception to The comments
mafe br Tho NoGslSs NEWS on thc rC.o-
latou adopted bv the Georgia bank.
CPS 90 their convention, Boo This
city. calling lo~ the repeal Of thg
sherman silver purchase act The
. WoENING Nrw. said that if the bankers
of other states speak ass STRONGLY the s.l-
yer purchase act. in ai probability, viii
Doe repealed. In reference 20 this state
ment the Columbia Register saws This
Is the first time we have heard this souti-
ment expressed SO boldly in print, but we
know that such is The sentiment of the
gOldolators. til tantamount 10 an as
sertation that this government is run TO
please the bankers"
Tine Register must he extremely ANXIOUS
10 cater to the silver sentiment and to
arouse a feeling hostile TO bankers; 9th
erwise it would not have placed such
strained Interpretation upon the re
mark of the MORNING News. II would be
ever so much better for the whole country
if newspapers should strive TO be fair and
frank in dealing with public questions.
The meaning of the statement of the
MORNING NEWS is that if the bankers of
the whole country should unite in urging
the repeal of the Sherman silver purchase
act their influence would not be without
effect upon congress-it might be suhi-
cient, in fact, to bring about the repeal Of
the act.
The act is condemned by the Demo
cratic party. In the national democratic
platform it is denounced as "a cowardly
makeshift, fraught with possibilities of
danger in the future which should make
all of its supporters, as well as its author,
anxious for its speedy repeal" And yet
the Columbia Register, which processes
to be democratic paper, takes exception
to a statement that if the bankers unite
in asking for its repeal it will, in all
probability, be repealed. Are not the
bankers of the country to have
any voice in financial matters?
In what respect have they offended that
a democratic newspaper would have their
appeal for legislation called for by the
national democratic platform, ignored2
Is not congress expected to legislate in
accordance with the will of the people,
and are not the bankers a part of the peo-
plel And who are better qualified to
speak in respect to financial matters than
bankers2
The Columbia Register should study
the national democratic platform and
make itself acquainted with the
views of bankers. With reference
to the bankers it might reach the
conclusion that in asking for the repeal of
the silver purchase act they are not in
fluenced more by their own interests than
by the interests of the people. They
want sound money and it is to the best
interests of every farmer, every working
man, every wage-earner and every de-
position in a savings or other bank to have
sound money. What the Georgia
bankers want is sound money, and it is to
be presumed that all other bankers want
the same thing. They are not welded to
gold nor are they against silver. They are
opposed to debased, degraded money and
all who care for the welfare of the people
and desire the prosperity of the country
are opposed to it.