The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-06
BUSY BIMETALLIsTs.
Many Delegates Take Part in the
Days Debate.

L
Pau-American bimetallic convention
opened with the committee on
resolutions presenting a supplem-
entail report unfavorably passing
upon proposition by Thomas Warren to
take action looking to endorsement of the
removal of the national capital further
west, also favoring the printing and cir
culatlon of the address of yesterday by
Walter n Allen of Kansas upon the eX-
ceptiOn clause of the silver law. The re
port was adopted without dissent.
The question came then upon the adop-
tioh of the report of the resolutions COM
mittee.
Delegate Waterbury of Kansas moved
an amendment to the report by the addi-
tion of a proposition presented by H. NJ
Taylor of Mexico, faVoring an increase
of the volume of the currency by the issue
of legal tender notes secured by land val
ues. Upon this motion Delegate Cochran
of Missouri took the floor, in opposition
to any and all efforts to say or do anything
in this convention upon the money question
other than fully and entirely indorse the
free coinage of silver.
Mr.. Taylor replied in defense of his
proposition, urging that money based
upon such security was as safe as the
money based upon the honor of our gov
ernment and as the S346, 600, 600 of green
backs.
THE PER CAPITA CIRCULATION
Delegate Waterbury of Kansas, upon
text S5.T1 per capita, public and private
debt, pleaded fOran increase of the volume
the currency with which to meet it by
the means proposed in. the minority re-
port.
For the majority of the committee on
resolutions Gov Tillman spoke briefly,
declaring that it was the desire of his
committee TO concentrate the efforts of
the convention upon the central purpose
-bimetallism, and for that reason it
seemed to him unwise to seek more now,
no matter how alluring the prospect.
GOV. wAITE's FLEA.
Gov. Waite of Colorado begged the CON
vention not to be diverted from the one
great issue. Until the success of bi-
metallism showed Wall street to have
lost its grip upon legislation IL was i'm
possible to secure any other form of finan-
cial legislation. AS to the west and
south, they could control the policies of
the country if 1t became necessary. He
declared his belief that there were
millions Of money now in Washington
with which to buy congress, and with
such a condition the south and west must
unite.
Delegate Manning of Alabama declared
the readiness of the south for union
with the west in the battle for the free
coinage of silver, but pleaded for the ex-
clusion OF extraneous matter from the
platform as diversion of the purpose of
the convention.
Delegate Kaggs of the same state spoke
in similar strain, also denouncing Presi-
dent Cleveland as an enemy and betrayer
of the people
Delegates Taylor, Waterbury and
Waite withdrew the minority report
Then with a motion to adopt the majority
report pending the convention adjourned
until p. m.
AT the afternoon session, pending action
upon the report of the resOlu-
tions committee resolution was Of
fered providing that in the event of
the failure of congress to provide ade-
quately for the use of silver as money, for
the calling of a national convention in
January 1894, under the auspices of the
governors of Missouri, South Carolina,
Kansas and Colorado, including delegates
from every state and territory, and labor
and agricultural organization, to take
action looking to a thorough agitation of
the question before another election.
Pending action upon this, the regular
order was called for and S. S. King of
Kansas City, speaking to the sixth
clause of the resolution, represented the
doing of the recent gulf transportation
conference at Chicago and pleaded for a
new route to the old world-a relief from
the commercial tyranny of New York and
Chicago, as he said.
TILLMAN TAKES THE FLOOR.
Gov. Tillman of South Carolina then
took the floor to close the debate uron the
resolutions report. He declared the
financial question presented but another
form of slavery. AS to the sectionalism.
every section had and would vote as its
interests demanded As to this he was
not uneasy, but he was as to the adhesion
to the party making so many men forget
that Others have rights. Touching again
upon sectiopalism and reconstruction, he
declared himself a Hamburg rioter
and asked what made him so. 1t
was negro domination. The end
justified the means. He had
no apologies to make for ATTEMPTS to
secure honest government by honest men,
unawed by the bayonets of giant soldiers
Coming once more to the present he took
up statistics to show that the west and
south could control the presidency and
Senate, within nine of a majority of the
House, and these men could be picked up
east of the Mississippi. Would the west
meet the south}
GOV. LEwELLYN REPLIES.
Gov Lewellyn answered; What would
the governor of South Carolinaask2 Had
not Kansas sent ex-confederates to the
cOngreSsl Was not this an olive branch
of peacel Was it not a sufficient pledge
that the old issues were dead, that the
bloody chasm was crossed and that the
west was prepared to do her partl As
Gov. Lewellyn closed, Gov. Tillman rose
and the two governors grasped hands in
a common platform amid cheers which
sudsided only when the convention ex-
hausted itself.
At the cessation of the cheers the ques
tian was put on the majority report of the
committee on resolutions and it was
adopted unanimously in form as reported.
The resolution providing for the calling
of a national convention in January was
withdrawn, and after the transaction of
some minor business, including the
passing of the usual resolutions
of thanks, the convention adjourned sine
die, having first provided for the calling
of another convention If deemed necessa-
ry by the president and secretary of the
Metallic League