The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-24
CLAIM DIXIE IS A DEBTOR.
liver Men Want Votes in Return for
Theirs Against the Force Bill.

Washington, July 23.-The congress
men who were most iutefested in defeat
ing the passage of the force bill, it is re
ported, may aid their western colleagues
in opposing unconditional repeal of the
Sherman silver bill. This state of affairs
is represented to have been brought about
by correspondence between the western
silver senators and several southern seua-
tors 1t is said that at the time the force
bill was before the Senate, the western
silver senators bolted their party caucus
to aid their southern friends and resisted
to the bitter end all efforts to whip them
into lines" that il was through their eff
forts, united with those of the solid dem
ocratic minority led by Senator German.
that the fight against the force bill was
successful and that much diplomacy was
necessary to gather sufficient strength
from the republicans to defeat the force
bill, and that obligations were cOnse-
quently then incurred which have since
benefited the republican senators who
aided the democrats. The tariff silver
and all other questions were at that time
relegated to the rear and every energy
was put forth by the southern people to
prevent the passage of the force bill.
A CHANCE TO RECIPRoCATE.
1t is cited that by a strange coincidence
the very republican senator's from the
west who helped to defeat the force bill
are now most interested in continuing the
use of silver as money and are calling
upon the southern senator's to help them
TO prevent action which they be-
lieye will prove to be calam-
ity to the business interests of
their states A southern senator friendly
to silver said to-day that he felt very
much like going to the aid of his fellow
senators in the west on the principle that
lone good turn deserves another" BY
so doing, he added, he could repay the
obligations that both he and his people
felt was due to those who aided TO defeat
the 'cursed force BILL
A MEETING ia FRISCO.
Sanfrancisco, July 20.-A mass meeting
in the cause of silver was held here last
night. There was a large attendance.
Resolutions We're adopted IN which "Se-
cret denomination of silver in 1878 is de-
nounced as "a crime which. can never be
eXpiated except in its complete rehabilita-
ton"
Among the resolutions adopted were
the following:
Resolved, That it IS the duty OF all senators
and congressman of California in the matter
Of silver, as in all other matters, to regard the
viii and interests of their constituents and Of
the people, rather than the wishes of party
leaders and the President, and that these
representatives of this state should so serve
the public regardless Of patronage, party
strength and O1dcial advancement.
Resolved, That congress is earnestly re-
quested TO arrange for meeting of the pan
American congress so that silver com may
become common legal tender between the
United States ana the republics of Mexico
and Central and South America.
MASS MEETING CALLED.
Great Falls, Mon, July ga great
silver mass meeting has been arranged
here for tomorrow night to pass resolu-
tions to send to the silver congress at
Chicago. The whole country is aroused
by the closing down of the silver mines at
the Niehart and Barker camps, which are
tributary to this city.