The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-26
tom NORWOOD'o VIEWS.
INTERE STING INTERVIEW WITH THE
DISTINGUISHED CHATHAM STATES
MAN.
Importance of the Fins ncial Issue--The
South and West Standing TOgether--He
Thinks They WIN Win.

1hGy w ia w Ahs
ATLANTA, April 22.-Neither in pub
lie nor private station in Georgia is there
more profound thinker ON economic
questions than exhibited States Senator
Thomas NJ Norwood. He has been up
here for few days with client who has
investments here. Meeting the ex-sen-
ator at the Aragon a small group of
friends drew him out on the present IL
nancial and political situation.
Col. Norwood is pronounced opti-
mist. He says that there is danger
ahead the way things are going now.
"Old political lines are disappearing UNI
der the great financial issues. In the
East the Republicans and Democrats
stand together for monometalism. They
are for gold and against silver, In the
South and West the Democrats and Re-
publicans have coalesced on the financial
issue. The Republican senators from
| Nevada and Colorado flew the track
when the silver question came up, ana
stood with the Democrats of their sec
ton and the South. Senator Hewitt, in
speech not long ago, thanked God that
on the financial question the old parties
of the North and East stood together
There is an irreconclable difference be-
of the two old parties on finance. The
party lash cannot be snapped until the
cracker is worn off, but the gold men of
the Democratic party in the East, nor
the Republicans of the West, will follow
his associates of the other section on
this issue much longer. Certainly there
will be no surrender by the good people
of the North and L st. II nee, it is sim
ply matter of submi,ln- to them or
overriding them. The South and West
are in the majority. We can eventually
enforce our financial policy and will.
The day may be postponed, but the
longer the delay the more severe the
reaction.
Some financial relief must be given
by this Congress. The Democrats must
show the people of this country that
they intend to do all they can to relieve
the depression, or the discomfort of last
year Will crystaize and expand and The
revolution willtbe upoD as before the un- |
0bseTVant dream OF 1T.
would a revision of the tart if ac-
complish the result?" l asked the ex
Senator.
mo, sir. The people want more than
that What good will it do to- cheaper
the price of an article if the man has not
the dollar to buy it with? He must have
the dollar first. We want more money
The repeal of the ten per cent tax IN the
State banks would be a step in the right
direction, but that alone would not be
enough. If a repeating bin can be pass
ed at the coming session it will pacify |
the clamor for awhile and be accepted as
an evidence that the party intends to af
ford relief. But we will be fought at
every step by the gold men. They have
the money in the North and they want |
to hold on to it. They are benefited by
a SCARCITY of money when they have it
all. Why should we stand at the heck
and nod of England? England does not
want silver. Very well. We are rich.
We have an abundance of resources of
our own, and if we want silver let us
have it. There is plenty of gold here to
pay for what we buy abroad, a ID if there
is not we can get along with what we
produce at home, but Europe must buy
of our cotton, our grain and our meats.
We are in the position of a man standing
at banquet and starving because a dys-
peptic neighbor with whom the rich
viands do not agree says that he does
not care to eat. We are rich in our own
fields and factories and mines. We have
an abundance of Silver. If the Govern
ment stamps certain number of grains
with the dollar mark, it is just as good
for our domestic commodity of exchange
as tie yellow metal Our trade among
ourselves is nine times as much as our
trade with foreign countries. Forthat vast
volume of trade silver will ans wer every
purpose. Only we want more of it. The
country wants more money.
1.-The differences between public men
is one of enyironm nts. Joshua Hill,
of Morgan com y, who was a colleague
of mine in tie U.itsd States cary in the
seventies, told me once that Charles
Sumner had remarked to him: III had
been Georgian would have been Bob