The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-06

In some 70 the Washington dispatches
30 is stated that those southern senators
who favor the free coinage Of silver have
announced. since reading the Presidents
letter 20 Gov Northen, that they intend
20 fhbuster 10 prevent the repeal Of the
sherman silver law, though they had
made up their minds 20 let vote be
taken after the close of the legitimate
debate before that letter was published,
The ground Of their change Of mind is
said 20 be that the letter convinces them
that if the Sherman silver law should be
repealed uncondititionally the President
would not favor any legislation in behalf
Of silver.
II is quite safe TO say that none Of tile
southern silver senators have made any
such announcement. There isn't one of
them who was not just as well aware of
the Presidents position on the
silver question before the letter to
Gov. Northen was published as
he was afterwards. The President stated
nothing in the letter that he had not
stated before he was nominated for Presi-
dent or since he was elected. His utter
sistent and very frank He has not at
tempted to hide his views or to deceive
the people. II is all nonsense therefore
to say that the letter of Gov Northen
has had the effect of making southern
silver senators do what they had not in
tended to do to defeat the repeal of the
sherman silver law.
Neither the southern silver senators nor
the silver senator's from any other part of
the country have suggested what sort Of
legislation in respect to silver they would
like the President TO favor. Not one of
them has offered scheme for
the free coinage that would
comply with the demands of the
platform of either the Democratic or Re
publican party. They talk about a
double standard and bimetallism, but they
are very careful not to say how a double
standard could be maintained under ex-
listing conditions. Not one of them has
anything to offer to carry out his views
that would be in strict compliance with
the platform utterances of either Of the
great political parties.
Why do not the silver senators offer a
scehme for the free coinageof silver that
would insure parity between gold and
silver currency7 If the silver democrats
Of the Senate think they can frame
measure in strict compliance with the.
silver plank of the national democratic
platform, why do they not do so and Of
fer it in the Senatel If we can, as they
say, have free silver coinage, and at the
same time silver dollar having an in
trinsic value equal to that of a gold dol
lar, as the platform demands, why do
they not point out how we can have it,
Why waste so much time in talka If
they cannot point out how we can haveit,
why not frankly say sol
The President has been extremely
frank. He has said how in his opinion
we can have bimetallism. Thus far the
silver men, although saying they want
bimetallism, have pointed only to the road
that leads to silver recommendation Can
it be possible that they are deceiving
themselves-that they really think they
are bimetallists9 If they are they are
not deceiving the people,
We do not believe that southern sena-
tors who are opposed to the repeal bill
will tilibuster. Southern men in public
life have always aimed to be statesmen
and statesmen do not filibuster