The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-26
SILVER MEN IN ATLANTA.
Ferguson, Of Lee, Introduces Anti
Cleveland Resolutions.

Name, But the Resolutions in Direct
Opposition to His Financial Policy.
An Evening Paper Claims That the
Resolutions Were Prepared by Clark
Howell-Capt. Smith, of Gwinnett,
Denies the Truth of the Papers AL
legged Interview With Him.
Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 25.-As predicted in
these dispatches yesterday, interest in
the opening session of the House today
was the anticipated resolutions condemn
ing Mr. Cleveland and the course of con-
gress on financial legislation. Many reports
were afoat concerning the authorship of
the expected resolutions. w. r. Smith,
of Gwinnett, was most generally looked
TO for the bomb and some surprise was
manifested when Mr.. Ferguson, of Lee
county, sent typewritten set of resolu-
tions similar to what was expected to the
clerks desk. Mr.. Ferguson's docu-
menU is said TO have been
prepared in the Constitution office,
and is an effort by , that paper to
get the legislature to back its fight on the
administration. The resolutions them
selves are lost in the discussion as com
pared to the talk about the source from
which they are said to have come. Moth
ing else is discussed in the Hobbies to-
night, and the general opinion Is that if
MIR. Ferguson got his resolutions from the
Constitution Office, the management of
that paper has made a great blunder in
its desperate effort to bolster up a bad
cause.
Another feature of this incident of the
session is a story published by the Journal
this afternoon, purporting to be an inter
view with Mr.. Smith, of Gwinnett. This
interview, which is heavily headliued to
make it sensational, is as follows: "While
. number of bills were being read
journal reporter asked Capt Smith if he
did not have a resolution to introduce. He
replied in the Affirmative
"'Ls it not a resolution condemning
President ClevelandP asked the reporter.
T'L give you the whole resolution a
little later on replied the captain. Clark
didn't come to time
"a little later the reporter sought the
captain again, and asked: What about
that Cleveland resOlution2'
" i haven't got it yet, was his reply.
CLARK hasn't sent it to me. wrote him
and telegraphed him afterwards to fix up
the resolution or to get some of his staff to
fix it up for me. He has not sent it to
me, but reckon he will
"FClark whol' asked the reporter, very
innocently.
"'Why Clark Howell and the legisla-
tor looked with disgust on the man who
did not know about whom he was talk
ing"
The effort of the purported interview
has been to effectually Offset any effect an
anti-CleVeland resolution might have if
introduced now, and to place the Consti-
tuition editor in the nine hole, so to put
it.
SMITH DENIES THE STORY.
says the alleged interview is false 1t was
printed, he says, first to Offset his resolu-
ton, which he has ready to introduce to-
morrow, and secondly because he sued
one of the Journal men for 800 once and
the claim is now in the hands of Col. w,
H. Hilsey, of this city, for collection. AS
stated, MIR. Smith says he will introduce
his anti-Cleveland resolutions tomorrow.
1t seems that anti-administration reso-
buttons are to play large part in the
session.
The information comes from a reliable
source that Col. Nell Branch, the popu-
list leader from Columbia has a set of
resolutions OF this kind, which were pre-
pared by Tom Watson. Branch has not
arrived but will get in tomorrow with
bis document. g.
TEXT OF FERGUsON's RESOLUTIONS.
The resolutions offered by Mr.. Fergu-
Whereas, Great financial distress has pre-
vailed throughout the country for the last
two years, which resulted largely, If not alto
gether from the bad financial legislation of
the past thirty years; and
Whereas, 1t is believed that under such
legislation 1t was possible for panic'to,be ere
ated whenever the money power OF the east
found 1t to their interest to have one, and that
the present panic, which has brought distress
throughout the land is largely the result OF
conspiracy made possible by said laws;
and
Whereas, There is an insufficient amount
of circulating medium to meet the necessary
wants Of our great and growing country, to
supply our commerce with its legitimate
funds to promote manufactures and trade;
and
Whereas, The bad legislation, beginning in
1873 which reduced silver to a commodity and
dlscredited 1t as money metal contrary to
the original pupose of our forefathers, as EN-
bodied IN the constitution; and,
Whereas There is immediate need of res
storing silver to its legitimate place in the
currency; and,
Whereas, The unconstitutional prohibitory
tax OF 10 per cent. upon issues of state banks
mas prevented the supply of a sufficient
volume Of currency and has made It possible
for the national banks to contract or expand
the currency at will and,
Whereas, The people of the United States
and of the state of Georgia have by their
vote declared that the 10 per cent tax on state
banks of issue should be repealed
and declare that they hold to both silver
and gold as the standard money of the
country and to the coinage of both gold and
silver without discriminating against either
metal, or charge for mintage, but the dollar
unit OF both metals must be Of equal intrinsic
and eXchangeable value, and that such legis-
lation as shall insure the maintenance of the
parity Of the two metals and the equal value
of every dollar at all times in the market in
the payment of debts, and that all paper cur
rency be kept at par with and redeemable
with sIch coin; that this policy is specially
necessary for the protection Of the farmers
and labOring classes, the first ana most de-
fenseless victims of unstable money and duc-
tuatlng currency. Therefore be it
Resolved, By the general assembly OF
Georgia that our senators be instructed and
our representatives in congress be re-
quested to use all honorable means TO
speedily provide for the restoration of silver
TO its constitutional place in the currency OF
this republic, and that to that end the free
and unlimited coinage of silver be at once
provided
Resolved, further, That our senators he in
structed, and our repres entatives in congress
be requested, to use all honorable means TO
effect the immediate and unconditional repeal
OF the 10 percent tax on state banks of issue.
and
Resolved further. That the secretary of the
state be instructed to forward both of our
senators and each Of our representatives in
congress copy of these resolutions
dead silence followed the reading of
the paper. No one offered to speak and
IL was promptly committed to the com
mlttee on the state of the republic. 1t
may never see the light of dav again.