Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01
BY THE LEG.

ATLANTA. GA, May u -"Yes,
did say that tho money power had
the Government by tho leg, and
say it again; but the responsibility
for that state of ntli,irs belongs to
tho Republican party, not to Mr..
Cleveland"
Tie speaker was Colonel William
Q. Oates, member Of Congress aud
nominee of the Alabama Democracy
for the Governorship Of that State.
Yes he continued, 81 did say il;
and while tho words were not Mr..
Clevelands, tho sentiment was his.
have talked IL good deal with Mr..
Cleveland, continued Colonel Oates,
land IN discussing the financial stu
alton md the condition of the Treas
ury he has gone SO far us to say, in
the strong language that is charnc
terietic of the nau, that tho New
York banks have such control of the
situation that he Qhe Presidency
didn't know what to do
Colonel Oates spent few hours i'm
Atlanta tonight. He WAS on his way
to Washington. The train which
brought him TO the city reached here
at 4:30, aud us he could not leave nm.
til 8 o'clock he had time to talk Loli
tics with number of people. After
supper he was the center of quite II
crowd of Georgians, and inciden,uliy
the different features Of iho campaigns
IN Alabama were discussed.
81 believe rs | have always said
continued Colonel Oates, "thut Mr.
Cleveland is II friend of silver. |
know he is, for he told me so. The
mistake he has made has been tia:
he has kept his views to himself and
has not let the people know lust
where lie has stood, and whore he
now stands. don't think he should
have vetoed the seignioruge bill. and
vol ed to pass thni bill over his veto;
not that | considered that the bill
would make much difference in The
money situation, but because / be.
iieved Its passage aud approval by
the President would have gone n
long way toward reconciling the diff
ferences III our party at the South.
He has said that he favored interim
tlonal agreement, bat in my opinion
has not gone sufficiently into detail
concerning his position on The lrnn.
cl"l question /" suit the people, aud
therein lies good deal Of Tie onno
sition to him. What is or is not good
for his party has no influence What.
ever on him. He does lust as he
thinks is right
Il opposed resolutions directly re.
terring to Senator Morgan SAID The
Colonel. "My idon was that he had
been endorsed in tho several county
conventions, and there las no nee d
OF precipltating The question upon
the convention.
81 was in the meeting of the Com
mlttee on Resolutions when this mat
t'r came up, and in it L opposed the
introduction OF such resolutions
But there were some member, OF the
committee who insisted on the direct
question being put TO the conveu
ton, aud the resolution reporIed by
the committee was agreed upon ms n
sort OF compromise. Then when
the Morgan men insisted on endors
ing his position on national cues
lions, the trouble was precipiioted
which resulted in the adoption ~,
the resolutions submitted as com
promise by Colonel Tompkins. which
were essentially tho same as those
submitted by the committee. Colo
mel Tompkins was the leader of The
Oates mon on the floor. had been or
appointed by the caucus, and nv
supporters did just as he said Bu,
+" he repeated, twas opposed TO the
question of the endorsement of Mr.
Morgan ever being raised in the con
vention. Mr.. Morgan will be unani
mously re elected to the Senate, how
ever, as all Alabamians recognize his
great services to the State"
Recurring to the financial question
at the suggestion of an interviewer
Colonel Oates said:
u do not agree with Mr.. Cleve
land on all phases of the none,
question. He is in favor of bimetoI
Ism only after international aure,
hent. L disagree with him there. TO,
believe we can have the free coin
$ag both gold and silver, maintain
nhg Inc two dollars AT II lmity, indie
pendent of the rest of the world
" ote the silver plank in The pL
FORM we adopted at Mo, to m ,rv
winch says: While there ire differ
elces Of opinion among us in matter,
OF detail, we all helieve in Tho fro,
Damage Of silver whenev. r !, con ~