New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-25

90 tho Southern statesmen, recently, and IN
sneech on THE South and the National Credit
. tr,ed hard 10 throw a mantle Of charity over the
/ .ould.he statesmen whom the eX-Mayor declared
% he ignorant" and inferior 10 their fathers IN
brain and heart. Mr. Pattersons defence of South
crn lawmakers in Congress was not receNeu Win
orv violent demonstrations of approval he was
orrlauded a number of times. but IT was nearly al
.. or,ar no had turned into sidetrack to eulo
oi7a President Cleveland. give some campaign
oratorv about the wickedness Of the Republican
partv Mr. Pauersons gittcrng generahties re-
c.ived the usual need of applause But his apology
for his colleagues-for it was an apology rather
+ba, a defence-seemed to fall rather fat Many OF
his hearers apparently appreciated the ridiculous
ness Of his logic and entirely disagreed WIN MS
conclusions one man went to sleep and snored so
loud that he had TO be carried out
4 BEAUTIFUL TRANSFORMATION
~, Patterson is not ignorant himself He was
when he was elected Congress, as he confessed
,oet night but since he has been permitted TO SIT
a. the feet of President Cleveland and drink IN
knowledge. he has become learned cuckoo and
is not In favor of free silver or any Oh ti'e uai
eer,,us ''isms" that his fellow Democrats from the
South are upholding. Having thus become puiseu
of his own Ignorance and not being therefore
,ncluaed IN the list Of those to whom Mr. Hewitt
os,rihad that condition. he was able, as he was
careful to impress upon his hearers by frequent
repetition. to speak fairly and without preJuu'ce
on the toast assigned to him
Mr. Pattersons argument may be outlined "a as n loi
lows The Southern members OF CongresS haa pfer
brought up in the heresy OF free sSer orr STAT
pqtform for twenty years. They had accep'e1 theli
pnquestionlney without inquiry or investsAtion az
may become i5aPtiht OF niv b9, IN
or Catholic. because his amer Va Dseie ~
had fought for these heresiez in Congress ana ha3
neen 80 and in the repeal OF the sherman silver
INV the Government OF this country haa Sstapaihea
p %s ,g 8d sq }Ra. ihSse m H s6Gcre
trving to have the seigniorlge coined bat what oil
w Of
bagatele and would not aiifet 'Hc n5gl nw
%en thst they could not force their IDEAS on the
Nation l they were were ,Sa 9d HEY hai no expcca-
Ion Of ruining the public credit ant in vieW OF
made against them were really too bad
HIS ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION.
1;er, is the speech in part as 1t related 10 ex-
NavOr Hewtt's criticism;
- admit that the Democrats Of the South have
no, been in accord with the Democrats Of New
York on the financial question. differ with large
majority the representatives OF the South on TINS
grave and vital question. 80 l am in position
10 speak somewhat frankly in respect to the very
harsh criticisms the public men OF ne South
which have recently been uttered mere IN Demo
''@@ yon are not aware perhaps. that down South
We have a peculiar state Of affairs. DO you know
that these representatives in Congress nearly an,
have trumphed over a combination Of Republicans
and Populists? The Republican party - IateIial
party While it was in power IL gave TINS couu MY
phtSe people in the south should have become cor,
rupted by it and have taken up WIN iS "n
notions such wanting to get uhlln'ei i9" Hi U'
their crops from the Federal Government; de ea
20 e1rrelv barshiv and unnecessarily criticised by
ex-Aiayor Hewitt confronted by thls cohaitIum
has contained plank for the free coinage Of sl.
yer and these men have ben PfTuEn' prjncple
Which they are bound to follow. Just as BapI5it
or Or ,5 ib Is one because his father 50
these doctrines have become part OF the - ~
belief there, and these fellows have iouo"eu II
blndly.
WISDOM FROM MR.. cI-EvELAND's LIPS
az was in the same condition when went to
Congress l believed in free silver ana IotS Oh
other things But / began to study THESE
things and under the leadership OF Grover NleEe-
Iand who is the only man in this country who
could have piloted the ship OF stare III S@,'
nrinci1Ies of sound money These other men from
the South true Democrats ana tney Vre t ,bay
country They have simply followed ra9luon' M M!
have simply followed their party platoih,, n
changes which are 10 take place n III ' ra re-
form in the Democratic ranks all along the NM.
is mi IS wedge Is when free SILVER may
into currency. II 2ll 10 CON tne .t', e
he fela II battle with their side arms The silver
nSucied as was any in which fathers took part
That battle Vas dtcisvg, me , q' one wav or The
Other Mr. Carlisle has said that he admit mind 'aV-
ing the seigniorage c9ns II ,aa bc D,lI frjch,
ened It doesn't mean disaster IT may %. IN M
ake II is only tht last gun II q fctreal4.s hIiAH
The man in Ncw-York who breads free silver is IN
ne .. men .J VINO were criticised are making
Arh, today Tor good government in TIE SCUM
against Republican and ropuHs, commune a, in,el
lecnjal men. worthy Of Calhoun or Benton Tney
are going to shipwreck this country ""a'c'7'
They have expectation OF DONG H. g.
Mir Patterson Closed with a hood OF praise ior
snficient to light up the darkness in the south
and make erudite "cuckoos OF inc "loS' 'S"0'"''
free silver men.
MIR. FITCH STANDS Up FOR THE SOUTH.
cob 81
renly 20 ex-NIayor Hewtt's speech. Ashbel T.
Fitch made few remarks on what the ex-Mayof
had said 81 want to say said Nh Fitch that
there are Southerners and SOutherners ana thal III
our fight on the Silver TN in the House last sum
rner we had stronger helpers than some OF lhe
Southerners and ii that help which led us 10
victory Victory came from set Of men whom MI
Hewitt forgot TO mention From the South came
Josiah Patterson who took his stand WIN Us on m
him Mr. Hewitt -5rgot also that Congressman
gle Nj Hewitt also forgot that man e1o from N "ySr
the South who helped us In our night on the SILVER
xThen he forgot about the southerner who intro
dSced the biz for the repeal Of the sherman act,
and lastly he fors2 Wf an d5 M gbdg the South
Ii is not right to ak that way about any section
with US on our financial questions but in Congress
last summer. while there were some VINO held az
more than one Southerner who was worthy de-
scsndent Of men IKE Cahoq 9Tom an4 Newyor should
condemn a section that helped US win our battles
last summer These from the south VINO no
bly, stood bv US and who had to 20 home 10 face
the prejudice Of the South deserve our eternal
recognition The condemnation OF our Southern
neighbors by Mr.. Hewitt was unfortunate. and we
regret tt
Mr. STRAUSS TOUCHING WALL
Congressman Isidor Straus also spoke, but he said
nothing about Mr.. Hewitt. He said that ne had
been accustomed to talking over counter
than to a public assembly. He said that his ex-
periences in Congress had 80 far been unpleasant
because ne had discovered an effort on the part
OF the Democrats compromise on the silver
question BY the Bland bill Then he said ne ala
not Ike the behavior Of the Senate on me wilson
BILL and It's failure to act with greater dlspatch on
D.. He SAID lhat nj. surng STOCK I'd EOurlccmln-