The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-10
SAFETY IN GOLD.
The Only True Money
Standard.
Hon. JOSill PlfIGTSOI'S Speech on
The Currency.
FREE SILVER MEANS DISASTER.
1t Would Result in Sill
yer MOnOmetalliSm.
ONLY SILVER WOULD CIRCULATE
Credit Would Be I'm
paired.
1t Would Result in Sill
yer MOnOmetalliSm.
ONLY SILVER WOULD CIRCULATE
Credit Would Be I'm
paired.
THE SOUTH WOULD SUFFER.

1t was composite audience that greeted
Hon. Josiah Patterson of Memphis, Tenn,
at odd Fellows hall last night. The law
yer. the laborer, the banker and the mer-
chant were all there in numbers TO hear a
sound and logical presentation of the
financial question.
The night was warm and close one, but
It did not keep back those who wanted to
hear. The hour of meeting. $50 o'clock,
found the hall comfortably filled, and
many more came in just before the speak
ing began. Had the weather been less op-
pressive it is safe to say the hall would
not have held those who would have
turned ont to hear the address. The
speaker, however, had an excellent audi
ence. in spite of this fact. 1t was an in
tellectual audience, and one which will
think and reason about what was said.
Mr.. Patterson arrived in the city from
Augusta at 1890 o'clock. He was met at
the train by Capt. c. s. Ellis, Messrs. ].
S. Collins and Hugh Logan, three of the
members of the committee on arrange
ments. From the depot he was taken to
the De Soto. At o'clock in the afternoon
Mr.. Patterson was taken for a drive
around the city and shown all the prlnci-
parpoints of interest
Il am very much interested in Savan-
nah,'' he said. 'AIy grandfather Alexan-
der Patterson of Abbeville district, South
Carolina, who was a sergeant in the revo-
ND
for six years, fought at the siege Of Sa-
vannah, besides others of the memorable
battles in this part of the south"
Mr.. Patterson talked interes tingly of his
tour Of the south. He has made about thir-
~ sound money speeches in the last two
months, eleven of these having been de-
livered in Mississippi. and three of them
in Georgia.
There is going to be a revolution in the
south on this question" Mr. Patterson
said. ''Cities and towns everywhere are
organizing sound money leagues, and there
is d strong tide turning in this, direction
in places where heretofore the silver peo-
pie have apparently held full sway.
Il was surprised at the way things went
in Mississippi. l made eleven speeches
there and many others have spoken in
different parts of the state. When the
work was begun Mississippi was conceded
to be a free silver state, and as a matter
of fact it was considered that it had
practically no sound money men at all.
I believe that there are now as many
sound money men in Mississippi as there
are in Georgia, and that that state will
send a sound money delegate to the nation
al convention"
Mr. Patterson is decidedly in favor of
education on the financial question
Trrh fhn of he &. fI.
a speech may impress a business man or
any other thinking man who hears it, he
said, the main influence comes through
putting it in a readable shape, and getting
it scattered broadcast among the people.
Mr.. Patterson has had large audiences
wherever he has been and is confident
that the people are rapidly getting in line.
He says there is no doubt that Atlanta
and Augusta are sound money cities, and
there has never been any question about
how Savannah stands. He referred pleas
antly to the fact that he
was introduced to an Augusta audience
Z by Hon. Patrick Walsh, free silver advo-
cate.
Mr.. Patterson will remain in Savannah
to-day and from 10 O'Clock this morning
until 4 o'clock this afternoon will have
an informal reception at the De Soto
hotel. Between those hours he will glad
ly meet any one interested in the money
questions, and will discuss them or give
any explanations asked for This after
noon he will be taken down the river
on the tug William +. McCauley, which
has been secured for the occasion. The
party will make trip to the bell buoy,
which will afford a good view of the har-
Dor works.
The meeting at Odd Fellows hall was
called to order shortly before O'clock.
Mr.. Patterson was introduced by Hon.
Walter G. Charlton, who referred to the
one-time subtreasury idea of the popu-
lists, and said they We're now advocat-
ing another subtreasury plan, that of the
silver mine owners, which was the free
coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to ].
He said that Mr.. PattersOn's address
would justify the faith of those present
in the sound money doctrine and demon
strate the wisdom Of that policy. with
assurances of a warm and hearty well
come for him." he said, Il now have the
pleasure of introducing to you the Hon
Josiah Patterson of Tennessee"
Mr.. Patterson was frequently applauded
through the course of his remarks He
had a sound money audience to all ap-
pearances and it was with him from the
Start. There were, however, a few silver,
tiles present, but for the most part the
very few of them in Savannah seem to
have kept away from the meeting for
fear their idols would be shattered and
their reasoning too successfully contro>
verted.
Mr. Patterson's conclusion was an able
and mastery eulogy of President Cleve-
land. He gave among other things many
reasons why southerners and Georgians
especially should have a high regard for
him and what he has done for the south.
me committee occupied seats on the
platform with the speaker There were
on the platform besides Mr. Patterson