The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-02
Looking over the Field.

Looking over the Field.
The silverites are not quite so confident
as they were a month ago that the west
and south are with them heartily In their
fight for the white metal Judging from
what some Of their leaders have recently
said in Washington. they are now pretty
well satisfied that the next national demo-
cratic platform viii not contain a plank
committing the Democratic party TO free.
unlimited and independent coinage OF sill
Yer at the ratio Of IS to ]. The over
whelming defeat which silver sustained
in the state democratic convention Of
Kentucky and the attitude OF the demo-
Gratis in the silver convention at Memphis
have about convinced them that the next
national democratic convention will de-
clare for sound money, and that the
democrats Of the west and south will ac-
quiesce in that declaration. Even now the
sentiment in the south in behalf OF sound
money is extremely strong That this is
true was shown by the size Of the Mem
phis sound money convention and the
prominence OF the men who composed It,
1t is apparent that the sentiment In favor
Of sound money is steadily growing in the
south. and the reports from the west are
10 the effect that 1t is becoming stronger
in that section. only little while ago
the silverites Of Missouri in the Demo-
cratic party. insisted upon having a state
democratic convention called to commit
the party to free silver coinage. Sound
money men in that party now say they
have no objections to such a convention,
because they believe they could control
It for sound money. In this state the sill
yer league Of Stewart county has called a
silver convention at Griffin, to meet on
July IS. But what would it show even If
every county should send delegates? Not
that the democracy Of Georgia favors free
silver coinage. but that there are men in
each county who do favor it. The great
majority OF the little meetings that choose
delegates TO Griffin may be composed al
most wholly Of populists, and probably
will be. 1t is an easy matter to appoint
delegates. A dozen or two men in each
county could provide a pretty big lot of
delegates. A gathering of a thousand or
more delegates at Griffin, therefore, would
have very little significance. They would
not represent the Democratic party. the
Republican party or the populist party,
though 1t is pretty safe TO assume that
the majority OF them viii be populists.
Some of the leading silverites. despair
ing of getting declaration for free silver
coinage in the next national democratic
platform, are now saying that they will
succeed with the Republican party-that
that party, rather than lose the silver
states, will consent to make a great con-
cession to silver. The silverites went to
the convention of the republican league
clubs which met at Cleveland recently,
with the avowed purpose of having a
resolution I'm favor OF free silver coinage
adopted. They failed in their purpose. 1t
is difficult to see therefore, what ground
they have for hoping for anything from
he Republican party. If that party
should make such concession TO silver
as the silverites want, 1t would lose
New York and other eastern states. 1t
could not afford to risk such loss.
From whatever point the outlook for
silver may be viewed, IT doesn't appear en-
couraging. The truth is the great mass
OF the people are thoroughly honest. They
want honest money. and as their eyes are
opened to the fact that free silver coinage
means debased money. they are turning
away from it.