The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-25

want the honor under those conditions. "
Another letter that Is couched in fiatter-
ing words, beneath which the sarcasm
beats at about two hundred beats a min
ute, is as follows:
You are quoted as saying some very
harsh words adverse to the free coinage OF
silver. From one of your intelligence, and
infatuating control OF the American lam
guage, and beside all a lifelong republican
of worldwide repute, honor and vim. 1t
seems to one like myself, of whom there
are millions, that the Authorizations of a
moment have overtaken you. and caused
you to speak for the OBLIGATION of a few,
and not for an accomplishment toward
which we are rapidly and inevitably NOV
ing-free coinage. Decentralization is a
word that CRATES discordantly wherever II
is offered as a panacea. You know that,
and should temper your speeches accord
ingly, and gradually obliterate the blotch
YOU have placed on your name. We shall
pay particular attention to your utteran-
ces. You will doubtless be a speaker at
Cleveland"
This letter was signed "Utah's Unknown
Republican" The covert threat relative
to closely watching future utterances win
not, as Mr.. Depew says, keep him from
speaking freely. A writer from Missouri
makes the following brief request:
Il wish to ask your opinion on the silver
question. Do you think that the demo-
Gratis will succeed In making silver legisla-
ton an issue in 1896? Is not the tariff
yet the most important question that the
American people have to consider?"
There few compact questions said
Mr.. Depew that it would take a long time
to answer. l am afraid / am unequal TO
the task of giving a detailed account"
Mr. Depew's controversy with Gov. Alt
geld is recalled by the following letter.
1t is written from Denver:
ut was with deep surprise that / read
the Geographic report of your financial
speech in Detroit. After the criticisms you
administered to Gov. Altgeld, II Is passing
strange that in handling the currency
question you should have followed the
methods of Altgeld AS a man whom
many of us in Colorado have looked upon
as calm, deliberate student and thinker,
and in a very strong way our choice for
President, II seems that you should dis
card the extreme localism Of New York
city and take broad American national
ground upon this great economic ques-
ton"
The following letter has annexed a news
paper clipping which is headed: "Depew
once more-Got as far away from home as
Detroit and says he has been in the west 4"
The writer begins the letter with Dear
Chauncey." He says:
You think you have been west but you
are wrong. You were not west, except in
the gold bug west. 1t is strange that you
moneyed men Of the east cannot see be-
yond the Missouri river and as a fact,
the majority of you cannot see across the
Mississippi Now that is all wrong, and
If you will only concede that we left off
our paint and feathers years since, and are
rapidly becoming civilized and that the
west contains many men who believe in
silver, and who are the peers In intellect
and business qualifications of your best
eastern men, the country would be better
off; don't you think so? Now you state
that If we have free coinage of silver all
of our securities will come home and chaos
will reign. You are wrong, Chauncey;
you are wrong; mark my words you are
wrong, for they won't all come home; they
will be as good and safe under free coin
age as they are now, and a good sight
safer, because we will then have a. repub-
iican administration, In which the world
and the people of this country will have
confidence. Come out into the truly west,
Chauncey, and look over the ruined thous-
ands-ruined because of your goldbug,
-for-revenue thories, made effective
by Cleveland, backed by such men as you.
You stand with Cleveland, and he stands
with himself against true Amer
leans. Chauncey. you are fnan-
cially too closely tied to England to
be truely patriotic American. No doubt,
you mean well. but your golden chains are