The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-31
Friendly Word OF Advice.

We have no doubt that the Americas
Times-Recorder Is entirely sincere in up
holding the cause OF the free. unIimite d
and Independent coinage Of silver. but in
doing so il ought 70 treat its opponents
fairly. We assume that what It desires is
10 gei the truth before the people. and
not simply 10 appear to make a point
against those who hold opposite views on
The silver question. This money question
Is one In which the whole people are pro-
foundly interested. The welfare OF the
country depends upon a wise settlement
I Of 10. 1t is a question upon which both
the great parties are divided. Neither the
Democratic nor, the. Republican party has
ever declared n favor Of the free. unlin-
tied ana Independent coinage Of silver Al
f the ratio offs to ]. The only party that
Z has made such declaration is the popu-
list party. What the silverites in the Dem
ocratic party are now trying TO do is to
compel the Democratic party 10 accept the
silver plank Of the populist party We
think the Times-Recorder VIII agree that
this statement of the attitude Of the polit-
zeal parties and OF the purpose Of the sill
verites is correct II II is wrong the
Times Recorder can set us right By quot
ing from the record.
There is another thing 10 which we call
The attention Of the Times-Recorier. It
is that we do not feel "a sting from any
of its suggestions. It may be able TO say
sharp things and it may think that in say
ing them it is doing a noble work 1t may
even think that 1t is arguing the cause of
free silver successfully by alleging its
opponents have followed "the President
into John shcrman's gold bug camp" ana
by charging that they are guilty Of incon-
sistencies, but these methods Of UNFOLDING
silver do not make an impression upon
thinking men. They simply indicate a lack
Of knowledge OF the subject in hand. Rep
rescntative Bryan went 10 Memphis to
answer Mr. Carlisle's speech. delivered in
that city. and his speech consisted almost
wholly in pointing out what he considered
Inconsistencies between the speech Mr..
Carlisle delivered at Memphis and a speech
DE delivered in the Senate seventeen years
ago. Mr. Bryan adopted that course be-
cause ne could not answer Mr. Carlisle's
Memphis speech and he hadn't the frank
ness to say he couldn't The consequence
s he is being called wind bag" from
one end of the country to the other
II the Times Recorder really believes the
cause st is espousing, and we have no doubt
it does. 1t should abandon the tactics of
the jack-leg lawyer and address itself to
serious discussion. 1t should endeavor TO
give substantial reasons for thinking that
the adoption of the silver standard in
place Of the monetary standard we now
have would be for the best interests of
the country. We believe the abandonment
of the gold standard and the adoption of
the silver standard would set the country
back many years-~that 1t would bring
panic. disaster and a paralysis of all our
great business and Industrial interests, and
day after day we are trying to give rea-
sons for our belief We do not want to
say anything that will sting" the Tines
Recorder or any other silverite. We think
the matter in hand altogether too serious
for such petty business as that.
This little discussion with the Times
paper that the Morning News had changed
it's position on the silver question. Tho
Morning News denied this statement ana
challenged proof of the Tines Recorders
assertion. Has the proof been forthcom-
ing? We have not seen it. The Times
Recorder cannot furnish it. The truth is
the Morning News has not changed it's po,
a. ~
changed his position. The Morning News
has always favored the free coinage OF
silver by international agreement. 1t IA
vors it now. 1t has no objection to the
greatest possible use of silver as long as
silver is kept on a parity with gold. What
it objects to is the putting of this coun-
try on a silver basis. The adoption of free
silver coinage by this country alone at the
existing ratio would force us to silver
basis, and give us a debased currency. Mr..
Frances Walker and Mr.. Harvey the
author Of Coins Financial School," ad-
mits that it would. We do not know
whether free silver coinage by interna,
tional agreement would keep the metals
on a parity or not We are inclined to
mink II WOudu, nut II II would not this
country could not be hurt, because it
would be on footing with all the other
great commercial nations-in fact with
all other nations. Gold could not leave
us under such conditions because it would
have nowhere to go.
We notice that the Times Recorder
quotes Senator Hin wrongly in respect to
an, international agreement. His views
are substantially the same as President
Cleveland's on the silver question. In his
speech at the Democratic Editorial Assoc
citation in New York last Friday night he
did not say, as the Times-Recorder quotes:
'T do not believe that the concerted
laws of the principal governments of the
world combined can on a ratio of 1872 de-
termine and maintain that relative value
anywhere of coined or uncoined silver and
gold.'
He said directly the opposite. This. ac-
cording to the New York Sun, his organ,
is what he said: