The Portland daily press., 1895-07-23
MoReAN's GEORGIA SPEECH.
His Language in Denouncing Cleveland
and Carlisle.


A fuller report of Senator Morgan s
speech at Atlanta, Ga, Thursday, says:
Senator Morgan introduced himself as
Democrat in Democratic harness, who
appeared to advocate Democratic princi-
pies as old and as sound as that great
national party. He was there, he said,
as disciple of Jefferson, Madison and
jackson, to speak in defense of the acts
of Congress providing for the free scoin-
age OF silver, which policy was stabbed
below the fifth rib by John Sherman in
1878 and left for dead. -
Senator Morgan devoted considerable
time to show that gold and silver were
the only constitutional money, and that
the national banking system was a men
ace to the welfare of the country. He ad-
vooated the re-enactment of the law of
1873 for free and equal coinage, and the
full legal tender of both gold and Esilyer.
That was, he said, his test of true
bimetalism. Senator Morgan said it was
surmised-but how truly he did not know
that Senator Hill voted for free coinage
in 1892 only in Pickwicklan sense.
Such a way of voting" he said, may
be in vogue in state where the Demo
cratic party is divided into snapper and
anti-snapper' factions, where one leader
snaps and the other leader anti snaps
and between the two the party is con-
signed to Jonah's quarters in the belly of
the Republican whale. If Mr.. Hill was
forced into such a voyage by the anti
snappers in 1892, it may be safely calcu
lated that he will kick himself on shore
again in due season.
NMr Cleveland, in his financial policy,
has agreed with the northeastern states
that furnish the candidates for the
national Democratic party and elect the
candidates of the national Republican
party, and he demands, along with them,
that the gold issue shall be considered
apart from and above party creeds and
all party precedents, and that the solid
South, that has voted for him solidly
in three consecutive elections, shall be
broken. If he will break all that will
not bend to his power, we will stand
erect until the tempest has swept over us,
and will be found broken only when we
are dead at our posts, where we have so
long and so faithfully battled for the old
Democratic creed under the flag of Jeffer-
son and jackson, but he will find us
ready for the first resurrection, with no
Republican or British goats in our flock.
81 am grateful to Mr.. Cleveland-we
all are-for sharing with us some of the
abundance of power, riches and honors
that we bestowed upon him and his
friends. The silver men and the friends
Of the Senate tariff thank him earnestly
for putting Lamar and Garland in his
first cabinet, and for placing in his sec
ond cabinet three secretaries from the
South out Of eight. 1t was an act of
great magnanimity toward Secretary
| Carlisle that, after he was a candidate
against Mr. Cleveland in 1892 and was
| the leading favorite with the silver men,
he should be selected for so important a
place.
"This was not done, however, until
Mr. Carlisle had changed front on the
silver question, and voted against the bill
for free coinage in the Senate, after he
had voted for it in the House, or was
paired in favor of that measure. 1 would
have liked Mr. Cleveland better if, after
having denounced the Senate for amend
| ing the Wilson bull, he had not consigned
the Senate tariff bill to the obloquy of his
sovereign contempt by refusing to sign it,
when every Democrat in the Senate, save
one, voted for it. Yet, we should not
grieve over that, for. his silent contempt
for that measure seems to be already
changed into, tumultuous hosannahs in
all the camps of Mugwumpery' Senator
Morgan vigorously denounced the last
| issue of government bonds.