The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-19
SILVER THEIR ONLY SLOGAN.
.p,RTy FEALTY TO BE IGNORED
FOR A 80 CENT DOLLAR.

rt,e silverites in the Griffin COnven-
,ioa so on Record as willing to
sacrifice the Democracy in the In
,erest OF the 1O 10 1 Absurdity-One
n.u,ocrat Who Wanted the POpu-
lists Excluded From the COnven-
,ion HOwIed DOwn-Text of the
RESOLUTIONS Adopted and Extracts
Prom senator MOrgnn's speech.
Atlanta, Ca. July 1.-The Griffin con-
ysrri5n Of to-day will be barren of its
attended fruit if it does not mark the be-
Ginning Of a new political party in Geor-
Ga Many of those who through their
zeal on the currency question were led to
20 into the meeting may not have known
when they accepted their credentials as
sefsgates that they were going into a
movement designed to raise the political
standard of silverism above party lines,
and others may regret their folly when
they realize the meaning of to-day's pro-
ceeding, but above all else the feature that
most forcibly asserted itself in the councils
To-day was a deliberate determination on
else to the cause of silver. To their end
the right hand of fellowship was openly
and cordially extended to the populist
brother and the novel spectacle was pre-
sen:ed Of southern democrats to the man
ner born counselling their hearers to join
wiki the west on the currency question
to night the east, regardless Of the politi-
cal name that might be born aloft on the
common banner. so that it was only en-
blazoned with the populistic motto of
free silver coinage at the ratio Of l6 TO l.
The merest tyro in politics knows that
this has been the rallying cry of populism
from the very birth of that organizat ton,
and although some attempt was made
10 keep the real spirit of the meeting
veiled, yet it must have been sweet mu-
sic TO the ears of the populists there to
near some Of the men who have fer years
stood high in the councils of democracy
repeating with added JUNCTION the popu-
list parallels and platitudes that have
been their rallying cries in past fights
with the democracy.
As stated .e~-a were doubtless many
present who upon sober second thought
will drop the silver league, as it is called,
and continue to stand fast for the demo-
cratic organization and the new political
infant may never leave its swaddlinS
clothes But that the deliberate inten-
tion of the controlling spirits was to
commit the convention to independent
political action, with the currency ques-
tion as the sole issue, there is no doubt
IN the mind of any intelligent man who
gave the meeting and its promoters any
attention at all. The call for the con-
vention itself, which was issued six weeks
ago, had this hidden design in 1t. The
doors were thrown open to all who would
come and when they came to-day the first
evidence of a desire to draw party lines
threw the leaders into a state of hopeless
confusion and almost resulted in the col
lapse of the convention, although the
programme was blocked out in black
and white, so that there might be no slip
long before the rep of the chairman gav-
el was heard in the hall.
Not only was the populist brother wo.-
coined into the hall and kept there at the
iisk of causing a bolt on the part Of those
who were not quite ready 70 join political
fortunes with him for the sake of mu-
tual conviction on the currency question,
but ne was tickled under the chin by recog
milton on the committees and at last made
70 feel on better terms still with his new
found old friends by the passage of
resolution, offered by Judge Hunt, declar
ing it would be discourteous to even dis
cuss party measures.
The next move will be the organization
of silver leagues in every county and ev-
cry militia district where a nucleus can
be found. This organization, under the
action taken to-day, is for the explicit
purpose of supporting only such men
Tor Office as will subscribe to the 16 to
doctrine. Nothing was said as to whether
the support of the leagues should be given,
only to democratic candidates, or to any
candidate but the plain inference is that
baf he
subscribes to the faith is to be supported
By the silver league. The work will begin
with the election of members of the legis-
lature, the avowed purpose being to secure
10 10 man to succeed Senator John B.
Gordon in the Senate. 1t will not stop
there, however, but as in the days of the
alliance, candidates for congress and other
influential offices will have to take the sill
yer pledge or be blackballed by the league.
How 1t was done many are at a loss to
Know, for little was said about it, but one
O4 the very first things done was to re-
soNe the convention into "a state silver
league" with Hon. Patrick Walsh of Au-
eusta as president Then as per already
prepared list President Walsh announced
'he names of the vice presidents for each
congressional district, who are to pursue
the plan Of organization. The names of
rnese vice presidents will be interesting.
-hey are from the districts respectively:
langley, B. NJ Blackburn, J. ]. Hunt,
IeilX Corput, W. f. jenkins, Tom Hutch
eSon' James Whitehead. H. r. Wrench
anu James N. Smith and NJ. V. Whipple
from the state at large.
III order to be accurate in estimating
e .-e crowd in attendance on the conven-
ION the Morning News correspondent
"ls secured from the railroads a report
VI me exact number of tickets taken up
" y HrlItn, on all the incoming trains to-
eay- These reports show that the Cen
Oal railroad Brought from the direction
~ ~ Atianta 40 passengers, and from the
CCHeetlon of Macon 124; $50 came over the
o1rrollton and West Point roads, and $50
vi vi she Georgia Midland, making a total
~ 's4 people brought to Griffin by the
.1Aroads. Editor GIessrer, secretary of
'Ae convention. estimates that 600 people
el.He IN private conveyances. Taking his
SS2uinate, which is too high by at least
:. lAere were less than 1,5O0 people al
{. t'e convention, instead of the 5000 which
g mas been claimed would be there.
=, SS,eiFetary Glessner stated to the Morning
.,g"s correspondent that 103 counties were
.FIesented, but as there was no roll,
l s''s effort of Mr.. Mitchell of DeKalb to
a., i've roll made being squelched summar-