The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-12-04
MUSTERING FORCES,
THE SILVER MOVEMENT GAINING
GROUND RAPIDLY.
For a National Conventions Organizing
in Tonnessee--The Balance Of Power
In tho U. s. Sonate.-Journal Of Conn
meroe In n Stow.

Thoro Isl strong reason to belie4A
that tho next democratic national col}-
yention will split on tho silver quea-
tion. The south will accept tho usual
atraddling platform only if q reoogl
! nized silver man hoads tho ticket,
whilo the east will accept it only if a
gold man heads it. The open silvor
revolt in Alabama, and tho crushed
but still living silver insursection in
| feeling in tho south. With most Of
it's formor leaders muzzlod or con
verted by fat government Offices that
would be forfeited by silver advocacy,
tho southern states arc silent. But
thoy will speak in tho convention.
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There is movement on foot among
the goldbug democrats to prevont OH
Speaker Crisp from obtaining tie
democratic nomination for speaker.
They have been very much disturb{d
by the bold froo silver speech mado
by Judge Crisp to tho Georgia legil-
laturc, and thoy say that to give him
the caucus nomination for speaker
would be to destroy tho fruits Of tho
victories thoy havo won at such snc-
ritico. It is said that in order to
make tho humiliation as bitter na pos
siblo tho gold mon will try to best
Judge Crisp with n man from his own
stato-Judgo Turner. Mother Judge
Crisp nor his friends need DO alarmed.
He will DO triumphantly nominated
against all tho Wall street and admin
istration combinations that can bo
placed in tho field. OF course tho
nomination is an empty honor,a rs Roed
will be the noxt speaker of the house.
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Silver Mon In tho Senate.
A Washin ston special says: The sill
ver men aro beginning to realize tho
strength Of their position in the SON
ate, and it seems likely that thoy mean
to use it to tho utmost in compelling
legislation favorable to their iddas.
Mother of the great parties can organ
ize tho senato without the aid of the
ailver men, and the price Of such hid
will undoubtedly be high amounting,
probably, to a pledge to introduce 9nd
/, vote on q silver bill. It is not lik ely
that the republicans will pay the prlce,
Thile the domocrats, probably, will be
glad to do it. Whether silver bill
would pass tho senate is hard to day,
but the chances are that it would id so
by q very close vote. OF course, the
bill would never get past other The
house or the president, but it would pe
II platform on which the silver west
could combine with the silver south.
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For National Convention.
AT q meeting Of the executive com
mitteo Of the American Bimetnllio
League in Washington fow days hgo
the following resolution was u1lani-
mously adopted:
"That we accept the invitation Of
the national silver committee of Chi
cngo and that in accordance with it's
, recommendations tho president OF the
American Bimetallic League bo author
ed and directed to unite with tho na-
tional silver committee of Chicago and
the National Bimotallio Union in call
Ing conference Of those who believe
that the settlement Of the question of
currency reform, by the free and un-
restricted coinage of gold and silver at
the existing ratio by tho United Statos,
independently, cannot bo ELECTED
through any existing party, and who
are willing now to unite in organizing
and supporting party formod for tho
purpose of carrying this cause to sue
cess, to meet at Washington, d. O.,
January %, 1896, to appoint commit
toes and arrange fora national conven-
tion; theinvitations to suoh conference
to be left in tho discretion of the pros
idonts Of said organizations, each or
ganization to bo entitled to an equal
represent tation theroin, tho total num-
ber not to exceod twenty five for such
organization"
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Tennessee Silverites Organizing.
About sixty leading democratic ad-
vocatcs Of the free coinage Of silver Of
the state Of Tonnessec met at Nashville
with view to organization. Senator
Bate was made chairman and among
those present were Congressman j. D.
Richardson, r. r. Cox and j. G. Mo.
Doarmont and ex-Congressman Enloe,
Pierce and Young. It was decided to
organize thoroughly inside the domo-
cratic party, with view to controlling
next years. convention.
The resolution oites that reoont olec-
tions md events in the Unitod States
have revealed tho gravity of tho polit-
ical situation for certainty with respect
to national and probably with respect
to state affairs, and that tho gold stand
ard influences which are ondeavoring
to control tho democratic party will
le0d fO tho dafoot of tho porty - .,,o