The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-28
SPEAKER CRISP A SILvERITE.
He WANTS A FREE COINAGE PLANK
IN THE PLATFORM.

He FavOrs the Nomination of a West
ern Military Man for the Presiden-
cy and Is Opposed TO Giving CIeve-
land or Any other Man "A Third
Term-He Would Prefer nm Inter
national Settlement of the Silver
Question if Possible.
Atlanta. Ga, April 27.-Speaker Charles
F. Crisp, in an interview at his home
in Americas. declared himself to-day to
a staff correspondent of the Constitution
in favor of the free coinage of silver. He
believes the democrats should nominate
western man with a military record
for President, and says the party should
not nominate Mr.. Cleveland for third
term-that no man should have a third
term. The speaker is in fairly good
health but his physician has ordered him
to spend the summer quietly, and he
expects to leave shortly for Asheville.
The platform" said Mr.. Crisp, OBJ
servantly, should declare for the free
coinage of silver direct. and with a set
of principles responding to the demands
Of the common people; we should select
some good man from the west, some
man with a military record, identified
with the dominant sentiment that now
controls the party, and go forth with
confidence to the victory which the peo-
pie always give those who are brave
enough to fight for it. The only fear 1
nave is, not that the people are not in
favor of free silver, but that the free
silver people, who are the majority, may
oiVlde into factions, running two or
three candidates, in which event the
election would be thrown into the House,
winch would elect a republican.
Such contest as 1 have outlined
would cause many people to make new
party alignments. There are democrats
strongly welded to the gold theory. and
many republicans just as strongly we'd
oed to free silver. OF course these men
would have to choose between their old
1T9l " and their convictions on this issue.
me democrats of the east want gold ;
me republicans of the west want silver
ne feallgnments will be as interesting
as they VIII be puZzling, but to the lot
committed
of course said Mr.. Crisp, there is a
contingency in which the people might not
De called upon to settle the question
tlaI IS, the possible action of an interna-
tlonal conference, that would be the best
Yer, and with less of the element of ex-
pertinent in it. If such a conference should
pe called and it took action restoring sill
ee e5s' SO that the people would be salts
Hed then we would have the final issue
Ior 1895 In the meantime, however, the
people of the United States will be moving
along to that result in their own way. The
people want the free coinage OF silver. 1
am IN favor of its free coinage. as have
alMays been. and the democratic voters
Will declare for it next year.
a., There is some talk IL was suggested,
uhat YOU may be the candidate for the
PRESIDENCY next Year,
see" said Mr.. Crisp, smilingly, that
lot want of a better subject many news
papers are printing editorials on that line.
NOT in the life time of the generation now
passing of the stage will a southern man
be elected. The question OF residence, for
long lime TO come, will be controlling
one and no man who was ever IN the con-
iederate army can aspire 70 that office
west
The talk OF Mr. Cleveland for a third
Term under any conditions, has no basis.
me people viii not make that break IN
me record. lis views on the financial
question are not shared by the people, and
w. conditions VIII be ln many other ways
eintfsnt from what they were in 1892
Fetapaails, Mr. Crisp regrets the man