The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-10-28
THE DEBATE IN DAWSON.
GRIGGS AND SHELLEY SPEAK TO
SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE.
1t Was DemOcracy'S Day and the Ter
rell Candidate Was Given An
Ovation by His Home
People.

Between five six and hundred people
heard the joint discussion between Judge
j. NJ. Gliggs and Hon. John A. Sibley
dem )cratic and populist nominees fol
congress, in Da Wson last Wednesday. II
was the largest political gathering
that had assembled here this year, and
the speakers held the close attention OF
every man present during the discussion
of two hours and half.
But it was a Griggs crowd throughout,
and Terrell's distinguished candidate
was given an ovation by his home peo-
pie. When he appeared in the court
room, where the discussion occurred, the
applause was loud and long,
The debate was lively and interesting,
but was conducted with the utmost coed
feeling by both candidates. No person
alities were INDUCED in, and nothing of
fensiye was said on either side. In fact,
the two opposing candidates are warm
personal friends, travelling together over
the district, using the same conveyances
and occupying the same room at the no.
tells.
Under the terms of the debate Mr. Sib-
ley had the opening and conclusion here.
At the appointed time he took the stand
and in his opening remarks paid Judge
Griggs very handsome compliment.
He said that he. had met General Cor
don, Governor Atkinson, Judge Nc
Whorter, Judge lawson, Judge Maddox
and other prominent democrats in de-
bate, and assured the people of Terrell
that none of them were ADLER champions
of democracy than their own distin-
guished son. Mr.. Sibley then went into
the discussion. He gave brief history
of politics up to the present time, and
stated that the southern people had al
ways voted from sentiment. Up to 1892
the tariff had been the topic of discus
sion, but the financial question was now
claiming the attention of everybody.
The tariff had 1Otbing to do with panics.
Pancs come along whenever they get
ready. We have had panics when the
tariff was high as we'll as when it was
low. The trouble is caused by the
contraction of the currency. There is
not enough money to do the business of
the world. 1t is battle between labor
on one side and the money trusts on the
other. The volume of currency should
be increased. Money is to commerce
what blood is to the body. Impair the
circulation and the blood shrinks. Free
coinage of silver would be step in the |
right direction, but it would not reach |
far enough. He advocated the issuing
OF greenbacks, and quoted Jefferson, Cal |
houn and others to sustain him in this |
position. He jumped on the democrats. |
and said that they went to bed with the |
republicans ia 1892 anG IN 1896 we find |
them in bed with the populists trying TO
steal all the cover. The pOpulst is the |
only party that ever dem anded the free |
coinage of silver at Is to Independent |
OF every other country. The democrats |
stole that and also Bryan from them at |
Chicago. Bryan is a populist, one of the
best in the country. "He voted for |
Weaver in 1892, and it took the best |
kind of pOpulist to do that" There |
are just as many grades of democrats as |
there are grades of cotton. You find all |
kinds of them everywhere. The differ
ence between pOpocrat and populist |
is the same between a tadpole and a |
frog. The former hasn't shed his tail. |
lie paid pretty tribute to Tom Watson
and said he couldn't swallow Sewall be-
cause he didn't stand on the platform.
Sewall belonged 10 the capitalists and
the trusts. Nh. Sibley devoted the bulk
OF his argument to defending his posi-
ton on the issuing of notes by the gov
eminent instead of by the banks. He is
very pleasant talker and was frequent
~ applauded by the populists.
JUDGE GRIGGs SPEAKS.
Judge Griggs was greeted with deaf
70 Nlr
After telling STORY illustrating that
there was nothing in his opponents
talk, the speaker got down to business.
lie SAID that the question which is agi-
tating the people of the United States
now is not the issuing of paper money
but the free and independent coinage of
silver at the ratio of is to /. The dem
cratic party advocated the free coinage
of silver because the country needed
more money. The democratic party had
always favored free coinage. The troub-
lie with Sibley was that he did dot know
the difference between currency and
money. Treasury notes are not money.
They are simply pr0missg II pay, and
do not measure value. What the coun-
try needs is.more redemption money.
Money can't be made. 1t must be
bought A treasury note will not pay
debt. 1t only tranfers the responsible
ty to the government. He does not
want a deprecated currency, but is in
favor of dollar that is worth dollar
everywhere. The free coinage of silver
would give us plenty of money, and the
United States is big and powerful enough
to force the other countries to adopt her
standard. when we get the money the
currency will follow. Sibley wanted to
make money so plentiful that the people