The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-23

the United States Is indisnYfsbi,- ~ -
money question. 1t is between ths eoi5
Standard sold bonds ana bank currency on
one side, and the himetallic standard M
ponds and government currency IN ~
other. In this issue we declare o,,rsevt-r.-
70 be In favor OF u distinctively America,
nIelnSlaI system. We are unalterably on
posed to the single gold standard ana -
mand the immediate return 10 the con-
sutuuonal standard Of gold and sil,-er ~
the restoration by this government indie
pe I.lS.S OF any foreign power OF the un-
restricted coinage Of both gold and silver
INTO standard money at the ratio Of 1s 10
i, and upon terms Of exact equality ss
they existed prior TO 1913. the silver coin 10
Tor all debts and dues. public and privare
We hold that the power to control and
regulate a paper currency Is fnseDaraTfe.
from the power to coin money: and hence
tnaL al currency intended 10 circulate ID
money should be issued and its volume
controlled by the general government
only, and should be legal tender.
W g are undlterably opposed to the Is
sue by the United States OF interest hear
ing bonds in time of peace and We -
nounce as a blunder worse than a crir,a
the present treasury policy, concurred in
by a republican house. OF plunging the
country in debt by hundreds OF millions
IN the vain attempt 10 maintain the gold
standard by borrowing gold: and We -
mand the payment Of all coin obligatto-rs
OF the United States as provided by exist
rInfr~
at the option of the government ana rot
at the option of the creditor.
That over and above all other mes
ions OF policy, We are in favor of re-
storing to the people of the United States
the ume-hOnOred money of the constit,,
ton, gold and silver, not one, but HORN
the money of Washington and TTonnfi.(,,,,
ana JeIerson and Monroe and Jackson
ana Lincoln, to the end that the Ameri-
can people may receive honest nav for
an honest product; that tho American
DEBTOR may pay his just obligations In
an honest standard and not In n stando-J
that mas appreciated one hundred per
cent. above all the great staples of ofr
country and to the end further that sil-
Yer standard countries may be deprived
or the unjust advantage thew now en-
joy in the difference in exchange between
gold ana silver, an advantage which tar
If legislation alone cannot overcome
Inc declarations, the general explained.
We're adopted at the bimetallic conference
held in Washington Jan % and q and
the document which he presented went
on to state that the main purpose of
Gaining the silver convention was to make
sure the determination reached at Wash
ington would be carried out and the DEM
ocratc convention at Chicago having. as
ne said, practically adopted all of these
declarations in its plank on the monetary
question; therefore, he suggested that
this convention indOrse and ratifv the
nnancial plank of the democratic conven-
zion and indorse also the nomination of
conclusion.
document contained an appeal to the
people Of the United States to support
these Nominees, holding in allegiance for
the time being all other issues, inasmuch
as the silver question was not only the
paramount, but the only question involv-
ed in this campaign
The discussion that ensued took a wide
range and was participated in by almost
gentlemen present at the meet
ing The first question taken up
was that of the endorsement of the CHI
cago ticket, or that Of nominating Bryan
and Sewall, and this brought up the ques-
ton of perpetuating the American bime-
talltc league after the present campaign
has closed. Reports from republican
states, and west of the Mississippi es-
pecsally, who had themselves been for
merly allied with the republican party,
urged that the organization be continued
and in this they were Joined by Mr.. Dutin
OF pennsylvania, who stated that 1t was
! almost absolutely essential to the success
OF the silver party, and can
didates In his state, that the silver re-
publicans should have a political organiza-
ton with which they could connect them
selves and feel at home, as they would
not go into the democratic party under
any conditions. He said that among the
silver republicans of Pennsylvania were
| many manufacturers, and he named
James Dobson of Philadelphia as one Of
them. There was some talk about the
name to be given to the new organization
and two or three gentlemen suggested
that 1t be called the American party, but
objection was made to this by a large
majority of members because IL revived
recoilections of the know-nothing party
of forty years ago. Propositions to call
It the American silver party or the
American national party were more favor
ably received, but the point OF action was
not reached.
Later in the evening the discussion turn
ed upon the matter OF Joining the silver
Arm ~ a-eTs - IL.
cratic convention. Over this considera-
Bile bitterness was displayed.
Mr.. Baker Of California and Judge Scott
OF Nebraska, together with Mr.. Harris OF
Kansas and Mfr. Howard OF Minnesota
took the lead in opposition to making any
reference whatever to the democratic con
Vention platform. Gen. Warner sta ed that
he could see no objection indorsing the
financial plank of the democratic plat
form, which was, as far as 1t proposed to
go. No objections that he could see ex-
listed to a statement of the fact that the
democratic convention had taken its fnan-
cial plank from the declarations of the sill
Yer party He knew that this had been
done designedly by that body with a view
to uniting all the silver forces and it was
understood he said, by several democrats
present, that Mr.. Bryan desired that the
silver convention should indorse the finan-
oial plank of the democratic platform, so
that he might consistently and without
embarrassment accept the nomination of
y
Mr.. Baker said that Gen. Warner, as a
democrat, found no difficulty in urging
the convention to this action but there
were many old republicans who were to
be considered in this matter and they
could not be induced to vote for a ticket
nominated upon an Endorsement of a dem
ocrattc platform. He suggested that the
platform be confined to the declarations
put forth in Washington last winter as
previously recited, together with the fol-
lowing as a conclusion: I'VE, therefore,
confidently appeal to tho people of the
United States to leave in allegiance for
the moment all other questions, however
important and even momentous they may
appear, to sunder, If need be, all other
party ties and Affiliations, and unite in
one supreme effort to free themselves and
their children from the domination of the
money power, a power more destructive
than any which has ever been fastened
upon the civilized men Of any race or in
any age"
Mr.. Baker also appropriated the follow
ing from the democratic platform: And
we favor such legislation as will prevent
for the future any decentralization of le-
gal money by private contract"
After a somewhat acrimonious discus
sion in which Gen Warner of Ohio and
Judge Scott were the principal partici-
pants, motion by Judge Scott was adopt