The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-19
HAMMOND AND GRIGGs.
They Have a Lively Political Discus
sion at Nashville.

sun ~ NAHhNAAANr
Nashville. Ga. March 1s.-The congress
sional campaign in this. the Second dis
trict was given a lively send of to-day i'm
a joint discussion between Judge J. n.
Grggs and Capt. W. NJ. Hammond Of
Townsville.
The friends of both gentlemen have
been interested in the outlook for each in
this county. Judge Griggs had announc-
ed his candidacy for some time. and the
idea was suggested that Capt. Hammond
would allow mis- name used in the race,
but tol no one, so far as is known, has he
said as much.
He was introduced to the crowd by Col
FulWOOd of Tifton at / o'clock.
de announced, after a running intro
ductory, that he would espouse the cause
OF the free and unlimited coinage of silver
at the ratio Of Is TO l. He used pretty
much the same arguments that have been
advanced by other advocates of cheap
money for the past three or four years
lie argued that il was the part Of wis
dom ana honor IN government and IN
dividual TO pay all debts in the cheapest
money or cheapest product that was pos
sible under a contract or law, and that
Tor that reason, the word coin" in the
governments contracts should be made
TO mean silver. He dwelt at some length
past several years and attempted to show
that one was governor by the other. He
failed, however, to account for the high
price of cotton and low price of silver
last fall He also failed to state that
cotton was sold before the war. at time
when silver was too precious to circu-
pound. The Judge became tangled
in discussing the finahcial systems of
France and England, while he made no
allusion TO that of Mexico, japan and
the south American countries. The most
eloquent and interesting part of his
speech was a description Of "A visit to the
cotton exchange Of New York, Wall street.
the tomb OF Alexander Hamilton, etc.
The effect of his speech would have been
good mad not Capt Hammond been CALI
ed upon by many in the audience. Capt
hammond spoke for sound money demOc-
racy and national honesty. He paid his
respects TO Judge Griggs and declared that
he would not lay barrier between any
young man and a laudable ambition but
that his loyalty to the democratic party
demanded that he dissent from the views
which Judge Griggs had spoken her name
Capt. Hammond then exclaimed with
dramatic effect:
why his perioration, the most elo-
gent part of his speech. his visit to the
New York stock exchange, to Washing
ton statue and Hamilton's grave was pill
fered verbatim from a recent letter of
that prince of blackguards, Benjamin
Tilknan"
The effect of this exclamation was SEN
sational. 1t was greeted by a storm of
applause during which Judge Griggs sat
with blushing cheeks looking nervousy
toward the floor.
Capt Hammond spoke for more than
an hour and his speech was a masterful
one 1t was eloquent throughout and his
argument was clear and forcible. The
two speeches were heard by pretty much
the same crowd, but the applause that
greeted the latter was almost deafenng
at times, showing that a large majority
Of those present We're in accord with him
on the money question.
Capt. Hammond has been urged to en-
ter the race and il was expected that he
would give some indication of his inten-
ton in his speech to-day He made no
allusion. however, to himself and did not
suggest in the slightest way that he
would he in the race His recognized
ability and popularity in the district have
made his friends enthusiastic in present
ing his claims and he will probably yield
to them and enter the race.
Several cases have been settled in court
and IL is expected that the criminal dock
ct will be taken up tomorrow. There is
one murder case, that of a white man
named Davis, charged with killing a Mr.
Collins at Lennox some time ago.
A negro brought to town this morning
a loggerhead turtle which weighed sixty
pounds 1t was caught in the Withlacoo-
chez river near here.
County politics is warning up here and
there are two or three candidates for
nearly every office. This, Berrien, coun-
ty is for sound money by a large major
ity, and will send sound money delegates
to the state convention,