The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
MISSOURPS SOUND MONEY MEN
a BIG RALLY AGAINST A FIFTY
CENT DOLLAR.


The skin Game Attempt 10 FOist n
1O 20 Free Coinage Ratio on the
People tO he Resisted TO the Ut-
most Limit-The SiIverite Scheme
PaternaIism Run MADAM Attack
ON the Public Credit Suicidal for
the Party Making II.
ST. Louis. Mo. Feb. 2s.-At noon to-day
nearly 300 prominent democrats represents
ing the sound money faction OF the party
throughout Missouri. gathered in the par
lors Of the Planters hotel for confer
ence on the course to be pursued in the
coming campaign.
EN-Attorney General Daniel II. McIn-
tyre Of Caliph was elected chairman, and
DR.. L. o. levitt OF Shelby was appointed
secretary.
Ex-Gov Francis was the first speaker.
I'VE do not agree" he said. that the
Pertle Springs platform Is a test Of the
democracy in Missouri to-day. That con-
vention transcended its powers and took
the machinery of the party out OF the
hands OF the men to whom II had been
intrusted by the democracy. This was
done in spite Of the protests Of over 2.OO0
democrats of good standlng-more men
in fact, than had participated in the cleo
ton Of delegates to Pertle Springs. They
overrode our wishes and called an early
convention in order to shut on free dis
cussion of the financial question.
II say to you now that the men now
here assembled can prevent the disgrace
or the democracy Of Missouri being com-
mitted TO l6 to i. We may diner In our
views-some of US may be gold men, some
bi-metallists and some favorable to an
international agreement, but we are un-
alterably opposed to l6 to ]. More than
that there Is not one Of US who is
After appointing a committee on organ
ization the conference took a recess until
, O'Clock.
When the conference committee recon-
vened at o'clock II adopted lengthy re-
port denouncing the attempt of the free
silver advocates TO commit the democrat
ic party In this and other states to the free
and unlimited coinage OF silver at the ra-
ito OF l6 TO Of gold regardless OF the conn
mercial value of the two metals, and re-
gardless of the action OF the other COM
mercial nations of the world. The report
also says: 'Ihe free coinage Of silver at a
ratio above its market value Is but an
other phase of that paternalism and fa-
vor TO the few at the expense of the many
against which the democratic party has
always struggled. The threat of the SEN
ators of the republican silver mining
states to oppose any further extension OF
the protective policy unless they are sup
ported In their demand for free silver by
the manufacturing states, attests the sell
hsh interests and undemocratic motives
| tional currency. To fix, by law, value
upon silver which II does not command in
/ the open market, Is to do for the silver
| barons OF the Rocky mountains what has
| so long, under the specous guise OF pros
/ lection to- home industry been done for
the iron barons of the Alleghanies.
Public credit is private security. Faith
I'm the integrity of the government Is es-
senual to business prosperity. Debase-
ment OF the currency means an IMPAIR
ment of all past obligations and uncertain
ty as to those of tho future Under such
conditions. financial panics and industrial
depresslons are inevitable, and the people
are not blind TO the teaching OF experi-
ence. No party i'm this country has ever
succeeded to power by am attack upon
the public credit, aud no party ever will.
The experiment was tried IN 1884. and with
what success we all know too well.
"The policy of inaction or submission
by the sound money democrats Is not
justified by the experience of the past.
preaching populism will not make demo-
Gratis From the contest of opinion,
truth will emerge. We may trust to the
solution of this question, IL every man, by
every means within his power, gives eff
feet to his convictions. 1t is the highest
duty of all democrats who hold to the an
cient faith of the party to no longer tame-
ly submit to a policy which has brought
Is fraught with menace to the best in
terests OF the country. We, therefore as
loyal democrats, call upon the voters of
the party everywhere throughout the
state to make an open, active and organs
lied opposition TO the effort to commit tha
party to a policy which can only end i'm dis
aster, and If all who who hold with ia
Will assert themselves by voice and by
vote we may yet rescue the state from the
threatened misfortune of republican rule"