The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-16
FULTON is SAFE ON FINANCE
THE SOUND MONEY CLUBS MEM
BERsHIP NOW I.OiO.

IL Is Expected 20 Reach 1000 Next
Meck-rhe I0 to 1 Advocates in
Consideration over the IrresIsti-
bic Tidal Wave Against a 80 Cent
DoIIar-Both Sides TO Have Outside
Leaders 1Iake Speeches.
Atlanta, Ca, May 15.-The campaign for
sound money delegates TO the state con-
vention and against the candidacy Of
Judge Crisp for the United States Senate,
is on in earnest in Fulton county. To-
night the Sound Money League. which
was started just one week ago with a
membership Of less than two score. held a
rousing meeting and a report was submit
ted showing that within this first week
of the clubs existence it's membership
has grown to 1910. This remarkable
growth was attained. too, through the ef-
forts Of a mere handful of young men,
who conceived the idea OF organizing to
fight what the opposition loudly claimed
was an invincible avalanche OF free sill
yer sentiment. Many of the names on the
roll Of the league have been sent In to
the secretary voluntarily. and with the
work, as 1t was organized tonight, the
membership will be increased to over 2 600
within the next week. Every man who
is enrolled has pledged himself to vote
and work for the success Of the sound
money ticket, which will be announced
early next week
with such an organization, composed
OF many of the most influential men in
the city, in all classes. from the banks
and counting houses to the railroad shops
and mills, Fulton county can be safely
counted on 70 emphat tlcally repudlate the
Tree silver heresy. Two weeks ago not
the most sanguine sound money advocates
believed that the policy was so strong In
tnis city, and 1t seemed that the silver
element would have everything their own
way without organized opposition. IT IS
now the silver faction that Is on the run.
Reaction has set in, and the sound money
wave has already rolled so high that the
sllVerltes realize that they have little or
no chance to make a landing.
To-day, IN desperation at the volume Of
the sound money league, the sllverite or
gan attacked the published list Of names,
which has been announced daily by the
club committee, declaring that many OF
the names We're those of men who were
Ior free silver, and had not authorized
their enrolment on the sound money club
list. Out Of the thousand names already
published, the silver organ, In making this
attack, singled out four citizens, alleging
that they repudiated the league, their
names having been placed on the roll
without their knowledge or consent In
reputation OF this attack, however, the
CiuD leadefs secured signed statements
from three Of the four members, IN which
they declared that they had never repu-
dated their connection with the league,
and that the silver organ was never au-
thorized by them to so state The
fourth gentleman had been enrolled as a
member under an erroneous application
made for him BY a friend. Thus the at
tack of the silver organ on the authentic
ity of the roll Of the sound money league
proved a boomerang.
The sound money movement has so de-
moralized the silver crowd that they have
sent to get Congressman Bailey OF Texas
to come to Atlanta next Wednesday to
deliver a speech after which an organi-
cation of that faction is proposed to be
made. This rally has been called for the
basement of the county court house
which will hold only about 500 people.
Senator Tlllman of South Carolina has
also been appealed to, to come to Georgia
to help out the free silver cause and has
been slated to make one OF his character
istic harangues under the auspices Of the
silver organization next Monday night
To offset these two champions of free
silver, the sound money league has Sc
cured Congressman Josiah Patterson of
Tennessee to make an address at the
Grand opera house next Thursday even
ing, and 1t Is hoped that Mr. duBignon
Will be able to make his address here
under the auspices of the league next
Tuesday evening, following Senator Till
man. The sound money men will pack
the big opera house on both occasions.