Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-28
APPORTIONMENT.

The question of apportionment of del- | egates to the national democratic con- vention is of supreme moment. Senator | Morgan was right in bringing the matter l to the attention of the national execu- tive committee. The time has come when representation in conventions must
 and ought to be apportioned in propor- ton to the work done by the members Of
 the party in the different states. It is
 and has been sad commentary on jus tice when Pennsylvania, which gives no assistance to the election of the partys
 candidates, should have an equal voice in
 naming the standard bearer of the party
 and declaring it's principles as the com
 bined vote of Tennessee, Alabama and Arkansas.
 Senator Morgan stated before the conn mittee that he gave notice of his inten-
 ton to bring the matter up later, and it
 was then that the fact was discovered
 that the committee, being creature or the convention, could not determine the apportionment, but the convention itself
 must deal with it.
 The difficulty is that the convention,
 when once assembled, will not be dispos-
 ed to yield any part of it's membership.
 
 ANSWERING HIS OWN ARGUMENTS.
 Under the above head the Atlanta Con- stitution has the following remarks in
 regard to MT. Carlisle's proposition to coin few more silver dollars: Tt is announced that MT. Carlisle has concluded to coin $19,000,00O of silver to
 be used in redeeming the treasury notes issued under the terms of the Sherman law of 1890.
 This announcement suggests several reflections. In the first place, how will Mr Carlisle be able, under MT. Carlsle's S ruling, to redeem these treasury notes m silver? That is contrary to the practice of the treasury department. Of course if the holders of the treasury notes de- mand silver MT. Carlisle will pay 1t out
 to them, but will they be likely to de- mand silver, which has been discredited by the Carlisle policy, when they can demand gold, which is already command ing a. small premium in bank circles? Tn the second place, if it is either teasl- ble or advisable to redeem $19,000,OOO of Sherman notes in silver why is it not feasible and advisable to redeem the whole issue in silver as the law clearly | intended?
 Tn the third place. if it is advisab ble | to coin $19,O0O,000 of the silver bullion now in the treasury why not coin the en- tire stock and thus give the people s | treasury the benfit of the $50,000,O0O Of seigniorage that would accrue? In the fourth place, if dollars coined at the ratio of 16 to 1 are dishonest dollars why does MT. Carlisle engage in the business of manufacturing more of them? The theory is that the Sherman notes would be dishonest if they were not redeemed in gold on demand; but now Mr. Carlisle, according to current
 report proposes to redeem $19,000,000 of these notes in dishonest silver dollars.
 "In other words, the holders of $19000,- 900 treasury notes are to be 'discrimi- nated' against if they are not shrewd enough to demand gold for their notes, and the necessary amount of dishonest silver dollars is to be manufactured for that purpose.
 "The fact shows that Mr. Carlisle knows how to answer his own arguments against silver in an unansWerable way"