The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-20

United States senator a true and sin
cere Is to free coinage man. II a better
man than crisp is available, by all means
let's have him."
Luther Palmer. in a letter to the Airing
ton Courier in support Of Judge b. b.
Bower for congress, says in reference to
tle joint debate between Smith and Crisp
- do not know great deal about the
financial question, although / believe
have given 1t as much study as some of
my free silver neighbOrs. / went to AL
uany to hear the debate between two men
VINO ought 10 know. After listening care
tully TO all that was said by Mr.. Smith
ana lMr. Crisp, with no reason on earth to
form wrong conclusion, / felt convinced
that free coinage would not give the re-
lief sought by its advocates, but that In
an probability II would bring disaster in
stead"
Augusta Herald: Mr. Crisp has a friend
down ia Dublin, Laurens county, on whose
support he had confidently counted. DR..
Charles Hicks was this friend, but the
eX-speaker's letter to him has brought
out a declaration for which Mr. Crisp was
totally unprepared. Mr. Crisp wrote to
Dr. Hicks the other day inquiring about
the situation in that county and asking
Dr. Hicks to use his influence in the
interest of Mr.. Crisp and early primar-
les But events prove that Mr. Crisp had
reckoned without his host. DIR. Hicks re-
sponded with letter which, for manly
candOr, has not been recently SURPASSED
He reminds Mr.. Crisp that in insisting
on any early primary he deties the chair
man of the state executive committee the
governor and state house officers hazards
the interests Of the democratic party and
aggravates the discord already existing
to an unfortunate extent in the ranks Of
the party. He continues. Rather than
forestall the party with fractional nominal
ton, in my judgment, the wisdom of our
party should formulate the platform
first" He warns Judge Crisp that his
suggestion of vote for senator in June
has not met with general approval in
the state, and that the scheme of the
silver element to make nominations on
one issue, an issue on which the party
is so seriously divided, is fraught with
great danger to the democracy Or. Hicks
declares that he is in favor of bmetallism
as construed by Benjamin II. Hill, Henry
G.. Turner and President Cleveland" and
that he is opposed to the silver mono
metalllsm represented by Judge Crisp. He
tells Judge Crisp that after the demo-
cratic party was defeated from ocean to
ocean, he left the speakers chair TO go
on the floor of the House and fight the
administration, the only branch of the
government" still in control of "our par
ty," and that having been defeated by
the House as silver leader, you turn to
the people of this state now to nominate
you for United States senator upon the
issue of unlimited and Independent coin
age of silver, which is against the plat
form of 1892, against the traditions of our
party, undemocratic and un-American. ="
There is cumulative evidence that Mr..
Crisp Is desperately anxious for the sena-
torship. and, in his anxiety to secure it,
is pursuing q course from the effects of
which the party will suffer for a long
time and Mr.. Crisp throughout his whole