The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-16
SECRETARY SMITHS SUCCESS.
CRISP's WEAK SHOWING a BAD
SETBACK FOR THE sILVERITEs.

The Secretary Confident the sound
Money Men VIII Have at Least
Eight Votes I'm the Georgia Dele
cation 10 ChicaHO-The Unit Rule
Won't BE AdOPted-DIstrict Dele
gates Won't he Selected by the
state Convention.
Washington. April 15.-Secretary Hoke
Smith returned TO Washington to-day
from his joint debate campaign with ex-
Speaker Crisp Of Georgia. As has already
been printed, the debate came to an end
because Mr.. Crisp was suffering from one
of his old attacks of indigestion, and
threatened heart failure, coupled with a
bad sore throat. Mr.. Smith would have
continued his anit-silver campaign alone.
but for the fact that Mr.. Crisp wrote to
him and said that he would not continue
the discussion If the secretary were inca
pacitated through any cause. Under these
circumstances Mr.. Smith deslsted but has
decided not TO give his campaign up al
together. He has informed Mr. Crisp that
he stands ready to fulfill the appointments
left open, with the understanding that II
Mr.. Crisp does not appear he shall be al
lowed to speak by himself. If the dates
cannot be arranged, the secretary will
return to Georgia on his own account, and
will continue his campaign of the state.
There is no doubt that the secretary
is very much encouraged by his tour. He
believes that the silver sentiment has been
checked and says that If the debate has
done nothing else, 1t has renewed the
courage of the sound money men in Geor-
gia.
When asked to-day what the practical
effect of the campaign would be, he re-
piled: I'm the first place, the sllveh
men, who have been counting on a solid
silver delegation from Georgia. are reck-
oning without their host. There win not
be solid silver delegation. That is the
first thing 1 want to emphasize l do not
say that we will get a majority of the
delegation, but we will, / think, have at
least eight on our side"
But If you do not have a majority
will not the unit rule be enforced against
you?"
1T will not. Such an endeavor would
be opposed by the very counties where
the democratic strength is greatest. With
out gong into particulars, can never
theless say that l do not think that the
Will be defeated"
Cannot the silver men circumspect you
by electlng the district delegates in the
state conVention?
u have no reason to believe that Georgia
Will depart from its time honored custom
of having the districts elect their dele-
gates to the national convention by dis
trict conventions"
Beyond stating these three proposition
that the delegation would be divided. that
the unit rule would not be enforced and
that the districts would elect their dele
gates according TO the usual custom-Sec-
retary Smith would not discuss the cam
paign. He expressed, however, the kind
Hest feeling towards Mr.. Crisp and said
ha do 70 kuH haa var r.1a
antly conducted. He admits that there Is
a very strong silver sentiment in the state.
but thinks that the fight which has so far
been waged against 1t has shown definite
results and he believes that II the people
can be reached and their judgment person.
ally appealed to, the silver cause viii be
still further weakened.
Representative CSisp returned to WASH
ington to-day, hut he did not put in
an appearance at the capital. He came
to Washington on the same train with
Secretary Hoke Smith, but the two gem
tlemen were not in communication dur
ing the journey. 1t is said that Mr.. Crisp
is in poor health, and he will at once
place himself under the care of local
physician who understands the physical
troubles under which he has been labor
ing for some time past.
A number of Mr.. Crisp's personal friends
called upon him in his apartments at
the Metropolitan ~hotel, and to them he
expressed the greatest confidence in the
ultimate success of his senatorial cam
paign.
Senator Bacon called at the treasury
department to-day to urge the secretary
to pay to the managers of the Atlanta
exposition the $4,000 unexpended balance
of the appropriation in connection with
the government building.
Senator Bacon appeared in the supreme
court of the United States to-day and
Withdrew from litigation the case of the
tripartite bondholders against the old
Georgia Central railroad, owing to the
fact that the matter has been adjusted
out of court.