The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-01
THIRTY TO ONE.
That's the Ratio of Sound Men to
SiIverites In LOwndes County.

That's the Ratio of Sound Men to
silverites in LOwndes County.
Valdosta. Ca, May S1.-The political
campaign in this section took on a de-
cidedly unique phase in a joint discussion
which was held at Naylor in this county
yesterday evening. The speaker who was
sent there to champion the side of cheap
money secured up the earth with free
silver democrats to the great amusement
of the sound money men present. The
speech proved a boomerang and it came
about in this way.
A democrat at Naylor. probably two OF
them, who were undecided as to what
stand to take on the money question, it 5
said, wrote to one of the leading of the
eleven silverites here asking him to come
down and speak against Col. w. S West
who is q candidate for legislative honors
and who had an appointment to speak al
Naylor. 1t is said that the local silverite
answered the invitation by declining 10
go, but referred the Naylor man to Mr..
II. W. Reed, the pOpulist-republican bank
er OF brunswick, who has been engineer
ing the tree silver campaign in this part
OF the state. Reed telegraphed Mr.. John
Sibley of Triton, a pOpulist candidate for
congress in the Second district and who
mas been a standing candidate for some
thing in different parts of Georgia since
the populiSts party was organized Mr.
Slbley was on the ground when Col WeSt
arrived and the two gentlemen were
brought together for the purpose of ar
ranging a joint debate, which was done
IN few minutes, Col. West being allows
ed forty minutes to open the debate and
twenty minutes for his closing speech
Mr.. Sibley was given seventy minutes in
which 10 deliver himself
Col VESTS speech was a running re-
view or the financial question, touching
upon the most important phases of IL
tie spoke with a good deal of eioduence.
and what he said was greeted with much
fafa.. Z
large one. Mr. Sibley's reply was de-
Noted TO the populist side of the question
scattering his vagarios over on demo
Srdllc ears present, much as the foolish
farmer planted his seeds upon a rock. He
spent three-fourths of his time writing
on the blackboard and the balance ~ IF
abusing men who sent him there to sneak
the free silver democrats The only an
pause he received was when he said that
ron; henry q. turner was brave and
loyal man, an incompatible statesman.
and an honor to the district which mad
kept MN IN congress so many years. Sib-
ley said the free silver democrats were
trying TO steal the platform of the non
ulists, that they We're trying to get in
the popuhst household by Climbing over
want our principals, they have got II
come round like men, walk in the front
door, and be one of us. We will put them
on probation for awhile, and then mavhe
We will give them an office"
Col. West, in his conclusion, confined
MS argument to the money question, and
literally buried Sibley. He scored the fall
lacies of free silverism without gloves
and ne crowd cheered him Justify. Sib-
ley interrupted him several times in his
concluding speech, but the colonels Quick
retorts were more than the populist could
stand, so he buried his head between his
hands and let the speaker finish his spaenb
| without any other interruption
The men who wanted a democra tic
| speaker TO inform them on the question
| of finance We're thoroughly convinced
| They were Disguised that a populist
should be sent there 10 speak to them on
a question which democrats were settling
for themselves, and they immediateiY
Joined the sound money crowd in the figtS
70 whip down tatism and dishonesty in
our currency system.
OF 100 men interviewed a Lake Park and
Mayor yesterday on the currency cues
tlon, taking them as they We're met nine
ty-Seven were for sound money based on
gold. Inc ratio in the county seems to be
about thirty sound money men to one free
SilVerite. - NS