The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-19
THEY MUST ACCEPT BRYAN.
WHAT A CABINET OFFICER SAYS
OF SOUND MONEY DEMOCRATS.


iOnaI Committee Approved.
Washington Likely to BE the
headquarters of the Campaign
Committee.
Washington. July 1S.-We will have to
take Bryan and protest the platform"
said member of the cabinet to your cor
respondent, when asked the direct ques-
tion to-day, as to the attitude Of the
sound money democrats in the pending
campaign. 1t would be a violation Of con-
hdence, but he is one of the most trusted
officer, but he is one of the most trusted
advisers Of the President, in addition TO
/ being one Of the brainiest members Of the
present administration.
He says 1t will avail nothing to put a
third ticket in the field, although certain
/ gentlemen in various sections of the oOun-
try insist that such course should be
followed in order to preserve the party or
ganization in their respective localities.
Under existing conditions. the paramount
question is the preservation Of the nations
credit. regardless of the political ascend
ency or the downfall Of certain ambitious
gentlemen.
How can you accept Bryan and reject
the PLATFORM"
Wen, we cannot go over to Mckinley.
VINO represents all that the democratic
party has been battling against for so
many years, and as to the personality of
the two candidates, Bryan is equally as
desirable as Mckinley. Even if Bryan
should be elected it would require a ma
jority in the two houses OF congress to car
| ry out the provisions of the Chicago plat
! form. Ii does not seem probable that
| either house of congress will do that. and,
/ therefore, we still have some ground for
financial
| government viii be maintained for the
next four years at least. In the mean
/ time this free silver craze will be better
/ understood Dy the poor people OF the SOuth
/ and west and they win be ready to repu-
| date the men who are now misguiding
/ them"
How do you account for the remarka-
/ bic growth Of the free silver sentiment"
/ our people in the east refused to credit
/ the warning we received from our friends
/ IN the south and west, and an attempt
/ was made to ignore or disregard the state
ments indicating the danger from a free
/ silver revolution within the ranks of the
| democratic party in the south and the
/ west. In other words our people in the
/ east allowed themselves to be deceived
/ as 10 the true situation in the sections
/ named and now when it is too late to do
| nything, we find the party organization
| in the hands of such men as Tillman, Alt
/ geld, and sensationalists of that type"
| How does the selection of Senator
1 Jones of Arkansas as chairman Of the ma
| uonal committee strike your
| That is the one redeeming feature of
| the Chicago convention. Although Jones
! disagrees with me on the financial ques-
! ton, / regard him as the ablest man in
| the free silver movement, and he Is likely
to exercise a certain amount of influence
| over his associates that viii prevent dis
| astrous results. The question is will they
| be advised by him and will they heed
/ him?"
If Senator Jones Of Arkansas, who is
| recognized as the democratic Mark Hanna
| in the pending campaign, undertakes to
| keep a diary of the amusing incidents
| connected with the Bryan movement, il
| viii form an interesting chapter in the DO
| lttical history of to-day. Those who are
well acquainted with the present chair
man of the democratic national commit
tee know that he is quick to appreciate
the humorous side of a situation notWith-
standing the earnest manner he assumes
When called upon to deal with serious pro-
positions.
1t required just such men at Chicago To
deal with the multifarious combination Of
characters composing the silver forces in
the convention. His long experience In
congress and his associations with men of
all classes in public and private life ena-
bles him to form prompt and a pretty
fair estimate of the men who were n SEQ
ciated with him at the convention Before
| the convention assembled he was singled
out as the real leader of the silver forces
not only because of his fidelity to the
cause of silver, but because of the execlt-
tive ability me displayed in the fight over
the GOrman-W Wilson tariff bill and more
recently his adrOit and successful man
agement of the affairs Of the bi-metanic
league.
In the silver ranks he found men who
We're for free silver as a matter of prin-
ciple There We're others who were for the
white metal because they fancied 1t might
be a winner Others were moved bv senti-
ment or conflicting emotions, while that
element that is always efficious without
being effective, was in evidence around
a - U haf
! desirable than their company. Then there
was the excitable man, who was forever
going somewhere, but never reached his
destination. Then there was the sIDersti-
tious man who had an inexhaustible supply
of evil omens to meet every suggestion or
move contemplated.
on the day that Bryan was nominated,
While the nominating speeches were being
delivered, man fairly crazed with SUPER
stition, rushed up to Senator Jones and
exclaimed in an excited tone:
MY God, Jones, you are not going 10
allow nomination to be made to-day.
This is Friday"
MY God, my friend" replied Senator
Jones, Christopher Columbus, who dis
covered America, set sail for this country
on Friday. We are on a voyage of discov-
cry"
Another superstitious individual called
upon Senator Jones announcing in advance
that he was in possession of certain an
formation assured the defeat of McKIn-
ley. When granted the desired interview
the man Stdltu that ne attended the ST
Louis convention, at which Mckinley was
nominated, and discovered that in addi-
ton to being named on the anniversary
of Napolean's defeat at the battle or
Waterloo, there were thirteen doors lead
ing to the convention hall, thirteen win
dows on one side Of the building, thlr-
teen sections of seats for the delegatss
thirteen rows to each section. thirteen
chairs in each row, and thirteen cars
were required to transport the chairs from,
the factory in Arkansas. This statement
was made with all the seriousness frnag-
Unable, and the man declared that he made
the count himself.
The night before the fight over +ba
temporary Craftsmanship the steering
committee, consisting of a representative
from each state, held a meeting to ar
range for the election of Senator DauisI
1t was desirable that the silver forces
should be prepared to vote solidlv for
Daniel when the question came I'M IN
the convention, for it was feared that
some of the delegates were disposed IN
pander to the Hnl sentiment or listen
to the seductious munmurings Of William
c. whitney. 1t was necessary that .sbs
exact status of every delegation shonid
be known by Senator Jones before dev-
ff.-,t chairman of the coy,v,,f+4z-