The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-29

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I railroads. which pour their traffic into our
2 City. Injuries the city. and what Injuries
= the city injuries every citizen Under free
' silver everything a railroad had 10 buy or
use would be approximately doubled IN
price. from a locomotive 10 q hammer.
and u would take double the amount OF
. its earnings 70 cover us fixed charges
than 10 does now. u the claim OF the free
si-verites he true. When a sweeping in
. crease in the fixed charges and cost Of
materials OF a railroad takes place. one Of
two things must follow Tor 90 20 be able
10 avoid making a sweeping reduction IN
operating expenses. either its rates or the
volume OF its traffic must be correspond
inEiy increased. AS TO rates. So is well
known that no increase would be allowed
by the railroad commission. Where could
any marked increase in trafiic cons
FROM The chief items OF traffic OF the
railroads On this section are cotton, lum-
her. and naval stores. Would free silver
double the cotton crop or the output Of
lumber and naval stores2 We know that
it would not. These articles are chiefly
dependent on foreign markets and foreign
consumption. which would not be IN
creased one bale OF cotton or
one barrel OF naval stores by free silver
tn this country. Free silver would
cost our railroads higher prices,
but would not give corresponding Increase
10 tonnage Yet IL prices 20 up. rail-
road. TO keep on an even keel must have
tonnage 60 Up also. The volume OF the
traffic OF our railroads here would re-
main approximately the same, because
the products they transport are not sold
in the United States but IN foreign mar
kets. and their volume will be dependent
as now, upon the worlds consumption.
There can De no radical Increase then
IN tonnage The railroads. having prices
Of all their purchases and also their fix
Cd fsIfa frrf ufH Wit
spending increase in the volume Of their
traffic. would be driven, as they always
are under such circumstances, 70 cut
down expenses, and one OF the largest
items Of their expense account Is pay
rolls and salaries. They would see bank
ruptcy staring them in the face and
would naturally strive by retrenchments.
all along the line, in their efforts to fight
IL on as long as possible. Where would
their employees come in with higher
prices prevailing and no increase In sala-
ries and wages, even II salaries and
wages could remain the same as now? All
this would react injuriously on the city
and particularly on those who now sup
ply the needs Of railroads and Of their
employees.
Let this reasoning be applied to every
branch OF business and see who would be
benefited by free silver, he said.
Mr. Anderson discussed the subject of
platform, he said, Is totally opposed TO
everything in the previous history of the
party. The crime Of 70 Is often heard
Of. he said. but the fact IS that coinage
OF silver was first stopped by a demo-
cratic President, in 1905. and none was
coined for about thirty years. The most
prosperous period OF the country, he said
was in the ante-bellum days, when the
democratic party was in control. and
when the country was on a purely gold
basis
Mr.. Anderson's remarks were frequently
punctured by applause from the crowd.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Anderson's re-
marks Walter S. Chisholm, Esq, offered
the following resolutions:
Whereas, we hold it TO be a self-evident
truth, accepted OF all free men. that no
convention has the right to surrender or
abandon the time honored principles Of
our party; and that when a democratic
convention departs from long-established
and recognized party principles II forfeits
all moral claim to the confidence and sup
port OF true democrats.
And, whereas. the recent national demo-
cratic convention at Chicago has adopted
a platform, which is in direct conflict
with some OF the most vital and funda-
mental principles for which our party has
stood pledged during its entire history,
and has nominated thereon, for the presi-
uelCg OF the 0ulleu DldleSt a man. VINO,
within the present year, has publicly de-
clared that he was not a democrat There
fore. be It
Resolved. first, That we declare our un-
alterable opposition to the platform adopt
ed and the candidates named by the Chi
cago convention; and denounce its action
as being an attempted betrayal Of the
party into the hands of its natural enc
mics; and declare that its results can in
no way binding upon the members Of
the party.
Second. We denounce as undemocratic
and dangerous to the welfare and safety OF
our country, those planks of the Chicago
platform, which, II carried to their logical
conclusion. would convert the supreme
court of the United States into a foot ball
OF politics; and which would deprive the
general government OF the constitutional
power and duty OF enforcing the DEGREES
Of its courts, and of protecting the lives
and property Of its citizens
Third, We denounce also that
plank of that platform, which,
/ II II means anything is either an attack
on the provisions of the constitution re-
/ lating to judicial tenure Of office, or else
is intended to throw open the door to the
/ restoration of the spoils system in office
! through the destruction of those wise and
/ salutary measures of civil service reform
which have heretofore been Endorsed and
4 upheld by the democratic party.
Fourth. We denounce the free silver
coinage plank adopted by that convention.
as being wholly subversive of everything
I that the democratic party has stood for
since its inception as a party, and as be-
/ ing certain to debase our currency and re-
/ duce our finances to the standard Of sill
/ yer monometallism, with all its attending
/ evils to all classes Of our people
] Fifth We reaffirm our devotion to the
/ principles OF the true democratic faith. as
expounded by Thomas jefferson; and as
/ known to and handed down to us by our
/ fathers.
Sixth We hereby declare our sympathy
and cooperation with those democrats
/ who have called a second national CON
vention at Indianapolis. on Sept ? prox-
/ limo. to reassert the true and fundamental
/ principles Of democracy. and to preserve
/ and perpetuate its integrity as a party
/ entitled from its history and its princi-
4 pies TO the enthusiastic support of the
people OF this country
The resolutions were unanimously adopt
4 ed without discussion.
/ Mr.. Emile Newman then offered the fol-
+ lowing, naming delegates to the Indianap-
oils convention and stating their powers.