The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-28
DANGER OF THE DEMOCRACY.
WHIHLNIND " 0F DEFEAT FEARED
uh WHITNEY.

The eX-seCretary Both Loth 20 Be
iieve That the silverites og the
south ana West Wnnt 10 Drive the
EuStcra Democrats Out of the
PHrty-Adoution of "a Free CoIn-
age Plank sure to Be Followed by
Disruption OF the Fa~ty.
New York, june "a representative OF
the Southern Associated Press called on
the Hon. ~. O. Whitney al his residence
No. . West Fifty-savenJh street, This af-
ternoon ANA had the following interview
with him as to the coming campaign:
GLOW is tine c8mDaign progressing o"
asked the reporter
Like 1850. the truth must be told" re-
Piled Mr.. Whiney
'What are the chances Of sound money
IN Chlcago?"
unless the situation changes and our
southern ana western friends are disposed
To reason with as. no chance whatever"
"What DO you hear from the south ana
west?"
Judging by The letters 1 receive there
is no apparent disposition to discuss the
matter al issue. l fear iJ has gone be-
yond Chat point"
'Haye you asked Senators German and
Br.co TO attend the convention as a party
duty"
mo; they have no reason to believe that
they could accomplish anything None
of us has"
IF a free coinage candidate is nomi-
mated on a free silver platform, what
VIII be the result"
Practically t viii disrupt the demo-
cratic party, No power on earth can
either c0erce or persuade sound money
democrats to forsake the fundamental
principle of the democracy. They do not
regard this question as either facLonal,
sectional or political. The maintenance
of the national credit is "a matter of ma
tioual honor The Saratoga platform em-
phasizes this iact. il says that the rigid
maintenance ot The present gold standard
at the present time Us essential to the
prcserva uOu Of our national credit, the
keeping inViOlate of our cOunrry's honor o
That is New Norl1' $ position. 1t is as
positive as words can express it and it
cannot be changed"
Then you 90 not look for a compro-
mise?''
Compromise is impossible. Debase-
ment Of the currency would he more
than mOnstrOus in effect. 1t would be
abandonment OF principle. Ii would dis
grace every citizen. lit would be not
merely dishonest, IL would be dshon-
orable And you cannot compromise a
question Of honor"
"What do you expect to do in chica-
go2"
do everything In our power to save
the party and 10 protect the country
That Is the plain duty Of every demo-
crat who goes to Chicago ana il is none
the less the duty of those who stay at
home not to hamper the efforts of those
who 30. And by those who stay at home,
l mean not merely democrats. / mean
to include every good citizen. regard
less OF politics or preJudlces. The crisis
which has came upon is the most serious
menace TO the national prosperity ana
the welfare of the people since 1850. This
is the time when all men who love their
country must stand together TO avert.
II possible, public disgrace and the wreck
of hundreds Of thousands OF homes
throughout the entire country"
'Y ou do not despair Of success, then2'
mo; we cannot yet tell whether the
knowledge of the attitude of the eastern
democrats Will effect the determination
OF the southern ana western democrats,
who have not known until within the past
week now strong the feeling here is. The
vigorous expression OF our position may
cause nesltatlon, ana especially among
the rank and file Of the democracy, who 1
cannot believe want to drive all the east
ern democrats out Of the party. / know
some Of the leaders of the move assume
that attitude but 1 am not convinced that
the people behind them do. And if not,
they will make their wishes known and
felt"
Columbus O.. June 27-After reading an
interview given by ex-Secretary w. c.
Whitney in New York to-day. in which
Mr.. Whitney said that there seemed to be
no hope of saving the democratic party
from disruption unless the southern and
western democrats would listen to reason
on the coinage question Allen w. Thur
man gave out the following statement to-
Cn1 In 1fe
country an irrepressible conflict between
the British standard (gOld) on the one
side and the American standard (gold and
silver the money guaranteed BY the
consututiOn-on the other. Shall the
democratic party declare in its platform
that it'faECrs a violation of the constitu-
ton and that the people shall not obey 1t
until the governments of Europe give
them permission to DO so? This is what
all the talk about an interna-
tonal agreement really means. This is
what the republican party said at ST
Louis. Shall the democratic party merely
a question that cannot be suppressed and
which VII overshadOW all others i'm the
coming campaign? If so. why should we
go to Chicago an an2 Such Interviews as
Mr.. Whitneys viii frlghten no one. on
the contrary they only intensity the issue
and his writing about the dishonesty Of
those who differ with him, VIII only make
them more determined The silver men Of
the west and the south have long known
that the democrats of Mr.. Whitney's
school would much prefer seeing a gold
republican President rather than see a
silver democrat in the presidential chair
Mr.. WhiJney's interview viii make this
perfectly clear to every dele
gate who VIII be at Chicago
and while all will regret that
Mr.. Whitney has determined to leave the
party they win bear il rather than TO put
their principles into his keeping (S,gned)
Allen w. Thurman"
TIN PLATE MILLS no CLOSE.
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